Year: 2019

July 12, 2019 at 07:55AM by CWC In high school, the name of the game was to use Sun-in, AKA that hair spray that somehow magically lightens your strands a shade or two as the summer months pass by. These days, as a grown-up, I’ve been looking for tips on how to naturally lighten hair that are more, well, modern. The method I’m seeing everywhere? Squeezing some lemon juice onto your strands, which has some backing by pros in the beauty biz…to an extent. “Lemons have citric acid and this can lighten hair,” says Shiva Rose, a DIY beauty expert, founder of Shiva Rose Beauty, and author of Whole Beauty. The way it works is that the sun opens your hair cuticles. “If you place a lemon on your hair and then go into the sun, the heat of the sun will work to open the cuticle,” says Gina Rivera, hair artist, creator of By Gina, and owner of Phenix Salon Suites. And once the lemon juice enters the cuticle, it acts to break down the color in hair, which ultimately lightens it. A-ha. ad_intervals[‘354122_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘354122_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); On a more scientific level, Dominic Burg, PhD, a chief scientist, hair biologist, and trichologist at Evolis Professional says that the chemical and structural changes from lemon juice in your hair speeds up the destruction of melanin pigments in the hair by UV radiation in sunlight. “UV radiation breaks apart the bonds in

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July 12, 2019 at 07:20AM by CWC Endometriosis is painful condition that affects 176 million people worldwide, according to the Journal of Endometriosis. It happens when tissue similar to that which forms the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterine cavity. In a very small pilot study, scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) may have found a surprising way to offer relief for chronic pelvic discomfort: Botox injections. Pain associated with endometriosis often persists even after the growths have been treated with hormonal surgery and therapy. In the placebo-controlled clinical trial, researchers looked at women who’d undergone surgery and were taking hormones to suppress menses (the blood discharged from the uterus during menstruation). Those whose pain persisted after treatment were given either an injection of botulinum toxin (aka Botox) or saline. A month later, the 13 participants chose to receive the injection of botulinum toxin on a monthly basis for at least four months—and the results were pretty remarkable. For all subjects, fewer to no muscle spasms occurred during their follow up treatment, and 11 out of the 13 said their pain was mild or gone entirely. Plus, more than half of the participants reduced their use of pain medication. ad_intervals[‘407605_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘407605_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); Botox works by blocking the nerve signals so that the muscles in the injected area cannot contract. While past research on the toxin has indicated that it could help women experiencing chronic

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July 12, 2019 at 06:43AM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2wRdiCx1W8] Watch how wrists are affecting your workouts in Charlee Atkins’ latest video, here.  Looking at any roster of fitness classes, you’ll likely see a number of buzzy target muscles listed out. “Abs and ass!” “Lower body burn!” “Arm attack!” are a few that come to mind. In all my years of working out, never have I ever seen a workout meant to specifically target wrists… which is interesting because they’re actually the basis of pretty much every other fitness move you’re ever going to do. Planks, push-ups, bicep curls, kettlebell swings… you get the picture. Having strong, mobile wrists is a critical factor in any fitness routine, and particularly in two of the most popular fitness moves, which come up in pretty much every workout ever: the plank and the mountain climber. If your wrists are weak, the angle between your arm and hand will be all wonky, which means you 1) won’t be getting the most out of your workout and 2) could potentially hurt yourself. You can always modify the moves, either by adding a dumbbell under your hands (so you’re holding onto the weight instead of placing your palms flat on the floor), or roll up your mat under your hands to add some cushioning and take a little pressure off of the wrists. ad_intervals[‘407593_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘407593_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); Your best bet, though, is to take some time to actually

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July 12, 2019 at 06:07AM by CWC One thing that makes me an absolute delight to hang with is my paralyzing fear of change. I panic when a meeting gets pushed back. I mourn when one of my go-to local bars gets abducted by a Starbucks. The other day I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding for the millionth time and and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 for the first time. Still love the original, will never not hate the sequel. (Granted, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is a huge mess with an unclear protagonist; like, for the love of film, pick a plot line and stick to it.) Clearly, I’m set in my ways to an extent and take comfort in sameness, but why is it that some people harbor this resistance to change while others thrive in newness? “Tolerance for risk and change are personality traits that are partially genetic,” says therapist Aimee Daramus, PsyD. “The five-factor model of personality…tells us that openness to new experience is a genetic trait. Everybody inherits a tendency to be more open or to prefer more stability. Life experience shapes how extreme that trait becomes.” ad_intervals[‘404714_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘404714_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); Waitaminute, so genetics is a big reason some of us cling to our resistance to change like nobody’s business? Wild. Still, Dr. Daramus says it’s important to note that how, exactly, being open to new experiences guides us. The Openess trait is

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