How to Stop Keeping Up With the Joneses


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Comparing Your Money With Other People's

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! At first glance, it doesn’t seem like there are many money lessons to learn from The Real Housewives. One spent a season building a $1.8 million mansion and driving around a $1,280-per-month Escalade, only to file for bankruptcy with almost $11 million in debt. Shortly postbankruptcy, she dropped another $60,000 on a shopping Read more

How to Get Your Metabolism Moving


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Boost Your Metabolism to Lose Weight Faster

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. Does your metabolism grind to a halt after 35? Can certain foods rev it up? Answers ahead — and they're good. By Paige Greenfield Here's something to feel good about: your body is a calorie-burning machine. You'll even torch a few while reading this article. The point is, every single thing you do — Read more

Hang Onto Your Weave: Human Hair Thieves Strike Again!


Updated 05/19/11 7:46 PM · Posted by Allure · 3 comments

Women Wanted For Stealing Human Hair Extensions

Hold onto your hair, because we're excited to present this story from Allure: We've told you about three different women dubbed "Botox Bandits" for getting the procedure and then running from the doctors' offices before paying. We also reported on a woman who spent $12,000 on lipo and breast implants using a stolen credit card. But the newest beauty crime wave—the reselling of ill-gotten beauty Read more

The World's Smallest Ad, Written on a Human Hair


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Gillette Uses an Electron Microscope to Write an Ad on a Single Human Hair 2011-06-13 10:21:32

Instead of its usual "skin so smooth a random hottie will appear to stroke your legs/face" ads, Gillette has decided to go in a different direction, one that involves, oddly enough, a high-powered electron microscope. Basically, they used the advanced, expensive microscope to etch ad spots into actual tiny beard hairs a Gillette user had shaved off, then blew up the images for their ads. They Read more

Christy Turlington Brings Sexy Back


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Christy Turlington's Beauty Tips and Interview

  We're happy to present this article from one of our favorite sites, Real Beauty. Christy Turlington is a mother, wife, supermodel, student, and humanitarian (whew!). She's also the face of Avon's new scent, Step into Sexy. Inspired by her famously stilettoed life, we spoke to the all-American beauty about, what else? How to look and feel sexier. This is what she said. Read more

Can You Guess What This Castle Is Made From?


Updated 08/10/11 12:39 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

The Human Hair Castle Sculpture by Artist Agustina Woodgate

Artist Agustina Woodgate is known for her whimsical and slightly creepy explorations of childhood amusements in a more adult context, and her sculpture "Towers" is one of the most uncanny pieces she's created thus far. Keep reading to find out what, exactly, this keep is made of. Read more

Can Human Hair Ever Make Pretty Jewelry?


Updated 07/14/11 6:55 AM · Posted by · 8 comments

Necklaces Made of Human Hair by Artist Kerry Howley

If you want to be avant-garde these days, weave a necklace out of someone's hair. Artist Kerry Howley's human hair necklace collection, Attraction/Aversion, is generating a lot of buzz both for its Baroque beauty and its intense creepiness. "The necklaces are made of human hair, a familiar material that we take pride in," Howley says. "However, once off of the body hair becomes an innate source Read more

Ancient Egyptians Wore Rihanna- and Marilyn Monroe-Style Hair


Updated 08/30/11 12:54 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Ancient Egyptian Hairstyles Looked Like Rihanna Extensions

A team of researchers from the University of Manchester recently conducted a study on 18 mummies from the Pharaonic period and found that ancient Egyptians used pomade, curlers, and even extensions to create styles very similar to modern beauties. "There was a variety of hairstyles and cuts — some of the mummies had really beautiful curled hair," says study lead researcher Dr. Natalie Read more

Fright Night's Christopher Mintz-Plasse Reveals Why He'd Never Challenge Robert Pattinson to a Vampire Fight


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Christopher Mintz-Plasse on Robert Pattinson [Video]

Christopher Mintz-Plasse might be one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, but the actor is on a streak playing bad guys lately, the latest of which is the vampire Evil Ed in Fright Night. Christopher chatted with us at a junket for the movie in Beverly Hills recently, where he filled us in on the painful hair and makeup his transformation from human to bloodsucker required. He also told us why he Read more

How to Get Ciara's Cool Summer Streaks, No Bleaching Required


Updated 05/24/11 7:40 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Get Ciara's Blond Hair Extensions Look

Ciara stepped out on the red carpet last night for the New York City screening of The Hangover Part II and reminded me that adding some Summer punch to dark hair can be a snap — seriously. The singer's usual long, dark locks were peppered with some strategically placed blond highlights, which not only look great with her complexion and sleek white dress but are also easy to re-create. See how Read more