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Beyoncé Says She's in 'No Rush' to Get Rid of Her 'Mommy Pouch'


Beyoncé appears on the cover of Vogue‘s September issue, in a photo-shoot gorgeously done by 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell, an up-and-coming black photographer. Paired with the photos is a brief as-told-to essay in which Queen B opens up about paving the way for “the next generation of talents,” owning her confidence and power, and, perhaps most poignantly, learning to embrace and her body after giving birth to twins last year.

The “Love on Top” singer admits she succumbed to societal pressures that encourage women to “bounce back” after giving birth when she welcomed her daughter, Blue Ivy, in January 2012—but she “approached things very differently” after Sir and Rumi arrived in June 2017. “I was 218 pounds the day I gave birth to Rumi and Sir. I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section. We spent many weeks in the NICU,” she says in Vogue, adding that she now has a “connection” to other parents who have been through similar experiences.

“After the C-section, my core felt different. It had been major surgery. Some of your organs are shifted temporarily, and in rare cases, removed temporarily during delivery. I am not sure everyone understands that. I needed time to heal, to recover,” she said. “During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier. I accepted what my body wanted to be. After six months, I started preparing for Coachella. I became vegan temporarily, gave up coffee, alcohol, and all fruit drinks. But I was patient with myself and enjoyed my fuller curves. My kids and husband did, too.”

And though that Coachella prep changed her body, Bey says the wisdom she gained after Sir and Rumi’s birth has stuck with her. “To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it. I think it’s real,” she writes. “Whenever I’m ready to get a six-pack, I will go into beast zone and work my ass off until I have it. But right now, my little FUPA and I feel like we are meant to be.”

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Kylie Jenner Reveals She Got Rid of Her Lip Filler


The basis of Kylie Jenner’s $420 million makeup empire might have started around her famously Juvaderm’ed lips, but it’s looking like her interest in the pillowy look is deflating. On Instagram Sunday night, Jenner revealed that she’s done with filler—for now at least.

The speculation first started when fans began commenting that she looked an awful lot like the “Old Kylie” in a new photo she’d posted; to which the new mom responded, “I got rid of all my filler,” which was captured on the Comments By Celebs account. Of course, Instagram and Twitter blew up in reaction to the announcement.

If there’s one person who can be singlehandedly credited to the rise of fillers—for better or worse—it’s Jenner. When the then 17-year-old revealed on Keeping Up With the Kardashians that her lips had been enhanced (and not just overlined, as she previously claimed), it virtually changed beauty standards overnight. “When she first talked about her minimal cosmetic procedures I saw a new trend of younger women who suddenly felt empowered to unapologetically want to look more beautiful. It’s like Kylie singlehandedly gave a whole generation the ticket to a more enhanced version of themselves,” Dr. Simon Ourian, the man behind Jenner’s signature lips, said in a WWD interview late last year.

It sounds like hyperbole, but he’s not wrong. In the year following Jenner’s reveal that she’d gotten injections, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported a double-digit increase in the number of lip procedures performed. Some clinics even reported they had a 70-percent increase in inquiries about injections the day after that famous KUWTK episode aired.

Where talking about cosmetic enhancements was once considered taboo, the stigma attached to it dissolved. Not only that, injections became a status symbol. “I had treated hundreds of celebrities before but very few of them were bold enough to share their secrets with such transparency,” Dr. Ourian added. “Her influence was much that what was once a taboo has now become a bragging right. People want to brag about having their lips done. My social media patients put up a selfie with me so that they can say they came to our office.”

The reactions, suffice to say, have been coming in hot and fast on social media, with responses ranging from everything including how great Jenner looks to wondering whether this means injections are dead or not.

While it’s too soon to tell what—if any—effect her move will have, knowing her influence, if she says injections are dunzo, it could be the end of the Insta look as we know it. Or at least the beginning of a Kylie “Natural Lips” Kit.

