The Beauty Department, Lucky Magazine’s Blog
By The Beauty Department, Lucky Magazine Last updated: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:56am PDT-
Formula for the longest-lasting pedicure ever!
I got a terrible pedicure. After three days, the polish was dull and on the verge of chipping, and my feet looked scruffier than before I started. Determined to salvage it without starting over completely, I put on a fresh coat of
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The best skincare regimen includes lots of water
After reading Cristina Mueller's beauty auto-pilot, I thought to myself, "You call that lazy?" I'm lucky if I ever even make it to the mascara-application phase! After snoozing several times, ripping out my earplugs (I find the foam earplugs to be the most effective, as they form to the shape of your ear. It should also be noted that this is the ONLY way to get any sleep in this town), I finally peel myself out of bed. My obsession--and thus my morning routine--focuses on intense moisturization. I begin with a... Read More »
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Crazy-Wavy Hair Trick
I write about hair, but am hideously terrible at styling my own. My blowouts are poofy; I singe my ears with flatirons; and I simply cannot use a curling iron. Needless to say, I rock a lot of...
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Essential beauty products when you've woken up late...again
Every morning as I curse myself for staying up two hours later than I wanted to, watching You Tube clips of John McCain on The View; thinking about, but not buying,
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Once you pop you can't stop: Borba Skin Balance Confections Gummi Bear Boosters
At four years old I fiended for Flintstones vitamins. I would go to any length to get them. I used a chair to climb the kitchen counters, stuff the pockets of my OshKosh B'Gosh cords, and slink away to gobble them in my...
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NeoCutis Lumiere Bio-restorative Eye Cream with PSP (and fetal skin cells?!)
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How to Hide Your Bad Side
Two women from the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida, came by the office to show me a new service called Visage: They took a close-up picture of me and programmed it into a computer, which...
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Makeshift hairpin: Discovering new beauty ideas while (not) golfing
I've spent many weekends this summer following my fiancé around a golf course. Sometimes I carry his clubs, sometimes I pull the flag, and sometimes I just watch, happy to be outside getting exercise.
On one particularly hot and muggy afternoon, I went to put my hair up and...
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Beauty ideas from Style Me Pretty
The only wedding site I can bring myself to look at is stylemepretty.com—it's mostly gorgeous pictures without any "which shade of pink goes best with fuchsia?" message boards. Plus, it's brilliantly designed and easy to navigate.
Even if you're not getting married,...
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Unexpected Zit-Zapping Trick
FROM: Emily McCarthy, editorial assistant TO: Beauty Department SUBJECT: ZIT-ZAPPING TRICK
Traditional acne medication is way too harsh for my very dry skin. I had given up on being...
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