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Rosario Dawson’s Self-Care Routine Includes Meditation, Face Masks, and Cory Booker


What beauty rules do you swear by?

RD: My top rules are drinking water, getting good sleep, and exercise.

What’s one beauty rule you think is bullshit?

RD: Anything that has to do with beauty that’s a requirement is B.S. I love those old-school movies where you see the women who got these hair things all set up, and they’ll wake up and do their makeup. I once read that Burt Reynolds’ wife said something like, “He’s never seen me without makeup! I wake up and put makeup on.” So those kinds of things, like you can never leave the house without makeup—I’m not for that.

What’s your holy grail beauty product right now?

RD: I like a gel face mask. That’s my new favorite thing.

Also, I’m allergic to flowers most of the time, so I don’t normally have them around. But I’m really into essential oils, like lavender or citrus or eucalyptus. They’re just so good. I use them really when I have allergies—I just breathe them in and don’t have to take medication as often.

Screw, marry, kill: Lipstick, mascara, and highlighter.

RD: Kill highlighter, because who needs that? Screw lipstick. Marry mascara. Mascara is everything.

Fill in the blank: I love my hair….

RD: I love my hair up. I love my hair wet. I love my hair styled. I love my hair messy. I love my hair tousled. I particularly love it sun-kissed and sea-salt-sprayed.

What’s one beauty perception you’d like to change?

RD: One thing that’s coming up quite often now, which I think is really great, is this pushback on all of the photo airbrushing. I’m going to be 40 this year. It makes sense that I’m going to have wrinkles. They’ve airbrushed scars and stretch marks and all kinds of things out over the years that make it look impossible. I’m starting to look at photos, and I get body dysmorphia looking at my own pictures. Technically, I supposedly look like that, but I don’t. [I’ll look and think,] I don’t have that waist. It’s making it seem like something’s wrong with you. But if you don’t have that, why correct it?

You have $20 and free roam of a drugstore. What would you buy?

RD: I’ll probably get a coconut water and some kind of face spray that’s hydrating. And then a balm of some kind that’s also like a facial moisturizer, but also like a lotion, because I travel a lot.

What was the last Instagram rabbit hole you went down?

RD: Nathan Pyle! I’m obsessed with Nathan Pyle. He does these really cute alien cartoons. Someone sent me one, and then I ended up following his account.

What’s your go-to getting ready music?

RD: I have lots of different music; I’m a big music person. I like listening to records. I just discovered Noizu, who I really like. I love dance music. I love everything from disco to flapper twenties music. My daughter will be like, “Why are we listening to this?” But I get into it and I’m like [snaps] “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”

And normally I wouldn’t talk about my boyfriend on purpose, but he does do something that’s really sweet. I don’t always listen to music in the morning, but I’ve started to now because we’re separate often and he sends me a song every morning that we don’t wake up together. So we’ve got like dozens and dozens and dozens of songs. So I keep waiting—there are moments where he has a super big day and I’m expecting that he’s not going to send me a song, and yet he still sends me a song every morning. It’s the first thing he gets up and does before he has to do anything. It’s great because it’s not only like, Oh, I love this song, but oftentimes it’s the lyrics behind it or something we were talking about. I just noticed that it’s made music part of my mornings, which it hadn’t been for a long time. So I’ve been really enjoying that.





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How to Get 'Glass Skin' – I Tried the K-Beauty Skin Care Routine


In certain circles, where the difference between ampoules and essences needs no explanation and double cleansing is practically religion, “glass skin” is a term you’ll hear spoken in reverent terms. It’s a phrase that originated on the K-beauty scene and quickly went viral on social media and used to describe a complexion so luminous and poreless, it could be modeled from glass.

I’ve scrolled through plenty of pictures depicting the awe-inspiring results of a glass skin routine—and even once tried to fake it with a single highlighter-serum hybrid. The results of that experiment were successful, but my skin beneath the iridescent liquid was still my regular skin (in pretty good shape, but hardly mirrorlike).

