Earle

As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. I am by no means a TikTok connoisseur. At most, I get lost in an hour-long scrolling adventure once a week. So, the fact that I've seen countless enthusiastic videos spotlighting the viral "Alix Earle light" ($26, originally $32), a selfie light from tech brand Newmowa, is saying a lot. But I figured it…

In the early 1900s, the Conservative and Unionist party’s mounting panic about defeat by the Liberals led it into a familiar place: the gutter, from where it repeatedly warned of the danger posed by people entering the UK from abroad. “The whole scum of Europe may come to this country,” said one particularly charming pamphlet, “by merely concocting stories about being political or religious ‘refugees’, however improbable their stories.”A century on, this particular song remains much the same. As opinion polls and local…

Christina Darby/ZDNETIn the past few months, Alix Earle has taken TikTok by storm. The influencer is known for "get ready with me" videos, doing her makeup as she talks about her life to her 4.9 million followers -- which, admittedly, I am one of. And like many of her fans, I wondered how her skin always managed to look flawless despite her recounts of a wild night prior and surrounding dim lighting. While the influencer is open about using TikTok's beauty filter, she admitted her secret to glowing, top-tier videos…