How Obesity Affects Your Appearance

How Obesity Affects Your Appearance

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Losing weight can not only help you get into a smaller size and wear styles that may reveal more skin, but did you know it also helps improve your appearance? It’s true. Obesity affects your health, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other life-threatening conditions. But there…

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The Best Hair Accessories

The Best Hair Accessories

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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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Blacklist Blackheads Forever

Blacklist Blackheads Forever

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Comedones are the scientific name for them, but if you suffer from blackheads, you want to call them gone as soon as possible. Ugly blackheads form when pores get clogged with oil and debris, such as old makeup or dead skin cells. During puberty, this and other forms of acne…

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Weird Beauty Treatments: Do They Work?

Weird Beauty Treatments: Do They Work?

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We’ve all heard those weird DIY tips about getting your hair shiny, skin clear and other natural so-called beauty boosters. They’re passed down from friends or moms and perhaps tried on a cold winter day with a well-stocked pantry full of potentially beautifying products. But do these concoctions – beer,…

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Prom on the Cheap

Prom on the Cheap

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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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The History of Beauty Treatments

The History of Beauty Treatments

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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…

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Hanging Out: How to Launder Intimates

Hanging Out: How to Launder Intimates

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When it comes to laundry, you know which of your clothes need special treatment, such as hand washing or a gentle cycle in the machine. But it’s worth a mention to give your unmentionables some special treatment. Most panties, bras, shapewear and other undergarments say to hand wash, but many…

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