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Skimping on cleansing routines? Slacking on regular hair trims, or back to biting your nails? If you've let bad beauty habits creep back into your life over the festive season then the new year is the ideal time to take action and turn over a revitalizing new leaf. Our experts and celebrities are in on the act too, mulling over ways to make their life a little more beautiful in 2009. We Read more...

Dec. 27 -- Christine Witte likes getting pedicures, but she has reason to be particular about where she gets them. "I actually had foot fungus in the past, and it was probably [from] going to an unsanitary place to get a pedicure," Witte said. When she learned through her work contacts that she could get a pedicure overseen by a podiatrist in an office where specific sanitary Read more...

WASHINGTON -- A panel of government experts said Friday a glaucoma drug from Allergan appears to be a safe and effective way to make eyelashes longer and fuller. Allergan, which makes Botox anti-wrinkle injections, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve its Lumigan formula to enhance eyelashes. The agency's panel of outside eye and skin specialists voted unanimously Read more...

In her book, "Natural Superwoman," Rosamond Richardson says that over the centuries women have discovered that many of the everyday foods we use in our kitchens have beauty-nourishing effects. Everyday products, such as avocado, yogurt, milk, lemon, eggs and many other types of fruits, have pleasantly surprising, beautifying ingredients. As she aptly puts it, the obvious advantage of Read more...

Exfoliate yourself raw? Slather on so much self-tanner you're a not-found-in-nature shade of orange? Bleach your hair into oblivion? Join the club. We've all fallen victim to the "if a little is good, then a lot must be better" trap in the quest to get gorgeous. But help is here. Read on for face- (and hair- and body-) saving advice from the pros. * OOPS! You've cut your bangs Read more...

It's easy to spend a fortune at the cosmetics counter in a department store, particularly when the products promise such appealing results. But it might be possible to achieve similar results with less-expensive grocery store items. Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom, a health expert who shares her tips online and on national television, recently offered suggestions about how to use simple food items to Read more...

Like teachers erasing a blackboard to get a clean slate, dermatologists can wipe away skin defects on patients' faces by destroying a layer of old cells. The process lets patients start fresh with newly grown skin cells, but only after enduring a week -- or more -- with a raw, swollen, oozing face. Nice, huh? Whether the old cells are wiped out by chemicals, friction or laser, Read more...

You can pay all of your monthly bills online, check your e-mail while sweating on the stationary bike, and get a full Mexican feast delivered and on the table in less time than it would take to boil water for rice -- so why shouldn't you be able to streamline your beauty routine too? Now you can, thanks to do-it-all products that perform faster and better than ever, and a few speedy secrets from Read more...

A longtime beauty basic that often appears in beauty products in the form of an extract or oil, lemon gives an abundance of benefits such as controlling excess oil, reducing the appearance of dark spots on the skin and naturally lightening the hair. As with many citrus oils, lemon stimulates the body and mind and helps revive the senses. A common ingredient in many spa treatments, lemons Read more...

Ann Nixon said she wasn't afraid to lie on a couch with Amelia Meneses wielding a long pair of tweezers above her eyes, gluing synthetic hairs to her original eyelashes. She just wanted to look good at the end of the three-hour session. "I don't need it to look fake," Nixon said. "I want it to look natural." When Nixon was a teenager she had a medical condition that Read more...

Evelinda: I read that Tyra Banks, the gorgeous high-fashion model and newly minted TV talk-show host, is not pleased with her eyebrows. She thinks they are too far apart. Judie: What's too far apart is her perception and reality. Has she looked at her face and body? Which brings us to the issue of eyebrows. I was out of town last week and stayed in a hotel room with regular mirrors. I could Read more...

Having supple skin, soft hands and smooth lips can make a woman look good, and when a woman looks good, she feels good. Beauty expert Victoria Cochran knows this firsthand. When she helps women improve their skin, it has a positive impact, she says. "Looking good makes you feel more vibrant. You can hold your head up. You feel more confident in your day-to-day goings-on," says Read more...

We all deserve to be pampered once in a while, and according to Bharti Vyas, holistic beauty therapist and author of Beauty Wisdom (Thorsons, 1998), basic store cupboard ingredients are as good as, if not better than, fancy store-bought concoctions. The ancient Egyptians used clay and fruit in their everyday skincare routines -- so take a tip from Cleopatra and do it yourself. Before You Read more...

Eyebrows often fall victim to our ineptitude -- we pluck at our own peril. Perhaps the problem stems from brow maintenance being a rite of passage, passed down from mother to daughter. And so, despite the technological age, we adhere to superstitions and wives' tales: Wipe the under-brow clean, arch as high as you can, never pluck from the top ... the fallacies go on and on. Put those Read more...

If you're ready to update your look, your makeover could begin by getting your eyebrows in shape. Messy brows -- unruly, too thin, too thick, too plucked -- undermine even the best beauty routine, experts say. "Even in magazines, I will look at the models, the makeup is perfect and sometimes the brows are bad," says Piret Aava, a makeup artist and eyebrow specialist at the Warren Read more...

Put down the tweezers and step away from the mirror. The hairy eyebrow is back. The New York Times recently reported that trend-setting stylists from Milan, Italy, and Paris to New York and Beverly Hills, Calif., are unleashing the hairy eyebrow as this fall's beauty signature -- in a way not seen since Brooke Shields' 1978 feral brow. But local estheticians reassure that today's Read more...

For more than 15 years, Leah Rial has been an in-demand makeup artist to an exclusive celebrity clientele. She has worked as a makeup artist for Vogue, Elle, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. Among Leah's clients are Kirsten Dunst, Tori Spelling, Milla Jovovich, Christian Bale, and Kyra Sedgwick. Here are Leah's top 10 tips for achieving perfect brows: Do not over-pluck! This is the Read more...

If it's a flawless complexion you crave, you're in luck. Whatever your issue, these miracle workers contain innovative ingredients that will prevent, treat, smooth and soften even the most challenging skin conditions. Age-Defying Sunblock 1. Helioplex in Neutrogena Age Shield Sunblock SPF 30 or 45 ($9.49, drugstores nationwide) Benefits: Helps maintain a youthful appearance by Read more...

QUESTION: I was wondering if you could enlighten me with regards to tipping in nail salons and beauty shops. Is tipping different if the owner of the shop does your hair or nails, or is tipping the same?ANSWER: Here are my guidelines for salon tipping: Tip between 15 and 20 percent, but never less than $5 -- unless the service was terrible. For example, on a $15 manicure or eyebrow wax, I'll Read more...

At first glance, these key ingredients seem more suited for the kitchen than for your medicine chest, but working them into your diet can have real beauty benefits: Cocoa: Cornell University food scientists found that cocoa powder has nearly twice the antioxidants of red wine and up to three times the amount found in green tea. Research has demonstrated that the antioxidants in cocoa are Read more...