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Sex: The New Retinol?

Plus, slow suicide by tanning bed, Illamasqua Raindrops launch in the US and more beauty news we're talking about today
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Regular sex makes you look 7 years younger
We've known about the calorie-burning, endorphin-pumping good you do by getting some, but according to a British psychologist, having regular sex can make you look seven years younger. Along with boosting circulation and relieving stress, doing the horizontal hokey pokey releases the human growth hormone, which keeps your skin firm. Source

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And the Darwin Award for tanning goes to ...
One in seven people diagnosed with skin cancer go back to tanning beds, according to Brenda Cartmel, a cancer prevention research at the Yale School of Public Health. We don't know what's more shocking -- that, or the fact that 20 million people still use tanning beds in the U.S. knowing full well that those beds blast your skin with 15 times the amount of UV radiation as the sun. Source

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Aveda gets greener
Do you dump your empty beauty product bottles in your recycling bin hoping they get recycled? (Guilty.) Starting July 15, Aveda is offering an alternative: the Full Circle Recycling Program. Bring your empty Aveda bottles (or makeup tins, brushes, anything) to an Aveda store, and toss them in the Full Circle box. Then, g2 Revolution (a very cool, innovative recycling company) will whisk them away and turn them into new Aveda packaging.

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Illamasqua's Raindrop polish available in US
Lust of the day: Raindrops and Pink Raindrops from UK nail varnish gurus Illamasqua. Forget dropping major bills to buy these sheer, shimmery polishes off eBay -- the coveted bottles are available for the first time in the US on Sephora.com.

JUL 9, 2013 | SHARES
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