We’re going to be honest with you: one of the best perks of being a beauty editor is getting to test out luxe spa and salon treatments. At times, we fly all over the globe just to get the freshest ingredient (such as homegrown lavender from Provence, France) or the most peaceful massage (nothing beats the fresh air in Manchester,…
After you’ve partied and gotten glammed up for the holidays, there’s no better way to relax and refresh than a DIY face mask. If your skin is on the oily side, a night of Champagne and dancing often shows up in a greasy glare, resulting in clogged pores and possibly leading to breakouts. To keep your skin radiant and poreless,…
I always had an inkling that my skin is sensitive, but I didn’t know until I knew. It started two years ago with a rash on my neck, caused by an allergy to nickel. Trust me: when you’re wearing scarves in the middle of August to conceal a breakout, you can’t be in denial. As time progressed, my skin continue…
If you really thought about it, you would be downright overwhelmed by how many new beauty products hit the market every year. But over the course of the past few months, we’ve narrowed down the hundreds of hair treatments, skin serums, nail polishes, and cosmetics to our select favorites. Now that 2015 is coming to a close, we’ve cut the…
The drastic drop in temperature come January requires a beauty arsenal reboot (can you say polar vortex?). We’re trading our silky lotions for creamy body butters, astringent toners for hydrating facial essences, lip glosses for matte lipsticks, and so on. But that doesn’t mean we’re blowing a whole paycheck on updating our makeup bag, though. We’ve found 10 Winter essentials…
If you’ve only ever used your Clarisonic brush to cleanse your face, then you’ve been missing out. The launch of the Smart Profile ($265) device has made the Clarisonic fit for body and feet, too. All with the same handle! We spoke with the brand cofounder Dr. Robb Akridge to get new ideas on how to use your classic cleansing…
You may just know Darren Criss as a Broadway star or Blaine from Glee, but in real life, he’s actually an entrepreneurial beauty guru. When I sat down with him earlier this year to talk all things grooming, he blew me away with his knowledge about everything from essential oils to not overstripping his curls of moisture. When it comes…
As serious beauty junkies, we get psyched about every new product to hit the market. But we get even more excited when we find out our favorite celebrities are spearheading the campaigns for our top brands’ swag. It’s the perfect storm of pop culture obsession and shopping fanaticism! Next year brings some incredibly gorgeous faces (and complexions and heads of…
I’m not going to lie; I moved to Paris for all the cliché reasons – the sophistication, the culture, and the grandiosity that can make anyone feel just a little bit royal. Of course, there’s also Paris’s beauty – in its cityscape and in its people. So when I decided to explore global beauty standards for my docu-series, Pretty, Paris…
Even though we’re the go-to girls for beauty knowledge amongst our friends, it can still be a struggle to keep up with all the trendy techniques. First there was strobing, then there was clown contouring, then there was multimasking . . . it’s kind of exhausting to keep track! If you, too, are tired of being confused by weird hashtags…