Beauty

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

While “I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” may be a favorite adage of our generation, Queer Eye star and father-to-be Tan France wants you to know: “I’m not going to be a cool dad.” France and his husband, Rob, are expecting their first child together via surrogate—and he already knows that it’s

Scalp detoxification is an important yet often skipped part of a healthy hair-care routine, since a healthy scalp equals healthy hair. Kristin Ess’ affordable hair-care line includes products made specifically for taking care of the scalp, like the Scalp Detoxifying Bubble Mask, a bubbling mask for your scalp that’s supposed to instantly remove oil, buildup,

It’s been raining in Paris for almost three weeks when Natalia Vodianova signs on to Zoom in mid-May, but she’s clinging tight to the ethereal glow that has made her a world-renowned supermodel—and has given her the platform to do something with it. Even cast in fading gray light and blurred by finicky WiFi, her

My cystic acne started in my early twenties. On what had been an impossibly clear complexion throughout puberty and high school, deep pimples started forming almost every day, leaving my face riddled with red scars alongside fresh angry bumps. I spent countless evenings in my bathroom poking, treating, or just staring at the breakouts from

For singer and actress Katharine McPhee Foster, being a mom is her most joyous role. “I cherish it all—even when the baby wakes me up at night!” Though her priorities have shifted, self-care is important. “I try to enjoy life, reduce stress, and stay mentally healthy.” For self-care, Katharine takes baths, pampers her skin, eats

For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, ELLE.com chatted with Brooke Shields about how her diagnosis of pre-cancerous cells led her to change her relationship with sunscreen. Below, the actress opens up her childhood sun philosophy and how she’s rewriting the narrative with her kids, in her own words. EltaMD – EltaMD UV Clear Broad Spectrum SPF46