As the go-to sympathetic listener to Every.Single.Friend of mine, I hear my fair share of happy stories, sad tales and a generous amount of scandals. But by far the most conversations we have revolve around the complete a-holes that my girlfriends deliberately date. I seriously cannot fathom why my beautiful, smart and funny friends seek out men who are sure to treat them horribly — that is when they pay any attention at all. Here is my condensed list of guys to avoid, and here is to hoping you can spot them as easily as your girlfriends do when you date them.

1. The Hottest Frat God Alive (at least he thinks so).

HFGA can usually be found sipping Natty Lite with his bros in his designated spot at everyone’s favorite bar. He charms the ladies with his sparkling smile and 9-year-old, never washed favorite hat. He can (and usually does) hook up with whomever he feels like, making them the lucky lady for the night. This luck expires the morning after as his conquest climbs out of the sketchiest window at his fraternity house so none of his brothers (or her friends) will notice. Read More »

When the weather heats up, little shorts get pulled out of storage, and you double your daily dose of sit-ups so you can look that much hotter lounging on the sand, there’s a good chance your skin might start breaking out. While it totally sucks, there are a few easy fixes that can clear you up before you can say, “Of course I’ll be having another Mojito.”

I can most definitely vouch for these methods too. When I noticed a few clogged pores around my T-zone a couple of days ago, instead of going into crisis mode and lamenting how life could be so cruel, I made a few simple changes and things are already looking up.

You need to be careful of two things: sun and sweat.

Sun: Don’t think baking under the sun is good for your skin. Even if you don’t care about dying from skin cancer, the sun doesn’t clear up acne. It only burns the top-most layer of skin and doesn’t get to the heart of the cause of acne—the clogged pore. Read More »

You know, the strangest thing happened to me a few years ago. Although it was never perfect, I had always had pretty good skin. My pores are giant, but besides that, it had always been pretty clear. Then, a few years ago, my face flipped out. I mean, flipped out.

I couldn’t figure out the reason. Sure, there was a lot of stress whirling around me at the time, but can stress really give you acne? Because like, I basically had it. Horrified, I began washing my face all the time and drying it out and generally making a mess out of a mess until it became apparent I needed someone to help me. Some with skills.

Almost three years later, my skin is finally back to normal. I still get the awful giant pimple or two, but I’ve finally found skincare that works for me. Plus, I try to drink a lot of water and stay away from fake, over-processed chocolate (which sounds much, much easier than it is).

Because of my long, torrid history with acne, I sat up a little straighter the other night when a commercial for Frutels came on. Never heard of Frutels? Me either. According to the commercial, Frutels is a new “gummy vitamin for acne!” The commercial was full of bright colors and people yelling the name a hundred times, but never really explained what these tasty, sugar free! things actually did. Read More »