Guess Which Actor Is Winning an Award for Wearing Makeup

And why he’s the best man for the honor

If we’re fairly certain of two things when it comes to Johnny Depp, they’re that (1) he never fails to surprise us with the range of roles he takes on, and (2) the man is not afraid of a makeup brush. The actor has appeared as everything from a pirate to an evil barber to a man with scissors for hands, and he has undergone major physical transformations to play each role.

Fittingly, then, it was announced this week that Johnny will receive the first-ever Distinguished Artisan Award at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on February 15.

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“Makeup and hair artisans agree that Johnny Depp is a wonderful selection to receive our first Distinguished Artisan Award,” Guild president Susan Cabral-Ebert said in a statement on the Guild’s website. “He, probably more than any other actor working today, uses the skills of our members to delineate his characters. Depp has constantly been an outstanding supporter of our crafts, ultimately respectful and appreciative of our members’ abilities and generous with his creative collaboration. A great artist himself, he allows others to shine.”

It was a tough job, but we compiled our favorite made-up Johnny Depp looks of all time. Seeing them all together is craziness!

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The New Super Food Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham Swear By

Hint: It has nothing to do with kale

Move over, quinoa—there’s a new trendy super grain hitting menus and store shelves. Teff, an ancient grain native to Ethiopia, is tiny (each grain is about the size of a poppy seed). But don’t let its size fool you: Teff packs high levels of protein and vitamin C and decent amounts of calcium—about the same as in ½ cup of spinach (123 mg), according to the nonprofit consumer advocacy group the Whole Grains Council.

And though each ½ cup has a slightly higher calorie count than ½ cup of brown rice (360 calories vs. 300), Teff is high in a type of starch that can help regulate blood sugar levels and make it easier to maintain a healthy weight, per the Whole Grains Council. Now we know why slender foodies Gwyneth and Victoria Beckham are reportedly big fans.

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OK, so how does it taste? Teff has a similarly nutty flavor to quinoa. It may be too early to find it in your local supermarket, but look for it in organic- and health-food shops for now. You can use it as you would any grain: Eat it a side dish, top it with berries for breakfast, or sprinkle it on top of salads, muffins, or yogurt.

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How to Train Yourself to Do a Split

Make like Bruno Mars in two easy steps

No disrespect to Anthony Kiedis’ abs, but we were more blown away by Bruno Mars’ split during the Super Bowl halftime show last night (check out that incredible GIF of his flexy feat, below). It got us thinking: what does it take to pull off that kind of athletic stretchiness? The answer: Lots of flexibility in your hips, quads, and hamstrings, along with some practice, says Hector Salazar, gymnastics coach and program director of adult gymnastics at Chelsea Piers in New York City. By following Salazar’s two-part how-to list, you too can make like Bruno and achieve this impressive move.

 

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Important safety notice, though, before you get started: If you’re struggling along either step listed here, don’t push it. Spend more time over the next few days or weeks increasing your flexibility, then give it another try when you feel much more limber.

Part One: Get Flexy
Stretching the right lower-body muscles and achieving a certain flexibility is key. Any stretch that targets your hips, quads, or hamstrings will work, but Salazar recommends these three below. Spread them out over at least 20 minutes—more if you’re really out of practice, he says. And while you're at it, check out 5 Stretches You're Doing Wrong - And How to Fix Them.

Lunge stretch: Get in the lunge position, one foot forward, knee bent, the foot behind you and your shin on the ground. Slowly shift your weight forward and keep your arms at your sides and your back straight; you should feel your hip muscles tightening. Hold for 20-30 seconds. Repeat with the other leg. (On a side note, if you're crazy about lunges as a part of your workout routine, you'll love this: 5 Different Lunges to Try, Stat!)

Leg stretch: Lay on your back, your legs on the floor straight in front of you. Lift one leg up as straight as you can, reaching your fingers toward your toes, until you feel your quads tighten. Hold for 20-30 seconds, then repeat with the other leg.

