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HBO Max Is Making a ‘Practical Magic’ Prequel Series—Here’s Everything We Know


I consider Practical Magic to be one of the greatest (and perhaps underrated) Halloween movies around. So the news that HBO Max—the yet-to-launch streaming service that will also be home to Friends once it leaves Netflix—is developing a prequel is extremely good news. The story of sisters Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) who are born with magical powers they try to avoid—until they can’t—is the perfect mix of comedy, drama, romance, and horror. Oh, and it features some extremely great hair.

Variety reports that the streaming platform has ordered a pilot for the one-hour show called Rules of Magic. It will center around siblings Jet, Franny, and Vincent Owens who have “abnormalities that have kept them isolated.” They soon discover that they are descended from a line of witches.

Here’s everything we know so far.

The source material is based on a book. The series will be based on the Alice Hoffman novels Rules of Magic and Practical Magic, the latter of which was also adapted for the 1998 movie.

The setting won’t be Massachusetts, where the 1998 film mostly took place. According to the Variety report, Rules of Magic will be set in 1960s New York City.

There’s a strong connection to the movie. Fans of Practical Magic, of course, remember Kidman and Bullock’s magically powerful aunts from the movie, where they were played by Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing. Rules of Magic is basically the Franny and Jet origin story. As for their brother, Variety says he will leave “an unexpected legacy.”

Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing played the beloved aunts in the 1998 film Practical Magic.

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The series’s writer has a history of developing strong female characters. Per Variety, the show will be written and produced by Jessica Jones creator Melissa Rosenberg.

The release date and cast are still unknown. The show is still in preproduction, so it’s unclear at this time when it will premiere—or who will be playing the main roles.

This post will be updated as new details emerge.



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Erborian's CC Cream Cancels Out Redness Like Magic


From certain angles, my skin is looking prime right now. For that I have to thank the golden trifecta of Vitamin C serum, retinol, and moisturizer—the three keep my combination, dry-leaning skin even and hydrated. There’s just one thing they can’t take on, and it’s the cystic acne scattered up and down my jawline. Some of the spots are peaked into whiteheads, but most are lurking painfully under my skin. It’s certainly not ideal, though there is a silver lining: And that’s that my current skin situation led me to finally get into color-correcting.

Color correctors saw a ground swell a few years ago when you couldn’t walk into stores without seeing green-, orange-, purple-, and red-colored face products by the dozen. Where concealer alone isn’t always powerful enough to neutralize dark undereye circles or redness, color-correcting products lean on color theory to balance out tones. Green lives opposite from red on the color wheel, so the former cancels out the latter. Purple neutralizes sallow, yellow tones, while orange and red balance out blue and purple dark circles.

It’s pretty easy to learn, but I’m not one to add any extra steps to my morning routine, so I’ve mostly ignored the category up until this point. But that was before I became addicted to the cult of Erborian’s latest release, the CC Red Correct. The French-Korean beauty brand is famous for its top-selling BB and CC creams, mostly because they blend into your skin so seamlessly, it’s like you’re not wearing makeup. Its new CC Red Correct takes that shade-matching technology and combines it with a subtle green tint and centella asiatica (a skin-healing ingredient) to help both conceal and correct.

Fresh out of the tube, the CC Red Correct looks like a minty-green, medium-thick moisturizer—more of a lightweight cream than a fluid liquid. I’ve seen some people use it like a primer, but since it blends into my skin so well, I like it as a one-and-done base product. In terms of pigment, I’d compare it to a medium-coverage foundation (I use about a nickel-sized amount, dotted across my jawline). It is pretty moisturizing, so if you have oily skin, I’d recommend topping the CC cream with foundation or powder. With the extra boost, its concealing power stays put through the day.

I’m also usually pretty wary of products that use encapsulated pigments (little beads of pigment in the formula that help the color self-adjust to your skin tone) because none have ever been just right in the past. Erborian’s, however, is the first to ever leave me impressed. I hate being able to see foundation sit on my skin, and it sidesteps that look by a mile. After a few seconds of blending, the base color matches my fair skin dead-on, while the green tint cancels out my redness completely. I can still slightly see the bumps on my jawline, but they’re less eye-catching without their bright, angry color. I call it a win.

Erborian CC Red Correct, $44, erborian.com

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This Black Primer Works Like Magic on Your Skin


People have been chucking add-ons into primers since they came onto the beauty scene. Sunscreen, moisturizers, and all manner of shimmery particles and glow-inducing pigments are old news. Charcoal, though? Where primers are historically the one thing I refuse to make room for in my routine (most just don’t make enough of a difference, IMO), Smith & Cult’s Blackdrop—a new charcoal-infused primer—grabbed my attention. I was struck by the color alone; any product that runs the risk of making you look like a coal-smudged Tiny Tim has to have a reason that warrants the color, I thought. Lo and behold, it’s hobbled its way into my heart.

I have a track record of falling for gimmicky, yet delightful products. I know that, and I’m not ashamed. I’ve always been this way: It was love at first infomercial, from French twist hair rollers to electric, handheld hair braiders (the nightmare memory never fades). The brand says that Blackdrop gets its color from the formula’s mix of mattifying bamboo charcoal powder and smoothing black pearl, while Vitamin E hydrates and phytoplankton extract wards off pollution. That reads like most other primers’ marketing copy, but the color’s audacity pulled me in. I wasn’t disappointed: A dollop of Blackdrop looks nothing like any face product I’ve tried.

