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Reflections

Adults Only You can keep your baby bump, your breast pump, and your spit-up embroidered clothes. For some, the child-free life is filled with pleasure

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Listen Up!

Hearing profoundly affects our happiness, memory, and social connections. It’s all too often ignored, but optimizing yours has never looked better

The Look From Here

Detox Vacation The spa of the future is all about data, but can four days in a coddled, calibrated paradise really move the needle? Pack your hiking shoes—we’re going to Spain!

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Reflections

Life After Sex Work Living as a dominatrix was complicated. But re-entering the “normal” workforce was even more challenging

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sobering news

Good to the Last Drop Is it possible to drink to your health anymore? The science and new guidelines about alcohol might change your mind

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Dream On!

Is an eye-wateringly expensive mattress the fastest route to the most restorative sleep? The salespeople at Hästens would like a word with your wallet

Love’s Labors, Lost

Dating apps leave a lot to be desired. But is there a better way?

Truer Words

“To me, beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.”


—Oscar Wilde

Head Cases

What About Bob? Who would’ve guessed that the snoozy, stodgy bob would become the favorite cool-girl cut? It just took some tweaks, a little mess, and a loose attitude

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Seeing Rouge

Swipe it across your cheeks—just don’t stop there …

Cool Hunter

With her idiosyncratic style, Chloë Sevigny has a knack for keeping people guessing. She explains the intricacy of her distinctive look

Lights Out!

Getting into Bed with Patrick Dempsey The actor, race-car driver, and “sexiest man” of 2023 reveals his nighttime routine in exquisite detail

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Coupling

Till Friends Do Us Part My husband and I share absolutely everything—except a social life

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Vanity Case

The Fall of Man What happens when a man who banks on his looks starts to lose them? Boo-hoo!

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Hype Buster

Slathering on the Midnight Oil Our science guy weighs in on whether face oils really live up to their hydrating hype

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The Look From Here

Turn On the Red Light! Clever marketing campaigns for L.E.D. and laser devices make all sorts of promises. But can these so-called skin saviors take the heat?

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Ultra Violet

As the fairy-tale life of Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey enters its next chapter, her business goes back on the block

Release Me!

I went to the Golden Door spa expecting kale salads and aqua aerobics. Instead, I found something much deeper

Bust a Move

Muscle Madness Jazzercise, Buns of Steel, Zumba: the latest workouts take ridiculous names to new highs … and lows

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The Tyranny of Tracking

Fitbits and Oura Rings promise to make us healthier, happier, and more productive—but at what cost?

A Look Back

Best in Glow More than 30 years ago, Touche Éclat ignited the highlighting trend and changed attitudes about makeup

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Lights Out!

Getting into Bed with Tiler Peck The principal dancer (and longtime Sugar Plum Fairy) at New York City Ballet shares her evening routine in exquisite detail

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Age of Reason

Doc Star Status Can you really chop 20 years from your biological age? Paging Dr. Hyman!

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