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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Best Braids: Front and Center

Best Braids: Front and Center

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Whether you’re 9 or 39, side braids are all the latest rage. From Sienna Miller to Lauren Conrad, it seems like the hippest actresses are donning variations of this fun yet feminine hairstyle that enable women to get in touch with their inner flower child. Not only is this ‘do…

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Your Mom’s Worst Beauty Advice

Your Mom’s Worst Beauty Advice

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Good old Mom — always telling us to eat our veggies, that our faces would freeze like that if we kept scowling…and heaping on the beauty advice. But there are quite a few things Mom shared about our appearance that just aren’t true. Here are a few of the rules…

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Is Hair Dye Safe?

Is Hair Dye Safe?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

You do it to cover greys, give hair a little pick-me-up or go for a drastic new look, but do you really know what’s in your hair dye? Some studies link hair dye to cancer and birth defects, and most dyes don’t go through the rigorous safety testing of other…

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Hair Porosity: Moisture Matters!

Hair Porosity: Moisture Matters!

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

When it comes to your hair’s texture, whether it’s curly, straight, frizzy or somewhere in between, whether or not it absorbs water and other humectants may determine how easy it is to style and what kind of products you should use on your tresses. Many people with chemical treatments, such…

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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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Hot Holiday Nail Polish

Hot Holiday Nail Polish

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

This year, it’s time to be festive all the way down to your fingertips. Many brands of nail polish are introducing holiday colors that’ll drive out the Grinch in anyone and beautify your hands. The colors of the season are brighter and more beautiful than a lit-up Christmas tree, and…

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