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OBSESSION FITNESS 2009 Holiday Gift Guide

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This year, give the gift of fitness and keep everyone on your list healthy and happy. We’ve gathered our Top 25 recommendations…

What's on Your Holiday Wish List?

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I know, I know, this is the season to think about others, and I fully intend to do that, but it's still fun to daydream a bit about what we'd love to get this season, right?

We took a quick poll on TotalBeauty.com asking readers what they were wishing for this holiday season: Fragrance topped the list, and bath and body products tied with services (like manicures or massages) for second place. So, what's on your wish list this year? Share it here!

Personally, I would love a gift certificate for a massage or facial (hint, hint to any of my friends or family reading this). Any of these goodies would be pretty sweet too …

Something Old, Something New: Two Fun, Eco-Friendly Gifts

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In honor of yesterday's Blog Action Day, I’ve decided to highlight two gifts made by Green3, an apparel company dedicated to environmental…

Something Old, Something New: Two Fun, Eco-Friendly Gifts

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In honor of yesterday's Blog Action Day, I’ve decided to highlight two gifts made by Green3, an apparel company dedicated…

Giving Pink : Shop To Fight Breast Cancer

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a time when pink ribbons fly freely. Here are my top gift picks that give back and…

5 beautiful ways to open your booze

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I never appreciated how important and lovely the perfect corkscrew is until I was a waitress who had a wine key at the ready for each table I served. Having a sleek, sturdy, quality-crafted opener made all the difference in how quickly and seamlessly I stripped the foil and pulled the cork. It only took struggling with single bottle and then snapping the corkscrew on my fingers once (eek) before I vowed to keep great corkscrews on hand, whether I was serving customers, company, or myself.

10 fun, perfectly appropriate V. Day gifts for the guy you JUST started dating

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You've been dating a guy for like 7 minutes when the inevitable occurs: A holiday. And not just any holiday -- not a birthday where a nice dinner out or a bottle of wine will cover the celebration, not Christmas or Hanukkah where he's mercifully hiding away with his family at some cabin four…

One-of-a-Kind Chocolate Gifts for Valentine's Day

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Think Outside the Heart-Shaped Box

Thirty-six million heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are sold every year for Valentine's Day. That's a lot of sweets. And sweet intentions. But far too many of them are cookie-cutter, generic gifts-predictably…

Our favorite Valentine's Day gifts

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If you're going to give or receive Valentine's Day gifts...it should be something cute. How about one of these?

6 diaper bags that make my ovaries flip

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I am not in a place in my life where I need another diaper bag. I just got divorced and am very happy/exhausted/exhilarated/crazy being a single mom to one child, let alone considering bringing another baby into our home (at least for now). Even if I was, I already have seven (yes, SEVEN!) diaper bags sitting patiently and pristinely in a plastic tub in my storage space.

Regardless of not being ready to grow another human in my body and already having a complete wardrobe of diaper bags, I found myself at a department store last weekend lusting for one.