When I was in middle school, I carpooled with a friend whose dad would vigorously mow his stubble with electric clippers while driving us through the busy, chaotic streets of Los Angeles. I understood back then — and I understand even more so now, as a highly...
Mistook your monthly magazine for a pack of One Wipe Charlies and flushed it down the toilet? No worries, here’s the online version! In this edition: The Nudist’s Guide to Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin Why is Sensitive Skin So Damn Sensitive? Should I Be Moisturizing...
If you’ve dared to venture out of quarantine long enough to go to the supermarket or — eek! — made your way through a half-empty airport in these dark and trying times, no doubt you’ve seen someone wearing a mask. No, not those types of masks —...
As you brave the coronavirus pandemic by staying indoors, streaming endless videos and establishing a large depression in your couch, you might be daydreaming about relaxing outdoors, soaking up some sun and getting your bronze on. And while you might decide to do exactly that when your...
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the sun can’t hurt you, especially on cloudy days. After all, how could you possibly get a sunburn when it’s overcast and cold out? The answer is, easily enough that you’d be smart to make putting on sunscreen part...
In the interest of looking beach-ready, you may well be thinking about embarking upon a regular plan of at least the G (gym) and T (tan) in GTL. But if you’re vaguely aware that the sun is bad for your bare skin and wondering, “How can I...
Anyone who recently shaved their head, or went bald, will tell you that a combination of sunscreen and hats is the only thing forestalling their dome from turning into one giant blister due to the sun blasting it with powerful radiation all day long. One time I...
The higher the SPF, the stronger the sunscreen — that’s how most of us think SPF works, right? And while that’s not entirely wrong, it’s also not the whole story. To keep us all in the know (and a little more protected when the sun starts shining...
Sunscreen vs. sunblock is arguably the least heated debate ever — most of us grab whatever’s on the shelf, slap it on and, so long as we’re not a luminous pink when the sun sets, we’re happy. We should care, though: The sun protection we use today...
Getting older comes with some definite perks: Acne is (typically) a distant memory, your shoe size stops changing and, of course, you can get into R-rated movies. Heck, people even pay attention to you when you speak, lest they miss out on any of the wisdom you’ve...
You are what you eat, as they say, which means, if you smell like a gallon of milk that spent two weeks sunbathing on the dashboard of a car parked in Death Valley, hey, you might be able to blame that random gallon of milk you found...
Put a beanie on and snap into your skis, because climate change is shortening our snow seasons, and therefore, you might only have a few more weeks to shred the gnar and get freaking glacial, dude. But while you’re out there, you need to take care of...