Adulthood isn't always a breeze. Just ask artist Caitlin Quijano. 

The 26-year-old Canadian artist is the brains behind Anemone Lost Comics, a series of illustrations that chronicles the struggles of being a grown up. The comics cover the good, the bad and the ugly of growing up including college debt, new jobs and making friends in the real world. 

"I'm inspired by the ups and downs of 20-something life, and exploring what it means to be a 'real adult,'" Quijano told The Huffington Post. "Mostly, I just try to draw comics that take an honest look at my life. I figure that if I'm going through something or feeling something, there's probably someone else who is, too." 

Quijano added that she creates the illustrations with the help of her husband who helps edit and upload them onto Facebook and her website. 

From grown-up dinner parties to friends having babies -- the struggle of adulthood is real, people. Scroll below to see a few hilarious and spot-on comics from Quijano. 

Head over to Facebook to see more of Quijano's comics. 

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Next time you feel guilty about staying up all night to binge watch YouTube videos, just remember, Pope Francis is probably up doing the exactly same thing.

Well, maybe not exactly, but in continuing his mission to be the best pope ever, the 79-year-old did meet with 11 famous YouTubers in Vatican City on Sunday, as part of a three-day-summit for youth called VI Scholas World Congress, which promotes integration of communities around the world through technology.

The 11 YouTubers: Dulce Candy, Matthew Patrick, Hayla Ghazal, Louise Pentland, Lucas Castel, Matematica Rio, Jamie & Nikki, Greta Menchi, Los Polinesios, and Anna RF, come from 10 different countries and a number of different religious affiliations, and combine to boast over 27 million subscribers. They connect with viewers from around the world on a regular basis and, according to YouTube's blog, "encourage empathy and understanding between diverse communities."

Among the praise Pope Francis gave the vloggers, The Guardian reports there was a special shoutout to Pentland, who runs the beauty-focused channel and blog Sprinkle of Glitter. "I am glad that you carry out the type of work you said, following the line of beauty, it’s a great thing. To preach beauty and show beauty helps neutralise aggression," he said.

The pop praised the vloggers for their work in making the world a better, more accepting place.

In true Internet-age fashion, many of the involved YouTubers posted a sweet photo from the meeting. None, however, described the events quite as perfectly as Matthew Patrick, or MatPat. "I just interviewed the POPE! I am literally #blessed," he wrote.

Amen to that.

Check out a video from the event above. 

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We've made a lot of progress when it comes to embracing what makes us unique, but there's one thing we seem to forget about: our awesome natural hair. 

Embracing one’s natural hair -- especially after years of heavily styling it -- can be a truly liberating and exciting experience. It's more than just a "trend." It's a way of life. And with relaxer sales on a steep decline, the growing natural hair community can attest to that. They can also attest to some serious misconceptions people still have about natural hairstyles (like schools deeming natural hair worthy of suspension or style outlets calling Kim K.’s French braids a “new style.”) So for that reason, we’re launching My Natural Hair Journey, and we want to hear from you.

If you have transitioned to wearing your hair natural and learned a lot about hair care, self-love, beauty standards, racial identity and yourself in the process, we’d love to hear your story. Send a 500- to 800-word essay or an idea for a blog post to MyNaturalHairJourney@huffingtonpost.com. 

To get started, check out these enlightening personal stories on the experience of learning about and loving one's natural hair. 

If I Could Control My Hair, I Could Control My Life -- Tanya Wright

With a busy career as an actress on 'Orange Is the New Black,' my life sometimes feels more out of control than ever. At the same time, I know that the opposite is also true: That I am the captain of my ship; I am the master of my fate. And I would never have known that if it were not for my hair.

How I Fell in Love With My Natural Curls -- VeCoya Greene

Fall in love with your texture and your natural curls. Do not compare yourself to others, because this is your journey. That applies to products as well. What works for me may not necessarily work for you and vice versa.

Why I Stopped Wearing Wigs -- Antonia Opiah

I cannot and I will not say that I 100 percent adore my hair and feel great in it. The struggle is still very real for me. But I know that in time, maybe a couple years from now, I'll be at a different part of my journey and telling a different story.

A Journey to Never Having Big Curls and Loving Myself Anyway -- Shanae Wildgoose

Whether this 4C hair seems to twist on command or not, it’s mine. It’s beautiful and loving it means loving myself. Embracing my natural hair journey was freeing, exciting and worth every minute.

