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“The White Lotus” Season 3 Behind-the-Scenes 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. What’s the secret to keeping makeup intact while shooting in very hot, humid weather? For Rebecca Hickey, makeup designer for HBO’s “The White Lotus,” there’s only one answer: Fans. And lots of them. “I think we had so many fans, and we don’t even just have a regular handheld fan; these are blow dryers. They’re like $80 blow dryers,” Hickey says. “So everybody had one of those, a lot of umbrellas, and cold towels that we…
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Turmeric Soap Is Trending, but Does It Really Work?
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. In recent years, TikTok has become a governing authority in our society, dictating many of our purchases and daily decisions — especially when it comes to beauty. The app is even host to #beautytok, a place where you can get the latest hacks, products, and trends within 10 minutes of scrolling. One of the latest to grab our attention? Turmeric soap. Turmeric is a flowering plant often used as a spice in Indian, Southeast Asian, and…
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HigherDose Red Light Hat Review With Photos of Hair Growth
Alana PedenAlana Peden 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. From infrared sauna blankets to recovery mats, HigherDose has earned cult status for innovative wellness tech that actually works. I was fed an advertisement for its Red Light Therapy Hat ($449), and halted mid-scroll: “Go into the light, Alana,” it beckoned. Red light therapy harnesses low levels of red light to increase mitochondria in our cells, triggering repairs, improving circulation, and reducing inflammation. A clinical study demonstrated red light therapy on the scalp…
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Invisible Eyebrows Took Over the 2025 Oscars
The days of conventional beauty looks are long gone, and the 2025 Oscars red carpet was no exception. The night was filled with history-making moments, including Zoe Saldaña becoming the first Dominican-American to win an Academy Award, and celebrities came dressed for the occasion. We’re talking elegant updos sported by Lupita Ny’ongo and Elle Fanning and some bob haircut action, as seen on Selena Gomez and Halle Berry. While a handful of stars stuck to the basics, others leaned into one of the most experimental beauty trends of the year: invisible eyebrows. Since it first became mainstream again nearly four years ago thanks to stars like Doja Cat, A-listers have…
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Olaplex’s No.0.5 Scalp Serum 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. It’s easy to forget that your scalp is an extension of your skin — that is, until it’s covered in dandruff, you can’t stop itching it, and you’re forced to wear a hat to cover up how angry it is (yep, that’s me). As someone with an unruly scalp, I’m always looking for treatments to help give this often-neglected area some TLC. Enter the Olaplex No.0.5 Hydrating and Strengthening Scalp Serum ($44), which I discovered at…
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Farmacy Green Clean Cleansing Balm 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. Years ago, after seriously struggling with acne, I started getting regular facials, and after our first appointment, my esthetician asked me to bring in all my products so she could better understand what might be causing my blemishes. She taught me two incredibly important things: when it comes to skin care, less is more, and my cleanser was breaking me out. Ever since then, I’ve been incredibly discerning about my cleansers. I need something that’s gentle…
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Can Synthetic Braiding Hair Be Harmful to Your Health?
Although significant progress has been made, the Black experience in America has always been limited — and the options for hair care are no exception. Before the rise of the natural hair movement, there were very few brands that catered to a Black woman’s natural texture. Many were using methods like hair relaxers and straighteners to feel beautiful, but these practices were soon linked to uterine cancer. And though beauty companies have since elevated their offerings to include cleaner formulations that serve as an alternative to toxic chemical treatments, the trend of products made for our community being harmful is far from over. The proof is in Consumer Reports’ latest…
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Dermaflash Device Review With Photos
PS Photography | Marisa PetrarcaPS Photography | Marisa Petrarca 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. Body and facial hair have been a source of self-consciousness for me for way too long, probably thanks to some unimportant boy in middle school making a comment about my arm hair. In my teens, I tried electrolysis on my upper lip (spoiler: not for the pain-averse), but as an adult — and as someone who writes about beauty for a living — I’ve discovered a slew…
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Valentino Private Talk Perfume 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. When it comes to scent, that’s one thing I am not playing around with. Whether I’m about to wreak havoc in the city (the good kind) or just going to bed and hoping for sweet dreams, applying fragrance is an essential part of my beauty routine. So when Valentino invited me to Paris for an exclusive preview of their new seven-piece Anatomy of Dreams collection this past summer, including Valentino Private Talk Perfume ($165), I couldn’t…
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Lili Reinhart Talks Hollywood, Mental Health, and 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. Lili Reinhart is an empath. Her Instagram bio supplies the definition: “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” The words “possible bladder/UTI infection” are found a few squares away — a rare glimpse of no-holds-barred humanity in Hollywood. Unlike most people, famous or not, the actor is uninterested in projecting a veneer of internet perfection. Beyond the cult fandom she earned from her time as Betty Cooper on “Riverdale,” Reinhart has nabbed ardent…
