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The Best Body Lotions for Dry Winter Skin, According to Women in Alaska


Asking a beauty professional—whether it’s a celebrity hairstylist, makeup artist, or Instagram influencer (hi, 2018)—for advice is always a safe bet. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find there are plenty of other women out there who are legitimate authorities in their own right. In our column Unlikely Experts, they give real reviews and recommendations. Whether it’s surfers on the best conditioners, bikers on the best cleansers, or ballerinas on the best foot creams, it’s fair to say these women know best.

Over 80 inches of snow fell in Alaska last year. Our friends up in the Last Frontier know cold, but that doesn’t mean they spend the winter locked inside with a humidifier and space heater. Born and bred Alaskans prefer to take advantage of the great outdoors all year long, with its breathtaking landscapes and scenic hikes. But along with hats and gloves, locals have learned how to use beauty products to protect their skin from the frigid winter air.

Alaskan winters aren’t just extreme when it comes to cold—they’re also dry, with little moisture in the air to help nourish skin. Nearly every Alaskan we spoke to mentioned just how chapped and flaky their skin can get during the long winter months, which makes a good moisturizer essential. As much as we trust our dermatologists and home remedies, these women are the true winter skin experts, with full-fledged routines that tackle eczema, dry skin, and more.

With plenty of winter still ahead, we turned to 12 Alaskan locals to share their go-to body lotions for avoiding dry winter skin. Check out their recommendations, from drugstore favorites to beloved local brands, ahead.



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10 Celebrities Who Embrace Their Body Hair


We might as well call it: 2018 was the year of body hair. It sounds somewhat ridiculous to say considering body hair didn’t magically appear out of nowhere this year. And yet, shockingly, in beauty campaigns, on the red carpet, and social media, it really kind of did. In 2018, we finally had the first razor ad—ever!—actually show the body hair women were shaving—or not shaving. At the same time, a growing number of women began to stop caring whether their legs were prickly or not, as a Glamour writer reported this summer. Both signaled that body hair is finally on the road to acceptance (and, yep, that goes for bushes too).

Celebrities have played a big part in this comeback story, as they embrace and normalize their body hair on the red carpet, in your Insta feed, and beyond for their millions of followers. One post, quote, or Tweet can make a big difference—and if you were feeling bad about your current stubble situation, maybe seeing Rihanna’s nonchalant attitude towards her leg hair will make you feel a little less so. Scroll on to see the other refreshing stars who DGAF about shaving.



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12 Moments That Totally Shut Down Body Shaming in 2018


In 2018, we may have reached peak body positivity—it’s taken over social media, become the standard for brands, and changed the conversation on size.

That doesn’t mean body shaming isn’t still everywhere, though. Trolls on social media (and IRL), BS body standards and even negative messages we tell ourselves are still alive and well. Let’s face it: it’s hard to feel great about the way you look, 100 percent of the time.

Luckily, celebrities were full of clap backs to body shaming this year. Here are 12 of our favorite moments when celebs got real about body positivity and shut down shaming.



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Kim Kardashian Cast Real Women for Her New KKW Body Fragrance Campaign


When it comes to promoting her KKW Beauty and Fragrance lines, we’ve become accustomed to seeing Kim Kardashian herself in the ads and social media posts. The bottle for KKW Body was literally molded from its creator’s famously curvy figure.

But the reality star/beauty mogul is taking a different approach with her two latest creations: KKW II and KKW III. To promote the scents, the company has been posting close-up images of real women’s bodies, many of which feature rolls, wrinkles, and cellulite. It’s a stark contrast to the hyper-perfected shots of Kardashian that we’re used to. And that’s not a bad thing.

When Kardashian’s original fragrance bottle came out, people were upset with the unrealistic beauty ideals it portrayed. One body-positive blogger even re-created the campaign to make a point about the “perfect” bodies. “One of these bodies, a large part of our society will deem as ‘perfect,'” read the post’s caption. “My body is empowered by the opportunity to share a different reality. PERFECT: ‘having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.’ Stop striving to be perfect because guess what, you are there!”

It seems like Kardashian got the message loud and clear. She recently spoke to Refinery29 about the casting choices, and how the re-creations floating around on the internet played an important role in the decision.

“I was talking to some friends of mine and I had seen a couple other people re-create the [original KKW Body] campaign and I just thought, You know what? It’s not always about my body,” she explained. “The bottle obviously is my body shape, but I always celebrate and love confident women no matter what shape or size they are.”

She also revealed that many of the women were not professional models, but that they were all confident and excited to participate in the campaign. Her intended message is pretty straight-forward. “Just to be confident within your own skin—I think I’ve always put forth that message,” she said. “In the magazines I would look at, everyone was super tall and skinny and I didn’t feel like I had something that represented my curvier body shape growing up. And so I just wanted to show a campaign that supports women of all different shapes to feel confident within themselves.”

