Is a tall cold beer your idea of a good time? And does craft beer, local breweries, or homebrew cause you to squeal with glee? If so, I have some news that might be hard to hear: women who regularly drink beer may be more likely to develop psoriasis. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University looked at data from 82,869 women, and recently Read more

Trainer Jackie Warner is a busy lady. She wakes up at 6 a.m. almost every day to work out before beginning her day. And these days she is usually shooting her new Bravo TV show Thintervention, which will hopefully air this Fall. She recently carved time out of her day to speak with me and her excitement for the new "docu-drama" is infectious. Jackie described it as "the show she always wanted to Read more

There are a lot of common beauty myths people are eager to disprove: drinking water makes your skin more moist, popping pimples makes them go away, etc. But there are some misconceptions that are just as pervasive and don't get nearly as much attention. To see if you've been deceived, just keep reading. Read more

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! Skin Health By the Editors of Prevention Your birthday suit is pretty good at taking care of itself, but this process changes over time. Through natural exfoliation, your skin sheds dead cells as younger ones, generated deep in the epidermis (skin's top layer), migrate upward to replace them. In young, healthy Read more

We're excited to present this article from Allure! As much as we delight in sharing positive beauty news about alcohol on Daily Beauty Reporter—Red wine protects your teeth from cavities! Boozers tend to exercise more!—it's obvious that excessive drinking takes a toll on your appearance. After my interview with Brooke Shields in Allure's April issue, I was inspired by something that she Read more

Inflammation is a hot topic in skin care because of its purported connection to aging, and big names like Dr. Perricone think we should be doing everything we can to avoid it. But is inflammation really such a bad thing, and is there anything we can do about it? To find out what we know for sure about inflammation, just keep reading. Read more

I'm a big fan of tinted moisturizers, and there are a lot of very nice products out there. Among the bunch, though, I have to say that Miracle Skin Transformer SPF 20 ($48) really stands out for me. Instead of being water-based like most makeup, MST is made with non-synthetic silicone. As a result, it has a lot more in common with popular dimethicone-based primers than with face tints. So how Read more

Sea salt may enhance the taste of your food, but when it comes to beauty, there are many people who believe sea salts are far superior to Epsom salts. And one of those people is Catina Stavroulakis, the founder of The Salt Project, a San Francisco-area based body care brand that manufacturers its products using the multipurpose mineral as a main ingredient. "Whether you're soaking in sea salt or Read more

Too much salt in the diet might be a bad thing, but when it comes to using the substance on the body, it's actually quite the opposite. "I recommend sea salt because it's mineral rich," says Catina Stavroulakis, the founder of The Salt Project, a California-based company that manufactures beauty products using the healing powers of sea salts. She further explains, "Sea salt is a far greater Read more