If you feel like you're already doing everything you can to get clear skin -- eating right and using good-for-you skin care products -- yet... you're still battling blemishes, acne or eczema or other skin issues that just won't die, you could actually have an allergy to gluten.

We've heard...

It isn't easy growing up as a girl. How many of us has seen once strong, confident and brave girls hit 13 and turn into cowering puddles of insecurity? It certainly happened to me and I'm only hitting my stride in my 40's!

Somehow, some way, society, (some) teachers,...

We're all old enough and wise enough to know that the visions we see of the models and celebs gracing the covers of magazines are not exactly, shall we say, au naturel. But, it seems that the media execs in charge of both print and movie screens just can't stop...

Our hands work darn hard. Whether they are frantically typing away on keyboards, updating our facebook pages, gardening or washing dishes -- our hands are exposed to the elements, extreme temperatures and depending on your buying habits, potentially all sorts of harsh bath and kitchen cleansers. That's a lot of...

I've long been quite controversial on the topic of SPF.

I'm a proponent of getting out into the sunshine (conservatively -- for 10 to 20 minutes of screen-free, morning or evening sun, per day, depending on skin tone and closeness to the sun) and not listening to the scare campaigns...

While lightening and brightening the complexion is a relatively new trend in our culture, it's nothing new in the world over. Asian women have been worshipping the perfectly porcelain look forever, and bleaching their skin with toxic hydroquinone to get it.

Here though, Americans still get spray tanned, frequent the...

Beauty trends come and go. Every year, every season a new applicator, ingredient or product promises a wrinkle-free eye, an acne-free face, the next 'fountain of youth' in a bottle, pill or potion -- if they all worked as well as they tout, there'd be no need for anything more,...

I've been wondering a lot of late what must it be like to be thought of as "the most airbrushed woman in America"? So far this week alone I've watched two TV mock jocks tearing apart Demi Moore for her overly retouched Helena Rubinstein ad, wherein she looks nothing like...