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What to Know About Malic Acid, the Key to Smoother Skin
While exfoliating is key to maintaining healthy skin, using products that have a rough texture or an aggressive formula risks damaging your skin barrier. When you exfoliate away dead skin cells from the outer layer of your skin, it increases cell turnover — your skin's natural process that replaces dead skin cells with healthy ones. This makes your skin appear bright and healthy. If you've been put off by skin-care acids out of fear that you won't be able to tolerate them, a reliable skin-care ingredient that will make you glow is malic acid.
Let's Settle This: Who Pays For the Birthday Dinner?
Think fast: you're invited to a birthday dinner — do you expect to pay for your own meal? This question — who should foot the bill for a birthday dinner — has absolutely blown up on social media. The way Tinx sees it, if the guest of...
A New Political Gender Divide Is Shaking Up the Dating World
Andi, a 30-year-old living in Los Angeles, was in love with her ex "for a million different reasons" that she thought outweighed their political differences. They dated for four years, but "over time, even when we tried to avoid the differences between us, politics wound up bleeding into every aspect of our relationship," Andi, who is being identified by a pseudonym to protect her privacy, tells POPSUGAR. Ultimately, the political divide between them was too wide, especially when it came to abortion.
What Is Oil Gritting? A Dermatologist Explains the Viral Skin-Care Hack
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. TikTok is wonderful for a plethora of reasons. Cooking pros share yummy dinner recipes, hairstylists offer the best advice for making your ponytail look fuller, and skin-care geniuses let viewers in on the best tips and tricks for caring for your skin. One recent hack you've likely been seeing all over your feed is an intriguing method for reducing pores called oil gritting.
Kristin Cavallari's Age-Gap Romance Sparks Debate, and Really, This Again?
Chatter around a celebrity age-gap relationship is making headlines again, but it's not because Leonardo DiCaprio finally decided to date a woman older than 25. "Laguna Beach" alum and entrepreneur Kristin Cavallari, 37, recently debuted a new relationship with TikTok content creator Mark Estes, 24, and the internet is swarming.
Halsey's TikTok-Viral Foundation Made My Skin Look Flawless
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. There's nothing more exciting than finding your perfect foundation match. We're all searching for that formula that just melts into your complexion, becoming one with your skin tone. As someone with a medium-tan or medium-deep complexion and a neutral undertone, I've found it pretty challenging to find my ideal shade match. However, not all hope is lost, especially because more brands are coming out with wider shade ranges featuring varying undertones, such as About-Face. After watching several TikToks of fellow makeup lovers raving about The Performer Skin-Focused Foundation ($22), I was eager to try it out.
I Tried Lori Harvey's Favorite '90s-Inspired Lip Combo
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. There aren't very many things that Lori Harvey can do wrong in my eyes and what consistently gets oh-so right is her glam. Whether she's in fashion editorials, walking down a runway, or just running errands, she always has a simple girl-next-door approach to her makeup that feels approachable and emphasizes her natural beauty rather than covers it up.
Combining Bank Accounts With Your Spouse? What Financial Experts Want You to Consider
The biggest business decision you'll ever make is picking your romantic partner. One of my wisest former editors told me this, and the advice has always stuck with me. I've shared it with my circle of friends, and it's become a sort of litmus test in our group. Whenever we're considering a serious relationship with someone, we ask, "You love them, sure — but would you want them to be your business partner?"
Why Are Hooded Hair Dryers Left Out of the Spa Experience?
It's no secret that caring for naturally curly hair takes effort. With a head full of multiple curl patterns and strand porosities, I find myself altering my 4A coily wash-day routine every couple of months. Exhausting? Sure. But I love my curls and I wouldn't change them. However, finding easier ways to maintain bouncy, moisturized, and defined curls is always a top priority — which is why I've been using a hooded hair dryer for the last year.
These $7 Shower Steamers Transformed My Home Into a Spa
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. At the end of a long work day, few things help to calm my mind better than a regimented shower routine and lately, I've been looking for more ways to elevate the experience as a whole. POPSUGAR has long been one of my go-to destinations for self-care tips and inspiration (I might be a little biased), so when the brand debuted its soothing POPSUGAR Bath collection at Walmart, I added every item to my shopping cart with the hopes of transforming my bathroom practices for the better.
Your Yearly Horoscope 2024 Is Making You the Main Character
We're in the thick of 2024, friends, and, according to your yearly horoscope, it's hopefully been the year of possibilities. For starters, there are several significant transits to pay attention to this year, the first being Pluto, the planet of transformation and rebirth, which entered into innovative Aquarius Jan. 20 and stays through Sept. 1, 2024, and again Nov. 19 through March 8, 2043. Pluto in Aquarius can bring significant societal changes, so you may see a rise in activism and social movements that seek to promote equality and fairness this year.
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