
Besides tips on how to eat right for beautiful skin, nails, and hair, dietitian Lisa Drayer's new book,
The Beauty Diet, has wonderful recipes, too. Low-fat double-chocolate milkshake, fire-roasted tomato soup, and white bean "hummus"? Yes, please.

I took a little stroll down memory lane the other day during a pit stop at the drugstore. Remember those
Designer Impostor fragrances from Parfums de Coeur?
Yeah, the ones that do a somewhat humorous knockoff of the more expensive department store variety at a fraction of the retail price?

Last year, each of these six actresses had some type of blockbuster movie premiere — whether it was Cameron Diaz's character getting married in the romantic comedy,
What Happens in Vegas or Sarah Jessica Parker as the beloved Carrie Bradshaw in the
Sex and the City movie. So to ring in 2009, let's test your knowledge in a "This or That" style quiz. Sheer Blonde — is it a Reese Witherspoon movie or beauty product?

It's been a very good year for Halle Berry: She became a mother to
cute baby Nahla, earned praise for her role in
Things We Lost in the Fire, and was named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive. Not bad! Now, the question is: Can you correctly guess which names belong to a Halle Berry movie and which are the names of beauty products?

2009 marks the centennial of the founding of the Max Factor cosmetics brand. Most of us are familiar with the line as a drugstore favorite, but not everyone knows how groundbreaking Mr. Factor's work was.

Welcome to the second part of my 20th Century beauty quiz, inspired by
Face of the Century: 100 Years of Makeup and Style.
Filled with old pictures and beauty history facts, the book provides the details on makeup and style one decade at a time. I've already tested your makeup smarts from the
1900s-1940s, so let's see what you know for the remainder of the century.

The nerd in me loves history and the lady in me loves makeup. So, imagine my excitement levels when a dear friend of mine lent me
Face of the Century: 100 Years of Makeup and Style, a great coffee table book she picked up at a yard sale.
Filled with old pictures and writer Kate de Castelbajac's brilliant bits of beauty information, the book provides the details on makeup and style one decade at a time.

Trudge, trudge, sludge, sludge. The economy may still be suffering, but it has to eventually get better, right? I put on my rose-colored glasses and spotted items that are still flying around in my fantasies.

Perhaps you've found your first gray hair — or you already have a head full of them. Many women begin to spot gray hairs around age 30, but others start becoming silver foxes as early as their teens or as late as their forties. Think you know all there is to say about gray?

A few weeks ago, I was sleepless in my hotel room. Normally, I'm not so tossy and turny, but I just couldn't seem to catch my heavy z's. Perhaps it was the article I had read earlier about the rise in bed bugs at hotels or perhaps it's because I was under the influence — of a bevy of mesmerizing late night infomercials, that is.