WHENEVER SOMEONE SUES A PROFITABLE COMPANY, you’re bound to find some laypeople who think the lawsuit is a frivolous waste of taxpayer dollars. It’s only a matter…
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I WAGED AN UNSUCCESSFUL AND COSTLY WAR on my armpit hair for six long years, from the age of 12 until I turned 18. I…
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Scrolling down my Facebook feed recently, I came across a picture of the backside of a woman in cheeky underwear. In the comment section, men…
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CARA SANTANA GETS BOOKED. She’s one of the industry’s most successful models, after all, and she’s parlaying her in-demand status into an on-demand beauty business.…
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SLENDER BODIES, smooth lines, and perfectly even skin are still the norm in most magazines and catalogs, but not all brands have turned a deaf…
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ONE OF THE DISTINCTIONS OF SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM is its rebellion against traditional notions of femininity and the things that reinforce it, including beauty conventions. In many…
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IT CAN BE DIFFICULT for one woman to stand out in the saturated beauty industry. For Kat Rudu, standing out has never been her problem.…
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IN THIS weird time of DIY-everything (which is often just re-purposing what some person on Pinterest did), it’s pretty easy to feel overwhelmed or flat-out…
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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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THE RESULTS are in… and they’re not that surprising, though they should be. The demographic of single women is dominated by those with smarts. That’s…
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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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