Standing stretch: Simulate the split by standing and stretching your leg all the way out on a chair or table. As you feel your hamstrings and hip muscles tighten, hold for 20-30 seconds and then repeat on the other leg. (Need more stretching and flexibility pointers? Learn how to increase your flexibility with yoga.)

Part Two: The Split Itself
Once your lower body feels bendy, slide your front foot forward, lean back, and slowly lower yourself to the ground, using your hands for balance as you get lower. Do it gradually to avoid injury; if you feel pain, stop and try the split another time. Keep your hips squared and your toes straight. “Bruno’s knee was pointing out during his SuperBowl splits, which helped him spring back up quickly, but that’s a dancer’s trick, and you want to keep your knees straight,” says Salazar.

Are you legs resting on the floor at a 180 degree angle to your body and your back and pelvis straight? Congrats—sounds like a split! 

 

10 Plyometric Exercise Moves That Burn Major Calories

These high-intensity moves can improve your performance, too

Ever seen people at the gym do a series of crazy-intense, rapid-fire jumps, skips, and hops? You were probably witnessing plyometrics, a type of high-octane training that taps into energy stored in muscles to encourage muscle development, agility, cardio functioning, stamina, and speed, explains Neal Pire, sports conditioning expert and author of Plyometrics for Athletes at All Levels. Plyos are in the news these days; a new study found that a moderate plyo routine done on a hard surface improved athletic performance. Oh, and thanks to the energy needed to do them, they incinerate serious calories too.

Whether you want to boost your skills on the field or court or are looking for a boredom-busting workout to keep you on your toes and pay off with a smoking body, give these 10 plyometric moves, developed by Pire, a try (after a thorough warm-up, of course). Pire suggests adding two or three of these exercises into your workout, and doing 2-3 sets of 10 reps. But perfect form is key, so take a break if your form slips. 

Squat Jumps
Starting Position: Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart and your hands clasped behind your head.
1. Keeping your weight on your heels, squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Pause in the squat.
2. Without counter-movement and without the use of your arms, jump as high as possible.
3. When landing, make sure to absorb the impact by pushing your hips back and flexing your knees.
Repeat.

Scissor Jumps (Alternating legs)
Starting Position: Stand in a split squat position with your left foot forward, right foot back, and your right arm forward and left arm back. Keep your chest up.
1. Jump and scissor the arms and legs at the same time so that the opposite arm comes forward with the opposite leg.
2. Upon landing, reverse by jumping and scissoring your legs back to your original starting position.
Repeat.

Tuck Jumps
Starting Position: Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart and your hands at your sides. Keep your weight on your heels.
1. Quickly push your hips back while flexing your knees to squat down into a quarter-squat. Swing your arms backward.
2. Without pausing at the bottom of the squat, reverse direction and explosively jump straight up into the air, popping your knees up toward your chest.
3. When landing, make sure that you absorb the impact by pushing the hips back and flexing your knees.
Repeat single efforts for desired number of repetitions, or as a series of multiple repetition jumps.

Standing Broad Jump
Starting Position: Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart and your hands at your sides. Face the direction of your jump.
1. Quickly push your hips back and flex your knees into a quarter-squat. As you do this, swing your arms backward.
2. Without pausing, jump forward as you swing your arms forward.
3. When landing, make sure that you absorb the impact by pushing your hips back and flexing your knees.
Repeat single efforts or multiple-repetitions.

Slalom Hops
Starting Position: Stand in an upright position with your knees slightly bent and your feet about shoulder-width apart.
1. Flexing your knees to quickly drop your body 10 to 12 inches, rapidly explode upward, forward and to the side. Swing your arms forcefully upward.
2. Upon landing, immediately repeat the jump, but jump forward diagonally in the opposite direction. Repeat.

