With personalized plans and a user-friendly app, Noom makes eating healthier — and even losing weight — so much easier. If you’re unfamiliar, it works like this: log your meals and snacks into the app, and Noom will categorize your choices into green, yellow, and red foods. As long as you stay within your daily
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The moment you feel seen is powerful. For many Black women, that feeling is few and far between. For the State of Black Beauty, we asked four writers to recall the instance in their life they felt SEEN in media. From Janet Jackson to Eartha Kitt, here are love letters to our Black Beauty icons
Edward BerthelotGetty Images Presidents Day sales are here, giving us a not-so-needed reason to shop. Again. I love any excuse to online window shop, but now that there are deals actually worth investing in, it’s finally time to whip out your credit card. For all my fellow shopping athletes, you know the drill. Much like
Warning: major spoilers for the ending of To All the Boys: Always and Forever ahead. To All the Boys: Always and Forever ends with an earnest promise: Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) and Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) will try to make their relationship last through college, despite living on opposite sides of the country. In
Photo: The Black Foxes of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Image Source: Marching Storm Media. It starts with an eight-count, but dancelines at historically Black colleges and universities are more than just their flashy performances and infectious energy. They are, in many cases, the face of their school. Their choreographed stands — routines done entirely
Black people working in the beauty industry are required to not just be high-level performers but shapeshifters able to comport themselves in reaction to whatever is thrown their way. Most times, that means staring the industry’s storied history of blatant discrimination and half-baked diversity in the face. Black models are the first to point out
Dana Trippe (@TrippyDana) For musician and artist Jesse Jo Stark, 2020 was supposed to be the year. She’d been touring like crazy to promote her music, which sounds—in truly the best way—like a Creamsicle doused in whiskey and set aflame with a Zippo in a dive bar. She’d created a tiny line of merch called
Photography via instagram.com/uvebeautyHadn’t considered sanitizing your makeup? Here’s what you need to know about antimicrobial beauty products including, of course, if you need to be using them. By Souzan Michael Galway Date February 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter In the last year, we’ve collectively thought about, talked about, and purchased items like hand sanitizer and sanitizing
Years ago, I worked at an upscale restaurant with a huge communal table in the middle of the dining room. It sat 26 and was reserved for large groups. Apparently, there are people with 25 friends. When there weren’t large groups, the table sat empty. During lunch and dinner rushes, we offered seats there to
Over the last week, Justin Timberlake has been the subject of much discussion for how he built and bolstered his career off of his mistreatment of his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears after their breakup (accusing her of cheating in “Cry Me a River,” etc.) and Super Bowl 2004 co-headliner Janet Jackson, after he exposed her nipple
When we think about great snacks, we want options. Some days we might be feeling like a sweet treat, and other times cravings for a salty snack might strike. So, having a well stocked pantry or snack drawer at your desk is absolutely essential. Always wanting to keep it healthy, we’ve rounded up every single
For the State of Black Beauty, ELLE.com chatted with six Black icons to hear how they define Black beauty and how they see themselves in the space—in their own words. Black beauty, what it means to me is Maya Angelou’s poem, “Phenomenal Woman.” It’s loving your hips, your nose, your hair. It’s embracing all of
Photography courtesy of Instagram/@bennydrama7.Including Lizzo wearing Lesley Hampton for a home workout. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date February 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter To say this week has been a major one for Canadian fashion is quite an understatement, with the likes of poet and all-around icon Amanda Gorman wearing a joyful yellow dress by Greta
If the fan theory machine churning at full blast is any indication, WandaVision—Marvel’s first serialized foray into the uncharted waters of streaming—is a massive hit. The show siphons the best parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the adventure, the powers, the Easter eggs) and blends them with the completely original element of all-American sitcoms. Elizabeth
“I didn’t come this far to only come this far.” That’s the mindset that eventually convinced Simone Biles to keep training for the Tokyo Olympics even after they were postponed for a year, an unprecedented announcement that left the superstar gymnast depressed, she revealed in an interview with 60 Minutes airing Sunday, Feb. 14. “I
The moment you feel seen is powerful. For many Black women, that feeling is few and far between. For the State of Black Beauty, we asked four writers to recall the instance in their life they felt SEEN in media. From Janet Jackson to Eartha Kitt, here are love letters to our Black Beauty icons
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF The Toronto Black Film Festival. GRAPHIC BY KAYLEEN DICUANGCO.“We want people to understand what inclusion really means.” By Odessa Paloma Parker Date February 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter As has been the case for most festivals and events over the course of the last year, the 9th annual Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF)
Meghan Markle is ending her week with a major legal victory in the UK. Judge Mark Warby ruled in the Duchess of Sussex’s favor on her High Court privacy claim against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of The Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, which ran excerpts of her private handwritten letter to her father, Thomas
Trigger warning: The following story discusses eating disorders and disordered eating behavior. At the beginning of my four-year intermittent fasting (IF) journey, I was experiencing so many health benefits such as decreased bloating, improved mental clarity and sleep, and I was able to lose the baby weight I’d been holding on to for four years.
She was in the shower when she first felt it. A lump where no woman ever wants to find one. Just below the armpit, near the side of the breast. It was uncomfortable to touch, and big—about the size of a golf ball. After drying off, she immediately texted her doctor: I think I might
“Black is the renaissance of culture,” says Marcus Paul, one of the five Black creatives tapped by Sam Lobban, Nordstrom SVP Designer and New Concepts. Nordstrom honors Black culture and Black History Month through their newest pop-up shop, Concept 012: Black_Space. New Concepts is a platform that demonstrates Nordstrom’s commitment to bringing upcoming designers to
Design by Kayleen DicuangcoThis is Texture Talk, a weekly column that deep dives into the dynamic world of curly hair, from crowns of curls that are free flowing to strands that are tucked away in a protective style. By Kenisha Alexander Date February 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter If you’ve been looking for a sign that
Last April, a few weeks into pandemic lockdown, a strange phenomenon occurred. Friends and acquaintances messaged me to say they, in so many words, “finally understood what my life was like.” I didn’t know how to respond to those messages then, but I think I do now. See, I’m chronically ill. I live with Crohn’s,
We can’t stop, won’t stop watching every NCAA gymnastics floor routine that hits the internet (every. single. one.), and we’ve been waiting for Margzetta Frazier’s since the start of the season. The UCLA star captured our hearts back in 2019 with a voguing-inspired routine, then hit the floor in 2020 with a flashy performance set
