My first exposure to the female coming-of-age ritual of leg shaving occurred during sleep-away camp at age eleven. In an almost ceremonial fashion, my cabin-mates would bring buckets, shaving cream, ...

LONDON – It takes a lot of time and energy for women to make themselves beautiful. In fact, a new study by the British beauty brand Escentual asked women how much time they spend doing certain beauty ...

This past summer my sister — a bubbly, makeup-wearing, nail polished, perfumed 14-year-old — went on a wilderness trip with a local YMCA summer camp program. For close to two weeks she did a ...

Have you ever stopped and really thought about why we shave our legs? Why do we all stand like flamingos in a slippery shower holding a blade between our teeth while slathering expensive cream on our ...