Beauty

Rosdiana CiaravoloGetty Images Along with becoming poreless, acne-free, and impeccably chiseled, one of my forever skincare goals is to have enviably glowy skin. I’m not talking about highlighters or skin-smoothing foundations, either (though they are great hacks for the impatient); I want that natural lit-from-within, reflective, looks-great-without-makeup sheen. My lack of a glow is especially
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When the OG scrubs (aka physical exfoliators) arrived in the ’80s and ’90s, they were wildly popular. Remember St. Ives Apricot Scrub? Sure, some of those skin smoothers felt like sandpaper, but the results were instant and addictive: A single sloughing session could leave skin noticeably softer, smoother, and more radiant. The problem was that
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Jan Welters/Trunk Archive When I lost all my hair in my twenties (thanks to cancer and chemo), I held out hope that it would grow back thick and curly, the way it had been before I’d gotten sick. But that’s not what happened. Instead, the new growth came in wavy, with a tendency to fall
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Getty Images, Emmelie de la Cruz Emmelie De La Cruz is an entrepreneur, the founder and chief marketing strategist of One Day CMO, a business consultancy that helps small- to medium-sized brands that serve people of color set themselves up for success. Throughout her career, she’s looked to Madam C.J. Walker, the Black haircare pioneer
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Amazon has long been our go-to online retailer for pretty much everything: fashion, home goods, general must-haves—and, of course, for all our beauty needs. Well today, they’re launching their very own beauty brand called Amazon Aware. The environmental impact of every product they’ve created in the collection is top of mind. Each item has been
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Caroline Tompkins / Refinery29 for Getty ImagesGetty Images We can all shamelessly admit that we’ve succumbed to a viral TikTok beauty hack or product during our daily doom-scroll through the app. Perhaps it was adding liquid chlorophyll to your water when TikTok said the ingredient would help manage your acne. We’ve since learned that there’s
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Artwork by Yelena Yemchuk To this day, I find it hard to tell the story of how I got sick. All I can say is that in my twenties and thirties, I got very ill very slowly. When I was 21, I began to experience strange neurological sensations, including vertigo when I walked up and
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If you didn’t recognize Kendall Jenner on the Prada Fall Winter Ready-to-Wear runway, we don’t blame you. The model debuted a dramatic hair transformation similar to the one her c0-supermodel and friend Gigi Hadid made just last year—she’s now a redhead. While Hadid openly said her inspiration was Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Jenner’s shade of
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In the wise words of Champagne Papi, it’s almost the season of “wearing less and going out more,” and for many, increasing temperatures also marks the start of warm-weather grooming: Bare legs for mini skirts and dresses, baby-smooth bikini area for all the high-cut, booty-baring, Huji-filtered swimsuit photos, and stubble-free armpits for sleeveless tops. As
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Archive PhotosGetty Images The latest in-office and at-home hair removal tools promise to reduce hair growth, resulting in fewer ingrowns from removal. But which device is best? Beauty editor Margaux Anbouba grabbed a Sharpie, split her bikini line in half, and put the question to the test. IN OFFICE: DEVICE: Lumenis Splendor X ($300–$400 per
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Your medicine chest probably looks a lot different than your mom’s. There are the unintentional differences: the signature red nail polish camped out in the back corner of hers forever versus the untamed collection of lacquers in yours. But there are also the ways it should look different. At each life stage, there are specific
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You know those bridesmaid-font t-shirts and mugs with sassy slogans like, “Powered by coffee and wine?” If I were a slogan-merch person, I’d add one item to that list: Mirena. As a person with naturally hellish periods, I am so grateful for my hormone-releasing IUD—and the nearly-nonexistent menstruation that comes with it—that I shudder to
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Every year, beauty editors from the international editions of ELLE come together to decide on the best in beauty for the ELLE International Beauty Awards (EIBA). This year is the 10th anniversary of the EIBA, and ELLE beauty editors from around the world will host a virtual ceremony to announce the winners. The winning products
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To fully grasp the power of Black beauty at Howard University, one can easily look through the lens of homecoming. Stepping foot on campus during that particular weekend is a true spectacle, in every sense of the word. The festivities are a celebration of Black excellence: beautiful crowds emit glitz, glamour, and unbridled joy throughout
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