In my quest for long lashes, I’ve piled on coats of mascara into a clumpy mess and wrestled with strips of falsies that just won’t stick. Of course, there are lash extensions, which look amazing out of the salon, but tend to leave your real lashes looking thin and brittle (not to mention, it costs
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The latest in a long line of celebrity-founded beauty lines is none other than ScarJo! The Marvel actress revealed that her new beauty line, which is slated to launch sometime in early 2022, is her take on “a clean, accessible approach to beauty.” While there’s no info yet on what kinds of products Johansson is
Hair transformations were my pandemic hobby. First, I lifted my waist-length, practically-black locks to a bright vitamin c serum-blonde at the hands of celebrity colorist and genius Jenna Perry. Next, I chopped it all off and started studying vintage hair books to perfect my wet set skills. (I use Lauren Bacall’s pattern and T3 hot
Madison Beer’s must-haves for a relaxing day off? Sleeping in, sweats, and skincare galore. The singer/songwriter recently added co-founder to her résumé with the launch of her skincare line, KNOW Beauty, and today she’s showing it off to ELLE (along with a glimpse of her insane closet) on Waking Up With. This content is created
What’s that you hear? Beauty vloggers around the world shaking as Jonathan Van Ness enters the YouTube arena. Van Ness, the grooming expert on Queer Eye and host of his very own podcast “Getting Curious,” is joining the ranks of the mascara-wielding and palette swatching elites with the debut of his new YouTube channel entitled
Though it was the inclusive shade range and blinding highlighters that put Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty on the map back in 2017, there is one product that has become somewhat of a cult hit: Gloss Bomb. Loved by celebrities, makeup artists, and even us mere mortals, Gloss Bomb is a game-changing hydrating lip gloss that makes
There are hunches and then there are DNA tests. Vanessa Hudgens, the co-founder of the new beauty brand Know Beauty, knows it’s good to have both. Hudgens recently discovered she has what qualifies as sensitive skin— “Oh my gosh, my hunch was right,” she says over Zoom—thanks to a test from the brand she recently
Peter GriffithGetty Images If going natural taught me anything, it’s that I don’t know everything there is to know about my hair—no matter how many YouTube videos I watch. According to YouTube, I have a 4c hair type, and according to how coarse and dull my hair gets after some time (mainly due to my
The only time I’m ever speechless is first thing in the morning. After a night grinding my teeth and jaw-clenching, I’d wake up with a terrible tension headache, unable to open my mouth. (A Hocus Pocus childhood nightmare come true.) After a virtual sob session with my doctor, I was diagnosed with TMJ. My diagnosis
On Friday, Kylie Jenner unveiled a new lip kit for her Kylie Cosmetics line, ahead of its relaunch. “MEET THE NEW LIP KIT. smudge resistant, vegan, lightweight, 8 hour wear! gave @kyliecosmetics a little makeover. #ComingSoon,” she wrote. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another
If a skincare product is loved by Tracee Ellis Ross—someone who is serious about self-care—it’s guaranteed to be a good one. The Black-ish star, 48, recently shared some favorites in an interview with Marie Claire, including her go-to eye cream for de-puffing and brightening dark circles. After waking up her skin with luxurious creams and
It’s possible to make vibrant, saturated Pride makeup look easy, but executing it is an obstacle in itself. Somehow, every June (or all-year-round, if you’re a glam girl like me), queers and allies seem to know how to paint perfectly blended rainbows on their eyes and walk out the door. Meanwhile, I’m in my bedroom
By now, you should 100% know that going to bed with your makeup on is the ultimate skincare sin. But did you know that so is washing your face in the shower (a big no-no because the water is often way too hot) and not washing your hands before you wash your face because, errr
Rosdiana CiaravoloGetty Images Ready for a spooky lash story? During one week in high school, two of my best friends lost some eyelashes in two separate, surprising freak accidents. One of them had her lashes fried off while grilling outside— luckily unhurt but an upsetting turn of events. The other was camping at a music
Hannah Grace is a 10-year-old entrepreneur that has sold thousands of bath bombs to raise money for juvenile diabetes research. She donates part of her money to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, JDRF, because she has diabetes herself and wants to help find a cure. See more from Hannah Grace: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKKaNtW_JX3vt01_jpJEZQ?view_as=subscriber https://www.hannahgracebeyoutiful.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hannahgracebeyoutiful/ BEAUTY INSIDER
