Andrea Lavinthal has been a beauty editor for almost a decade, but her obsession with makeup and hair products can be traced back to when her mother first took her to the magical place known as the Health and Beauty Aids aisle of the supermarket. Andrea joined the beauty department at Cosmopolitan magazine in 2001, the world's largest women's magazine with a readership of 3.1 million women. She then became the Content Editor for Cosmo Radio on Sirius XM where she co-hosted a weekly show covering beauty, fashion, and lifestyle topics. During that time she launched the blog, "Sexy Beauty Secrets" on cosmopolitan.com, which she wrote daily for over a year.Currently as the Senior Beauty Editor for RealBeauty.com, Andrea reports on the latest trends and products, in addition to offering expert tips on everything from mastering the perfect at-home blowout to creating a believable faux glow.Andrea has co-authored three books including The Hookup Handbook: A Single Girl's Guide to Living It Up, Friend of Frenemy? A Guide to the Friends You Need and the Ones You Don't, and most recently, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Issues You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now. When she's not working or writing books, she enjoys experimenting with injectable facial fillers. (She's actually 85 years old, but, thanks to the wonders of non-FDA-approved substances, she doesn't look a day over 29.)