Oscar Dresses 2013: What Did You Think?

All photos are courtesy of  IN STYLE. Click to enlarge.1. Jennifer Hudson is wearing a glittering dark blue Roberto Cavalli dress; 2. Kristen Stewart selected a cream Reem Acra gown. It doesn't photograph well, but cute details; 3. Jennifer Aniston's red dress is by Valentino; and 4. Sandra Bullock is wearing Elle Saab.Some years you see lots of wow at the  Academy Awards.  Standouts, both good and bad.  Not so much this year....

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Cheap Botanical Beauty For Body And Hair

Lavender Photo courtesy of  Flower Picture GalleryYour skin, measuring 20 square feet, is your largest organ and the first line of defense, keeping all kinds of wicked microbes from entering your system. At the same time, everything you rub on your skin can penetrate it and get absorbed into your blood stream. As winter sets in many of us slather on moisturizers from head to toe to counter the dryness. Some of us wonder: Are the chemicals in...

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A Deep Dark Chocolate Cheesecake For Valentine's Day

In celebration of Valentine's Day ... a deep dark chocolate cheesecake straight from the gourmet food magazine, Bon Appetit.  As this blog credits sources whenever possible, the recipe was created by Jeanne Thiel Kelley.  My habit is to tweak recipes a little bit, but not this time.  (Oh, no, I can't help myself -- I always cut the sugar in cakes by ½ cup.)  Here are the easy steps:Ingredients:♥Crust24 chocolate...

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Snow Boots Fit For A Fashionista

Patagonia Lugano WaterproofTrust me, I have looked.  The right snow boots are a challenge to find.  If you want style, comfort and function, as opposed to, sacraficing one for the other ... good luck.  And how much must you shell out for lightweight boots that are durable enough to track through ice, snow and slush?  One week's salary?  Two weeks ... or more?!?I think Canadian companies have mastered making the perfect snow...

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Cosmeceutical Skin Care ... Say What?

Photo by Osmosis skin careCosmeceuticals is a new vocabulary word I leaned by picking up a street copy of a magazine called Image.  The free monthly is published by plastic surgeons, and according to them cosmeceuticals are the new wave in skin care. Let me sum up the article for you.  Our new word is a hybrid of the words cosmetic and pharmaceutical.  Cosmeceuticals are key ingredients with anti-aging benefits that can be...

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