So. You may have noticed that I was a big slacker last week, and failed to Pretty Price Check you on Friday. Instead, I went gallivanting off to the city, drank copious amounts of Prosecco with the lovely Siobhan (who …

I’m pleased as punch about Patricia Leigh Brown’s new New York Times piece, “At Some Nail Salons, Feeling Pretty and Green.” It reports on San Francisco’s new Healthy Nail Salon Recognition ordinance, which gives props to nail salons …

The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday roundup of how much we paid for beauty this week.

• 71 percent of women feel fat, according to a new Glamour Magazine survey.

• Only 46 percent of those women are actually overweight,

Did anyone else wish that Catherine Saint Louis’ Sunday Styles story came with a scratch and sniff test this week?

It’s filled with all these really pretty people, like the super cute organic skin care maker, the built L.A. …

The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday roundup of how much we paid for beauty this week.

Attention New Yorkers! You still have time to hoof it over to the Abercrombie & Fitch store on 5th Avenue and 57th Street, where …

So here we are, a full two months after I graduated from Beauty U. And while my life is largely back to “normal,” last week’s fat talk made me realize that I’m walking around feeling very not normal in one …

The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of how much we paid for beauty this week.

• 10 million American women and girls suffer from anorexia and bulimia.
• 25 million more suffer from binge-eating disorder.
• Over 80 percent of 4th grade

Dear world: My apologies.

Here I go, telling you about Fat Talk Free Week, thinking it’s this lovely group-hug thing. Where women could stop hating themselves and maybe focus on their health, not their jeans size. Boy was I …

It’s happening on at least 35 college campuses around the country, says Time. I say, why not out in the real world, too? …

The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday roundup of how much we paid for beauty this week.

This just in from Zach Galifianakis’ Swimsuit Calendar shoot for Vanity Fair. Yet another tired riff on the fat-guy-in-a-little-coat schtick, or step …