Beauty Buys at the Dollar Store

Beauty Buys at the Dollar Store

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

While most makeup seems like a cheap indulgence, why pay more for items that you can get cheaply at discount stores like the dollar store? Sometimes the quality of these bargains is exactly the same as you’d get at more expensive stores…but sometimes it isn’t. Here’s a guide on what’s…

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How to Cut Your Own Bangs

How to Cut Your Own Bangs

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

With the trend of hair crossing the forehead in blunt, wispy, long, sideways and every other style of bangs, women may be tempted to forego a trip to the stylist in between cuts simply to get those wayward strands snipped. If you feel like you might be able to tackle…

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Homemade Body Scrubs

Homemade Body Scrubs

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

You don’t have to be a beauty expert to realize the benefits of exfoliating. Sloughing away dead skin is a necessity. What most people fail to realize is that you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg on costly beauty products, especially when you can make your very…

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Celebrities’ Best Beauty Advice

Celebrities’ Best Beauty Advice

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

They get paid to look great at all times, so it’s worth paying attention when a star throws out some beauty advice. Here are some great tips from some of the most glam girls in Hollywood. Dermatologists point to one star in particular when they talk about enviable skin, and…

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The Power of Pink

The Power of Pink

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It’s October, and that means it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So when you’re out and about, you might see a lot of pink items for sale in the stores. But before you snap up pink beauty products in the hopes that the product manufacturers will contribute to the cause while…

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Do You Need Hypoallergenic Makeup?

Do You Need Hypoallergenic Makeup?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Many cosmetics currently on the market boast that they’re hypoallergenic, particularly those new mineral powders that are selling like crazy. But who exactly should use hypoallergenic products? What does the term even mean? It sounds like something we all should invest in – cosmetics that won’t evoke an allergic reaction….

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Get Cheeky: How to Get Higher

Get Cheeky: How to Get Higher

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Face it — we’re not all blessed with high cheekbones like Kate Moss, Gisele Bundchen and other glam gals. The good news is that you can model yourself after those famous cover girl faces with the right makeup techniques. While some women are willing to go to great (and often…

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Nail a Perfect Professional Manicure

Nail a Perfect Professional Manicure

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You want a quality manicure, and if you leave it to the professionals, you want to get your hard-earned money’s worth, right? First you have to decide what kind of manicure you want. Nails have gone beyond fake vs. real. Do you want a relaxing, spa-like experience while getting your…

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Old-School Beauty Aids

Old-School Beauty Aids

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Before the days of Photoshop, spray tans and hair extensions, ladies had to get gorgeous with whatever they had on hand. And that usually meant finding a multitasking product that had some other purpose in mind when it was created. We can still take the simple beauty lessons of yesteryear…

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Are You Wearing Too Much Makeup?

Are You Wearing Too Much Makeup?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Many women use makeup to achieve a glamorous look, hide skin imperfections or simply to add a little color. But when does less become more? In a survey conducted by skincare company St. Ives, one in five men said his partner wore too much makeup, and 12 percent of women…

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