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Three steps are mentioned that help for applying proper lipstick on dry, flacky patches on lips that help in moisturizing lips and looking the dark color proper on the lips. It is suggested that berry pink lipstick suits on fair skin, warm, reddish burgundy on medium, earthier, brown-based wine on olive, and almost-black purple on dark skin.

Byline: Cara Birnbaum Motivational Speaking So you were born lazy. So what? Psychologists, diet experts, and trainers have tricks that reliably turn couch potatoes into hot tamales. It doesn't take [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum Face Expectations Brightening, tightening, smoothing: Find out what's new, what's coming, and what really works. For most people, the prospect of attending a medical convention is about [...]

Byline: PHOTOGRAPHED BY HORACIO SALINAS By Cara Birnbaum Truth SERUM They're potent, pricey, and, according to dermatologists, surprisingly effective. Here, the answers to your biggest questions about what comes inside [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum Light Headed Lose weight while you sleepor commute? According to the latest research, oddly easy tricks can help take off pounds. For a fast track to weight [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum PHOTOGRAPHED BY REGAN CAMERON BEYOND The Face Body-baring times call for body-baring measures. The lowdown on high-tech treatments. The face gets all the love. Or at least [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum Anti-aging Surprises Even the most sunscreen-conscious, retinol-diligent, antioxidant-popping women can inadvertently add years to their appearance. But small tricks can make a difference. By most accounts, the [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARIO TESTINO Complexion INTERVENTION Are you using the wrong skin products? Doctors assess the regimens of six real women and discoverand solvesome common mistakes. D [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum Face Off Real women put wrinkle-fighting creams, peels, lasers, and more to the test. W hen Virgil said that 'age carries all things away, even the mind,' [...]

Byline: by Cara Birnbaum, with additional reporting by Eilene Zimmerman photographs by Adam Levey got a beauty problem? food can fix it! If someone told you there were eight foods [...]

classic remix When it comes to wedding hair, even the edgiest girl doesn't want to go too avant-garde. Happily, there are ways to embrace classic styles without turning into a [...]

fake bake There's an art to sunless tanning. Whether you go to a pro or brown your own bod, technique is everything. Our expert gives her bronze-winning tips. TO HELP [...]

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you glow, girl A white gown can make even the most blushing bride look washed out. Here's how to rock a smooth, golden tan without sabotaging your skin. DON'T BE [...]

DiY BEAUTY LESSONS MADE SIMPLE You can do your own wedding-day hair, makeup, and nails with a little help from the pros DO THE PREP WORK After using a deep-conditioning [...]

Byline: WRITTEN BY CARA BIRNBAUM photograph by DAVID ARKY open wide Is brushing time at your house like a scene out of WWE's SmackDown ? We feel your pain. Here, [...]

Byline: WRITTEN BY CARA BIRNBAUM photography by MEI TAO Her last haircut was more than six months ago. Her last brow shapingwho knows? A style-starved mother of two gets a [...]

Byline: CARA BIRNBAUM With the national dialogue focused on race these days, it seems only fitting that skin color is also a burgeoning area in anti-aging research. And pigment isn't [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY CARA BIRNBAUM, BROOKE LE POER TRENCH, HANNAH MORRILL, AND EMILY HSIEH Expert advice on how to make over your bed, write a condolence note, buy a bra [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY CARA BIRNBAUM, BROOKE LE POER TRENCH, HANNAH MORRILL, AND EMILY HSIEH Expert advice on how to make over your bed, write a condolence note, buy a bra [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY CARA BIRNBAUM, BROOKE LE POER TRENCH, HANNAH MORRILL, AND EMILY HSIEH Expert advice on how to make over your bed, write a condolence note, buy a bra [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum The ten commandments of anti-aginghanded down from on high by the best dermatologists in the country. W e don't have to tell you what aging looks like. [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY CARA BIRNBAUM, BROOKE LE POER TRENCH, HANNAH MORRILL, AND EMILY HSIEH Expert advice on how to make over your bed, write a condolence note, buy a bra [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum PHOTOGRAPHED BY CARA PHILLIPS TYPE FACE Three out of four women say they're confused about their skin type. Does this explain why their products don't always work? [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY DANIELLE PERGAMENT, CARA BIRNBAUM, AND ELIZABETH ANGELL Expert advice on why we procrastinate and how to get motivated; how to make an easy, irresistible dessert; plus, the [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY DANIELLE PERGAMENT, CARA BIRNBAUM, AND ELIZABETH ANGELL Expert advice on why we procrastinate and how to get motivated; how to make an easy, irresistible dessert; plus, the [...]

