Topic: Skin

Should I Get A Tattoo That Vibrates When My Phone Rings?

Should I Get A Tattoo That Vibrates When My Phone Rings?
Pro 1: I'm Really Spacey
Pro 2: Tattoos Are Cool!
Pro 3: Potentially Therapeutic Properties
Pro 4: I Could Write About It
Con 1: It Would Be Annoying

Like we told you yesterday, Nokia has patented a technology that will allow people to get tattoos that vibrate each time they get a call, text or email. Part of me is intrigued by this, while the other, probably more sensible part is horrified. Horrified enough to skip out on trying a cool new body mod that keeps me super in touch? Let’s look at some pros and cons, then come back here and vote. I will do whatever you say! (Not really.) More »

Beauty Steal: Get 20% Off Your First Month Of Personalized Products From BeautyMint

Beauty Steal: Get 20% Off Your First Month Of Personalized Products From BeautyMint

The stress of the holidays and the start of dry winter weather has already started to wreak havoc on my skin. But I’m keeping dry skin and breakouts at bay with the help of BeautyMint, which delivers a set of personalized skin care products directly to my door every month. BeautyMint‘s products are specifically tailored to the skin issues I’m dealing with right this minute, but as the weather warms up and my skin gets more oily, I can update my BeautyMint profile to get the products that suit my needs.

As the New Year approaches, resolve to update your skin care regimen. If you want personalized products, you can try BeautyMint right now and get 20% off your first month of products by using promo code GLOSSBM. But act fast — this deal expires on December 31, 2011. More »

How To Get A Great Summer Glow Without Looking Like Snooki

How To Get A Great Summer Glow Without Looking Like Snooki

You say you’d like to look deliciously tanned this summer – but you can’t leave your office for the beaches of Ibiza? And you’d prefer not to be the same color as Snooki? God, look at you, making our lives difficult again. Your outrageous requests are why we drink ourselves to sleep at night.

Fortunately, Juice Beauty has some terrific organic products that will help you achieve a natural glow and leave you feeling almost as good as if you’d booked an exciting holiday getaway. Read on for a few products that can help you achieve complexion perfection. More »

How To Tan In 6 Steps (With Pale Skin, Or Normal Skin, Or Whatever Skin You Have)

How To Tan In 6 Steps (With Pale Skin, Or Normal Skin, Or Whatever Skin You Have)

So, I went to the beach for the past few days, and now I’m red like a lobster. God, I’m in pain. It feels great! I’m going to be so pretty when this is over! No, I’m not, I’m going to be peeling like a reptile. A goddamn reptile. I make bad choices, huh? Like Lindsay’s daughter’s friends. Just let me lie to myself a little longer.

Look, I looked like Wednesday Addams at the country club, okay? I had a lot of issues about who I was, and who I am, and whether or not I wanted to fit in, so I bought a Lily Pulitzer dress and then I lay out by the pool with no suntan lotion on for three hours. In many ways, my vacation would have been written by Bret Easton Ellis if he did a lot of Klonopin.

And I am a lobster now, ripe for considering. Afterward, I looked up a lot of facts about tanning, while sitting very erect at my computer, because I can’t move, because it hurts too much. Anyhow. If you want to get skin cancer, this is how you go about getting it in the most beautiful manner. More »

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