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2019 Health

Second-day eyeliner is my fave, so I found out how to recreate it on day one

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April 07, 2019 at 04:00AM by CWC I should preface this by saying that I really hate the Saturday night ritual of going (as the kids say) “out.” As in: outside of my room, outside of a cozy coffee shop, outside of anywhere where the unspoken uniform isn’t “sweat pants and leggings.” I’d gladly ditch the weekly excursion altogether if it weren’t for peer pressure, and the fact that I love the look of second-day eyeliner—the ever-so-thin black line that hangs on despite my tipsy makeup-removing efforts. Come Sunday morning, the leftover pencil’s barely-there-ness gives me that “no-makeup” makeup that’s the subject of endless retweets. It also just feels more like me.  And now, with the help of Molly R. Stern, a celebrity makeup artist, I’ve learned the art of recreating the serendipitous eye adornment even when I make the executive decision to skip the Saturday night spectacle. “I like using a felt-tipped liquid liner on the wet line of the top eye,” Stern tells me. “It tends to give a perfect amount of longwear color and the wetness of the liner mixes perfectly with the eye moisture. The finished look has that excellently worn-in vibe.” To trace inside the waterline, try making tiny dashes that build onto one another rather than one line (this will make the whole thing easier to achieve). If you’re more of an eyeliner pencil kind of gal, however, she advises the same dash technique along the upper lid, followed by swiping a small brush

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2019 Health Fashion

We’ve reached peak minimalism, so why are people still buying throw pillows?

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April 07, 2019 at 04:00AM by CWC My boyfriend recently shared with me his terrifying theory about throw pillows, based on his experience at various aunts’ homes: that they increase with age (volume of pillows, not number of aunts). Well, consider my inner Marie Kondo five-alarm fire officially set off, because throw pillows are the worst, most needless aspect of home decor. With these, less is more, and none is best. It’s baffling that throw pillows are still a thing amidst the current War on Clutter. We throw out everything! The prom dresses we were hoping to fit into someday; the IKEA culinary set we bought in college; the degree we earned in college; anything we haven’t used, worn, or specifically enjoyed in the past year; all of it. So how did we sit among these little damask-print rectangles, reposition ourselves because they are wildly uncozy, and conclude that they get to make the joy-sparking cut? Why do we lie to ourselves about these anti-comfort monsters that only work in the confines of Pinterest and magazines your aunts read? Annoyed and terrified (I mean, there’s a good chance I’m someday going to be an aunt—am I doomed to a future of throw pillows?), I looked into the origin of the useless overstuffed puffs. And, yikes, because the story starts with something I very much do love: a regular pillow. Throw pillows do nothing but provide discomfort and clutter. Furthermore, you only need one good pillow when it comes to bedtime,

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2019 Health Fashion

The mental health realness movement is coming for your closet

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April 06, 2019 at 12:00PM by CWC Sure, buying a new pair of platform sneakers or bike shorts can give you a little hit of happiness in the moment. (Dopamine, I know what you’re up to.) But can fashion make a meaningful difference when it comes to improving mental well-being in the long term? A small but growing contingent of brands are banking on it. While their aesthetics and missions are all a little different, each one draws on the lessons of the mental health realness movement—namely, they’re aiming to start a conversation around mental health concerns in order to normalize and destigmatize them. One of the first entrants to the scene was Madhappy, a streetwear brand that launched in early 2017 with a self-proclaimed ethos of optimism and inclusivity. In addition to tees and sweats in cheerful colorways, Madhappy also delivers events featuring mental health pros as speakers. This year, it launched a blog filled with original content and resources pertaining to the topic. “We had seen the rise of celebrity suicides in the press alongside heightened levels of social media abuse all around us, and we wanted to create a brand that could combat that,” says Peiman Raf, one of Madhappy’s four cofounders. “We felt that no brand has been a champion for mental health awareness and were motivated to tackle such a global issue.” Madhappy’s currently working to form charitable partnerships with mental health non-profits—a tactic that’s proven to be pretty powerful for other companies. Last year,

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