A blue and white envelope just arrived in your mailbox. Inside is an invitation to your friend's house warming party next week. She is going to have wine, cheese, hor dours, and entertainment. It's going to be a dazzling event and you know you should dress up, but you have no idea what to wear.

Deciding what to wear to any social event can be overwhelming, especially when you have party favors, decorating, and baking to worry about--in addition to your day-to-day work....

Cosmetic and medical products that get in contact with our skin are absorbed through the skin, get in the blood stream and can accumulate in high quantities in different parts of our bodies. The absorption of substances from outside the skin to positions beneath the skin, including entrance to the blood stream, is referred to as Percutaneous Absorption. Usually, shampoos contain very aggressive cleaning ingredients that desroy hydrolipidic film. Hydrolipidic film is an emulsion of water...

The last month of pregnancy is definitely an emotional one. While the day you can gaze into your little one's eyes can't come soon enough, there are still a few things you've got to look forward to before you get there.

Extra weight gain in the last month of pregnancy is typical and you may find yourself putting on a little more than a pound a week. During this month, your baby's gaining body weight, so you will, too. These few added pounds can cause back aches and mild...

“The sky is falling, the sky is falling” said Chicken Little, which, if you turn on the radio, watch the TV or read the paper feels fairly accurate. Everywhere we turn the word “crisis” is in the air - the financial crisis, the food crisis, the global warming crisis, the terrorist crisis… One would think that nothing good is happening in the world. Yet there is greatness all around.

The positive light among us is the growing swell of activism...

Finding tall maternity jeans can be difficult at best. Already the clothing choices are limited to maternity wear, but when you're dealing with a 34-inch inseam, it can be that much harder.

However, don't lose hope - there are brands and stores out there that work. For a breakdown of some of the best clothing retailers for tall pregnant women, keep reading.

Clothing by RG Maternity

RG Maternity sells its maternity jeans in sizes up to a 36 inch inseam,...

You're not alone. A lot of people dye their hair. Some of them do it to cover the gray. Others do it because they think that they look better with a different hair color. No matter what reason a person has for dyeing his or her hair, things can definitely go wrong if that person isn't careful with how it is done. The safest way to dye your hair is to go to a beauty salon and let the professionals do it. This is also the most costly way to dye your hair, though, and so quite a few people...

The weather's hot and skin often tends to become sticky and one can't imagine putting on heavy makeup on their faces in the sweltering heat. But what's a girl to do if she wants to still have makeup on? Here are a few makeup beauty tips which you can try this summer. These tips would leave you with a glowing natural look that is highly coveted by every girl during the summer season.

If the weather is too hot then skip the foundation! But if you have a bit of a problem with...

Andrea Vos (37) lives in Amsterdam with husband Jan Willem, son King (3) and daughter Lux (1). She is an independent interaction designer and works for several renowned agencies and clients.

As a working Mom, there is usually very little time to spend on yourself. There is always one more thing: that one last email, one more load of laundry, a few more things to pick up. Sometimes, by trying to do everything, you just wear yourself down. And the funny thing is you end up not...

Fashion is always changing and you sometimes end up not being able to catch up with it. How many times have you bought a new outfit and ended up just wearing it once because it was no longer in fashion? Were there times that you bought a lot of stuff that ended up at the back of your closet, never to see daylight again? Don't you just cringe when you remember what you wore it once just because it was the "trend"?

With the way fashion changes in an instant, it...

Hair extensions have severely gained popularity during the last few years, especially because of the recent celebrity trend of having them applied. They have actually been around since the 1980's even though during the 1980's many people dismissed them as a fad that would never catch on and now they have come back and they have never been more popular.

If you are hoping to have hair extensions applied it should be noted that there are many different ways in which this can be...