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September 14, 2017 What Is The Best Age To Start Using Retinol?
Q—CHARLOTTE’S BOOK READER Sometimes I read that I am too young to start using retinol and other times I read that retinol is the end-all, be-all antiaging product and you can’t start too young. What’s the right answer? I am age 28. A—DR. JOSHUA ZEICHNER, DERMATOLOGIST Your mid 20s is certainly a reasonable time to start using […]
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Health 
September 13, 2017 What to Eat When You Want to Ditch Belly Cellulite
If you feel soft in the middle, you can either thank your mother for inheriting her blessed genetic predisposition for belly flab or your sweet kiddos who were created there. Whatever the reason, if you’d much rather have a sleeker midsection, as a mom of two, I can totally relate. Although it’s impossible to spot-reduce […]
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Celeb Style 
September 7, 2017 Kim Kardashian poses in nothing but boots in a tree, faces backlash for ill-timed post
Kim Kardashian knows how to break the internet. And the reality star is back doing just that with a newly released image from a fashion (or lack thereof) shoot with acclaimed photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot. For the image, which will be featured in a new book from the pair known colloquially as simply Mert […]
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Beauty 
August 31, 2017 Beauty queen returns crown after officials tell her to ‘lose as much weight as possible’
A size 8 beauty queen recently returned her crown after allegedly being told she needed to slim down to compete in an international pageant. Zoiey Smale from Nottinghamshire in England was awarded the Miss United Kingdom title in June and was looking forward to taking part in Miss United Continents in Ecuador. But after organizers reportedly told […]
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Beauty 
August 26, 2017 This Asian Curve Model Is Out To Smash Some Stereotypes
Women over a certain size are constantly having to shatter stereotypes. But one stereotype in particular may not last much longer. Natalie Nootenboom is a 16-year-old up-and-coming model and the niece of famous DJ Steve Aoki. She looks up to him, she told Revelist, “because he broke Asian normswith his music.†She hopes to break Asian norms, too, […]
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Health 
August 21, 2017 Every Single One of Your Summer Legs Issues Is Solved Here
On the first warm-weather day of Spring, I went to work in a sundress for the first time since last year. As I sat at my desk, I looked down at my previously pants-covered legs and was horrified. They looked like they were covered in dust, were paler than any other part of my body, […]
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Health 
August 18, 2017 What A CrossFit Competitor’s Stomach Looks Like When She’s Sitting Down
The human body can be an enigma. For some, it’s prone to build rock-hard muscle, and for others, it prefers to remain in a softer, curvier state. Either way, bodies are gorgeous and rad. Sometimes it’s easy to get swept into the mindset that bodies need to fit a cultural standard of beauty and perfection […]
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Health 
August 16, 2017 Breaking down the ‘fat but fit’ phenomenon
If you’re overweight but eat a good diet and exercise often, it’s natural to think that you’re a healthy person — and you probably are. But new research has found that being overweight or obese can still affect your future health, including raising your risk of heart disease. The study, which is published in the European […]
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Celeb Style 
August 9, 2017 Chloë Grace Moretz Was Fat-Shamed by a Male Co-Star at Age 15
Chloë Grace Moretz has an impressive résumé for a 20-year-old actress, but her time in the spotlight hasn’t always been easy. In Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue, the star opens up about being fat-shamed as a teen by a male co-star on the set of a movie. “This guy that was my love interest […]
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Style 
August 9, 2017 Chinese Restaurant Offers Women Discounts Based On Their Bra Size
The larger the breasts, the bigger the discount ― that’s the controversial promotion a restaurant in Zhejiang province, China, offered this month. The eatery, called Trendy Shrimp, prompted furore for its provocative price-cuts, which an incensed local called“discriminatory†and “vulgar.†Trendy Shrimp, which is located in a mall in the city of Hangzhou, advertised the unusual discount […]
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