I’m not sure what caught my attention first: the scalp treatment or the word bubble. It makes sense that Kristin Ess, the stylist who spawned a line of high-quality, surprisingly affordable hair products and has masterminded many a celebrity cut (see Lauren Conrad and Jenna Dewan), would look beyond the roots. After all, healthy hair…
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The second the temperature drops below 50 degrees, my fussy, combination skin gets dry, scaly, and irritated. Despite swapping my lighter products for oils and balms, overnight masking, and upping my water intake, there’s no soothing the dryness. Now I’m fighting acne and dull flakiness, and it feels like the journey to good skin is…
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If there’s one thing any new mom will tell you, it’s that maternity leave is no vacation…unless your idea of a winter break involves waking up at all hours of the night, spit-up, and adult diapers. And that’s only the beginning. Between going back to work and the emotional toll of not wanting to miss…
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“Dude, your lips are really chapped,” my younger brother said to me a little more than a week ago, his voice a mix of disgust and concern. If he can be counted on for anything, it’s his brutally honest, unfiltered, and sometimes unnecessary commentary. I was immediately embarrassed. But more than that, I was frustrated…
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As a beauty editor, I get an obscene amount of DMs asking me about what products actually work and what’s worth the money. But if I had to narrow down one brand I’ve gotten more questions about in the past year, it’s Summer Fridays. The brand has all the makings of Instagram gold: a sleek…
Read moreI’ve always taken more of a “double-tap only” approach to Instagram beauty. I’ll watch as bloggers do weird stuff to their face in the name of entertainment all day, but I’m intensely critical of what I’ll put on my own skin. (Rosacea plus derm horror stories will do that to you.) So when the Hanacure…
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