I Never Wanted to Go Natural... So Why Did I? --Mionna Henderson

My hair isn’t like a lot of the natural hair types I see on social media, and that’s okay. My hair is special, just like me, so it requires special attention, time, care, and patience.

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Before there were countless reality shows following the fabulous lives of the rich and (sometimes not-so) famous, there was one particular MTV series on the forefront of this television trend. "Rich Girls" only aired for a single season in 2003, but its stars Ally Hilfiger and Jaime Gleicher -- and their outrageous one-liners -- made the show quite memorable.

Back then, Ally says, she had no idea what to expect from the series. "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" recently caught up with the now 31-year-old, who says she was mostly in the dark about how everything would be portrayed on the series.

"I did not know what they were going to call the show. I did not know how they were going to edit it in the end. I didn't know how much time was going to be involved," Ally says.

There was also something quite frightening that Ally says she was equally unaware of at the time.

"I didn't know Lyme disease had got into my brain," she says. "I was physically shutting down." 

Ally details her battle with Lyme disease in her recent book, Bite Me. She explains in the above clip that Lyme had a very real impact on the behavior she displayed in "Rich Girls."

"During the show, my brain, it would almost short-circuit. Certain times, I would say things that wouldn't make any sense," she says. "I knew they wouldn't make sense, but they were still coming out of my mouth."

It wasn't just what she said, Ally adds. It was how she said it.

"My words were slurring a lot. I was not able to put sentences together properly. And my memory -- that's still a problem," Ally says.

I was outlandishly reacting and acting out. I mean, it was very strange.

Looking back at the series, Ally doesn't view her younger self as simply the privileged high schooler who was just trying to find her way through the world. "When I look at myself, I look at this ... sick and suffering little girl who is desperate for someone to help her and to heal her," she says.

After "Rich Girls," Ally continued to struggle.

"I had a nervous breakdown after the show and couldn't think straight, couldn't speak properly, couldn't function properly," she says. "I was outlandishly reacting and acting out. I mean, it was very strange. It was really not my normal behavior at all." 

Ally's father, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, saw his daughter struggling and took action.

"My father was scared. He put me into a hospital," Ally says. "What's really insidious about the disease is ... you look fine on the outside. You don't 'look sick.' And there are some days where you can function normally and some days where you absolutely cannot. So, it's very confusing to the general public."

Eventually, Ally was diagnosed with Lyme disease at age 21. She believes she contracted it more than a decade earlier when she was bit by a tick at age 7.

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"I was on antibiotics for years, which helped tremendously," Ally says. "Then I had to turn to homeopathy and natural medicine, which was fantastic. And moving to Los Angeles, lowering the stress levels, getting more vitamin D, staying positive really helps."

Through it all, Ally says she always had her sights set on one end goal that kept her going: motherhood.

"I had this hope and this vision of me possibly one day becoming a mother," she says. "I kept my eye on that for so long, even through the darkest -- really darkest -- times during this journey. And it happened!"

In February of last year, Ally gave birth to her daughter, Harley. Today, the fashion heiress says she is in a good place in her life, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

"I am beyond happy," Ally says, "and just overwhelmed with gratitude, humility, awe, love."

Another reality-related follow-up:

Kristin Cavallari explains why she felt "very, very used and manipulated" on "Laguna Beach"

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Love them or hate them, Crocs -- the rubber clogs that started out in 2002 as boater-floaters for Jimmy Buffett types in Florida but have now sold more than 300 million pairs in 90 countries -- are here to stay.

Treasured for their comfort, rubberiness and floatability, they're equally popular with toddlers and Mario Batali.

"They are great at the dog park or in the backyard where I am likely to step in something that is very difficult to clean off sneakers but comes off easily with a hose or a wipe from my clogs," one wearer writes in an Amazon review.

Fair.

"Great protection for toes and great to lounge around. Also great for travel in tropics with aquatic activities," another says. 

Good points, all.

Crocs are affordable, and at this point, classic ... but what do podiatrists -- you know, actual doctors who want you to live your best life -- think about them?

They're not fans -- at least not the doctors we spoke with.

"Unfortunately Crocs are not suitable for all-day use," Dr. Megan Leahy, a Chicago-based podiatrist with the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, told HuffPost. While she granted that they "offer nice arch support," she added that the real reason you shouldn't wear them over long periods of time is that "these shoes do not adequately secure the heel. When the heel is unstable, toes tend to grip which can lead to tendinitis, worsening of toe deformities, nail problems, corns and calluses. The same thing can happen with flip flops or any backless shoes as the heel is not secured."

