Helped along by demand for color cosmetics, third quarter sales of US prestige beauty products rose 5% to $3.9 billion, according to new data from NPD Group. Total face, the largest segment in makeup, grew the fastest in Q3, with sales up 6%. Foundation, which captures the largest share of face makeup dollars, grew 7%. Sales of face primer rose 16% and tinted moisturizer was up 11%. Lip color sales declined slightly, 1%, but lip gloss grew 7%. Eyebrow makeup sales gains slowed to a 2% incre...