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Best Lip Plumpers | POPSUGAR Beauty
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. Over the last few years, pouty lips have become a feature many people strive for, and the beauty industry has answered with a variety of different solutions. There are more long-term options, like lip fillers and “tweakments,” such as a lip flip or “butterfly” lips, but there are also temporary fixes, like overlining your lips with lip liner and other makeup hacks that go viral on TikTok. Whatever the method, the end goal is always to…
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20 Fall Nail Designs to Inspire Your Seasonal Mani
Even though we’re still enjoying the sunny weather that summer brings, we can’t help but think ahead to fall. Fuzzy socks, pumpkin-spice candles, spooky home decor, and fall nails are calling our names. We love sporting bright lipsticks and nail-polish shades in the summer, but after a while, it’s hard to stop dreaming of all of the amazing manicures we can create with our fall nail colors. Chrome french manicures, abstract designs in neutral tones, and “naked” nails are just a few of the fall nail designs that ruled our mood boards last year. This year, you can expect to see fingertips and Instagram feeds filled with a few of…
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The legendary Kim Salmon and his band Smoked Salmon exclusively unveil the video for new track ‘How Did They Ever Manage’ ahead of Australian tour. – Backseat Mafia
We are catatonic with excitement at being able to bring you an exclusive look at the new video from Kim Salmon’s new project Smoked Salmon for their first single ‘How Did They Ever Manage’. Kim Salmon of course needs no introduction, but, as is always the way, I will anyway: leader of the legendary swamp pioneers The Scientists (who reformed last year for a series of gigs) and The Beasts of Bourbon, he has been at the very beating heart of indie music in Australia and leading the world with the paisley-tinged grunge that emanated from Western Australia in the eighties: a true pioneer and often labelled as the ‘Godfather…
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Nordstrom x Harlem’s Fashion Row Collection
NordstromNordstrom 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. While fashion is far from lacking in the area of collaborations, Harlem’s Fashion Row just created a new standard through its partnership with Nordstrom. The company, which champions diversity by bridging the gap between brands and Black designers, has worked with everyone from Nike and LeBron James to Banana Republic. Partnering with a retail behemoth like Nordstrom, however, hits differently. In fact, HFR founder & CEO Brandice Daniel calls it “a celebration of Black consumers’…
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Kendall Jenner’s Syrup Blond Hair-Color Is Fresh For Fall
Kendall Jenner just shocked her social media followers with an intense hair switch-up and it’s not what you’d expect this time of year. Since fall is making its way to our doorsteps as we speak, we usually see celebrities opt for darker shades when it comes to hair, nails, and makeup. Jenner, however, is doing things a little differently. The naturally dark brunette debuted a new shade of “syrup blond,” and to say we’re obsessed would be the understatement of the century. She posted a carousel of her new look on Instagram with the caption “blonded,” and showed an array of photos spotlighting her new look. Earlier this month, we…
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Italian Based Rockers Biopsy O Boutique Unveil Moody New Single ‘Nettle Kiss’ – Backseat Mafia
After a challenging few years following severe health issues within the band, Biopsy O Boutique are back and are firmly cementing their place in the rock scene with their new single ‘Nettle Kiss’. Taken from the band’s upcoming EP of the same name, ‘Nettle Kiss’ highlights the diverse sound of Biopsy O Boutique, embodying a compelling blend of grunge, stoner rock, punk rock and blues. Following the more straightforward punk sound of their first single this year, ‘Eisoptrophobia’ and its follow up ‘So Far’, which presents a softer, stripped back tone, featuring solely vocals and acoustic guitar, ‘Nettle Kiss’ marks the band’s third and final single prior to the EP…
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10 French Bob Haircut Ideas With Styling Tips From a Pro
Anyone who’s ever gotten a big chop knows: cutting your hair is like hitting a giant reset button on your life. If you are experiencing fatigue (with your hair or otherwise), desperately looking for a change, or wanting to feel inspired, a new haircut will do the trick, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Somewhere between a lob and a pixie cut is the sweet spot we call the bob haircut. It’s cool, it’s easy, it’s low-maintenance. But if the typical blunt-end bob style doesn’t suit you, there are more options out there just waiting to be discovered — like the French bob. Ahead, learn more about…
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A probing, poetic and profound alt-rock record of today. – Backseat Mafia
The Breakdown Constellation Records – 9.0 While much contemporary music of today seems required to focus on the ‘me’ some artists continue to probe wider into the things that ‘we’ do collectively, the injustices, the inhumanities, the inequalities. Since co-founding the seminal Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the agit post rock assembly Thee Silver Mount Zion, Efrim Manuel Menuck has been engaged in such difficult but necessary considerations and thirty years on he remains intent to continue. A new GY!BE statement may be due in October but before that Menuck is agitating as part of a new collab-combo WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN (or WAWBARC between friends). This…
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Primal Scream Set to Ignite Australia-Iconic Band Returns After 7-Year Hiatus – Backseat Mafia
Primal Scream, one of those rare bands that reshapes the air around them, are set to return to Australia in January 2025. It’s been seven years since their last visit, and the wait feels seismic. There’s a certain gravity to a band like Primal Scream – the ones who change the shape of modern music with an album like Screamadelica (1991), a record that tore apart genres and won the Mercury Prize for it, while giving us anthems like “Movin’ on Up” and “Loaded.” This time, they’re back with Come Ahead, their twelfth studio album, set to release November 8th, 2024. The new songs are a direct current from frontman…
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Jonsjooel Shares The Experimental, Inventive New Single ‘Somewhere Else Than Here’ – Backseat Mafia
Berlin-based Finnish artist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Jonsjooel returns with a stunning cinematic track, ‘Somewhere Else Than Here’. Taken from the forthcoming EP Voices of A First Day, the track showcases some brilliant ideas/ Rooted in his jazz-trained background, ‘Somewhere Else Than Here’ is a compelling example of Jonsjooel’s writing, built as much as a soundtrack as it is as a track. Opening with a long, intricate meld of piano and synth arpeggios which bounce create an uneasy, slightly off kilter rhythm, the track soon introduces an elegant and melancholic falsetto vocal. Building through glitching vocal cuts, percussive electronic drums and gradually building atmospherics, the track captures a dark beauty, comparable…
