6 Biggest Makeup Mistakes That Instantly Age You
By Anna Jimenez |
Here are the expert tips to getting the most youthful-looking face.
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Best Piece of Beauty Advice: Drink water. No really, lot¹s of it. Not only does it flush your body of toxins which improves the appearance and clarity of your skin, but it helps you burn calories. Researchers consistently find that adults who consume eight or more glasses of water each day burn significantly more calories than people who only drink four or less. Bottoms up!
Regimen: To me, the most important products for perfect skin are: mild cleansers, SPF, retinoids, and quality moisturizers or face oils. I cleanse twice daily, apply SPF in the morning and at night apply retinol and a good moisturizer, and that’s it.
12 Unbelievable Facts About Your Breasts
By Anna Jimenez |
Get all the facts for better breasts.
Foundations That Dermatologists Love (and Actually Use!)
By Anna Jimenez |
See what the pros use on their skin every day.
The Unintentional Way You're Damaging Your Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
A study finds that the way you dry your hair has a huge impact on its health.
Makeup Artist Must-Haves: Gary Cockerill
By Anna Jimenez |
What this pro uses on his celebrity clients.
6 Genius Makeup Tricks That Shave Years Off Your Look
By Anna Jimenez |
This way to a fresh and much younger makeup look.
The Foolproof Technique to Apply Fake Eyelashes
By Anna Jimenez |
Learn how to apply individual fake eyelashes like a pro.
3 Different Ways to Curl Long Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
Find out which styles work best for you.
Inside a Dermatologist's Beauty Cabinet: Elizabeth Tanzi
By Anna Jimenez |
What a top doctor uses on her own skin.
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An Easy DIY Hair Mask That Will Heal Your Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
Everything you need is in your fridge.
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Inside a Dermatologist's Beauty Cabinet: Adebola Dele-Michael
By Anna Jimenez |
Here's what the pros use.
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3 Healthy Skin Tricks You've Never Heard Of Before (Until Now!)
By Anna Jimenez |
Sneaky ways to get your skin in tip-top shape
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The 6 Best Beauty Products with Eco-Friendly Packaging
By Anna Jimenez |
The brands that do their part every day of the year so you can shop smarter
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How to Get Glowing Skin Without Bronzer
By Anna Jimenez |
To get a truly illuminated complexion, you have to know the proper skincare techniques
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The 5 Best Celebrity Haircut Inspirations for Fine Hair
By NewBeauty Editors |
The easiest way to get volume
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That Foundation That Does the Work of a Facial
By Anna Jimenez |
Let's put it this way: If it was acceptable and/or possible for me to have a facial every day, I would. That's how much I love to pamper my skin. If you just said "amen, sister" in your mind to that, then I have some good news for you. There is a liquid fou...
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Is Hydrodermabrasion The Next Big Skin Care Craze?
By Anna Jimenez |
It looks like the popular skin-clearing treatment, microdermabrasion, has some serious competition. Know as the “celebrity facial,” hydrodermabrasion is the latest and greatest way to remove dead cells from the skin to eliminate dark spots and hyperpigmentation.
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Five Beauty Experts Love This One Ingredient
By Anna Jimenez |
Ladies, it's all about lemons … or at least right now it is. This highly acidic fruit that grows in abundance in California is used all over the planet by various beauty experts, and for good reason. It contains beauty-boosting elements like unique f...
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Which Mascara Wand Will Work Magic?
By Anna Jimenez |
The shape, size and bristles of a mascara wand are extremely important in determining how your lashes will look; here are 7 we love.
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The Volumizing Miracle Worker
By Anna Jimenez |
Is your hair fine, limp, flat and in need of volume? Then read this!
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Sunscreen Pill Still Not Enough To Protect From Skin Cancer
By Anna Jimenez |
Here's why you still need to lotion up
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Plastic Surgery Costs: Price Vs. Quality
By Anna Jimenez |
When it comes to elective cosmetic surgery, cost should not be the deciding factor in which doctor you go with. Anyone offering "basement bargain" prices on nose jobs or facelifts likely isn't the most qualified person to be performing a potentially life-th...
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How Christina Slimmed Down
By Anna Jimenez |
Most of us know by now, especially as we age, that shedding 20 pounds isn't easy, but Christina Aguilera makes it look effortless. Showing off her newly slim physique at a press event, the 32-year-old singer and judge of the hit show The Voice, looked radia...
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Will a Facelift Make You Prettier?
By Anna Jimenez |
This just in, while a facelift can make you look more youthful, it won't necessarily make you more attractive to other people. At least, that’s what new research found to be true.
In the first study to try to and quantify attractiveness after cosmeti...
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Multitasking Makeup Containing SPF
By Anna Jimenez |
In case you haven't noticed, it's all about multi-tasking makeup. Gone are the days when a stick of lipstick was only expected to rouge your pout. There has to be more to set products apart—be it anti-aging ingredients like peptides or SPF to ward off...
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Kerry Washington's Makeup Secret Revealed
By Anna Jimenez |
When I look at old pictures of Scandal star Kerry Washington in the early 2000s, I think: There's a pretty girl. When I look at pictures of her now, I think: Whoa! This woman is stunning.
So what's changed about the star over the last decade in the l...
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Should Hillary Clinton Get a Facelift?
By Anna Jimenez |
It has become a newsworthy argument: Should Hillary Clinton consider going under the knife if she is serious about a presidential nomination? Recent articles have me wondering: If it's now culturally "acceptable" for a movie star to get a breast augmen...
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Are Thinner People Happier People?
By Anna Jimenez |
When chomping down on something indulgent (like a bacon, egg and cheese breakfast burrito), warm fuzzy feelings of joy wash over me. "This is living," I think. "All those skinny people constantly denying themselves, they just don’t know how to live."
...
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The Celebrity Secret for C-Section Scars
By Anna Jimenez |
After nine months of pregnancy and hours of labor, all you really want in the delivery room is that baby out of you. Whether by choice or necessity, sometimes that means having a cesarean section and unfortunately, a scar. It’s not uncommon at all; ce...
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Michelle Williams Stuns With New Look
By Anna Jimenez |
Well, well, well. This is certainly a far cry from the solemn dock days of high school. The former Dawson's Creek star, Michelle Williams, is the new face of Louis Vuitton's autumn/winter 2014 campaign and looks to be proving one thing—the girl next d...
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Best (and Worst!) Uses For Coconut Oil
By Anna Jimenez |
Every year or so there is a new miracle food that everyone claims will change the beauty game. Whether you're eating it for glowing skin (goji berries), munching on it for a fit body (kale) or slathering it on for softer skin (marula oil), you know what we&...
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Tom Ford Thinks Men Should Wear Makeup
By Anna Jimenez |
I had an enlightening exchange with my fiancé the other day. We were shopping together for some new clothes (a rare occasion for him) and I pulled out a tank top that I thought would look good on him. He took one look at it and said, "I don't like my...
