Health and Beauty

Naomi Campbell Sued For Not Sharing 'Seductive Elixir' Proceeds

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.27.2009 | Style


NEW YORK — Naomi Campbell's new perfume deal doesn't pass the smell test, a cosmetics-marketing company said in a lawsuit accusing the supermode...

Covet Fall's Top 10 Beauty Indulgences

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Felicia C. Sullivan

Admit it: you have a secret beauty indulgence. Although we live in uncertain times where responsible buying is au courant, splurging on the one item that brings you enormous joy never goes out of style.

STUDY: Women Are More Squeamish About Abnormal-Looking Babies Than Men

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living


WASHINGTON — Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise findi...

Girlfriends' Guide To Very Personal Grooming: Business Above The Belt, Party Down Below

Vicki Iovine | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living


Vicki Iovine

When I noticed last winter that a person does not only get gray hair on her curtains, but that sooner or later it's bound to show up on her carpet, I did what any fastidious woman would do -- I consulted my girlfriends.

Iphone App Informs Consumers About Products' Health Impact

nytimes.com | Claire Cain Miller | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living


These days, every skin lotion and dish detergent on store shelves gloats about how green it is. How do shoppers know which are good for them and good ...

How To Cope With Gray Hair Down There

DivineCaroline | Deborah Bailey | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living


I know I'm not the only woman who struggles to keep the carpet matching the drapes. You know that never ending battle to keep the hair on your head an...

The 6 Most Disgusting Beauty Treatments

DivineCaroline | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living


Bird droppings, placenta, snail slime ... it's not a page from Papa Smurf's spell-casting playbook, but a list of what could be, should be or is part ...

Girlfriends' Guide... What Am I Supposed to Look Like Now?

Vicki Iovine | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living


Vicki Iovine

Me, pre- hair chop: I had an epiphany recently and it said that a woman's hair should not promise a fecundity that her ovaries can't support. I went...

Is Your Lipstick Making You Sick?

nytimes.com | ABBY ELLIN | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


The debate seems to resurface every few years. Do some lipsticks contain lead? If so, is the amount so negligible that consumers have nothing to be co...

Ten Tips For Healthy, Younger-Looking Skin

guardian.co.uk | Ruth Minoletti | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living


Protect your skin from ultraviolet light. Much of our ageing comes from light damage - turn your arm over and look at the difference between that and ...

Human Hair Makes Good Fertilizer

LiveScience.com | Posted 02.05.2009 | Style


The researchers suspect that some of the difference between hair and the inorganic fertilizers is due to the time it takes for hair to degrade and rel...

Vaseline Tops List Of Beauty Products Women Can't Live Without: Poll

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2009 | Style


The Telegraph reports that according to a recent poll, Vaseline lip balm is the #1 beauty product British women can't live without. Here's the full l...

Flame Body Spray: Burger King Launches Beef-Scented Fragrance

AP | Posted 01.19.2009 | Style


NEW YORK — Looking to beef up your mojo this holiday season? Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a ...

Pale Is Still Pretty (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post/The Times | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style


Just in time for winter, The Times' writer Ruby Warrington has declared fake tans tacky: As we segue into autumn/ winter 2008, a season in which goth...

Ugliness Is Examined In Study Of 'Uglyism'

The New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 11.30.2008 | Style


Ugliness has recently emerged as a serious subject of study and academic interest unto itself, in some small part because of the success of television...

Tan Is The New Tacky

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 09.24.2008 | Style


Verena von Pfetten

Tans are out! Yes, you heard me. Tans have gone the way of shoulder pads, dark lip liner, and, more recently, Uggs.

Remember When Kate Moss Was Skinny?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.19.2008 | Style


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Well she's not now. Don't get your Calvin Klein's in a bunch, it's not like anyone is calling K. Mo. fat. (Hmm... K.Mo. Yeah, okay, I can see why t...

The Intravenous Drip Diet: Making Models Super Skinny

Huffington Post via The Daily Mail | Anya Strzemien | Posted 10.18.2008 | Style


Right on the heels of a particularly emaciated New York Fashion Week, The Daily Mail reports on a disturbing diet trend that, some might argue, is rea...

Buns Are Big For Spring

BellaSugar.com | Posted 10.18.2008 | Style


Whether they were sideways, polished, or piled high in a messy roll, one thing's for sure: buns were hot on the runway for Spring 2009. Vera Wang, 3.1...

Don't Be SAD: How To Avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder

Guardian.co.uk | Peta Bee | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living


Precisely what causes Sad is unclear, although it centres on the way light triggers messages to the hypothalamus in the brain, which controls sleep, s...

Inside Venezuela's Beauty Pageant Schools

The Times | Thomas Walker | Posted 10.12.2008 | Style


The graduates were candidates for this year's Miss Venezuela contest and Sousa, president of the pageant, was their proud headmaster. Last night, the ...