As a journalist, you always try to go into a story unbiased — but the truth is, we all of us have biases, almost all of the time. It’s unavoidable. You’ve got some kind of back story that brings you …
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As a journalist, you always try to go into a story unbiased — but the truth is, we all of us have biases, almost all of the time. It’s unavoidable. You’ve got some kind of back story that brings you …
Hey, remember waaay back in 2010 when the supposedly “formaldehyde-free” Brazilian Blowout hair straightening treatment tested positive for — irony alert! — formaldehyde?
Lots of salon workers and customers reported all kinds of unhappy symptoms as a result of working …
Twist! You’re getting a Never Say Diet post on a Monday, and a brand-spanking-new Beauty U story tomorrow. Despite what I said on Facebook on Friday — Post #1 about the final licensing exams needs a little more spit …
At least, according to the FDA’s new guidelines about who qualifies for Lap-Band surgery. (Hint: If you’re 5’4″ and 175 pounds… you’re close!)
So that’s what I’m talking about on Never Say Diet today. Head on over and chime in!…
Fun with Press Releases: Because sometimes the beauty industry just goes there.
So last Wednesday, the Society for Women’s Health Research hosted a Capitol Hill briefing called “The Make Up of Your Make Up” (see what they did there?) to …
We should probably talk about this news that the Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether silicone breast implants are linked to a specific, rare type of cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).
So far they’ve only identified 60 …
The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of what we paid for beauty last week.
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
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