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A Cool New Way to Blow Dry Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
It's summertime and the living is easy. Well, a little bit easy. You still have to blow dry your hair to have it look half-way decent, and that means blasting hot air all over your head when it’s scorching outside. Maybe that’s why so many women...
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Helen Mirren's Secret to Aging Gracefully
By Anna Jimenez |
In a day when celebrities seem to defy the effects of time, and gravity for that matter, "aging gracefully" means something different now than it did a few decades ago. Before, stars were lucky not to gain too much weight as they aged, and now, they are exp...
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Makeup For Seriously Sensitive Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
If you have sensitive skin, you know—a lot of beauty products have the potential to be your worst enemy. When it comes to makeup, most dermatologists and aestheticians will point you in the direction of mineral-based formulas, as they tend to be prote...
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Cat Deeley's Hollywood Transformation
By Anna Jimenez |
Coming from a small town in the Midlands of England, Cat Deeley became a household name in America in 2006 when she debuted as the host of the hit show So You Think You Can Dance. Today, Deeley's quirky English humor and girl-next-door looks have millions o...
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Derma Roll Your Way to Youthful Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
There are a handful of procedures performed in the dermatologist's office like lasers and chemical peels that can tighten the skin and increase collagen production. At home, there are also some options that prove to be effective. One of those, though it's n...
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How Christy Turlington Defies Aging
By Anna Jimenez |
After 30 years of supermodeling her way to the tippy top of the highest mountain in the fashion world, Christy Turlington looks like she hasn’t even broken a sweat. The mother-of-two just landed two major modeling campaigns (Jason Woo and Prada), and ...
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Three Ways to Wear a Pop of Color This Season
By Anna Jimenez |
You've seen the catwalk littered with bright, bold neon yellows and punchy pinks, but while it might be easy for a teenager to pull off, wearing bright colors tastefully when you're in your 30s and beyond can be bit tricky. Here are three ways to pull off a...
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Summer Survival Tips for Healthy Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
Nothing strips your beautiful (and expensive) hair color like the elements of summer. Sun, salt water and chlorine suck out the moisture from your hair and can lead to parched split ends and lackluster color. Here is how to protect it during the season so y...
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Anna Paquin Goes From Gothic to Gorgeous
By Anna Jimenez |
"It turns out that a little spray tan and a little peroxide goes a long way," Anna Paquin has said about her transformation from a naturally shy, dark and brooding actress to a blonde, bouncy bombshell for the role of Sookie Stackhouse on TV's True Blood.&n...
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Do You Really Need a Different Night Cream?
By Anna Jimenez |
As a natural born skeptic I have to admit— I believed, for quite a good part of my adult life, that "day" and "night" skin-care treatments were arbitrary. A serum is a serum. My skin is skin. Why should it matter what time of day I apply said serum to...
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Primrose Oil Is Not Helping Your Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
A lot of women swear by evening primrose oil—a therapy made from the seeds of yellow wildlflowers. They say the essential fatty acid inside the oil calms sensitive skin, stops acne and even helps with pre-menopausal issues. In fact, it is one of the e...
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Gold in Your Skin Care May Cause Aging
By Anna Jimenez |
Over the past decade, gold flakes, powders and particles have begun to show up in skin-care products promising to increase collagen and hyaluronic acid production. However, new research out of Stony Brook University has found that gold nanoparticles actuall...
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How Julianne Moore Defies Gravity
By Anna Jimenez |
Julianne Moore is 52-years old and basically, it seems like she continues to get more and more beautiful with age. The famous redhead that’s been in the limelight since the early 90s has repeatedly said "no" to plastic surgery and despite the fact tha...
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Exciting New Skin and Hair Ingredients
By Anna Jimenez |
It's that time of the year again. Every spring, in-cosmetics announces the Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Award contenders for the year. Each one of these beauty ingredients is chosen for their innovative technology, high functionality and efficacy. Basica...
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A Quick Fix for Aging Hands
By Anna Jimenez |
Bulging veins and thin loose skin on the hands mean one thing: old age. And while women in their 40s, 50s and beyond do lots of work to keep their faces looking young—by making good lifestyle choices and indulging in beauty enhancements—the hand...
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Top Plastic Surgery Myths
By Anna Jimenez |
Choosing a surgeon to perform a breast augmentation, liposuction or rhinoplasty (nose job) is a big deal. This person will have not only your beauty in their hands, but also, your life. And you'll find that when searching for the perfect doctor, the one who...
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CC Cream: Katie's Secret for a Good Hair Day
By Anna Jimenez |
Because you were likely slathering on your favorite CC face cream this morning and thinking, "I really wish someone would come out with this stuff for my hair," Alterna has launched the first complete correction cream for your tresses this month.
Like CC c...
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Is the "Thigh Gap" a Worthy Goal?
By Anna Jimenez |
As the former chubbiest girl in the fifth grade, I have worked long and hard to get my body in shape, while always trying to remember that "fitness" is marathon, not a race. No one gets "fit" over night—it takes many concentrated hours of dedication. ...
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How Makeup Saved Brooke Burke
By Anna Jimenez |
She's 41-years old and for over a decade, Brooke Burke-Charvet has been dealing with melasma. The skin condition, brought on by estrogen, is one of the harder types of hyperpigmentation to correct because it is tied to hormones and can affect the deep derma...
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Laser Hair Removal: What To Expect
By Anna Jimenez |
While hair removal for our mother's generation was rather simple (the only real option was a good old fashioned razor), today, there are a seemingly limitless ways to de-fuzz our bodies and face. We can slather on depilatory cream, wax, thread, tweeze and l...
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Quick Remedies for a Sunburn
By Anna Jimenez |
You didn't mean to, but it happened. You got sunburnt. Don't worry—we aren't on a witch-hunt here. We won't get on our beauty soapbox and tell you just how much the sun damages your skin. No. All we want to do is take you by your red hand and tel...
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Shania Twain is Back and Beautiful
By Anna Jimenez |
After quite a long career hiatus due to voice problems and personal woes, Shania Twain is back and better than ever. At 47 years old, the Grammy-award winning country music star looks stunning, but don't think she hasn't worked for it.
Wearing a Grecian st...
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Help! I've Had Too Much Filler
By Anna Jimenez |
If we've seen it once, we've seen it a thousand times—too much injectables and fillers. It can happen to anyone. Whether your doctor got a little over zealous with the needle or you just don't like the look of the new facial volume, there are a couple...
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The French Manicure Is Not So French
By Anna Jimenez |
For some, the allure of French culture is undeniable. The fashion, the food, the amount of paid vacation—it all just seems so … je ne sais quoi. So back when Jeff Pink, the creator of Orly nail polish was on the hunt for the perfect name for hi...
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When Your Perfume is Worth Your Whole Paycheck
By Anna Jimenez |
Money management website Mint.com has found out some pretty interesting facts about women's beauty buying habits. Some even surprised us. Here are the most fascinating of the bunch:
First, the average woman spends $15,000 on makeup in her lifetime wi...