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How to Get Rid of Back Acne: The Best Bacne Treatment to Try


Despite their lofty claims, few skin care products actually give instant results. This you know, especially if you’ve ever had a zit and needed it gone yesterday. So when I stepped out of the shower a few weeks ago and spotted some angry-looking bacne on the backs of my shoulders, I was prepared for a slog. I surveyed my bathroom counter, I slapped on a chemical exfoliant I’d brought home to test (Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel, which is technically for your face), and I headed to work ready to deep-dive into Makeup Alley and skin care Reddit for a better game plan.

Yet in an honest twist of fate, the constellation of red spots on my back was gone the next morning. It was like a zitty fairytale. I’m a die-hard fanatic for Paula’s Choice, but the one-day turnaround was surprising nonetheless. Curious about whether there’s any science to slapping the stuff for your face onto your back, I reached out to dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, M.D., for some answers.

While acne on your face and body are similar and trace back to the same factors (sweat, dirt, oil), Zeichner, director of cosmetic and clinical research in the Department of Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital, says that treating bacne is difficult because of the sheer surface area you need to cover, plus the regular exposure to things like dirty bra straps. So if the skin on your body is constantly breaking out, Zeichner says beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) like salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide are the move. If it’s more rare and some days you just wake up with a red shoulder scourge, an AHA like the Paula’s Choice Gel clears your skin without the aftermath of dry, itchy skin.

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The Gel is a glycolic acid, which I’ll admit was a gamble. Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) are excellent for brightening your skin and creating that lit-from-within effect, but there’s a reason dermatologists warn to only use them at night, or with a powerful sunscreen. They increase your skin’s photosensitivity, which means they make you more susceptible to sunburn. But my shirt covered my shoulders, so I squirted a few pumps of the gel into my hands, smothered it onto the parts of my back that I could reach (graceful as ever), and continued on my way. The Gel’s combination of green tea, aloe, and glycolic acid flattened out my raised acne, and there were only a few faint red marks where they’d been. Ever since, as soon as I’ve seen a pimply shoulder situation start to arise, I’ve slathered it on and gotten the same results.

As luck (and seasonal weather changes) would have it, the discovery coincided with friends messaging me about the best back acne treatment. (There’s nothing like warm weather sweat, not-washed-enough bra straps, and shoulder-baring outfits to make you suddenly aware of the skin on your back.) Finally I have a great answer.

Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel, $29, dermstore.com

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'Bachelor' Star Bekah Martinez Shares How She Got Rid of Her Acne


Bekah Martinez isn’t one to keep her secrets to herself. The 23-year-old former Bachelor contestant—who has already gotten brutally honest about the real cost of being on the reality TV show—has also been quite vocal about her struggles with acne. After years of trying different medications and treatments, Martinez says she’s finally found the cure that cleared up her complexion: gut-healthy foods.

“Real talk: my skin used to look like this for YEARS, and now (thank god) if you swipe left it looks like this!” Martinez wrote on her Instagram account. She said she’s tried Accutane, numerous popular acne-clearing products, and birth control—along with going vegan, drinking more water, and using coconut oil, all advice anyone who’s ever had acne has probably be given at some point—and likely to no avail. Adult acne is actually on the rise for women in their twenties and thirties, which is why many are now leading the charge around “acne positivity” on social media to help combat the shame and stigma surrounding it.

“I could go on and on about all the things that DIDN’T cure my acne,” Bekah added. “Only recently did I discover it came down to my gut health, which I’ll be sharing a hell of a lot more about in the next few weeks. No, it’s not plexus or any other supplement, it’s real raw food that you have to incorporate into your diet on a regular basis.”

The before-and-after photos she posted along with it have already gotten 25,000 likes and counting. Clearly, they’re resonating. Her comments section is flooded with responses like, “I love to see post like this—my skin is so bad right now” and “Please post more about this, I could really use the tips!”

