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• Weatherproof Beauty

  Look your best in rain, snow, heat and even hurricanes with these tips from The Weather Channel's Stephanie Abrams.

• Shampoo Secrets

  How you're lathering up may be the cause of your good -- or bad -- hair days. Wash beauty right into your hair with these steps.

• Makeup Tips for Winter’s Bold New Face

  Surrender the bronzer, the glitter and the shimmer! This season, skin is matte with pops of bright candy color. Here’s how to pull off winter brights beautifully.

• 5 Habits of Women With Gorgeous Shiny Hair

  From choosing the right products to being savvy about how they use hot tools, women with gleaming tresses swear by these rituals day in and day out.

• Get Beautiful in Your Sleep

  Beauty routines don't have to take a lot of time or effort. In fact, you can give your hair and skin a gorgeous boost while you're sleeping.

• Beauty Essential: Concealer

  Used correctly, concealer can mask under-eye circles better than sunglasses can. We’ll share everything from picking the right color to the hair tone that can also help hide tired eyes.

• Four Ways to Fake Great Legs

  If you're like most women, you need about three months at the gym and two weeks at the pool before your legs are ready for public display. Speed up those results with self-tanners, a strategic choice of fashion, and effective exercises.

• Secrets to Flawless Foundation

  From choosing the right shade and formula to expert application tricks, here’s how to cover your bases for foundation perfection.

• Brushes: The Secret to Flawless Makeup

  The eight essential makeup brushes every woman needs.

• Summer Hair Protection

  Want to keep your hair gorgeous all season long? Here’s everything you need to know from top hair experts.

• The Beauty Rules of Order

  If you’ve invested in all the get-gorgeous products, such as serums, sunscreen, foundation and concealer, here’s how to layer them to get an all-over glow.

• Know Your Hair Type: The Secret to Healthy Hair!

  Fine or thick? Frizz-prone or apt to flop? Knowing what type of hair you have is key to picking the products that are right for you. The payoff? Beautiful hair that stays polished longer.

• Summer Beauty Makeover

  Forget what you’ve done in summers past. This season, makeup and hair are getting an update. Here are five simple steps to your new look.

• Custom-blended Perfume Scents

  Want to create a perfume of your very own? Here’s a simple step-by-step guide.

• From Damaged Hair to Dazzling Hair

  Do you have over-processed, frizzy and damaged hair? Nurse it back to gorgeous health in six simple steps.

• Pluck Your Brows Like a Pro

  Well-shaped eyebrows make your eyes look bigger and brighter, add lift to dropping lids, even give your hair color more zing! Here's a do-it-yourself guide.

• Your Beauty Toolbox

  The difference between a long-lasting polished look and one that quits midday? It's all about the brushes you use.

• 7 Simple Ways to Go Green in Your Beauty Routine

  From multitasking products to water-conserving ways to shower and de-stress, here’s how to make your beauty regimen planet-friendly.

• Gorgeous Hair: Getting the Most From Conditioners

  Choosing the right conditioning products for your type of hair will keep it salon-lustrous. But how do you know which product is right for you?

• The Spring Beauty Diet

  In the mood to get even more gorgeous this spring? Add these fruits and veggies to your plate and watch your appearance benefit.

• Health, Beauty and Earth Benefits of Vegetables

  Giving up meat once a week isn’t just good for your health -- and your looks -- it’s good for the planet too. Just ask Gwyneth Paltrow.

• Best Indoor Winter Workouts

  Try these new fitness classes and at-home workouts, and keep your new year’s resolution to get in shape.

• Secrets to Getting Gorgeous Hair

  Styling cream, gel, pomade, paste, mousse, wax, serum -- oh, my! Stylists decode 10 top products and explain which will help you get to-die-for hair.

• Top 7 Beauty Resolutions

  Make 2012 a gorgeous year with these small tweaks to your skin- and hair-care regimens.

• Beauty Below the Chin

  If you think your face should hog all the skin care glory, think again. Here's how to get all-over gorgeous!

• Hair, Makeup and Nail Trends for 2012

  The updo gets a decorative swatch of color, lipstick loses its sheen, and manicures go topsy-turvy. Here’s how to get a jump on next year’s freshest looks.

• Keep Your Long Hair Healthy and Beautiful

  You've patiently grown your hair long -- an enviable feat. We've got the secrets on maintaining luster and tip-top condition.

