The latest craze in spa treatment: dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.

The Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Virginia offers a service where garra rufa (aka Doctor fish) nibble the dead skin of clients' feet. Proprietor John Ho claims that 5,000 customers have had the treatment so far. It costs $35 for 15 minutes and $50 for a half hour.

"This is a good treatment for everyone who likes to have nice feet," Ho said.

He said he wanted to come up with something unique while finding a replacement for pedicures that use razors to scrape off dead skin. The razors have fallen out of favor with state regulators because of concerns about whether they're sanitary.

Found the best false lashes ever, that look pretty natural! The next best thing to lash extenstions that tend to look fake!Ardel Lashes in #108

I also found a great video on how to fake cosmetic surgery:

A deodorant covers or eliminates body odor, while an antiperspirant is used to discourage the body from sweating.

It is a popular misunderstanding that sweat, itself, smells. In healthy people, this isn`t true. What causes body odor is when bacteria residing on the skin starts to feed on sweat, usually the fatty sweat that`s secreted by the apocrine glands. These glands usually become active after puberty  and are especially triggered by feeling nervous or aroused.

Deodorants use germ-killing chemicals, usually alcohol, which kill bacteria on contact to eliminate the resulting odor. Usually, deodorants also have fragrances in them to mask whatever smell they may have missed.

An antiperspirant uses aluminum compounds to close the ducts of sweat glands, keeping bacteria from digesting the sweat and producing foul odors. In this process, aluminum compounds can also commonly cause allergic reactions in some people. Aluminum has been identified as a neurotoxin, and has been linked to Altzheimers disease…

this is more of a question than a beauty secret...I was intrigued by this product: Eyliplex-2
In clinical studies, 64% of users reported younger looking eyes immediately. The appearance of under-eye circles was significantly reduced in four weeks, and skin was visibly lifted and tighter in eight.
-- sold at the beauty section of Kohls.

If it had said Nordstrom, I would grab it in a second. But since it's more affordable and sold at lower end stores, I tend to wonder if it works as well. I'll try it out for kicks! :)

The lady at the nail salon filled me in on some tips during my last visit.

Apply some olive oil over your cuticles and  nails before your manicure session. This makes the polish last longer on your nails, and keeps your cuticles healthy.

Before you do your manicure, buff your nails. This way, the edges won't seem crooked, and you won't chip anything.

After your manicure, let the polish dry for over 5 minutes, and then run cold water over them for about 15 seconds. This leaves your polish dry!