Are you sick of losing your battle with acne? Well, you may have nobody to blame but yourself. As it turns out, you could be the leading cause of your acne. Not you personally, but your habits at the very least. For starters, do you know what’s in your cosmetics?…
Today, we gladly submit our bodies and skin to all manner of strange treatments, all in the name of beauty. We inject the botulinum toxin to smooth out wrinkles, lie in carcinogen-laden UVB tanning beds to get that perfect bronze and rip our hair out with hot wax. But that’s…
You know by now to apply sunscreen, moisturizer and all those other products that care for your skin and keep it looking beautiful to your face. But are you going beyond the jaw line? The skin on your neck and chest, aka the décolletage and cleavage, tends not to be…
If you’ve been slathering on the self tanner all summer – or getting plenty of the real thing, which we don’t advise – don’t rush to the tanning bed when it’s time to fall back. Having a super dark tan in the winter when there’s not a lot of sun…
Don’t despair if you’re in need of some serious relaxation…but the hottest spa treatments are out of your price range. For a fraction of the cost, you can create a spa-like atmosphere at home with inexpensive mixtures of food, essential oils and more! Start your day with coffee and fruit…
Everybody knows that oatmeal is a superfood. The fiber-rich food is a source of vitamin E, zinc, magnesium, iron, copper, selenium and protein. Because it’s rich in soluble and insoluble fiber, it can fight cancer, heart disease and other deadly ailments. What most people fail to realize is that oatmeal…
Whether you want to look creepy, mysterious, ethereal, sexy, beautiful or just plain horrifying, Halloween is a fun time to break out of your usual beauty mold and really play with your look. First, consider the occasion. It may not be appropriate to answer the door to trick-or-treaters in your…
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…
Cooler weather means deeper, darker shades in not only clothing, but also nail polish. If you like going over to the dark side, then you may be concerned about the effects those reds, browns and blacks have on your nails. Reds, burgundies, browns and oranges contain dark pigments that can…
Can’t seem to put your finger on a time when you can sit down and do your nails (or hit the salon to have them done)? It’s OK – you can have great-looking nails in about a half hour. Start by removing any polish that you have on your nails….