Beauty

This Christmas, my favorite gift was not under the tree, nor was it tucked in my stocking with care. The best gift I received this holiday season was on the homepage of Netflix dot com, and this might sound weird, but it was from someone named Shonda who doesn’t even know me at all! Bridgerton,

After K-pop group Blackpink graced the cover of ELLE‘s October 2020 issue, one thing is very clear: the quartet is boundary breaking. Their cover is the most liked in ELLE‘s 75-year- history with over 353,000 likes on Instagram. And they managed to racked up more than 8.2 million views on Youtube in a game of

Leave it to Jennifer Lopez to start the year with 2021’s most aspirational hair. ICYMI, the singer performed in Times Square on New Year’s Eve with her signature blonde mane in top shape, thanks to hairstylist Chris Appleton. Appleton, the mastermind behind Lopez’s viral Super Bowl look, was inspired by J.Lo’s head-banging choreography. “We went

What are your makeup aspirations for 2021? What’s on the mood board? For celebrity makeup artist Sir John—you’ve seen his work on both Beyoncé and Barbie—he finds inspiration on Instagram. “I just save them all [his favorite IG posts] to the backend, and that’s kind of the mood board at the moment,” he explains. His

Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images Of all the celebrity skincare routines out there, very few are as interesting—and expensive—as Kimberly Kardashian West’s. After all, she is the one who helped popularize the “vampire facial” with a single selfie of her bloodied face in 2013. So it makes sense that the mogul is expanding her KKW Beauty brand

Now that we’ve put the dreadful year 2020 behind us, it’s becoming easier to find little pockets of joy to brighten up our 2021 days. Mine? Watching our collective boyfriend Yahya Abdul-Mateen II beaming with joy as he discovers the amazing benefits of facial steaming. Just ten hours ago, the actor posted a carousel of

Zoom is one of the fastest and most popular in-office services for teeth whitening. It’s faster than many drugstore whitening kits because it contains a higher percentage of hydrogen peroxide (25%), and it says it can whiten healthy teeth about eight shades lighter in under an hour. An ideal candidate for the treatment is someone

To simplify your quest for the ultimate winter skincare regimen, Beauty Director Chloe Hall explains her essentials for combating the season’s effects on your complexion. With picks from Ulta Beauty and guidance from New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Jeannette Graf, Hall’s got you this season. Step 1: Double Cleanse with a Balm and Water-Based Face

Light Lock Highlight Fluid aboutface.com $32.00 Halsey is joining Rihanna, Selena Gomez, and Millie Bobbie Brown with the curation and launch of her very own beauty brand, about-face. The award-winning artist has been hinting about her latest project for months through mysterious posts on social media. Now, all has finally been revealed. About-face launches with

I sometimes feel like the youthful skin of my 20s is a pipe dream, no matter how many products I try. I feel like I’m trying a new routine every few years as the visible signs of aging continue to creep up. Now, with my 40th birthday around the corner, it’s time once again to

BB Sculpt is a treatment that uses ice and wood therapy to help tone, sculpt, and firm your body. A client picks two desired areas they would like to sculpt, then the spa technician uses different wood rollers to break down compacted fat and drain them into the lymph nodes. Then an iced red clay

Insider’s Caroline Aghajanian is using her time at home to finally clean her makeup brushes. She typically cleans her brushes with her face wash and a makeup-brush-cleaning mat, but she will test out three other popular methods for alternative options. The first method is mixing extra-virgin olive oil with dish soap, like Dawn or Palmolive.

Lip gloss has had a major comeback in recent years. However, most lip glosses don’t have great staying power and need to be reapplied a bunch of times, which can be annoying and also waste product quicker. A perfect lip gloss should be super shiny, not sticky, and last more than a couple of hours.