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Pam Anderson Looks Quite Pretty These Days
By Anna Jimenez |
The famously flamboyant Pamela Anderson looks to have had quite a make-under. Recently spotted at the International Beauty Show in New York City, the former Playboy model turned TV star looks dare we say it...modest.
Not only has Pam changed her heavy...
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A Big Boost for Lips: Permanent and Non
By Anna Jimenez |
First, it should be stated, that thin lips can be incredibly beautiful. Proof? Greta Garbo, Jodie Foster—to name a couple. However, when it comes to Hollywood these days where the pouts of Angelina Jolie and Scarlet Johansson reign supreme, a lot of w...
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New Nail Polish for Sensitive Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
If there is a mass beauty brand known for treating women with sensitive skin extra special, it's Clinique. And with the launch of a new line of nail polish designed specifically for those with sensitive skin and eyes, they are not only breaking new ground, ...
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New Technique May End Cosmetic Animal Testing for Good
By Anna Jimenez |
If you are as passionate about animal welfare and constantly look for beauty products that are cruelty-free or have the trusty Leaping Bunny on them, then listen up. You might soon have more options of beauty products to choose from. There are new efforts t...
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Rotational Therapy May Fight Wrinkles
By Anna Jimenez |
Do you ever wonder if you need to be switching up anti-aging ingredients in your skin-care routine? It's a valid question, especially with so many actives out there claiming to be the next best thing to the fountain of youth. Well, one skin-care company is ...
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What Extreme Measures Do You Use to Avoid the Sun?
By Anna Jimenez |
Throughout the ages woman have done some insane things to stay beautiful. Cleopatra crushed up some ants, then added in beetle blood and beeswax to make her lips rosy red. The Greeks used to bathe in crocodile excrement with the idea that it slowed the agin...
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What's Wrong With Hayden's Breast Implants?
By Anna Jimenez |
There is a lot of buzz lately surrounding the bust size of 23-year-old Hayden Panettiere. After bikini photos of the young starlet surfaced this spring, many believe she has undergone a breast augmentation due to the fact that there is a noticeable rippling...
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How Becoming Vegan Changed My Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
If the old adage is true and you are indeed what you eat, then I used to be a juicy combo meal of soy protein isolate, animal fat, dry milk solids, high fructose corn syrup and Red No. 3. Tasty, I know.
What that means is that like any reasonable adult, I ...
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This Is What's Really Making You Look Old
By Anna Jimenez |
Just when you thought it didn’t really matter whether or not you put lipstick on before a trip to the grocery store, turns out, it does. Well, maybe for some it might. New research has found that how you use and apply makeup can affect how old people ...
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Four Moves That Transformed Scarlett's Body
By Anna Jimenez |
My thighs will always touch. I'm a curvy woman and proud of that fact. So when I see other women like Scarlett Johansson and Sofia Vergara embracing their hourglass shape and toning it up to perfection, I get inspired. After all, we have to embrace what we ...
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Is Your Self-Tanner Making You Break Out?
By Anna Jimenez |
We recently reported that Victoria Beckham ditched her fake tan because she thought it made her skin look old. However, the biggest difference in her skin we can see is that it is much clearer than it was in the past. When looking at pictures of her five ye...
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More Trouble for FDA and Sunscreens
By Anna Jimenez |
Whether you're a savvy beauty shopper or not, there are some tricky ingredients out there that basically take a chemistry degree to fully understand their function. In fact, if you read the ingredients on most of the items in your bathroom cabinet, you migh...
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Guess What This Housewife Just Had Done
By Anna Jimenez |
California, the land of celebrities, bikinis and blonde bombshells, is no stranger to plastic surgery. In fact, the sunshine state has the nations highest rates of forehead lifts, chin augmentations and boob jobs (to name a few) according to Forbes. But it'...
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Luxury Beauty Products On-the-Go
By Anna Jimenez |
It's a likely scenario: You're so busy or absent-minded before a planned trip that you totally forget to pack a tube of toothpaste or you decide to stow your favorite face cleanser in your carry-on, only to have it taken away at the security gate. It happen...
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Spray Your Way to Moisturized Legs
By Anna Jimenez |
Here's the truth, I am part of the 4 percent of women that doesn't regularly use lotion. That's if it's true that 96 percent do, according to the market research firm Mintel. Unfortunately, I have no good excuse as to why I don't, except for the fact that i...
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Advanced At-Home Hair Removal Has Arrived
By Anna Jimenez |
Unwanted facial or body hair is an all too common problem that can actually cause a lot of stress for some women (and men). Not to mention, hair removal is one of those extremely personal activities—especially when we are talking about on the face and...
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Nose Jobs 101
By Anna Jimenez |
When it comes to getting a nose job, there are many factors to consider. First and foremost, you want to make sure you choose the right plastic surgeon (one that is board-certified, and one you feel comfortable with). Also to consider is what type of proced...
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Over-Dying Could Be the Cause of Hair Loss
By Anna Jimenez |
The blonde Betty Draper, January Jones, hasn't always been blonde. In fact, over the course of this last year, she has dyed her hair four times. "I’ve been blonde, red with extensions for this film, then blonde, then black, and now blonde again," she ...
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New Clear Clinic Takes Acne Very Seriously
By Anna Jimenez |
Recently, I've heard a lot of dermatologists refer to adult acne as an "epidemic." Meaning, it is affecting a disproportionately large number of women in America at the same time. And the stats prove it. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, acn...
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Victoria Beckham Ditches Her Fake Tan to Look Younger
By Anna Jimenez |
Since the days of the Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham ( a.k.a. Posh Spice) has been fighting her English skin tone—applying fake tanner by the boatloads. But no more, she says. The 38-year-old, mother of four declared that she has made the concerted eff...
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Plastic Surgeons Predict the New Hottest Surgery
By Anna Jimenez |
It was reported by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) last year that chin implants were the fastest growing cosmetic procedure in America. But for the year 2013, some plastic surgeons predict that cheek implants will be the new "it" cosmetic su...
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When Cosmetic Dental Work Goes Wrong
By Anna Jimenez |
While bad dental work is not all too common, it does happen. Just ask country crooner LeAnn Rimes who is suing her dentist for "emotional and psychiatric injuries." The star, who filed a lawsuit against her dentist last month, states that the crowns and ven...
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Bo Derek Looks Great After All These Years
By Anna Jimenez |
Despite the fact that she's lost the braids, the swimsuit and doesn't run down the beach in slow motion anymore, Bo Derek is still a 10. At the Vanity Fair Oscar party last month, the 56-year-old blonde proved that she will forever be a bombshell. So how do...
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Your Scalp Needs a Facial Too
By Anna Jimenez |
The foundation of healthy hair lies in a healthy scalp and in order to keep the skin there nourished, regular exfoliation is key. Just like on your face, shedding dead skin cells is important to increase cell turnover and also helps to reduce product buildu...
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Jane Fonda Doesn't Have to Fight for the Limelight
By Anna Jimenez |
The day after the Oscars is always a fun day to work in the media. Commentators and tastemakers across the web go wild dishing on red carpet looks—declaring whose style was killer and whose stylist should have been killed—but honestly, the only ...
