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I Tried Emsculpt Neo For a Butt Lift: See Photos
Your butt — peach, glutes, booty, derrière, whatever you want to call it — is undeniably an asset. There are entire workouts designed to tone it, songs that make you shake it like a Polaroid picture, and jeans and shapewear promising to lift and shape it so baby has back. The truth is: my butt’s always been strong. Back in my competitive days as a teenage tennis player, I was all about footwork, gliding across the court like a petite but mighty gladiator. My nickname, Mikiller. An intimidating fear factor for opponents; a fierce, small warrior princess ready for battle. I remember college, chilling in the dorm with my besties,…
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I Tried TikTok’s No-Makeup First Date Experiment
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 always been a “get ready” girl. Even if I have just 20 minutes before a night out, I’ll do a little concealer, a quick coat of mascara, and a fun lip combo. Getting ready is half the fun of leaving the house for me. I am a beauty editor, after all. So when I saw a TikTok video from Kara Best talking about her plan to go on a first date with zero makeup, then…
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Testing TikTok’s Multi-Styler Pin Curl Hack: See Photos
PS Photography | Renee RodriguezPS Photography | Renee Rodriguez 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. Anyone who knows me in real life knows that I love finding new information on TikTok. Even though most of the time I say something like, “I read this article that said,” the reality is, I probably just watched a video about it on TikTok. However, the app’s game can’t be contested. I’ve found some of my favorite beauty hacks on the platform, especially when it comes…
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I Tried the “Expensive Brunette” Color Trend: See 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. In my world, there’s nothing better than receiving a compliment — especially when it comes to my hair. As someone with fine, dry, and sometimes unruly hair, anyone who tells me it looks good (and means it) immediately gets added to my “favorite people” list. I recently went from a brassy brunette to an expensive brunette, and in all honesty, it was life-changing. (Yes, I’m being dramatic, but also totally not.) I was born with dark-brown…
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I Tried the Celeb-Loved “American Manicure”: See Photos
PS Photography | Renee RodrigueszPS Photography | Renee Rodriguesz 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. Let me start off by making one thing very clear: I have never received more compliments on my nails than when I had an American manicure. If you haven’t heard of the trend yet, let me explain. It’s similar to a French manicure, but, well . . . better (in my opinion). Rather than a classic white and pink French or a clear base with a stark…
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I Tried a Rejuran Salmon Sperm Facial: Review
PS Photography | Michele RossPS Photography | Michele Ross I’ve never been to Walt Disney World, but I’d go as far as to say that K-beauty capital Seoul, South Korea, is actually the most magical place on earth . . . at least for a skin-care obsessive like me. Over the past few years, I’ve tried dozens of aesthetic treatments in the city. Some are popular stateside, like radiofrequency microneedling and lasers, while others are more uniquely Korean, such as Aqua Peels (a lighter version of HydraFacials) and skin Botox. The most eyebrow-raising of the bunch is Rejuran, which has gone viral in the US in part thanks to celebrity…
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Birth Chart Facial Experience With Photos
PS Photography | Sofía VieraPS Photography | Sofía Viera 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. As a tarot reader, astrology enthusiast, and skin-care-obsessed writer, any opportunity where my interests blend into a single service or product? Hook, line, you got me. So, of course, when I heard about a holistic aesthetician in NYC offering facials based on her clients’ astrology, I simply had to try it for myself. Amity Murray offers customized facials and massages both for her solo clients in her…
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I Tried Hydrotherapy For Healthier Skin: See Photos
POPSUGAR Photography | Kelsey CastañonPOPSUGAR Photography | Kelsey Castañon 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. At six years old, I had my first serious eczema flare-up. I don’t remember what triggered it, but I’ll never forget the impulsive urge to scratch, scratch, scratch until it felt like my skin was on fire, oozing from the inside out. Night after night, I’d scream out in pain as my mom gently slipped silk pajamas over my head, careful to stretch the fabric away from…
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I Tried Sydney Sweeney’s Bathwater Soap
I feel pretty clean for having just showered with someone else’s bathwater. Yes, you read that right. In all fairness, the water once belonged to “Euphoria” it-girl and Gen-Z bombshell Sydney Sweeney. It comes encapsulated in an unassuming turquoise bar of Dr. Squatch soap (aptly named “Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss”), has already sold out, and is continuing to inspire some passionate think-pieces. While supporters applaud Sweeney for profiting off the very demographic that sexualizes her, others say her pandering to men is setting women back decades. Admittedly, her “hey boys” advertising isn’t exactly subtle. But marketing aside, people have also expressed some valid concerns about washing with a celebrity’s old bathwater.…
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The "Topanga" Haircut Was a Total Game Changer For My Fine Hair
Ever since coloring my hair this summer, I’ve noticed that my ends look dry and frizzy almost constantly. I’ve been using hair masks and a few treatments off and on that have helped, but ultimately, I knew what I really needed was a cut. When figuring out which one would be best for me, after doing hours of research, I settled on the “Topanga.” The Topanga haircut recently went viral on TikTok, and although the voluminous ’90s style is really nothing new, it’s become the go-to look for anyone who wants a healthy chop but doesn’t want to sacrifice bounce and movement. “The Topanga haircut refers to a hairstyle inspired…
