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Broadway Star Elizabeth Stanley’s Indulgences Include Nine Hours of Sleep and Blackout Shades


I sleep with a humidifier to keep as much moisture in the air as possible—especially with the New York City radiator heat, it gets really dry, which is hard on my voice. I get nervous about humidifiers because of mold and things like that. I try to be good about cleaning it, but I don’t invest in really, really fancy ones because I get new ones every year or so—I just buy, like, the Vick’s one that’s available at Duane Reade, or one you can kind of find cheaply on Amazon.

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Midnight Snack

I do tend to have a strange eating pattern because of working at night. I love popcorn. I’ll often pop it on the stove myself with coconut oil, and I love putting the Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning on it. I love Hippeas, the chickpea snack; I love the cheddar Hippeas. I really love, like, a rosemary flatbread cracker with a soft cheese.

Old-School Skin Care

I’m old-school in that I love a hot washcloth—there’s something about the hot steam of it that makes me feel like my face is actually really getting clean, rather than just splashing water in my face. Feeling like I can actually wipe away the dirt? I love it. I’ve been a fan of Origins face products for years—I should be their spokesperson, because everything I use is from Origins! Lately I’ve been into the Original Skin Cleansing Makeup Removing Jelly because it’s really gentle. My skin tends to be dry, and that’s really not drying. And then I really love the High-Potency Night-a-Mins Resurfacing Cream. I also love Weleda Skin Food; sometimes I’ll put that on too.

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I don’t do any serums. I feel like I should, but I don’t. Sometimes I will use an oil, the Night-a-Mins oil. For me it’s all about getting the hydration, and then getting eye cream. The eye cream I use is also Origins—Planstcription, I think.

Flossing, as a Lifestyle

I floss, and then I brush, and then I use mouthwash. I always have flossed. My mom has always been like, “You gotta floss!” since I was tiny. It’s a weird thing that’s not hard for me to do because I started doing it so young, I think. I love Glide floss. It doesn’t snap, it doesn’t get caught! It’s really good. Again, super basic—I love green Listerine! And for toothpaste I’m a Colgate paste fan. I usually do that right before I fall into bed.

Sleep It Off

I usually need nine hours of sleep, which I know is really indulgent! But I’ve just found that I’m the type of person who needs a lot of sleep. When I’m doing the show, I try to go to bed around midnight and then get up around nine. But when I’m not doing the show I go to bed at around 11 p.m. and get up at 7 or 8—I’m more like a waking-up-with-the-sun kind of person.

Screen Time

My phone is tempting, of course. When I’m really being the best version of myself, taking the best care of myself, I use a battery-powered alarm clock and I try not to look at my phone in the 30 minutes before I go to bed, or in the first 30 minutes after I’m awake. I’m an early riser, so it’s better for me to go to bed sooner, but my fiancé is actually on the opposite schedule from me—he could stay up all night and be happy about it. We’ve found a happy medium, and we’ve been slowly making our way through The West Wing, which is his favorite show. He was like, “You must see it.” Sometimes the curtain is at 7 p.m. rather than 8, so if I get home kind of early and there’s not a long stage-door line after the show, then I’ll indulge and I’ll have my cup of tea while we watch that.

In the Bedroom

We just got a Saatva mattress, and we love it! It’s the one sad thing about this escape, that we’re like, “We miss our mattress.” I’m really a fan of 100% cotton sheets, I don’t care if they’re linen or just a really nice thread count, but I love natural-fiber sheets. I like it to feel cool and crisp. We have a king-size bed, which feels crazy in a small New York apartment but has been really awesome for helping us to be able to both have a good night’s sleep. Neither of us is a super petite person—my fiancé is really tall and really broad-shouldered, so he needs room to be able to spread out. A big bed has been an amazing luxury for us that’s been really helpful. Also, he was used to just sleeping with a duvet and I’m very into having a sheet—there were things like that that we’ve had to learn to accommodate one another on. He’s coming around on the sheet!

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When the Lights Go Down

We have blackout shades—it was like a hilarious thing in our relationship. He was like, “We have to get the ones where you have the remote and you just press it, and it comes down,” which are a bajillion times more expensive than ones you just walk over and do yourself. But I was like, “Okay! If that’s like a priority for you, okay!”

