Razor bumps, as everyone knows, suck. After carefully shaving to better show off your smooth, clean face to the world, an ugly red bump — or worse, a whole bunch of them — springs up and ruins everything. But what are these unwanted intruders on your skin?...
Every hairstylist will say the best haircuts for thin hair are those that create the illusion of more hair (duh!). Unfortunately, figuring out which haircuts those are — and which one’s right for your unique dome — is no simple task… unless you’re LA-based hairstylist Sara Willner....
The mustache celebration that is No-Shave November is well underway, and chances are decent that a fuzzy little caterpillar has just crawled onto your upper lip. But instead of leaving it by its lonesome, why not give it a little grass field to play on? Or, to...
It’s an all-too-common feeling: You’ve run some errands and ordered delivery for dinner from the convenience of your car. You think you’ve got everything under control (the contents of your bladder most of all), but once you exit your vehicle and insert your key into the front...
Anyone who’s ever gotten dressed for work in a muggy gym changing room following an early morning workout knows that the experience is nightmarish. Pulling on a shirt over clammy skin is the worst, and the sweat that keeps trickling down your back comes direct from the...
Most of us have been guilty of not brushing our teeth at bedtime now and again. Maybe it’s because we forgot to pack a toothbrush when traveling, maybe we’re just too tired to deal with brushing before getting into bed, or maybe it’s because we’ve been partying...
Your skin is like the night sky. (I am not on drugs. Please just hear me out.) Ahem, your skin is like the night sky, peppered with various otherworldly spots that confuse and bewilder the majority of us. To make sense of these markings, we asked some friendly...
It goes without saying that the holiday season is going to be a bit different this year. With some stores opening and closing at unusual hours, or limiting the number of people who can enter the store (or not limiting the number of people who can enter...
No, you’re not going nuts — your toenails really do grow much more slowly than your fingernails. According to a study performed at the University of North Carolina, fingernails, on average, grow 3.47 millimeters a month. Toenails, on the other hand (or foot, rather), grow only 1.62...
First, a bit of poo-101: Bowel movements are the end result of eliminating what’s left after your body takes the nutrients it needs from the food you eat. Water makes up about 75 percent of it, while the rest is a gross combo of dead and live...
Let’s set the record straight: While there are antiperspirant deodorants out there, antiperspirants and deodorants aren’t one and the same. In fact, according to chemist and product wiz Fadi Mourad, these two chemical compounds — while often combined into a single product — function very differently when applied...
Is your facial hair getting a little gray and you want to look younger? Are you going stir crazy and want to turn your facial hair bright green? Be warned: It can be done, but dyeing your beard isn’t nearly as easy as growing it. The challenge...