• Beauty Breakthroughs for the Environment

  From new plant-based shampoo bottles that actually create energy to a crafty way to reuse empty lipstick tubes, here are five tips to keep both you and our planet beautiful.

• Beauty and the Feast: How to get Gorgeous, Smooth Skin from your Diet

  When it comes to getting smooth skin, what you put into your body is even more important than what you slather on it.

• Beauty SOS

  Last-minute zits, blotches and frizzies happen to everyone -- even A-list stars. Celebrity makeup artists and hair pros share the secrets to keeping their clients red-carpet ready.

• Blow-dry Your Hair Like a Pro

  Want to emulate that perfect blowout your stylist did yesterday? The secret to salon-perfect hair is in your hands.

• Tame It!

  Tresses misbehaving? Show your hair who's boss with these tips from celebrity stylists.

• Your New Do

  If you've just transformed your usual hairstyle, why not go for an all-around fabulous look? It's time for a makeup update.

• Choosing a New Summer Fragrance

  As temperatures soar, why not swap your amber-laden, heavy floral perfume for one that's lighter and fresher? Here's how to sniff out the best scents of the season.

• Hair Care Products: Do You Need His-and-hers?

  Sharing hair products and styling tools with your man seems like the smart thing to do: an eco-friendly, economical and clear-the-bathroom-clutter choice. But is it? Here’s what you need to know about partner hair care.

• Simple Ways to Touch up Hair and Makeup

  From getting rid of a shiny T-zone to going straight from the office to a glamorous night on the town, there’s a method to touching up your hair and makeup. Here’s where to start.

• Makeup Bag Makeover

  What’s hiding in your makeup bag may actually be hurting -- not helping -- your beauty routine. Like yogurt and eggs, cosmetics have a “best by” date. Here’s when to toss everything from mascara to bronzer.

• Instant Hair and Makeup Makeover

  Tiny tweaks in your hair and makeup regimen can give you a whole new look. Here are six no-drama, no-commitment steps that pack a huge beauty payoff.

• The Top 7 Multitasking Beauty Products

  Want to save time, space, money … and the planet? These seven highly versatile beauty products will help you multitask.

• Avoid Bad Hair Days This Winter

  Winter hair woes can leave a woman in a sweat, even when the mercury is in the single digits. Here are solutions on avoiding hat hair, static-induced frizz, moisture-starved tresses and other cold-weather challenges.

• Skin Care Smarts

  It’s time to take a fresh look at your morning and evening skin-care regimens. Here are five surprising ways to perfect your complexion.

• How to Tame Your Textured Hair

  Curly, wavy, frizzy and otherwise texture-challenged hair is finally getting the attention and products that it deserves.

• The 411 on Facials

  Reality check: You won’t get a face-lift from a facial, but it will certainly boost your mood and leave you closer to the smooth, glowing skin we all want.

• Your Man’s Grooming

  Want to help your mate step up his shaving and hair routines … without wrecking your romance?

• Post-Summer Skin and Hair Rehab

  If your skin is looking lackluster and your hair has lost its shine, you could be suffering from the end-of-summer beauty blues. Here’s your repair guide.

• DIY Pretty Feet

  Put your best foot forward in summer’s open-toed sandals with these do-it-yourself tips and the six essentials of a professional pedicure.

• Extreme Hair Makeover: Are You Ready for It?

  Before going from blonde to brunette, or from waist-long hair to pixie short, read this advice from the pros.

• At-home Hair Color

  Here’s to-dye-for advice from the pros on how to achieve head-turning, salonlike color at home.

• The Most Gorgeous Hair in Sports

  On and off the court, the women of tennis keep their hair long, beautiful and healthy.

• Report From Fashion Week: New Hair Trends

  Hair was the ultimate accessory on the fall fashion runways. Here are the new hair trends you need this season, plus tips on how to change your own do for a truly stylish head-to-toe look.

• Make Your Own Spa This Valentine's Day

  The most romantic way to celebrate the holiday of love is also the least expensive: Stay home and indulge in a feast of touch, taste and scent.

• Hairstyle Classics: How to Keep That Do From Looking Dated

  The shag, the bob, the pixie, long and sleek -- here's expert advice on tweaking these timeless styles for today.

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• The Best Lighting for Makeup Application

  All set and out the door. At the stoplight, I check my hair and what! Why is my makeup a complete striped-cheek mess?

