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10 Simple DIY Makeover Hacks for a Whole New You

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Looking good and feeling good are interconnected. As makeup guru Bobbi Brown says, “Being happy is the best beauty tip I have. Nothing looks better than a big smile.” It’s true that living a joyful life with lots of positive energy and…
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The Art of Listening: 7 Reasons Why You Learn More by Keeping Your Mouth Shut

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Verbal diarrhea. We all suffer from it on occasion, it’s just how we are. Many of us adore the sound of our own voices so much that we forget to shut up and listen. Sometimes the people in your life just need someone to talk to—and that…
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10 Lessons on Being a Badass that We Learned from Amelia Earhart

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We bet you didn't know that July 24 is National Amelia Earhart Day. On this day, we celebrate this decorated pilot and huge celebrity of the 1930’s. She once said, “The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and…

13 Ways to Sharpen Creativity During your Commute

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Was there ever a time in your life that you thought of yourself a creative person? And do you sometimes find that the world around buzzes too intensely with information, making it increasingly harder to get a creative thought in edge-wise?…

10 Reasons Bangs Can Change Your Life

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Let’s face it. Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Believe it or not, bangs can be just what the doctor ordered—they’re an easy way to give yourself a whole new look. And you don't have to be Zooey Deschanel to rock them.…
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19 Negative Things About Our Obsession with Taking Pictures

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You paid an ungodly sum of money for those concert seats, just a few rows back from the stage, close enough that you could almost touch the performers. They played all the best songs, you sang along, you danced—it was literally the best…
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16 Ways to (Really) Break Up With Your Ex

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We’ve all heard the definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. And when it comes to love, most of us go through at least one relationship like that in our lives, giving it that “one…
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Textual Healing: 20 Rules on the Art of Texting

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We know. We get it. We’re guilty. Texting is the new talking. A 2011 PewResearch Internet Project study revealed that young adults (between the ages of 18 and 24) exchange an average of 109.5 messages per day. This translates into more than…
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The Brain Train: 15 Apps that Sharpen Your Mind

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We’ve all heard it before: the mind is a terrible thing to waste, right? Well, we’d like to take it a step further and say, not only should we not waste it, but we should also do our very best to make sure our brain fitness is as tight…