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Rapid Eyelash Growth Is Just One Ingredient Away
By Anna Jimenez |
Do you know how fast your eyelashes grow? Shiseido does. They grow .18mm a day. This is important because the Japanese cosmetics group has put in some serious man-hours to figure out eyelash growth rates in order to create their new eyelash stimulator. Thro...
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Get Jane Krakowski's Modern Hairstyle
By Anna Jimenez |
Jane Krakowski, the co-star of NBC’s former hit series, 30 Rock, looks absolutely ravishing these days. Every time we see this funny lady on the red carpet, we can't help but smile and also envy her long, gorgeous blonde hair. However, this hasn&rsquo...
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Noteworthy Nail Trends: Texture
By Anna Jimenez |
Scroll through this gallery of the hottest new nail trends to see lust-worthy nail textures and get inspired to try some of these looks yourself.
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Five Skin-Care No-Nos While Flying
By Anna Jimenez |
There is no doubt about it—traveling on an airplane takes a toll on our skin. We know this because when the plane touches back down on the tarmac, or even the day after, our skin rebels against us. So why is this such a tortured time for our face? San...
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Why Does Uma Thurman Look So Different?
By Anna Jimenez |
On any given day, we can look pretty different than we did the day before. Whether we had time to do our makeup or blow out our hair can make a significant difference in our appearance. The same goes, perhaps even more so, for celebrities. We can see them d...
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Copper: The New Must-Have Ingredient in Skin Care
By Anna Jimenez |
There are a lot of anti-aging creams and lotions that work to stimulate your body's own natural production of collagen—because unfortunately, you can't just put collagen into a cream and expect it to sink into your face and fluff out fine lines and wr...
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Botox Should Be Born in the USA
By Anna Jimenez |
It's good to buy locally. From the kale at your neighborhood farmer's market to the all-American Chevrolet, supporting the local economy keeps innovation and jobs in our own backyard. And while in the beauty industry we often lust over Parisian perfumes or ...
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Red Carpet Makeover Secrets for Your Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
Every Monday we take it upon ourselves to virtually applaud the women of Hollywood who have gone through some kind of transformation. Whether we follow their path to better skin or dish on their post-baby body secrets—the start of the week is a fury o...
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Three Nail Products You Never Knew You Needed
By Anna Jimenez |
A salon manicure is by far one of the best "me time" indulgences, however it's not always possible to float on down to your favorite nail spa when you need a good filing or foot scrub. That means our at-home arsenal of must-haves for beautiful hands and fee...
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Life After Breast Implants
By Anna Jimenez |
More than 40,000 women underwent breast implant removal procedures in the year 2008 according to a study from the National Research Center for Women & Families. And while most women who go through this surgery replace old implants with new ones (as the ...
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BB, CC and Now DD Creams
By Anna Jimenez |
It was only about 18 months ago that BB creams hit the market in America and took the beauty world by storm by promising to prime, conceal, protect, brighten and hydrate skin all in one. Then came CC creams, which are similar, but lighter and oil-free, and ...
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Millionaire Matchmaker's Major Makeover
By Anna Jimenez |
Patti Stanger, for those of you unfamiliar, is The Millionaire Matchmaker on Bravo TV who has been dishing out dating advice to single women across the country for half a decade now. While most of her advice to women is in regard to their behavior, a lot of...
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Is Jane Seymour the Sexiest at 61?
By Anna Jimenez |
Our 30s are when we finally stop second-guessing ourselves. Our 40s are a time of power and action. Our 50s are when our wisdom comes in handy. And our 60s? Well, haven’t you heard—60 is the new sexy. Or at least one look at celebrities like Hel...
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How to Clear Cystic Acne
By Anna Jimenez |
If you have it, you likely know it. Cystic acne not only causes deep-seated scars on your face, but internal scars as well since many who have the skin disorder suffer from emotional distress. In fact "it is associated with long-term psychological issues in...
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Xeomin Will Be Re-Launched to Stop Wrinkles
By Anna Jimenez |
Good news for people searching for alternatives to their usual minimally invasive wrinkle-reducing treatments. Xeomin (a botulinum toxin, which like Botox or Dysport is used to relax frown lines between the eyebrows) is officially back on the market now tha...
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Rouge Lips From Tom Ford
By Anna Jimenez |
If you didn't get what you wanted for the holidays this year, go return whatever you did get and pick up something from the Tom Ford Jasmine Rouge Lip Color Collection ($48 each). We promise you, any one of these gorgeously designed, highly pigmented lipsti...
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How Long Does Botox Take to Work?
By Anna Jimenez |
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), Botox is the number one cosmetic treatment in the country. With a whopping 5.7 million procedures performed last year, it’s up 621 percent from the year 2000. That's one billion dollars wor...
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Is Winter the Best Season for Cosmetic Surgery?
By Anna Jimenez |
We hear it constantly: New Year, new you. And while to some people this means changing careers or getting a drastic haircut, others take this resolution quite literally and opt for plastic surgery. In fact, winter is the busiest time of year for cosmetic su...
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Curvaceous Hair Is Back
By Anna Jimenez |
Now that everyone is excited about the new Pantone color of the year (emerald green), we think it's important to also suggest a theme for hair. So let's make 2013: "The Year of the Curl." As in every woman that spends hours of her week straightening her cur...
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Lightweight Sneakers Promise Toned Legs
By Anna Jimenez |
The cavemen did it—ran, jumped, foraged—with no shoes on, so why should we have to lug around heavy sneakers just to jog a couple miles? It's a good question, and perhaps why people are so excited about the new lightweight sneaker trend.
Brands...
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New Year's Eve Makeup for Every Skin Tone
By Anna Jimenez |
New Year's Eve is a fabulous time of year and one when you should look nothing short of, well…fabulous. However, that doesn't mean you need to spend hours applying your makeup. Here to share an easy, party-perfect makeup look that flatters all skin t...
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Threading: The Easy Path to Perfect Brows
By Anna Jimenez |
Eyebrows are, without a doubt, one of the most important features on our face. However, they typically either get too much love or way too little. While some women obsessively tweeze out every stray hair (and then some) with gusto, others completely forget ...
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Firm Your Body and Face With Venus Freeze
By Anna Jimenez |
Radiofrequency and ultrasound have long been used in the world of aesthetic dermatology to treat skin issues from laxity to cellulite, however, with each new year it seems there is a new machine promising better results and less discomfort.
Beverly Hills, ...
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New Hair Color Technique Breaks The Rules
By Anna Jimenez |
Bruising. To a doctor, it's a minor hematoma of tissue. To celebrity hair stylist and educator Carla Ross, it's the latest and greatest way to color your hair for fuller and more youthful-looking strands.
Carla's invention, the "Bruising" technique w...
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Track Your Skin's Progress With This App
By Anna Jimenez |
Some women switch skin-care routines as often as they change their clothes. Why? Well, there are many reasons—impatience, sheer boredom or because they don’t see a marked change in the health of their skin. But what most people don't realize is ...
