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The royal family live by a seemingly never-ending list of rules and regulations. This code, while unwritten, is essential to the monarchy’s image, and dictates everything from what colour nail varnish royals can wear to the length of young princes’ trousers. While some are tradition, it seems others are simply a matter of the Queen’s personal taste. It is essential …

A measure advancing in Washington’s Legislature would ban the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in cosmetics. These chemicals are often used to make beauty products — such as mascara, foundation, and lipstick — water-resistant and longer lasting.  In high amounts, the chemicals may also increase cholesterol levels, hamper immune responses, cause pregnancy complications and increase the risk …

When Dina Neal, the first African American woman elected to the Nevada Assembly, came to the state Capitol in 2011, she wore her hair in braids. Her hairstyle was a practical choice. Carson City was snowy and cold, “and I did not want to wear my wet hair out every day in 25-degree weather,” she said. In 2013, a White …