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Xochitl Gomez’s Best Skin-Care and Self-Care Advice
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Having a bad skin day is challenging enough on its own, but how would you react if you found your skin care routine was swapped out for an entirely different one? Before you panic, it’s all a hypothetical, but one that never crossed my mind until seeing Xochitl Gomez’s new campaign with CeraVe, called “Cleanse Like a Derm – a CeraVe Soap Opera.” Known for her role as America Chavez in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse…
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Skinfix Acne Adapinoid Gel Review With Photos
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. While I usually can’t complain about my combination skin, the older I get, the more I’m experiencing hormonal acne around the time of menstruation and ovulation. I tend to notice the biggest pores near my chin, and when one particularly pesky underground pimple finally surfaced, I thought it was the perfect time to test Skinfix’s Acne+ Adapinoid Gel ($48). While I’m used to slapping on an acne patch and praying that the bumps go away overnight,…
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First Day of Spring Unveil Radiant New EP ‘Be My Hospital’ – Backseat Mafia
First Day of Spring unveil the hotly anticipated EP Be My Hospital. Delving even deeper into themes of melancholy, loss, and the struggle for creative fulfilment, the EP delivers reflective, intimate lyricism over driving guitar led backdrops. With moments that are comparable to Slowdive, and others which are closer to The National and Doves, the band showcase some beautiful musicality across the EP. From the elegant picked guitars and atmospheric vocals of ‘You’re Blue I’m Blue’ to the tight soundscape, beautiful tones and boxy vocals of ‘The Rising Tide’, to the contemplative mood of the EPs closer ‘On Monday’, the EP captures an honest, heartfelt intimacy carried through its gentle, emotive…
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Does “Runner’s Face” Impact How You Age?
Social media’s rampant and baseless fear of aging has struck again, and its latest victim is running. People on TikTok are claiming that running, as a frequent activity, can make your facial skin appear older than it should for your age. While the notion that there is only one right way to look at any age is harmful in itself, is there any truth behind the commentary on “runner’s face?” Conversations around the idea originated with a TikTok video by Gerald Imber, MD, a plastic surgeon in New York City, who claimed that long-distance running causes a “gaunt, old face.” This was met with enthusiasm by some commenters (“Another reason…
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Is Epigenetic Skin Care Real or Just Marketing?
There’s a new buzzword going around in the world of skin care. Epigenetics, or heritable changes in gene expression, is being touted as the latest trait that can be addressed by skin-care products. It’s the idea that topical products, like moisturizers and serums, can impact and change gene expression. While nonmedical skin-care brands have long used terms like antiaging, firming, and lifting, many have stopped just short of saying that products could have any real effect on a deeper level, like its pharmaceutical counterparts, partly because of the percentage of each active ingredient being used in these formulas. Still, the use of the word epigenetics in skin-care marketing leaves much…
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Best Layers For Your Face Shape, According to a Stylist
Getting bangs is a commitment, as is chopping your hair off or dyeing it a new color. But if you want to change up your look without doing anything too drastic, layers are the way to go. Want to add (or remove) volume? Layers. Wish your hair had more movement? Layers. Tired of your hair lying flat against your head and wearing you (as opposed to you wearing it)? You guessed it: layers. Unless you only get one-length cuts, chances are you’ve probably had layers before. Most haircuts feature them — even if they’re super long and blended — and hairstylists will often incorporate them into a hairstyle naturally when…
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Cole Haan Lux Pinch Penny Loafer Review With Photos
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. A good pair of penny loafers are a closet staple. You can wear them from winter to summer, and from work to dinner with friends. But finding the right pair of loafers can be a challenge. Some are too stiff for everyday wear, others are too trendy to be a favorite for years to come. That’s where Cole Haan’s Lux Pinch Penny Loafers ($158) come in. These shoes feature a classic penny silhouette, one that’s been…
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Olympic Tattoos From the 2024 Paris Games
The 2024 Paris Olympics are well underway, and athletes from all over the world are showing their pride in various ways. We’ve spent countless hours drooling over the Olympic-themed manicures, but some athletes have been showcasing their pride in more permanent ways. One of the most common we’ve seen as of late? With Olympic rings tattoos. Peeking out from all matters of uniforms, the design is a marking of countless hours of hard work in each athletes’ respective sport. The five interconnected rings, which are depicted in colors of blue, black, red, yellow, and green, are inked across athletes in a variety of styles. Some tattoos feature all-black ink, like…
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Xochitil Gomez’s Best Skin-Care and Self-Care Advice
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Having a bad skin day is challenging enough on its own, but how would you react if you found your skin care routine was swapped out for an entirely different one? Before you panic, it’s all a hypothetical, but one that never crossed my mind until seeing Xochitl Gomez’s new campaign with CeraVe, called “Cleanse Like a Derm – a CeraVe Soap Opera.” Known for her role as America Chavez in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse…
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It Cosmetics CC+ Color Correcting Full Coverage Cream Review
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. I’ve been fully committed to tinted moisturizers for years, with Ilia’s Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 being my go-to for delivering dewy skin with a side of mineral SPF protection. I have dry, highly-sensitive rosacea skin, so I tend to cling to products that don’t trigger flare-ups and stick with them. But on days or nights out when I want more coverage, I realized there was only so much a tinted serum could offer. Searching…
