What is Isokinetic Exercise?
It’s a type of strength training that uses a special machine to measure the amount of force a person can generate. The machine can have a variable resistance, but it allows people to exercise at a constant speed, regardless of the level of resistance throughout…
What is Strobing Makeup?
Strobing is a highlighting technique that uses light shades of makeup to focus on the best features of your face, while maintaining a natural-looking effect. The technique is named after strobe lights because the idea is to illuminate your face and make it look like…
Top 5 Cake Mascaras You Should be Wearing
When it comes to mascara, we’re all used to the kind in the plastic tube that slowly hardens up over time. Soon enough we’re desperately brushing on gritty, clumpy mascara and planning our next trip to the drugstore. But what if it didn’t have to…
Ninja Warrior Training: A Q&A With Brian Kretsch of Traverse Fitness
We recently interviewed Brian Kretsch, trainer and manager at Traverse Fitness, a Ninja Warrior gym in Richmond, California. You’ll find the same daunting (and iconic) obstacles inside Traverse that you’d find on the American Ninja Warrior TV show, from the Warped Wall to the Salmon Ladder. Brian knows them all very well. He is one of only two ninjas to compete…
How to Combat Oily Hair This Winter
The dryness associated with winter can wreak havoc on your hair. Although this usually causes fly always and dry locks, it can also be difficult for those of you with naturally oily hair. If this is the problem you most often deal with, the following…
Biosilk: The Secret to Smooth Hair
If you battle frizzy, dried out hair on a daily basis, there is one product that you should not be living without: BioSilk Silk Therapy. This magic formula, made from real silk, is the answer you have been searching for to control that frizz once…
5 Reasons You Should Incorporate Castor Oil Into Your Beauty Routine
There is an amazing beauty treatment that is probably sitting right in your medicine cabinet. Castor oil has many great benefits for beauty and health. An Incredible Moisturizer Use castor oil as a velvety rich moisturizer. Rub a little on your hands, legs, arms, feet,…
Effects of Shaving on Skin (and what you can do about it)
Shaving is one of the most effective and convenient hair removal methods that offers fast results and minimal adverse effects. However, the minor effects that can occur are often chronic and frustrating to deal with long-term. Here’s a look at some of these common effects…
3 Free, 5 Free, Not Free: What’s in Your Nail Polish?
If you’re a nail polish lover, you may be hearing quite a lot about 3-free and 5-free nail polish. What does it mean and why should you care? 3-free and 5-free nail polish formulas are “free” of some of the most harmful chemicals commonly used…
Banish Hangnails with these Simple Solutions
Cuticles appear as hardened areas of skin that accumulate at the sides and base of fingernails. A hangnail occurs when a piece of hardened skin separates from the rest of the cuticle. Hangnails are not only an annoyance, but can also be painful. If not…
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