Dr. Alex Kor, the president of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine, told HuffPost that the most important feature in any shoe is the shank, the supportive structure between the heel and the toe. “Patients are more likely to have foot pain if their shoes bend in the shank,” said Kor.

Crocs, according to Kor, "are the 'poster child' for shoes with a flexible shank. ... In other words, on a daily basis, I see patients who come into my office complaining of arch or heel pain and they are wearing Crocs," he said.

"The only two types of patients that may benefit from wearing Crocs are patients that have a very high arch or those who suffer from excessive edema of their legs and ankle," Kor said. "But, under no circumstances can I suggest wearing Crocs 8 to 10 hours per day."

Leahy agreed, telling HuffPost that Crocs are "OK to use for trips to the beach or the pool, but should not be used for long walks. I do notice that children (and even adults) tend to trip and fall more in these shoes."

If you're going to walk out with your Croc out, it's best to do it in short intervals, lest you take a walk in Florida, where the Croc was born, trip into the marsh and fall into the mouth of a waiting crocodile, thus completing Mother Nature's circle of life:

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If you're anything like us, you live in your denim shorts all summer (except maybe at the office). They're so comfortable, stylish and easy to wash -- basically, they're the holy grail of summer staples. But dreaming up new ways to style them can get tough, especially mid-season. 

So we turned to Instagram and found a few stylish ladies who clearly know what they're doing. Check out the 14 awesome looks below and feel free to copy them, because we're not planning on wearing pants until fall.

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Shaving a longtime beard can be a total buzzkill.

But when it came time for Scott Boback to get rid of the facial hair that took 20 months to grow, he made the most of it by donating it to a good cause.

Boback, an associate professor of biology at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, donated his 9-inch beard (from the chin down) to Matter of Trust, an environmental organization that, among a number of green initiatives, uses hair to help soak up oil after major spills.

Since 1999, the organization has collected hair clippings from salons and dog groomers through its Clean Wave program to make low-tech, tube-like devices called “hair booms." They're essentially pantyhose stuffed with hair.

A pound of hair can absorb a quart of oil in one minute, Matter of Trust's co-founder, Lisa Craig Gautier told USA Today in 2010.

The same way that hair’s rigid texture is able to sop up natural skin oils, it's able to work to catch crude, The New York Times reported in 2010 after the BP oil spill. 

The group started out using their hair "sausages" to help clean up a number of small spills. The concept was put to a serious test in 2007, after the Cosco Busan, a container ship, hit a support tower in San Francisco's Bay Bridge and spilled 53,569 gallons of intermediate fuel oil.

As for Boback's role in all of this, it's clear that he's motivated by both his love of the ocean and his wife.

“This is definitely something that I’m doing for my wife,” Boback told Dickinson. “But I know that I can always grow it back.”

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The Ukrainian Knot sounds like some kind of pro wrestling move, but it's actually a shoelace tying hack explained here by YouTube channel DaveHax.

"It looks nice and smart and with a bit of practice it's really easy to do," DaveHax promises in an authoritative British accent.

The immediately noticeable difference is that you thread the laces from the top on down. You still tie bunny ears, but it isn't quite the same.

Says DaveHax: "It's quicker than tying your shoes in the conventional way and you're less likely to get them knotted." 

You be the judge.

 H/T Laughing Squid

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Haters gonna hate, but this woman doesn't care.

A beauty blogger from Grand Junction, Colorado, known as Cailey Darling posted a photo of herself on Instagram rocking a swimsuit from GabiFresh's Swim Sexy collection on May 18 and quickly heard from trolls who felt the need to comment on her appearance. The next day, Darling responded with another swimsuit photo and an important message for the body-shamers.

"Once I started actively trying not to judge others based on appearances, I slowly started to see beauty in the people around me," she wrote. "Soon enough, I could look at a body like mine and see beauty where society told me I wouldn't find it."

The day after that, she posted yet another swimsuit photo and wrote that hateful comments won't keep her from living her life "unapologetically." Darling told The Huffington Post she decided to respond to the trolls with a series of swimsuit photos to show that their hateful words won't affect her and that she has no plans of backing down.

"I want people to see me still standing and believing I am beautiful even though people tell me I'm not," she said.

