Prom on the Cheap

Prom on the Cheap

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It’s a night to remember. Whether you’re planning the perfect prom for yourself or for your daughter, a little can go a long way when you’re working on a shoestring budget. There are plenty of ways you can cut corners without minimizing the importance of one of the most important…

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What to Tip for Beauty Services

What to Tip for Beauty Services

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Getting out your wallet at the end of a salon or spa service can be downright ugly. Between the person who actually performed the service you needed and the supporting players, who might include anyone from the shampooer, blow dryer, wax assistant or receptionist, you might feel like Daddy Warbucks…

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Cozy Sweaters for Every Body

Cozy Sweaters for Every Body

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Now that there’s a nip to the air, you may want to check out some of the hottest sweaters that’ll keep you warm this season. But not all sweaters look great on everybody. When you want to don a pretty sweater, try the following trends. A sweater works for a…

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Are Your Cosmetics Really Organic?

Are Your Cosmetics Really Organic?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Organic cosmetics such as lotions, oils, shampoos, soaps and makeup have natural ingredients that are allegedly free of pesticides. For example, the fruit and flowers that comprise the ingredients in shampoo, such as berries, shea and other plant-based products, must be grown and harvested as organic food is. A label…

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Some Like It Hot: Oil Treatments

Some Like It Hot: Oil Treatments

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Does the mere mention of hot oil treatments give you flashbacks of the ’80s? Well, take heart — and heat — these hair care treatments are still alive and well and exactly what your badly-damaged ‘do may need. If you’ve flat-ironed, blow-dried and colored your hair to death, a hot…

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The Best Hair Accessories

The Best Hair Accessories

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Bad hair days were made for ponytails, braids and whatever other bad-hair-concealing hairdos that are fast and easy. But instead of just throwing your hair up in a blah ‘do, give it a little pizzazz and ward off those bad-hair blues with a few tricks and pretty accessories. If the…

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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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