Megan Thee Stallion looks like she’s living her best life in a new Instagram post with a bunch of bikini photos. In the four photos, Meg shows off her natural curls, her sculpted abs, and toned butt in a royal blue string bikini. The singer really is the queen of hot girl summer, let no
With the world re-opening and Hot Girl Summer in full swing, Alicia Keys is making a case for Restful Girl Summer. After launching her beauty and wellness brand Keys Soulcare during quarantine, the musician wants to help you just chill. “Keys Soulcare was so perfectly timed for quarantine without being prevalent,” she tells ELLE.com over
“Will the pool make us cleaner or dirtier?” I asked my husband, lying in the shade and clocking how grimy he and the kids and I all were after two days of no power or running water. It was the summer of 2020, and—after being cooped up in the city for the first few months
2018 was an exciting year for the beauty world, but five trends in particular stole the show. From color-changing products to eco-friendly beauty, here are some of the biggest beauty trends from the past year. —————————————————— #Trends #Beauty #BeautyInsider INSIDER is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news
For many within the trans and non-binary community, beauty, art, fashion, and creating are integral parts of self-discovery and expression. Some people’s first understanding of their gender is realized through makeup and hair. And for some others, beauty is crucial to survival as it provides an escape from our sometimes undesirable realities. As it exists
Summer 2020 was, to put it plainly, devastating. To chart the history of pain Black people have endured in this country would take us a lifetime, so I’ll start here: 164—that’s how many Black people were killed at the hands of policemen in the first eight months of 2020, according to a report CBS compiled
Allyson Felix may be the most decorated US Olympian in women’s track and field history, but the six-time gold medalist wants her legacy to go beyond her hardware. Just ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Felix is starring in Pantene’s new What’s Your Legacy campaign to share more of her life as an activist and mother
Jeff GreenbergGetty Images As the 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 held a mirror up to society’s long history of racial injustice, Aurora James, founder of Brother Vellies, in turn held up a mirror to major
Orgasm On The Beach Cheek Palette NARS $59.00 Shot girl summer. Shot boy summer. Vaxxed and waxed. The list of summer mantras goes on and on. Whatever your saying is for re-entering society (we’ve all got one!)—we all deserve an Orgasm this summer—even if it’s just coming from a compact. Today, NARS drops two limited-edition
For most of us, fragrance evokes deep emotion and meaning. Like a song, it can instantly bring you back to a moment, a feeling, or a memory of where you were when you first smelled it. Your attachment to a scent can be so deep that it becomes part of your identity—a specific olfactory indicator
Calling all beauty lovers! We compiled a list of 40 products that will change the way you do makeup. From an eyelash stapler to brow wigs, these makeup products are sure to add something extra to your beauty routine. Products like LEMONHEAD.LA SPACEPASTE, Dermacol foundation, Milk Makeup tattoo stamps, Too Faced Glitter POP! Peel-Off Eyeliner,
Insider’s Caroline Aghajanian visited Nails Paradise in Los Angeles to learn about some of the different nail techniques they offer and picked four of the most popular to try. She wore sculptured acrylic nail forms with gel extensions for three weeks, and then a gel manicure with dipping powder for three weeks. She determined which
Shiseido Shiseido x Tory Burch Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 50+ Sunscreen Shiseido ulta.com $49.00 Not so hot take: Applying SPF is always fun, because you’re preventing aging, sunburns, and future skin cancer. But it’s even more fun this summer with the new Shiseido and Tory Burch collab, which combines the Japanese-brand’s most beloved and
It’s been a long time since we’ve walked casually into a store to shop for perfume—and the mask doesn’t help when it comes to actually smelling what you’re buying—so we decided to take two of our favorite scents and make them available for you to experience from just about anywhere. Carolina Herrera Good Girl Suprême
Mario Dedivanovic never expected to become the King of Contouring. In fact, the beauty technique—expertly drawn lines blended out to sculpt the face—started as a joke between him and his client of over a decade, Kim Kardashian. “There’s this one [photo of Kim] that haunts me,” Dedivanovic tells ELLE.com over Zoom. “Kim and I were