In one of her captions, Darling noted that she sometimes directly responds to people who leave hateful feedback on her photos. She clarified to HuffPost that she responds to the positive and uplifting comments more often, but that she does choose to interact with some trolls. She said she learned from other women who defended themselves online and now wants to help inspire others to stand strong as well. 

"I get messages all the time from people who thank me for responding to troll comments because they never knew how to stand up for themselves in that situation, and now they have a good idea of what to say when faced with bullying," she said.

The beauty blogger emphasized that if she does respond to trolls she doesn't mind commenting on their "self-loathing, or hatred," but stressed that she doesn't attack the way they look as they do to her. The beauty blogger is on a much more important mission.

"I am here to change minds about bodies, not to shame any other types of bodies," she wrote.

H/T Cosmopolitan

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Aside from holding the record for the most No. 1 hits for a solo artist on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, reportedly singing the highest vocal note ever produced by a human voice, and owning an engagement ring only 10 carats fewer than the Hope Diamond, Mariah Carey holds another title: Hollywood's most fabulous diva. The singer has owned the throne ever since she stepped on the scene in the '90s. Though many will continue to compare young acts to the goddess -- to which she replies, "First of all, I'm still young" -- none can claim the crown like Mariah. 

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Now this is what we call a yoga warrior.

Prince William took zen to a whole new level at the Audi Polo Challenge in Berkshire, England over the weekend by busting out a few yoga moves to stretch and warm up before the big charity match.

The best part? He effortlessly performed each pose in white jeans and a crisp button down -- in the grass no less.

Questionable attire (and perhaps a few form faux pas) aside, the prince is clearly clued in on the perks of a little yoga. The practice can help increase flexibility and muscle strength -- both of which are vital for, say, a polo match.

Most importantly, experts also say that yoga can ease stress and boost mood, which can be crucial to performance enhancement. Namaste to that game-winning advantage.

Check out some of Prince William's other fun yoga moves below, like this stretch:

Plus this work-in-progress plank:

And let us have a moment of silence for this mastery of the cat-cow pose:

Slayed it.

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Thirty-one bedrooms, 88 fireplaces, one seriously regal slumber party.

Charles Spencer and his wife Karen Spencer announced last week that they would open the doors of the iconic Althorp Estate to a small number of weekend guests. The home where Charles and his sister Princess Diana grew up has been opened to overnight visitors in order to raise money for Whole Child International, a charity Lady Spencer founded in 2004 to raise money for orphanages.

NBC reported that "many of the biggest and most popular charities don't want to invest in orphanages, arguing money is better spent moving children out into foster care or back with living relatives." Spencer, on the other hand, believes it is important to invest in those orphanages so that children living there are growing and developing as best they can.

So, in order to raise the funds on their own, the organization is welcoming up to 30 couples over a number of weekends to the estate -- at a price, of course.

According to the website, a gift of $25,000 or more gets you a weekend-long stay at the estate, a "black-tie dinner" Saturday night and various other activities. For $40,000 or more, you also get a "premium Althorp bedroom" for one weekend. A whopping $250,000 or more grants you and 17 other guests private access to the estate, including activities that "can be discussed directly with Lady Spencer." 

Lest you think the hefty price tag might deter people from packing their bags, Lady Spencer confirmed that is not the case. In fact, she told The Huffington Post quite the opposite is true:

“We are delighted with the response we have been receiving for our campaign and have almost surpassed our goal within 48 hours of launch. Since the demand is greater than we anticipated, we encourage people to consider a donation, as the number of spaces we had allocated is filling up. We realize that these weekends cost a great deal of money and - while we remain absolutely focused on raising as much as we can for the children - we are at the same time determined to make this opportunity accessible to all. So we’ve included a separate weekend, as part of a the small donor campaign, which will give everyone a chance to come and enjoy Althorp.”

Those "small donor campaigns" translate to other options for people wanting to stay at the estate without shelling out big bucks. The campaign will welcome two people who raise the most funds for the organization by Sept 25, 2016. Also, two people who get the most people to donate by the same date will be invited, as well as two people who submit an essay of up to 500 words or a 90-second video.

To learn more about the organization, the Althorp Estate and becoming a benefactor, check out the video below and head to Whole Children International. 

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As a reminder that nearly all American citizens share a common immigrant heritage, one organization gathered more than 50 high-profile celebrities to be a part of the "I Am An Immigrant" campaign.