Single-legged Hops ("Dot Drills")
Dots can be drawn onto the floor with chalk or you may use masking tape to designate your target dots or boxes in which to land each hop.
Starting Position: Stand on one foot with the other foot held free behind your body.
1. Quickly hop onto the first dot.
2. Immediately upon landing, hop to the next dot.
3. Continue hopping back and forth in your desired pattern, spending as little time as possible on the ground upon landing each hop.
Repeat.

Speed-Skaters
Starting position: Stand on your right leg with your left leg behind you with your left toe on the ground for balance.
1. Flexing your right knee to lower your hips, explode to your left.
2. Land on your left foot, bending your left knee to absorb your landing impact and bringing your right leg behind your left foot to counterbalance as you decelerate.
3. Immediately reverse direction, leaping back onto your right foot.
Repeat.

Box Jumps
This can also be done with one box instead of several. The height of the box may vary, but should be in the region of 12 to 30 inches. Starting Position: Stand upright with your feet shoulder-width apart in front of a row of 4 to 6 boxes. Contract your abdominal muscles to stabilize your trunk and spine.
1. Quickly drop down into a squatting position and immediately jump onto the box, landing softly on the balls of your feet in a squat position.
2. Jump off the box onto the ground, landing softly on the balls of your feet in a squat position.
3. Jump onto the next box, keeping the feet touch-down time on the ground as short as possible.
Repeat for one to three sets, allowing for full recovery between each set.

Depth Jumps
Starting Position: Stand upright on a box or bench. Contract your abdominal muscles to stabilize your trunk and spine.
1. Step—don't jump—off of the bench with your left foot.
2. As soon as you land, explode vertically as high as you can. Try to minimize ground-contact time--don't sink down into a deep squat before jumping up.
Repeat, alternating legs.

Box "Jump-ups" (Step-ups with a jump)
Starting Position: Stand directly in front of a box with your right foot firmly placed on top of the bench and your left foot on the floor.
1. Press up onto the box with your right foot and explode your left knee up toward the ceiling, causing both feet to lift off the bench. Your arms should alternate, as your left leg lifts upward, your right arm comes forward, as it would when sprinting.
2. Land with your right foot back on the box and your left foot on the floor, as your arms reverse direction and repeat
Repeat, then switch legs. 

Why Katie Leclerc Says Her Intermittent Hearing Loss is a "Huge Blessing"

The Switched at Birth star explains why she's actually thankful to have Ménière's disease

Ask anyone who watches Switched at Birth, and they’ll tell you that Katie Leclerc is incredibly convincing in her role as a deaf teenager on the ABC Family show—so much so that many people ask if she’s actually deaf like her character, Daphne Vasquez. Katie’s not, but she does suffer from a condition called Ménière's disease, which causes intermittent hearing loss, along with vertigo. Although you may not have heard of it, Ménière's disease currently affects an estimated 615,000 people in the U.S., according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders—and 45,500 new people are diagnosed each year.

Katie discovered she had hearing issues around 2005, when she volunteered to be filmed taking a hearing test for a video about hearing loss. “After I got out of the booth, they looked at me and were like, ‘You need hearing aids,’” she says. “My hearing had deteriorated so slowly over time that I don’t even realize I had hearing loss.” Katie’s sister had actually been previously diagnosed with Ménière's disease, so everyone in her family just assumed that Katie had it, too. It wasn’t until five years later that she received an official diagnosis from a doctor.

So what is it actually like to live with a disease that can strike you temporarily deaf—or completely off-balance—at any time?

“My ears ring probably 80 percent of the time,” says Katie. “My ears are full probably 60 percent of the time, where you feel like you have to pop them. There’s lots of pressure. Probably 60 percent of the time I get a severe head rush, like when you stand up too quickly. The full-blown vertigo attacks where it’s miserable, those only happen I would say maybe once every six weeks.”

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Now, Katie takes steps to prevent her symptoms from becoming too bad in the first place. Since both the hearing loss and dizziness are caused by excessive fluid buildup in the inner-ear, doctors often recommend limiting salt intake and exercising (which can help your body flush out extra water). At this point, Katie’s hearing loss isn’t bad enough (or consistent enough) that she needs to wear hearing aids.

