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I'd been seeing the wordy ads for Amatokin , the so-called "stem-cell cream" popping up in various beauty magazines recently, declaring: "Stem Cells...The Future of Skin Rejuvenation." Allegedly endorsed by one Tiffany Strobel...
I caught the tail-end of an episode of What Not to Wear yesterday and lo and behold it was the juiciest part: when the subject/victim (reluctantly) sits in the salon chair and gets snipped and painted by the wonder duo Nick Arrojo and Carmindy. While...
It's amazing what you see on a long-haul subway trek: this morning, I glimpsed not one, but two women openly primping themselves on mass transit. The first applied lipliner – during a herky-jerky ride, no less (I've no idea how she did it without...
A couple of weekends ago, I had the pleasure of meeting the fabulous Nadine Haobsh of the beauty blog Jolie Nadine (previously known as Jolie in NYC). Her blog is one of my favorites, because she doesn't shy away from pointing out the ridiculousness...
When I was a kid, I longed to have a pair of glasses. They were just so gadgety-cool and the kids who wore them seemed special somehow (in a good way) – like little geniuses. But as I grew older, I began to see the stigma attached to wearing glasses that...
Not since the days of The Cure and Boy George have we seen such a proliferation of man-paint. But it's not just emo boys from bands like the delightfully weird German outfit Tokio Hotel (pictured) and my Chemical Romance swiping on the liner and lacquer...
On my nightly trek home yesterday, I noticed the most astonishing sight: a woman walking down the street, in fairly normal T-shirt and jeans attire, and a fairly bare face, except, slashed across her eyes, she wore eye makeup in lime-green green and vivid...
The beauty world is without a doubt a superficial sphere but sometimes it can also be a great sort of lens to gauge society at large. Case in point: The chairman of Estée Lauder, Leonard Lauder's claim, post-9/11, that when times are tough, women...
A while ago, I was gearing up to test a product by spa skincare brand Renee Rouleau and I happened to notice the ingredient label on the side - it was peppered with parabens in its various forms. While I was taken aback that parabens, a cosmetic preservative...
Move over rehab, juice fasting is the latest trend du jour. From the lemon juice-and-maple syrup Master Cleanse Diet that famously slimmed down Beyonce for Dreamgirl , to the raw juice fasts said to detoxify the body and mind used by the likes of Ben...
Just in time for Mother's Day, there's a new book coming out all about preparing kids for what to expect when Mom undergoes a nip/tuck. Yes, it seems plactic surgery has become so rampant that plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer felt it was...
Have you picked up the latest issue of Vogue ? Even if you haven't, you've likely come across the firestorm of controversy created by the April issue's "Shape issue" cover featuring basketball star LeBron James and supermodel Gisele...
Ah, exercise. While I tend to loathe the monotony and bad early 90s dance music of the gym, I have to admit that I actually enjoy exercising outdoors - there's nothing better than going for a run on a crisp, sunny spring day. Luckily for me, there's...
It's no secret that models and actresses are not as perfect as they seem in magazines. Thanks to Dove's ground-breaking Evolution ad and Jezebel's 'Photoshop of Horrors' (which shows eerie before-and-afters), we've all been enlightened...
I feel like I've heard some pretty farfetched things when it comes to what women will do in their quest for beauty – whether it's using face bleaching creams or drinking vitamin-infused "beauty" waters - I thought I'd heard it all...
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