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No polish! Behold the easiest way to get perfect nails-and zero chips, ever.

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Step 1: File Nails

"Shape your nails into a soft square using a thin file," says celebrity manicurist Jin Soon Choi. "If the grain is rough, go in only one direction to avoid making ridges." A great fine-grain option: Sephora Collection Glass Nail File in Purple ($12, sephora.com).

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Step 2: Clean Up

Push back cuticles with an orange stick (metal is OK but not stone-that's best left for the pros). Then use either that little nipper tool or-less scary-a cuticle eraser. We like Sally Hansen Salon Manicure Cuticle Eraser + Balm ($8, at drugstores).

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Step 3: Buff 'em

"Find a buffer that has one fine-grain side and one rubber side," says Choi. "It won't wear down your nails." We like OPI Brilliance Block ($6, opi.com for salons). Go

Glossy, healthy strands require way more than 100 brushstrokes a night! See how to get 'em naturally with eats recommended by Cynthia Pasquella, certified clinical nutritionist, SoCal Cleanse founder, and gorgeous, shiny blonde herself.

Asparagus #1. Asparagus

"This veggie is densely packed with folic acid, a B-complex vitamin that helps the body utilize protein better, getting it to your hair faster," says Pasquella. "Just one cup of asparagus has over half of your daily requirement, important since not enough can cause thinning hair." Another reason to indulge? It speeds up hair growth!

#2. Garbanzo Beans

"Since hair is primarily made up of the protein, keratin, it's important to get enough protein to fight off hair breakage and loss," explains Pasquella. "These beans, also known as chickpeas, provide tons along with the trace mineral manganese. It's known to prevent changing pigmentation, a.k.a. gray hair!"

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#3. Lentils

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Salon-quality, humidity-defying hair without forking over 50 bucks? That's the point! Go ahead and cancel your weekly blowout visit. You're about to turn pro.

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It's one of the little ironies of summer: Perfectly effortless-looking beachy waves rarely involve a dip in the ocean or air-drying in the wind. For those willing to put in the requisite time, these techniques create Gisele-worthy hair in...

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Photo: Courtesy of qvc.com10 minutes: Sarah Potempa Beachwaver

Clamp a one-inch section of hair at the ends and press "Go." The rotating barrel spins hair away from your face, stopping when you release the button. Once hair cools, run your fingers through it for polished waves. Don't try this with one eye open-the only thing scarier than a 450-degree curling iron is one that's spinning near your face.

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30 minutes: Kevin Murphy Wave Clip
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Apply mousse to damp hair and rough-dry with a blow-dryer. When hair is 80 percent dry, clip the rollers on three-inch sections-no rolling required-and set with a blow-dryer for a loose crimp.

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PHOTO: COURTESY OF COPPERTONEAnne-Marie Guarnieri, Allure magazine

Time was, people didn't pay much mind to sunblock. When I was a kid, it was more about tanning oil. I can still remember the older girls in the neighborhood, in cutoff jeans, bikini tops, and feather barrettes, slathering themselves with the shiny stuff (SPF? Zero!) and periodically rolling over, as if driven by some internal timer set to "golden brown." The scent of coconut drifted on the breeze. Ah, those were the days.

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Thankfully, we now know more about the harmful effects of the sun's rays. This dispatch, however, is not about that. It's about the amazing, summery scent of the sunscreen of my youth. I was reminded of it recently when Coppertone sent a vial of its signature fragrance, which is salty and floral and really quite nice. (Though it's not for sale as a perfume, you find the same scent in high concentration in Coppertone Ultraguard Lotion SPF 30.)

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Ready to try some new beauty products, but don't know where to start? No prob. We've filtered through hundreds of upcoming summer products to find the best of the season. Whether you're looking for a new moisturizer, curling iron or the perfect self tanner, you're sure to love one of our favorites.

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Rachel HayesRachel Hayes, Editor-In-Chief

After a long dreary grey winter and rainy spring, all I want to do this summer is have fun being active outdoors--that means serious sun protection from head to toe, and easy no-fuss makeup. Here are my must-haves right now:

1. Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm
When Clinique sent us the entire collection of their Chubby Sticks ($16 each, Clinique.com), including 8 new shades for summer, our beauty department turned into a preschool play room because all we wanted to do was color our lips! I love how moisturizing these are, thanks to loads of shea butter, mango seed butter and jojoba seed

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Sticky and humid conditions mean frizzy locks, while dry and scorching temps can flatten your style. Here are the tips and tools to keep volume under control.

Get comfy in that chair
For brides in both humid and arid pockets of the country, patience is key: While it's no fun to sit through a lengthy blowout when it's 90 degrees outside, hair has to be bone-dry to hold a set, whether it's a chignon or bouncy waves. "When hair is moist, it's heavy," says Ouidad Salon senior stylist Morgan Willhite. "That weight can collapse an updo."

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Have a cocktail
Chances are you'll need more than one hair potion to achieve the look you want. That can mean layering-e.g., a gel followed by a serum. But it can also mean mixing two products together to create a customized cocktail. Why the double whammy? "I don't care how great it is; one product can't do everything," says salon owner Antonio Prieto. Cocktailing is key during