Corsets: Lots of Controversy Squeezed Into One Undergarment


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Vintage Corset Ads

Nowadays, women who want a trimmer waist in a pinch typically turn to Spanx or some other body-slimming underwear. But when it's less about practicality and more about looking sexy in nothing but your skivvies (like for your Valentine's Day date night, for instance), you may choose to don a corset. While modern women are free to wear these fitted underpinnings whenever we want to spice things up Read more

Snacking Good: Natchitoches Meat Pies


Updated 02/10/12 11:42 PM · Posted by OnSugar Blog · 3 comments

Easy Natchitoches Meat Pies Recipe

We've always wanted to take a stab at rolling out a few Natchitoches meat pies. Thanks to an easy recipe from Food Orleans, this might be a dream realized sooner rather than later. [Baked or fried? You decide.] Natchitoches meat pies are one of those special little treats with a name as fun to say as they are to scarf down. Nackadish — that's how you say it — is a small town we drive through Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: How Yoga Can Improve Your Sex Life


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How Yoga Helps Sex

3 ways yoga can make you better in bed — Mind Body Green Gluten-free recipes good enough to fool the bread-eater — Health Keep your workspace germ free with these 10 tips — HuffPost Healthy Living More on Ioana Spangenberg, the lady with the 20-inch waist — Blisstree 20 celebs criticized for their curves speak out — Shape Is it chocolate that's causing your acne? — Self The secrets Read more

Foods That Can Make You Look Pregnant


Updated 02/11/12 2:35 AM · Posted by Shape · 4 comments

Foods That Make You Look Pregnant

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Over the weekend, I saw a photo of a female celebrity (who is in a relationship with a male celeb) leaving a café with the caption, "Baby bump?" and I had to refrain myself from shouting out loud, "Come on, can't a girl eat without the world thinking she's having a baby?!" The truth is having a perfectly flat stomach Read more

Cool Idea: Sweet Paul's DIY Sweater Vase


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Easy Sweater Vase DIY

I always look forward to Sweet Paul's Crafty Friday posts, but I flipped when I saw his cozy little knit vase. As Paul points out, practically everyone has an old sweater with some sort of defect and a vase laying around the house. Instead of wasting money and time hunting for all of the necessary bits, just take a look through your sweater bins and cabinets to prep for this ridiculously easy Read more

Know Your Techniques: Large Dice


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How to Cut a Large Dice

A large dice is a relatively straightforward knife cut. Measuring at about 3/4-inch on each side, this cut may not seem as complicated as a julienne or a chiffonade, but with the right technique, you can really speed up your prepping process. This cut's ideal for large vegetables, like tubers. A peeled potato is an easy example. Cut the potato into 3/4-inch planks. Keep reading to find out how Read more

HP Envy 14 Spectre Gets Priced at $1,400


Updated 02/08/12 9:37 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

HP Envy 14 Spectre Price and Release Date

The HP Envy 14 Spectre was arguably the most fetching ultrabook at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, and we finally know how much damage it will do to our bank accounts. The HP Envy 14 Spectre will be available Feb. 17 and priced at $1,400 to start. The base model Spectre comes stocked with a 14-inch HD+ Radiance Infinity LED-backlit display and backlit keyboard, a 128GB SSD hard drive, Read more

Cool Concept: The Cryoscope Weather Forecaster


Updated 02/06/12 3:10 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Cryoscope Haptic Touch Weather Box

I know we're inching closer to a future resembling a Star Trek episode when concept gadgets like this Cryoscope weather cube are dreamed up. The haptic weather forecasting device works by the user touching its exterior aluminum cube to physically feel how the temperature will be outside. Connected to the Internet, the cube translates web reports of the weather by pumping heat either in or out Read more

Rumor Mill: The Apple iTV Will Cost $1,499


Updated 02/07/12 1:57 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Apple HDTV iTV Price Details

According to internal Best Buy documents, the Apple iTV could cost $1,499 when it hits stores. Alongside built-in iOS, iCloud, and iTunes support, the iTV could come with a 42-inch screen, 1080p playback, and stocked with an iSight camera for Skype calling. The documents also reveal that the so-called "Apple HDTV" can be controlled with an iPad or iPhone. The iTV info comes from Best Buy Read more