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A while back we received a product that advertised itself as "a new treatment in beauty that's perfect for tonight's big date." That product was Biobliss, a patch that, when applied to your face for an hour, supposedly "reduces wrinkles up to 50%." Because of our commitment to science, we had to test it. More »
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Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily recommendation of random things that we've actually spent our own money on. These are the things we buy regularly or really like, things we'd actually tell our friends about. And now we're telling you. More »
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Budapest, Hungary, Aug 12: Lead Singer Skin (Deborah Anne Dyer) of British band Skunk Anansie performs on the stage during the Sziget Festival on the Shipyard Island. The Sziget Festival is one of the biggest European cultural events, featuring art exhibitions, literary and theatrical performances, and above all music concerts. (AP Photo,MTI, Balazs Mohai) More »
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A California city is cracking down on "lingerie cafes," coffee shops that feature scantily clad women and possibly illegal gambling. More »
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With so much media focus on bikini bodies, beach bodies, cellulite woes and eating disorders, it's easy to believe that being thin and fit is a beauty anxiety women have always had to deal with. In fact, clear skin has a longer history of cultural obsession. More »
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You know how when you drink a lot, your skin looks sort of sallow and mottled in the morning? Yeah, well, one bar offers cocktails that supposedly have the opposite effect. Skintoxicating! More »
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In a stunning reversal, older people are now complaining that kids these days aren't running around half naked. America's nudist colonies are an endangered species, and to save them, more young people will have to start taking off their pants. More »
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We've already read that Botox may dull people's emotions. Now it turns out the popular face-freezer may hamper users' ability to judge how others are feeling. More »
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Researchers investigating indoor tanning habits found that of 227 female students surveyed, almost 40% had gone tanning for the first time with their mothers. The family that soaks up UV rays together stays together? More »
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New research suggests that those among us with moles age at a slower rate and have more taut muscles than our non-moley counterparts. This totally makes up for all of the extra skin cancer screenings! More »
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There's a new anti-aging cream on the market which may work better than all the others. By which we mean: slightly better than nothing at all. More »
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"Gorilla-face, to give it its technical name, is an occupational hazard for the older woman...You go to bed looking perfectly normal and you wake up looking like an extra from Planet of the Apes." [TimesUK] More »
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I love a good tan. Not the fake stuff; the lightest coating makes me feel like Snooki (and smell like her too, probably). No, I need to brown myself in real sunshine. And yes, I understand this is bad. More »
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For that "Saint Bartholemew" look, apparently all the rage in 1929. [ModernMechanix] More »
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A new study says women who bare 40% of their skin (an arm is 10%, a leg 15%) attract the most men. But watch out: any more than that apparently indicates "general availability and future infidelity." [Thewest.com.au] More »
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Theoretically, scars - like wrinkles - are to be embraced. In reality, we've got "needling," "pressure graments," collagen, lasers and surgery. And, oh yeah, the scars. More »
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"The Science of Beauty" is complicated. Says one Proctor and Gamble cosmetics researcher, "obviously you're familiar with gene expression profiling!" Um, no. [SciAm] More »
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Although Beyoncé is on the cover, thanks to a tipster, we discovered that inside, the June issue of Marie Claire is disappointingly racially insensitive: More »
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Men's faces tend to be more reddish and women have more greenish skin, according to new research. Brown University scientists analyzed 200 images of Caucasian male and female faces under the same lighting conditions and with no makeup. First a computer program analyzed the amount of red and green pigment in the faces, then subjects were asked to decide on the gender of images of androgynous faces clouded by random shape and color patterns. Some women's faces are redder and some men's faces are greener, but in general the research showed that people use color when trying to identify gender, especially when the shape of a face is ambiguous. Lead researcher Michael J. Tarr described the subject's ability to determine the gender of the images as a "superstitious hallucination," like being in the shower and hearing the telephone ring when it hasn't. [EurekAlert] More »
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A new survey commissioned by ZO Skin Health reports that 43% of women think about their skin "always or often," which is more often than they think about their relationship status. Translation: we're either sad sacks who fret about our love lives or vain creeps obsessed with looking young. [UPI] More »
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A new wrinkle and scar injection called Vavelta promises to smooth out fine lines and scarring with a radical new ingredient: Cells from babies' foreskins, which are injected in the lower layers of the epidermis, eventually revealing younger-looking skin after a few months. The foreskins are donated by mothers of circumcised babies in U.S. hospitals. It's like a really strange type of recycling! [Daily Mail] More »
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You'll be glad to know that the ever-vigilant British tab The Mirror is concerned about Kate Moss' well-being. Specifically, the toll "cigarettes, sunbathing and late nights" are taking on her "weathered chest." They diligently report that recently at Heathrow, "her decolletage looked more like a 40-year-old’s with its crepey texture, sunspots and deep creases." Their evidence is a picture of Kate's...completely normal-looking skin. Now, no one's claiming the model's lifestyle is the epitome of wholesomeness, but let's reserve criticism for more actively self-destructive behaviors, shall we? [Mirror] More »
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Have you spent the better part of your days gulping down at least eight glasses of water in hopes that ultra-hydration would transform bad skin into Halle Berry's perfect epidermis? Well, it turns out that the old wives' tale that a lot of water is great for your complexion is just that... a tale. Instead, doctors recommend that those who seek perfect skin should just wear sunscreen, eat well and avoid cigarettes. [NYT] More »
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Look! Even Sienna Miller loves to give her fellow a free, impromptu facial. [Janet Charlton's Hollywood, Salon] More »
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Elle's Beauty Genius Awards are...well, I was going to call them the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships of beauty, but look here — the magazine actually just went ahead and called them the "Nobel Prizes" of Beauty, which pretty much takes the wind out of my faux-hubristic sails. Anyway! It's an invaluable spread filled with the collected wisdom of 25 hairstylists, makeup artists, colorists, dermatologists, cosmetic dentists representing the "brightest stars" in the business of Making You Beautiful, and I am here because I wanted to share with you the explanation of Facialist and "former chemist" Mady Shany, healer of Hollywood's A-Listiest acne problems, as to why you should switch up your skin care products every three or four months. "Bacteria figures out what you are using to kill it and becomes immune to ingredients." Wait, really? So...these breakouts...they're like a mild superbug?? Is the advent of Purel and hormone-treated beef making our skin stay uglier later? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=372610&view=rss&microfeed=true Listen, I really don't like getting on the I-told-you-so bandwagon, but I have been telling everyone I know that eliminating sugar from my diet totally changed my skin. (I cut out both the refined and unrefined stuff two years ago.) The compliments on my glowing visage have nothing to do with youth, I have long sworn, and everything to do with my diet — and now some scientists have backed me up! The British Journal of Dermatology now reports that sugar causes the skin to develop molecules that prevent the skin from being able to produce collagen. Sugar damage begins to take its toll starting at age 35, they also report. But it's not too late to save yourself! Unlike, say, sun damage, sugar damage can be undone by eliminating the sweet stuff and taking a good B-complex vitamin. Seriously, what are you waiting for? [MSNBC] More »
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