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Meet Your New Best Friend: CC Cream
By Anna Jimenez |
Wait a minute! Before you put on that BB cream, there’s another product you need to know about that’s storming the beauty scene with full force. CC cream, or color correcting cream, is starting to infiltrate beauty stores with tons of brands creating their ...
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A Facial After Fillers: What You Need to Know
By Anna Jimenez |
We love to spend the better half of the weekend pampering ourselves since we deserve it, don't we? A hectic workweek can leave anyone lusting after some TLC. However, it is important to know that not all primping and prodding go that well together—at ...
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Why Brooke Shields Never Seems to Age
By Anna Jimenez |
At 47-years-old, Brooke Shields is one "Pretty Baby." The child star turned model and actress seems to look younger, and more beautiful every year. So what is it about Brooke that makes her look so youthful and stunning? The beauty experts weigh in.
The Ey...
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Cold Weather Survival Tips for Acne
By Anna Jimenez |
You might not have stopped to notice it yet, but fall is upon us and with each new season, comes new skin concerns. Temperatures are starting to drop and that distinct autumn wind is picking up steam, which means your skin, especially if you have acneic ski...
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New Noses for Young Hollywood
By Anna Jimenez |
Celebrity nose jobs are not uncommon, however what is unique, is the fact that young starlets in the dawn of their careers are getting rhinoplasty. And not only are they going under the knife, they are openly talking about it.
Both Dianna Agron and Ashley ...
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Surprising Ways to Use This Everyday Beauty Product
By Anna Jimenez |
Deodorant is by far one of the least glamorous beauty items sitting atop your vanity or inside your bathroom cabinet. However, it is one of the most useful ones. Not only is deodorant an everyday necessity that keeps sweaty, smelly pits at bay, it also come...
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Get the Ultimate Facial with Ultrasound
By Anna Jimenez |
Touted as the "under the radar" advanced alternative to traditional microdermabrasion treatments, ultrasound facials are quickly gaining mass popularity among dermatologists not only for their capability to tone and tighten the skin, but for their unique ab...
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The New Ps and Qs of Cosmetic Surgery Etiquette
By Anna Jimenez |
Boatloads of celebrities have admitted to plastic surgery. Kim Kardashian's mother Kris Jenner even had her facelift procedure broadcast on E! News for the entire Western world to see. So this means we're all okay to openly talk about plastic surgery now, r...
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Can Creams Really Repair Skin From Within?
By Anna Jimenez |
There is a common myth that pervades every woman's psyche: The right skin-care cream (especially an expensive one) can have seemingly magical anti-aging effects. It can seep deep inside your skin, fill in wrinkles and plump your face from the inside out. So...
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Next Up In Anti-Aging Face Creams—Umbilical Cords
By Anna Jimenez |
There's always some new cream on the market promising the trickling fountain of youth within its 1.8 ounce bottle. It also usually contains scientifically proven ingredients like retinoids or peptides. But sometimes a cream will boast a rare, exotic or even...
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Mad Men Star Elisabeth Moss' Stunning Hair Makeover
By Anna Jimenez |
Changing up your hair color is one of the easiest ways to update your look. You can step into the salon in the morning and step out a couple hours later looking almost like a completely different person. Don't believe us? Take a look at Mad Men star Elisabe...
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New and Noteworthy: ShaveTech Razor
By Anna Jimenez |
Welcome to the future of on-the-go hair removal, ladies. The ShaveTech ($40) electric shaver is sleek, lightweight and the best part—has a convenient USB charging option so you can power it up on your laptop or in the car.
Surely we've all gott...
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Anti-Aging Pilates Hits NYC
By Anna Jimenez |
Pilates is a great way to get your body in shape, but did you know it can also fight wrinkles? See the moves you can do at-home now.
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New and Noteworthy: Skin Enhancing Tints
By Anna Jimenez |
There are two new and noteworthy (yes, I titled it that way for a reason) tinted moisturizers that are blowing me away this month. First, let's tackle why they are both so equally noteworthy.
1) They come from brands not known for color and going outside t...
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Shrink Your Body in 30 Minutes
By Anna Jimenez |
I don't know about you, but I will try just about anything—beauty product, treatment or trendy workout—that claims to effectively shrink my waistline or smooth out cellulite. From burning candles that claim to detox the body and de-dimple my rea...
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The 3 Biggest Sunscreen Mistakes You're Making
By Anna Jimenez |
You weren't born yesterday, so you already know that the sun is bad for you. Sure, it facilitates life on earth, but it also wreaks hyperpigmentation-havoc (among other things, psst wrinkles) on your skin. And if the sun is the enemy in this little metaphor...
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New and Noteworthy: Bite's Honey Lip Lacquers
By Anna Jimenez |
We couldn’t blame you if you had a slight urge to lick these new lip glosses by Bite right off your lips. And while you potentially could—the formula is 99 percent natural—you wouldn’t have much luck anyway, as each gloss is water-re...
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Is Plastic Surgery Still a Lawless Land?
By Anna Jimenez |
Here is an interesting fact: Only 3.5 percent of doctors in the U.S. are truly qualified to perform aesthetic procedures. If you're not shocked by that news, you should be. It's one of the reasons board-certified plastic surgeons and dermatologists are call...
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NewBeauty At Fred Segal Product Pick: Etat Libre D`Orange Perfume
By Anna Jimenez |
"I have never been one for scents in bottles. I have always located my favorite fragrances at the doorways of kitchens, in the heart of a greenhouse, at the bottom of a garden. Scent means to me: Place and state of mind—even state of grace. Certainly ...
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Plastic Surgery Won't Fix This Problem
By Anna Jimenez |
Every woman can likely find something about their appearance they wish they could change. From a less-than-perfect smile, to too many freckles or a slightly crooked nose, it's easy to nit pick. And while it might be normal to wish you had abs or perfect ski...
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NewBeauty At Fred Segal Product Pick: African Botanics Body Oils
By Anna Jimenez |
While most people would consider the beaches of Santa Monica, CA, a little slice of heaven, they pale in comparison to South Africa's Western Cape. So when African Botanics, a new line of body oils hailing from the notoriously pristine region wanted to laun...
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Nose Job Trends
By Anna Jimenez |
While the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports a drop in rhinoplasty procedures—37 percent fewer Americans got nose jobs last year than in 2000—there has been an increase in the procedure for specific ethnicities and a decrease for other...
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Make A Wish For A More Beautiful World With Shiseido
By Anna Jimenez |
As one of the oldest beauty companies in the world, Shiseido still looks great. And this year, as the brand celebrates their 140th anniversary, they continue in their grand tradition of beauty. In an effort to continue enhancing the earth and its people, Sh...
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A Sweet Treat For Tangled Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
I've never been particularly fond of leave-in conditioners. I have fine hair, and spraying them on after I have already used a thick conditioner in the shower feels gratuitous, not to mention, typically leaves my hair feeling heavy or crunchy. But after I d...
