I had two thoughts when I stepped off a nondescript industrial elevator and into the pastel-wallpapered, candlelit showroom holding Amazon’s debut skin care line, Belei. One, this collection is a millennial Instagram fever dream. Two, Amazon knows its beauty customer well. This may sound like a lot to deduce from a display of skin care…
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Plenty of lingerie companies claim to sell the “world’s best bra.” But no one bra will be the “best” for everyone—people with small boobs shop differently than people with big boobs; women who are nursing have different needs than those who’ve had mastectomies. The “best bra” is what’s right for you, at that given moment…
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My worst fitting-room experiences have always involved denim. It’s not because of a lack of options: I wear a size that’s abundantly stocked in most stores and online. (Normally, it’s a size 10.) Rather, it’s because of my body shape. Not to fall into the old-school trope of comparing myself to a fruit, but I…
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Awards season is over. We know the winners, the losers, the surprises. But there’s only one part of it—or really, one person—that I’ll remember forever: Yalitza Aparicio. After her soul-moving performance in Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma—her first acting job, ever—I was rooting for Aparicio to take home the Best Actress Oscar. She didn’t end up winning,…
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Your first crush is a rite of passage. The fixations that follow it are just life. Nervous, awkward, sublime. Disastrous. Transcendent. Here, we celebrate infatuations, obsessions, and passions in all their exquisite splendor. Meet our It’s Just a Little Crush series. Isn’t she divine? The first crush I remember was on Miss Debbie, my nursery…
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As a Black woman, the very act of existing is stressful. We’re only a few weeks into 2019, and the headlines are already reminding me why marginalized folks are exhausted—the news leaves my stomach in knots, social media stresses me the hell out, and I’m constantly feeling gaslit by commentators on TV. I feel the…
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