If your fitness, social, or grooming routine has fallen by the wayside amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re not alone. Self-care products that replace your standing salon appointments—like the best home waxing kits—can help you build a new personal care regimen and regain some sense of normalcy. Unless you’re quarantined with an esthetician or a hairstylist,…
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Body hair removal is as much of a personal choice as any other beauty treatment. We can’t deny that for many, there’s been a lengthy history of societal pressure to remove it—but as the conversation around how we present ourselves progresses, it’s a good time to remind yourself that the decision is ultimately your own.…
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Are you the not-so-proud owner of some regrettable ink? Well, welcome to the club. I have four (five, if you count the one on my back as two) tattoos from my late teens and early twenties that I could probably definitely do without. So, this year I set out to do just that: get them…
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Like chalky sunscreen and limited foundation shades, hair removal lasers didn’t use to work well for women with medium to dark skin. But thanks to the growing awareness around inclusivity, along with advances in technology, those of us who were told for years that laser hair removal was a no-go due to our skin tone…
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While body hair isn’t the taboo it once was (see: Rihanna giving the middle finger to shaving this summer), sometimes you just don’t want to deal with stubble. But if you’re committed to keeping your legs smooth and silky, the options aren’t really all that appealing. Waxing is painful as hell, laser hair removal is…
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