Recently, I was shopping for some home stuff and beauty products with my mom at Bed, Bath & Beyond when I came across my first encounter with the Booty Pop -- padded panties to enhance your tush (that sure puts a new spin on the "beyond" part of the store's name …). At first, I thought it was laughable, but then I thought, heck, I wear a padded bra sometimes to add oomph to my flat chest, so why can't someone with a flat butt wear padded undies to help fill out their Levi's?

Actually, women's breasts everywhere will benefit from the purchase of all the pink beauty products hitting the scene starting Friday in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The number of hair care, makeup and skin care products that donate proceeds to breast cancer research and various other foundations is vast and is a great reminder to practice good breast health. Take this quiz to discover your ideal breast cancer early detection plan and check out these tips from the American Cancer Society to help you stay on top of your breast health:

I'm kind of obsessed with hair color and I really think it makes or breaks your look. My natural color is a dirty blonde, which is a perfect place to spring from and land into different color palettes -- and I have. Since I was thirteen, I have taken the liberty of experimenting with every hue from platinum to auburn to dark brown to black to blue … and back again. I've definitely had some not-so-pretty dye jobs, but as of late, I've settled on and love my natural-looking light blonde highlights, and I think the only other color I'll ever try again is a warm brown.

I'm moving. No, really. This beauty gal is packing up and calling it quits on the metropolitan dream. Why am I moving to a desolate small town in the middle of the country, y'all? Because the word on the big city street is that bright lights cause big wrinkles.

We all hear pollution is bad for us and are often reminded of that every time we sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic suffocating on exhaust fumes. But news you so often hear never "hits home" until you see direct evidence -- cold hard facts staring you in the face. Well, big city gals, I see the facts staring at me in the mirror every morning, and chances are, you do too.

If you've been keeping up with our latest stories, you probably heard that we recently survived yet another New York Fashion Week (sometimes it feels like we're getting too old for this fashion and beauty marathon …). We reported on 16 hair and makeup shortcuts we got from the pros backstage, and we even pointed our cameras at real women like makeup artists, photographers, PR gals, etc. to capture the trendy hair, makeup and nail trends they were sporting.

I have a rather shameful admission to make. It is a confession that would likely shock my beauty-obsessed coworkers and bring shame upon my household … perhaps that last bit's a tad dramatic, but I just want to really impart upon you how disreputable I believe this admittance to be. Here it is:

My skin care regimen consists of: washing my face. Once a day. That’s it.

Recently I posted a blog asking you to tell me if a genie granted you three beauty wishes, what would they be? The responses were overwhelming and you had no qualms about telling us what you wanted to change about yourself -- from wanting prettier feet to clearer skin. (To refresh your memory, my wishes were: 1. Rosy Lips; 2. Olive Skin; 3. A Full B-Cup.) From that, we decided to grant your beauty wishes.

I, probably much like you, am a woman that full-heartedly believes I need an arsenal of anti-aging skin care products. I believe that a drink or pill can actually burn a hundred calories by simply ingesting it, thus magically granting me back my teenage body and metabolism (OK, I might be alone on that one). And, I use makeup as a crutch for my less-than-perfect skin.

I tell you this because I recently visited We Care Spa, a detoxification and spiritual retreat that’s been covered by "VH1" and "E!" and touted as a celebrity secret for health and beauty. I knew going in that it was going to be the kind of place where my BlackBerry dependence wouldn’t be appreciated and my love of fried food would have to fly under the radar. I would have to embrace what I so often preach, but rarely practice -- that beauty really does start from the inside out. The message and the "secret" that celebrities get from the spa is really common sense (yet so easy to forget when we know that great under eye concealers exist), which is that removing toxins from your body gives you better/younger-looking skin.

Does expensive necessarily equal better? And is a $1,000 skin care cream that much more superior to one that costs $100? Unfortunately, I haven't had the luxury of testing out this little beauty experiment, so I can't really recommend that you run out and buy anything on this list of the 9 most expensive skin care creams (unless, of course, you happen to have that kind of cash lying around). Has anyone actually tried any of these? If so, speak up! Or would you ever spend this kind of cash on a beauty product? I'd love to know.

I have always believed that beauty is so personal. Not that we should be secretive about our habits or routines, but the way a woman feels about and relates to her beauty, and how she sees herself is so emotional. So you can imagine that when a new survey revealing women's secret thoughts about their skin care came across my desk this morning, I was instantly intrigued.