“The funny thing about Ménière's disease in particular is I’d say everyone’s symptoms are different and they’re different from day to day,” Katie says. “It can be incredibly frustrating. … They say that the depression rates of people who have full-blown Ménière's are the same depression rates as people who have terminal cancer. It makes me sad when I hear that statistic, but for me it’s a different experience. For me, a positive attitude has been the biggest tool against Ménière's disease.”

While the condition might seem like a curse—it once left Katie with a bad spell of vertigo for four hours—she doesn’t see it that way. “Without Ménière's disease, I wouldn’t be able to play Daphne on Switched,” she says. “It’s a way for me to have a foot in both worlds. I feel comfortable portraying a girl with hearing loss because I have hearing loss; it’s a huge blessing for me.”

Katie felt a connection to the deaf community even before she realized she had Ménière's disease. Not only did her sister suffer from the condition prior to Katie’s first hearing test, but Katie also took sign language as her foreign language in high school. So when the role of Daphne came on her agent’s radar, Katie and her agent (who’s now her fiancé) knew she would be perfect for it.

“In fact, Daphne was not the first character with hearing loss I’d portrayed,” says Katie. “But this was the first time it wasn’t going to be a one-off character on a TV show.”

Switched at Birth has several deaf characters—and one episode was performed entirely in sign language. It’s helped the deaf community take a huge step toward increased awareness, says Katie.

“We had someone who said, ‘I’m a hearing person, and thanks to Switched at Birth, I’m able to better relate to deaf people and have a closer relationship with my cousin who’s deaf,’” says Katie. Other deaf viewers say that, thanks to Switched at Birth, strangers no longer stare at them at the grocery store. “It’s so common,” says Katie.

Because of her experiences with Ménière's disease, Katie says the most important thing you can do for your health is to maintain an upbeat outlook: “No matter what is going on with your body that particular day, I’d say a positive attitude really, really strongly influences the way the symptoms within your body react,” she says. “If you wake up and go, ‘I’m so happy to be awake right now’—even if you’re dizzy—you’re going to have a better day. You just will.”

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Beyoncé is Going Vegan Again—For Now

Here goes round two of Bey's plant-based eating plan

Remember the media buzz last December, when Beyoncé and Jay-Z famously went on a 22-day vegan diet? Apparently, Beyoncé enjoyed veganism so much that she's taking another crack at it. Last week, she Instagrammed the hashtag #22daysvegan along with a snapshot of a chocolate-flavored protein bar and banana slices. Check it out:

This second go-around is another example of the part-time diet  trend that allows people to get healthy and/or lose excess weight while giving themselves some wiggle room. Thinking of going on a flexible plan yourself?  Make sure to follow these tips for how to do a part-time diet right.

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Meet My Latest Crush: Zella

Ummm, so I’m obsessed with Nordstrom’s new activewear, Zella.

My crush on Zella started when I bought their leggings a year ago when Weslie from Love Chugs recommended them.

I mean…I’m such a legging-whore that it’s honestly kinda pathetic. Like, I know my freaking leggings, people.

So I can say with the upmost confidence that they’re seriously, without a doubt, my absolute favorite clothing piece I own.

Which Football Fans Will Be Having the Most Sex This Sunday?

Because we’re a little more concerned with the amount of scoring off the field

Whether you plan to be glued to the TV or just stuffed full of nachos, it doesn’t seem like sex is topping many people’s to-do list this Sunday. But your chances of getting busy may have to do with your team: Seahawks fans think they’re more likely to have sex this Sunday than Broncos fans, according to a recent survey by We-Vibe.

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Gotta love that optimism, especially considering that 48 percent of people think the big game will take precedence over their sex lives this weekend. Hey, we love football (and commercials) as much as the next person, but let’s not let it ruin our own chances of scoring.

