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What's Your Best Mommy Beauty Secret?
Miss Piggy never let anything or anyone keep her from getting her beauty sleep. While it's tough to seriously take advice from a pig, we can't deny sleep its power as a natural enhancer. Unfortunately for many mamas, they don't saw as many logs as they'd like.
Do You Steal Beauty Products From Your Baby?
Our girl Bella may not have a baby, but that doesn't stop her from buying goodies from the kiddie aisle. She says it saves her a couple of bucks on beauty treatments, but lots of moms are guilty of borrowing an item or two from their tots. Baby wipes are great stain removers, mild detergents work wonders on hand wash adult apparel and calendula cream cures even mommy's skin issues.
Vanessa Williams Gives Beauty Tips to Her Daughters
Last week our girl Bella interviewed Ugly Betty beauty, Vanessa Williams. They had a chance to chat about how the singer and actress maintains the good looks Mother Nature gave her and what beauty tips she doles out to her older daughters. When asked how she encourages a good self-image in her youngest child, the mother of four — Melanie, Jillian, Devin and Sasha — said:The youngest one is eating right.
Study Finds Women Becoming More Beautiful Over Evolution
Are beautiful women at an advantage even when it comes to bearing babies? A new study by a researcher at the University of Helsinki found that women are becoming more attractive through evolution, while men remain the same.
Based on the research, it appears that women deemed to be more aesthetically pleasing have up to 16 percent more children than less-attractive women and a higher proportion of those children are female.
Less Attractive Men Are More Fertile
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life never make a pretty woman your wife, or so the song goes, but if a woman wants children should she sleep with an unattractive man? Researchers at the University of Oxford and University College London have determined that men deemed handsome produce less sperm during sex than their not-so-hot counterparts.
According to their study, good-looking guys tend to release fewer sperm per romp in the sack to increase their chances of spreading the wealth among more women.
Did You Use Self-Tanner While Pregnant?
Vain mamas-to-be maintain their appearances during their nine months by keeping up their hair color, exercise routines, manicures and pedicures. When it comes to their complexions, some expectant ladies shield themselves from the sun as the skin becomes more sensitive and prone to burn. Self-tanning cream can accelerate the motherly glow for those women.
Do You Buy Into Pregnancy Products?
Being with babe means forgoing caffeine, unpasteurized cheese and raw fish for many moms-to-be, but do they take the lotions and potions they lather their bodies with (the skin is an organ) as seriously as they do the foods they digest? Lots of the popular beauty lines women use on a regular basis include phthalates, sulfates and other chemicals to help preserve the rest of the products' ingredients and increase their cleansing power. Some doctors warn that these chemicals can be absorbed into the bloodstream and impact an unborn baby's hormones.
Do Moms Age Faster Than Childless Women?
Mothers joke that they owe their gray hair and wrinkles to their offspring. Whether the topic is postpartum bodies, sheer exhaustion or limited amounts of me time, many moms attribute the decline of their looks to putting their children first. Who hasn't overheard or been involved in a conversation where someone commented that a woman looked amazing or was aging well and another chimed in with, "Well, she doesn't have kids!"
Six “Makeup” Tips For Your Lil Beauty
Girls will be girls. Whether you feel fine letting your daughter indulge in a mani-pedi from time to time or would rather her keep her young skin fresh and product-free, at some point you may have to just give in. Maybe it's Miley, maybe she's watched you apply mascara and lipstick before a dinner date, or maybe girly girls just love gloss.
The Real Mommy Makeover
Sure, carrying children can give a mother stretch marks, saggy boobs, and excess skin. And worrying about the lil buggers can make way for gray hair and wrinkles. But it's all part of the mommy makeover, and that transformation also has a fair share of beautiful perks.
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