Beauty

10 Best Straw Hats to Wear This Spring

Adding to my ever-growing collection of straw hats is one of my favorite things to do in early spring, when all the fashion lines start revealing their new designs for summer.  (Someday I want to have an entry hall covered in hats, but for now I’m storing them in the back of my closet.) This year’s […]

How To Fight Signs of Jet Lag

Occasionally leaving on a jet plane is essential to regaining one’s sanity—but before you get to reap the rewards of far-off vacation, you have to face the flight first. And, let’s be real, the actual act of traveling is anything but relaxing, for you or for your skin. It’s moments like this where I am […]

The Right Way to Use Bobby Pins

We’ve never done a beauty tutorial on something this simple before, but when stylist Erica Rae showed us the “proper” technique for using bobby pins we had to share it on the blog. The collective “oooooh” that resonated from our entire team was proof enough that most of us aren’t using bobby pins correctly, and […]

Your Perfect Lip Gloss, Found

In my purse you’ll usually find no fewer than 5 lip glosses, and it seems I’m not the only one: just peek inside the handbags of the rest of our team for proof. There’s something about lip products that begs to be part of a collection that includes one for every mood, outfit and weather condition. Of […]

Our Editors Reveal What’s On Their Spring Shopping List

The countdown has begun to that time of year when we pack away our sweaters and break out the swimsuits. Well, at least here in Texas (sorry, Chicagoans.) I’ve been trying to streamline my wardrobe, and this week I took a deep breath and finally gave my closet an overhaul. With my newly freed hangers, I thought it the perfect […]

Oils vs. Serums: Which one’s right for you?

Skincare should be easy, right? In theory, if you keep your mug clean and moisturized, you should be good to go. But, of course, it’s not that simple. Not even close! Depending on one’s skin type, there are hundreds of products to cleanse, exfoliate, tone, treat and moisturize the complexion. And, of course, the variation […]

The Men’s Fragrances We Secretly Want for Ourselves

Who says every woman wants to smell like a vanilla cupcake? Ok, I’m being cheeky here, but really: sometimes I feel that if I have to smell one more achingly sweet scented product, I’m going to lose it. Listen, there’s nothing wrong with vanilla, or sweet scents in general, if that’s what you like. But, […]

How to get Victoria’s Secret Angel Hair

I’m not kidding when I say that not a day goes by in this office where we don’t end up talking about our production assistant, Laura’s hair. We talk about it Every. Single. Day. We like to call it “Victoria’s Secret Angel Hair” because it looks so much like the signature waves we see every […]

Everything you Need to Know About Exfoliating

Looking for a fresh start? When the dead of winter starts to make us feel a bit, well, lifeless, it can be hard to find ways to breathe life into your skin. The best approach to smoothing, refreshing, and rejuvenating your skin—and who couldn’t use some of those three things right about now?—is to find […]

How to Get Fuller Lips (Without Filler!)

Those of us who weren’t blessed with Gigi Hadid-esque lips will go to great lengths to get them (I should know — I’ve tried it all, including filler.) After years of experimenting, this old theater makeup trick is still the most effective technique I know to make thin lips looks full. This is how Lucille […]

The Hot Hair Tools Our Beauty Experts Can’t Live Without

My hot hair tool use has gone through many phases: the sleek straight flat irons of college, va va voom hot rollers of my twenties, the more recent medium barreled curling iron beach waves, and countless other looks in between. The only constant? Finding the perfect hot tool for my hair type has been the […]