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If you burn your skin from at-home waxing, learn from my mistakes. Here’s what you should do to prevent permanent skin damage from a wax burn. to figure out what works and what doesn’t. Photo: Piotr Marcinski/EyeEm/Getty Take, for instance, the time I tried using an at-home hair-removal kit and suffered second-degree burns fromwaxing. This created a hard disk, which misled me to believe the entire pot was still solid....
Here’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about eyelash tints, including whether it’s worth trying. Luckily, another mentioned eyelashtinting and I was instantly intrigued. Is Eyelash Tinting Safe? Photo: Photo byLisafromPexels Here’s the thing: Neither eyebrow nor eyelash tinting areapproved by the Food and Drug Administration. Just because the FDA hasn’t approved the treatments doesn’t mean salons can’t perform the services. You’ll need to check your state laws to see if nearby salons are allowed to perform eyelash tints....
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Think of it as a woo-woo fidget spinner for adults. Mentally, I’m spent. But physically, I have so much restless energy. Luckily, earlier in quarantine, I stumbled across a weird new tool that seriously helps: acupressure rings. At first, I had no idea what to do with it. It almost feels like using a bumpy foam roller. moving across both hands. While, yes, it feels nice, the real benefit for me is less physical and more mental....
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