Stacy London on owning your prime
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Part 2: Stacy London on owning your prime
"Be your own advocate in life and health. And all the money you spent on tampons, cups, and pads over the years? Go buy some earrings. Get some jewels."
By Gretchen Kalwinski
The Midst: Apparently they only test seat belts using crash-test dummies with male physiology, not female. So it’s like, great, we’re being ignored once again.
Stacy London: This is the first time I’ve seen such an important industry be so rocked. What’s happening in femtech right now, and anything related to women’s health, is huge. It’s not just menopause, it’s all of it. It’s that we’re diagnosed four to six years later than men for hundreds of diseases.
It’s [also] that our pain is dismissed and ignored. That’s always been the case because our pain may not be your average male doctor’s version of pain. He doesn’t know what that pain means, he has no empathy for what that feels like.
My dirty little secret: Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair
By Lauria Locsmondy
When I turned 30, my Auntie Kathleen gifted me my first bottle of beauty cult classic Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair — with a knowing wink of what was to come. Now 17 years later, I still slather it all over my face every night – and morning – and am mildly addicted to its glamorously dewy moisture.
The brand calls itself “a next-generation super serum that visibly reduces multiple signs of aging with fast-repair and youth-generating power.” Sephora lists more than 2,400 reviews, with a 4-out-of-5–star rating and more than 69,000 fan-user hearts. I call it my game-changer.
Advanced Night Repair’s benefits include improvements in uneven texture, pore size, and the obvious “anti-aging” properties. When I was younger, I was baffled by how this seemingly old-lady product simmered down my acne. Now I’m impressed by how it continues to improve my skin’s texture. The serum is oil- and paraben-free and features hyaluronic acid, which all we know, helps our skin stretch and flex, reduces wrinkles and lines, helps wounds heal faster, and can reduce scarring (Cleveland Clinic).
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