Read More at Sixty and Me [[{“value”:” According to a study by the American Association of Consultant Pharmacists, the average 60+ person in the United States fills upwards of 15 prescriptions a year. That leaps to 18 or more as we age. Those in facilities are grotesquely overmedicated, often as a way to control behavior. This has led to some $177 billion in medical costs, much of which is pharma-related accidents, overdoses and interactions. An article published in The Wall Street Journal claims that one in four women over 40 is on anti-depressants. We get medicated for everything that ails us, much of which could be better dealt with using traditional medicine: better food choices, more exercise, having a purpose in life and finding happiness and gratitude in our everyday surroundings. Those simple choices, which cost far less than hospitalization,…
4 Common Mistakes That Are Making Your Skin Look Even Drier, According to an Professional Makeup Artist
Read More at Well+Good Putting on makeup over dry, flaky skin isn’t easy. And while you may turn to products like foundation and concealer to enhance the look of your complexion, if you don’t apply them correctly, you can actually make that dryness more apparent. So we tapped Neil Scibelli, a makeup artist in New York City, to share the dry-skin makeup mistakes you don’t want to make. “It can be tricky to apply makeup to dry skin when there isn’t much hydration to bind to,” says Scibelli. “This results in seeing the makeup texture on top of the skin rather than it seamlessly blending in. I think it’s also important to go for formulas that complement dry skin, or the drying effects can accentuate pores and settle into fine lines on the skin.” To prevent having your makeup draw…
Luxury Brands Are Going ‘Sustainable,’ But Is It Really Making a Difference?
Read More at Well+Good When you’re shopping for a luxury beauty product, you want the luxury experience. But though all that pretty packaging looks great on a bathroom counter, it comes with an ugly consequence: increased waste production. The cosmetics industry produces 120 billion units of packaging each year, and these containers are often made from materials that are either difficult or impossible to recycle. The good news is that luxury brands are starting to become more mindful of their environmental impact, but the bad news is that creating sustainable products is expensive and incentivizing sustainable practices is difficult. “Beauty products in general, high-end beauty products especially, tend to be very heavy-packaging laden,” says Randi Kronthal-Sacco, senior scholar of marketing and corporate outreach at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business. “So any opportunity to reduce the plastic, carbon, and energy…
‘Habit Stacking’ Is the Simple Mind Trick for Making a New Routine or Ritual Stick
Read More at Well+Good Starting a new ritual or habit, whether it’s washing your face every night or taking a walk every afternoon, can feel daunting for many of us. And forget starting a whole wellness routine. Mornings complete with journaling, meditating, and yoga before breakfast might as well be aspirational, reserved for only the most methodical among us…right? Well, not if you consider the basic premise of habit stacking, which says that you only need to find one thing you regularly do by default in order to build an entire tower of routine practices. Developed by self-help author S.J. Scott in his book Habit Stacking: 97 Small Life Changes That Take Five Minutes or Less, the concept of habit stacking is just what it sounds like. You identify any regular habit (which can be as small as brushing your…