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Anita Bruzzese

About Anita Bruzzese

Anita Bruzzese is an award-winning journalist. Her book, 45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy...And How to Avoid Them, was named one of the top 10 most notable business books by the New York Post in 2007. For more information, visit her Website at 45things.com.
6 tips for makeup that’ll hold up during your shift

6 tips for makeup that’ll hold up during your shift

How is it that you can start the day looking great, but by the time you glance in the mirror at the end of a shift, it seems you barely look like the same person? Here are recommendations for what makeup to buy, and how to apply!

Recommendations for “green” skincare products

Recommendations for “green” skincare products

Our shopping guide for the most gentle, natural products you can put on your skin and hair. We’ve found makeup with no synthetic preservatives and hair products that will allow you to throw away the canned hairspray.

Frugal foodie: Two luscious smoothie recipes

Frugal foodie: Two luscious smoothie recipes

These cool, luscious treats are a meal replacement, great any time of day or night. They’re packed with lots of healthy goodness to deliver the best nutrition to your body when you need it.

Brown bag meals: Easy, healthy tex-mex

Brown bag meals: Easy, healthy tex-mex

While there’s nothing wrong with PB&J or tuna fish for a simple lunch or dinner at work, wouldn’t it be a real treat to have a zesty meal that takes only minutes to put together and uses inexpensive ingredients?

Brown bag meals: Our favorite lunch soup

Brown bag meals: Our favorite lunch soup

The current bevy of beautiful veggies makes it an ideal time to prepare a simmering dish that will provide a hearty supply of brown-bag lunches long after the season’s bounty has waned.

Brown bag meals: Versatile, portable pasta

Brown bag meals: Versatile, portable pasta

We know that as a busy nurse, you may not have time to comb through recipe books to find dinner ideas, brown-bag lunch options or a tasty dessert for your neighborhood potluck.

5 tips for looking great in scrubs

5 tips for looking great in scrubs

A lot of people who don’t wear scrubs to work envy those who do. After all, scrubs just look so darned comfortable. But as anyone who has worn them on a daily basis knows, sometimes it’s hard to feel, well, stylish. Here are great ways to turn from a scrubs “Don’t” to a scrubs “Do.”

Beauty foods for nurses

Beauty foods for nurses

Here are the secrets to foods that will help you look better, prevent disease, and give you more energy.

Self tanning DOs and DON’Ts

Self tanning DOs and DON’Ts

As medical professionals, nurses know the dangers of sunbathing. Yet, who can resist wanting that sun-kissed glow to counteract those harsh hospital and medical office lights?

Wake up looking younger

Wake up looking younger

Ever felt like switching on the emergency sirens when looking in the mirror after a crazy workweek? Sometimes the effects of back-to-back, extra-long shifts will end up on your (gasp!) face: lines, discoloration, dull skin and puffiness.

Hooked on thrift stores

Hooked on thrift stores

When celebrities wear vintage clothing, they always look so terrific, so classic. But there are some real tricks to pulling off such a look. Follow a few rules and you’ll be a style maven, too.

Your makeup shopping list

You can find the below makeup at Sephora, Amazon, Walgreens, CVS or Target. Check the store’s return policy to ensure that you can return or exchange makeup that doesn’t work for you.

Foundation

Drugstore: Get "color match" foundations by L’Oreal or Revlon
Sephora: Laura Mercier
Amazon: Bobbi Brown

Long-Wearing Lipstick

Drugstore: CoverGirl, L’Oreal or Revlon
Amazon: MAC’s Pro Longwear Lipcolor