Scarf Down This Trend

Scarf Down This Trend

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

We see them everywhere, regardless of the temperature outside. They’re scarves, and they seem to be around everyone’s necks, even in the summer. With so many styles, textures and materials, scarves are proving to be a versatile accessory that adds a punch of color all year round. They dress up…

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Fight the Frizz: Hair-raising Tips

Fight the Frizz: Hair-raising Tips

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

There’s nothing worse than looking like you stuck your finger in a socket within minutes of doing your hair. But never fear – it happens to the best of us. Fighting the frizz can be an exercise in futility. Unfortunately, frizzy hair isn’t your fault – it’s your ancestors. Many…

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The Right Red for Your Hair

The Right Red for Your Hair

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

If you’re thinking about coloring your hair, red is a feisty and tempting choice. But there are a few things you should know, whether you’re going for a Nicole Kidman strawberry blond or a Rihanna red. Less than 4 percent of the world’s population has naturally red hair. If you…

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Pull Out the Stops for Pit Stains

Pull Out the Stops for Pit Stains

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Underarm wetness is the pits. There’s nothing worse than being all dressed up, only to have your look sabotaged by those pathetic armpit stains. We’re talking about the big wet spots that mar any outfit. While black and brown garments often disguise the unfashionable flaws, you can’t spend the rest…

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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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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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Simple Updos You Can Do

Simple Updos You Can Do

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For a fancy party or outing – or simply a day when you’d like to wear your hair up – an updo is the way to go. But instead of flocking to the hairdresser to have her put up your mane, why not give it a try yourself? It’s easier…

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Give Dandruff the Brush Off

Give Dandruff the Brush Off

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Tired of being a flake? Face it, dandruff is disgusting. Also known as seborrheic dermatitis, dandruff is the thick, flaky scales that form on the scalp. It is supposedly caused by inflammation and is a common form of the skin disorder eczema. With dandruff, skin cells fall off before they…

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Turkey Neck? Try Ultherapy

Turkey Neck? Try Ultherapy

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If you can empathize with Nora Ephron, who wrote the book I Feel Bad About My Neck, then there’s a new noninvasive cosmetic procedure that can tighten up that turkey neck. Instead of having a nip and a tuck under your chin to get rid of that undesireable extra skin…

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