Beauty for girls

Beauty for Girls

Natural Beauty Masks

Nowadays, more and more beauty products include natural ingredients that can be found right in your kitchen. Instead of spending on expensive treatments, revive your skin using these age old “mascarilla” (facial mask) recipes. Quenching Agua-cate Mask for Dry Skin Vitamin E in honey helps sooth and heal dry skin. At [...]

Body & Soul for Girls

Body & Soul for Girls

Bella Latina

Over the years, Latinas in the media and the presence of a stronger Latina voice in the United States have influenced the ideal body image of the Latina, or what is thought to be the ideal. Before actresses like J. Lo and Salma Hayek, Latinas were virtually off the map. However, they have been and continue to be considered [...]

Buzz for Girls

Buzz for Girls

My Hero, My Dad

My hero is MY DAD. He is the most unselfish person I know The one who lets me be selfish The one who listens to me The one who never buys for himself because he thinks of his daughter and kids first The one who has no favorite dish because he likes all The one with steel boots and smells like oil when he gets home T [...]

Fashion for Girls

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Fashionistas Abroad

Have you been thinking of new ways to change your wardrobe? Are you bored with the current fashions in your hometown? Do you want to stand out from the crowd? Look to our hermanas abroad for inspiration. From Tokyo to Paris to Latin America, and back to the U.S., look around the globe to get the 411 on the international tre [...]

School for Girls

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Being Smart Rules

Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are booming and on the rise, with an estimated increase of 20.5 million jobs between 2010 and 2020. While we hear a lot of news about the poor state of our economy  and the job market, STEM fields offer that glimmer of hope for a brighter future and better econom [...]
School for Girls

School: College and Your Future

Latinitas talk to college admission officers about how to start preparing for college and a successful future. Why do you think college is important? “It teaches you how to think. You don’t learn everything in college, but you learn how to find answers for the rest of your life. Also, you learn to live with people [...]

Tech Girl for Girls

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Tech Girl: Facebook Protection

Staying in the loop of things has become as easy as logging onto Facebook. There, you can find out what your friends from school are up to and what's on their mind. Nowadays, networking sites like Facebook serve as our main source of our information and communication. Through the power of the Internet, people can get acc [...]
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Tips to Better Digital Pictures

1) Get on the level of your subject When photographing someone smaller than you (ex: pets, children, fruit bowls), get down on your subjects’ level. This creates a more personal feel in the photos. Also, it will give the photo dimension and life as the photo will be on the same eye level as the subject capturing better e [...]