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These are my legs in a self-portrait taken on my recent vacation to Tulum, Mexico. I have worked with David Edwards, my personal trainer at the Rockefeller Center New York Sports Club twice a week for more than two years so I feel I've earned these legs and from the front they look great, but f...
Help! How Do I Pick the Right Foundation?
I remember my drugstore beauty days when I stood in the drugstore aisle trying to figure out my best foundation bet by holding up the bottle to my face. I inevitably picked the wrong shade and walked around with the telltale line at the jaw. These days, we're lucky most department and drugstores ...
Every night I use Pond's cold cream to cleanse my skin. I follow the cleansing with moisturizer before applying eye cream and Retin-A. As you may know by now, I'm convinced Retin-A will be my secret to looking 60 when I'm really 70. Once every couple weeks I may treat myself to a microdermabrasi...
Last week I wrote about my stay at Rancho La Puerta spa in Baja, Mexico, where I exercised all week, got massages and facials and fell in love with a healthy guacamole recipe made with avocados and peas.
People wrote to me asking for more information, so I called up the Ranch's corporate offices...
I recently got a heartbreaking email from a young woman about to go off to college and struggling with acne scars. The scars, she wrote, have been a huge blow to the self-confidence she once had. She wanted to know if I had any makeup tricks for covering up the scars and she was worried that her ...
1 plantain leaf Small amount of olive oil or vitamin E
Wash a plantain leaf that is big enough to cover the wound. Wash the leaf in cold water, then apply a small amount of olive oil or vitamin E to the back to keep it moist. Place the front of the leaf on the clean wound and put a Band-Aid or piece of surgical adhesive tape over the leaf to hold it in place. Apply fresh plantain every day until the wound has healed.
You can also crush the leaf before applying it. This releases the healing compounds and creates a soothing mucilaginous gel.