Kardashian’s own experiences with body-shaming definitely played a part in her decisions, as well. “When you do get shot by a paparazzi and you do have cellulite, which you know has definitely happened to me before, it’ll be on the cover of magazines like, ‘Worst Body Of The Week’ and, ‘Look how awful she looks,'” she said. “It’s always so hard on your soul when you see things like that and I see that happen to so many other women and I never thought that was fair. And so to show it in an artistic way just felt beautiful and right and I really wanted to show people that you can be beautiful no matter if you have stretch marks or cellulite.”

Reaction to the campaign has been strong—and mostly positive. One commenter on an Instagram image praised Kardashian’s choices: “I’m loving this campaign. Thank you for spreading the body positivity Kim.” And another said, “I’m very happy that these bodies look like everyday people. Yes queen???”

We’re sure we haven’t seen the last of Kardashian modeling for her own products, but this change is definitely welcome and refreshing. The two new fragrances will be available online November 2 for $60.

Related Stories:
–This Woman Re-created Kim Kardashian’s Perfume Ad to Prove a Point About ‘Perfect’ Bodies–This Awesome Mom Re-Created Kendall Jenner’s Calvin Klein Ads to Show Love for Her Stretch Marks
–Kim Kardashian’s New Fragrances Reportedly Made $5 Million in 5 Minutes



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Emma Stone on the 'Gross' Way Wearing a Corset For a Role Changed Her Body


If you’re eyeing a period costume for Halloween this year, heed Emma Stone‘s advice from the set of her latest film: Skip the historically accurate corset, no matter how historically accurate it may be.

Stone appeared on The Graham Norton Show show to promote her new film, The Favourite, in which she plays a member of Queen Anne’s court in 18th-century England. Getting into character apparently required that Stone wear a corset during filming, which had some unintended consequences. According to the actor, the corset caused her internal organs to move in her body—and it was very unpleasant.

“After about a month, my organs shifted because they have to,” Stone said in the interview. Her costumes, she said, pushed her organs far away from her ribs, and changed the shape of her body. “It was only temporary, but it was gross.” You can hear her describe the transformation in a clip from her interview, below.

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Shaping her body to 18th-century standards was a miserable experience for Stone. “It’s historically accurate, but I couldn’t fucking breathe!” she said of her costume. She developed a maneuver for making the corset feel somewhat wearable: She’d sniff menthol to calm down and think of “open spaces” while wearing it.

Stone joked about the effects of wearing a corset day in and day out—making it her first “corset role”—for filming. “It gives a new meaning to ‘my heart’s in my throat,'” she laughed. It also made her thankful for changes in women’s fashion since the 1700s—specifically, doing away with devices that shape women’s bodies to unrealistic standards.

“Women existed in that for such a long time and it does give you a lot of sympathy for that time period, what you were going through,” she said.

Stone says her organs have, thankfully, “gone back” to their usual positioning since wrapping the film and taking off her corset for good. Even with coping tactics, Stone doesn’t recommend wearing a corset—ever.

“If you don’t have to, don’t do it,” she said. Noted.

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Kaley Cuoco Has a Message for Body Shamers Who Say She Looks Pregnant


For all those wondering whether or not Kaley Cuoco might be pregnant, the actress has an answer for you: “Shut up.”

On Tuesday, October 23, Cuoco posted a photo to Instagram of herself walking the InStyle awards red carpet with her sister. Seems innocent enough, right? Well, according to People, Cuoco was met with a significant amount of flak from people who stated it looked as though the actress was expecting.

But as quickly as the social media trolling started, Cuoco was even faster to shut it down. Posting a special message for the pregnancy police on her Instagram story, the actress addressed them once and for all. “So, because I’m in traffic I thought I’d take this time to comment on some Instagram trolls,” the Big Bang Theory star shared in her story. “I posted a picture this morning of my sister and I from an event last night and people said I looked pregnant.”

Cuoco went on to point out that no one would ever dare approach her with that line of questioning in person—so why the bravado online? “Would you ever walk up to someone on the street or at an event where they’re obviously dressed up and say, ‘Are you pregnant?’” the star asked in the post.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen social media users tear down a woman’s body via the comments section, nor is it the first time we’ve witnessed pregnancy trolling like this take shape. Just this past summer, Ashley Graham was met with a flood of Instagram comments questioning whether or not she was expecting when the model posted a video of herself dancing by her pool.

It’s a damaging habit that’s taken form in the digital age, and Cuoco isn’t here for it. “It’s just so comedic and shocking that people would ask that,” the actress continued in her story on Tuesday. And while Cuoco’s decision to have children is certainly no one’s business but the star’s own, she wrapped up her Instagram story by answering the burning question that so many of her followers apparently wanted to know.

“I’m not pregnant,” she clarified. “I guess it was a pregnant angle. Seriously, shut up.”

PHOTO: Matt Winkelmeyer

We can thank LA traffic for that epic rebuttal from the star—and to the social media users who think it’s OK to comment on a woman’s body: Let’s curb that behavior, shall we?

Related: Now People Are Shaming Kaley Cuoco for Her Nipples, and Will This Ever Stop?



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