Six years ago, my family experienced a huge scare when my then 65-year-old mom was rushed to the ER in order to receive an emergency cardioversion—aka a medical paddle used to restart her heart. The day before the trip to the emergency room, we’d been traveling, and my mom (who has since discovered she has an extreme sensitivity to sugar) had a pumpkin spice latte and an almond-filled French pastry for breakfast and then later on after dinner a small vanilla ice cream cone. As she explains, it was enough sugar (at least for her) to send her heart into atrial fibrillation, or an uneven heart rhythm.

“As scary as the experience was, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise,” she tells me. “I banished heavy sugar doses from my diet and noticed that my skin started looking better. Soon after this, I forced myself to watch a program on PBS I’d recorded called The Age Fix, hosted by plastic surgeon Anthony Youn (and later read his book by the same name). I’d resisted watching the show because I knew it wouldn’t be my personal choice to go the route of plastic surgery when it came to age prevention, but as a makeup artist who specializes in helping women over 50, I felt like there could be some helpful information.”

As my mom told me over the phone, Youn connected the dots for her when he said the most important thing we can do for our skin is to eat a clean, healthy diet, and sugar basically equals wrinkles. So as my mom began to reduce her sugar intake and make healthier choices when it came to meals and snacking, her skin started looking better and better, and she became more interested in what else she could do to help some age-related redness, dark spots, fine lines, and not-so-fine lines that were becoming ever harder to miss when she looked in the mirror each morning. (Her words, not mine!)

“Frankly, I’m also embarrassed to admit I’d never done much besides a morning facial cleanse in the shower, some moisturizer under my makeup, and an evening cleanse,” she laughs. “But as I started checking into skin-enhancing serums and products that might benefit my skin, I realized that to get the best results from these products, I needed to make sure these formulations could penetrate deeply into my skin. I purchased a Clarisonic Brush ($99) which, according to research, can get your skin six times cleaner than a normal cleansing routine, and I began to add a few other exfoliating skincare products into my regimen as well.”

However, it wasn’t until my mom began introducing various anti-aging serums into her skincare routine that she says she truly began to notice a difference in the appearance of her skin. “I also switched to a natural moisturizer—Essentiel by Adele Moisture ($39) is pure heaven—which has made my routine a bit cleaner and has been a game changer in terms of my skin’s hydration levels, especially since we spend our winters in the Arizona desert.”

So are you curious to know the specifics of my mom’s anti-aging skincare routine and her favorite serums? Keep scrolling! Ahead, she’s sharing the best anti-aging serums and formulas that have actually made a difference in the way her skin looks and feels.

Things are getting complicated in the zone where ultra-rich entertainers and pro athletes mix. On one side there’s former NFL star quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose protests against police violence during the national anthem led to him becoming persona-non-grata in pro football. 

On the other side, there’s rap mogul and Beyonce husband Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation has partnered with the NFL for an entertainment and social justice initiative—and who is likely to soon be (at least) a partial team owner. As far as he’s concerned, those anthem protests are played, apparently.

Of course, it isn’t actually that simple. 

Regarding Jay-Z becoming an owner, this is from TMZ:

We’re told Jay wants to become a part owner “because he’s a huge fan, already has a sports business and wants to continue to be a change agent for the NFL.

“There’s a question … can Jay manage players if he owns a team? Our sources make it clear … “Jay is not an NFL agent and does not take part in the operations of the NFL players in Roc Nation.”

So far, so good. The rapper also known as Shawn Corey Carter isn’t even new to owning pro sports teams, either—he had a partial ownership stake in the Brooklyn Nets until he sold it in 2013. 

So there’s the Roc Nation/NFL deal and the possibility of ownership. That could be good, especially since Jay-Z’s company is aiming to promote social justice, something Kaepernick is obviously on board with. 

But Jay-Z—a vocal Kaepernick supporter in the past—gave an interview which muddied the waters, to say the least. Speaking with NFL commissioner and lightning rod no. 1 for NFL players’ objections regarding the way the league has treated Colin Kaepernick Roger Goodell, Hova responded to a reporter’s question by saying, “I think we’re past kneeling. I think it’s time to go into actionable items.” 

The man didn’t become a billionaire by being thoughtless, and it initially seemed like a thoughtful answer. But Kaepernick supporters insisted the kneeling was the action. 

