THE FOUNDER of the women’s health movement, Barbara Seaman, once remarked that, with all the medications that are marketed specifically for women, one might think that…
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DURING my super fun puberty years I wanted a Wet Brush. It was supposed to glide easily through hair. Detangling and making beautiful the knots…
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EVERYONE talks about first periods, bra shopping, and losing your virginity like they’re the defining moments of womanhood. I don’t know about you, but actually the…
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VICES BY THEIR very definition are “serious moral failings” or, if you’re taking a harder slant, “wicked or evil conduct.” The nature of a vice…
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When I moved to the west coast half of my luggage consisted of books I couldn’t bear to leave behind. With the goals of saving…
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If you’re looking for sound and measured beauty advice, you’d be wise to ask anyone but me. I’ve had one facial in my life, and…
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If you’re like more than one-third of Americans out there, when you go to the beach for the day, you pack everything a beach-goer could…
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Yesterday was a very normal day for me. By that I mean I started it off with healthy-eating intentions and got completely derailed by 11am,…
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Step aside Sephora. You’re old news now. Harvard Business School graduate Grace Choi popped the proverbial top off the cosmetics industry by inventing Mink, the…
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Tired of boobs that don’t act like they have a natural bra built in? There’s a laser surgery for that. In the 1950s women had…
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Throughout history, women (and men) have been doing various things to maintain and increase their level of beauty. It’s amazing the incredible lengths that some…
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It all started with a sports bra. If you haven’t seen or heard of the controversy over the Victoria’s Secret line of sexy sports bras,…
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