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If you choose shaving as a method of hair removal, you know that settling for any old blade dragging along your precious skin can leave you with painful razor bumps, razor burn, ingrown hairs, and other painful (and unsightly) skin issues. While there are plenty of mistakes you can make shaving, a lot of the work comes from choosing a great razor to shave with.
To find the best razors for women, experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute rounded up the best razors on the market once in 2015 and again in 2021 when we sent them to a panel of
Black Eyeliner Is Back
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black eyeliner has been a makeup rite of passage for people since the dawn of time. Dating back to ancient Egypt, the likes of Cleopatra and Queen Nefertiti reached for kohl for not only aesthetics but also believe it could prevent and treat eye infections. In India, kajal has been smeared on in hopes of warding off the evil eye for centuries.
The early 20th century marked black eyeliner s rise to popularity in America as silent film stars, like Theda Bara and Rudolph Valentino defined their eyes with it. We saw its resurgence in the ‘70s and ’80s as the sootiness rimming the lids of musicians of the likes of Prince, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie. Black eyeliner later took a pop-punk turn in the early 2000s with Avril Lavigne, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Pete Wentz making thick rings of charcoal their signature stage looks.