No Shame in the Plump Game: Breaking the Stigma
It’s not shocking when you see your favorite celebrities’ faces pulled up by invisible strings. Suddenly, their skin is tight, eyes are wide. Maybe their…
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Digitizing Our Wellness Journey: The New Wave of Self-Help Apps
Doom scrolling places our fingers and brains in a trance of endless screen time and dissociation in front of our screens. It becomes a reflex…
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Hitting Curls Without Splitting Them: A Guide to Long Hair at the Gym
Those with long hair understand the maintenance that goes into keeping it presentable, and the world seems to have everything against them. While bed head…
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Latest Beauty Trend: Should You Bandage Your Chin to Sleep?
There are many questionable beauty and health trends around TikTok, and bandaging your chin to sleep to get that “snatched” face look is one of…
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Got The Blues?
The iconic blue eyeshadow look is bold, unapologetic and endlessly reinvented. Once a staple look during the sixties, its electric hues have transcended trends to…
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Beef Tallow: Should It Be Added To Your Skincare Routine?
Many have heard of the famous beef tallow on TikTok, with countless influencers promoting it as a must-have for clear skin. On social media, it…
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Skincare in the Air
After a long day of traveling, we tend to feel the effects on our skin and hair. As the plane lands or we’ve reached our…
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Have You Ever Tried This One?
Watch out State College, Sabrina Carpenter is bringing sexy back! During her Short n’ Sweet tour, Sabrina surprised her audience by showing off different sex…
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Coconut Cult: The New Health Craze
There’s a cult taking social media by storm, but it’s probably not like the one you’re imagining. It’s a gut health cult. Whether you have…
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MEET VALLEY’S FALL 2024 BEAUTY & HEALTH SECTION OPENER: CARLY SOTACK
From an outsider’s point of view, Carly Sotack is happiness personified – but that is not all there is to her story. “I think I…
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Can We Beat Death?
Living forever seems like wishful thinking, but there are people out there finding new methods and lifestyles in order to ‘beat death.’ Although it seems…
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The Gut Reaction
Stomach issues have plagued many of our days and many of our lives. Digestive problems are common, so there is no denying that many students…
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Your Makeup Bag Tells a Story
Our makeup, to say the absolute least, has seen some things. The ups, the downs and the spirals— our makeup bags have been there through…
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A Scam Or Not?
In today’s consumer-driven world, it’s important to question whether companies truly have our best interests at heart. In the beauty and health industries, many brands…
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The Posture Problem
Correct posture portrays a person as more confident and presentable, but having good posture is not a given thing. Many of our postures suffer from…
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Dear Acne, I’m Beautiful
It happened in sixth grade. My first pimple. For all of middle school, it was always there, front and center on my chin. No one…
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5 Delicious Smoothie Recipes to Try This Spring
Are you ever in a rush and want a quick smoothie recipe? VALLEY is here to help with the best smoothie recipes of spring. Check…
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Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Beauty & Health Section Opener: Lauren Parker
Lauren Parker, a fourth-year public relations and advertising student, shares her passion for fitness and well-being to help others grow not only in strength but…
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Your Signature Makeup Archetype — The Results
VALLEY recently explored “The Makeup Archetype Quiz” which showed us eight makeup archetypes: natural, elegant, gamine, ingenue, classic, modern, dramatic and romantic. This quiz was…
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Makeup Dysmorphia
It’s that time of the night to start getting ready for whatever is in store for us. As we lay out all of our holy…
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