Welcome.us, a non-profit organization that coordinates Immigrant Heritage Month every June, is honoring immigrants with the help of influential figures, such as Kerry Washington, Julianne Moore, Lupita Nyong’o, Tracee Ellis Ross, Alan Cumming, Rosario Dawson, Akon, Bobby Cannavale, Tom Colicchio, Miguel, Rosie Perez, Junot Diaz, Roselyn Sanchez and Guillermo Diaz. 

Many of the stars participated in a video for the campaign, above, in which they shared their thoughts on why immigrants are an important part of the United States while wearing the campaigns "I Am An Immigrant" t-shirt. 

"I don't know of anybody that didn't come over here from somewhere at some point," Bobby Cannavale says in the video posted Wednesday. 

Says actress Rosario Dawson: "[People say] well my family came over here on the Mayflower, and I'm like, 'Exactly! Hello, immigrant."

Each celebrity was also photographed by director Cary Fukunaga ("True Detective," "Beasts of No Nation"). Welcome.us is asking others to join the campaign by using the #IAmAnImmigrant hashtag on Twitter to talk about their own immigrant heritage or use their custom "I Am An Immigrant" photo filter. 

Here are what some participants are tweeting in solidarity:

Check out a behind the scenes look at the "I Am An Immigrant" photo shoot below: 

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The rules for dressing for the office are completely different for men and women. 

Perhaps no two people better exemplify the double standard than the most well-known executives working at Facebook: cofounder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, known for wearing the same grey T-shirt and jeans every day, and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who is typically seen perched atop towering high heels.

Sandberg is arguably the most influential female executive in Corporate America, inspiring (or pissing off) many women with her book Lean In. Her frank openness about dealing with the sudden death of her husband last year was both heartbreaking and admirable. She's incredibly successful by every measure.

Yet on Wednesday, while watching her talk to Recode's Kara Swisher and Facebook Chief Technology Officer Michael Schroepfer, I caught myself staring at her shoes. Just look at them:

Here's a closer look:

I couldn't help but marvel at the fact that while Zuckerberg slomps around in super-casual clothes every day, Sandberg is smartly decked out in full corporate power garb: towering, patent leather, red peep-toe heels.

Here's a pair of shoes Sandberg wore to the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.

And another from the power confab:

Here's a photo of Mark Zuckerberg's closet:

Here he is speaking at a recent conference in San Francisco:

You get it.

To be sure, these two are an extreme example. Sandberg, who holds an MBA from Harvard, is a seasoned executive and considered to be the "adult" in the room who brings balance to Zuckerberg's more introverted personality. And of course, nobody is forcing Sandberg to wear her (extremely stylish) stilettos.

Still, their case highlights the fact that even in the tech world, where the concept of dressing down was invented, and even at Facebook, a progressive company run by a guy in jeans, women and men don't quite play by the same rules.

Women can't just roll out of bed, toss on yesterday's jeans, brush their teeth and do well at work. If they do, they'll struggle in the professional world. One woman I spoke with recently, who works at a venture capital firm, told me that she wasn't taken seriously at work until she started wearing stilettos.

In fact, women who spend more time grooming -- including efforts like putting on makeup -- are promoted more often and make more money than their bare-faced colleagues, according to one recent study.

“Although appearance and grooming have become increasingly important to men, beauty work continues to be more salient for women because of cultural double standards with very strict prescriptions for women,” the paper says.

So if you're looking to be the next Sheryl Sandberg, better bust out that lipstick and heels. You'll be be spinning your wheels without them.

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Looks like Blac Chyna is feeling a little blue. 

The 28-year-old model just debuted a new blue hairstyle on Instagram, and it's giving us major mermaid vibes. (And maybe, just maybe, some Kylie Jenner vibes.)

"Hello, aqua," Chyna says in the video clip, which shows her twirling her locks and winking at the camera. 

Of course, Chyna is basically a hair color chameleon. She's donned everything from black to golden blond to platinum and even neon green. 

Her latest hairstyle comes just after the announcement that Chyna and her fiancé, Rob Kardashian, are getting their very own reality TV show on E!. The network announced Wednesday -- to no one's surprise -- that the couple will star in a a six-part docuseries, focusing on their engagement, pregnancy and most likely a lot of wedding planning. 

We already know it's going to be good. And by good, we mean full of drama. 

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