Danielle Brooks Is Calling Out ANTM For The Lack Of Plus-Size Models

The good news: The reboot of the show is adding Ashley Graham to the cast as a judge. The bad news: There are no plus-size contestants on this particular season. Brooks, who modeled forLane Bryant’s most recent commercial, was shocked by this contradiction. Michael N. Todaro/FilmMagic and Tommaso Boddi/WireImage A curvy judge but no curvy contestants?," she wrote on her Instagram. They could’ve also highlighted the struggles that come with being plus....

December 20, 2016 · 2 min · 332 words · Amanda Evans

Here’s What To Do If Spending The Holidays With Family Stresses You Out

There’s no better time to bond withfamilythan the holidays. But youve got one thing going for you: foresight. So this year, go in prepared to diffuse, distract, and deflect. Getty Images/estitiana I’d like to meet someone, but I haven’t yet." One of your family friends could introduce you to your new significant other! The first thing Sussman recommends is to realize what a great problem this is to have. That’s an amazing, beautiful thingor what Sussman might call a “champagneproblem....

December 20, 2016 · 3 min · 504 words · Kelsey Bond

This Woman’s Pregnancy Triggered An Incredibly Rare, Painful Genetic Condition

By the end of the weekend, the swelling hadn’t stopped, so Holman got an antihistamine shot. It took five days for the swelling to subside. “[My hands] didn’t look human,” Holman toldCosmopolitan. Getty Images/Caiaimage “Nothing like that had ever happened before.” It wasn’t until Holman called her sister that she realized what was going on. Hereditary angioedema is an incrediblyrare genetic conditioninvolving an inability to properly produce something called a C1-Inhibitor protein....

December 20, 2016 · 2 min · 343 words · Mr. Luke Walker

7 Beauty Trends That Are Going To Be Huge In 2017, According To Pinterest

Pinterest is one resource that we turn to again and again forstyle inspiration,healthy recipes, and body-sculptingworkouts. And this year we’ve seen everything fromsweatpantstounicorn makeupblowing up on the social media site. But Pinterest is already looking ahead to 2017. Ohmygeeee via Pinterest They just released thePinterest 100 board, which outlines trends that are on the rise for next year. So what is going to be popular in 2017? Well, brows made the top of the list, of course....

December 19, 2016 · 2 min · 219 words · Trevor Sutton

How Soccer Star Sara Whalen Hess Turned A Career-Ending Crisis Into A Meaningful New Life Path

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. She had walked away from a spot on the Womens National Team. Getty Images Its just, you cant feel that way indefinitely, Hess says now. Your body can only sustain so much pain. It was like, Just fucking end it. Getty Images I cant deal with this anymore....

December 19, 2016 · 2 min · 382 words · Brianna Palmer

I Worked Out With Khloé Kardashian’s ‘Revenge Body’ Trainer And I’m Still Sweating

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Id be lying if I saidKhloe Kardashians revenge bodytransformation hasnt provided me with some seriousfitspirationover the past few years. BG001 / Bauer-Griffin / Getty Images Shes worked hard to get in amazing shape, and she seems authentic and relatable. Not even the Kardashian Krew has the magic get-in-shape bullet were all searching for....

December 19, 2016 · 2 min · 379 words · Jeanette Flores

Iskra Lawrence Is In Control

Iskra Lawrenceis refreshingly unfiltered. In a landscape of imagery that can feel out of reach, Lawrence is the picture of authenticity. My thighs are great! “Perfect doesn’t exist,” says Lawrence. “We need to see real women’s bodies.” she says with a smile. You dont always need to be this flawless female with amazing skin and done hair. We need to see real womens bodies. Of Instagram, Lawrence says, “I saw it as a way to express myself and show that I’m more than a set of measurements....

December 19, 2016 · 4 min · 752 words · Corey Robinson

5 Lessons You Can Learn From Introverts About Surviving The Holiday Party Season

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Clothing that cant be described as Snuggie-adjacent. Betsie Van Der Meer / Getty Images For a long time, I saw my introversion as a weakness. Not the case, according to California-based therapistTracy Thomas, Ph.D. It doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. It means there’s something very right with you, and your system works, she tells SELF....

December 17, 2016 · 2 min · 373 words · Debra Kaufman

How Instagram Helped One Woman Fall In Love With Her Vitiligo

High school wasn’t easy for Ash Soto. But things started changing as she grew up. When Soto was 12, she noticed a spot of discoloredskinon her neck. Ash Soto/Instagram Vitiligo triggers when someone’s immune system starts destroying their melanocytes (the cells that produce pigment). The condition isn’t contagious or dangerous, and its causes are largely unknown. Because of this, Soto spent much of her adolescence hiding her body, afraid to go outside....

December 16, 2016 · 2 min · 384 words · Dillon Morris

These Best-Selling K-Beauty Skincare Products Of 2016 All Cost $58 Or Less

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Step two: Get your hands on some K-beauty products, and try them out for yourself. Obviously, the full 10-step routine isn’t for everyone, depending on yourskin pop in. But more and more people are becoming interested in Korean skincare routines and products. $6each or$15for all three, Peach & Lily....

December 16, 2016 · 1 min · 173 words · Ashley Mason

What Everyone Can Learn From Hayden Panettiere's 'Friend Break-Up'

WhenHayden Panettierebecame a mother, her life changedand in more ways than one. “I’ll just say the outcome was slim pickings.” Since then, Panettiere has solidified a number of fulfilling friendships. ABC/Mark Levine/Getty Images And experts say what Panettiere experienced is normal, common, and totally healthy. “It’s normal that friendships grow apart and change over time.” “In college, a lot of times friendships revolve arounddrinking,” Carmichael says. In these cases, she says, conflict doesn’t necessarily come into play....

December 16, 2016 · 2 min · 336 words · Tracy Adams

After Losing Her Eyebrows To Chemo, This Woman Is Making Fake Brows For Others

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Pai finished this round of treatments in April 2016. Courtesy of Deanna Pai But she’d lost all her body hairincluding her eyelashes and hereyebrowsin the process. “I lost my eyebrowswhich just hadn’t occurred to me,” Pai tells SELF. Pai, a beauty editor, first realized her eyebrows were gone on a press trip in Hawaii....

December 15, 2016 · 3 min · 482 words · Mark Price

This Medicine Ball Workout Will Work Your Butt Like Never Before

Plus, this medicine ball workout uses the same training tool in different ways. Do the first circuit four times, rest for one minute, then do the second circuit four times. You may also like: The 5-Move Before-Breakfast Workout you might Do At Home Studio Firma / Stocksy Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin Cheryl Carlin

December 15, 2016 · 1 min · 65 words · Dr. Ashley Martinez