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P. Diddy does it. So, apparently, does Jay-Z. And we're not just talking about Brazilians. It's all about the fuulll monty baby.

And why shouldn't they? It's about time men started to understand some of the pain and indignity that generations of women have endured in the name of "hygienic" grooming, (most specifically, we pour some out to the brave women who toughed out those pube torture chambers also known as the J.Sisters Spa and Salon in New York where this whole damn bald is beautiful craze began). Here's my prediction though: Once more and more dudes get wind of the fact that certain male private parts appear larger sans hair, this will be as big of a craze as the mullet was in Williamsburg a couple years back, but you know, nationwide.

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Maybe it's vanity, or simply sheer paranoia, but I want my skin to look freakin' awesome at the beach, okay? So I'm not the thinnest twig on the shore, and my (lacking) assets in the chest department will never get me a swimsuit modeling contract, but this is one variable I can control, and I will. That's why I road tested Mario Badescu's excellent new Summer Shine Body Lotion this weekend.

Mario usually shies away from producing silly, frilly ancillaries, and I respect him for that. It's all about serious skincare, and that's something I can truly appreciate. So I wasn't exactly sure where this product was going or how it even fits into their collection, but after using it, I get it.

Now, it's no secret that some of the best and brightest skinnovations come from Japan, where they take beauty very seriously (as both an art form and a technologically-driven industry). But at a certain spa theme park, they're going back to their roots with old-school ingredients intended to mimic the fountain of youth via your favorite 50-cent snack ramen noodles.

Welcome to Skinnovators, we where introduce you to skin care experts, and in this case, skin artists. Meet Scott Campbell of Saved Tattoo, an impressively artistic tattoo studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Sure, dishwashing gloves are outdated, and even give some feminists out there cringeworthy visions of Donna Reed slaving over all the pots and pans her lazy-ass family left for her to do, but consider this: Your hands tend to be one of the first areas where premature aging sets in, so doesn't it make sense to treat that skin as gently as possible? Nothing ruins both your nails and hand skin faster than excess water and exposure to all the nasty chemicals in dish soap. (If the bottle claims it's "good for your hands," it's lying.)

Apparently, there are all kinds of fancy gloves out there for those aiming to skip the surgical look. However, I must warn you that a great many of them are pink, or worse, so-called "couture."

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Whenever I travel, I collect spa menus like kids collect baseball cards. After air travel, nothing is more luxurious than being slathered with moisturizers and emollients, and since my plan for one evening involved looking devastatingly hot at a club known for patrons with 2 percent body fat, I opted for a cellulite-reducing wrap. The menu promised that "herbs, spices and bioflavonoids melt cellulite through high blood circulation.," Rock on! When my aesthetician lubed my thighs and stomach with the cool Eminence Organics Herbal Cellulite Treatment, I was skeptical, but she explained that as the mask heated up, it would stimulate circulation, breaking down what she called "the pockets." You know what's a little awkward? Talking about your cellulite while a stranger is actually touching your cellulite. Miss Manners should include that chapter in her next etiquette book.

Okay, so everyone's talking about the "Sticky Sweetie," a 20-something who just rose to YouTube fame for a series she's filmed in which she gets bubble gum all over herself. She sells her films to fetishists who have clearly never heard that there's actually a lot of free porn available on the Internet. As I watched this video, though, I couldn't help thinking, What the hell is that stuff? Is it really gum? How do you clean that out of the tub? Does it clog your pores? More importantly, would the reigning queen of all makeup removers, Lancome Bi-Facil, do the trick? So many questions...

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Last week we published the five best self-tanners you can bet your sweet bronzed ass on, but no skin tone enhancer is complete without the scrupulous full-body scrub that must preclude any at-home tanning application. With that in mind, we present to you the five exfoliants that you want--nay, need--living in your bathroom this summer.