How to Cut Your Own Bangs

How to Cut Your Own Bangs

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

With the trend of hair crossing the forehead in blunt, wispy, long, sideways and every other style of bangs, women may be tempted to forego a trip to the stylist in between cuts simply to get those wayward strands snipped. If you feel like you might be able to tackle…

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The Best Blonde for You

The Best Blonde for You

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Thinking about going over to the light side? There are a few things you should know about dyeing your hair blonde before you make an appointment or grab a bottle of color. First, take your own natural haircolor into account before choosing to go blonde. People who have very dark…

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Jewelry Cleaning 101

Jewelry Cleaning 101

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Buying potions, sponges and special brushes to clean your fine jewelry is fine if you have extra money, but usually, you can clean jewelry and make it sparkle with supplies you have in your cleaning cabinet. Warm water and a mild dish soap will clean most any jewelry safely. For…

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Your Mom’s Worst Beauty Advice

Your Mom’s Worst Beauty Advice

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Good old Mom — always telling us to eat our veggies, that our faces would freeze like that if we kept scowling…and heaping on the beauty advice. But there are quite a few things Mom shared about our appearance that just aren’t true. Here are a few of the rules…

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Fast Fixes for Weak Nails

Fast Fixes for Weak Nails

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Whether they break, split, have ridges or have been subjected to acrylics, weak nails are not a pretty sight. It’s difficult to keep polish on nails that flake or break easily, but there is hope. One major cause of weak nails is wetting nails. Frequent handwashers often complain about having…

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Treat and Prevent Age Spots

Treat and Prevent Age Spots

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Years and years of worshipping the sun – or just a mere few sunburns over the years – can cause age spots. They’re flat, freckle-like spots that appear on body parts that tend to be exposed to the sun most, such as hands, arms and the face, and fair-skinned people…

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How to Pack Away Summer Stuff

How to Pack Away Summer Stuff

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

When the weather turns cool, it’s time to look forward to unpacking and wearing clothes meant for cooler weather, like cozy sweaters, wool skirts and jackets, and tall boots. But what to do with those summer duds, like t-shirts, shorts, sundresses and sandals? The obvious answer is to stash them…

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Makeup: Many Happy Returns?

Makeup: Many Happy Returns?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

How many times have you bought a lipstick, foundation or other cosmetic that just wasn’t right? The guesswork involved in how the color will look on your skin by simply looking at the bottle is frustrating and annoying, especially when the gamble doesn’t work out. Some stores have reasonable return…

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