Author: Richard C. Trotter

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP A decade or two ago, the term “empties” wasn’t about using a product to the last drop, but rather, dermatologists packing vacant suitcases to take to Paris to fill with skin-care crèmes, mists, and waters from brands like Bioderma, Biafine, and Avène. Nowadays, the globalization of skin…

Alyssa Ages was no stranger to the gym when she had a miscarriage in her mid-30s. A Strongman competitor, CrossFitter, and Ironman finisher, she was the strongest she’d ever been athletically. But after losing the pregnancy, she felt vulnerable and broken, and lost a sense of trust in her body. When she returned to the gym, the goal wasn’t to build more strength, but to tap into strength training’s palliative emotional capabilities. “After my miscarriage, I was searching for something more—a way to believe in my body once again,” Ages says. While weight lifting is, of course, not a replacement…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP It’s a tale as old as time (or at least since department stores were first built): You wander the makeup aisles trying to find the perfect beauty presents for the makeup aficionado in your life. The more you look, the more overwhelmed you are by all the product choices—would they even like this or do they have it already? There’s no need to panic and…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Despite loving clothes and the whole process of curating a *look*, the holidays—and all.of.the.parties—require putting together a lot of different outfits, which honestly tires me out before the partying even starts. I personally can never leave the house for a party in something I don’t absolutely love (or that’s…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Picture this: It’s the night of a friend’s holiday party, and you’re looking in the mirror admiring your cute outfit. But as your Uber pulls up, you realize you don’t have any holiday coats that go with your festive ‘fit. So what do you do? You have two options. One, you can choose a jacket that doesn’t quite match your meticulously styled look, which is…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP There’s a growing body of research that suggests weighted blankets are an effective therapeutic tool for treating anxiety, but as a weighted blanket convert, I don’t need to see the receipts to know just how soothing they can be. If you know, you know: the heavy pressure…

As I’m getting ready for sleep, the distant murmur of London traffic is a permanent part of the soundscape in my bedroom. Equally omnipresent is talk of subatomic particles and how the sun will swallow the Earth one day; my partner Luke likes to drift off to sleep amid the sounds of “black hole videos,” or videos about space and science. I found it odd at first, but I’ve come to appreciate the roster of pensive astrophysicists who accompany us to bed. Their engaging narratives and cool graphics transport us to the far reaches of the universe and of human…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP With temperatures plunging outside and Sahara-dry heating indoors, autumn wreaks havoc on my skin. Dullness and dehydration exacerbate fine lines and enlarged pores, so there’s no better time to use multifunctional products to comfort a stressed complexion. And Clarins Double Serum ($134), which promises hydrating and anti-aging…

Anna Kaiser has trained her fair share of celebrities and regular exercisers alike over the years. But when she’s working with singer Alicia Keys, she knows she can expect something a little different. “I’ve never seen her check her phone,” says Kaiser. “Every other celebrity I’ve ever worked with—and also non-celebrity—checks their phones, but Alicia has never done that. The minute she walks into the studio, she is present. She’s like, I’m here, this is my time.” There is, of course, no shortage of pressing commitments Keys could be checking in on: Hot off her Keys to the Summer tour,…

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