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LET'S SAY YOU'RE A HOUSTON-based petroleum exec. When you're off the job you're really off, which means drinking too much, eating too much, and generally grabbing life by the antlers. [...]

Blake Lively is a starving artist. 'I'm hungry. You hungry? Let's meet at Sant Ambroeus,' she says, by way of cell phone introduction. Within minutes she's stepping out of a [...]

Women can take a number of steps to whiten their teeth. These include dentist-supervised bleaching at home, laser tooth whitening, porcelain veneers and eating crunchy fruits and vegetables.

The following fall into the category of 'emergencies' for which I might tap the trusty Xanax stash I've kept in my medicine cabinet for decades: turbulence at 40,000 feet, a [...]

On a scale of 1 to 10 of the things women will do to get pregnant, I'm at about level 2: concerned, but not quite ready to dive into the […]

The Endermologie cellulite massaging device can help in eradicating cellulite but must be used in conjunction with other techniques such as regular exercise and eating a regular diet. Disadvantages of the device are its high costs and long sessions needed.

Of all the grown-up advice we receive as we exit our teen years, 'Don't forget to wear your retainer' is probably the first to be deposited in the mental landfill. [...]

Byline: BY DANA WOOD ILLUSTRATION BY PAMELA OLECKI UNITED STATE Fusing color cosmetics and skin care, the ever-evolving hybrid category is redefining the way a new generation of consumers thinks [...]

Byline: DANA WOOD PHOTO BY STEPHEN LEWIS; STYLED BY TALYA COUSINS Shades of Glory Bright stones pop on an array of jewels. It isn't every day that a classic household-cleaning [...]

Byline: DANA WOOD PHOTO BY STEPHEN LEWIS; STYLED BY BROOKE MAGNAGHI Femme Squad Make way for womanly baubles. Feeling girly? This is your time to shine, with truly romantic bijoux. [...]

Byline: BY DANA WOOD SOCIAL STUDIES For those whose jobs depend on staying on the cutting edge of the style loop (and that would be virtually everyone in the beauty [...]

Byline: BY DANA WOOD PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANTHONY MAULE MODERN MASTER Superstar hairstylist Sam McKnight has had a storied career, sought after by the world's leading photographers, fashion designers and most [...]

Byline: DANA WOOD Remembering Liz It takes a certain internal fire to commit to writing a bookin your 80s, no lessthough with a wife as inspiring as Art Ortenberg's, he [...]

Byline: Dana Wood Ortenberg Pens Tribute to Liz Claiborne NEW YORK So much for retirement, or resting on any laurels. After a lifetime spent as a highly successful businessman, philanthropist [...]

Byline: BY DANA WOOD PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANTHONY MAULE THE NEW SEXY Strong. Powerful. Bold. Model Iris Strubegger personifies the season's most compelling vision of beauty. PRETTY PROVOCATIVE When the going [...]

After three decades in New York, a year ago I moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, the lightning capital of the U.S. There's also no shortage of sunshine, and, thanks to [...]

THE BIG HOUSE BEHIND THE SCENES AT CHATEAU THE ART OF BEAUTY, THE NEW JERSEY SALON THAT'S BECOME THE STAR OF BRAVO'S MOST TALKED-ABOUT TV SHOW. Hold on a secondis [...]

Adult Content Not a cash-strapped, trend-crazed kid anymore? Perfect. You're fashion's new best friend. 'As a woman, I certainly have to address my own needs,' says Donna Karan. 'I am [...]

Byline: DANA WOOD Photographs by LEE CLOWER Scott Kessler M.D. tends to the vocal cords of some of music's biggest voices. As doctor's office walls of fame go, Scott Kessler's [...]

For Sensitive Skins, Firms Use Soft Touch NEW YORK -- According to the American Academy of Dermatology, based on a mid-Eighties study done by the American Contact Dermatitis Association, the [...]

Wooing the Consumer With Quality Tops Agenda NEW YORK -- Quality, not quantity, will be the new buzzword of the cosmetics industry this spring. Recognizing that store traffic is not [...]

Byline: BY DANA WOOD PHOTOGRAPHED BY INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE + VINOODH MATADIN STYLED BY ALEX WHITE ON A SHOW PACKED WITH AMBITIOUS YOUNG HEARTTHROBS, LEVELHEADED BLAKE LIVELY IS EMERGING AS [...]

Byline: --DANA WOOD After all manner of plot twists, some of the hottest names of the Nineties are back in business. This bunch has had more career ups and downs [...]

Traffic Is Vital For Cosmetics NEW YORK -- Generating store traffic will be a touchstone of survival for the cosmetics industry in 1991, as executives grapple with a bearish business [...]

'It's the biggest day of my career,' says Bare Escentuals chief executive officer and president Leslie Blodgett, grimacing into the mirror of QVC's in-house beauty salon. 'And I have a [...]

Byline: Dana Wood NEW YORK -- By dint of the rarity of their hair color, redheads are natural attention-grabbers. And now, with a new range of color-protective products dubbed Radiant [...]

Byline: Bryn Kenny, Dana Wood, Brid Costello, Matthew W. Evans, Molly Prior MALLY'S MOMENT NEW YORK -- Watch out, Scott Barnes: another celebrity makeup artist, Mally Roncal, is jumping on [...]

It still isn't hip, but no one can tune out those numbers. TV shopping -- the ultimate beauty democracy, where even brands you've never heard of can hit big -- [...]

Byline: Dana Wood NEW YORK -- Brace yourself for the next $300-plus day cream. Having based its entire portfolio on products that push the price envelope, Sisley is banking on [...]

NEW YORK -- Wave bye-bye to the lab coats. Although the name attached to the door -- New York Dermatology Group -- is sufficiently business-y, the interior of this new [...]

NEW YORK -- All aboard for the perfume counter. In support of the second Fragrance Week this year -- the one without the FiFis -- a double-decker bus has been [...]

NEW YORK -- With groovy, wall-sized images of Cybill Shepherd and Cheryl Tiegs beaming out over a light-filled downtown loft, Cover Girl took the beauty press for a walk down [...]

NEW YORK -- News flash: Wiry, coarse-textured hair is just as prone to thinning as its fine-limp counterpart. And with its new Smoothing System for medium-to-coarse hair, Nioxin Research Laboratories [...]

NEW YORK -- With an ambitious roll-out of their Israel-based Sabon stores, childhood chums Avi Piatok and Sharon Hasson are attempting to make a solid splash in the U.S. bath [...]