I’m not really one to adhere to the idea of spring cleaning—or cleaning at all really. But when I was futzing through my makeup drawer the other day, I came to a realization: No one really needs 40 tubes of purple lipstick, and yet, I couldn’t part with any of them. Some people in the…
Read moreThere are a thousand reasons to love matte lipstick: it doesn’t budge, the color is bold, and generally, all you need is a swipe of it and you’ve got a look. But for all its positives, there’s often one glaringly painful negative: it can dry the hell out of your lips. By its nature, that…
Read moreEven with the insanely pretty new lipsticks coming out, our lipstick routine hasn’t changed for the past, oh, 10 years. A swipe over your top lip, a swipe over your bottom, and maybe a tissue blot if you’re trying to make it last. Done. Such has been the way of the lipstick world, but because…
Read moreSince launching its affordable, in-house beauty brand back in 1995, Sephora has proven it knows its shoppers. We want makeup and lots of it for not a lot of money, and Sephora Collection has delivered exactly that. But its new lipstick line, #LipStories, launching today on the brand’s app and tomorrow online, proves that Sephora…
Read moreIf metallic lipstick sounds like something your YouTube-obsessed tween niece—or your tween self, back in 1997—would wear, we get it. The nineties beauty trend didn’t exactly leave a lasting impression. But the look is coming back with a vengeance as every beauty brand, from designer to drugstore, has released some version of the foiled finish…
Read moreEvery step of the Gigi Hadid x Maybelline collaboration has been a surprise. For some context, most models front a brand, lend their faces to a campaign, and that’s the extent of it. Not so with Gigi: on top of rolling out her own, 28-piece collection with Maybelline, she put on a makeup masterclass for…
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