If you are female with dark hair, then you know what a pain in the ass it is to have to deal with lip hair. Guys — avert your eyes now before you are forever thinking about your lady and her 'stache!

Are you gone? Good ... now I can open up. From the time I was in the fifth grade, I had to contend with the dreaded female mustache. The things we girls do.

First it was bleaching — inexpensive and perfect for an embarrassed tween in an age where you couldn't yet get a wax at every nail salon in town. I actually managed to take bleaching right into my early 20s but was told repeatedly by friends, relatives, and strangers at makeup counters that I was too old for the bleach. Ugh ... waxing. Please ladies, can I get a collective "we feel your pain!"

Do you remember when straight hair wasn't cool and perms were actually the "in" thing? (Gasp!) Sometimes it's hard to believe that women used to pay big bucks to have chemicals poured over those tight little rollers.

Times have definitely changed, and now super-straight hair is all the rage. When did it become totally lame to have any sort of volume going on hair-wise? Gah!

As the popularity of sleek styles has spiked, so has the market for products and treatments that make the process easier. C'mon -- admit it. You went out and bought a flat iron the minute they started selling them like the rest of us.

But flat ironing can be kind of a pain, especially when you're a mom who has very limited time in the bathroom. With pricier, more permanent straightening options like the Brazilian Blowout being deemed dangerous, not to mention expensive, here are a few effective do-it-yourself-at-home straightening treatments that won't break the bank.

The time is finally here to celebrate the arrival of a new year. Sure, you may not have your outfit picked out for New Year's Eve just yet, but that doesn't mean you can't paint your nails with this fun DIY sparkly manicure to get you in the 2012 spirit.

I looked around the web for some fun, festive NYE appropriate ideas, and settled on this black to gold ombre look. With some black and gold polish and my fave top coat in hand, I was ready to get things started.

Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to re-create this fun look on your own:

Scarlett Johansson really does seem to be the ideal woman -- She's gorgeous and sexy, yet she also seems totally approachable, off-the-cuff and fun.

Scarlett's been avoiding the spotlight since her breakup with Sean Penn, but now she's making the rounds again, promoting her new movie, We Bought a Zoo. She recently did an interview with Style.com and shared lots of great beauty secrets -- including one on how she gets a glowing complexion before a big event. It's fast, cheap, and you probably already have the necessary ingredient in your pantry!

Last night, Scarlett Johansson stepped out on the red carpet, looking stunning as always at the NYC premiere for her new movie with Matt Damon, We Bought a Zoo. Johansson wore a wowser black, two-piece Dolce & Gabbana dress and this glamorous retro hairstyle. Loved her whole look! Classic chic.

Want to know how Scarlett got those retro French rolls with a modern twist? Well, let's let her professional hairstylist share with you exactly how it's done. Step-by-step hair how-to tutorial after the jump!

I was tootling around the Internet this morning when I came across a craft blog post containing a truly original and marvelous makeup storage idea.

It comes from mom and craft blogger Laura, of Laura Thoughts, who, like most of us, had a disorganized mishmash of cosmetics.

The poor thing couldn't even see what she had!

Sound familiar?

Then she came up with the idea of organizing her makeup on a hanging magnet board.

Here's the finished result.

I think it's BRILLIANT.

Click through to find out how she did it!

This M.A.C. video tutorial showed up in my inbox this morning and I'm loving it.

It's a quick, easy way to make it look like you have the fullest, most luscious lips in town -- and you probably already have the products to do the job in your makeup drawer.

Check it out after the jump!

I can appreciate any ad campaign that makes me laugh. Especially one that makes me laugh at my hairy armpits. They're hilare! I must give props to the razor company we all know and love, Gillette, for reminding all of us that hair down there and everywhere is just not sexy during the summer. Ad agency BBDO Germany placed these towels all over parks in Deutschland to get the word out about self-depilation and people are totally digging it.

I'd give them an award for this, but they already have one -- they won a Media Bronze Lion for "best use of ambient media, small scale." Nice work!

Check out the men's towel after the jump and answer me this: are guys supposed to shave or trim their armpit hair?