Let me be clear, though, it doesn’t look appealing at first squeeze. A blob comes out opaque and black, and it stays that way until you rub it in—and that’s when the feeling of velvety softness hits your skin. Softening primers already exist, but most deliver that baby-smooth effect with a hearty dose of silicones. Some people don’t love that, because many silicones can pill up with your other face products (and there’s nothing more rude than putting on a face product that not only doesn’t do its job, but gets in the way of others). To that end, Blackdrop is silicone-free. Ten seconds in and the color is gone, but the softness remains.

I wouldn’t necessarily say my skin feels moisturized (this hasn’t replaced my go-to cream), but a sense of tackiness sticks around for a few more seconds, which gives me time to buff foundation over its added grip. And there the pigment stays. I don’t have immensely oily skin, so my foundation’s routine disappearing act has frustrated me for years. By the end of the day, my jawline acne scarring is always loud and proud (and sure, that meant I had to learn to accept it). But with the help of Blackdrop, I never would’ve had to take the personal growth journey; my foundation stays put for hours. My one qualm-but-not-really is it makes my foundation read slightly powdery if I get two inches from the mirror and take a close look. Yet no one else does that, and from a more-normal foot away, the same effect looks airbrushed, without interfering with my #nofilter authentic Instagram brand.

The other noticeable advantage? Despite the advice of every dermatologist I’ve ever met, I’m a chronic face-toucher (there may be some link to my foundation’s disappearing act, but studies are inconclusive). With this spectacular black goo, nothing travels—even when I make a phone call, or press the primer’s shiny black tube against my face to test it infomercial-style. I can think of no higher compliment.

Smith & Cult’s Blackdrop Charcoal Brightening Primer, $32, ulta.com

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Emily Blunt Is Absolute Magic in the First Full *Mary Poppins Returns* Trailer


The first full-length trailer for Mary Poppins Returns, Disney’s highly-anticipated reboot starring Emily Blunt, is here, and it’s good. Very good.

This new film centers on the Banks “kids,” who are now grown up with children of their own. It’s up to Mary to remind them that life can still be full of magic (even as adults), and she does so with plenty of singing and dancing. Chicago director Rob Marshall is at the helm of Mary Poppins Returns, and Hamilton maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda appears as Jack the Lamplighter, which means the musical moments in this movie will be ridiculously on-point. In fact, the trailer doesn’t skimp on revealing many of the film’s big-ticket dance sequences, which, like the original, combine live action with animation. There’s an underwater sequence that looks absolutely breathtaking and dancing penguins appear to remind us that this is, indeed, a magical Disney production.

Watch the trailer, below.

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The movie is clearly a star vehicle for Emily Blunt, but she has plenty of help from some very familiar faces, including Meryl Streep, who stars as Mary’s cousin Topsy, Colin Firth as a banker, and Angela Lansbury as the Balloon Woman. Even Dick Van Dyke is back to reprise his role from the original, and as the trailer suggests, he hasn’t lost a step. It looks like we’re in for a properly over-the-top, feel-good musical this winter that will most likely garner some awards season buzz. We can’t wait.

Mary Poppins Returns flies into theatres December 19.

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Nars Orgasm Lip Balm Does Magic for Your Face


You’ve probably heard of Nars Orgasm by now, the iconic blush that’s as close to a universally-flattering shade as the world will ever see. (The magic’s all in the rose-gold tone, which looks bad on no one. Seriously: We checked.) I’ve never tried it—not because I didn’t want to drink the kool-aid, but because I don’t wear much makeup at all. It’s not that I don’t need it. I’m just a minimalist (read: lazy).

Anyway, the runaway success of Nars Orgasm, which debuted in 1999 and is still the best-selling blush in the US, led to more Orgasm-toned riffs from the brand beyond the original, like liquid blush and satin lipstick. It’s just good business sense. But, as with the blush that started it all, none of these Orgasm-inspired follow-ups have really tempted me—until their new Orgasm Afterglow Lip Balm showed up.

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I’m aware that I have a lip balm problem. I mean, losing a good one can send me into a existential tailspin. But this particular balm is more than just a balm. It gives off the sheerest tint of gold-flecked, peachy rose, the same exact tone that made the namesake blush famous.

And you wouldn’t think that this would make that big a difference, but trust me, it does. Here’s why: While my makeup routine is more basic than a PSL-stained Ugg boot, it can veer a little too much so—like I just rolled out of bed and barely got my shoes onto the right feet. And while that’s a cool look if I don’t have plans (so, pretty often) it’s far less appropriate if I have a meeting, run into an ex-boyfriend, or find myself in a situation where it’s important that I don’t look like I’ve been dragged out from under a rock against my will.

This lip balm is the most low-effort way to look like I put in some effort. The finish is a slight sheen—not enough to be glossy, but definitely not matte—so it catches just enough light to add brightness. And the warm, rose-gold tone delivers a shade similar to my natural lip color, but with the sort of flush I imagine they’d have if I’d been kissing my boyfriend or, like, Riz Ahmed for nine hours. Plus, it’s infused with monoï oil, which is what gives it that soft, balm-y feel. Think of this lip balm as summer’s retort to the fussy, high-maintenance liquid lipstick of winters past. It makes me look just polished enough for wherever I need to be, and then I can go house a burger without having to check a reflective surface every five seconds.

Odds are that this lip balm won’t reach the same level of stardom as the blush. (Few things will, TBH.) But if you’re looking for a good, summery lip color that’ll work just as well at a weekend BBQ as it will on a date, you’ve found it.

PHOTO: Deanna Pai

Nars Orgasm Afterglow Lip Balm, $28, sephora.com

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