Beauty

Erika Aguilera is a Texas-based, style content creator whose goal for her platform is simple: to inspire others to be their most creative selves. Doing so begins with finding the confidence within herself to create her own content. For this, she looks to what she does best—putting together eye-catching makeup looks and outfits. “I like

Race-based hair discrimination garnered national attention last summer when the CROWN—Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair—Coalition worked to outlaw intolerance based on style, type, and texture. Cofounded by Dove, the National Urban League, Color Of Change, and the Western Center on Law and Poverty, the movement is working to create a “more

Wong Maye-E/AP/Shutterstock Federal authorities in New York confiscated hair weaves and accessories suspected to be made from the human hair of prisoners inside a Chinese internment camp, the Associated Press reports. The shipment, from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Co. Ltd., weighed 13 tons and is valued at an estimated $800,000, representatives for the U.S.

My favorite way to start an argument is by saying, “I find it funny how….” followed by whatever transgression has upset me. So, I find it funny how I, as a Black woman, know so much about White hair. I know it gets greasy if it isn’t washed. I know that ‘the Rachel’ didn’t really

Chaos Makeup’s Kaleidoscope Highlighter promises that it applies almost invisible. Can a rainbow really fade into a subtle shine? We tried its claim to see it’s really true. See more from Chaos Makeup: http://www.chaosmakeup.com/product/rainbow-highlighter BEAUTY INSIDER believes everyone should shine from hair to makeup and everything in between. Life is an adventure. Subscribe to our

Victor VIRGILEGetty Images If you’ve noticed more strands in the shower drain or on the hairbrush than usual, you’re not alone, and we are here to help. Hormonal changes, aging, stress, and constant color changes can damage and weaken your hair, causing it to thin, and in extreme cases, fall out. But fear not, this

Some things just go together. Bread and butter. Salt and pepper. Teyana Taylor and the ’90s. There’s an allusion to the defining era in everything Taylor touches. To start, her 2014 debut album VII captured the ferocity and assuredness of her 90s icons Lauryn Hill, Brandy, and Mary J. Blige, which is again reinforced on

The world of beauty influencers was shaken last year over a feud between YouTubers James Charles and Tati Westbrook. The longtime close friends abruptly severed ties, both released video statements, and—most significantly—gained and lost followers. At the start of the feud, James lost three million subscribers while Tati gained nearly four million. Now, she is

Ah, the restoring power of taking a bath. What was previously seen as a bubble-filled extravagance for special occasions is now a way of life in 2020. All of the stigmas that previously plagued the past time are no longer. Everyone has copious amounts of time at home to ponder the world from a fizzy-filled

Kristen Noel Crawley is best known for her brand KNC Beauty‘s cult-favorite starry eye masks and nourishing lip masks and balms, and influencing her 416,000-plus followers with a sartorial taste that harkens back to the 90s. But in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests, Crawley reflected on how she can use her

Small, eco-friendly changes to our daily routines can add up to a huge impact on our planet if enough people do it. Tweaking your daily rituals by making mindful choices about which products to use is an easy place to begin, and starting with these small steps can give you the needed motivation to adopt

If you’ve ever struggled with restoring your edges, excessive shedding, or thinness, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about the alleged miracle hair growth properties of castor oil. A quick search on YouTube yields dozens of positive testimonials that show brows restored to Cara Delevingne status and edges even Alicia Keys would envy. But is

In a single sentence, Lili Reinhart read the entire segment of the population that started chasing sourdough starter and reading up on proofing in the last few months. “It’s so weird to me that America’s response to a quarantine is to bake bread,” she tells ELLE.com. Other phenomena from self-isolation are less perplexing: Her skin

You don’t have to be obsessed with the royal family to know Meghan Markle has impeccable style. I mean, very few people can prompt a button-down shirt, a pair of jeans, and comfortable flats to sell out virtually overnight upon wearing it. If you want to bring the Markle Sparkle to your beauty routine, you’re

Emily Ratajkowski—model, business woman, and famous brunette—is officially blonde. Understandable, when you’re stuck in quarantine and the face of Kérastase haircare. “I’m in LA. I’m in my bed, drinking coffee, waking up as my first morning as a blonde,” she told ELLE.com over the phone. “With quarantine, you’re staring at yourself in the mirror and

On Friday, Johnson & Johnson announced it will cease production on two lines of skin-lightening products from Neutrogena and Clean & Clear that are popular overseas. The move comes in the wake of a recent resurgence in the Black Lives Matter movement, a time of reckoning for many brands and companies with racially insensitive ties.

