Whenever I tell people that I use tanning drops as a black woman, I am almost always met with a look of surprise and often the question, "Why?" Growing up, the Eurocentric ideal of beauty didn't have ...

One day, in around the year 2000, Stella Simona, a high schooler growing up in Los Angeles, drove to her local Sally’s to buy some self-tanner. When she got home, she finally tried her first bottle ...

Stepping into a spray tan booth, applying contouring makeup, or booking a salon appointment may seem like routine beauty habits. Yet, these rituals carry deeper meaning—an unspoken contract between ...

Many years ago, long before recognizing the damaging effects of the sun and becoming an SPF obsessive, my holidays would consist of whole afternoons spent basting myself on the beach while covered in ...

When 22-year-old Lily* glimpses her sun-kissed, evenly bronzed limbs in the mirror, elation washes over her. With every deepening shade of tan, her body confidence soars, and she beams with pride each ...

What does it mean to be beautiful? This is a question with an ever-changing answer. In our society women are expected to fit with the constantly changing beauty standards that have been set for them.

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With her wavy red hair scrunched up high in a ponytail, Chloe Humphries applies collagen patches by the Korean beauty brand Abib under her eyes before grooming her brows with an Anastasia Beverly ...

Beauty and wellness TikToker Isabelle Lux went viral saying eating 3 carrots daily has made her tan. Lux used to eat 10 carrots per day, but was told by her doctor to cut back after getting "really ...