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Wait, Rogaine Can Grow Your Nails?

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By Krista Bennett DeMaio Verified, Krista Demaio
| The Strategist Verified
My favorite part about reporting our “Beauty Aisle” series is learning how experts use the everyday drugstore products they’re recommending — insider tricks like makeup artist Scott Barnes using Aquaphor Balm Stick to prevent J.Lo’s concealer from cracking. Or in a recent “Beauty Aisle” interview, dermatologist Kavita Mariwalla told me that Rogaine isn’t just for your scalp: It may also help your nails grow.
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Are Infrared Tools Actually Less Damaging for Hair?

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By Krista Bennett DeMaio Verified, Krista Demaio
| The Strategist Verified
I air-dry my hair whenever possible — not necessarily to avoid damage but because I work from home and I’m lazy. If I’m not going anywhere, I’m not going to spend up to 20 minutes blow-drying my hair just to sit at my desk. Because of this, my hair is pretty healthy (or so I’m told by my stylist). So when I do use hot tools, I’d like to inflict as little damage as possible. That’s why infrared technology in hot tools, a growing category, recently caught my attention.
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Natural Skin-care Ingredients That Actually Work, According to Science

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By Krista Bennett DeMaio Verified, Krista Demaio
| The Strategist Verified
Skin care has never felt more high tech. We have peptides engineered to target specific pathways, sophisticated delivery systems to get ingredients where they need to go, and buzzy biotech ingredients like exosomes and growth factors promising to take skin care into the future. Against all that innovation, botanical ingredients can seem almost primitive — and like a less effective alternative. I was thinking about this during a recent Tammy Fender facial at the Pridwin Hotel on Shelter Island.
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