Before we get down to the business of reviewing this (spoiler) wonder of a hair dryer, it should be established that I have very thick, frizz-prone hair. As a teen, I identified deeply with J.K. Rowling’s characterization of Hermione Granger’s hair as “bushy,” and as an adult I try to combat it, but if I’m…
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Elizabeth Wieland is a stay-at-home mom and part-time preschool teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. Seven years ago she and her husband Jon endured one of life’s most unexpected and painful journeys: a pregnancy loss of one of their twins and a nearly four-month stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for their surviving son Jacob.…
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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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Hulu‘s new true-crime series The Act, now streaming, delivers its first big shock in episode two, when all of Gypsy Rose Blanchard (Joey King)’s teeth are pulled out at the request of her own mother. Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette) puts her daughter through such a heinous procedure to help her, presumably, but the entire thing…
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I’ve always wanted a trademark lipstick like Taylor Swift—a “red lip, classic thing” that immediately registers as mine. It didn’t necessarily have to be red. Any shade would do, if it had the elusive 24/7 wearability of a so-called signature. Singling out a lipstick I’d want to wear day in and day out—and that spoke…
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Kate Middleton went on an official trip to Northern Ireland last week and along the way, she stopped to chat with a little girl who seemed enamored that she was talking to a real-life duchess. In an adorable moment that’s now surfacing from the trip, the Duchess of Cambridge told her what she loves most…
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