But bright, healthy skin doesn’t just happen by simply wishing it into existence. In contrast, everyone can benefit from working to achieve a glowing complexion—regardless of your skin tone, age, or gender. Skin brightening focuses on banishing dullness, reducing hyperpigmentation, and removing dry, flaky skin, which can make you look tired, with uneven tone. Thankfully, brightening your skin doesn’t have to involve questionable ingredients or practices. Depending on your overall goals, you can focus on brightening through a range of options....

Masochism is popularly associated with BDSM (also known as Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadochism and Masochism); a sexual masochist is someone who likes pain as part of sexual activity, which can be a healthy and empowering kink. The psychological masochist is someone who looks for ways to torment themselves in their day-to-day. To know if someone is a masochist, we’ve broken down some common masochistic behaviors, traits, and tendencies....

Whether your inner voice is responding to a present situation, reflecting on a past experience, or helping to guide you in the future, astrologer and author of Cosmic Health Jennifer Racioppi says, “No matter what, the inner voice is the voice of truth—our unique voice of truth that comes from within. Simply put, our inner voice is our innate intelligence.” And when we listen to it, she adds, we turn inward “to hear what our body and soul have to say before looking to the world outside of ourselves for direction....

But like all good things, collagen production decreases with age1, so we find ourselves reaching for anything and everything possible to boost collagen in the body. We tapped some top experts to get the scoop on foods that are sure to support your collagen production. Keep scrolling and add these to your grocery list, stat. Collagen’s role in the body4 is vital: It helps make up the structure of our skin, bone, cartilage, and muscle, with the purpose of helping tissues be more elastic and withstand stretching (So, for example, it keeps skin looking young and supple)....

Despite the hype, it’s a bit of an elusive umbrella term—what makes a product so beneficial for beauty-minded folk? Sure, you can find many of the same ingredients formulated into topicals, but ingesting them can help your body enhance its natural antioxidant power.* Beauty from the inside out, as they say… Join us as we walk through how to find the right beauty supplement for your skin and hair goals and the options we believe are the very best....

But people often overlook some of the glaring signs of scalp inflammation—they might brush off the symptoms entirely, regarding them as “normal” dryness from the changing of the seasons. When really, these signs could be tell-alls for a much larger issue going on underneath the surface. According to board-certified dermatologist and founder of Mudgil Dermatology, Adarsh Vijay Mudgil, M.D., even a significant amount of dandruff and scaling can build up and suffocate the hair follicles....

Maybe you’ve heard it’s a myth that birth control can negatively affect your future fertility. But while it’s true there are no studies showing that it directly interferes with conception, we also don’t have extensive research on the long-term impact of birth control on women’s health. In fact, there’s a lot we don’t know about fertility in general, let alone the intricacies that may come with using hormonal birth control for a decade or longer!...