Beauty & Health

Forget the stereotypical spring cleaning. Let’s face it, your closet won’t stay organized for long anyway. This spring, take some time out to cleanse what’s truly important: YOU!

Bikini season is right around the corner (dun dun dunnn) and with spring break quickly approaching, many of us feel the unnecessary pressure to modify our eating habits – or even worse, cease eating at all.

When you’re sitting on the beach this Spring Break, the last thing you’re craving is that bottle of lukewarm water sitting untouched at the bottom of your tote bag next to your sunscreen and broken flip flop (yes – singular ‘flop.’ Stuff happens.). Sand and sun are supposed to add up to fun, but being the little Miss Calorie Counter of your group is sure to turn your vacation into a total drag.

It’s known that most boys aren’t the biggest experts in makeup and fashion. But it is true that boys aren’t completely clueless when it comes to these two topics. So how much do they really know? Valley hit the streets and picked the brains of some boys, and then gave them a grade in makeup and fashion knowledge.

Spring break diets were supposed to begin the moment students arrived back at State College from winter break…that is until it was quickly ruined the first few nights back at school. If you are like most, you went out every night of Syllabus Week, stopped by the hot dog man’s stand outside of The Den, and ended up skipping the gym because you were too tired from the night before.

In the spirit of St. Patty’s Day and all of the green things we’re sure to be eating and drinking—green pizza and beer anyone? Valley presents to you a healthier option: the Green Machine smoothie. With protein and two servings of vegetables and fruits all combined into one easy package, this is the easy, healthy alternative to the usual State Patty’s routine.

I wouldn’t consider myself a vegetarian, but sometimes I go through vegetarian phases. Or, I simply have no meat products left in my fridge and money’s tight. However, I still think it’s important to consume an adequate amount of protein with each meal. Therefore, I came up with an amazingly filling, healthy and delicious vegetarian breakfast sandwich.

Let’s set the scene: Dove has a group of “real” women try out their new deodorant for a five day period, asking the women on the final day of the challenge whether they’d go with a short-sleeved shirt or *gasp* a sleeveless top. The camera pans across a gaggle of women wearing white spaghetti-strap tanks (so 90s…) and stops on one girl wearing a short-sleeve tee: “What? I just liked the T-shirt!” [Cue carefree laughter]

Weight lifting can be one of life’s great mysteries. Do you need to grunt a lot when you lift? Should you wear those cool looking gloves? What exactly is powerlifting? Should you be doing it?

Sometimes we need a change from the typical trail mix. Our snacks deserve a little spice now and again. This spicy and sweet cocktail nut recipe gives you the perfect way to amp up your healthy snack.

Curly hair has a mind of its own. It’s all the things hair can be, rolled up into one texture – tangled (and not the elegant Rapunzel kind), voluminous, frizzy, soft and just downright annoying. If curly hair could be described in a song, it would hands down be Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold”.

It takes a lot more than mere pride and determination to bring home major bling at the winter Olympics – in order to win gold this year at Sochi, the athletes have dedicated years of their lives to physical training. That’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears, folks.

Whether you are baking for a special guy or your besties this Valentine’s Day, these low-calorie, low fat desserts will have you sneaking into the fridge for more –guilt free.

At Penn State there’s a great deal of diversity, and no matter where you go to, whether a party of just class, there’s bound to be at least one minority. But being a girl of color myself, there are some difficulties when it comes to mastering the perfect look for your own race or ethnicity.