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The sheets are made of long-staple cotton with a percale weave, so they feel crisp to the touch and have a lovely matte finish. This makes them perfect for hot sleepers who prefer cooling bedding. My legs never feel like they’re sticking to these sheets when I’m a bit overheated, and I don’t wake up drenched in sweat in the middle of the night with them. I never thought I’d be the type of person to use white sheets, but I love how the window pane pattern looks on my bed....

In a new series called “Is It Worth It?” we’re testing out the extra steps recipes call for to see if they’re worth the additional effort. Think: peeling chickpea skins for creamier hummus, refrigerating cookie dough overnight for more flavorful results, and, in this case, tossing blueberries—or any fruit—in flour to keep them from sinking and/or bleeding. I began by making two batches of our blueberry streusel muffin recipe. In the first batch, I removed two tablespoons of flour from the total amount the recipe called for....

Enter: color psychology. According to this theory, wearing certain colors can actually boost your mood. Now, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to color psychology. The way colors affect people has to do with their individual experiences and perceptions. While there is statistical evidence to show that colors like red are typically viewed as “powerful” and “attractive,” this doesn’t apply to everyone. In other words, your color psychology is completely unique to you....

According to Business Insider, a 40-pound block of cheddar—which is the benchmark for trading cheese on the market—reached $2.585 a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on June 8. This means prices were up by nearly 160 percent from April’s price of $1, which was a 20-year record low. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of our lives, from getting used to social distancing and working from home to maintaining a social life over video chat, stocking up on face masks, and of course, cooking nearly every meal at home....

Why Is Wet Hair More Delicate? “When hair is wet it’s more likely to break,” says Siobhán Quinlan, creative director, stylist, and colorist at Art + Autonomy Salon in New York City. “And if your hair has been highlighted, you want to be especially careful with it when it’s wet.” To get a little scientific, when hair gets wet, the proteins that make up each strand (keratin) form weaker hydrogen bonds, rendering it more susceptible to damage from being pulled, stretched, bent, or otherwise roughly handled....

First, find the basic shape of your face: Oval Faces are narrower than they are long, with a rounded jawline. Square Faces are roughly as wide as they are long, with a strong, square jawline. Heart-Shaped Faces are roughly as wide as they are long, with a jawline that comes to a point at the chin. Round Faces are roughly as wide as they are long, with a rounded jawline....