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The Skinny On Reading Food Labels
By Anna Jimenez |
You walk into a grocery store on a mission to choose healthy, fresh foods in order to keep your body trim and functioning at its best. Then, out of nowhere, the overabundance of diet marketing splashed across the aisles fools you. A "bad" purchase is made, ...
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Uv Nail Lamps—How Dangerous Are They?
By Anna Jimenez |
Gel manicures are offered everywhere these days. They come in "soft" and "hard," generic and brand name and are a beautiful option for those interested in long-lasting, chip-free color that can last upward of three weeks. In fact, the idea of having perfect...
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3 Hair Brushes Celebrity Hairstylists Swear By
By Anna Jimenez |
Can a hairbrush change your life? Not likely. Can a hairbrush change your hair? It certainly has the ability to make a big difference. I know since finally caving in and switching to a Mason Pearson, the highly acclaimed boar bristle brush that costs just u...
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Quick Elegance For Your Hairstyle
By Anna Jimenez |
The almighty ponytail: a childhood favorite and an adult conundrum. For women past their 30s, it's not always easy to get away with a hairstyle that most reserve for the gym or when it's time to do a weekly clay face mask. So how do you make the ultimate in...
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Pick The Chemical Peel That's Right For You
By Anna Jimenez |
If you're considering a chemical peel to enhance and brighten your skin, but want to start simple, consider a light peel. "These peels increase cell turnover and need to be done monthly because the results are cumulative," says Boca Raton, FL, aesthetician ...
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Victoria's Secret Reveals The Sexiest Celebrities
By Anna Jimenez |
Lingerie and beauty retail giant Victoria's Secret, responsible for the careers of some of our favorite super models, just released its Victoria's Secret 2012 What Is Sexy? List. The annual list is in its seventh year and names the sexiest celebrities in th...
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That Sports Drink Is Damaging Your Teeth
By Anna Jimenez |
If you need a pick-me-up post workout, it's time to stop guzzling Red Bull. It turns out, sports and energy drinks are responsible for permanent smile damage. In a recent study published in General Dentistry, researchers found that the high acidity levels i...
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A Fond Farewell To The Iconic Vidal Sassoon
By Anna Jimenez |
Whether you're familiar with his hair-care product empire or one of his several salons, there's no doubt that you know the name of Vidal Sassoon. And after a long life of styling the hair of some of the most iconic stars in Hollywood, and inventing his own ...
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Light Up Your Lips And Eyes With Beauty For Real
By Anna Jimenez |
I have to admit: In a world where there are seemingly limitless options when it comes to cosmetics, it takes a lot for a beauty product to stand apart from the glorious masses. One trip down the department store beauty aisle has my head brimming with "this ...
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Super Thin Celebrities Don't Inspire Weight Loss
By Anna Jimenez |
"Thin-spiration" has become a hot controversial topic across the Internet with entire websites and blogs devoted solely to showcasing the bodies of pin-thin celebrities and runway models. In a supposed effort to inspire weight loss, women look at these webs...
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Resurface Your Skin With Dragon's Blood
By Anna Jimenez |
Just to clarify, I'm not talking about the blood of a fire-breathing mythical reptile in this post. For now, we can leave the dragon slaying to St. George-that is, unless we find out that the DNA of the fictitious animal really does fight wrinkles and renew...
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Fact Or Fiction: Hair Becomes "Immune" To Shampoo
By Anna Jimenez |
Here's the scenario: You find the shampoo and conditioner combination of your dreams. They do everything they say they will do-lift limp, flat hair, soften and smooth dry, split ends, and make your strands glisten. Then one day, seemingly out of nowhere. BA...
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Stop Swollen Skin With This Celebrity Beauty Secret
By Anna Jimenez |
When I think "detox," I imagine guzzling down profuse amounts of cayenne pepper-spiked lemonade, concoctions of cold-pressed spinach, rutabaga and ginger, and salt water flushing my system into oblivion, while dry brushing my skin to within an inch of its l...
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Get Great Summer Skin With These 4 Tips
By Anna Jimenez |
The first official day of summer is only eight weeks away, which means you have just enough time to whip your skin-and the rest of your body-into shape. Whether you need to tighten up, nourish or just get your good habits back on track, here are four excell...
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A Celebrity Makeup Artist Calls For "War On Powder"
By Anna Jimenez |
They call it "foundation" for a reason. It's the base of your made up face-the sturdy surface that gets meticulously "laid" over your skin to cover up imperfections and even out your skin tone. It's wondrous, glorious and necessary (for me at least).
To...
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London Calling: The Scent Of Departure
By Anna Jimenez |
What does vacation smell like? Salty seawater sundried on your skin in Hawaiia. Hot, buttered croissants in a Parisian bakery storefront. Pungent spices overflowing from wood barrels in an outdoor market in Dubai. No matter what the fragrance is that remind...
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Waxing And Breakouts: Is There A Link?
By Anna Jimenez |
Getting your eyebrows professionally waxed is a surefire way to achieve and maintain perfect arches, especially since many of us tend to over-tweeze or create a shape that's not flattering for our face. However, a common complaint we hear from many women i...
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Enliven Your Body Through This Ancient Practice
By Anna Jimenez |
Nature is the name of the game at The Spa at La Costa. Ranked by many in the industry as one of the best wellness spas in North America, those looking to be inspired by nature and the coastal California lifestyle are in luck. This all-encompassing, relaxing...
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Breast Implants 50 Years Later
By Anna Jimenez |
Fifty years ago, the first silicone breast implants were placed in a Texan housewife and since then, millions of women have followed suite in the quest for a better, bigger bust. Now breast augmentation is the second most requested invasive cosmetic procedu...
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Prevent And Treat Ingrown Hairs Before Bathing Suit Season
By Anna Jimenez |
When it comes to unsightly and annoying skin irritations, ingrown hairs are right up there on the "please, just make them stop" list. And when ingrown hairs crop up on your bikini line, they are particularly frustrating, especially with bathing suit season ...
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10 New And Promising Beauty Ingredients
By Anna Jimenez |
There's no need to hop in the old Delorean and travel through time to see what the future of skin care looks like. If you want to know the powerhouse ingredients that will change the formulations of many skin care products in the forthcoming years, look no ...
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Happy Birthday, Botox
By Anna Jimenez |
Since its FDA approval for aesthetic treatment in April 2002, the neurotoxin Botox has gone from a somewhat controversial treatment to a celebrity-endorsed wrinkle remedy. Injectables have become the new norm in cosmetic treatment. According to the American...
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Eat This Sweet Treat To Lose Weight
By Anna Jimenez |
If you like chocolate and workout about 3.6 times a week, read on. It turns out that we have some pretty stellar news for you. A new study says that healthy people, who bust a sweat about four times a week and nosh on Nestle (or any chocolate for that matte...
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The Main Ingredient For A Healthy Smile
By Anna Jimenez |
Here's a fun a little game to play with your girlfriends at brunch. Ask them to list off the ingredients in their toothpaste. Then, watch them stare back at you blankly. Blinking.
