Gaby Trujillo Launched Alamar Cosmetics With Nothing but Her Savings
Gaby Trujillo Launched Alamar Cosmetics With Nothing but Her Savings
Gaby Trujillo has never been one to shy away from new opportunities. It’s a value that her mother — who left her life and career in La Habana, Cuba to bring Trujillo to the United States at age 3 — instilled in her when she was young. Trujillo dropped out [...]
Reconnecting After Having Kids
Reconnecting After Having Kids
Reconnecting After Having Kids. Five ways to keep the spark alive. It’s a fact that having a baby directly impacts personal identity and even the most intimate partnership(s). After having children, it becomes more difficult to carve out space for your relationship, and as the child continues to grow, your [...]
A Brief History of Lingerie
A Brief History of Lingerie
From corsets to Calvin Klein. In the realm of sartorial expression, lingerie can feel a bit oxymoronic. For one, it’s typically designed to live under your clothes...which feels contradictory to the whole project of fashion (fashions without exhibitionism??!). Moreover, in practice, we often put it on expressly to...take off. Sure, technically you also take [...]
How Astronauts Masturbate in Space
How Astronauts Masturbate in Space
If the landing module’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin.’ Officially, nobody has ever had sex in space. What about solo sex, though? It’s not something NASA has ever been particularly keen to talk about, but certain things can be figured out based on how the rest of the body is treated [...]
The Intimate History of the Butt Plug
The Intimate History of the Butt Plug
From the early depictions to the FDA. Nobody knows when the first human looked at a butthole and thought, “Maybe I could stick something in that.” It almost certainly happened a very long time ago though—there are depictions of anal sex dating back pretty much as long as there has [...]
How 31-year-old Twin DJs Coco and Breezy Built a Successful Eyewear Brand
How 31-year-old Twin DJs Coco and Breezy Built a Successful Eyewear Brand
When designers and DJs Corianna and Brianna Dotson — better known as Coco and Breezy — were growing up, they always felt like outsiders. The twin sisters were the only Afro-Latinas at their high school in Minnesota and would frequently get questioned about their hair, their outfits, and the arroz con [...]
Salt Spell and Evette XO Create a La Catrina Look for Dia de los Muertos
Salt Spell and Evette XO Create a La Catrina Look for Dia de los Muertos
Latina partners with el Jimador to celebrate Dia de los Muertos 2021. As part of this partnership, el Jimador tapped Salt Spell founder Mariana McGrath and Andrea Ortega Costigan to create a La Catrina makeup look in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. The sought-after makeup artists collaborated with beauty influencer Blanca Garcia [...]