Beauty

Wrap Star: TheraSLIM Treatments

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living


Tess Ghilaga

I lost 6.25 inches overall. My skinny jeans fit like a sleek glove, with breathing room to boot. The first treatment is one hour, the following ones are 45 minutes.

Vaseline Tops List Of Beauty Products Women Can't Live Without: Poll

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style


The Telegraph reports that according to a recent poll, Vaseline lip balm is the #1 beauty product British women can't live without. Here's the full l...

Bring Back Beauty Sleep! Save Money, Energy

Starre Vartan | Posted 12.09.2008 | Green


Starre Vartan

Strength doesn't lie in numbers, strength doesn't lie in wealth, strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers so when you wake up, WAKE UP! -Maria ...

America the Beautiful Headlines Vienna Body Image Conference

Darryl Roberts | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living


Darryl Roberts

As economic globalization becomes a reality, it seems that the language of beauty changes along with it.

Ani Phyo's Raw Food Thai Kelp Noodles

Ani Phyo | Posted 11.25.2008 | Style


Ani Phyo

Watch Ani Phyo make Pad Thai inspired noodles on YouTube. You can also watch it on the new VegNews Magazine website. For the recipe, please visi...

Reading The Pictures: It's Nice To See A Brown Girl Get Some Attention

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-11-24-newsweek_mobama.jpgI thought it was quite contradictory -- and a lost opportunity -- that Newsweek's cover was black-and-white ... and Michelle is so (bathed in) light.

Book writing in an Italian restaurant

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 10.31.2008 | Style


Summer Rayne Oakes

I don't know how many times it took dinner with Shawn to light a fire under my ass--maybe three? Maybe four? I don't even remember the restaurant, bu...

Ugliness Is Examined In Study Of 'Uglyism'

The New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 10.30.2008 | Style


Ugliness has recently emerged as a serious subject of study and academic interest unto itself, in some small part because of the success of television...

Age is the New Fat

Beth Teitell | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living


Beth Teitell

No matter how ghastly an age seems when it strikes -- Mayday! I've hit 50 and I'm taking on water! -- inevitably, in a few short years, you'll look back fondly at your relative youth.

MTV Decides Not to Release New Show Model Maker

Darryl Roberts | Posted 10.21.2008 | Entertainment


Darryl Roberts

The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?

Plastic Surgery At Home: DIY Botox

Michelle Madhok | Posted 10.10.2008 | Style


Michelle Madhok

The aptly named Poker Face releases your skin's own natural muscle relaxers. A small amount is supposed to give you a boosted look for about two months.

The Science Of Beauty: New Computer Software Calculates The "Ideal Face"

NY Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 10.09.2008 | Style


The New York Times today has a story on a new computer program designed to improve the attractiveness of any given face. According to the Times: Sc...

MTV's New Reality Show, Model Makers , Puts Lives in Danger!

Darryl Roberts | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living


Darryl Roberts

While trying to cash in on America's impressionable youth, you are edging closer and closer to absolute moral and ethical bankruptcy.

Plastic Surgery Industry Sags With The Economy

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style


CHICAGO — The economy isn't the only thing that's sagging _ so are faces, breasts and bellies as would-be cosmetic surgery patients increasingly...

The 'Ethnically Unambiguous' Are So Last Season

Disgrasian | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style


Disgrasian

For those of you unfamiliar with the makeover episode of America's Next Top Model, know that it typically brings out tears, and I'm talking Niagara-li...

Sarah Palin Wears Fake Glasses?

Liz Spikol | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style


Liz Spikol

No one wears pink taffeta and four-eyes without dying a little inside.

Who Do Plastic Surgeons Turn Away?

New York Times | Camille Sweeney | Posted 09.04.2008 | Style


FROM the moment you sit down for an hourlong consultation, any facial plastic surgeons worth their salt are trying to determine whether you are the ki...

Why Do We Get Baggy Eyes?

LiveScience.com | Robert Roy Britt | Posted 08.27.2008 | Style


As we age, our eyes inevitably take on a baggy look. Now scientists think they know why. Fat in the eye socket expands. The finding could prove usef...

So Out, It's In: Vacation Hair Beading

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 08.21.2008 | Style


Lindsay Mannering

When it comes to hairstyles, I've never experimented much with color, cut, or style. For 24 out of 25 years it's been brown (there was an ill-advised...

More Preteen Girls Get Bikini, Leg Waxes

MSNBC | Vidya Rao | Posted 08.15.2008 | Style


Waxing body hair -- from the simple shaping of an eyebrow arch to the painful transformation of the bikini line -- has long been a rite of passage for...

Brazilian Waxing: One Brave Woman Lets It Rip

DivineCaroline.com | Rebecca Brown | Posted 08.11.2008 | Style


For years, I've heard horror stories of the Brazilian bikini wax. Getting down on all fours, raising a leg like a dog peeing on a tree, spreading my b...

Fish Pedicures: Next New Thing, Gross Gimmick, or Both?

Jeanie Pyun | Posted 08.05.2008 | Style


Jeanie Pyun

Think of this little trend as a case toward a larger point: We are all becoming aware of the fact that beauty has its environmental cruelties, from facial scrubs to body washes to shampoos.

No Weigh!

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.05.2008 | Living


Darryle Pollack

Before you can say "Kirstie Alley", the men all line up by the scale, with absolutely no hesitation and no prodding whatsoever, and weigh themselves. No clearer divide exists between Mars and Venus.

Green Beauty Guide: How To Make Your Beauty Bag More Eco-friendly

Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green


Re-examine your beauty products, reduce your waste and the eternal quest for green beauty will be just around the corner. More companies than ever are...

Beauty on the Beast: Is It Now Okay For Men To Use Skin Products?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

I ran out of shampoo this morning. That may not sound like a big deal to you, but it is to me. You see, I bought the industrial-sized "salon-style"...