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Beauty products, advice, influencers, and more in the health and wellness space.

How to Buy Makeup and Skincare Without Breaking the Bank
My very first memory of makeup was when I stole my grandmother’s makeup. My passion for makeup grew, and I found that balancing makeup, skincare, and other life necessities without breaking the bank was rough.
By Stephanie Alba9 years ago in Longevity
My Top Six Setting Sprays
A good setting spray is the last step in most makeup routines but during the summer months it can become the most important step. Whether you are rocking barely there "no-makeup" makeup, or an intense smokey eye, these sprays are my personal holy grails that will keep your look in place no matter what.
By Nat Henle9 years ago in Longevity
The Teachings of a Plastic Woman
Plastic surgery is becoming a regularity for those who want to make subtle changes to their body or face. Through the latest, non-invasive technologies such as VASERlipo and microsurgery, the patient can be left with hardly any scar tissue. However, plastic surgery is still expensive and inherently risky. Also, if plastic surgery becomes a regularity, then the risk increases as well as emotional and mental issues that stem from not knowing how to be alright with one's self.
By Andrea Dawson9 years ago in Longevity
More Than Skin Deep: How Body Contouring Improves Quality of Life
In certain circles, plastic surgery has a bad reputation. Some people consider it nothing more than vanity taken to extremes. But the truth is that plastic surgery accomplishes more than an ego boost — for many, procedures like body contouring can mean real, positive life changes across the spectrum.
By Andrea Dawson9 years ago in Longevity
At Home Treatments for Common Skin Problems
When it comes to appearances, we try everything we can to look our best. From hair and skin to our nails and body, we are constantly looking for the next life-changing treatment to cure our common skin problems. Doing whatever it takes to relieve ourselves of the embarrassment these issues can often bring. With endless product promises and dozens of expensive spa treatments to choose from, people spend small fortunes to treat their skin. Of course, we all know a home remedy or two but why stop with just those? Here are few at home treatments full of healthy ingredients that are sure to deliver improvement to many of your common skin problems.
By Jus L'amore9 years ago in Longevity
New Nonsurgical Solution Doubles Down on Women's Jiggly Chin Flab
Nobody likes a double chin, and yet many women have them. Wobbly wattles are more likely if you're over 40 and overweight, and genetics is the likely cause.
By Andrea Dawson9 years ago in Longevity
How a Full Body Wrap Will Definitely Help You Be a Better Person
As an anthropologist, I’m a big believer in the power of ceremony and ritual to mark a life transition, especially when very little about your physical environment will be changing. Something needs to mark that boundary. Recently I got a new job, but it’s in the same company. (I don’t actually work in anthropology anymore. I work in data analytics. But it turns out you can take a person out of an academic career in cultural studies, but you can’t take the cultural studies out of her.) To mark my move from one analytics role to another, I chose a form of cleansing ritual. Starting a new life phase with a pause for cleansing is common: many cultures make use of this to mark out boundaries as diverse as taking a new religion to returning from war to becoming adults. In my case, I was just moving a few rows of desks, but I felt it was important anyway.
By Caitlin McDonald9 years ago in Longevity
New, Innovative App Lets Users Book Home Appointments With Leading Beauty & Wellness Experts
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK—For New York residents who lead busy lives and find it hard to schedule in some much needed personal time, one unique app hopes to change all that. Considered the “Uber” of the beauty and wellness industry, the new Personal Beauty & Wellness (PBW) app easily lets users book online appointments 24/7 with qualified professionals ranging from manicurists, hair stylists, masseuses, estheticians, acupuncturists, nutritionists and more.
By Nikki Gaskins Campbell9 years ago in Longevity
Natural Alternatives to Shampoo
For me, washing my face before bed has always and will always be one of my most tedious beauty to-dos; however washing my hair is a very close second.
By Jus L'amore9 years ago in Longevity
Healthy Eating Challenge
If you have been following me on Vocal this is my second post for my ‘healthy eating challenge.’ Today is my first day of dieting and I am already feeling a load off my body. The food I have chosen absolutely fills me up. It’s amazing that what I have chosen, I would already feel like this. For my first day, you will have seen or will see the foods I had chosen from breakfast right through dinner time. However, I have not added in the snacks I had eaten which I will do when I post day 2 of the challenge.
By Lynda9 years ago in Longevity
"All Women Experience Dysphoria"
To begin with I have to deliver you a very unfriendly, ugly, in-your-face reminder that the LGBTQ+ community is not an accepting place when you are anything other than homosexual. If you're bisexual you're told you don't exist. If you're pansexual you're told you just want to feel like a "special snowflake". If you're asexual you're told that you just haven't found "the one". But god forbid you are transgender. That's a whole other ballgame.
By Nathaniel Corns9 years ago in Longevity
Eating Healthy Challenge!
So I woke up this morning with an urgency. Today, I was going to start a ‘Healthy Eating Challenge!’ Well, the thought was there and my creative imagination extended just in a short timeframe. I am going to take on the challenge of eating healthy and now the pressure is on! No, no, I’m just kidding here. Healthy Eating Challenge! Sounds good huh? Ok, I am not going to say ‘Diet.’ Why? Because ‘Diet,’ sounds like a harsh word. It sounds like, you have to, immediately embed a restrictive value to your mind, and, before you know it you’ve already changed your mind. Personally, this is what I think of when I hear the word(ahem) ‘diet.’
By Lynda9 years ago in Longevity