Day: August 12, 2019

August 12, 2019 at 02:01PM by CWC I didn’t get my ears pierced until I was 20 years old. I only did my lobes, because I was afraid of needles. I think the piercer legitimately had to give me candy, like I was a child, to calm me down enough to get pierced. Now, I have 10 piercings—and that’s not even so many compared to what is trending right now. Stephanie Anders, piercer and owner of Royal Heritage Tattoo in Venice, California, tells me that she has definitely seen a resurgence in multiple ear piercings. “And this resurgence has come with some really incredible, creative ideas,” she says. “With ‘curated’ ear projects or ‘constellation’ or stacked and clustered piercings. We are getting away from the traditional looks and for me it’s become about using each person’s unique anatomy and creating something that flows aesthetically for them individually.” “What I am personally seeing and loving is that the idea and motivation behind piercing has shifted. Now people are seeing [their ears] as more real estate for stunning jewelry,” adds Anders. Piercings are becoming more widely accepted, and so it’s “opening up piercing to a clientele where maybe it wasn’t even considered in the past.” Popular spots to get ear piercings are conch, tragus, and daith—along with the aforementioned cluster piercings. ad_intervals[‘414542_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘414542_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); If you’re feeling inspired to get more piercings, Anders says she will personally do a max of three

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August 12, 2019 at 12:00PM by CWC I once asked a hairstylist how I could tell if my hair was actually clean, and she suggested that I ask my significant other to sniff my head for me and let me know what was going on up there. Since I haven’t had a boyfriend since Obama was president, her advice made me assume that I was going to be stuck with a potentially stinky scalp (and no way to know for sure whether it was or it wasn’t!) until I found one. But recently, a different hairstylist filled me in on how to check my hair was clean while also maintaining my status as a strong, independent, good smelling woman. The key? Giving a touch-check to the back of your head. “When it comes to washing their hair, the first mistake I often see clients make is that they put conditioner in the wrong places,” explains Dana Hodges Caschetta, Eufora International national trainer and a stylist at New York City’s newly-opened Eufora salon. “There is a common misconception that you should put conditioner directly on the scalp, which can lead to hair falling flat, product build-up and even dry flakes—which nobody wants.” When you apply conditioner this way, the product tends to glom onto the back of your scalp, which can make just-washed hair feel dirty almost immediately. ad_intervals[‘414707_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘414707_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); If you feel like your hair gets dirty in these specific

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August 12, 2019 at 11:50AM by CWC While there’s not question that connection exists between what you eat and drink and how well you sleep, researchers looked specifically at the effects of coffee, alcohol, and nicotine on a good night’s rest. And, well, let’s put it this way: happy hour just got a lot shorter. The results of a recent study—conducted at Florida Atlantic University, involving 785 people who kept sleep diaries for a total of 5,164 days—found that consuming alcohol within four hours of going to sleep actually affected participants worse than drinking coffee before bedtime. The major caveat here is that people metabolize caffeine at different rates, so for some people, drinking a post-dinner espresso or coffee could lead to tossing and turning. But despite this, even when researchers accounted for factors including age, gender, weight, mental health, and schedules, alcohol was still the major sleep disruptor. This may come as a surprise to anyone who has ever imbibed and gotten a little drowsy. But according to sleep experts, the problem isn’t falling asleep; it’s that alcohol disrupts REM sleep, so chances are, you’ll find yourself waking up in the middle of the night (likely feeling around on the nightstand for a glass of water). ad_intervals[‘414716_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘414716_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Of course sleep experts also understand that the majority of people aren’t going to shift the hours of their alcoholic consumption from 7 p.m. to 4 p.m. If you’re drinking

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August 12, 2019 at 10:39AM by CWC When an email popped into my inbox back in April with the subject line: “Pitbull and Tony Robbins open new NYC fitness studio,” I had a wild mix of thoughts and emotions:  1) utter confusion wondering WTF these two are doing together, let alone in the fitness world, and 2) I. need. to. go. Since I first got the announcement, I’ve been waiting with bated breath until I could visit Grit Bxng for myself—my colleagues and I had an actual countdown going on in the office. Finally, on August 8th, I got to see what a Pitbull x Tony Robbins workout was all about, and let me tell you: It did not disappoint. In fact, from the moment I walked in it was “International Love” at first sight. On the day of the opening, there was absolutely no question that I had come to the right place. The blue Swarvoski crystal-encrusted boxing bag and full liquor bar—which serves things like electrolyte-spiked margaritas, hard kombucha, and kale martinis (as well as some mocktails)—in the lobby were clear indicators that this place was owned by Mr. Worldwide himself. Also in the lobby? An actual boxer dog named Gritty, because, of course. ad_intervals[‘414722_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘414722_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); When instructor Anthony Crouchelli opened the doors to the workout room and beckoned for the crowd to come in, I felt like I was strolling into a nightclub. The studio’s ceiling

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August 12, 2019 at 10:15AM by CWC Mercury is out of retrograde, which, yay, but also does this mean I have to start taking responsibility for my own actions again? It’s far from the only astrologically significant event happening, however. Last month, dueling meteor showers were visible in much of the U.S., and they brought inspiration with them. And now the Perseid meteor shower—perhaps the most spectacular of the year—is giving stargazers a real treat. If you live outside the optimal viewing areas, you can catch of glimpse of the event with NASA’s live stream—but the astrological significance is far-reaching nonetheless. “Astrologically, meteor showers can represent several things. First of all, they’re cosmic dust, debris. They look like beautiful light displays from our perspective, but in reality, they are a type of storm that happens from the breakup of a comet,” says intuitive astrologer and healer Rachel Lang. “To understand the astrological significance of a meteor shower, we need to understand the significance of a comet. Comets are made up of ice, dust, and gasses. If we read that symbolically, we might say they represent our frozen emotions and collective fears surfacing for us to see and heal. Anything we have been ignoring or suppressing can no longer be ignored. To the ancients, a comet represented change, like an eclipse.” Intense, but I’m into it. ad_intervals[‘411952_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘411952_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); Meteor showers symbolize beauty rising from ashes, says Lang. “Meteor showers represent

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