Wedding Dresses on the Cheap

Wedding Dresses on the Cheap

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Before you exchange vows, you should promise to love, honor and obey these helpful hints for saving money on your wedding dress. Planning a wedding can be costly, which is why it’s important to cut corners wherever you can. And while many brides cringe at the notion of paring back…

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Friends With Benefits: Can It Work for You?

Friends With Benefits: Can It Work for You?

Love / Relationships

Friends? Lovers? Or somewhere in between? At one time in our lives, most of us have contemplated entering into an infamous “friends with benefits” agreement. If you’ve seen recent rom-coms including Friends with Benefits or No Strings Attached, you know just the type of dynamic we’re talking about. It’s the…

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How Important is Chivalry?

How Important is Chivalry?

Love / Love Tips

It seems like an outdated concept, chivalry — and in the most traditional sense of the word, it is. Originally, chivalry dictated the code of conduct for medieval knights, who were charged with, among other things, protecting and honoring the weak, aka, women and children. The definition has evolved to…

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Take Lashes to Great Lengths

Take Lashes to Great Lengths

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

This fall, the trend for eye makeup may skew toward the “what not to do” side of the spectrum. That’s because big lashes are in. When it comes to the haute look in peepers, more and more people are opting to clump it up. Think Twiggy from the ’60s and…

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Working Out on the Homefront

Working Out on the Homefront

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

by Anthony Stemke Roughly half of all Americans say they exercise regularly. Want to join them? Maybe you don’t want to join a gym because you lack the time or money — or you are too embarrassed to exercise in front of other people. No problem. You can train at…

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Think Pink with Beauty Purchases

Think Pink with Beauty Purchases

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It seems like lately in October we see more pink in stores than the traditional orange, black and other fall hues. The same is true for many beauty products, which, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, donate a portion of their profits to various breast cancer charities. But you don’t have…

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Find a Great Pair of Shades

Find a Great Pair of Shades

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Your future is so bright you’ve got to wear shades. With summer right around the corner, the hottest trends in sunglass fashion have already hit the stores. Here’s looking at you kid! Talk about a style that’s the cat’s meow. Cat Eye sunglasses are flying off the shelves. We’re talking…

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Tricks for Treats: Smart Choices

Tricks for Treats: Smart Choices

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and the same can certainly be said of the stomach. Cut out all of those tempting treats from your eating regimen and you’ll soon find yourself feeling deprived. Deprivation can be a recipe for diet disaster. Imagine how much you’ll long for that double…

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