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  Beating the heat

  25 August, 2012 | Get Pretty | Renata Certo-Ware

  Summer days are drifting away, but the damage to your ’do isn’t as easy to shake. Sun, sea, chlorine, and even air-conditioning can sabotage your locks, so we asked a few local experts for tips on the…

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  Pretty Projects

  27 July, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  The phrase “DIY project” usually makes us think of beautifying our homes — maybe refinishing a bookcase or repainting a wall. (Ah, the glamour.) But the DIY philosophy is also transforming beauty rout…

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  Tanning tones

  09 July, 2012 | Get Pretty | Lauryn Joseph

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  Metro 2.0

  29 June, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  Guyliner: it’s not just for Johnny Depp anymore. First we noticed more guys sporting painted nails and eye makeup. (Besides Depp, mainstream stars like Billie Joe Armstrong and Adam Lambert regularly …

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  Orange Crush

  11 June, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

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  Glamping

  03 June, 2012 | Get | Cheryl Fenton

  Propane grill, check. Bug spray, check. Lack of enthusiasm for your upcoming camping trip, check. You know who you are: your idea of “roughing it” is skipping your weekly mani/pedi, so the very though…

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  Sleeping beauty

  20 May, 2012 | Get Pretty | Renata Certo-Ware

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  Great Import: Sassoon Salon welcomes a new creative director from the UK

  04 May, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

  Boston has a tight-knit salon community. Trace back the professional family trees, and it seems like everyone’s worked the floor at James Joseph, studied under Mario Russo, come up under Marc Harris’s…

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  Smart balm

  04 May, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

  Stowe, Vermont–based brand Ursa Major has emerged as a shining star in the world of men’s skincare. That’s in no small part due to its commitment to creating all-natural, largely organic alternatives …

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  Below the surface

  22 April, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  A picture is worth a thousand words. But you might not always like what it has to say. Once, skin imaging and analysis was largely reserved for the dermatologist’s office. In recent years, though, hig…

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  Refrigerator Remedies

  05 April, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

  Don’t get us wrong: we’re total product junkies. But every once in a while, we love to get back to basics, to dig through our pantries and fridges for the everyday items that served our mothers and ou…

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  The beauty of the tropics

  23 March, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  No man is an island. But every man (and woman) would love to escape to one now and then. Sadly, work and wallet don’t always allow for an impromptu getaway to a land of tropical breezes, sun-warmed sa…

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  Sipping pretty

  09 March, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

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  Star scents

  24 February, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

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  Get groomed: The new owner of Maggie Inc. shares his must-haves

  13 February, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

  Photo: NATALIA BOLTUKHOVAEven grooming-averse dudes can be swayed toward stylishness with the help of a mentor. So guys, meet Casey. (Sorry, that's all you're getting. He's been one-name-only since gr…

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  The art of beauty

  30 January, 2012 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  The worlds of art and beauty don't seem that far apart. After all, locks colored by balayage arguably aren't all that different from a canvas coated with brush strokes. Cutting the perfect bob could …

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  A better shade of pale

  16 January, 2012 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

   Step away from the self-tanner, lest we be tempted to call you "Snooki." If you're one of the fair-complected females who, at the first sign of a snowflake, goes running for her fake bake of c…

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  Trending topics

  26 December, 2011 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  If you ask us, it seems pretty obvious that 2011 was the year of look-at-me beauty. Dramatic dip dyes, Easter-egg shadow shades, hair feathers - need we say more? Still, we asked a few beauty experts …

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  Making an A-List ... and checking it twice: Local experts bestow beauty-enhancing gifts on celebs in need

  12 December, 2011 | Get Pretty | Heather Bouzan McHugh

  No matter how large the hair and makeup budget, even the toniest of celebrities can use some cosmetic stocking stuffers now and then. So we queried Boston beauty authorities to find out the holiday gi…

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  Pore the record

  28 November, 2011 | Get Pretty | Cheryl Fenton

  Despite what some beauty companies claim, you can't actually shrink your pores. And since you have about 20,000 of them on your face (some with moon-crater status), you may be sitting in silent pani…

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