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Untouched

Airbrushing has become a much talked about topic lately, as magazines and companies airbrush their models to such an extent that they appear doll like. On the other side of the coin, many celebrities have been releasing pictures of themselves airbrush free in order to show how deceptive computer manipulation is. Now Debenhams has joined [...]


The Scent of Emotion

A new study has discovered that for couples who are closely romantically linked, emotional cues are not just visual and vocal. It is now thought that people can actually smell their partner’s happiness, fear, and sexual arousal. The study tested 20 heterosexual couples who’d been living together for at least a year. They collected their [...]


Canine Comsetics

Officials from this month’s Crufts Dog Show warned entrants that they’d be keeping an eye out for any dogs who had been given cosmetic help to look better or different. The show rules don’t specifically forbid using makeup on the dogs, but they do “forbid anything that alters an animal’s appearance during dog shows,” reports [...]


Kiddy Cosmetics

Rumour has it that glamour model Katie Price is planning to create a children’s makeup range, using her two-year-old daughter Princess as the cover girl for the range. “Obviously the story would be she nicks my make-up all the time,” Katie’s says in her TV show, saying the range will include: “Edible lipstick, (and a) [...]


Must Have Items

Ever felt that your hair straighteners and lip gloss are an essential part of life? Well, you’re not alone. The official cost of living basket now has these two new beauty items as part of their must-buys, along with liquid soap and mineral water. The list is used to measure changes in prices and the [...]


Woman is Arrested for Driving and Shaving

This is Megan Barnes, a American woman who decided to groom her bikini area. Unfortunately, she decided to do it while driving. She claims she was shaving before going on a date with her boyfriend. Her ex-husband was steering the car from the passenger seat and collided with a pickup truck. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. [...]


Dangerous Beauty – Genotropin

Created to help with development disorders, a drug called somatropin is being touted as the ultimate anti-aging treatment against its users. Also sold under the name Genotropin, users of the drug claim it has a wide range of uses from reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass to completely erasing wrinkles. However, the drug users [...]


Beauty News

This is a ridiculous and sad story which really makes you scratch your head. An American couple tattooed six of their children with a homemade tattoo gun. They created the gun out of “a variable power supply, an electric motor, wiring, an ink pen and a sharpened piece of guitar string used as a needle.” [...]


Tanning Tax

Since the World Health Organization officially confirmed sun beds to be carcinogenic back in summer, everyone was made totally certain of the risks. More recently, the FDA in America warned against the dangers of  ultraviolet exposure in its article, Indoor Tanning: The Risks of Ultraviolet Rays. This has got the American Senate talking. Whilst some [...]


Shaman You

There was an interesting piece in today’s Daily Candy newsletter which I wanted to share with you. Jo Bowlby, a former literary agent, became a shamanic healer four years ago and now practices  from South Kensington. She has spent over twenty years’ training in spiritual and nonspiritual disciplines. She received the full rites of the [...]


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