Anti-Aging Vitamins

Anti-Aging Vitamins

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

No time to slather on pricey anti-wrinkle concoctions? No problem. You can curb many of the signs of aging – inside and outside your body – by just getting the vitamin balance right in your daily diet. Several key nutrients protect and treat skin when you eat them in the…

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Take on the Menswear Trend

Take on the Menswear Trend

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

This season, one trend is a take on the Aerosmith song “Dude Looks Like a Lady” – only in reverse. It’s haute these days to look like a guy when it comes to fashion. But we’re not talking about wearing clothes expressly made for men. A sleek, tailored look is…

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Salon Safety Hazards

Salon Safety Hazards

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It may feel great to get a new look and be pampered in the process, but what you take away from the salon may be some unwanted skin conditions and germs. You’ve seen the hairstylist reach into a drawer and grab a hairbrush, but do you know where that hairbrush…

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Proper Piercing Protocol

Proper Piercing Protocol

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Piercing various areas of the body may be trendy, but for centuries, different cultures have pierced their bodies for myriad reasons, such as cultural ranking, religious purposes and protection from evil. If you’re thinking about getting pierced, there are a few things you should consider. First, think about the area…

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Buy a Bauble for Charity

Buy a Bauble for Charity

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

If you love accessories– and who doesn’t?– then why not indulge your jones for shiny things while helping the planet and other people? While it’s usually once in a blue moon when we buy diamonds, if you’re in the market for a sparkler, then there is an ethical option to…

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Zit Zappers: Worthy or Worthless?

Zit Zappers: Worthy or Worthless?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Acne treatments have gone high tech. It wasn’t that long ago that a major breakthrough in breakout treatments hit the shelves. We’re talking about the handy devices affectionately known as zit zappers. These high-tech acne treatment devices gained popularity as the end all, be all for people who needed fast…

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How to Break Up With Your Stylist

How to Break Up With Your Stylist

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Things just aren’t the same anymore. He’s lost that spark. The thrill is gone. We’re not talking about a fizzling romantic relationship – no, something that’s sometimes even more painful. That’s right – breaking up with the person who’s been styling your hair into oblivion for as long as you…

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Take Care of Your Cuticles

Take Care of Your Cuticles

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

They may just seem like excess skin you can cut away during a manicure, but that skin at the bottom of your nail bed serves an important function. Cuticles are the gatekeepers of the fingers, protecting the body from bacteria, fungus and other germs. So it’s important to keep them…

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Some Like It Hot: Oil Treatments

Some Like It Hot: Oil Treatments

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Does the mere mention of hot oil treatments give you flashbacks of the ’80s? Well, take heart — and heat — these hair care treatments are still alive and well and exactly what your badly-damaged ‘do may need. If you’ve flat-ironed, blow-dried and colored your hair to death, a hot…

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Tie it Up: Sophisticated Updos

Tie it Up: Sophisticated Updos

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Putting hair up in a ponytail is such a simple way to conceal a host of hair issues, from frizz to needing a washing to a bad haircut. But just because it’s your go-to hairstyle for when you don’t want to style your hair doesn’t mean a ponytail can’t be…

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