http://www.geeksugar.com Geek is chic en http://www.geeksugar.com/1732679 <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1732679"><img width=160 height=120 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl1/1/15111/26_2008/beautymain_1.large.jpg'></div></a><p>If you can't get enough of <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/tag/second%20life" >Second Life</a> or Sims-like games where you're challenged to create an avatar and personality that succeeds in a virtual world, AND you also happen to be obsessed with one day running your own beauty product factory and company, then I've got the ultimate niche video game for you: <a href="http://www.city-interactive.com/indexf.php?page=beauty_factory" target="_blank">Beauty Factory</a>.</p> <p><span class="inline left"><a href="http://teamsugar.com/gallery/view/1732716?page=0,0,0" ></a></span></p> <p>When I first glanced at the game, I assumed it was a video game with challenges like, "Coordinate the Lip Gloss to the Nail Polish," or "Ultimate Smoky Eye Challenge," but when I saw the tag line, "Girls just wanna have business," I realized my mistake. Beauty Factory is an exercise in being a cosmetics industry mogul, and has more to do with marketing and innovating than mascara and eye shadow application.</p> <p>Build up your cosmetics empire, check in on the scientists formulating the perfect concealer, and prove you're more than one kind of Mac girl!<br /> <div class='gallery_thumbs ' ><div class=title><!-- gallery teaser --><a class=photo-count href='http://www.geeksugar.com/1732716'>View 5 Photos ›</a><!-- /gallery teaser --></div><ul></ul></div></p> http://www.geeksugar.com/1732679#comment Video games beauty Beauty Factory Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:45:24 -0700 GeekSugar http://www.geeksugar.com/1732679 http://www.geeksugar.com/1732716 <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1732716"><img width=160 height=120 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl1/1/15111/26_2008/beautymain_1.large.jpg'></div></a> <div class='gallery_thumbnail'> <a href='/1732716'></a> </div> Beauty Factory Screenshots <div class='call_to_action'> <!-- gallery teaser --><a href="/1732716?page=0,0,0">View Slideshow ›</a><!-- /gallery teaser --> </div> <hr class=space> http://www.geeksugar.com/1732716#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:42:04 -0700 GeekSugar http://www.geeksugar.com/1732716