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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
11/04/09

In reply to "Allure" Confesses: "I Think I Have Body Dysmorphia Disorder"
This Fall: Join the Sexiest Religious Cult in Sudan!

Problem solved. #fashionweekdailyinterviewsallure...
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rodmanstreet
11/04/09

@Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Hollywood's Greatest Weight Loss Secret: Sudanese Religious Cults! #fashionweekdailyinterviewsallure...
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GreyEminence
11/04/09

@Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Six Steps To Get Your Bod Cult-Ready! #fashionweekdailyinterviewsallure...
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futuremouse
11/04/09

@Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Is your man in a Sudanese religious cult? Six sexy tips on how to find out. #fashionweekdailyinterviewsallure...
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/04/09

@Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Sudan Skinny:
Can It Beat Up Hollywood Skinny? #fashionweekdailyinterviewsallure...
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thoughtthinker
11/04/09

@futuremouse: Sudanese Cult-proof your relationship! 69 fun ways to keep your man from committing adALTERy. #fashionweekdailyinterviewsallure...
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piccola
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
Actually, the "air diet" is just a stupid name for a pretty sensible practice: eating foods that are less calorically dense (ie, fruit, veggies, broth-based soups) more often than the usual fat-and-sugar bombs, or even healthy calorie-packed foods we tend to overeat (nuts, dried fruit, cheese). #allure
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CherriSpryte
10/26/09

@piccola: wouldn't cheetos and rice krispy treats count as "fat-and-sugar bombs"? #allure
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piccola
10/28/09

@CherriSpryte: Totally. It's a stupid application of a sound principle. I just meant that you can have, say, a sandwich for the same calories as a chocolate bar, but the former -- because it's bigger and full of nutrients -- will fill you up more, so you won't be as hungry later. (And I don't think rice cakes are any better than cheese puffs -- they have no nutritional value.) #allure
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KimberleeJean
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
Ahh, the Lord Byron diet. Awesome. #allure
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la.donna.pietra
10/26/09

@KimberleeJean: Hearted! #allure
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viklane
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
I hate that Allure pretends it's introducing these diets as a caution. You know 15-year-old girls will try them. Have a little integrity. #allure
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mirabella
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
rice crispy treats en masse are wayyyy counterproductive to slimming down.
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Bitcherina
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
I like my vinegar the way God and nature intended it to be consumed-- on chips, with salt. #allure
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kemperboyd
10/27/09

@Bitcherina: or balsamic on a fat heavy goats cheese tart. #allure
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pollyannacowgirl
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
I've had much success with eating low-glycemic load foods. My internet research leads me to the conclusion that air-puffed grain foods are not good for blood sugar. Things containing vinegar, such as pickles or a vinaigrette stabilize blood sugar when eaten with a meal.

But I believe that women who read these magazines actually ENJOY trying new diets. It gives them something to obsess about and plan for and talk about. I do know women who are like that. A sensible diet with actual science behind it is BORING. #allure
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MissNormaDesmond
10/26/09

@pollyannacowgirl: Yes. Another name for these women are "people with eating disorders". #allure
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BlondeGrlz
10/26/09

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How long before magazines introduce the magazine diet, where you just eat the pages? Take that internet! You're not edible and full of fiber! #allure
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JLady
10/26/09

@BlondeGrlz: I have my doubts about the fiber content of Allure, but maybe puking from the ink content would be seen as an added bonus?

*shudder #allure
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myamphigory
10/26/09

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Hey, the vinegar diet has quite the pedigree--it's what Emma Bovary uses to make herself look thin and sickly so that her husband will agree to move to somewhere more exciting than Tostes. #allure
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o-line
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
My shampoo is fortified with plenty of vitamins, so that helps me get the nutrients not present in air foods. Because what good is shiny hair if you aren't thin? #allure
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WaltzingMatilda
10/26/09

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I've been told I'm already full of piss and vinegar.

And my hair is gorgeous. #allure
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annebreal
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
Uh...the apple cider vinegar bit makes more sense in "Shiny, Bouncy Hair" than in your mouth. That stuff works a wonder as a once in a while clarifying treatment (I have well water and need it about once a month) and I sure as shit never learned that trick from a ladymag. #allure
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toastandlove
10/26/09

@annebreal: Ooo, really? I have soft water at my apartment and I can never get my hair really clean. It always looks dull and breaks now. I used to have such nice hair! #allure
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annebreal
10/26/09

@toastandlove: Yep, what I was told was to get about 8 oz of apple cider vinegar (I always have to use more because I have thick hair), and to crush up two asprin tablets and mix it in (I used to do this but get the same results without), and work it through your wet hair after you already do your normal washing routine. Leave it for 10-15 minutes, then shampoo it out, don't use conditioner.

I'm not into all the DIY food-related beauty stuff, so I know it sounds goofy because it did to me at first, but it works. It gets rid of that nasty dull buildup and works way better than expensive clarifying shampoos that the salon was selling to me. Last time I went in for a trim to cut all the dead dull hair out, there wasn't actually much of anything, like a quarter inch, for her to get, it was already pretty damn healthy which was a new thing for me. #allure
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LaFemme
10/26/09

@annebreal: Warning about this though: DO NOT use if you have fine hair or very dry hair. This is super strong and really acidic. There are nightmare stories on MakeupAlley about people absolutely wrecking their hair trying to clarify it this way- we are talking having to cut off 8 inches wrecking, so beware. #allure
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maude_flanders
10/26/09

@annebreal: Well, shit, does this mean my hopes for a filter for my shower and an end to hard water are unwise?

Shower pressure isn't the issue, I actually NEED hard water? (A website says my zip code has moderately hard water...I thought it was the minerals in the water that make my hair dull/dirty faster.) #allure
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annebreal
10/26/09

@maude_flanders: We have a water softener...honestly, I'm not really up on the water issue. If you've noticed your hair dulling or difficult to rinse out, trying a clarifying method (maybe try diluting it first like helpfully pointed out below), if it isn't the result of overprocessing. My hair was dying because of the nasty well water, not because of chemicals, so this worked for me.

@LaFemme: Oh good catch, I have really thick naturally curly hair that is the polar opposite of fine or dry so that's never been an issue for me. #allure
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anya629
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
With the Twilight madness, I am honestly surprised someone has not introduced a Vampire Diet, in which you curb hunger in between meals by drinking your own blood. The blood has protein and nutrients floating around in it, but it is coming out of your own body, so the mass and calorie balance on your body works out to be zero (or negative, if you then burn the calories in your blood that you consumed)!
Sweet. #allure
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Conchie Birdie
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
This is quite perverse:

"Hey, how can we get girls to buy our mag?"

"I know, let's highlight unhealthy and unsafe diet fads that celebs are supposedly doing - it totally plays into young women's insecurities about weight and looks!"

"Wait, didn't we help fester these insecurities?"

"Exactly! This is why it works so well - it perpetuates what we've cultivated for so many years!"

"FTW!" #allure
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The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
10/26/09

In reply to Allure: This November, Try A Diet Of Vinegar And Air
My diet involves licking the photos in food magazines and crying. #allure
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