Lauren Hard

Bio

Lauren studied broadcast journalism at Temple University in Philadelphia and received her masters from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She covered New York's five boroughs for Time Warner Cable News NY1 and interned at the Today Show and MSNBC. In a previous life, Lauren worked as a web producer.

3-D Body Scanners Could Revolutionize the Way We Shop for Clothes

By Lauren Hard

I was less uncomfortable than I thought I'd be in the scanner. Descriptions that I had read about the experience made it sound intimate and awkward — standing completely still while wearing a form-fitting outfit as a red beam of lightly slowly…

Turns Out Bridesmaids Dresses Don't All Suck Anymore — If You Know Where to Go

By Lauren Hard

When 31-year-old Subi Ghosh started planning her wedding, she had one top priority for her bridesmaids. She had been a bridesmaid in a nightmarish dress in the past, she told Mic, and she swore she wouldn't make her friends go through the same…

Your Yoga Pants Might Be Bad for Your Health

By Lauren Hard

Outside of a barre class at a boutique studio in New York City, over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a woman who had just purchased a new pair of yoga pants after class was heard saying, "I'm just gonna change into this now, because if I go home…

Here's the Wild, New "Trend" That Has Women Tattooing Their Faces

By Lauren Hard

After filling her brows in with pencil and shadow for years, Pamela Lacy was intrigued when she heard about "permanent makeup." A procedure that promised she wouldn't have to fill in her eyebrows ever again was damn appealing. The procedure itself,…