When Peach and Lily founder, Alicia Yoon, recently asked me if I had tried a complete glass skin routine before, I saw my chance to finally attain the reflective cheekbones of my dreams. I’ve known Yoon for a long time, and let me tell you, the woman has no pores and always manages to look the exact right amount of dewy. If I were to have someone guide my foray into this radiant land, she was the ideal candidate.

There was just one caveat: somewhere during the past month, I had gotten complacent where beauty was concerned. My laziness crept up on me subversively, rearing its head only when I opened Yoon’s email and immediately gulped. The screen was crowded with lines and lines of meticulously detailed sentences that outlined the precise steps I should take starting from the moment I woke up.

She encouraged me to think of the process “as a meal plan—giving your skin the 360-degree care it needs to thrive: proper cleansing, exfoliating, balancing, antioxidants, humectants, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and protection!” My actual meal plan is about 75 percent croissants, and baguette-shaped blood cells flow through my veins, so we were perhaps on different pages about that one. Nevertheless, slathering my face in assorted creams and serums is literally my job, so I persevered.

While the experiment Yoon had me run through consists of 11 different products, she stresses that it’s not necessary to purchase that many things to duplicate the results. “It’s not so much about the number of steps, but what your skin needs to be at its absolutely healthiest,” she says. “Cleanse properly; either double cleanse or use a cleanser that can both dissolve makeup and remove water-based impurities. Balance your skin’s pH with a toner. And hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.”

Drenching your skin in moisture is the hallmark of this approach; it’s what gives your face that liquid highlighter (without actually using a drop of highlighter) glow. There are other things you should add too: sunscreen, exfoliants, and face masks. The most important thing, according to Yoon, is to keep everything gentle. “Don’t overdo it with too many acids or harsh actives,” she advises. “In the long run, your skin will get inflamed.” Check your ingredients labels. If you’re using products with vitamin C, be very careful about cocktailing them with high concentrations of AHAs, BHAs, or retinol.

I followed the routine below for a full week (Yoon estimates you need anywhere between one to three weeks to see “profound results”). However, I will prematurely reveal that I was already impressed after only seven days. So when you see the results below, imagine them given additional time. (You may have to sit down for that one.) My arsenal of topicals would have been completely overwhelming if not for the accompanying instructions, so I will now selflessly bequeath them to you.





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UCLA Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi's Scores a Perfect 10 on Her Floor Routine and Wins the Internet


Over the weekend, the internet crowned a new viral star: UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi.

On Sunday (January 13), the team’s official Twitter account posted a video of Ohashi’s incredibly energetic and fun floor routine—and now the video of the performance, which earned her a perfect 10 score, has been viewed over 16 million times. To use to the lingo of Marie Kondo, it definitely sparks joy. First, there’s Ohashi’s flawless execution of her tumbling passes and incredible splits. Then there’s her energy, her smile, and her dance moves to a stellar medley of songs that included “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner, “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5, “Rhythm Nation” by Janet Jackson, and Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel.”

It’s all very goosebump-inducing. See for yourself. “A ? isn’t enough for this floor routine by @katelyn_ohashi. ?,” the team’s tweet said—and we absolutely agree. What really puts the entire video over the top is when you realize that Ohashi’s entire team is doing her routine on the sideline.

“Trueee?? squad and team goals?,” Ohashi tweeted.

This was only her second time competing with this particular floor routine after debuting it at UCLA’s first meet of the season on January 4. “I’ve never seen her perform like that,” Ohashi’s coach Valerie Kondos Field told the Los Angeles Times. “Ever, in your entire life. I’ve never seen her facial, her performance quality, be that professional, as I saw tonight.” That’s saying a lot considering Ohashi won the collegiate national title on the floor in 2018.

Along with a perfect score and helping secure a win for her team, Ohashi also has a lot of new fans—including Sen. Kamala Harris and Jemele Hill—among others who lit up Twitter with praise for her performance.

And if you’re in LA, you might want to check it out in person next time.





