When Olympic gold medalist and track and field star Allyson Felix negotiated renewing her long-held contract with Nike in 2018, things didn’t go as planned. For one, Nike wanted to pay her 70 percent less than before, a price she told the New York Times she could “accept” if that’s what Nike thought she was
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In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t scrolled through post after post on social media of people bitching about Mercury retrograde, allow me to explain what this means: Three times per year, Mercury, the ruler of communication, travel, technology, and intellectual thoughts, changes orbit for about three weeks. When this happens, everything
Lash lifts are a semi-permanent fix for flat lashes. The Last Loft in NYC adheres a special gel to the eyelid as the lashes are manually lifted. Lifted lashes can also be tinted for an extra pop. See more from the Lash Loft: http://www.thelashloft.com/ BEAUTY INSIDER believes everyone should shine from hair to makeup and
Getty Images As much as we love the idea of a complete before/after makeover and the transformative power that comes with a brand new cut, there’s still that 50/50 chance it could go very, very wrong. But it doesn’t have to be a leap of faith every time you pay a visit to the salon—especially
Transforming into a drag queen is no easy task. It can involve hours of sitting in front of a mirror perfecting your makeup and making sure your wig is securely in place. We sat down with Miz Cracker, one of the contestants from season 10 of “Ru Paul’s Drag Race,” to find out how she
The clean beauty movement is multi-faceted, but to health and wellness coach Bianca Valle, it means using products “made with really mindful ingredients”—and without sulfates, phthalates, parabens and more. Valle says she likes to target her skin concerns individually, so she uses different products for different parts of her face. For her, the key is
Carissa Pinkston—known for her bright red hair and freckles—had the career almost any 20-year-old aspiring model dreamed of. She starred in high fashion editorials for Marc Jacobs, Prabal Gurung, Edie Parker and even joined Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty crew. But her career came to a screeching halt recently after fans called her out for previously
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the warmer the temperature, the lighter the hair strands, and blonde has always been the go-to summer hair color for those wanting to spice up their look. Serena Williams, whose hair is almost always a rich honey blonde shade, squeezed in a major hair transformation following her Wimbledon loss
Basin Fresh in Las Vegas, Nevada is a candy store for bath products. The store’s concept is for natural health so everyone, including children, can use the products. All of their items are paraben, cruelty, alcohol, and mineral oil free, making them great for everyone! You can even customize your products for a custom treatment.
Blow Me Away in LA offers a scalp detox treatment to help promote healthy hair growth from the roots. It starts with a scalp analysis to evaluate the health of the scalp. Once the hair is washed, the scalp is steamed to remove build up and deep cleans pores. See more from Blow Me Away:
There is nothing that takes you back in time like a scent. While I have always been a loyalist to my go-to perfume year-round (Gucci Bloom, a white floral) and even bought a baby-sized one to stash in my toiletry bag, a friend of mine once told me she always tries a new fragrance when
Instagram/Kathlyn Celeste It’s easy for YouTube beauty videos to become redundant, but then there are folks like Kathlyn Celeste who find a way to make sitting through makeup tutorials exciting again. Instead of following the typical video formula of using elevator music as soundtrack to a makeup tutorial, Kathlyn enlisted her husband, Sean, who goes
They’re tiny, they’re cute, and they’re colorful. In light of mounting photographic evidence—1,900 #beautyfridge images on Instagram and counting—a packed beauty fridge seems to have superseded the bathroom “shelfie” as the new and preferred way to show off your horde of beauty products. It’s not hard to see the allure: miniature in size and lacquered
We interrupt your Hot Girl Summer to bring you some important news: Neon eyeliner is officially thee beauty look of the season. Seen on the likes of Rihanna, Camila Mendes, and Kendall Jenner, vibrant colors and geometric shapes are replacing traditional going-out looks for something splashier. Smoky eyes found dead in a ditch. The black
Get out the throwing wine: ELLE.com is celebrating the best (and worst) of reality TV this week. Reality may be messy, but the hair on reality TV? Definitely not. Think back to 2008, when The Hills was so popular it made the cover of Rolling Stone, each girl (Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, Whitney
Rooted Gold Rooted, golden blondes will be big. “I’ve been seeing more and more of my blondes opting for a rooted look, which has been pretty rare, most blondes love to be bright all around but even I went for a rooted look recently and I love it,” says Brown. “It’s lower maintenance, yet you
Like being summoned for jury duty or having to do taxes, getting ingrown hair is one of those sad, unavoidable nuisances in life. As it turns out, anyone who has any body hair (on their face, their armpits, their legs, their, um, private parts) is susceptible to ingrowns. That essentially means everybody. To understand how
Today, Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood debuts, placing an all-star cast—including Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie—in 1969 Los Angeles, during the end of Hollywood’s Golden Age. The characters are a mix of fiction (DiCaprio and Pitt play a made-up fading western TV star and his stunt double, respectively) and reality