It has actually been this amazing indulgence, because we have a very small apartment, but it has high ceilings, and I would not have been able to just reach up and pull them down. We have a little button that you press and then the room just becomes this great cocoon. Especially since I am someone who wakes up with the sun easily, if I’m working really late at night and I have to be able to sleep in, the blackout shades are really helpful.

Jenny Singer is a staff writer for Glamour. You can follow her on Twitter.





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The Biggest Nail Polish Shades of the Decade


When we think back on the defining beauty moments of the decade, nails are front and center. Hear us out: The most popular nail colors and trends often reflect their respective times. In an era where nail art props abound and the engagement manicure has become a very real (and specific) kind of pressure, it makes sense to take a closer look at the bottles we’re gravitating toward for the perfect Instagram shot. The past 10 years have brought us elaborate spins on nostalgic trends—like squishy jelly nails and the immortal French manicure. But in the interest of distilling these moments down to their most basic forms, we’re focusing on the standalone shades that made their mark.

So what exactly gives a nail polish notoriety? Sometimes, a well-timed celebrity associations raises particular shades to new heights. Other launches start trends of their own. “I know all I wore in 2012 was Essie Mint Candy Apple,” reminisced one Glamour editor while we were brainstorming this story. (She was later vindicated by our research; the data shows that Mint Candy Apple was a 2013 top seller.) We talked to three of the top nail polish brands to discover the most popular shades year-to-year from 2010 to 2019. Scroll through for a detailed look at the 11 bestselling shades of the decade—and what made them so iconic.

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Spring 2020 Pantone Color Trends: Top Shades


As you mourn the end of summer, you can start transitioning to an all-black fall wardrobe. But the fashion industry’s already thinking ahead to spring 2020—and Pantone has revealed its predictions for the biggest color trends of the season. Hint: They’re more wearable than this year’s lime green obsession.

Thinking forward to 2020, you might assume that blue and red would be top on people’s minds. While current events definitely play a role in the colors people gravitate to, according to the Pantone Color Institute, the spring palette reflects a desire for “a sense of the familiar,” and that the top hues “convey a sense of ease.”

In a statement, Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, said: “Combining our desire for stability, creativity, and more spontaneous design approaches, the color palette for spring 2020 infuses heritage and tradition with a colorful youthful update that creates strong multi-colored combinations as well as energizing and optimistic pairings.” That translates to a dozen hues that you’ll see all over the New York Fashion Week runways. But you don’t necessarily have to wait six months to start incorporating it into your wardrobe: Ahead, shop the 12 biggest color trends for spring 2020 before everyone else.



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Emilia Clarke Explains Why She Turned Down Fifty Shades of Grey


Emilia Clarke became a household name playing Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons on Game of Thrones.

But she almost added another name to her resumé: Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey. During a roundtable actress discussion with the Hollywood Reporter, Clarke revealed the reason why she turned down the role that eventually went to Dakota Johnson—and it may be surprising to some.

“Well, Sam [Taylor-Johnson, the director] is a magician. I love her, and I thought her vision was beautiful. But the last time that I was naked on camera on [Game of Thrones] was a long time ago, and yet it is the only question that I ever get asked because I am a woman,” she explained. “And it’s annoying as hell, and I’m sick and tired of it because I did it for the character—I didn’t do it so some guy could check out my tits, for God’s sake. So, that coming up, I was like, ‘I can’t.'”

“I did a minimal amount, and I’m pigeonholed for life, so me saying yes to that, where the entire thing is about sensuality and sex and being naked and all of that stuff, I was just like, “No way am I going to voluntarily walk into that situation and then never be able to look someone in the eye and be like, ‘No, you can’t keep asking me this question.'”

Another reason behind her decision is not wanting to be tied down to one project for too long, which is understandable given her multi-year commitment to Game of Thrones. “One thing I would not like to do is something that would have a sequel,” she said “Something that could have, like, ‘And then two and then three and then four.’ I’d like to not do one of those for a minute.”

Whatever project Clarke chooses next, we can’t wait to see it.

