Prevent Wrinkles Before They Happen

Prevent Wrinkles Before They Happen

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

All you twentysomethings, listen up. And if you’re older and don’t have wrinkles yet, you’re lucky, too. There are ways to prevent wrinkles before they even make that roadmap across your face, from crows’ feet to laugh lines. There are a few dos and don’ts that will definitely do your…

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Yes, You Can Wear Red Lipstick!

Yes, You Can Wear Red Lipstick!

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Maybe memories of wiping Nana’s beet-red pucker off your cheek has turned you off of red lipstick. Maybe it’s red lipstick’s reputation as a bad-girl color. Whatever reason why you’re not wearing this timeless hue, it’s time to expand your horizons. Red lipstick is making a major comeback, and if…

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Superb Secondhand Strategies

Superb Secondhand Strategies

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

With less money to spend on more expensive clothing, people are looking for ways to pinch pennies and get the most bang for their wardrobe buck. That’s why secondhand stores and thrift stores are thriving. And we’re not talking about rifling through racks and racks of decades-old, dusty clothes. Consignment…

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How to Fix Broken Cosmetics

How to Fix Broken Cosmetics

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Beauty products are expensive, and it’s frustrating when a lipstick breaks, an eyeshadow shatters or nail polish tops just won’t come undone. So if you have butterfingers and dropped a pressed powder eye shadow or blush on the tile, listen up. Don’t throw out the compact. Grab a plastic sandwich…

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Tattoo Removal: What to Expect

Tattoo Removal: What to Expect

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Whether it’s an homage to an ex-lover, a drunken whim or an impediment to landing a job, you may have second thoughts about getting your tattoo. It’s estimated that up to 50 percent of those who get inked regret it later on, but unlike most things in life, tattoos are…

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Your Guide to Proper Pants Lengths

Your Guide to Proper Pants Lengths

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Pant legs can be a real drag, especially when you’re trying to perfect the proper length. Go too long and you look like you’re drowning in cloth. On the flip side, there’s no bigger fashion faux paus than donning those highwaters so short you look as if you’re preparing for…

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Silicone Hair Products

Silicone Hair Products

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

For women who have frizzy hair, silicone hair products are a godsend. They seem to add shine, silkiness and manageability to hair that needs taming. And when you straighten your hair, it helps add that pretty sheen to it. But are these “serums,” as they’re sometimes labeled, aren’t all they’re…

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Why Baking Soda Can Be Beautiful

Why Baking Soda Can Be Beautiful

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

That forgotten box of baking soda in the back of your refrigerator or pantry is more useful than you think, especially when it comes to your beauty regimen. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, does double duty for a lot of more expensive beauty products, so why not start storing that…

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Quick Hair Fixes

Quick Hair Fixes

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get coiffed. When you find yourself pressed for time with a hair-raising head, there are a few things you can do to smooth the edges. No time for a shampoo? No problem! We tend to wash our hair too frequently…

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