Byline: INTERVIEWS BY DANIELLE PERGAMENT, CARA BIRNBAUM, AND ELIZABETH ANGELL Expert advice on why we procrastinate and how to get motivated; how to make an easy, irresistible dessert; plus, the [...]

Byline: BY CARA BIRNBAUM PHOTOGRAPHY BY GUY AROCH OUR CHALLENGE TO YOU: HAVE THE SITTER COME EARLY. CHANNEL YOUR CAREFREE, RISKY FORMER SELF. THEN PUSH THE BEAUTY ENVELOPE WITH THIS [...]

Byline: Birnbaum, Cara 50 ways to look super in 50 seconds or less : Go from frazzled to fabulous in a flash with these expert time-saving tips By Cara Birnbaum [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum Karen Fellows is tired of looking tired. Hardly a surprise, considering the energetic 37-year-old interior decorator is the type of woman who takes regular scouting trips to [...]

Byline: Birnbaum, Cara Brave new beauty! 4 innovations to make you look as young as you feel By Cara Birnbaum The battle against age-old problems like sagging skin and skimpy [...]

Insiders' Guide Expert advice on buying lingerie, fighting the Sunday blues, and throwing a dinner party. How to Take Care of Your Makeup An Interview With Maria Verel A New [...]

Byline: Cara Birnbaum. The shadowy divot above my left eyebrow came, ironically, from a dermatologist's attempt to 'clean out' a patch of stubborn adolescent acne. For almost 20 years since, [...]

Byline: Birnbaum, Cara Just when it seemed that sunlight was good for nothing but causing skin cancer and wrinkles, new research finds that sun exposure may protect against cancer. The […]

Beauty Reporter allure's face Radha Mitchell Plenty of us have wished we could live parallel lives. Radha Mitchell actually has. In Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, she plays 'comedy and [...]

The Skin Trade I A zit before a party is unfortunate. A zit before a magazine cover shoot is a career crisis. How models keep their skin picture-perfect -- and [...]

Beauty's Big secret Shh. More and more women are buying their $70 face creams and allover bronzers from the land of carnival sweatshirts. By Cara Birnbaum ne evening not long [...]

10 Ways To Beat Dry Skin Coat your body with Vaseline when you swim across the English Channel. Otherwise, there are more appealing ways to stay smooth. By Cara Birnbaum [...]

Pumped Up From a collision between librarian and rock-star hair comes the new bun. It's sexy, strong, and upswept, but never uptight. By Cara Birnbaum The classic updo, with all [...]

Beauty Reporter Better Hair care Package Talk therapy can resolve life's big issues. For the smaller ones -- like how to choose the right mix of hair-care products -- there [...]

A Return To Riches 'Clean' and 'fresh' are starting to feel stale. The latest fragrances are opulent, sophisticated, and anything but light. By Cara Birnbaum Scarlett Johansson was a precocious [...]

Bright Blush Flushed cheeks in three easy steps. By Cara Birnbaum For years, it was no louder than a whisper -- the quietest suggestion of well-mannered color. But now blush [...]

What Lies Beneath We hate to break it to you, but frozen yogurt isn't 'mostly air' and lounging in the sauna doesn't count as a trip to the gym. Little [...]

Natural Wonder If gyms existed where Gregory Joujon-Roche grew up, he wasn't aware of them. He was too busy riding his Spider surfboard along the shores of Kauai, Hawaii. 'I [...]

Top 10 reasons To Call the Dermatologist She can zap a zit, fill a wrinkle, and stop fine lines in their tracks. A doctor can also give you samples and [...]

Potion Control Perfectionists and slackers alike: Your skin care has arrived, in the form of matched kits of lotions, cleansers, and anti-aging creams. By Cara Birnbaum You'd think Sephora was [...]

Insider's Guide service How to get good waitress service By Debra Ginsberg Ginsberg, author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress (Perennial) and About My Sisters (HarperCollins), worked in [...]

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