How Beauty Trends Met Their End
Sometimes, though, there is backlash from digital-savvy consumers, as in the blueberry milk nails example. Most people will happily save a pretty makeup look to their inspo folders for future …
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Inside Plastic Surgery’s Epidemic of Shady Before-and-After Photography
Over the past six months, I’ve been receiving provocative DMs from a famous plastic surgeon. Most mornings, I open my phone to find images of perky breasts and taut tummies, …
Do You Need a Test to Tell You That You’re Menopausal?
The narrow white piece of pen-shaped plastic, the blue line indicators. Even those who will never use one recognize that most ubiquitous medical device: the home pregnancy test. It’s simple: …
How to Tell If You’re Having Hot Flashes From Menopause
According to the North American Menopause Society, as many as 75% of North American women have hot flashes during perimenopause. How often these episodes happen can vary from person to …
Here’s Exactly What to Expect at a Skin Cancer Check
If there’s a mole that doesn’t look concerning enough to warrant immediate action, but that your doctor wants to keep an eye on, they may decide on short-term mole monitoring, …
The Women of The Golden Bachelor Told Us All Their Beauty Secrets
This fall, we entered a golden age of reality television. For the first time in its 27 seasons, The Bachelor recruited a man old enough for Medicare to be the …
Meet the Latina Entrepreneur Behind the Go-To Nail Salon for D.C. Insiders
Operating a beauty business in the epicenter of politics and power comes with unconventional challenges. During a State of the Union address, for example, the nailsaloon gets “call after call” …
26 Women Get Real About Freezing Their Eggs
Age 33 at time of embryo freezing “My identical twin sister alerted me to the fact that, as hemophilia carriers, we should most likely have kids through IVF in order …
The Making of a Massive 94-Inch Print of the Curvature of the Earth
After releasing the Photoshoot at the Edge of Space, I encountered an unexpected turn of events. Ordinarily, when I release images — be they of trains, cars, or athletes — …
Mexican Pop Star Kenia Os Is a Social Media Success Story
But Os has stripped back the spacey makeup and costumes as she heads into the next chapter of her career. As we chat over Zoom, her jet black hair is …