Kathleen Hou

2 days ago | elle.com | Kathleen Hou

There’s a $65 candle inspired by a unique feeling (and it’s not love). Scented with bamboo and thyme blossom, it’s meant to capture the euphoric sensation of arriving home after a long day and flinging off your bra—move over, Baies, it’s all about Braless. That elusive feeling is difficult enough to evoke in a candle, but a surgery?

6 days ago | elle.com | Kathleen Hou

I’m at a lovely in-the-middle age, one I’d describe as being somewhere between a matte lipstick and a glossy lip balm. Neither feel exactly right for me at this moment. All I want is for my lips to feel soft and to be enhanced by a pretty color that isn’t so sheer that you can see the scar from the time that I got incredibly panicked during a test and bit through my lip epidermis (true story—I was much too stressed in high school).

1 week ago | elle.com | Kathleen Hou

When Jennifer Levine would visit aquariums as a little girl, she would spend hours watching starfish slowly tumble across the glass. Starfish are naturally intriguing to children, but it was their ability to regrow arms that really fascinated young Jennifer. These days, Levine—she grew up to become a leading New York City plastic surgeon—can do just about any aesthetic procedure.

1 week ago | elle.com | Kathleen Hou

There’s a new machine for good vibes (and it’s not your iPhone or vibrator). This robot is shaped like a piece of cavatelli pasta on a pedestal, and on a Monday afternoon, I am crawling into the middle of its embrace, ready for my life to be changed in just 22 minutes. The ask sounds pretty simple, especially compared to micro-dosing shrooms, yoga, and mental health practices like cognitive behavioral therapy or journaling (who knew that the secret to working on yourself would be so much work?).

1 week ago | msn.com | Kathleen Hou

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