Read More at Well+Good Come winter, putting on lip balm no longer simply feels like a nice thing to do—it’s a necessity. During these colder months, you need to moisturize your lips just like you do your face and body. Without regular balm application, you’ll be left with dry, cracked, itchy lips that you’re tempted to lick for relief (which, by the way, is a bad idea, because it can lead to lip-lickers dermatitis), so be sure to keep a tub or tube of the stuff on hand (or at the very least, floating around in your purse or car console) at all times. But! Not all lip balms are created equally, so you’ll want to find a formula that truly lives up to its hydrating promise. According to derms, a good lip balm will moisturize your lips while sealing…
Stitch Fix Is Amplifying Six Emerging Black Designers—Here Are Our Favorite Functional and Stylish Pieces From the Collection
Read More at Well+Good Stitch Fix, the one-stop shop for all of your personal styling and online shopping needs, recently launched its second Elevate Collection. For those of you unfamiliar, Elevate collaborates with up and coming designers and entrepreneurs of color with the goal to diversify the fashion landscape. Since its first launch back in 2021, the program has granted a $25,000 cash grant to each recipient along with mentorship from Stitch Fix’s top executives, and this year’s collection features work from six Black designers and brands: Besida, BruceGlen, Edas, Gracemade, Megan Renee, and Taylor Jay. Programs like Stitch Fix’s Elevate are monumental, especially in the fashion industry where there are problematically too few designers or creative directors of color. For example, of the 69 designers and creative directors at major fashion brands, only four were Black, as reported by…
I’ve Made Hundreds of Nourishing Potato Recipes Since Graduating Culinary School—This Is My Absolute Favorite
Read More at Well+Good If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would, hands down, be potatoes. IMO, they’re one of the most versatile (and nourishing) ingredients that can be cooked to perfection a million and one ways. Mashed potatoes, french fries, baked potatoes…Someone, please stop me, because the list can go on and on. During my time at culinary school, the students had access to a large bin of potatoes to practice knife skills, and we’d use the leftover scraps in meals later on—a waste-free teaching trick of sorts. Of course, once we got bored of eating mashed potatoes five days a week (despite my adoration for the dish, one does need some variation in their diet), my fellow classmates and I challenged ourselves with hundreds of different creative ways to cook this…
This Easy, In-Shower Hack Will Make Your Favorite Fragrance Last All. Day. Long.
Read More at Well+Good When you spritz on your favorite scent before a night out, that first whiff is intoxicating. But over the course of the evening, it starts to fade until there’s barely any detectable scent left—which is a total bummer, especially when you want to flaunt how amazing a newly-bought fragrance smells on your skin. According to Greta Pagel, the fragrance director at Good Chemistry, there are a few different factors that can cause your fragrance to fade. “Longevity is dependent upon fragrance type, composition, and even shifts in temperature and humidity in our environments and noses,” she says. In other words, certain scents are meant to last longer than others (for example, something with “rich, lasting base notes” like amber, vanilla, and musk will last longer than a light floral; and “eau de parfums” tend to last…