Hailey Baldwin, a 21-year-old model, grew up in Rockland County, N.Y., and now lives in Brooklyn. The daughter of the actor Stephen Baldwin, she has modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Guess and more, and she is a beauty ambassador for BareMinerals, a makeup brand. Below, she shares her skin care, beauty and life advice. Skin Care…
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The food writer Nik Sharma was 8 when he made his first pot of rice. It was a disaster. He found a bottle of Rooh Afza, a rose-flavored concentrated syrup popular throughout South Asia, in the studio apartment in the Bandra neighborhood of Mumbai, India, where he grew up in the late…
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Medical providers and policymakers have already recognized that birth doulas improve such health outcomes. Two states, Minnesota and Oregon, now include birth doula services in their Medicaid coverage, and in the spring of this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a pilot program to expand Medicaid coverage for doulas in New York. The idea of hiring…
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Headliner The Woo SoHo Is this the name of a new bridal shop? Hardly. But those who have followed the Korean restaurant scene over the years will recognize the update of one of its pioneers, the elegant Woo Lae Oak, which opened in SoHo in 1999 and closed seven years ago. It was founded by…
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For atmosphere, Village Cafe is roundly beaten by my second-favorite Azerbaijani restaurant in Brooklyn, Old Baku in Kensington. Walk past the awning that says “private club,” past the curtained booths in the front dining room, past the open kitchen where chefs scoop burning coals to keep the fire under the kebabs going strong, and you…
DetailsDiet can influence microbe colonies not only in the gut, but also in other body parts, such as the female breast in mammals. The influence is strong enough to create conditions that are pro- or anticancer. The Mediterranean diet is rich in fish, nuts, fruits, and vegetables, as well as olive oil. So concluded researchers…
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Image Credit Women are commonly advised to drink extra water to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections, or U.T.I.s, but until now there has been little evidence that it works. Now a randomized trial has found that women who drink more water do indeed get fewer infections. Researchers studied 140 women with recurrent U.T.I.s who habitually…
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Cookbook covers can be like optical illusions. Take “Microwave Cooking for One,” which features the author, Marie T. Smith, alone with some platters of color-saturated food. Some readers may see desolation and gloom behind her smile. Some, a dusty meme. But others see a triumphant model of practicality and self-care. The chef Anita Lo was…
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Getty ImagesDominique Charriau In addition to giving showgoers the perfect beach experience at Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld also proposed a new way to tote your stuff: double bagging it. Getty ImagesPascal Le Segretain Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Getty ImagesDominique Charriau Why wear one, when you could wear two? A thrifty styling trick, to be sure.…
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