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Could you love your naked face?

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Can you imagine ditching your beauty routine for 60 days? It means no makeup, no waxing or shaving. Two ladies decided to do just that as a social experiment. Caitlin Boyle and Molly Barker created The Naked Face Project, in an attempt to give themselves the space to figure out the “whys” behind their personal Read More

The optimisim bias or why everything happens to everyone else

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Whatever happens, whether you succeed or you fail, people with high expectations always feel better, because how we feel — when we get dumped or we win employee of the month — depends on how we interpret that event.  – Tali Sharot Have you ever noticed that when it comes to the bad things in Read More

9 ways to impress hipsters

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Congratulations! You’ve made it to adulthood in your working-class neighborhood. The hard work and education paid off, and you decided to rent an apartment in the old barrio. But as luck would have it, the neighborhood isn’t the same anymore. These people from somewhere else have moved in, and the place has begun to change. Read More

No, wait. Don’t put a ring on it!

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If only I could travel back in time and slap myself on the back of the head. How much time it would have saved me. The moment I thought, “Wow, you were pretty harsh with your mother” should have been the moment I left. My youthful excuses (she must have been mean to him when Read More

Breastfeeding a 3-year-old?

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TIME magazine has really done it now. It has shocked the world with a photo of a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son. The internet is in an uproar over the photo, which will be on the cover of the May 21st issue of Time Magazine. People already feel uncomfortable when they see a woman breastfeeding Read More

5 beauty tips from Jennifer Lopez

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Few Latina women make the news as often as Jennifer Lopez. Not only does she have successful movie and music careers while appearing as a judge on American Idol from week to week, but her love life is televised like the latest telenovela. While juggling all of these very public roles and her four-year-old twins, Read More