If you’ve ever dyed your hair, your strands have fallen victim to oxidation at one point or another. You’ve probably heard about oxidation in chemistry class, where clear formulas (or foods) can warp into a brownish hue when exposed to environmental aggressors. The same goes for your hair. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can really do to prevent this process. There are countless environmental factors that work against your hair’s hue, including the sun, hard water, and styling products, making some level of color change inevitable....

Brandi Milloy is a journalist, TV host, and producer, with a focus on food and lifestyle. She is a self-taught at-home cook specializing in easy and delicious recipes, and has appeared on television as a cooking competition judge, food trend expert, DIY decor contributor, and more. For several years she was the host of POPSUGAR’s Eat the Trend where she recreated food trends at home using easy and accessible recipes....

For this recipe, we fold steamed broccoli florets into a Gruyère-based sauce, and then bake for 35 minutes. The hardest part about this recipe is waiting 10 minutes for the bubbling, golden-brown gratin to rest after it comes out of the oven. Now that you’ve been introduced, try out your new cheesy friend in our Sweet potato and Gruyère turnovers and Spinach-and-Gruyère bread pudding.

Cabin fever isn’t an urban legend; it exists and can definitely rear its ugly head when you spend too much time indoors. “It’s not a mental illness or disorder, but more of a psychological condition that arises from the feelings of being alone and stuck in a confined space,” says Dr. P. Priyanka, MD, medical director for Community Psychiatry. “Once we start to feel stuck, our mind extrapolates it into several other negative emotions to make us feel that there is no way out of this and that things will only get worse....

This has been the year of Grinch at our house! It’s the first year we’ve really done a Grinchmas celebration, and it’s so much fun! From the Grinch gift exchange we did at my son’s classroom party to this Grinch themed Christmas punch game, it’s just been an absolute blast! I’m pretty sure a Grinch themed Christmas is going to be an annual thing, complete with the who pudding! Out of all of the Grinch treats (even the Grinch sugar cookies) I’ve made this year, these caramel Grinch snacks may just be the easiest yet....

During Casper’s Back to School sale, you can score huge deals on all of its mattresses along with several pillows, bed frames, sheets and bedding, and other sleep accessories. The sale runs through August 9, but we recommend jumping on the savings now before items sell out. My most-recommended product is the Original Hybrid Mattress that’s a mix of springs and memory foam for up to $325 off. I also love the attachable headboard that instantly upgraded my bed—and it’s 50 percent off right now....

Although some of the books on this list have been published more recently, they explore timeless questions and concerns. Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing explores issues of race and class in America and J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace tells the complicated story of forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa. A lot of the nonfiction that flies off the shelves of local bookstores deals with current cultural trends or events or offers advice for self-improvement....

To buy: $5 (was $10); amazon.com. I decided to start with Connoisseurs Fine Jewelry Cleaner because I really wanted my yellow gold rings and necklace to look far brighter. After seeing that the cleaner had more than 21,000 five-star ratings and was on sale for $5 (note: the sale is ongoing), I felt like I was making a great choice. I was also intrigued by the directions that said I would only need to dip each piece into the cleaner for 30 seconds....

The process of deep cleaning your bathroom isn’t as complicated as you might think—follow these steps to make every inch of your bathroom sparkle. Rule #1 for keeping your bathroom clean? Keep it dry—so as you’re cleaning, make sure you dry all surfaces well afterward. Whether you divvy up your antibacterial blitz into small sessions or complete your bathroom deep clean in one fell swoop, implementing these habits every couple of months will be like flushing your worries down the…well, you know....

Known as “hair of the dog,” this age-old, alleged hangover cure stems from the belief that continuing to drink alcohol is the best way to ease the pain of your current hangover. But the debate over whether this remedy is rooted in fact or fiction has long been argued in favor of both sides, with some experts believing it works and others advising strongly against it. To get down to the bottom of this phenomenon, we’ve asked doctors to shed some light on the old “hair of the dog”trick, and other (probably better) ways to cure hangovers safely....

There are very few things in life that I enjoy more than a good ice cream cake. And this Oreo ice cream cake makes me think of Joey from friends describing Rachel’s famous trifle – Oreos good, ice cream sandwiches, good. Chocolate sauce, good. It’s literally everything good in one amazingly easy cake! I mean there’s a reason my neighbors got me an Oreo ice cream cake for my birthday last year – I didn’t share a single slice!...