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 In a billion dollar global skin care industry that is fast growing to its projected trillion dollar mark, Rodan + Fields is a brand created for women by two women who have been repeatedly recognized for being among the top women entrepreneurs of this decade. It started with acne and blemish control. Today, Rodan + Fields offers a complete line of skin care that includes an anti-aging line. “We tell our patients, ‘Don’t ignore the visible signs of aging. Take...

When is skin care just right and when is it too much? It is a perennial question that women and even men who put a premium on good skin care and think that great skin is one of the best investments ask all the time. When you think about the personal attention and beauty industry fast growing into its trillionth dollar value, you can just deduce that people think that there is never enough. The growing popularity of the Korean...

These hilarious photographs shows the extraordinary lengths that New York commuters are going in order to get around a ban on dogs on the subway. New laws say you cannot take your beloved pet on underground trains in the Big Apple unless they are 'carried in a manner that would not annoy passengers.' But the rules do not state a maximum size bag which they can be carried in. So crafty pet-lovers are now carrying around their pooches in outsize...

The English DO have a stiff-upper lip – and Scots are NOT tight with their money, a study into stereotypes found. The research of 1,635 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Northern Irish people looked at preconceived notions they have about one another. Over half of English folk don't consider Scots to be tight with their cash - although six in ten people north of the border think those further south have a stiff upper lip. Fifty-nine per cent of those...

One in four of Britain’s 18 million hayfever sufferers is ‘dreading’ the warmer months, it has emerged. Experts have already warned grass pollen levels are set to build up steadily during 2017, meaning a summer of sniffles and streaming eyes looms for those who suffer from the condition. Researchers who carried out a detailed study also found typically sufferers who work for a living take an average of 1.8 days off each year due to their reaction to the pollen...

Over the past decade, London has become renowned worldwide as the best place to divorce for the less wealthy spouse. Dubbed the “divorce capital” of the world, there have been many cases going through London’s courts involving large settlements, some consisting of hundreds of millions of pounds. The latest divorce case involving large sums of money, reportedly Britain’s biggest divorce, has done nothing to dent London’s reputation. Quite the opposite, in fact. This judgement has positively reinforced London’s status as...

One of Britain’s most premature babies has defied the odds after surviving being born at 22 WEEKS weighing just 1lb 4oz. Little Austin Douglas weighed the same as half a bag of sugar when he arrived 18 weeks early on March 31. Doctors told parents Helen, 30 and Rhys, 25, there was very little chance their son would survive after he was born smaller than his mother’s palm. Austin’s skin was so thin his organs were visible and the holes...

An animal lover has spent three years living rent-free by travelling the UK looking after people's pets. Emma Higgins, 29, has saved thousands of pounds in living costs by offering a live-in pet sitting service to owners wanting to go away on holiday. In the last two years, she has driven more than 5,000 miles travelling to and from 15 homes across the UK and Portugal. She takes no money for the service and instead works editing her online travel...

By Amy Sharpe The Lion and Fox Salon in Clerkenwell is the perfect spot for an after-work hair spruce. Open until 8pm, its relaxed atmosphere made getting my hair done an evening out ras opposed to a chore to squeeze in during a lunch break. Especially as, in my three-hour appointment, I was offered wine, beer, hot drinks and biscuits countless times. Always a plus. During a consultation with stylist Olivia, I explained I was sick of my long hair...