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So who do you think will have more sex this weekend? Seahawks fans? Broncos fans? Bruno Mars? Tell us in the comments.

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4 Reasons You Should Totally Try a Fitness Fusion Class

In case "get in amazing shape" isn't enough of a reason for you

Maximize your time at the gym with a fitness fusion class. Here, four reasons you should try one, from Natalie Rado, a personal trainer in New York City and owner of Be Well: Fitness By Natalie.

Burn more calories.
Your muscles are challenged in several ways as your body works to maintain the pace—which revs your metabolism.

Get mobile.
Moving in multiple directions not only boosts agility but also makes you less prone to injury and can amp up performance.

Score flat abs.
The variety of moves engages your core in a number of different ways—hitting your obliques as well as your six-pack.

Stay motivated.
To keep up, you've got to stay mentally engaged. The result: Your interest won't flag during the last few minutes of class.

Watch This Pregnant Woman Surfing

Well, that’s one way to stay fit while eating for two

Last year, Australian surfer Kristi Olivares was hitting the waves four days a week with her friends and documenting the whole experience. Oh right, and did we mention she was pregnant? 

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Olivares addresses the risks of surfing for two in a blog post, but also notes the precautions she took: sticking with waist-height or lower waves, taking the day off when there was a big swell, and protecting her bump whenever she fell off the board. In fact, her doctor—a fellow surfer—applauded her for maintaining her healthy lifestyle throughout the pregnancy.

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“Surfing is such incredible fun, amazing stress relief, and great exercise that if I think it would be dangerous for my baby, [I] would stop surfing!” Olivares writes.

Watch her incredible month-by-month journey here:

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Overhaul Your Beauty Routine with Small Changes For 7 Weeks

In just 7 weeks, your beauty look will be entirely refreshed

There's no denying the desire to hit the refresh button during this time of year—especially if you live in a part of the country where the weather is bleak. "Winter can make us feel like even our best assets are dull," says Vivian Diller, Ph.D., author of Face It: What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change and What to Do About It. Thankfully, "little tweaks can help you look—and feel—more attractive and invigorated." To that end, we've mapped out two months' worth of quick updates that are sure to banish your beauty blues. Enjoy!

Week 1 Glow Getters

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Go for gold. For an Instagram-like radiance in real life, apply a gilded liquid luminizer all over your face with a fluffy brush, says Tim Quinn, celebrity makeup artist for Giorgio Armani Beauty. Put one pump in the palm of your hand, run the brush through it, and then swirl all over your skin. Try: Stila All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer in Kitten Shimmer ($20, sephora.com).

Blush up. Bluebased blush shades (like berry) counteract the sallowness of winter skin, and where you apply it can make all the difference. "Blend it on the apples of your cheeks for a fresh-faced look," says Sarah Lucero, Stila celebrity makeup artist. Try: Revlon Cream Blush in Flushed ($13 at drugstores). Feeling puffy? Choose a terra-cotta shade and wear it higher on the cheekbones for a sculpting effect.

Week 2 Mani Makeovers

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Bling out your nails. New highly condensed sparkly formulas make your nails look as if they're encrusted with gems, says Michelle Saunders, a manicurist in Los Angeles. Since the first place your brush touches will get the heaviest deposit of sparkle, start closest to your cuticle, then sweep toward your tips for a more diffused look. Try: Essie in Lots Of Lux ($8.50, essie.com).

Nude and improved. Try a more of-the-moment neutral like lavender or muted blue, says Jin Soon Choi, a manicurist in New York City. They're flattering to ashy winter skin, she says. Try: YSL La Laque Couture in Beige Gallery ($25, yslbeautyus.com), a nude with lavender-gray undertones.

Week 3 Style Updates

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Bulk up your bun. "Buns are getting bigger," says Mark Townsend, a celebrity stylist for Dove. To give yours more oomph, pull hair into a ponytail and braid it. Then muss the braid before wrapping it loosely around the elastic. "It gives the illusion of a fuller bun—and the loops from the braid create a cool, messy effect," he says.

