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Madewell Dean Easy Straight Jean Review With Photos
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. I’ll admit it: low-rise jeans don’t exactly inspire excitement. In fact, most people still associate them with the early 2000s — when Britney Spears’ butt crack was practically a pop culture mascot. Not exactly a golden era for denim (especially for those of us who tried to pull it off). But here’s the thing: the low-rise trend is back, and this time, it’s different. Today’s version isn’t about skin-tight jeans paired with baby tees. It’s more…
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How Your Menstrual Cycle Impacts Skin, Hair, and Confidence
No, you’re not imagining it — your skin looks more glowing and your face more symmetrical during the follicular phase of your menstrual cycle. This phase begins right after your period ends and typically lasts about a week. It’s when estrogen rises, energy returns and many people naturally feel their best. Just like we have a circadian rhythm, those who menstruate also have an infradian rhythm: a 28-day hormonal cycle, better known as the menstrual cycle. It’s made up of four phases — menstrual, follicular, ovulatory, and luteal — each one shifts hormones in ways that can impact mood, energy, metabolism, immune system, stress response, and hair and skin. We’ve…
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Makeup Artist Chelsea Uchenna Shares Her Beauty Essentials
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. The Expert Edit features interviews with specialists about the products they swear by in their chosen field. For the latest installment, we spoke to makeup artist Chelsea Uchenna about her beauty product recommendations and must haves while she’s on set. Although the beauty industry has a long way to go in terms of diversity, there are changemakers that are successfully making strides for the BIPOC community. In makeup, major figures like Pat McGrath easily come to…
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TikTok Personality Tinx on Her Favorite Beauty Products
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Fun fact: back when I was dating my ex boyfriend of eight years, there was a time, six years in, when he suddenly became a master at picking out gifts. He randomly surprised me with an amazing Simple Modern Tumbler Cup ($25) on a casual Wednesday, and a few weeks after that a set of Bala Bangles ($55) was delivered to our door. At the time, TikTok wasn’t even a blip on my radar, so imagine…
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Versed Multi-Serum Skin Tint Review With Photos
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. What happens when a skin-care brand loved for its affordable yet efficacious formulas launches a makeup line? A collection of products all under $20 that are easy to use and full of good-for-your-skin ingredients, including a skin tint I immediately fell in love with. The Versed Skin Solution Multi-Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 ($20) is everything I want in a little green bottle: mineral SPF 40 (I prefer mineral formulas for my face and the American…
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Button Nails Are Trending, According to These Celebrities
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Despite the fact that most 2025 Met Gala attendees decided to go the less-is-more route with their nails (save for some french manicures with a twist), a few stars celebrated the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme through to their fingers. SNL’s Ego Nwodim was one of them, with her unique but eye-catching button nails. The comedian, who was one of the red carpet hosts for the night, made her Met Gala debut in a Christopher John…
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Cost of Being a Celebrity Manicurist at the Met Gala
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Welcome to Show the Receipts, a new series where we ask interesting people to share exactly how much it costs to get shit done. No matter the task, we’re tracking every last dollar from start to finish. Up next: a Met Gala manicure. Julie Kandalec is one of New York City’s top manicurists. With celebrity clients like Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, and Viola Davis, she’s on the award-show circuit and regularly on call for fashion’s biggest…
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Pamela Anderson & Zoe Saldaña’s Bob and Micro Bangs Met Gala
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Allow us to introduce you to the haircut of the summer. If you’ve been itching for a change that’ll have everyone around you doing a double take — but don’t know where to start — Pamela Anderson and Zoe Saldaña served up the ultimate inspiration at the 2025 Met Gala. On Monday, May 5, stars flocked to the blue carpet at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City dressed to the nines for this year’s theme,…
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No-Pants Trend Takes Over the 2025 Met Gala
Naomi Parris is the assistant shopping editor at PS, based in New York. With over eight years of experience and previous roles held on the brand’s Beauty and Operations teams, she enjoys telling stories that merge fashion, beauty, and Black culture. Naomi has also lent her skillful pen to Essence Girls United, Elle, Bustle, and Elite Daily. When she’s not crafting shopping roundups, high-profile features, beauty op-eds, or trend guides, you can find Naomi behind her blog “Eli-Nay,” where she inspires readers through style guides, cultural pieces, and innovative content on her Instagram. #NoPants #Trend #Takes #Met #Gala
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Dollop Bangs Reigned Supreme at the 2025 Met Gala
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. If there was one hairstyle that defined the 2025 Met Gala on May 5, it had to be the “dollop bang.” This style is no stranger to the red carpet. In fact, since early this year, this look has been spotted on celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion, and Camille Razat, and it seems the trend is still picking up steam. A dollop bang, also known as a kiss curl, refers to a singular lock…
