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With Mother's Day Sunday looming large, we're reminded yet again that mothers tend to put everyone else's needs before their own. And while it's fine and dandy to thank your selfless mom with breakfast in bed and a lovely floral arrangement, we thought we'd up the ante and give three very deserving moms -- and their grateful daughters -- top notch makeovers.

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And, when we say deserving, we don't just mean that they navigate a rough carpool route or turn out kick-butt cupcakes. From battling cancer to lending time to charitable causes, we figured that these mom-daughter duos (like the rest of them out there) could surely use a day of unadulterated indulgence, so we took them to the famed Warren-Tricomi Salon in New York City where co-owners Edward Tricomi and Joel Warren themselves, and makeup artist Misty Chapman, treated the women to a new hairstyle, a fun makeup look, and a day of mother-daughter bonding time.

When I was a freshman in high school -- when looking cool was vital -- I did what all kids do at some point: I asked my mom to drop me off a block away from the school entrance. It wasn't because I didn't want my friends to see me hopping out of her Honda minivan. It was my mom's hair.

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My mom had one of those hideous cuts that was too short in the front and too long in the back, and her bangs always looked like she got caught in the rain and had to dry her hair under a bathroom hand dryer.

Was I a brat? Yes. Did my mom's hair look god-awful? Hell yes.

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Since then, I've become less self-conscious -- and my mom has thankfully found a more flattering 'do. But looking at other moms (even those on the red carpet), I get the sense that a bad short haircut is like a rite of passage to mommy-hood.

So, for this Mother's Day, I decided to help by rounding up the 7 best and worst celeb mom cuts

I ended up with a great mom.

Some of you will hate on me for this statement. Some of you will chime in below about how you also scored a stellar mother. And those of you in my "I've got an awesome mom" camp will probably agree with me when I say this: Much of what makes my mom so amazingly and completely awesome is that she's the most selfless person I know.

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Cart my 4th grade butt to the science fair, then karate, then ballet class, then soccer practice? Check.

Ignore my attitude problem during those awkward, rebellious teenage years? Mmmhmm.

Be the one person I wanted to call when things took a turn for the crappy, like when I got dumped by my first love and demoted at work when the economy tanked? She answered and said all the right things.

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And here's the thing about those great, selfless mothers: They're so busy thinking about how everyone else is doing that

Back in the '90s, pencil thin was in when it came to eyebrows. I was obsessed with keeping mine as slender as possible so I tweezed, waxed, and threaded my brows until they were barely there.

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Then Jennifer Lopez came on the scene, and one of the first things I noticed about the singer was her thicker arches. She became my inspiration to finally put down the tweezers and cancel my weekly waxing appointments.

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I've got one little problem, though: My eyebrows are still struggling to grow back after years of plucking. So I've learned to fake it. Gels, pencils, and powders -- I've tried them all. But these imitations just don't look as good as the real deal; my drawn in arches look fake and simply can't compare to the natural bush seen on all of the runways and magazine spreads these days.

Which is why I decided to put down the pencil, and pick up a growth serum. We

I'm always game to try out the latest hair and makeup trends, but one that I just can't seem to master is the "no-makeup" makeup look.

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Every spring, fresh face models parade down the catwalks and appear in magazine spreads looking like they don't have a stitch of makeup on. And every year, I try this "less is more" look and end up looking like an even pastier-pale version of myself.

As any makeup artist who's any good will tell you, the minimal makeup look takes a lot of effort. You can't just slap on a hint of tinted moisturizer and a swipe of nude lipstick and call it a day.

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So, what is the secret to that barely-there, I-look-like-I-just-had-great-sex glowy makeup? These 8 products, and the expert tips that'll help you use them.

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The less makeup you have on, the more natural your look; so if your skin is in good condition,

When I was a teenager dealing with hyperactive hormones (and a hyperactive case of breakouts), I conducted a massive oil purge in my beauty products. If it didn't say "oil-free" and "non-comedogenic" on the label, I wasn't letting it near my face.

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I kept up my Great Oil Expulsion of '99, even after experts said oil was the key to beautiful hair, strong nails, and a perfect complexion.

I said hogwash.

Even as oil became the new hero of the beauty industry, I still couldn't shake my high school bias. Oil clogged my pores, caused my breakouts, and left me looking sweaty instead of dewy … right?

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Not quite. According to the experts, you just have to find the right oil for your skin. I recently decided to try one called Sundari Essential Oil for Oily Skin. The formula was extremely light, the instructions called for only two drops (how much damage could that do?), and the website explained

When it comes to buying natural beauty products, I'm a sucker who falls for any thing that's labeled "organic" or has a pretty leaf or flower on the package. Why? Truth is that despite my extensive beauty background, I find myself in the embarrassing (yet so common) position of being unable to decipher "good" ingredients from the "bad" (although this guide has helped a lot). Label reading is downright confusing, not to mention intimidating.

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Of course, buying every so-called natural product is a less than stellar strategy to employ when seeking out what's truly good for you and the planet. So, in my effort to go green the right way, I thought I'd try to find out which products people in the know snatch up. So, I made a few calls, cashed in some favors and got the chance to peek inside the medicine cabinets of three top eco experts: Tata Harper, Josie Maran, and Yael Alkalay. Each of these planet-loving, successful women

As a tween/teen back in the '80s, I was a semi-regular model for "Seventeen" magazine. I never made the cover or anything highfaluting like that, but they used me a lot for beauty shoots, exercise demos, fashion spreads, and the like. This, of course, was back when actresses acted and models modeled -- none of that crossover craziness had begun as of yet.

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This was also way before PhotoShop existed. (It was probably even before the dude at Adobe who invented PhotoShop existed.) But, for a teen magazine, that was probably a good thing. Girls from all around the country could look at us, the "models," and see that we were pretty much like the rest of them -- just with better lighting, and pro hair and makeup folks gussying us up behind the scenes.

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My how times have changed. These days, if you flip through a copy of "Seventeen" or "Teen Vogue" or any other glossy kids book, you'll