Month: February 2022

According to a new study published in “PLOS One,” ASMR videos could help alleviate anxiety. ASMR, which stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, is the whole-body sensation some people experience when they hear certain trigger sounds, such as a person whispering, paper crinkling, seltzer bubbles fizzing, or scoring sourdough. ASMR is described as an intensely
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“What are you?” If you’ve been asked this question in America, you know it’s the first word that stings the most. “What” can’t be confused with “who” and all the effortless responses available there: name, job title. “What” implies your abnormality. It has a blunt, vaguely dehumanizing crackle with the onus on you to diffuse.
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When the Hitachi Magic Wand first launched in the 1960s, it flew off shelves once an off-label use spread through whispered wildfire: the intense vibrations doubled could help you have an incredible orgasm. In the sixty-plus years since, the OG vibrator has remained iconic, only needing minor updates (like the more recent cordless option). “It’ll
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Uggs never went really went away for some of us—even if we didn’t exactly advertise we still wore them. Now, as Y2K fashion continues its extended takeover, a growing fashion chorus is admitting Ugg boots are back with a shearling-lined vengeance. Present-day Ugg wearers aren’t hesitating to take their comfort shoes public, the “ultra mini”
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Runway, backstage, and front-row footage from the Paris show. Watch the Alexander McQueen Spring 2010 ready-to-wear fashion show footage from Style.com. Want more? Visit Style.com for more runway shows, fashion trends, shopping guides, and news about models and designers. Still haven’t subscribed to Style on YouTube? ►► http://bit.ly/styleyoutubesub CONNECT WITH STYLE Web: http://www.style.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/styledotcom
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I know that you read this headline and probably laughed. “Potato milk? Isn’t that just vodka?” you thought to yourself. You thought whole milk was making a comeback. You thought — silly you! — that we’d collectively reached a saturation point on alternative milks. Folks, it’s 2022, and we have yet to reach that limit.
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Christian Siriano is pouring himself an extra glass of champagne tonight—and not only because he somehow survived another season hosting Project Runway. He deserves a second serving as thanks for his mid-season premonition, forecasting how tonight’s momentous finale might wrap. But, really, couldn’t we all see it coming? Tonight’s episode begins as our remaining designers—Shantall,
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Frontals, closures, microlinks, and I-tips—trying to keep up with all the latest hair trends is as exhausting as actually sitting down in the salon chair for hours waiting for your desired style to be installed. For many Black women—myself included—traditional sew-ins served as our first foray into weaves before the style took a backseat to
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We all have a unique scent—that natural cocktail made up of our body chemistry mixed with the products we routinely use on our skin, hair, laundry, and more. It’s the subtle but distinctively-you smell left behind on a T-shirt—or on your bed sheets. If you think of a traditional fragrance formula, worn overtly, then a
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Courtesy of the designers; Getty Images; Fendi: Pascal Le Segretain; Valli: YANNIS VLAMOS Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. The worlds of sci-fi and couture might not, initially, seem to have much overlap. Except, of course, for the fact that both are rarefied realms with obsessive devotees
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Runway, backstage, and front-row footage from the Paris show. Watch the Saint Laurent Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear fashion show footage from Style.com. Want more? Visit Style.com for more runway shows, fashion trends, shopping guides, and news about models and designers. Still haven’t subscribed to Style on YouTube? ►► http://bit.ly/styleyoutubesub CONNECT WITH STYLE Web: http://www.style.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/styledotcom
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