— MERIT There are some things I’ve recognized fairly quickly upon becoming a mom of two. Sleep, for one, is a rare luxury. The lack of said sleep means most days, I wake up to a jump scare in the mirror when I find Medusa staring back at me. As a beauty editor, I’ve always savored my glam time — which brings me to my other realization: Time is just a construct in Mom Land. What was once “my time” is now a collective “their time,” which means my beauty routine needs to be efficient, quick, and easy. Selfishly, I...
I'm Constantly Advocating For My Kid & It's Mentally Exhausting
— damircudic/E+/Getty Images My daughter Indy was born at 34 weeks, and after a traumatic birth, she was admitted to the NICU. I immediately went into hyper-vigilance mode, gathering all of the information, following every direction, and taking whatever steps were needed to help her get healthy. After she was released from the hospital and I was in therapy for postpartum PTSD, my therapist at the time assured me that my daughter was safe and that I didn’t need to be on constant alert anymore. She was wrong, though. As she developed, Indy was consistently behind on her milestones (even...
'Love Is Blind' Season 7 Has An Official Release Date, & It's Mere Weeks Away
— Greg Gayne/Netflix © 2024 Pass the gold wine goblet and arrange all the fancy pillows — Love Is Blind Season 7 is officially on its way. Hot on the heels of Season 6, which might have been the most insane of all the Love Is Blind seasons, Love Is Blind Season 7 is set in our nation’s capital, and I, for one, can not wait. Give me my notebook… I’ve got things to write down. The season synopsis reads: “The hit reality series is back for a seventh season, following a new set of singles from Washington, D.C. —...
New Documentary 'Child Star,' Directed By Demi Lovato, Is Coming To Hulu
— IMDB Were you a Disney kid or a Nickelodeon kid? We all had our favorite series and stars, and maybe you even spent some time daydreaming about how fun it would be to get slimed with your friends on TV. But after years of child stars speaking out about unfair working conditions, their earnings being kept from them, and rampant sexual abuse in the entertainment industry, it’s clear as adults that being a kid actor isn’t all fame and hanging with friends. The new Hulu documentary Child Star, premiering Sept. 17, asks the question at the heart of this...