And in an Instagram post, Kaep seemed to respond directly without actually addressing Jay-Z directly.

Kaepernick tagged his “brothers” Eric Reid and Albert Wilson and wrote that they “continue to fight for the people, even in the face of death threats. They have never moved past the people and continue to put their beliefs into action. Stay strong Brothers!!!”

That reads like unsubtle shade, in the end.

Jay-Z’s only real mistake, however, may have been expecting the press to communicate nuance because he gave a nuanced answer. He didn’t say kneeling was played; he simply seemed to say it was time for further steps.  

Meanwhile, Colin Kaepernick has spent almost three years out of an NFL team uniform. 

We’re sure they’ll figure it out, but both men probably have better things to do at the moment. It would help Jay-Z, however, if he didn’t appear on camera with Roger Goodell for a while.

Welcome to Second Life, a podcast spotlighting successful women who’ve made major career changes—and fearlessly mastered the pivot. Hosted by Hillary Kerr, co-founder and chief content officer at Who What Wear, each episode will give you a direct line to women who are game changers in their fields. Subscribe to Second Life on iTunes, and stay tuned. 

This week, we’re rebroadcasting and expanding upon one of our favorite Second Life episodes from the archives with Emma Grede.

You’re probably aware the Khloé Kardashian is behind the wildly successful denim, activewear, and clothing company Good American, but she didn’t do it alone. Good American’s CEO and Kardashian’s fellow co-founder is Emma Grede. In October 2016, Grede and Kardashian launched the incredibly size-inclusive brand, doing over $1 million in sales on their first day. Today, in addition to denim, Good American sells everything from dresses to leggings and bike shorts to maternity wear, all in sizes 00 to 26, making them trailblazers in the body-positivity movement.

Before Good American, Grede had a very successful marketing career in London, where she’s from. But after noting that “women of a certain size were really underrepresented in the fashion industry,” Grede had the idea for Good American and was connected with Kardashian through Kris Jenner.

Head to iTunes to subscribe to Second Life and listen to this episode to hear more about how Grede and Kardashian became business partners and built Good American into the wildly successful company it is today. And below, shop some of the brand’s stylish pieces for yourself.

Next, meet the woman who’s making stylish aprons a thing.

Far be it from me to look to cartoon cats for fashion inspiration, but I think we can all agree that the Pink Panther was on to something: Head-to-toe pink can be purrfectly divine. As for more recent proof (the original Pink Panther film is from 1963), Ainsley Howard, Rebecca Rittenhouse’s character on the delightfully cheesy Mindy Kaling–produced Four Weddings and a Funeral series, demonstrated the power of all-pink everything with aplomb. I’ve been obsessed with the show—a remake of the classic ’90s rom-com—from the get-go, but this look from Episode 2 really put me over the edge.

Her look is but one of the cast’s many bold, colorful outfits masterminded by longtime Kaling collaborator, costume designer Salvador Pérez. He was the genius behind Dr. Mindy Lahiri’s fabulous wardrobe on The Mindy Project, and he brought that same verve to the set of Four Weddings—as well as his close collaboration with Kaling. Indeed, as Pérez told Shondaland in an interview, “Everything I pick goes to Mindy for approval. Everything.”

With these two heading up the costume department, success was all but a given, but I was still a bit bowled over by how many outfits I wanted to snatch off the screen. Since the show is set in London, Perez chose to focus on British designers like Temperly London, Whistles, Shrimps, and more, and (please excuse my attempt at British slang) everything he chose was bang-on. 

But an American line made its way into the mix once or twice—notably that pink jumpsuit that somehow makes dressing like a bottle of Pepto seem totally appealing and normal. It’s by Staud, the Los Angeles–based It brand we all know and love. Fans of the show will be as excited to get to some of my favorite looks from the show below as I am to show you.

And if you haven’t watched yet, what are you waiting for? Head over to Hulu as soon as you’re done reading the below. Keep scrolling for the fall looks I’ll be copying from Four Weddings and a Funeral. 

This green velvet jumpsuit is from Whistles, and it’s on sale for $150. 

Heading to a reality TV show wedding? You, too, can wear this Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini gown—in black. (It’s also on sale.)

Speaking of TV ensembles we know and love, here’s the latest on the Gossip Girl reboot.