Tag: Beauty

Confusion among energy firms’ staff over their own tariffs means customers don’t get best deals, claims Which?

Confusion among energy firms’ staff over their own tariffs means customers don’t get best deals, claims Which?

Energy suppliers are providing customers with incorrect information about the dizzying number of tariffs available and are being kept in the dark about the best deals, undercover research has found. The ‘mystery shopping’ exercise by the consumer group Which? found that the tariffs used by energy firms to set their prices are so complex that [...]

October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Crystal Renn Shoots An Ad for Plus-Size Designer Marina Rinaldi And Then Is Accused Of Being Too Skinny–Again

Crystal Renn Shoots An Ad for Plus-Size Designer Marina Rinaldi And Then Is Accused Of Being Too Skinny–Again

We try not to write about the weight fluctuations of celebrities but Crystal Renn, the former poster girl for the plus-size modelling industry, and her recent weight loss makes for a story about more than just having an off-day while wearing a bikini. Crystal spent the majority of her early modelling career striving to make it [...]

September 28, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Watch: Bilson Once Gave A Dress A ‘Fashion Funeral’

Watch: Bilson Once Gave A Dress A ‘Fashion Funeral’

What’s Rachel Bilson‘s secret to landing atop so many best-dressed lists? Taking funky finds and giving them her own twist. “I don’t like things that look too pulled together,” she tells Women’s Health magazine. “I like the casual touch on a dressy outfit. A vintage dress with designer shoes is always a safe bet. Or [...]

September 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Katie Price To Launch Her Own ‘Katie’ Magazine

Katie Price To Launch Her Own ‘Katie’ Magazine

Opening any newspaper, website, magazine or shopping catalogue in the UK (with the possible exception of New Scientist there’s a fairly large chance you’ll encounter at least one mention ofKatie Price. With this in mind, it was perhaps inevitable that one day there would be an entire magazine devoted to her. And that it would be [...]

August 31, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Report: British Men Favor Brunettes Over Blondes

Report: British Men Favor Brunettes Over Blondes

Conventional wisdom may have men favoring blondes, but a new UK study shows that actually men prefer brunettes. As reported by the Daily Mail, social networking site Badoo polled 2,000 British men, asking them the features they found most attractive in women. The surprise was that almost 60 percent of men found dark hair to be more [...]

August 26, 2011 | 0 Comments More
EXPLAINED:Why do we have fingernails?

EXPLAINED:Why do we have fingernails?

Whether you bite them, paint them or click them obsessively on counter-tops, chances are you don’t realize how fascinating your fingernails really are. Just think, why do we even have them in the first place? When did they first evolve in humans? A recently published study nailed some of those questions right on the head. [...]

August 25, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Natural Ways To Relieve PMS Symptoms

Natural Ways To Relieve PMS Symptoms

Most of us don’t stop and take note of how small changes in eating habits, exercise and other habits can result in large changes in the body. For example, have you ever noticed how your diet can affect your PMS symptoms? Since you have the privilege of making hundreds of choices today, make them count! What are [...]

August 25, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Is Negative Body Image Hurting Your Sex Life?

Is Negative Body Image Hurting Your Sex Life?

There’s no question that our body image influences our relationship behavior (heck, we did a week-long Experts spotlight on it, that’s how influential it is!). Low body image and self-esteem blinds us to our own self-worth, which in turn can make us settle for a so-so relationship or give up on searching for love altogether. [...]

August 22, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Skin Friend Or Foe:Vitamin A

Skin Friend Or Foe:Vitamin A

Skincare aisles are stocked with an endless array of anti-wrinkle formulas. The packaging is different, the claims vary, but most have one thing in common: If you read the ingredients, you will invariably find retinoids — derivatives of Vitamin A. What are these wrinkle-erasing elixirs? We’re here to explain how they work, what they’re in [...]

August 20, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Body Image: How Often Do You Talk About Fat?

Body Image: How Often Do You Talk About Fat?

By Nadia Goodman for youbeauty.com “These jeans make me look fat!” “I wish I had your thighs.” “My diet starts tomorrow!” Fat talking — the tendency to make negative comments about our bodies — is a tried-and-true staple of female culture. Today, researchers are just beginning to study why we do it, and how it affects the [...]

August 20, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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