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April 17th, 2008

Sign of the Times: Kids Book on Plastic Surgery

You know when there is a book being marketed to the children of moms undergoing plastic surgery that the world we live in has changed…drastically.
Now, you will never, ever find me saying that plastic surgery is wrong. That is a completely individual choice, and one I would never even rule out for myself. But what […]

By Liberty -- 4 comments

April 14th, 2008

Random Fact of the Day: Stress Does Cause Gray Hair

Just the news you wanted to hear to start your week, right? Sorry, but it’s true. Stress can, in fact, cause your hair to gray.
Why? Stress hormones like cortisol can mess with melanocytes (simply, hair cells). Suddenly, the cells have trouble surviving and/or producing the pigment that keeps your hair its original color. Hence, […]

By Liberty -- 5 comments

April 9th, 2008

Blood-Sucking Beauty.

Leeches - nature’s blood-suckers - have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years.
Egyptian medics believed that by sucking out the bad blood, leeches could help cure patients of everything from fevers to flatulence.
And in medieval Europe, leeches were so commonly used by the the medical profession that the physicians themselves were called ‘leeches’.
Today, […]

By Liz -- 2 comments

March 26th, 2008

MUFA Your Way to a Flatter Belly.

Spring is here and summer is around the corner. That means swimsuit weather and the ongoing quest for a flat belly.
But not to worry. Help is at hand and it’s name is MUFA or monounsaturated fatty acids. They might be fats but they are good ones and according to some reports, able to help you […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

March 25th, 2008

Mirrr, Mirror on the…Computer.

Remember this line ‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?’
Well, it turns out the mirror is now on the web and while it doesn’t offer an answer to the above rhyme, it can show you a glimpse of the future.
Good Morning America correspondent Andrea Canning recently checked out this new technology […]

By Liz -- 4 comments

March 19th, 2008

Dermatographia as Body Art.

Meet Ariana Page Russell.
Ariana suffers from dermatographia, a skin disorder that affects up to 5% of the population. But instead of hiding her skin disorder, which is what most people do, she has found a most unique way of dealing with it. She ‘paints’ with her dermatographia.

Dermatographia (’writing on the skin’) causes any scratched or […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

March 12th, 2008

Win Some Fabulous Swag from Lively Women

Another great contest over at Lively Women for y’all to score on (pssst: You don’t have to be a woman to enter).
This time, Kristen’s got a Frownies’ Facelift in a Bag (retails at $139.00) and a $50 Gift Certificate to Bruno Jamais Restaurant in NYC up for grabs.
All you have to do to enter […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

March 4th, 2008

Restful Sleep Sappers Exposed!

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It’s beginning to become a little obvious, what with yesterday’s post and all, that I am a bit consumed with sleep these days. Or more namely, a lack of it. The disturbing thing is that I have no excuses for my shoddy shut-eye. I am […]

By Liberty -- 4 comments

March 3rd, 2008

Happy Living Tip: How To Erase Pillow Creases on Your Face

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Nothing says “I just had one helluva great sleep” better than a face filled with creases compliments of your pillow. We’re talking creases on the cheeks, creases near your eyes and even creases by your mouth. And while these badges of honor might signify your […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

February 12th, 2008

Feeling Flaky? It’s All In Your Head.

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Okay, maybe not in your head, but definitely on it. Because if you are one of the nearly 50% of Americans suffering with dandruff, you’ve got enough white in your strands to put a Northeastern blizzard to shame.
Contrary to what you’ve been told, however, dandruff is not caused from a dry scalp. In fact, […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments