Bored with caking your face in hummingbird shit? Us, too. That’s why we were so thrilled to discover a new treatment meant to make us more beautiful and relaxed. Snakes! All over your naked flesh! Probably leaving disgusting trails...

We loooove makeup. Yes, we sometimes feel conflicted about our worrisome dependency on the stuff, but oh how we love it: The smell, the colors, the possible carcinogens! Swoon! Amiright ladies? But, in an effort to advocate using less...

Are we detecting a bit of a theme around these here parts today? Double entendre! A spa in Phoenix, Arizona called Suddenly Slimmer Day Spa specializes in blinging out chochas post-Brazilian wax. So that they may rise from the...

So we’ve already shown you glimpses of Jennifer Lopez’s big, fat, Greek photoshoot, so you know just how glamorous and ethereal and almost-vulva-exposing her trip to Athens has been thusfar. But did you know that Jennifer Lopez actually has,...

A nip in the air and evident on several subway passengers this morning let us know that Fall is just around the corner. And we couldn’t be more excited for it! And with the arrival of Autumn, of course,...

Beauty! It’s something you can never accomplish, you crusty hag, without the use of complicated gadgetry, ever-evolving techniques and millions of dollars spend on products like face cream made from the ejaculate of endangered albino sea turtles. Hence, the...

So, while we keep slowly developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in our mission to have people recognize Latinos are not just one thing, we have to pause, relent, and possibly accept that some people will just never get it. They’ll...

We’ve long been queasy over a lot of the mainstream media’s attitude over women having the audacity to slither around in broad daylight without first slathering themselves in concealer and eyeliner and a vial containing the blood of an...

You know that friend? The one who gives you a compliment laced with so much venom you find yourself wishing she would have spared the trouble and just shoved you into a pit of vipers? Like, let’s say you’re...

Life is tough for a Major League Baseball All-Star wife. The weather at those stadiums is so muggy, but you still have to look fresh and humpable so your man doesn’t run off with Madonna or whatever. Enter Bobbi...

If you, like us, are tired of people constantly asking you to please close your legs so as not to let out all the fish, tell them it’s just part of your weird-ass beauty routine. Some believe a treatment...

A hair styling treatment promises to give you straight hair — no blow drying required — for three whole months. What a fun and exciting way to promote a White, mainstream ideal of beauty! : The treatment itself takes...

This hilarious video will have you positively shitting yourself laughing ‘til you’re pooped over the zany antics of those crazy mojones down at the Shizuka spa in New York City. You might recall their so-called “Geisha Facial,” which uses...

Here’s Jennifer Lopez at the presentation of Christian Dior’s Cruise Collection in New York City. Ignore, for a moment, the misshapen tumor sprouting forth from the side of Jennifer Lopez’s face in this photo and focus instead on her...

“Geisha facials” are probably less sexy and just as gross as you might envision - and, for a little time only, 100% more racially problematic! Geisha in Japan, according to someone, would rub nightingale droppings on their faces in...

Because it’s a process slightly more complicated than delivering babies in your high school bathroom during a prom, here’s another round of the “Chola Makeup Tutorial.” This time, our favorite self-hatey blogger from Singapore (And, oh! How that list...

Tilda Swinton is a talented Academy Award-winning actress. But that’s probably not as important as the fact that she didn’t wear any makeup to said awards ceremony. Right? Right. As such, The New York Times Style Magazine’s Alex Kuczynski...

Fact: Eleven-year-old girls are the tackiest people on the planet. They are like little drag queens dipped in glitter, covered in rhinestones, wearing stone-washed denim, tucked away into a sparkly purple Polly Pocket case covered in rainbow unicorn stickers....

More like Oldie Prawn! Right, people? Haha. Isn’t it horrifying when people get old and walk around as if they still deserve it?: It was no laughing matter for film star Goldie Hawn as she was caught on camera...

If you’ve ever felt your melanin was getting in the way of allowing your inner beauty to shine through, well. You’re not alone. Women in Thailand have learned from commercials that they have the exact same problem. “Smooth E....

Associate Editor Alex Alvarez, befuddled to find that her boobs and hips, or lack thereof, seem to fall in and out fashion like leggings and stirrup pants and poppers, takes a look at the American women’s magazine industry in...

Speaking of bacon cups, “Spanx” underwear brand is re-launching their line of bras designed to make you, the average bacon-chomping woman, look more like the feminine ideal put forth by store mannequins and anime heroines alike: Rendered in the...

This short film features a smattering of Pretty People (P.P.’s) discussing some of the positive and negative aspects of being so gosh darn beautiful. Among the perks: Free stuff, compliments, better treatment, jobs as bloggers. The not so perky,...

Truthfully-hipped Colombian singer, Shakira, is set to launch a line of beauty products in collaboration with Spanish beauty company Puig Beauty and Fashion Group: Shakira will have significant input in the creation and development of the range, according to...

Model Tyson Beckford has not been impressed with Fashion Week’s crop of models. We can’t help it if we’re only 5 foot 4, Tyson, gee: This season’s attempt at using more diverse casting hasn’t exactly floored Tyson Beckford in...

Thanks to our always impeccably made-up commenters Janie A G-Go and Latin_Princess, we were recently introduced to the concept of the “Latina Makeup Mask”, something that certain Latinas with deathly pallors never have to deal with. But we are...

Shakira is the newest face and mane for Sunsilk hair products. We much prefer Shakira’s black dreadlocked phase, back when her songs weren’t Beyonce’s, but we guess peroxide blondes are ok, too. We like things that are highly flammable....

Eva Longoria is in this weekend’s issue of your mom’s favorite Sunday circular, Parade, telling us all about the things that make her “beautiful.” Turns out she has a degree in kinesiology. But sometimes even being a gym bunny...

You may or may not have followed femilady blog Jezebel’s coverage of Ashley Baker, the former Glamour magazine staffer who pronounced afros and dreadlocks “corporate fashion dont’s.” Her comments sparked a debate over the racial implications, and possibly racist...

Perusing body waxing literature recently, we came across this gem from writer Rebecca Brown at Divine Caroline: I came across a story with a quote from San Francisco skincare and waxing goddess Marilyn Jaeger in reference to Brazilian bikini...

Blabbeando tipped us off about this family-owned salon in the Dominican Republic called Belky’s. The low-budget commercial above captures the owner explaining that he opened the business because his hot daughter kept catching the flu when she got her...

Oh, the wonders of Google image search. The ad at left popped up while we rooted around the internets for something to accompany today’s Felix-related, Miskito Indians post. We’re no anthropologists, but something tells us she ain’t a member...

Weeks ago we came across the following catcall from Overheard In New York, and didn’t find it funny nor worth publishing. But, in light of a recent event fucking the fashion magazine world, we figured it now merits mention:...

How in the world is America Ferrera making it in Hollywood despite not being white or thin? That is the question Glamour seeks to answer in their latest issue. Sure they call her a bombshell and praise her for...

While Miss Universe 2007 was wrapping up at the end of May, you got to know how fond we are of the vagary and spectacle that is the modern beauty pageant. But doesn’t scandal rock its lower budget, Latin...

An intriguing story comes our way from Santo Domingo, where scores of women pursue the Dominican dream of straight-looking hair by any means necessary. (Extensions, chemical processes, Elmer’s glue: you name it!) The article argues that by taming the...