While she hasn’t shared what those exact items are yet (Glamour reached out and will update this post when we’ve heard back), it’s possible that Bekah is referencing fermented foods like kefir and sauerkraut. These foods contain probiotics, aka gut-friendly bacteria, which some experts—like Moon Juice founder Amanda Chantal Bacon and Whitney Bowe, M.D., a dermatologist and the author of the new book The Beauty of Dirty Skin—swear by for their stomach- and liver-detoxifying effects. These, in turn, help support glowing skin.

“Eating fermented foods have been shown to improve gut health and restore a healthy microbiome in your G.I. tract,” says Dr. Joshua Zeichner, Director of Clinical and Cosmetic Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital. “There’s a definite association between gut health and your skin, so by feeding your gut probiotic-rich foods like kimchi, you’re helping to reduce internal and external inflammation—including the kind that causes acne.”

And it doesn’t take a lifetime to see results. Zeichner says a few weeks, while Lauren Slayton, R.D., and founder of Foodtrainers in New York, says that depending on your current gut health, you can see a clearer complexion in as little as a week. “But it’s not like you can be a sugaraholic, have some kimchi after dinner, and then expect to glow,” she adds.

Martinez, for her part, says she wanted to share her struggles with trial-and-error treatments because too many women feel like they’re by themselves in the process. She ended her post with an endearing note to her followers: “None of this content is or will be sponsored in any way. I just want to help as many people as possible find the solution to their acne or feel beautiful in the meantime. If you’re in the middle of the struggle, I feel you. I see you. I hear you. You are NOT alone, and I know a lot of the time it feels that way. I know how frustrating and demoralizing it can be. I know how it can take all your confidence and crush it to the point where you don’t want to leave the house. You’re not alone, and your acne does not define you. Rise above it and smile anyway—that’s what people will notice first.”

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OkCupid Is Getting Rid of Usernames, and a Lot of Users Are Pissed


Following in the footsteps of competitors like Tinder and Bumble, OkCupid has announced it will require its users to use their real names—even if it’s just a first name. The decision that has sparked an uproar with many users, especially with women and the LGBTQ+ community.

In an announcement titled “An Open Letter on Why We’re Removing Usernames, Addressed to the Worst Ones We’ve Ever Seen,” the company explains the rationale behind the decision. “It’s because, like the recent goodbye we said to AIM screen names, it’s time to keep up with the times. We want you, BigDaddyFlash916, to go by who you are, and not be hidden beneath another layer of mystique. Even if that mystique is crucial to you and your dating life, unicorn__jizz.”

We get it: It’s a little less…’00s? Or an effort to look less creepy—considering that, according to OkCupid data cited in the post, upwards of 16,000 users have the word “horny” in their name.

Here’s the problem, though: For a lot of people who don’t happen to be straight, cis men, the ability to use a username can function as a sort of screen, especially at the very beginning of interactions, before a rapport and some sort of trustworthiness is established. In these cases, a username can be critical to feeling safe on the site. And many users let OkCupid know exactly that.

After some backlash, OkCupid said on Friday that they’ll allow users to use the name they’d like to be called on the site, not their full names, as a way to maintain privacy. “We’ve also heard from many members of our community that they want to maintain the privacy they enjoy with usernames—with this change, we won’t be collecting full names; instead, we encourage our users to go by the name they’d like their dates to call them on OkCupid,” the company wrote on the blog. They also tweeted: “We love our members. You do not need to use your government name or even your full first name. Use the name, nickname, or initials you’d like your date to call you on OkCupid.”

So apparently you can use your real name, your first name only, a nickname, or a name you’d like to be called as an OkCupid user…wait a second.

The change, whatever it is, apparently won’t take effect for everyone right away: The company will start rolling it out with a test group “ahead of the New Year” and then everyone else gets hit with it soon after. OkCupid suggests updating profiles ASAP with what you’d want other users to call you, whatever that may be.

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