Article: Chinese woman wants to sue H.K. star over beauty product.

Oct. 6--BEIJING -- A Chinese woman is attempting to sue a Hong Kong movie star for damages over the failure of a beauty product promoted by the actress to work as advertised, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

Lu Ping, from Jiangxi Province in southeast China, said she bought an anti-wrinkle facial product of the SK-II brand after seeing it advertised by actress Carina Lau.

The 43-year-old woman is now blaming the star because instead of making her face silky, the product allegedly left her skin itchy and gave her a burning sensation.

Sales of SK-II beauty products were halted on mainland China last month after the authorities ...

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