Easy Chicken Tenders Food & Recipes
Food & Recipes

Easy Chicken Tenders

Food & Recipes

Say goodbye to those fatty, fried chicken tenders forever, and replace them with our healthier baked version. The kids will…

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7 Ways to Be More Confident in the Bedroom Love & Sex
Love & Sex

7 Ways to Be More Confident in the Bedroom

Love & Sex

A confidence boost in the bedroom means more pleasure and passion for both of you. Here are just a few…

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10 Ways to Prevent Obesity Moms
Moms

10 Ways to Prevent Obesity

Moms

It's National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and if it's time for a reality check about the kids, read on.

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Emergency! Does Your Child Know What to Do? Moms
Moms

Emergency! Does Your Child Know What to Do?

Moms

Are your kids prepared for life's emergencies, like knowing when to call 911? Learn how to get them ready and…

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Relaxation: As Simple as Breathing Horoscopes
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Relaxation: As Simple as Breathing

Horoscopes

Inhale, exhale. The ancient practice of reiki can do wonders for stress levels. Breathing is a big part of it…

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Can You Break His Bad Habits? Love & Relationships
Love & Relationships

Can You Break His Bad Habits?

Love & Relationships

From being a slob to eating junk food, everyone has bad habits. But can you break your partner of his?

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Hot Summer Workouts Diet & Fitness
Diet & Fitness

Hot Summer Workouts

Diet & Fitness

Keep your cool when it's sweltering outside. Here are some great summer workouts to keep your body moving.

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It's in the Cards! New Age
New Age

It's in the Cards!

New Age

Past, present and future – they're all in the cards. Tarot cards, that is. Here are some tips on what…

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Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers Food & Recipes
Food & Recipes

Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers

Food & Recipes

This dynamic dinner is sure to ring your bell. Your hungry loved ones will hardly have a beef with a…

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Playing Dress-up? Try These On Love & Relationships
Love & Relationships

Playing Dress-up? Try These On

Love & Relationships

Sometimes role-playing can spice up an otherwise ho-hum sex life. Here are a few ways to make things sexy.

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Hair Extensions 101

If you've ever noticed a short-haired star change her look to long locks relatively quickly, then you've seen hair extensions. A few strategically placed strands can mimic highlights, or larger chunks can make hair appear longer and fuller. In Britney Spears' case, they can cover up a bad haircut. But there are a few things to know before you start the process. First, it's not cheap. An application of human hair over the entire head can run you $2,000 or more. Then there's maintenance as your natural hair grows out and products made specifically for treating extensions. They last several months if maintained properly and if applied by a professional stylist. You can opt for synthetic hair or actual human hair, which blends with natural hair better, is much easier to style and can be curled, blown dry or heat styled in any other way. Synthetic hair typically melts when heat is applied, so it's best only for straight styles. A stylist should select extensions that match your own hair's weight and texture to create the best match.


The next decision the stylist should make is how to attach extensions to hair. There are several ways, but adhesive-based fusion seems to be the best and most natural-looking. Some stylists use bonding, which is cheaper and faster, but the removal method is messy and time-consuming. A weave is exactly that - hair is braided into natural hair at the base of the scalp where it can't be seen. It's painful and creates tension in natural hair that can cause breakage. Metal and heat-shrink tubing are two other methods that are not recommended. It's important to get as much information from two or three stylists, including a written cost estimate and her methods, before committing to extensions. And that's the long and short of it.