Day: October 3, 2018

October 03, 2018 at 02:07PM In the middle of one particularly stressful workday last week, I sought a momentary reprieve in the form of social-media scrolling (as one does). And then I saw it: a meme of a huge moth pulling up to a McDonald’s drive-through window and ordering a large…lamp. Cue: me laughing until tears—happy tears, you guys—streamed down my face, effectively flipping off the light on my gloomy mood. While chuckling at viral memes is hardly a new phenomenon, something about seeing a human-size moth driving a car to get a lamp from McDonald’s just gave. me. life. The moths began to infiltrate my all feeds at a rapid pace. There was a moth as Drake, waving away a turned-off light bulb, beckoning in the lit one; a photo of hurricane-evacuation traffic with a lone moth driving in the opposite direction because it forgot its lamp; another of a fangirling moth, professing its love to Thomas Edison. Basically, all the memes share one thing (in addition to being hilarious): the idea that moths live for the pursuit of lamps. View this post on Instagram ｔ?ＡＮҜ ?ᵒ? ·._.·°¯°·.·° .·°°° A post shared by Sonny Side Up (@sonny5ideup) on Sep 14, 2018 at 11:46am PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js And really, when you think about it, the notion is rather romantic. The moth is absolutely devoted to its true love and will do anything in order to be with it (with “it,” of course, being the lamp). And it’s totally relatable to have a goal

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October 03, 2018 at 10:10AM There’s nothing worse than a giant pimple popping up out of nowhere. Before, the primary course of action was slathering on some cream and impatiently waiting as it dries out—but now with pimple patches (aka a true K-beauty godsend), your zits can vanish in record time. There’s something you should know before leaving them on your skin for hours on end, though. Pimple patches—also called hydrocolloid patches—work their magic due to hydrocolloid’s ability to attract the zit’s fluid to the surface of your skin like a magnet, resulting in a mound of pus. (Yes, gross, but all sorts of satisfying.) Because of the method of enclosing your zit with a medicated bandaid of sorts, you can heal up much quicker than what you would using a typical spot treatment: “The thin, clear hydrocolloid patch protects the zit from further irritation and infection by providing a ‘sealed’ environment for the skin to heal itself,” says dermatologist Dendy Engelman, MD. And the results are so good that one product even has a 3,000-person waitlist. Because of how well they get the job done, people tend to get excited and take a more-is-more approach, wearing their patches as long as it takes for that pesky pimple to disappear—in fact, one Redditor left hers on for 24 hours. But even if your pack of patches doesn’t have a maximum time listed, there is a limit to ensure the product erases acne without hurting your skin in the process, and it’s def not a full day.

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October 03, 2018 at 10:00AM You know winter usually wreaks havoc on your skin (hello, majorly dry air), but as your face faces the impending cold front, is there anything you can actually do to prep your complexion in advance? According to Rachelle Robinett, holistic health practitioner and founder of Supernatural, there is—it just requires hoarding some proverbial acorns (ahem, plant-rich skin-care essentials). “Fall is our runway before the more severe weather of winter hits,” Robinett says. “Stocking a plant-rich medicine cabinet and creating good health practices in the fall ensures we’re well prepared for winter.” “Fall is our runway before the more severe weather of winter hits.” To help you create the ultimate fall skin-care regimen (it’s a whole mood), we asked Robinett to share which pre-winter plants pack the biggest benefits for the season—so you know exactly which beauty products (like Weleda’s plant-rich skin-savers) to stash now. Keep reading for 3 of her favorite skin-supporting plants for transitional weather—plus the products to add to your regimen. Lavender Lavender isn’t just for your diffuser. The purple flower is a key ingredient for fall skin care, according to Robinett. “Amid the busyness of fall, if there’s one herb to keep on-hand, this may be it,” Robinett says. “It’s a calm-creating plant, known for giving us a sense of wellbeing without being too uplifting nor sedating. Think of it as peace in plant form.” “Amid the busyness of fall, if there’s one herb to keep on-hand, [lavender] may be it.” Play up that

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October 03, 2018 at 09:54AM I’ve had a number of hair appointments in which I’ve brought in a photo of, say, an Olsen twin thinking that the stylist is about to transform my hair into the perfectly tousled, layered waves of the designer duo in T-minus one hour without an issue. Guess how many times I left the salon with a cut that looked like what I had in mind? A grand total of zero. While you might guess that hair color plays an awful big bit into this (you’d be right, of course), there’s a very valid reason why your hair may not necessarily turn out like the photo in hand. It’s all about the three factors that make your hair unique to you. “Hair is three things,” says Jon Reyman, director of New York City salon Spoke and Weal. “It’s length, which is the outside of the hair; it’s density, which is the amount of hair per square inch; and then it’s texture, which is the pattern. A lot of people get confused about those three things when they’re getting a haircut or styling.” Because your hair isn’t necessarily the same in all three ways as the person whose hair you want to emulate, it’s worth having a bigger conversation with your stylist than simply bringing a photo in and hoping for the best. “If you have straight hair and want it full and to have body, a great haircut isn’t gonna do that,” says Reyman, adding that

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