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Demi Lovato Talks Hair, Confidence, and Music: Interview
In the 16 years that Demi Lovato has simultaneously dominated airwaves and television screens, they have showcased their versatility in sound, artistry, and iconic hairstyles. From the blunt bangs of her “Camp Rock” breakthrough to the dip-dyed high ponytails she rocked during her stint judging “X Factor” to the effortless chop they wore to stay “Cool for the Summer” — Lovato has accompanied each of her eras in life with a new and noteworthy hairstyle. “I think everything I do inspires my hair changes, you know, my mood and sometimes my relationships,” Lovato tells PS. “If I were to go through a breakup, sometimes I’d change up my hair. Or…
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Chappell Roan’s Makeup Artist Talks Beauty Secrets
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. Ali Scharf always loved makeup, but she never thought that she’d become a makeup artist for one of the biggest pop stars right now, Chappell Roan. “When I was in seventh grade, my friend’s mom was a TV and film makeup artist and for my birthday she took me to the MAC store, got me a makeover, and let me have all the products that they used,” Scharf tells PS. This is a core memory for…
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Ultherapy Before and After: Read This Editor’s Full Review
POPSUGAR Photography | Taryn BrookePOPSUGAR Photography | Taryn Brooke Preventative aging treatments, or “prejuvenation,” as experts often call it, are trending younger and younger these days. Consider the fact that, according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, facelift patients are also trending younger to get a sense of our collective culture’s desire to remain youthful looking at all costs. From Botox to hyaluronic acid filler to the use of non-ablative lasers and RF microneedling, Gen Z and millennials are set to be the first generations that have the option to prevent and slow the signs of aging to this degree if they so choose to. Being…
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Kim Gordon at the Art Gallery NSW 18.07.2024 – Backseat Mafia
Kim Gordon is set to grace the Art Gallery of NSW tonight for the Volume Festival, and the anticipation in the audience is palpable. The show is sold out, and we’re gathered in the Tank, a former oil tank that once fueled navy warships during World War II, now repurposed into a breathtaking art space. Gordon’s set will span her illustrious career, featuring tracks from her back catalogue alongside her latest solo effort, ‘The Collective.’ Gordon, co-founded the legendary band Sonic Youth in 1981. Over the course of three decades, Gordon’s raw, experimental edge and innovative bass lines helped shape the band’s distinctive sound, blending noise rock with avant-garde influences.…
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Cornrows With a Weave: An Expert Shares What to Know
There is arguably nothing better than a time-saving hairstyle. The feeling of having time to reclaim a few precious minutes of sleep or add another set of reps to your workout is seriously unparalleled. While there are a few go-to styles that are quintessential time savers (like braids, faux locs, or the classic bun), a nostalgic hairstyle is making its rounds on social media and deserves a spot on your summer-hairstyle mood boards: weave cornrows. If you’re curious about the trend, we asked a professional hairstylist to break down everything you should know about the hairstyle ahead. Experts Featured in This Article Kadeisha Placide is the owner of Classic Beauty…
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Joanne Shaw Taylor – Wishing Well – Backseat Mafia
Following the critically acclaimed release of her latest album ‘Heavy Soul’, blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has delighted fans with a special new single, ‘Wishing Well’, a powerful cover of Free’s hit song. “I’ve been a massive Free fan since I was a teenager,” Joanne shares. “It’s a very hard band to cover because it doesn’t really need covering; it was already perfect in the first place. I was a little bit nervous about it because I put Free on a pedestal. But I enjoyed it. I look forward to the challenge of recreating it similar to the original and paying homage to that, but also doing it in my own sort of style.” Rip…
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Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil Review
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. Learning to care for my curly, frizzy, thirst-quenched hair has been a process, to say the least. After switching to a silk pillowcase, drying my hair with a microfiber towel on wash days, and practicing curly-hair-styling techniques, I’m deep in the trial-and-error phase of experimenting with new hair products that smooth, protect, and add shine. After trying a couple of hair oils that either smelled too strong, left my strands feeling greasy, or didn’t offer enough…
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Naarm/Melbourne artist Garagee builds an evocative and luscious ‘Firewall’ ft. Jane McArthur ahead of album and launch date. – Backseat Mafia
We are honoured to bring you first listen to the new single ‘Firewall’ from instrumentalist Garagee (the work of Rob McPherson) and featuring the vocals of Jane MacArthur. Garagee has worked in the past with Steve Kilbey (The Church) and is about to release the album ‘Garageee III’ ‘Firewall’ starts with the most delicate harmonics and expressive instrumentation – soft, dappling and immersive with many subtle layers tweaking delicately and alluringly at the ears in the distance – a most satisfying wash of sound. MacArthur’s vocals add a hypnotic effect on top – velvet and reflective, inflected with a thread of yearning and melancholia. The result is something that is…
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Doja Cat’s Tattoos and Their Meanings
Doja Cat is really leaning into this new tattooed version of herself. After inconspicuously debuting her first two tattoos on the red carpet at the 2023 Grammy Awards, the “Vegas” singer has added a handful of other designs to her collection. It was on Feb. 5, 2023, that Doja Cat tweeted, “got my first tattoos today,” without offering any other details, but fans didn’t get a good look at the ink on her arms until her second wardrobe change at the award show. The initial piece, done on her inner left bicep, depicted what appears to be a fine-line style devil holding a pitchfork. Beneath this mischievous creature, Doja Cat…
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a soaring new single ahead of her third album. – Backseat Mafia
Even in the deepest darkest of winter, the sun always shines brighter when Greta Stanley unveils one of her gorgeous tracks, and her new single ‘When You Call’ is absolutely blinding. Boosted to stratospheric heights by her velvet vocals, ‘When You Call’, recorded with producer Adib Parker (aka Cheekbone), is a smooth eloquent slice of sparkling pop with its transcendent chorus and the shimmering instrumentation. Stanley’s songwriting prowess is exponentially growing into a mature body of work: layered, intricate and nuanced. Stanley says of the track: ‘When You Call’ is about a love that showed up when you didn’t expect it to, when you’ve been burnt, and you’ve had to…
