Get The Most From Your Makeup: Clear Nail Polish

BellaSugar — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:59:12 -0700

Ever buy a new pair of pantyhose and snag them on your first wear? Not only do you feel like you've just wasted anywhere from $5 to $20, but you're also stuck in public with a potential fashion disaster on your hands. A small snag can turn into an eyesore of a run.

But have no fear! Take a small amount of clear nail polish and glob it right onto your hosiery. Yeah, it's sticky and smelly, but wait a minute or two for it to dry and you'll stop your snag, tear or run right in its tracks. I've been using this little trick for years and it's never failed me.

Also, I've read several sources (although I am not sure how reputable they are) that claim you can apply environmentally friendly clear nail polish to ringworm to help kill it. This definitely seems a little bit dangerous to me, but I'm curious to know if anyone has tried this. Or are there just some limitations to clear nail polish?

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Lipodissolve: The Shot Heard Around the Girth

BellaSugar — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:00:18 -0700

When you blast past the PR and buzz, you'll discover that most scientists say cellulite creams don't work. But what about a shot? Lipodissolve is a treatment that injects a drug that targets fat compounds, and FitSugar has a bit more about how it works (or, uh, doesn't).

The problem, as this story points out, is that there's little proof that Lipodissolve actually works. On top of that, the drugs aren't approved by the F.D.A., and the method of treatment isn't standardized. Last month, the Kansas board of medicine moved to ban Lipodissolve after consumer complaints, but a judge overturned it (thanks to a petition drive by Lipodissolve providers). In the midst of the controversy, a plastic surgeon and his assistant decided to try it and see what it did:

Dr. Boswell said that his stomach became so enlarged that he looked six months pregnant. Ms. Foelsch said that her thighs became so swollen with liquid that she wore panty hose to keep them from jiggling. ... The side effects dissipated after two weeks but none of them experienced any cosmetic benefit. “Missouri is the show-me state,” Dr. Boswell said. “But no one has shown me that this stuff works.”

At about $2,000 per treatment, Lipodissolve sounds like yet another expensive cosmetic procedure that may or may not produce results. And since we don't know what the long-term effects might be, I'd advise sitting this one out-even if that means you're sitting on jiggly thighs.

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