• Top 4 Beauty Tips

  In the four years I’ve been writing about beauty, I’ve picked up countless tips and tricks from the best hairstylists, makeup artists and aestheticians in the business.

• Top 4 Hair Tips I’ve Learned in the Last 6 Months

  During a recent photo shoot, a photographer said that my hair is “like a deflating balloon.” Was that a compliment? I think not.

• Foundation Rules

• Post-workout Makeup Tips

• Makeup Mixology: What’s New in Stores

• Facials 101

• Makeup Inspiration From the Emmys!

  Need to jazz up your makeup routine this fall? Look no further than the stars who graced the Emmys.

• What Your Skin Is Telling You

  Your skin is the largest organ in the body, and in many ways, it’s a barometer for what's happening internally and externally to you every day.

• 3 Fall Makeup Products You Need Now!

  What to add to your makeup bag to stay gorgeous this season.

• Seasonal Makeup

  Some summer beauty bests fit perfectly into your fall and holiday beauty routines.

• Beauty Tips From the Olympics

• Avoid the Most Common Skin Care Mistakes

  Everyone asks me the same question: How can I get clear, glowing skin? It’s not as hard as it may seem, even for those who have “problem” skin. Fixing a few common skin care mistakes will transform your complexion immediately!

• An At-home Pedicure in 5 Steps

  Getting gorgeous feet doesn’t have to mean a trip to the salon. Here are five steps to getting a professional-quality pedi within your own four walls.

• How to Get Celebrity Skin

• 5 Steps to a Perfect Faux Tan

  By midsummer, it’s tempting to skip the sunscreen and get a tan the old-fashioned way (read: damaging from a health and aging standpoint).

• Do-it-yourself Sunburn Remedies

  It happens to the best of us: We’re madly scrambling to get out the door and forget to apply SPF 30.

• Spa Treatments From Your Kitchen

  Citrus, honey, vodka and sugar. While the mention of these tasty treats might have you daydreaming of your favorite cocktail, they are also the core ingredients in my favorite body care recipes.

• How to Extend the Life of Your Hairstyle

  Wouldn’t it be great if we could copy and paste a good hair day on demand?

• Mature Makeup Makeovers!

  The questions women ask me most often aren’t the trend-of-the-season kind. They’re the corrective kind related to skin issues.

• Skin Care Essentials

• Layering 101

  Layering is essential to great style and practical dressing. One of the key ways to stay warm in the chill of winter is by being prepared to bundle up … or shed.

• 5 Ways to Keep Skin Healthy All Winter

• What’s in My Makeup Bag?

• Fall Hair Color Trends

• Great Hollywood Hair

• Makeup Substitution Smarts

• 5-minute Makeover Tips

• Healthy Hair on Vacation

• Makeup on the Go

• 5 Beauty Trends Men Don’t Get

• Day to Night

• Beauty Tweaks

• 5 Ways to Tell a Friend She Needs a Hair and Makeup Makeover

• 4 Beauty Products to Keep in Your Summer Makeup Bag

• Valentine’s Day Makeup Ideas

• My New Winter Manicure

• My Favorite Winter Skin Care Tips

• Modern Holiday Makeup

  There’s no more perfect occasion to wear bright makeup colors or glitter than the festive party-filled holiday season.

• Top Makeup Tips From New York Fashion Week

• Hair Chic

  I’m no stranger to fashionable cities, having lived in Paris, Milan, Monte Carlo and Manhattan, where I’ve styled the hair of some of the world’s most glamorous women. So it almost pains me to admit that the most trend-setting women in the world live in Tokyo

• Your Guide to Face Primers

  I live for collaborating with an artist who has a vision and allows you to create within that but also add your own input.

• Fashion Week Nail Trends

  Here, we examine some catwalk-inspired ways to decorate your digits.

• Summer Hair Tips

  Summer is all about low-key beauty...

• Easy Tips for Sexy Summer Hair

  After a long, cold winter and a very cool spring, along comes summer, and the living gets easier.

• How to Talk to Your Hairdresser

  One of the most important things we teach our assistants is how to consult with a client.

• Runway Beauty Report

  It's that time of year again -- runway time!

• How to Get Salon Results at Home

• Hair That Keeps Turning Heads

• Holiday Hair

• What’s Tops in Hair: Texture

• Botox Competitor Enters the Wrinkle Wars