Glam Picks for Best Beauty Products

Glam Picks for Best Beauty Products

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

You’ve probably seen magazines bestow kudos on different products as their “best beauty picks,” but how do you know if the products really work or if the company is simply a generous advertiser trying to get the word out? The truth is, you don’t, but there are a few great…

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New Uses for Old Accessories

New Uses for Old Accessories

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It feels great to organize a jewelry box, sock drawer or shoe rack. But before you toss, donate or otherwise discard your accessory flotsam, consider reusing it. Many women have encountered a tangled ball of necklaces at the bottom of their jewelry box. Before you start tugging and making knots…

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Makeup: Order, Please!

Makeup: Order, Please!

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Does it really matter in what sequence you put on your makeup? Most of us just think if we cover up those imperfections, throw on a bit of color and jazz up our skin, we’re done. But taking the right steps and putting on makeup in a certain order can…

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Take Care of Your Cuticles

Take Care of Your Cuticles

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

They may just seem like excess skin you can cut away during a manicure, but that skin at the bottom of your nail bed serves an important function. Cuticles are the gatekeepers of the fingers, protecting the body from bacteria, fungus and other germs. So it’s important to keep them…

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Look Photo-Shoot Ready

Look Photo-Shoot Ready

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

A picture is worth a thousand words, but are all of yours negative when you get are caught on camera? The reality is that not everybody is photogenic, and seeing a few bad photos too many can make anyone camera shy. The good is that there are things you can…

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What Your Hairdresser Can’t Do

What Your Hairdresser Can’t Do

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

You may think your stylist is a miracle worker, but there are some limitations that you should recognize when it comes to the looks your hairdresser can and can’t achieve. A few ways to get what you want at the salon is to understand your own hair. Consider its texture…

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How to Fix Broken Cosmetics

How to Fix Broken Cosmetics

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Beauty products are expensive, and it’s frustrating when a lipstick breaks, an eyeshadow shatters or nail polish tops just won’t come undone. So if you have butterfingers and dropped a pressed powder eye shadow or blush on the tile, listen up. Don’t throw out the compact. Grab a plastic sandwich…

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Fashion Myths, Exposed

Fashion Myths, Exposed

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

No white after Labor Day. No horizontal stripes. No heels for tall women. We’ve all grown up hearing these rules from our moms, grandmothers or whoever else saw fit to comment on fashion. But many of them just don’t hold water anymore. In fact, some of these former fashion faux…

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