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    • 10 Holiday Nail Collections to Buy Right Now

      The holidays are supposed to be all about giving. But every time I see the launch of a new holiday nail polish collection, I get a little selfish -- and this season's collections are no exception. From super-pigmented shades to new textures (sequins anyone?) to the ubiquitous holiday glitter, there's something for everyone. Check out our 10 faves now.

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    • LA Trend of the Moment: The $1,500 G-Spot Filler

      The question has stumped everyone, from life-long bachelors to world-class scientists to women themselves: Where is the G-Spot and does it even exist?

      There are magazine articles explaining what it is, YouTube tutorials on how to find it, and entire books dedicated to helping men and women alike understand the ever-elusive anatomy of the female sex organ.

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      And now, from the land of Botox (and the duck lips to prove it), comes an injectable that supposedly makes the great G-Spot much easier to find. Docs in Los Angeles are now giving women the G-Shot, a hyaluronan filler injected into the G-spot area that increases the size of a woman's G-Spot. The result? More intense, multiple orgasms.

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      At $1,500 a pop this shot to your lady parts doesn't come cheap. But thanks to the wonders of local anesthesia, it is reportedly painless. Plus, it lasts four months and it's a

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    • Scientists Say PMS is a Figment of Our Imagination – Wanna Bet They're Male?

      I like to think of myself as a generally happy, rational, even-keeled person. But once a month, like clockwork, there's a night when I stay up late crying and blogging about some sad cat video or a random guy who's not texting me back. Woe is seriously me at those low points. And, every time, again like clockwork, when my period hits a week later, I experience a wave of relief that, phew, I'm not a crazy person and it's just my out-of-whack hormones that make me act and feel like one.

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      So, imagine my dismay in reading this new study that says that the PMS symptoms you and I feel are actually not real. Suckawhat?

      A group of Canadian researchers - whom, bummer of bummers are female - failed to find "clear evidence in support of the existence of a specific premenstrual negative mood syndrome" after reviewing 47 in-depth studies on menstruation.

      The research, published in the journal "Gender Medicine," doesn't refute the

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    • Have a Coke and a Vitality Boost?

      The good people at the Coca-Cola Company, who have been happily fulfilling our sugary, carbonated drink needs since 1886, want to change things up a smidge. They're introducing a line of health drinks called: Beautific.

      Launching in France later this year, the line will debut with four different drinks, each addressing a specific beauty issue. First up? Hair health, weight loss, sun exposure and general vitality. Oui, oui, mon ami.


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      For this venture into uncharted territory, the world's largest soft drink maker has teamed up with French pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, And, surprise, the beauty elixir will be sold in pharmacies -- not grocery stores.

      Both corporations are hopeful that this beverage offering will revive more than just consumers' vitality -- they're looking to revamp their images into those of healthier, more trustworthy brands. With Coca-Cola under fire for its unhealthy beverages amid rising

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    • Maxipad Company Releases Sarcastic Response Video, Women Everywhere Applaud

      Most of the time the Internet is a virtual playground filled with bullies and pranksters. It's a sort of Wild West where anything goes and where commenters live to one-up each other with mean rants and snarky remarks.

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      Take, for example, one Richard Neill, who penned a witty Facebook post to Maxipad Company, Bodyform. His gripe? That the U.K. outlet's advertising led him to believe that women's menstrual cycles somehow involved rollerblading, mountain biking, cheerful moods, and a mysterious blue liquid.

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      In response, the company has turned the tables on Neill by issuing a perfectly ironic apology video, which explains away their ads by saying that men just couldn't handle the real, scatological truth of what happens during menstruation. A few highlights? Bodyform faux CEO (played by an actress) jokes that the happy ads are for men's own protection and then proceeds to drink a glass

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    • Why Are States Banning Flamin' Hot Cheetos? Because They're Seriously Nasty

      In junior high, my favorite snack was Flamin' Hot Cheetos dipped in cream cheese. I know, I know it sounds gross but let me reassure you that a) it was delicious and b) watching the white cheese -- and my fingers -- turn red from the chip's artificial dye was seriously cool in my tweenaged eyes.