Dress up your pony. "Ponytails are really polished and sleek right now," says Tommy Buckett, celebrity stylist for Garnier Fructis. Simply create a center or low side part and make a pony at the nape of your neck. Run a flatiron over the tail, then swipe an argan oil—infused treatment down the length, he says. Try: Giovanni Brazilian Keratin & Argan Oil Ultra-Sleek Touch-Up Hair Towelette ($7 for 10, giovannicosmetics.com).

Week 4 Pout Pleasers

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Care for your kisser. Lip balms might keep lips smooth during winter months, but they don't deliver long-lasting color. Get the best of both worlds with new lipsticks that are packed with water-binding hyaluronic acid, oils, and other moisturizers. Try: Dior Rouge Dior lipstick ($34, dior.com) and Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstasy CC Lipstick ($34, giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com).

Go off-season. Summery lip hues like coral or fuchsia offer an unexpected pop of brightness in the dead of winter, says makeup artist Kara Yoshimoto Bua. Apply it to the middle of your lips and blend it out. "It brings light into the center of your face," she says. Try: L'Oreal Paris Infallible Le Rouge Lipstick in Fearless Fuchsia ($10, at drugstores).

Week 5 New Eye-deas

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Add twinkle. Line the inside rim of your inner corners with a metallic colored pencil. "It rounds out the eyes, making them look bigger and brighter," says Yoshimoto Bua. If you have brown eyes, use a metallic blue. Try: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Abyss ($19, urbandecay.com). Pair green eyes with purple liner. Try: NYX Slide On Pencil in Pretty Violet ($8, nyxcosmetics.com). For blue eyes, go for a shimmering green. Try: M.A.C Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Forever Green ($16, maccosmetics.com).

Raise your brows. To beef up your brows, use concealer. Choose one that's lighter than your skin tone and smooth it on above and below your brows, from arch to tail. "The light-reflecting quality makes brows appear lifted and fuller," says Quinn. Try: Marc Jacobs Beauty Remedy Concealer Pen ($39, sephora.com).

Week 6 Dye Do-Overs

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Gloss over your ombre. Tone down the light-to-dark color trend by applying an at-home, color-depositing glaze that's close to your root color for half the suggested time every three weeks, says Sharon Dorram, a colorist in New York City. The idea is not to take out all the highlights, she says, but to bridge the gap between roots and tips while creating a richer, shinier shade. Try: John Frieda Luminous Color Glaze in Brilliant Brunette ($10, at drugstores).

Punch up your blonde. Raise a glass and pour some bubbly over your damp hair and rinse after 10 minutes, says Kyle White, a colorist at Oscar Blandi Salon in New York City. "The effervescence in champagne gives hair volume, and the golden hue enhances blonde tones," he says. Follow with a deep-conditioning treatment.

Week 7 Body Boosters

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Smooth move: Switch to a body wash that contains mega-hydrating, fatty acid–packed coconut oil, says Debra Jaliman, M.D., a dermatologist in New York City and author of Skin Rules. Try: SheaMoisture Coconut & Hibiscus Body Wash ($10, target.com). Or make your own by adding coconut or any natural oil (like olive or jojoba) to your favorite body cleanser, she says.

Tackle tough spots. Glycolic acid is not just for your face. Every day, swipe elbows and the back of your hands, heels, and ankles with a glycolic-soaked pad. "Not only will it eliminate any dead-skin buildup, but it will also help skin retain moisture," says Jaliman. Try: Cane & Austin Retexturizing Body Pads with 10 percent glycolic acid ($70, dermstore.com).

Do Happy Couples Ever Sleep in Separate Bedrooms?

Apparently, more and more do—but is it smart?

When you find out that a couple sleeps in separate bedrooms, it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that their relationship is in hot water. But in a segment on Good Morning America that aired earlier this week, a man and a woman who have been married for a year and a half explained that having their own bedrooms is part of the reason they’re so happy. Having their own spaces helps them get their Zzz’s and not bother each other with their respective hobbies (in this case, guitar-playing and reading).

