It all sounds lovely, but how should you really go about post-workout skin care? It might feel intuitive to scrub sweaty pores after a workout, but could your current skin care routine do more harm than good after you exercise? How should you change your cleansing habits after you sweat? “Sweat cleans your pores, so your skin will just need a quick rinse,” she adds. If you’re especially oily, or just can’t bear to go throughout your day without some sort of washing ritual, you can definitely dab some gentle cleanser on the T-zone....

No matter what it is, the message is clear: You’re on their mind. They’re thinking of you. They miss you in some capacity. You feel a cold wave of anxiety wash over you as your mind spins over what you should do next. You don’t want to respond, but you still feel responsible for their emotions—plus, maybe they’ve changed, and the conversation might be different now. According to psychotherapist Nicholas Moran, LMHC: “[Hoovering] is a key characteristic of toxic relationships and manifests in a variety of ways with the focus on attempting to draw a person back in and control them, kind of like a fisher who is fishing or a puppeteer with a puppet....

Of course, truly sustainable diets need to take human livelihoods into account too. “Sustainability encompasses not only the environmental but also the social and economic equity aspects of the food system,” Kristin Reynolds, Ph.D., chair of food studies at The New School and lecturer at Yale School of the Environment, explains. In a study published earlier this year1, Rose and a team of researchers measured the carbon and water footprint of 16,800 Americans’ daily diets....

Given the multifaceted nature, it can be confusing to know how to use these makeup-meets-skin-care hybrids: Should you use them in tandem with your skin care routine? Or simply treat them like skin-loving foundations? What if it has SPF? To dial up the dew even further, makeup artist Alexandra Compton, product development manager at clean beauty retailer Credo, suggests mixing your BB cream with your moisturizer or face oil. “It will change the finish from dewy to dewiest,” she once told mbg....

While it’s true that some types of the flowering plant require special care, others are pretty easy to tend to at home—no portable greenhouse or expensive LED grow lights required. Here, orchid lovers with a combined hundreds of plants between them share their top tips for nursing these beauties into bloom again and again. But even though there are lots of orchids out there, it doesn’t mean a beginner should try their hand at growing all of them....

One of the more common things people say they want is shiny strands. To achieve high-gloss hair, there are a few care and styling tips to try. Here, seven of ’em: “Conditioner’s role is to increase the moisture content of the hair and improve its elasticity, smooth the cuticle, and soften the hair fiber,” writes hair expert, trichologist, and author Sarah Roberts. All of these things are beneficial for overall hair health, but when you’re talking about shine specifically, smoothing the cuticle does the most work....

There is some debate about what squirt is and where exactly this fluid comes from, as well as if all women can squirt. It’s also possible that squirting is released through the urethra itself. The most important thing is that it can feel really good, and that pleasure is what really matters here. Here’s exactly how to make someone squirt (or how to make yourself squirt) and get it on this fun and adventurous way....