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Wanna Keep Your Mate? Let ‘em Look!

No Comments 31 March 2011

That’s right.  If you want to keep your romantic relationship going strong, don’t dissuade your honey from looking at another.  In a study of romantically involved students at Florida State University (“Eyeballing the Forbidden Fruit”), one group was asked to look away from images of attractive people on a computer screen and another group wasn’t [...]

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Beauty News

Science Confirms Attached Men Rate Women’s Attractiveness Differently than Single Men

No Comments 30 March 2011

There are a whole slew of evolutionary theories as to why we view certain physical characteristics, e.g., facial symmetry, clear skin and lustrous hair, as beautiful.  According to these theories, these features are actually signs of health and fertility.  Another well-known fact is that when women are at their most fertile they appear and smell [...]

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Pic of the Week

Pic of the Week: A Hot Real Bod!

No Comments 29 March 2011

I was really psyched to see an ad for the Material Girl fashion line featuring Kelly Osbourne.  Sure, she’s a celeb and all, but she’s certainly not a typical model.  She’s on the short side, not leggy or super skinny.  A real breath of fresh air.  She looks fantastic!

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty News, Weekend Observations

Weekend Observations: Aging into Your Job

No Comments 27 March 2011

I feel like I’ve been bombarded by two recurring themes in all the recent article I’ve come across.  The first theme focuses on “going gray.”  Just in the past week I’ve read about a woman being “bullied” at salons to cover her salt and pepper hair (Hair Trigger, Allure) and about women in their 20′s [...]

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Week in Review

Week in Review: 3/20/11 – 3/26/11

No Comments 26 March 2011

While celebrating Purim, I look to the ultimate biblical beauty, Esther in A Hottie Saves a Nation Check out my latest beauty treatment, the Lashdip in Pic of the Week: My New Glamorous Lashes The title says it all: Which Politicians are “Hotter” Right or Left-Wingers? We investigate negative body image in What Your Cruelty [...]

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