Photo retouch from Layers magazine
Everyone wants to know how to do photo retouching or 'beautifying' of portraits. I did one this past fall and you can get it here.
However, I'd be the first to say that I'm not the ultimate at anything - my goal is more to make people aware of what's possible and to make you dangerous with the tools.
Below is a link from the good people at NAPP and Layers Magazine and in viewing some Saturday browsing, I came across a really nice example on photo retouching along with some ideas I have never tried before. Needless to say, I will! Here's the tutorial via Flash: Tutorial