Gel manicures might be long-lasting, but they can do a number on your nails. Here, learn about the most common risks.

There are some seriously strange skin care, makeup and hair hacks floating around the internet—like buffing out foundation with a condom.

The practice of taking detoxification baths is based on the idea of drawing toxins out through the skin during a bath by putting substances in the water that are thought to draw toxins out of the body.

Preparation H is an over-the-counter hemorrhoid ointment also known for its off-label use as a treatment for dark circles. The idea is that because Preparation H works to temporarily shrink swollen tissue, topical applications to the under-eye area could temporarily de-puff bags.

Sunken eyes and circles can make you appear exhausted and unhealthy. These round, uniform areas under the eyes, have darker pigment than the rest of the skin. This issue is caused by a variety of factors, including lifestyle, sun exposure and thinning skin.

You need to wash your face to remove oil, bacteria, makeup and dirt, and keep your pores unclogged. Washing your face with water alone removes only about 65 percent of oil and dirt, according to the Canadian Edition of Skin Care Guide, so you should use soap when you wash.

Oatmeal milk baths combine the soothing properties of milk and oatmeal, both of which are associated with reducing skin redness and irritation. Oatmeal is especially known for its skin moisturizing benefits, while milk helps to quench the skin and relieve redness.

You look and feel your best when wearing a shirt that hugs your body perfectly and fits just the way you want it to. When that shirt shrinks, it no longer fits properly. You don’t have to throw out your favorite shirt or stuff it in a drawer because it’s too short on you.

A bump resembling a pimple or small boil on the eyelid is likely a stye. Such lesions arise when an oil gland on the edge of the lid -- they can be toward the inside or the outside of the lid -- becomes inflamed. Swelling, tenderness, pain and redness are the hallmarks of styes.

Dark circles under your eyes are generally symmetrical and accompanied by swelling. These circles are found on men, women and children and are caused by multiple factors, including heredity and age. Although these factors are out of your hands, some factors that lead to dark circles—such as diet—are not.

Black soap hails from West Africa and is quite popular due to its powerful effects on the skin. It is known by many names, including "ose dudu," a name used by the Yoruba people of western Nigeria that literally means "black soap."

Eyes are usually the first thing another person notices about you, or what you may notice about them. Your eyes can say a lot about you in terms of age and health. A number of conditions may be the cause of sunken eyes with dark circles around them, including something as uncontrollable as genetics.