Month: July 2021

Trying to Grow Your Hair? Take a Look at These Products.

Trying to Grow Your Hair? Take a Look at These Products.

It happens to the best of us: you cut your hair and love it for a few weeks then wish you could reverse back time and have long hair again. With changing hair trends, it can be hard to keep up. Keep reading to learn about some products that can promote healthy hair growth.

Allyson Felix uplifts women in the world of athletic wear

Allyson Felix uplifts women in the world of athletic wear

Allyson Felix is taking big steps for women in the male-dominated world of athletic wear. The 35-year-old star sprinter is racing in this year’s Olympics as a mother. Felix has won more medals in Track and Field than any other female Olympian and broke the record for most medals in the World Athletic Championship only 10 months after giving birth.

Suni Lee is the First Asian American Woman to Win Gold at the Olympics

Suni Lee is the First Asian American Woman to Win Gold at the Olympics

Olympic gymnast Suni Lee has broken quite a few records last week at the Tokyo Games. Lee won the gold medal on Thursday in the women’s individual all-around gymnastic final, defending the title despite the absence of the reigning champion, Simone Biles, who withdrew from the competition due to mental health reasons.

Billie Eilish Releases New Album, “Happier Than Ever”

Billie Eilish Releases New Album, “Happier Than Ever”

Billie Eilish dropped her highly anticipated second album, Happier Than Ever on Friday. The singer kept herself busy during 2020 after she won Album of the Year for her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.

The 19-year-old released a critically acclaimed documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry in February and she also released five singles for her sophomore album. “My Future,” “Therefore I Am,” “Your Power,” “Lost Cause,” and “NDA” that all charted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will represent U.S at Olympics closing ceremony

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will represent U.S at Olympics closing ceremony

U.S Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield will represent the U.S. at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony on Aug. 8

She will see U.S. athletes participate in finals and meet with members of Team USA, as well as Japanese and Olympic officials, during her visit, which runs from Aug. 6-8, according to NBC News.

Biden suggests that states offer $100 rewards to individuals who get vaccinated

Biden suggests that states offer $100 rewards to individuals who get vaccinated

On Thursday, President Joe Biden recommended that states offer $100 awards to newly vaccinated individuals. A statement from the administration read: “The American Rescue Plan (ARP) provided states, territories, and localities resources that can be used to offer incentives to increase vaccination rates, and today, the President will call on every state, territory, and local government to use this ARP funding to provide $100 to anyone who gets vaccinated.”

Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty line is just what I needed this summer

Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty line is just what I needed this summer

During the first few weeks of the summer, I became interested in the reviews that people made on singer and actress Selena Gomez’s makeup line Rare Beauty. Positive review after positive review I increasingly became engrossed in her line. A few eyeshadows and lip glosses later, I now own the whole collection and I hold no shame toward the fact.

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