Normani was forced to reckon with universal beauty standards, ones that didn’t often include Black women like her, from a young age. Starting in elementary school, where she was only one of three Black students, she would study the rich, deep tone of her skin and the kinks and thickness of her hair in the

Tracee Ellis Ross is launching a new phase of her Pattern Beauty haircare line. On Monday, Ross teased phase two of Pattern, which debuted its first collection in September 2019. “As we continue to protest and gather and strategize and hold those in power accountable and reimagine our future and vote, I am reminded that

Pat McGrath is the makeup magician whose ethereal, otherworldly beauty looks have put her in a class of her own and have been seen on runways from Valentino to Christian Dior to Alexander Queen. We’ve all tried our hand at one of Mother’s signature silky glass skin or her mesmerizing smokey eyes or even her

M.A.C Cosmetics has always had an eye for musicians—Rihanna, Selena Quintanilla, Mariah Carey, Aaliyah, to name a few. Now, you can add Teyana Taylor to the brand’s growing list. The Teyana Taylor x M.A.C Cosmetics team-up was a match written in the stars since she 15 years old playing with M.A.C products to concoct her

Stephane Cardinale – CorbisGetty Images As protests in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and many other Black humans who died at the hands of police hold a mirror up to society’s long history of racial injustice, Aurora James, founder of Brother Vellies, in turn held up a mirror to

We’re used to seeing Cardi B in an array of colorful wigs and cuts, but on Monday night, June 8th, Cardi ditched her wig to show followers how healthy her natural hair has become over the years. And it’s all thanks to a nourishing DIY mask she makes for herself and daughter Kulture. Just as

Burke Williams in Santa Monica, CA has a spa treatment that includes scrubbing you down with wheat stalks. It’s called Hunter’s Retreat and starts with an exfoliating scrub. The wheat stalks are soaked in essential oils. It’s meant to be a feel-good, exhilarating treatment. See more from Burke Williams: https://burkewilliamsspa.com/ BEAUTY INSIDER believes everyone should

There has been a flood of support for the Black Lives Matter movement from beauty brands over the last few days. But activists want to see more than just donations and black squares posted on social media; they want to see real cultural change within the corporations themselves. That’s why Sharon Chuter, founder and chief

This is the longest stretch of downtime that Kiana Ledé has had in a while. With four EPs and one critically-acclaimed album, Kiki, 2020 was primed for a Kiana takeover. But, in a season where staying home is the new normal, she’s giving herself the time and space to just be. Turn on your KianaCam,

Pat McGrath may have the best job in the world. In the ‘90s, the makeup artist was in New York when she met two immortal models for the first time. One was Kate Moss. The other? Naomi Campbell. “We were so hyped and thrilled to be shooting with each other,” Campbell told ELLE.com by phone

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande know the show must go on, and leading up to a bummer Memorial Day weekend, the pop stars dropped a pre-quarantine music video for their new collaboration ‘Rain on Me’ just last week. The video is a reminder of a world we once knew, full of partying, congregating in large

News flash: Shaving is no longer relegated to your underarms, bikini line, and legs—people are shaving their faces now. It’s called dermaplaning, and the procedure is usually performed in-office by a dermatologist or esthetician using a fancy tool called a scalpel. But as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, life has been put on pause,

There’s nothing more unsightly or uncomfortable than flaky, sandpaper lips. Sure, you can tap on your trusty lip balm and be on your way, but once it fades, you’re back to square one. And if you’re wearing lipstick, that uneven texture can be even more noticeable. That’s where lips scrubs come in, which sloth off

Watermelons have always been versatile. People with no ingenuity may consider their best case to be as a cooling summer snack. Zoe Kravitz argues they work best as a yonic symbol (Diddy agrees), Animal Crossing players see them as material for furniture, and two bank robbers in Virginia thought the melons would make perfect masks.