Savvy Confessions: Asking For a Raise (It's Complicated)


Updated 05/20/12 2:28 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Ask For a Raise Without Sounding Needy

This post was submitted (anonymously, as always) to our Savvy Confessions group. Got any advice? Leave it in the comments. Hi, fellow Savvy Confessors. I've got an issue I've been struggling with that I could seriously use some help on. I am in a job where I am paid to be "available." I am paid salary (based on an hourly rate at 40 hours a week) regardless of how little or how much I work. Some Read more

Tina Fey Shares Memories of Her Skinny and Chubby Years


Updated 05/18/12 1:32 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tina Fey Quotes on Juice Fasts, Dieting, and Body Image

Happy Birthday to our fave funny lady! Tina Fey turns 42 today. We've been fans of the actress, writer, and comedienne since her early days on Saturday Night Live. Like many of us, Tina's weight has fluctuated over the course of her career, and to mark her birthday, we're sharing some of her funny quotes from juice cleanses to body image. Before making the leap from writers room to on-camera Read more

Fergie's Diet Weakness Is Fast Food — What's Yours?


Updated 06/15/11 12:01 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Fergie Blames Pregnancy Rumors on Weight Fluctuations

Fergie makes her third appearance on the cover of Allure, this time for its July 2011 issue. Inside she puts to rest all those pregnancy rumors and says: "I think people think that I’m pregnant sometimes because my weight fluctuates . . . My problem is my discipline. I see a Jack in the Box or a Del Taco, and I will impulsively want it. I’m a work in progress in that area." For anyone that Read more

5 Looks to Help You Navigate the Tricky Change of Season in Style


Updated 03/27/12 11:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

What to Wear For Transitional Weather

As much as we might want to slip into sundresses and sandals, the fluctuating Spring temperatures make it impossible to ditch our outer layers altogether. One minute we're basking in the glow of seasonal sun, the next we're bundling up against the breeze — that's just how things go come March and April. That said, the tricky hot-and-cold can wreak havoc on our daily wardrobe, so we're stepping Read more

No, You're Not Imagining Things. You Really Are Getting More Acne


Updated 03/21/12 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Acne Rises Among Adult Women

Good news and bad news from this year's just-concluded American Academy of Dermatology conference. First, the bitter reality: if it seems like you break out more as an adult than you did as a teen, you're probably right. As dermatologist Dr. Bethanee Jean Schlosser revealed at the conference, adult-onset acne is on the rise among grown women. A 2011 clinical study found that 45 percent of women Read more

Eat Up These Hearty Stews While It's Still Cold Outside


Updated 02/12/12 3:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Stew Recipes

Although this Winter season has been rather strange, with all of the fluctuations in weather and temperature (it feels like Spring here today), it's still a great time of year to eat up hearty stews. The best part of stews is that the ingredients cook together for a long time so that all of the flavors meld and the end result is truly satisfying. We're always on the lookout for new combinations Read more

Real Talk With TV Broke Girl Beth Behrs


Updated 01/11/12 12:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

2 Broke Girls' Beth Behrs Interview About Money

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Since when is being broke funny? Since CBS released its new sitcom 2 Broke Girls, in which actress Beth Behrs plays a recently humbled heiress, Caroline, who moves to Brooklyn to hide out after her father loses their family fortune in a Ponzi scheme. Caroline winds up living with her perpetually poor fellow waitress, Max, played Read more

7 Smart Tax Moves to Make Before the Year's End


Updated 12/27/11 10:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Year-End Tax Moves 2011

Now that the year is quickly winding down, you might find yourself with countless to-dos to tackle. Make sure you remember to put some of these tax chores on your list. Kathy Pickering, the executive director of The Tax Institute at H&R Block, shared a couple of smart moves every savvy taxpayer should make before the end of 2011. Offset capital gains with capital losses: "It has been a Read more

Yo-Yo Dieting Makes Keeping Weight Off Harder


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 6 comments

Yo-Yo Dieting Makes Keeping Weight Off Harder

You eat a balanced diet and exercise, and you lose weight. But once you reach your goal, you exchange trips to the gym for pork lo mein on the couch, and end up gaining all the weight back (and then some). You're not alone. In fact studies show that two-thirds of dieters regain more weight within four or five years than they initially lost. Even celebs aren't immune to the grasps of Read more