OK, so maybe this isn't a fun game per se, but it is important to know. Esp...
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Fat-Busting Workout Gets You Fit In 4 Weeks
By Anna Jimenez |
Who doesn't want to look and feel longer, leaner and more flexible? If your hand is raised, welcome to the club and now would be a great time to introduce you to one of the hottest workouts to come out of New York City-Physique 57.
With multiple locations,...
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The Perfect Snack Food For Aging Skin Is Not What You Think
By Anna Jimenez |
When we think "best foods for aging skin," (a common thought, we must admit) the list typically consists of blueberries, salmon, walnuts-you know, the common omega-3 and antioxidant-rich foods that we try to sneak into our diets in-between massive gulps of ...
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A Dry Shampoo To Top All Dry Shampoos
By Anna Jimenez |
Dry shampoo, to me, is the best innovation in hairstyling since, well, hairspray. The way I feel about a really excellent fresh start-in-a-can/bottle/powder is pretty much the way Marilyn Monroe felt about a diamond: It's a girl's best friend.
Hardly a nov...
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New Anti-Aging Discovery By Dermatologists
By Anna Jimenez |
Do you ever wonder why two women, who are the exact same age, look years apart? Sure, extrinsic factors like sun exposure and smoking can be the culprit, but dermatologists are now starting to study how intrinsic factors-the genes inherited from your parent...
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9.2 Million Cosmetic Procedures Were Performed In 2011
By Anna Jimenez |
If you had a cosmetic procedure last year, you sure aren't alone. The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) just released their statistics stating that the overall number of cosmetic procedures has increased 197 percent since the tracking of...
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7 Different Factors Cause Under-Eye Circles
By Anna Jimenez |
It turns out the dark circles under your eyes might not have anything to do with a lack of sleep. They can however make you look tired or appear older than you are. So how do you get rid of them? The answer lies in what really causes your dark circles-it ma...
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Is Birth Control The Cure For Acne?
By Anna Jimenez |
There is an epidemic sweeping the faces of the nation. And it's not a pretty one. Dermatologists are finding that late-onset, or adult-onset acne, has become increasingly common in women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and even 50s.
A study presented at the Americ...
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Treatment Options For Excess Facial Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
It's not uncommon for women to have to "take care" of the hair on our upper lips or tweeze away stragglers on our chins. But what about when unwanted facial hair becomes too much to handle?
Hirsutism, a medical condition marked by abnormal hair growth on t...
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Picking Pimples Causes Scars: True Or False?
By Anna Jimenez |
We've constantly been told not to pick and prod at our pimples when suffering from a breakout. This is good advice, but not perhaps because of why we think. Apparently many are under the assumption that popping our pimples will cause a scar, but this is a m...
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True Or False: You Can Get A Scar From Picking A Pimple
By Anna Jimenez |
We've constantly been told not to pick and prod at our when suffering from a breakout. This is good advice, but not perhaps because of why we think. Apparently many are under the assumption that popping our pimples will cause a scar, but this is a myth, say...
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Add This To Your Workout To-Do List
By Anna Jimenez |
Your daily sweat-fest is good for a lot of things: your heart, your mind, your waistline, etc. There's no doubt that exercise does a body good, but if working out is so helpful, why does our skin not agree-why do we breakout after a workout? It's most likel...
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Want To Look Youger? Jump Into This Time Machine
By Anna Jimenez |
Famed celebrity skin-care specialist Tracie Martyn is best known for her skin-rejuvenating and lifting facials that have stars like Kate Winslet and Sandra Bullock visiting her New York locale on a regular basis. Now, the skin-care maven has decided to up t...
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A Chic Way To Stay Sweat-Free
By Anna Jimenez |
I'm not one to openly gush about my perspiration problems (pun intended), but am continually perturbed by deodorants that don't live up to my damp-free standards. Also, I tend to find that if a deodorant doesn't overwhelm my armpits with the smell of baby ...
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Three Tinted Moisturizers That Are Game Changers
By Anna Jimenez |
If you haven't realized that tinted moisturizer is one of the best beauty inventions ever, than it's high time you start to appreciate coverage and supple skin in one easy step. As a former non-believer (I'm a sucker for step-by-step application when it com...
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No Gym Today? At Least Move Your Body
By Anna Jimenez |
We invent a million and a half reasons for why we can't exercise-excuses for not pounding some pavement for 20 minutes or lifting a five-pound weight every once and a while. We are a sedentary nation, and scientists want to know just how our inactivity affe...
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Your Water Bottle Could Make You Fat
By Anna Jimenez |
Another reason to stop guzzling down bottled water? You know, besides the obvious environmental hazard, price, and the fact that fluoride found in tap water makes your teeth stronger. Bottled water makes you fat. Or, in a less dramatic statement, evidence s...
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Promote Skin And Body Well-Being With A Drink
By Anna Jimenez |
We constantly hear about the benefits of a high-fiber diet. We've even seen it added to our children's sugary Fruit Loops in an effort to boost daily intake. That's because when we eat fiber, it not only helps our waistline (allowing us to feel fuller for l...
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My Secret Weapon For Big And Healthy Lips
By Anna Jimenez |
It seems like every day a new lip plumper pops up on the beauty scene. And for good reason-big, plush pillow lips are ideal thanks to the Angelina Jolies and Scarlett Johansons of the world. Plus, a puffy pout can also make you look younger since skinny lip...
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Your Dream Body Could Be One Minute Away
By Anna Jimenez |
As you jog on the treadmill, and watch each minute painstakingly crawl by, you likely wonder just how much exercise does it really take to get fit-how many minutes, days, weeks, or years. Or, on the other hand, how little exercise does it take? Some welcom...
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Does This Make My Eyelashes Look Fat?
By Anna Jimenez |
Fat, skinny, curvy-no, I'm not describing how you look in a bikini, after all, we've never met. It's actually a description of your mascara wand. The size and girth of the brush makes a big difference in what your lashes look like, or at least that's the th...
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Your Doctor's Weight Might Affect Yours
By Anna Jimenez |
We recently shared a study released by the CDC that states more doctors in the last 12 years have explicitly told patients to exercise more than ever before. If you ask us, a little kick in the tush from our doctor is always welcomed and appreciated in our ...
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Do You Suffer From Skin Hunger?
By Anna Jimenez |
Your personal devices, like cell phones and iPads, get a lot of love. And while that isn't an inherently bad thing since text and talk keep you in the loop, it's important not to miss out on real contact with people. After all, your phone doesn't deserve mo...
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A New Reason For That (Much-Kneaded) Massage
By Anna Jimenez |
Finally! New research suggests that massage should absolutely be covered by our health insurance. That or, at best, the new research found in Science Translational Medicine, which states massage reduces inflammation and promotes cell growth following exerci...
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Exactly How Many Cosmetic Procedures Has Joan Rivers Had?