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I Never Spend More Than $50 on My Entire Makeup Routine


One of my defining characteristics is my love for luxury, especially when it comes to beauty products. I love designer names, gorgeous packaging, and high quality. But, because I contain multitudes, I’m also very practical and love a good bargain. This shines through most clearly in my makeup collection. While I’ve got a Chanel compact or two (or four…), they’re anchored by a core routine of drugstore products. I love treating myself to a fancy lipstick every so often, but I also like knowing that my everyday essentials could be replaced for less than the cost of a pair of headphones if all my makeup were to be left in the back of an Uber (very possible). Plus, I love the hunt and there’s nothing more thrilling than finding a stellar product at the drugstore for a few dollars.

On top of the convenience factor, over the past few years I’ve shifted my attention to my skin care, and spending less on makeup means I can invest more in my skin. The goal, of course, is to have skin so good I can skip makeup entirely, but until then, there’s drugstore foundation. And yes, there are options just as good as the good stuff. Believe me, it took searching but I found them.

Read on for the breakdown of my daily makeup routine, which costs exactly $50 from start to finish.



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I Tried an 8-Step $400 Luxury Skin Care Routine for My Vagina


Not long ago, most people’s skin care routine consisted of a quick wash, maybe a weekly exfoliant, and some moisturizer. To 2018 eyes, this routine seems minimalist, even monklike in its simplicity. At worst, it seems downright deprived—wherefore art thou, serums, oils, masks, and muds?

It’s no news that these days, skin care is kind of a big deal. The category is outpacing sales more than any other in the beauty space. But now that even your most low-maintenance girlfriend is posting sheet-mask selfies, we’ve obviously reached a tipping point, right?

Not even close. The newest frontier in skin care is all about your vagina. Okay, more accurately, it’s about your vulva. But either way, there are a surprisingly large number of brands springing up to offer your ladyparts a luxury, multi-step skin care experience with products that promise to cleanse, nourish, and exfoliate your skin, soften your pubes, make your shave or wax easier and less painful, and even highlight your vulva to catch that good light. (Why should your cheekbones have all the fun?)

In the name of science, I tried the buzziest products for a week. I figured it’d be fun and funny. I didn’t expect to become a true believer in some of this stuff. Read on for the true story of how I got the bougiest vadge in Brooklyn.



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I Replaced My Entire Beauty Routine With Only CBD Products


Recently, one of my good friends went on a trip to Colorado and fully embraced the state’s legality of recreational marijuana. She came back with a newfound obsession with edibles—and some seriously glowing skin. When I asked her what was going on with her face, she causally said she’d started using CBD-infused oils and thought they were helping with her acne. The radiance probably had more to do with a stress-free vacation than a skin care product she had just started using, but it was enough to pique my interest in weed-based beauty.

I was aware the beauty world had been hitting the cannabis craze hard for the past few years, but until I started searching for a gateway serum of my own, I didn’t know just how hard. This summer alone, it seems like products made with CBD lit up out of nowhere. Milk Makeup came out with a CBD-infused mascara and brow tint, aptly named Kush. Clean beauty destinations including Credo and Cap Beauty added pot-based products to their offerings, and entirely new skin care brands based around the ingredient have launched. The further down the weed rabbit hole I went, the more I realized I could easily replace not only my serum but all of my beauty products with their marijuana counterparts. So—and you can see where I’m going with this—that’s exactly what I did. For the sake of experimentation, I vowed to use only beauty products made with either CBD or hemp for a solid week.

For the uninitiated, CBD stands for cannabidiol, which is a cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. I know your first question: no, it won’t get you high like fellow cannabinoid THC. But it does pose certain legality issues depending on what it comes from: CBD derived from hemp is always legal while CBD derived from the marijuana plant is illegal except in states that have recreational or medicinal marijuana programs. While there is hard evidence showing that CBD and THC can reduce inflammation and pain when applied topically, the science behind their benefits in skin care is less clear, though many consider them solid sources of antioxidants and beneficial amino acids.

