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Do You Bite Your Cuticles?
I have previously determined that the majority of you claim pimple picking as your worst beauty habit. While I'm uncertain of how many of you actually bite your nails, I've never explored the topic of biting your cuticles and/or skin around the nails. So, now it's time.
Do You Have a Beauty Bad Habit?
A bad habit is an undesirable behavior pattern, like whipping out the credit card a bit too often during those late night infomercials or spending a mind boggling amount of time on the Wii. But what about beauty — do you have any bad habits you'd like to break? Whether it's pimple popping or nail biting, what's your worst vice?
Nail Nibblers Get a New Treatment
I used to have a boyfriend who, because he was so stressed from law school, couldn't stop biting his nails. So then he moved on to nibbling his knuckles. By the end of his first year, he had barely any nails left and puffy, swollen joints.
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Five Ways to Stop Nibbling Your Nails
Every nail biter knows that it's a bad habit: you get bacteria from the environment into your mouth, age your hands, wear down your teeth, and generally end up feeling pretty bad about yourself and your willpower (or apparent lack thereof). But biting your nails isn't about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps for a lot of people. Instead, it's an automatic reaction that has to be overcome by other means, because will alone doesn't work when you don't notice you're doing something or have no other means of release.
Be Safe With Your Pedi, or You Could Regret It
Here's a horror story for you: After getting a pedicure, a St. Louis woman developed a foot infection. She developed small red bumps that mutated into boils — one of which was as big as a baseball.
Tea Tree Oil Will Cure What (N)ails You
Earlier this year, nearly 70 percent of you told me that you bite your cuticles. I have a confession. During particularly nervous moments, I sometimes do a little chomping myself.
How Does Cuticle Remover Work? The Mystery Revealed!
Cuticle biting may be one of your bad beauty habits, and I have to admit I have a sick fascination with cuticle remover. After running out of my supply recently, I tried using a body oil to push away my overgrown cuticles, but it just wasn't cutting it. I needed the good stuff.
Deborah Lippmann Talks Nail Trends, Part Two
Deborah Lippmann, founder of Lippmann Collection, had a busy New York Fashion Week. After giving Mariah Carey not one but two manicures during Fashion Rocks (she wore Fashion during the Stand Up To Cancer performance and then Rhapsody in White for her solo) she did the nails at Rodarte, Zac Posen and Zegna (which, if you read my post on nail techs at FW, you know is no small feat). Still, she took a minute to talk to me backstage about a multitude of nail topics, the first being trends.
Lovely Links
- Do Sienna and Brit bite their nails? — FabSugarUK
- Model Daul Kim goes from black to blond — I Like to Fork Myself
- Is a cat-food facial really all that? — Babyassface
- Beauty on a budget — The New York Times
- Horses in wigs — Lemondrop
- ICYMI, a cute girl is basically told she's a heifer by Top Model judges — Jezebel
- Michelle Obama lashes out — The Cut
- The reveal on peels — Beauty Snob
- Solid perfume: a love story — Fashionista
Coming Soon: Estée Lauder Vivid Garden Summer Color Collection
I can't say that I've been to a real, official afternoon tea in the garden. I can't say that I've even officially been to an afternoon tea — that is, unless you count my friend's baby shower in Ohio, where it was snowing outside, but we still enjoyed bite-sized treats like mini cucumber sandwiches and clotted cream in the comfort of indoors. Regardless, a garden-side afternoon tea sounds quite nice, don't you think?
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