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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The beauty industry is booming. By 2017, the sale of beauty products totaled an astounding$445 billion. About $17.7 billion of those sales came from high-end makeup alone, according toThe NPD Group. Some just don’t live up to their hype nor their price tags. But, in some cases, you may be better off purchasing makeup from your local pharmacy. However, even some drugstore varieties aren’t worth their price tagsdespitebeing much more affordable....

But “SYTTD” isn’t just about trying on dresses. Did that bride get the surgery she needed? Did that young bride-to-be get the wedding of her dreams? Is that one kooky couple still together?" Here’s what the most memorable brides from “Say Yes to the Dress” are up to now. Known publicly as the “Bionic Model,” Marine was born without a right forearm. Soon her career took off and she started modeling for top designers and even became a motivational speaker....

Get ready for a throwback to the late 1990s and early 2000s! Back then, “Everybody Loves Raymond” was one of the hottest shows on television. The sitcom was centered on sports writer Ray Barone and his family. The show entertained audiences for nine seasons, wrapping up in 2005. Born in 1991, Sweeten was just 5 years old when the show first debuted in 1996. How has she been doing since the show ended?...

Dimples they’re what stars Brad Pitt, Adam Levine, and Bradley Cooper all have in common. Well, having dimples and earning the title ofPeople’s Sexiest Man Alive at least once in their lifetimes. As much as you may love ogling dimpled dudes, this feature isn’t just a guy thing. Women including some of your favorite female celebs also have the adorable depressions. But what evenaredimples anyway? Here’s the truth about these incredibly unique indentations....

And most people can relate. Who hasn’t looked in the mirror and wanted to change what they see? However, these aforementioned fashion trends show that there is no objective perfect body. Here’s why the “perfect body bang out” is always changing. The differences between generations may cause many disagreements over politics, economics, and of course, beauty standards. Young people have grown up seeing themselves through pictures posted to social media....

Just as with fashion, nail trends tend to come and go. If adventuring with bold colors is your thing, you’re in luck. “Lollipop and gummy bear tones” are one look well-suited for spring. it’s possible for you to selectyour ideal shapefrom square to almond and everything in between. You even get to choose your material, which may just be the most difficult part. Fromgel to acrylicto the increasingly popular and perhaps most controversial jot down: dip powder....

Beauty hacks are all over Instagram. Worse yet, you could’t always tell just how safe these hacks are. Some are actually pretty dangerous. Here’s what you better know about them. Not only is it extremely inexpensive, it’s also equally effective. Bacteria is also responsible for those pesky blackheads that crop up on the tip of your nose. “These bacteria can’t survive in high oxygen environments,” Shah explained. That means peroxide will take care of them, no problem....

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Makeup trends go in and out of style, like everything else in fashion. A look that is considered beautiful today might be considered terrible a few years from now. Some of thesebeautylooks are classics and have been around for generations. Some of the worst makeup trends are even downright dangerous. Ranging from the iconic to the bizarre, here are the best and worst of history’s makeup trends....

Here’s some of the biggest red flags. Equally toxic to a relationship is choosing not to let go of grudges. This can cause alotof resentment and anger in both parties. But even divorce doesn’t get you off the hook from making adjustments. The trust is broken It may sound cliche, but trustisfundamental to all relationships especially marriages. If the trust is broken in a marriage, the relationship is almost always also fragmented....

The never-ending quest for great eyelashes has led us down quite the rabbit hole. Others have eschewed the faux alternatives and have instead decided to enhance their own lashes throughlashperms. It’s a real thing we promise and works much the same way as perms do for your hair. Butwhendo you use said curler? If it’s covered in black gunk, then we’ll go ahead and assume you roll themafterapplying mascara. “This will damage the eyelash cuticles and cause lash breakage....

Grooming and shaping your eyebrows can be astruggle. But don’t feel bad it’s just one of those things. Sticking with the ’90s brow In the 1990s,thin eyebrowswerethething. If you came of age in the “tadpole” brow era, this may still be your go-to. Nevertheless, there’s no time like the present to embrace fuller, more flattering brows. To begin, Potter-Dixon advised letting your brows do their own thing for around six weeks....

Asking your husband for his honest opinion on your new hairdo can sometimes lead to awkwardness. If he responds less than enthusiastically or worse, too enthusiastically, does that mean he’s lying? After all, the hair is onyourhead. Still, one can’t help but become curious about their partner’s secret opinions. That’s right, you might avoid the awkward hair conversation altogether. On a scale from one to 10, the men rated the hairstyle as having a three in appeal....

This article reports on the racist beauty standards of the early 20th century. A lot can change in a century. Just 100 years ago, cars were still a new invention. Women in the United States had recently been granted the right to vote. Jim Crow laws, which segregated people by race, were still in effect. Beauty standards were also quite different. Women seeking higher education mostly attended women-only institutions. Working before marriage was one thing, but the vast majority of women did not have life-long careers....