Beauty

At the Magic Wand Barbershop in Baltimore, Maryland, there are only two rules: “Don’t touch the blinds, and don’t tell any lies,” says co-owner and barber Kevin Cooper. No one knows these rules better than my father. For decades, barbershops and salons have been safe havens in the Black community. The ritualistic journey, whether weekly
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Barbie may have dominated 2023, but for fall 2024, Marc Jacobs is thinking about another kind of doll entirely. “We talked about paper dolls,” makeup artist Diane Kendal tells ELLE.com of her chats with the designer ahead of his runway show at the Park Avenue Armory tonight, which celebrated 40 years of his eponymous brand.
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Diamonds sketch our journeys in matters of the heart, from our reveries surrounding childhood crushes to lifelong commitments sealed with an engagement ring. As self-actualized adults, we can also take ownership of our own stories, embracing all forms of love—including loving ourselves. That’s why, inspired by Pandora I’m no longer waiting for a big moment—I’m
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Jessie Inchauspé wants you to know that her recent book, The Glucose Goddess, isn’t about dieting. Nor is it about losing weight. “It’s about your mental health,” she says at the beginning of our call. I’m not convinced. For the unfamiliar, Inchauspé is known to her millions of followers as the Glucose Goddess. On Instagram,
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Social media can sometimes feel like an endless Lucy-at-the-chocolate-factory procession of multicolored Stanley cups, mini Uggs, and assorted plastic doodads clogging our feeds. But when Mandy Lee posts a haul video, it doesn’t consist of her opening endless Shein packages. Instead,
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Mora Adeyi, a psychotherapist and adjunct professor at Columbia, said her face has changed a lot over the last three years. The 35-year-old told ELLE.com that when she looks at pictures of herself before 2020 and compares them to the woman she sees in the mirror today, she can’t help but notice the wear and
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Today is the official launch of SKNN by Kim Makeup—a rebrand from KKW Beauty. And while one might think it was to drop the “W,” illustrating her shift from wife to an independent divorcee, for Kardashian, the change was more about leaning into what she likes, which is neutrals. “I would try new things for
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It’s imprinted in the minds of generations of girls: the scene in Anne of Green Gables where the redheaded heroine revels in receiving a fashionable puff-sleeved dress. Anne would be thrilled with the state of style in 2023, from the swooping silhouettes of Kika Vargas’ voluminous dresses to Cecilie Bahnsen’s and Simone Rocha’s pumped-up sleeves
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Exosomes—the latest buzzword throughout the industry—with promises of combatting hair loss and improving the health of your skin. But what are they and more importantly, why is everyone talking about them? “Think of exosomes as little tiny, ‘prime’ packages coming to save the day. Each cell (mostly) in the human body secretes these packages filled
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Millie Bobby Brown has done more in her 19 years (nearly 20, HBD!) than I’m likely to do in my entire life. Actress, author, and entrepreneur, her brand, florence by mills, carries makeup, skin care, fragrance, pet products, coffee, and now, clothing. Yes, today, Brown is revealing her latest venture exclusively with ELLE.com. Brown has
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Between the countless microtrends that have popped up in recent seasons, inflated by TikTok and an explainer-happy media landscape, the overarching theme is one of hyper-femininity. First, Barbiecore cannonballed into our consciousness in all its hot-pink glory, followed closely by its
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For so long, vitamin C has been the most commonly used antioxidant for brightening, evening skin tone, and improving skin texture. As the celebrity of the skin care alphabet—vitamin A, otherwise known as retinol, is another—vitamin C serums show up in just about every skin care brand’s lineup, its letters typically plastered all over bright
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The hottest topic in fashion circles recently? How runway looks have become more over-the-top than ever before. Think: Duran Lantink’s inflatable denim, Marni’s 3-D flowers, Christian Cowan’s giant fur balls, Schiaparelli’s skirt flanked by a supersized lobster, Rick Owens’ pronounced shoulders and sky-high capes that billowed in the wind (ditto for Mugler’s airy displays of
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It started with a text in my group chat (doesn’t it always?). “Wow, [acquaintance name redacted] looks pretty great nowadays. What do you think she got done?” someone wrote. A flurry of enthusiastic emojis came in reply, because speculating about beauty procedures in private is thrilling. This acquaintance looked lifted, but not stretched. Her cheeks
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In the documentary Pamela, a Love Story, which debuted on Netflix nearly a year ago, Pamela Anderson appeared on camera sans her signature smokey eye, penciled-in brows, bronzed skin, and lined lips that every woman coveted in the 90s. Her stripped-down, fresh face went on to appear on multiple ad campaigns— including for The Laundress
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Marie Oliver is getting into the swimwear game. For its latest resort collection, the designer is debuting everything from patterned swimsuits to matching sarongs and loose, flowy dresses—basically, everything you need to look and feel your best on your next getaway. With pieces inspired by the feelings of romance and nostalgia that summer trips bring,
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Kim Kardashian has proven to be a formidable entrepreneurial force in several industries, and beauty is no exception. In 2017, she managed to use the popularity of her signature contoured makeup look to launch KKW Beauty with its first product: the Crème Contour and Highlight Kit. The contour duo sold out immediately. And KKW Fragrance’s
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Many years ago, Clémande Burgevin Blachman received a memorable gift: the perfect vintage belt. She’s always loved design objects, and to her, accessories represent an ideal—an aesthetic statement that serves a purpose. The belt was the Hermès Etriviere style and once belonged to her father. Now, as the creative director of fashion accessories at the
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