“I love that idea that we love each other so much that we protect each other’s solitude,” the husband, Nate, told GMA.

Relationship expert Michelle Callahan, Ph.D., appeared on the show and gave her thoughts on the idea: "I think this is becoming more common as people have more difficulty sleeping at night,” she said. “They’re just discovering, ‘Look, we love each other all the rest of the day. But when it's actually time to go to sleep, we can't agree on the temperature of the room, the covers, the firmness of the bed, TV on or off.’ I think we underestimate the power of a good night’s sleep.”

It’s a thought-provoking topic, for sure. So we want to hear your take!

Tell us: Have you and a partner ever slept in separate bedrooms, even though your relationship was going well? Would you consider trying it out in the future?

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Heidi Klum: Modern Renaissance Woman

Read an excerpt from Heidi’s March 2014 cover story

Heidi is 40 and has four kids, though you'd never guess either of those things by looking at her. The model turned TV personality—whose net worth Forbes has estimated at $50 million to $70 million—is at the peak of her career in an industry dominated by much younger women. She first burst onto the scene in the '90s (after winning a modeling contest while living in her hometown of Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) with a wholesome yet sexy kind of beauty that was tailor-made for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which she appeared in nine times, and earned her those giant Victoria's Secret Angel wings, which she wore for a record 13 years.

For 12 consecutive seasons on Project Runway, she's sent eager fashion designers packing, and her knack for crushing people's dreams with a sympathetic smile won her an Emmy, shared with cohost Tim Gunn. Given her popularity on Project Runway, it's no surprise she was tapped for another judging gig, on America's Got Talent. (She's also on her ninth season of hosting Germany's Next Top Model.)

Add in the fact that she has designed a children's line for Babies R Us and a sneaker and activewear line for New Balance, and you have to wonder if Father Time has granted Heidi a few bonus hours in her day.

To find out how she thrives at such a frenetic pace (all while looking ridiculously amazing), we got her to spill her strategies for staying healthy, battling stress, and cultivating a full, beautiful life.

To read the full interview with Heidi, pick up a copy of the March issue of Women’s Health, on newsstands today!

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Behind the Scenes with Heidi Klum at Her <em>Women's Health</em> Cover Shoot

We got the mother and TV host to spill her secrets to a healthy life

You probably know Heidi Klum from her 12 seasons on Project Runway, but the 40-year-old is a pro at juggling gigs. When she’s not caring for her four children, she’s judging rising stars on America’s Got Talent, hosting Germany’s Next Top Model, and now designing super-chic sneakers for New Balance. See how this wonder woman says she balances her personal life with all of the amazing projects she has going on:

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The 4 Heart Disease Conditions You MUST Know About

Take these terms to heart

Heart disease kills one in four women—that's three times as deadly as breast cancer, to put it into perspective. Now that we've got your attention, time to learn a bit more. The following four conditions cause major trouble for your heart. Learn about them, and learn how to prevent them.

Cardiovascular Disease
Heart and blood vessel conditions, including coronary artery disease, heart failure, and heart valve problems, among others

Cholesterol
A waxy fat created in the liver and circulated in the bloodstream. Friendly high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the "good" heart-protecting cholesterol; high levels of bad-boy low-density lipoprotein (LDL) can lead to the sticky plaque deposits that cause arterial blockages.

Metabolic Syndrome
A dangerous cluster of conditions (high blood pressure, excess abdominal fat, elevated blood sugar, and abnormal cholesterol) that can send you spiraling toward heart disease; it's rising quickly among women ages 20 to 39 and is often preventable or reversible through diet and exercise

Triglycerides
Usually lumped together with cholesterol—levels are checked concurrently—these are any type of calories stored as fat that the body uses for energy. Left unburned, triglyceride levels will shoot up, increasing your risk for heart disease.