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10 Beautiful Ways to Spend $10

From best-bet makeup products to totally affordable salon indulgences, these 10 little splurges will leave you feeling fine -- and flush -- in no time

by Audrey Fine

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Get a (partial) rubdown With our hectic, chock-full schedules, who has the time (or money) for a full body massage? While escaping for a couple of hours into spa bliss may be unrealistic, a chair massage can be the next best thing -- especially if you're a sucker for having your tense muscles kneaded.

Whether you get it done at the mall, at a nail salon or even your local Whole Foods, a chair massage will typically find you seated in an ergonomically designed chair as the masseuse manipulates your neck, back and shoulder muscles (those that can be adversely affected by sitting at a desk all day) on top of your clothes for the going rate of a dollar a minute. Think a short rubdown won't make any difference? Think again. A study done by the Touch Research Institute in Miami revealed that regular 15-minute chair massages reduce stress, anxiety and depression! Oh, and they feel heavenly too. (And, if you saw that episode of "Modern Family" where Claire/Julie Bowen got hers, you know it's only too true.)

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I wonder if threading works. It seems interesting.

by Lili04 Friday, February 22, 2013 at 10:18PM Report as inappropriate

Nice

by EricaC123 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 07:18AM Report as inappropriate

I liked the Aussie 3 minute miracle as a daily conditioner, but it wasn't conditioning enough for me to use it as a deep conditioner.

by Chris213 Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 06:39AM Report as inappropriate

I do like Aussie hair car products!

by Crystal0107 Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 08:12PM Report as inappropriate

nice ideas, thanks

by LittleBunny Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 09:57AM Report as inappropriate

I hear threading hurts more than waxing but have been thinking of trying it. I do waxing every couple of weeks for my brows. I can deal with the waxing- it's tweezing that I hate.

by Nicole1021 Monday, April 2, 2012 at 03:09PM Report as inappropriate

Love the info on threading!

by powerwoman033 Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 07:22PM Report as inappropriate

I didn't know threading was so cheap!

by sportimonki13 Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 01:43PM Report as inappropriate

Moderately useful.

by heartMashimaro Monday, March 5, 2012 at 03:18AM Report as inappropriate

Like the natural blush tip and the Love's Baby Soft brings back memories. All Great Tips!!

by whitenteethathomenow Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 02:24PM Report as inappropriate