Potent MediaFor a time, it seemed like skincare treatments were becoming more and more horror-movie-like (vampire facials! snail slime! leech face-lifts!), but these days, skin care is becoming a lot more… chill. There?s been a lot of talk lately...

3 Drugstore Mascaras That Work Wonders On My Uncurlable LashesGiven how much I love having long, lush Twiggy lashes, I consider mine quite stubborn. The tops are difficult to curl (like trying to curl hay) and the bottoms are virtually nonexistent....

According to Glossier, ?Skin first, makeup second.? But I have rosacea…If you’ve purchased makeup or skin care from Glossier or IT Cosmetics, you’ve made a statement about the kind of beauty consumer you are. The beauty market is saturated...

GettyThe recap for 1998 & 2018 and looking ahead to Oscars 2038With all the groundbreaking Oscar nominations in the throes of #MeToo and Time?s Up, it?s still easy to see how this year?s Oscars fell short of our expectations — from Gary Oldman and...

Learning to embrace my God-given Filipino looks in a white world.In 1994, I was on a mission to look like Aaliyah. The problem was, I?m not black. The notion of Asian beauty escaped me, so I was in search of something better.My caramel...

GlossierDouble dealing discoveries in gross skincare ingredients or “skingredients”.In a world that?s, let?s face it, oversaturated with skincare products, brands are going a little further to get noticed. And one way companies are doing this is...

Kylie BambergerMy BFF has alopecia and it helped her find the best hair of her lifeAli Hoffman has had alopecia for 17 years?and I had no idea for the 13 years I?ve known her. Alopecia is a condition that causes the immune system to attack hair...

Photo courtesy @nothauteWith $5 sheet masks aplenty, should you invest in these vegan face masks"As a vegan, I?m a hardcore enthusiast for skin care made with natural ingredients. That said, I totally understand why La Mer and Ole Henriksen...

I cried after every haircut until this life-changing discovery.I had big, blonde curls as a baby. At toddler age, I had thick, sandy-brown waves. By 5, my dark-brown tresses flowed straight down to my waist. And by ten, it was frizzy. I?m a mixed...

So, you?ve got a Valentine?s Day date. Whether your faithful beau is treating you to a night off the couch or you?re throwing ?Singles Awareness Day? cliches to the wind and meeting up with a lucky Tinder-boo, I?m here to help make sure your face...

Truth ControlDid hitting the streets in Women’s March of 2017 make a difference"  It’s a good question.Here we are, exactly one year later, and none of us could have imagined even half of what has taken place in the last twelve months,...

Plum and Proper When I was in college over 12 years ago, veganism looked like this: waif-thin, black-rimmed glasses, hardcore band T-shirts, tattoo sleeves and sometimes a very militant attitude to put the image over the edge. As a vegetarian at...

 The Fashion Philosophy Trust me when I say I?ve got you covered in the realm of detox facials.  After a long day, I can confidently say that you?ll find me at home pouring myself a glass of red wine and enjoying a luxuriously long face mask....

IMAN Cosmetics At a time when your phone is also your dinner deliveryman and personal car service, it?s not your fault for expecting everything you buy to multitask. In the beauty world, we have overnight masks that act as deeply hydrating...

Renee Zellweger, Mariah Carey and Cameron Diaz were blessed with many genetic gifts — and they have glam squads, world-class dermatologists on speed dial and sky-high beauty budgets to boot. But despite that, they have openly shared they?ve...

Me Oh My Girl Halcyon beach days are here again! Even though the energy of summertime is about being wild and free and comfortable in your skin, it doesn?t necessarily mean you have to ditch makeup and hair altogether. But paring down and...

Shape Summer is the season to take a little more off… makeup, that is! When the mercury starts to rise, it?s all about lightening up your beauty routine. Bare skin — sun-kissed with a brilliant golden glow — is summertime?s quintessential...

Credo Beauty Veganism has long been one very suspect life choice. So many questions and comments: But how do you get your protein" Are you trying to starve yourself" Kill me if I ever have to live without cheese. And the skeptics don?t stop at...

?She get it from her mama” is more than just a line in a Juvenile song. Just as we learned how to walk, talk and tie our shoes from our moms, we’ve also picked up some beauty lessons from them along the way. Think about it, before we were old...

Into The Gloss When it comes to your beauty budget, I?ll bet you pony up the most on serum. Yes, serums are usually a lot more expensive, but they?re also super concentrated (a little goes a long way) and deliver quickly and visibly on their...

Beauty can be a fun — no, an obsessive endeavor that usually begins as a modest interest and then blossoms into a full-fledged compulsion. We at The Makeup Blogger know this all too well. Whether we started out as dilettante beauty buffs or career...

The Jugalow For our Spring Cleaning challenge, many of us tried to purge things that, let?s be real, are difficult to abruptly eliminate. It might seem easy to delete tens of thousands of emails or suddenly Mary Poppins the crap out of your house,...

High Street Market After being ridiculously proud of ourselves with the New You challenge in January, we thought we?d do it again: this time for Spring Cleaning (i.e. What should we clean in or out of our lives for a month"). Our closets"...

Photo: Anna Marie Lopez Kiran Gandhi is full of surprises: She?s the daughter of immigrants from India, but grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, attending The Chapin School for girls. She?s currently a drummer, living a hipster-activist...

Glamour We?ve all dreamed of it: waking up every morning with full, perfectly shaped, Jessica Alba eyebrows?no pencil, pomade or powder necessary. Well, for a cool $700 to $900, this dream can come true! Microblading is the answer. Also known as...