      And I wasn't alone. All my friends scarfed down those sodium-filled, MSG-laced torpedoes on a daily basis. And while I knew that chips were bad for you, and that the specific Cheetos hue wasn't fashioned by Mother Nature, my little girl body and I could not have cared less.

      Good thing that was 15 years ago because these days my carefree, red finger-licking days would be in jeopardy as school districts in California (my home state) and New Mexico are planning to ban the beloved snack citing each individual bag as a certifiable health hazard. And, hey, with each clocking 26 grams of fat and 25 percent of the recommended daily intake for salt -- not to mention the questionable

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    • Why Celebrities Really Wear Sun Glasses: Vanity, Duh

      For most of us, sunglass etiquette dictates that you remove them when indoors, you don't wear them at night, and you definitely don't have a meaningful conversation with anyone while they're on. Yet, when it comes to sunglasses -- as with so many other things -- celebrities live by their own set of rules. In this case: Wear them at all times.

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      Now, there are plenty of excuses the A-list use in defending this dark lenses policy. They are shielding their eyes from the paparazzi's blinding camera flashes. Or as P. Diddy told Rolling Stone a few years back, he wears them to protect his soul so the world can't see his vulnerability. Riiight.

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      Look, we all know the real reason celebrities opt for oversized sunglasses -- it's the oldest trick in the "How to Cover Dark Circles" handbook. So when Victoria Beckham took off her shades during a recent shopping

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    • Introducing the Bra that Can Save Your Life

      Like most women, I have different bras to suit my different needs.

      There's my "wonder lift" bra that boosts my humble girls to a C cup; my hi-tech sports bra that makes morning jogs a bit more bearable; and, of course, the lacy/racy French brassiere that never fails to set the mood.

      Now, my already plentiful collection is going to have to make room for one very important addition (when it hits stores next year) -- the bra that can detect breast cancer.

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      There's a company called First Warning Systems that has created a bra with a sensor so sensitive that it can detect a tumor up to six years earlier than a mammogram. According to a spokesperson, the sensor can measure changes in cell temperature and blood flow, which can indicate a developing tumor. And that's not all. The sensor also has pattern recognition software that seeks out changes in breast tissue.

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    • The Wackiest Workout Device Ever?

      First, there was Soul Cycle, then Fly Wheel, and now . . . a hot tub exercise bike?


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      That's right spinners, cycling just got a whole lot harder -- not to mention more aquatic and downright kooky. FitWet is an exercise bike that you ride inside a mini Jacuzzi. But like most bizarre-o fitness inventions (we're looking at you, Shake Weight), it improves your workout by upping the intensity. After all, doing any type of movement underwater is 10 times harder because of the resistance.


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      But here's the real bonus. The makers of FitWet claim that not only do you burn more calories because of the temperature and extra exertion, but that the pulsing Jacuzzi jets help to minimize cellulite by reducing water retention and loosening up fat clots. Mmmhmm.


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      Call me a cynic, but this sounds a

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    • Hong Kong Women Are Dying to Look Younger -- Literally

      Over the last week, four Chinese women have been hospitalized with septic shock after receiving a controversial cosmetic treatment that eventually cost one unlucky woman her life.

      The 46-year-old passed away one week after undergoing DC-CIK therapy, a highly-risky procedure that's used as a last resort for terminal patients with metastatic cancer, but which some moneyed Hong Kong residents have resorted to as an anti-aging treatment.

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      The DR beauty clinic claims that the $6,500 "platelet rich plasma" therapy is a facial revitalization treatment. DR founder, Dr. Stephen Chow Heung-wing says that growth factors in the patients' blood can be extracted, treated, and re-injected into the skin to fight signs of aging and procure "better-looking skin."

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      Sadly, each of the four women who bought into his line of thinking have had to contend with headaches, diarrhea and, in one case,

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