By Anna Jimenez |
Joan Rivers, the queen of fashion trash talk with her notable New York accent and keen celebrity quips, doesn't keep quiet about much. When it comes to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures (a topic most celebrities vehemently deny when speculated upon by...
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Anti-Aging Ingredient Claims To Rival Retinol
By Anna Jimenez |
It's not everyday that scientists researching the world's most pressing issue- renewable energy resources and biofuels-stumble upon a skin care ingredient so packed full of anti-aging skin care benefits that it gives retinol (the current gold standard in be...
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Brazilian Blowout Ordered To Admit Cancer Risk
By Anna Jimenez |
Perhaps one of the most controversial and hotly debated topics in the hair care industry for the last few years-hair-straightening treatments and their safety. And they're back in the news. Brazilian Blowout, which has been charged with releasing dangerous ...
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Beauty Brands Break Into Your Lunchbox
By Anna Jimenez |
We all know that in order to have great, healthy skin and hair, we need to pay attention to our diet. We can't scarf down greasy, fatty food or skip out on vital nutrients, then just expect to look (or feel, for that matter) radiant. Well, you're not the on...
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How To Get Kim Kardashian's Wavy Hair
By Anna Jimenez |
Perfecting the shiny, bouncy waves so often seen on the red carpet is easier said than done. It's trying to make them last throughout the day that is the feat. What were once well-formed curls at 9am, typically fall flat or turn frizzy by dinnertime. That's...
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Makeup Tricks: Get Angelina Jolie "Pillow" Lips
By Anna Jimenez |
Big. Fat. Plump. All words a Hollywood starlet never wants to see splashed across a rag at the Rite Aid news stand, right? Wrong. Hollywood deems these adjectives acceptable in description of one attribute, and one attribute alone-the lips. If you weren't b...
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The Treatment Oil You'll Go Nuts For
By Anna Jimenez |
Argan oil has been a hot topic over the last five years. Especially over the last two-making standout appearances in a number of products across all types of beauty brands due to its antioxidant-rich skin and hair enhancing benefits. But the reign of this o...
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Poll: Fess Up: Do You Shave With A Man's Razor?
By Anna Jimenez |
According to the women's razor brand Gillette Venus 30 percent of women use razors specifically designed for men. While some just sneakily borrow their husband or boyfriend's razor out of convenience (been there, done that), most actually buy men's razors b...
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The Magic Ingredient Behind Flawless Skin
By Anna Jimenez |
It's powerful. It's potent. It's vitamin C. While consuming the powerhouse ingredient is well and good, applying vitamin C topically is the most effective way to reap the benefits for your skin. Watch as we chat with Los Angeles aesthetician, Gina Mar&iacut...
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The Skin-Care "It" Kit For Traveling
By Anna Jimenez |
We've all been there-you pack for a weekend trip and just can't decide what beauty products are essential for the carry-on, especially when there's a risk of losing your products at the security line (sometimes it seems like TSA is determined to throw a mon...
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Get A Flawless Makeup Look In 6 Minutes Or Less
By Anna Jimenez |
If you're like us, most days you rush out the door in the morning with sopping wet hair and a makeup look that's less-than-desirable. Well it's time to turn the tide ladies. Just because you don't have time to perfect a smoky eye doesn't mean you should thr...
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Drink Your Hair Loss Woes Away
By Anna Jimenez |
You know antioxidants are good for the skin (natural protectors that come from plants, fruit, and vitamins to help repair cell damage from sun, smoke and pollution), but did you know they are good for your hair too? It's logical, however for some reason, it...
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Have Rosacea? Steer Clear Of These Devious Aggravators
By Anna Jimenez |
If you're dealing with rosacea, you're likely aware that there is no current cure for it. You're also probably aware that though it is a form of acne, it's an entirely different beast-inflaming and attacking the cheeks and chins of about 14 million American...
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Hottest Nail Trends For Spring 2012
By Anna Jimenez |
Looking out the window at cold, dreary weather, you're likely counting the days until Spring-counting the days on dry, mitten-clad hands that is. But when the gloves finally come off, you have a lot to look forward to. Check out this video to see which brig...
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Drink Champagne To Live Longer, And Lose Weight? Cheers!
By Anna Jimenez |
We know, we know, it's not like all the lushes in the world needed another reason to love champagne (that includes us). But, there's good news, not only for Ab Fab fanatics, champagne isn't just good for a buzz this holiday season. There are two new reasons...
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The Hip(Pie) Way To Shampoo
By Anna Jimenez |
Dry shampoo has been helping many busy women skip a day of rinse and repeats since the seventies now. But Psssssst ($6) no longer reigns queen of dirty hair, as today, with dry shampoo's ever growing popularity, major hair care lines continue to roll out th...
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The Time To Detox Is Now
By Anna Jimenez |
Where's the salt? Oh, it's hidden in your food. If you're not careful, it could be overflowing out of every bite of salt water-injected leftover turkey-probably a fact many wouldn't realize unless they were studying the fine print of the packaging with read...
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A Blowout That Will Make Your Stylist Proud
By Anna Jimenez |
Listen, we believe you can conquer most beauty techniques. Maybe it's your at-home mani/pedi, or you've finally learned how to wield a straightening iron like a pro-whatever it is, we're proud of you. Unfortunately, there are still some beauty skills that t...
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Birth Control Pills: Not Used For What You Think
By Anna Jimenez |
It's a dreaded day when your thirteen-year-old daughter asks you about birth control. Shock, horror and panic set in. "You can't even drive and you want to have sex?!" Well, whatever your daughters' libido might suggest, she may be asking for oral contracep...
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"Do These Genes Make Me Look Fat?"
By Anna Jimenez |
No, that was not a typo. Science suggests it's your genes (not your jeans) affecting your pant size. Luckily, a new diet called Newtopia is exploring this complex relationship. The multi-approach plan uses your unique genetic makeup to address the specific ...
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Mastering Minimal Makeup
By Anna Jimenez |
For ladies who like to go bare, this season is for you. For one, the nude makeup trend is here to stay, which is good news for those interested in a more youthful look and those who beckon their natural beauty to shine through. Secondly, as winter gets clos...
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The Haircut "Straight Men" Are "Not Into"
By Anna Jimenez |
Michelle Williams, one of the most naturally gorgeous and talented women in Hollywood, recently told Elle UK that men are unanimously opposed to one facet of her looks-her hair. Try to contain your shock, horror and dismay. It's her short pixie cut they can...
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Are You Hoarding Skin-Care Products?
By Anna Jimenez |
If you take a look in my bathroom cabinet, you'll find what I believe most women to have-a graveyard of half-used lotions, shampoo bottles and eye creams. Yup, many a skincare products have gone to die under my sink.
A new study released by Vaseline, has ...
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The Ultimate New Eyelash Enhancers
By Anna Jimenez |
Eyes are taking center stage this upcoming holiday season and here to up the drama are two innovative new products your lashes will love.
Lash Enhancing Eye Makeup Remover: Nothing looks more youthful than luscious lashes, so once your fabulous night has ...
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