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Beauty Tips: Tweezing Eyebrows

Eyebrows are an important beauty feature, but they can easily grow out of control. You’ve probably seen some eyebrow don’ts, such as brows that are too bushy, too thin or the tadpole–a kind of eyebrow mullet, if you will, thick at the beginning with a too-drastic tapering off that doesn’t quite make it to the end. You can avoid all of these eyebrow mistakes once you learn some beauty tips for tweezing them.

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Does Gray Hair Start at the Roots or the Tips?

Your first few strands of gray hair can seem to grow out overnight. Hair rich and uniform in color is suddenly peppered with a few rogue white strands, which are soon joined by more of their kind. Understanding how gray hair starts, as well the actual process by which hair loses its color, helps you better understand your options once you do start to go gray. Gray hair starts deep inside the hair root with special cells called melanocytes, which your hair relies on for color.

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Tips for Parents of Troubled Teens

As children grow older, they go through a variety of changes physically, mentally and emotionally. Each teen is different; some display healthy behaviors during their teen years, while others show signs of troubling behavior that leave parents unsure of how to deal with them. The Education website, an online resource for parents and kids, cites characteristics such as poor performance in school, vandalism, negative moods and outbursts as signs that a teen may be troubled.