Good news: According to the experts, there are a few nail care tweaks to help make your nail polish last longer. Here, their tips and tricks to give the mani some staying power: That said, you’ll want to avoid soaking your fingertips after the mani, too (with warm baths, washing dishes, and the like). Not only can the water cause your nails to expand and contract, which can lift the pigment, but it can also make them brittle and dry over time....

Men’s and women’s sexual arousal, desire, and pleasure work in essentially the same way. The sexual response mechanism in your brain—everyone’s brain—has two basic parts: It’s the same sensation (tickling), but a different perception. It’s either fun or annoying (or some variation thereof) because the context is different—your state of mind, the state of your relationship. And that’s normal. No one would ever judge or blame you for not wanting to be tickled while you’re feeling annoyed, right?...

And as we get older, mature and settle into our own choices and routines, we often tend to think That’s just the way I am, without remembering how much of a role our childhood observations played in the equation. I’d argue that we all ought to take a moment to think for a bit, and ask where we stand. Think of your career, your love life, or things you want in the future and consider this: what do I really want?...

For our whole lives, the dominating stretch paradigm has taught us to go to our edge, then try to go farther. But here’s the deal: Our concept of stretching may be outdated. “There is a neuromuscular inhibitory response to static stretching,” Malachy McHugh, the director of research at the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, told the New York Times. “The straining muscle becomes less responsive and stays weakened for up to 30 minutes after stretching, which is not how an athlete wants to begin a workout....

ISFJs make up about 5 to 6% of the population and are twice as likely to be female as male, according to Dario Nardi, Ph.D., personality expert and author of Neuroscience of Personality. He adds that sometimes, their preferences conflict, noting that while they do like people, they are also introverts. Similarly, they can be very technical and concrete but also quite creative. “This is someone who is always trying to help and look out for their partner,” Hallett adds, noting this can lead to doing “too much” in the relationship or neglecting their own needs....

“The downside of the keto diet is that to get and stay in ketosis—the state where your body burns fat rather than glucose as its predominant fuel source—you’ll need to keep your carbohydrate intake between about 20 and 50 grams a day1,” says board-certified internist and mbg Collective member Vincent M. Pedre, M.D. (For reference, a small apple has 20 grams of carbohydrates2.) Because carbohydrates are so restricted on a keto diet, this usually means eliminating most high-carb foods, but that doesn’t mean your plate should be stacked with meat and cheese....

In other words, when these incidents stand alone, it’s easier to move on from them relatively unscathed without it detrimentally altering your way of being or relating to others. However, when these events are strung together, we begin to form a mosaic colored with a demonstrated history of repeated, emotional wounding. “If not addressed, these subtle hurts build up over time and undermine a person’s view of their self-worth and self-esteem, in turn compromising the capacity for healthy relationships,” holistic therapist Sarah Rocha, LPC and CCTP, tells mbg....