How Many Squats Should You Do? Here's What Trainers Say

Fitness Drumroll, yo. But how many squats should you do to really see (and feel) results? Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and angle your toes slightly outwards. Engage your core. Sink your hips back into the squat, as if you’re sitting in an invisible chair. Keep your knees aligned with your toes. Put your weight into heels....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 193 words · Shannon Murphy

How Mars Retrograde 2022 Will Affect Each Sign

Astrology Time for some necessary R&R. Sure,Mercury retrogradehas its place when it comes to chaos and misunderstandings. In astrology, Mars reflects ourprimal urges, aggression, and libido. Its worth noting that Mars isnt actually spinning backward, it just appears that way. Multitasker Gemini is alwaysahead of the curve, but theirhallmark restlessnessis the Achilles heel of Mars retrograde. We may overwhelm ourselves by spreading ourselves thin or accidentally saying thewrong thingat the wrong time....

February 20, 2024 · 3 min · 449 words · Lindsey Boyle

How Melissa Wood-Tepperberg’s Meditation Practice Inspired Her Business

Quick Question The MWH founder on her biggest business lessons and the key to finding your passion. Melissa Wood-Tepperberg starts her mornings at 5 a.m., but shes not a morning person. I started seeing results beyond anything I had ever experienced before in my life, she says. And the best part it was for a fraction of the time [of my previous routine]. I was moving 15 minutes, 20 minutes a day consistently....

February 20, 2024 · 3 min · 501 words · Kimberly Ross

How Quinta Brunson Is Getting Into "Go Mode" For The 2022 Emmys

Beauty Detail TheAbbott Elementarystar chats all things beauty with Bustle. Quinta Brunsonwears many hats: writer, comedian, actor,andcreator-slash-executive- producer of the critically-acclaimed seriesAbbott Elementary. [F]or me, moisturizer [is] the first step before doing anything else. How does one prepare for such a momentous career moment? ManyAbbott Elementaryfans (including myself) turn to the show for a daily dose of joy in their lives. I love TV like that, she says. That was very much part of the reason for creatingAbbott, to give people more TV like that....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 278 words · Ellen Strong

How September's Mercury Retrograde Will Affect Your Sign's Love Life

Astrology Miscommunication and self-reflection are likely. Its that time of the year that astrology buffs all dread Mercury retrograde is back. 9 through Oct. 2, expect tech going haywire, travel delays, and a lot of overall frustration. Clearly, the astrological event can mess with your life in several ways. Your relationship might be a little rough for a while due to communication errors, Loftis says. Be sure to get clear on what you want in love and in a relationship....

February 20, 2024 · 3 min · 513 words · Susan Jenkins

How September's Mercury Retrograde Will Affect Your Sign's Sex Life

Astrology Be sure to voice your needs. For thisfalls Mercury retrograde, patience is key. Knowing how to have balanced conversations that dont force extreme reactions is going to be important, Stardust says. Its just part of the up and down cycle of the retrograde. When it comes to sex, you may have to be more vocal about what you want. With that, heres how fall 2022s Mercury retrograde will affect your sex life, based on your sign....

February 20, 2024 · 3 min · 513 words · Elizabeth Mcgrath

How Taylor Jenkins Reid Turns Celebrity Gossip Into Novels

Bustle Book Club TheDaisy Jones & The Sixauthors fascination with star image fueled a quartet of novels. Taylor Jenkins Reid lives for gossip. Her interest in gossip runs deeper than salacious information itself. I did a lot of reading about the process of recordingRumours, she says. [I also read] Bruce SpringsteensBorn to Runand watched the Eagles documentary. Id start to get really excited and be like, Oh, I have to get to my computer....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 274 words · Alan Ramos

How The Galaxy Z Flip4 Camera Works

Tech From Quick Shot to the FlexCam. Anyone with a smartphone knows the struggle of trying to fit the whole group into a selfie. If you thought there was just one way to take a selfie, prepare to have your mind blown. Here are some of my favorite camera features on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4. How To Use Quick Shot Folding up your machine doesnt mean its turned off. This article was originally published onSep....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 77 words · Michelle Harvey

How The Shade Room’s Angie Nwandu Is Disrupting Social Media

Quick Question Nobody was blogging on Instagram because they saw no need for that, and they were wrong. Since its launch in 2014,The Shade Roomhas become the No. 1 destination for all things Black culture, celebrity gossip, and entertainment news. It really was just like an experiment, she says. I had no idea it would become this. TSR outranks media giants like E! Nwandu credits the publications meteoric climb to its dedicated base, whom she calls roommates....

February 20, 2024 · 4 min · 787 words · Alejandro Hughes

How This New Yorker Went On 28 Dates In 28 Days

Dating Marin Haugo was tired of prioritizing everything above her love life so she turned dating into a challenge. When I started this, I had 80 Instagram followers, Haugo tells Bustle. Now, shes up to 36,000 and counting. These men are really showing up and communicating, says Haugo. These men are really raising the bar. Though she doesntfill her dates in on the experiment at first, its certainly not a secret, either....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 271 words · David Coleman

How To Add Line Breaks On Instagram So You Can Write Long Captions

Social Media Go ahead, draft your magnum opus. Nowadays, candid is king. Aphoto dumpincluding a random shot of trash is the new filtered#ootdpost. A casual.5 selfie, or, better yet, a blurryBeRealis the ultimate status flex of your coyness. Loyal Instagram users might have already realized how hard formatting a caption can be. Whatever the case, heres how to add line breaks to your Instagram caption. All it’s crucial that you do is check that that your Instagram is up to date....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words · Rachael Hurst

How To Buy Perfume Online & Avoid Buyer’s Regret

Making Scents Of It Never print a return label again. A scent, on the other hand, has the power to divide over a single note. So, its subjective, right? You smell the whole thing and then over time that pyramid starts to flatten out, he explains. You lose the top and then you go down to the heart and the base. Then that’s just the base that’s left. Molecular size determines where a scent lives on a notes pyramid and how quickly it evaporates off the skin....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 396 words · Kaitlyn Morales

How To Create A Skin Cycling Routine For Acne, According To Derms

Beauty Your day-by-day breakdown. If youre an avid scroller on BeautyTok, youve definitely heard aboutskin cycling. But if youve gotbreakout-prone skin, you may be wondering how to tweak the skin cycling method for acne. According to board-certified dermatologistDr. Cycling products is an effective way of getting the benefits of different ingredients while minimizing irritation. We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 316 words · Paige Brown