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Your Guide To A Bump-Free Bikini Line
A bikini wax has a lot in common with having a third margarita. It may seem like a no-brainer at the time — especially in the summer — but if you’re not careful, you’ll wake up the next day in major pain. In the case of your bikini line, a poorly planned hair-removal experience can leave → Read More
How To Calm A Skin Freakout
You know how pretty much all the drama during JoJo’s season of The Bachelorette involved Chad? Redness is the Chad of your complexion — if you’re experiencing any skin drama, you can expect redness to be there. The redness is caused by inflammation, which is essentially blood vessels being → Read More
The Winter Skin Problem No One Talks About (& How To Fix It)
You don’t need Al Roker, a weather app, or an Instagram feed full of pictures of your friends’ dashboard thermometers to tell you it’s cold. Most of us can tell by how our skin looks. When the polar vortex makes an appearance, our complexions turn into a winter landscape of flakes, bumps, and → Read More
11 Questions People Ask When They Find Out I Had My Tubes Tied
No, they dont actually tie them. → Read More
11 Questions People Ask When They Find Out I Had My Tubes Tied
No, they don't actually tie them. → Read More
21 Gifts For People With Impossibly Tiny Living Spaces
3. A cappuccino frother and glass mug that take up basically no space. Bodum So the money from their daily Starbucks order can go into a “move on up” fund. $40; Bodum.com 4. A mobile tablet stand that they can use until they have room for a big screen TV. Even the teeniest of studio apartments can accommodate this entertainment option. $99.99; Levo.com → Read More
All Your Gross Acne Questions, Answered
Breakouts are like annoying coworkers: Almost everyone has them, and it takes tons of effort to avoid them. But, maybe, life would be a bit easier if we could actually understand them. Since acne is the most common skin condition in the U.S., we’re guessing you’ve had at least a run-in or → Read More
19 Books That Are Perfect For Everyone On Your Shopping List
There’s one for every character you know. → Read More
11 Ways This Little Alarm Clock Changed My Life And Made Me Feel Like A Human In The Mornings
A better wake-up call. → Read More
Here’s How 42 Celebrities Dressed Up For Halloween 2015
27. Kim Kardashian > A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Oct 31, 2015 at 10:28pm PDT As only she can do, Kim Kardashian went as herself. 28. Beyoncé > A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Nov 1, 2015 at 1:15pm PST The singer made everyone’s Halloween with Blue Ivy and Jay Z dressed as the cast of Coming to America. → Read More
9 Things You Need To Know About Peels Before You Do One
Oh hai, glowing skin. → Read More
4 Celebs Who Made Major Hair Changes This Week
Change is good. → Read More
9 Celeb Halloween Costumes That Will Give You Life
1. Beyoncé Queen Bey took Ciara’s birthday party by Storm. (And blew away comedian Jeff Dye.) 2. Kourtney Kardashian > A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Oct 24, 2015 at 6:03pm PDT Kourtney’s adorable superhero crew included North West disguised as a unicorn. → Read More
Read This Before You Pop A Pimple Or Squeeze A Blackhead
If you’ve ever undergone extractions (you know, removing the gunk from your face) — whether you did it yourself or with the care of a pro — you know how cathartic they can be. Feeling that dirt leave your skin is a form of therapy. After a good session, you leave feeling lightweight — and, → Read More
All The Boob Questions You Were Afraid To Ask, Answered
After your face, the skin on your breasts is quite literally the most front-and-center on your body — which makes it easy to obsess over any aberration. But just because you’re seeing strange hairs, chafing, pigment changes, bumps, or feeling a weird itch (you know the one), doesn’t mean you → Read More
Take Care Of Your Feet Like A Foot Model
If you're not indulging in a pedicure or cursing the pain of breaking in a new pair of shoes, the condition of your feet is quite likely the farthest thing from your mind. But chances are, your dogs could use a little more attention — we've all had a dry heel, or a callus or two — so we decided → Read More
Is UltraShape the Breakthrough Invention for Belly Fat?
When diet and exercise isnt enough, a new ultrasound device may help to zap that super stubborn fat. → Read More
Accutane Changed My Life
How the drug did more than clear one womans severe cystic acne—it gave her a new sense of confidence. → Read More
Bacne, Buttne, & All The Other Weird Acne That Shows Up In The Summer
We spend nine months of the year waiting for summer — the sunshine, the longer days, the warm weather, the barely-there wardrobe that comes with it all. But it's a bit of a catch-22 that the same weather that begs for sleeveless tops and short-shorts can also make our skin break out in those → Read More
All Things Feet: The Gross Beauty Issues You Need To Know & How To Fix 'Em
Too often, our feet end up being our last priority. But, we put them through so much — running for the train, waiting in line at Trader Joe's, teetering in heels at cocktail parties — that we should really treat them a little better. “People should take care of their feet the way they → Read More