May Day! May Day! In addition to being a fun informal holiday in the midwestern states where young children attempt to anonymously deliver small baskets of flowers and candies, May 1 is also a date that gets many to thinking about the upcoming summer. As schools across the country prepare to wrap up their academic year and the weather finally begins to warm up, the May Day warning that many are thinking about is short and swim suit weather. Is your body ready for the pool, the beach, or the family vacation? After many months of being able to cover…

The Summer of 2019 is looking to be a monumental celebration. Your oldest daughter will be graduating from college. Your youngest daughter will be graduating from high school. And you and your spouse will be celebrating your 30th wedding anniversary. While your girls think that you should celebrate by traveling to Hawaii, the adults in the family have even bigger plans. You have already started working on scheduling a family vacation to the City of Lights, Paris, France. While a summer vacation on the beaches of Hawaii may seem inviting to high school and college age girls, as parents you…

Did you know that about 45% of consumers prefer shopping for fashion items online, rather than off? This is not too surprising — the selection online is often far larger than what one can find in a store, and technology is making it increasingly easy for people to digitally ?try on? merchandise without ever leaving their home. You may be feeling like your current wardrobe could use a pick-me-up. You?ve recently looked back at some of your photos from five years ago — and you?re a little shocked to see that you?re still wearing many of the same outfits! It?s…

Beauty is an idealized human concept that many of us strive to achieve and maintain. So important is this idea of beauty that it was worshipped by the ancient Greeks as embodied in the goddess Aphrodite; the Romans later adopted Aphrodite into their own pantheon, renaming her the goddess Venus. Beauty changes along with culture as anyone who has studied idealized feminine sex icons in American history can tell you; the 1990s and 2000s have seen exaggerated curves, lower weights, and fewer flaws from celebrities thanks to photo editing and medical breakthroughs with equal measure. Beauty is in the eye…