Kate Hudson

Salma Hayek

Mary J. Blige

Rumer Willis (RIGHT)

Sarah Silverman

1) Powder Your Roots
If your hairline starts to look greasy, dig up a big, fluffy makeup brush, and dip it into a pot of loose powder. Tap it once on the back of your hand to remove the excess, then dust it over your roots. It mops up oil and blends into your strands, so no one will know you didn't shower.
 

2) Scent Strands with Perfume
Spray a light shot of fragrance into the bristles. Run it through strands from roots to ends and your hair will smell amazing throughout the day.
 

3) Cure Calluses with Vaseline
Slather on the petroleum jelly, and put on socks before bed to dissolve tough calluses overnight.
 

4) Spot-Treat Smudges
Dip a cotton swab in eye-makeup remover, and trace it along your lids to erase any slipups or goofs when there's no time to redo your whole look.
 

5) Fix a Flushed Face
If you turn red and stay that way after exercising (like seriously red for hours, even though you're healthy and hydrated), take an antihistamine like Benadryl when you leave the gym to reduce redness.

6) Soften Your Bod with Avocado
Take a ripe avocado, remove the pit and skin, and mash it up in a bowl. Slather it all over your body, let it sit for 20 minutes, then rinse off. Your skin will be sooo soft — avocado is a natural moisturizer.
 

7) Super-Glue a Nail
Instead of tearing off your nail when it breaks, put a tiny dab of Super Glue over the split, and paint a generous layer of your favorite nailpolish shade over it. Go for an opaque option (like red, purple, or coral) to camouflage and seal the crack.
 

8) Use Makeup Remover on Stubborn Lipstick
Don't try to rub off red lipstick (which makes it smear across your mouth — not so sexy). Instead, take a cotton ball or tissue, dip it in makeup remover, and just dab to erase the dark stain fast.
 

9) Tame Brows with Eye Cream
Pat any kind of rich eye cream over brows to help keep them hydrated and banish those icky white specks that look like dandruff.
 

10) Buff with Baking Soda
If you find yourself streaking (not glowing) after applying self-tanner, put some baking soda on a loofah, and scrub away the stripes.
 

Dear Mr. Thatcher,

All hair removal methods have tricked women with their

promises of easy, painless removal - The Epilady, scissors,

razors, Nair and now...the wax. Read on.........

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, eat

dinner, play with the dog. I then had the thought that would

ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I

should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet."

So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom. It was

one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax,

you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm

and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or

wherever else) and you pull the hair right off.

No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a

genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this

out. (YA THINK!?!)

So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing

each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together,

my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it

to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah...right!) I lay the

strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and

pull. It works!

OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I

can do this!

Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of

all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin

extraordinaire.

With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the

dog, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair

fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot

on the toilet.

Using the same procedure, I apply the wax strip across the

right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my

hoo-ha and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek

(it was a long strip)

I inhale deeply and brace myself....RRRRIIIPPP!!!! I'm

blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!....OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!! Vision

returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half

the strip. CRAP! Another deep breath and RIPP! Everything is

spinning and spotted.

I think I may pass out...must stay conscious...must stay

conscious. Do I hear crashing drums??? Breathe, breathe...OK, back to normal.

I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that

has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to

it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over

body hair. I hold up the strip!

There's no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE

WAX???

Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the

toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the

strip...it's not! I touch. I am touching wax.

I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body,

which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I

make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is still

propped upon the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I

put my foot down.

Sealed shut! My butt is sealed shut. SEALED SHUT!

I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what

to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge

to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the

wax?

Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!! I'll run the hottest water

I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the

wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently

wipe it off, right???

WRONG!!!!!!!

I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that

used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical

equipment - I sit.

Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions

glued together, is having them glued together and then glued

to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water.

Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax.

So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had

cemented myself to the porcelain!! God bless the man who had

convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the

bathroom!!!!!

I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and

has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good

conversation starter - "So, my butt and hoo-ha are glued

together to the bottom of the tub!"

There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks

for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me.

She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we

talking cheeks or hole or hoo-ha?"

She's laughing out loud by now...I can hear her. I give her

the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side

of the box.

YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone else's

night. While we go through various solutions. I resort to

trying to scrape the wax off with a razor . Nothing feels

better than to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax,

glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then

dry-shaving the sticky wax off!! By now the brain is not

working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure

I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this

event.

My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my

saving grace....the lotion they give you to remove the

excess wax.

What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on

and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the neighbors

and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's sooo painful,

but I really don't care. "IT WORKS!!

It works !!" I get a hearty congratulation from my friend

and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the

wax and then notice to my grief and despair....THE HAIR IS

STILL THERE.......ALL OF IT!

So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing

hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point.

Next week I'm going to try hair color......

Thanks Melissa!!!  Keep the stories coming!