Before fully committing to my weeklong CBD experiment, I asked cosmetic dermatologist Shereene Idriss of Union Square Laser Dermatology if she thought the ingredient was effective in skin care. It’s possible, she says. “There’s a 2014 study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that showed promising results for using CBD to treat acne.” Until additional research backs up those findings, she won’t advise her patients to use it, but she does have high (sorry) hopes for it.

OK, but would anything bad happen to me if I used it now? Probably not, says fellow NYC-based cosmetic dermatologist Sejal Shah, founder of Smarter Skincare Dermatology: “Generally CBD is well tolerated by all skin types, but be sure to look for it in products that best suit your skin type.” Essentially, the CBD wouldn’t cause irritation but another ingredient in the product might. “Just as you would with any new product, start ones containing CBD with caution and stop using it if develop a negative reaction,” she advised me.

Armed with that information, I began overhauling my vanity. Out went my Clé de Peau Beauté Le Sérum and Sisley Paris Black Rose Crème. In came counterparts from brands I hadn’t heard of, like Hora, Kana, and Khus + Khus. Much to my husband’s surprise and amusement, he found the Dove, Kiehl’s, and Oribe in our shower replaced with Ananda Hemp soap and CBD for Life shampoo and conditioner.

I had assumed that replacing all of my go-to products with their weed-based counterparts would feel like a huge undertaking, but with so many options available, the hardest thing was actually deciding which ones to use. I mean, how many CBD serums does a girl need? I also expected my bathroom to look (and smell) like one of those hippie gift stores you find in Woodstock, New York and was pleasantly surprised to find that was far from the case. So many of the products were beyond chic.

Because I’m nothing if not dedicated, I also used CBD during all my usual self-care rituals. I got a CBD massage. I filled my baths with hemp milk and CBD-laced bath bombs. I surrounded myself with cannabis-scented candles and drank (probably illegal) THC tea. I slathered Charlotte’s Web CBD lotion all over my body and indulged my face with a CBD and lavender sleeping mask at night.

Some of the products, like a body serum I liberally applied after a shower without testing first, were particularly fragrant. “You smell like a forest,” my husband complained hours later. Others, like a hemp soap that was labeled “unscented” smelled exactly the way I had envisioned all CBD products to and made me gag at first sniff. That one didn’t make its way into the mix.

Overall, though, I was shocked at how many of the items I really did like. A few caught my attention based on their packaging alone. There was none of the hippie dippie flower-power tie-dye designs that I had expected. In fact, some, like the black bottled Hora Super Serum + CBD were so pretty that I’d be willing to bet they’ll become beauty catnip for Insta. The Burkelman Sensory Seeker candle also fell into this category, but be aware that its cannabis resin, fernet and clove scent is strong.

One of my favorite additions was the Kana Skincare Lavender CBD Sleeping Mask. It has moisturizing hyaluronic acid and soothing lavender oil in addition to antioxidant- and fatty acid-rich CBD and hemp seed extract. Its whipped texture and light scent make it such a dream to apply before bed that I wish I could use it more than the recommended three times per week. I’m also keeping the CBD for Life Eye Serum. It’s unscented, gives off a cooling sensation when dotted under your eyes, and seems to keep the area hydrated longer than most of my eye creams. The peppermint-scented Vertly Lip Butter was another winner. I don’t know how much CBD benefit you really get from such a small amount, but I love the way it hydrates without feeling sticky or gloppy.

Outside of the THC-laced tea, the only time I really felt a change in my body was after the Chillhouse CBD massage. During the 50-minute treatment, a wonderful therapist named Vee kneaded the knots in my back into oblivion and then applied a cooling CBD oil at the end, which really alleviated some of the aches I usually get after a massage with medium-deep pressure. “Think of it like a better version of Ben-Gay,” Vee told me. I’ll be back for another one those for sure.

In the end, switching to all CBD beauty products for a week didn’t drastically change my life or my skin (not that anyone thought it would), but it did make me re-think those largely off-base stereotypes I had made about them. There is so much more out there than the patchouli-scented products I envisioned. So while I may not be ready to join my friend in the edible club, I can safely say I now get the buzz around CBD beauty.



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