Emma McIntyreGetty Images Super Lustrous Lipstick, Super Red 775 REVLON amazon.com $8.49 $4.89 (42% off) Gal Gadot may play the powerful warrior goddess Diana Prince onscreen, but the Wonder Woman 1984 star has her own IRL superpower. “[Red lipstick] is something that runs in my family because my grandmother used to wear red lips,” Gadot

When legends link up, magic happens, and that’s precisely what you’ll get with the new Barbie and Sir John collaboration. The celebrity—err, icon—makeup artist (we are talking Beyoncé, Chrissy Teigen, and Kim Kardashian West!) has partnered with Barbie on a beauty editorial that is now live at @BarbieStyle. “Barbie’s an icon,” explains John. “She’s known

Ask any fashion-obsessed human about their first Kate Spade bag, and they’ll have stories to tell. For dancer Maddie Ziegler, it brings up memories of playing dress-up in her mother’s closet. “[My mom] had a Kate Spade little clutch purse,” she recalls. “I just remember always going into her closet and just wanting to try

ELLE.com Beauty Director Chloe Hall certainly knows her way around a skincare routine, but she recently got some product recommendations from an unlikely source: her mom, Dee. After spending countless weeks slowly stealing each other’s products while living together in California during quarantine, they decided to take their stealth skincare sampling to the next level.

I’m a highly anxious person, whose brain turns every minor issue into a full-blown catastrophe. Over the years, I’ve grown accustomed to friends rolling their eyes at my latest concern-of-the-day. But when my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 58, loved ones treated it like another one of my “silly” problems. Instead of

Confession: Before 2020, I wasn’t a great hugger. With the exception of a few people, I didn’t love hugging either. (Imagine what a hug might look like from someone who has a Larry David-esque skepticism toward social rituals with the body language of Bella Swan, and it’s probably not far off.) …And yet, months into

I know I’m not alone when I say that the current lockdown has been both a blessing and a curse for my skin. What’s great about the lockdown is that I can really work on my acne without fear of air pollution, dirt, and debris from my daily commute, triggering breakouts. Then, there’s the downside.

We always thought 2020 would bring flying cars, robot butlers, and beauty products that do almost all the work for you. And after more than 600 brands submitted their most unique and futuristic launches for our second annual Future of Beauty breakthroughs, it turns out that even without airborne vehicles or AI that can pick

Alo Yoga is the latest brand to join the beauty game. Known for its celeb-favorite yoga pants and ethical practices, the Los Angeles-based company has launched Alo Glow System, a new skincare line, out today. Following the brand’s holistic approach, the collection is botanical-based, vegan, cruelty-free, and made clean in California. The line spotlights the

Frazer HarrisonGetty Images Celebrities typically stick to the usual glowing skin selfie or OOTD or promotion for an upcoming project. But last week, nestled in between a glossy magazine cover shoot and a parody video, Keke Palmer got real with her 10 million Instagram followers. Sharing a close-up photo on Instagram, Palmer shared her experience

You can’t talk about crystals, veganism, palo santo, or herbs without giving allegiance and recognition to those who have built principles and rituals around those topics. Before it became a thriving category in the beauty industry, wellness was and is rooted in food. And on the new VICE TV show, Counter Space, host, chef, and

It’s no surprise that the holiday season is looking a little different this year. With social distancing and working from home still in practice in many places, it can be hard to drum up holiday cheer. But where there’s a will there’s a way—and we found a pretty fun way. In lieu of group holiday

For West Coast rapper Saweetie, mornings are important. On today’s episode of Waking Up With, the “Icy Girl” herself shows us how she starts her day with a natural deodorant hack, positive affirmations, and a multitude of massages. “If mental’s not good, if the skin’s not good, the body’s not good, then Saweetie don’t work,”

It’s a breezy Monday afternoon in October, and I’ve already got Jennifer Hudson riled up. Hudson is speaking with as much passion as her Dreamgirls character Effie telling—er, sangin’ to—her lover that, hell or high water, she’s staying with him. Given the tense political climate at the time, you’d be forgiven if you eavesdropped on

The Peel Connection in Beverly Hills, California offers a variety of chemical-peel services, including one for your feet. The major benefits of the foot peel are that it removes dead-skin buildup and calluses and hydrates the feet. Founder Nidah Barber-Raymond developed a two-step peel that includes a moisturizing component followed by the chemical peel, which

All together now: “I’m youthful and timeless at every age, I’m youthful and timeless at every age, I’m youthful and timeless at every age.” That’s the affirmation international superstar Jennifer Lopez, who is in fact both youthful and timeless, repeats to herself each day. It’s also the mantra she wanted at the core of her

Bloom Profumo di Fiori Eau de Parfum Spray Gucci macys.com $130.00 Jodie Turner-Smith’s juggle is a familiar one for working parents—she just put down her newborn daughter for a nap before jumping on our call. “Oh, my God,” says the actress, who recently moved to the east coast from California. “It’s so mad over here.”