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15 Best Drugstore Sunscreens, According to Dermatologists
Sunscreen is an often forgotten step in many people’s skin-care routines, but any dermatologist will tell you that wearing it is vital to your skin’s health. Why? Because it keeps your face, neck, and body protected from the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays. Even on overcast and rainy days — or days spent inside when sunscreen feels like an unnecessary addition to your morning routine — it is important to slather it on. It can be difficult to find the perfect sunscreen formula for your skin type, especially when it doubles as a base for your makeup. If you’re like most people, you don’t want an SPF moisturizer that…
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‘90s Supermodels Nail Trend | POPSUGAR Beauty
As ’90s fashion and beauty trends continue their meteoric reascent back into our streamlined consciousnesses, there’s another category to look out for in the coming months: ’90s-inspired nails. Yes, your digits may already be irrevocably groomed with tortoiseshell nail art, droplet designs, and seasonally-appropriate holiday colors. However, this trend pulls back the reigns on intricate nail art and welcomes a more pared-down look. Enter: the ’90s supermodel manicure. What Are ’90s Supermodel Nails? The trend was dubbed by celebrity manicurist Tom Bachik, who shared a photo of Margot Robbie’s minimal nail look for the 93rd Annual Academy Awards — a simple, sheer pink base coat, and cleaned-up nail beds —…
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19 Best Bronzers of 2024
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Getting bronzed, sun-kissed skin doesn’t have to wait for the summer — nor does it require you to expose yourself to harmful UV rays. To warm up your complexion, all you need is a good bronzer. Like a good mascara or reliable concealer, a bronzer is a makeup-routine staple. It can help you sculpt, define, add color, and illuminate your complexion, depending on the product you get. The market is filled to the brim with bronzers of all varieties. Popular finishes range from matte, which can look super natural, to…
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Viagra Boys to bring their potent punk to Australian stages in November – Backseat Mafia
Swedish punks Viagra Boys will return to Australia in November 2024. Celebrated as one of Europe’s best live acts, punk-rock satirists Viagra Boys last graced Aussie shores in 2019. The Swedish outfit have announced that they will be headlining three shows this November in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Fronted by the incomparable Sebastian Murphy (‘equal parts Iggy Pop and Hank Williams’), whose voice melds an impish smirk with a smoker’s rasp, the band is renowned for its seething satire and darkly comic edge, creating a unique blend of grit and sleaze. Murphy’s lyrics often dissect the absurdity and backwardness of the modern world, skillfully avoiding prescriptive beliefs or taking sides.…
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The Argentinian sound artist’s ambient hymn to a living landscape. – Backseat Mafia
LA based, Argentinian Qoa (aka. Nina Conti) is a digital sound artist and illustrator who focuses on tuning in and responding to the non-human world. That involves the composer’s serious engagement physical and imaginary, with plants and animals, streams and undergrowth, winds and weathers, and from this starting point developing a musical connection with the living planet. Their solo recording ‘Achiyaku’ from 2020 was a devotional to a river’s rhythms and ripples while 2021’s ‘Asteroide’ on Krut Records imagined land and plant forms beyond this planet. Now comes a new Qoa album ‘SAUCO’, out on LA’s reliably nourishing Leaving Records which offers up further evidence of their probing yet playful…
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Butt Facial Review: See Photos
Summertime means sun’s out, buns out, and I don’t know about you, but prepping my behind for its grand appearance has been on my to-do list for quite some time. Having prepped every other inch of my body for beach season, I realized that my butt had been left out of the equation. Out of all my body parts, it’s treated less than stellar — from sitting for hours at a time to smushing it into my favorite pair of jeans. For all of that, it deserves the same TLC that the rest of my skin is privy to. So, I decided it was time to treat my behind to…
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Iniko’s Australian Tour Kicks Off Next Week – Backseat Mafia
Brooklyn-born songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Iniko is set to kick off their groundbreaking journey to Australia next week as part of their Awakening World Tour. Making stops in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, Iniko is poised to introduce their unique blend of alternative soul to Australian audiences for the very first time. With a sound that fuses trap, rock, dancehall, and soul, Iniko transcends dimensions and borders, creating an ethereal and otherworldly musical experience. Bursting onto the music scene in 2018, Iniko has since amassed a dedicated following of over 4 million on TikTok. Their 2022 track ‘The King’s Affirmation’ catapulted them into the viral stratosphere, followed by the 2023 hit…
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The 12 Best Products For Eczema, According to Dermatologists
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Anyone who has or knows someone with eczema knows how tricky it can be. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, it’s a common skin condition that affects roughly 30 percent of Americans. Yet keeping it from flaring up is an ongoing (but manageable) process. “Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is a chronic skin condition that makes skin dry, itchy, inflamed, and bumpy. It weakens the skin’s barrier, making it harder to retain moisture and protect against external elements,” board-certified dermatologist Anetta Reszko, MD, PhD, tells PS. Seasonal…
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Slow Joy – Mission Theater – Portland, Oregon 2024.06.19 – Backseat Mafia
By Anthony Moore Slow Joy the solo project of Dallas based artist, Esteban Flores brought their take on the midwest emo genre to the Mission Theater in Portland, Oregon this past Wednesday. Flores mixes melancholic lyrics of heartbreak with upbeat guitar riffs, working through songs of love and loss. You can hear the influences of emo bands of the early 2000’s in his songs, using clean vocals to convey the emotions of his experience, with his passion really showing through in his live performance. Within minutes of taking the stage he jumped into the crowd to kick off the set – this early move ensured that the crowd were engaged…
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It’s a ‘brand new day’ – Aotearoan artist Lucian Rice unveils gorgeous new dreamy single. – Backseat Mafia
‘brand new day’, the new single from Aotearoa/New Zealand-born and based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Lucian Rice is a gorgeous, luscious track that positively shimmers with colours and textures. It features a wash of thick sound, underpinned by a shoegaze blush and delivered with a dream pop lustre, filled with a sense of yearning and burning desire. Rice says of the track’s themes: The two lyrics ‘your shirts under my bed getting old’ and ‘how many times ’til next time’ sum it up pretty well. I was confused and kinda pitiful, just holding out and hanging on to something I shouldn’t’ve. Like a thread hanging off a t-shirt or whatever,…
