I’m a sucker for a good before and after. Instant gratification, dramatic results, the feeling like you’re in the most entertaining part of a romantic comedy, it’s all there. Fortunately, the best beauty products deliver—but the challenge is going through Sephora one swipe at a time, finding the lipsticks and mascaras with results that make…
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PHOTO: Historical Picture Archive/Getty Images I have a very specific morning ritual. I wake up, sit on my couch with my cats, and let my coffee kick in before I begin my workday. Then, mug in hand, I open my computer and read my daily horoscope. Sometimes this also means going into a vortex in…
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PHOTO: Fenty Beauty / Instagram In February, when a range of new faces were being cast for campaigns, it felt refreshing. But that representation elation didn’t last long. When women of color weren’t being insulted by poor choice in product names, we were discovering that many beauty brands still don’t have a real firm grasp…
Read moreFour months after having a double mastectomy because I tested positive for the BRCA gene, I was going to take my new boobs out and buy them presents. I was a new woman, liberated and braless. My new boobies were built behind my pectoral muscles, so they looked cute and perky at all times. I…
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PHOTO: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Full Picture Just as Kate Middleton always changes her hair before a baby announcement, Kim Kardashian completely overhauls hers for fashion week. (Funny enough, it could also be said that Kim K follows a royal baby reveal with her own royal baby news too.) Earlier this evening on Instagram, stylist…
Read moreIvanka Trump once tweeted in support of an undocumented immigrant who worked her way up to a Wall Street job—and in the wake of the president’s controversial DACA decision, Twitter isn’t letting her forget it. On Tuesday, Donald Trump called for an end to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program protecting undocumented immigrants…
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