Cicy/E+/Getty Images Did you start doing your nails at home during the pandemic? Many salon-goers tried it after a few months in quarantine, and for some, the habit stuck even once salons reopened. According to market data, the home nail care industry grew by $2.25 billion from 2020 to 2024. But as more and more people began doing their gel polish themselves, something else began to grow: the number of people who became allergic to gel. A nail gel allergy sounds relatively harmless, but it can be super uncomfortable, and it has some surprising consequences. Here’s everything we know about...
A "Melatonin Hangover" May Be The Reason You Feel Like Garbage In The Morning
Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images I struggle with sleep. I rarely get more than five to six hours a night — even when I’m exhausted. So, like many people, I’ve turned to melatonin on occasion to try to help me get a little more shuteye. But every single time I’ve used melatonin supplements, I’ve spent the next day feeling groggy and just generally out of it. Eventually, I got curious enough to do a little digging into this drowsy side effect, and I discovered an interesting term: the melatonin hangover. Clearly, I’m not the only one who has this reaction to melatonin...
A Women Who Is Childless By Choice Asked Parents Why They Had Children
Images By Tang Ming Tung/DigitalVision/Getty Images People without kids are often asked (sometimes by complete strangers) why thy don’t have children. It’s an answer that can be completely heartbreaking to answer for some and, at the very best, completely rude for others. After all, society isn’t constantly asking parents to explain to the world why they decided to have kids. What would happen, though, if we did? This week, a woman who is childless by choice asked parents on X to share why they made the choice to have kids — and she didn’t want the fluffy answers. “Let’s flip...
Dreams Of Being Cheated On? Here's Why You're Waking Up Mad At Your Partner
Alex Potemkin/E+/Getty Images It happens maybe once or twice a year — I wake up from a bad dream, completely furious at my husband. Bless him, it doesn’t take long for him to catch up with what’s happening. “Did I cheat on you in a dream again?” he’ll ask as I give him a side-eye over coffee. He reassures me it would never happen and, hand-to-heart, I do know that. But having dreams of being cheated on can really make you feel icky when you wake up. You feel insecure, you feel sad, you feel angry — and it’s all...