Abby Gardner is a contributing writer at Glamour. You can follow her pop culture musings on Twitter @abbygardner or in her weekly newsletter, We Have Notes.





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Black-Owned Beauty Brand Uoma Debuts at Ulta With 51 Foundation Shades


Launching a new beauty brand in 2019 requires a different sort of preparedness than it would have, say, two years ago. The bar is significantly higher than its ever been, thanks largely in part to Fenty’s then unprecedented 40 shade range debut, along with the growing momentum and real life impact of social media, where everyday consumers and vloggers rich in digital capital alike are calling out disparities within the industry.

It’s an important moment in the beauty world without a doubt, as we watch companies new and old scrambling to catch up to new inclusive standards. But it shouldn’t be mistaken for a moment that can sustain itself without continual momentum forward, where the goal shifts from simply meeting the bar to surpassing it. Otherwise, doesn’t inclusivity become just another buzzword?

It’s a question that weighed heavily on Sharon Chuter, a Nigerian-born, London-based former LVMH executive and all-around industry veteran. So much so that she decided to push the conversation further herself. Today she launches Uoma Beauty—a self-proclaimed Afropolitan cosmetics line and Ulta Beauty’s answer to Fenty—with an ambitious 51 foundation shades right out of the gate. Accompanied by a solid lineup of bold lipsticks, highly pigmented glosses, liners, concealers, and more in weighted, Insta-ready packaging, the newcomer is sure to shake the table.

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“I was very excited when Fenty launched, because it came in and really made a statement within the industry,” Chuter tells Glamour. “But it infuriated me when I saw other brands just waking up. It was like, is this it? Is this the best we can do? It was really reminiscent of when this happened in the nineties. Iman Cosmetics had this whole inclusive revolution and it lasted for a few years, but then it died down, and things went back to the way it was.”

Uoma, which means “beautiful” in the Nigerian language Igbo, is set on picking up the torch, and stretching the understanding of what true inclusivity and representation means in the beauty industry today. It’s a mission evident in the brand’s DNA, from the models cast in its first campaign to the product names that pay homage to culturally impactful women, like Angela Davis and Nina Simone. And its especially evident in the way Chuter and her team approached the products themselves.

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A look at Uoma Beauty’s packaging and lipsticks

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While more and more brands are routinely adding new extended shades to their already existing foundation collections, Uoma has created entirely unique formulations for different skin tones. This means that you’ll find the 51 shades split up into six distinct “skin kins,” each made up of active ingredients meant to address the specific needs of each group. Straddling the lines of makeup and skin care, the deeper shades have ingredients meant to help with hyperpigmentation, while fair shades are packed with ingredients to address and calm hypersensitivity and redness. For my rich tan complexion, the shades within my skin kin had been formulated with ingredients like white tea and berry extracts to combat mild hyperpigmentation and oily/combination skin—two issues I’ve dealt with at length for years.

The best part about this for me (aside from, you know, the accuracy) was how easy this system made finding the right shade. After determining I fell within the Bronze Venus skin kin, I was able pick my perfect match out of a much smaller, hyper-nuanced shade range broken down by undertones. The color was spot-on. But as for the wear? I was skeptical.

Women of all skin tones for the Uoma Beauty campaign

I’m not a usual fan of liquid foundation (I hate the weighted feeling it leaves on my skin), even though this formula is adjustable coverage. But the Uoma Say What?! foundation ($39) really stays true to its claims of feeling weightless and breathable throughout the day, which allowed me to relish in all of the benefits of fuller coverage—blurred pores! softened fine lines!—while acting and feeling like a second skin.



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The 10 Best Pedicure Shades for Spring 2019


The long-awaited arrival of the the year’s warmer months means that you can finally toss your rubber-soled boots into the back of your closet and reclaim your strappy sandals. (Unless you’re me, of course, in which case you can continue your chic little habit of wearing your mud-stained sneakers until they fall apart.) For many, open-toe footwear means double the real estate for your favorite nail polishes, and come spring, there are plenty of options.

There’s no real difference between the colors you choose to wear on your hands and feet—you can match them or switch it up however you please. This year we spoke to the pros about the shades they have their eyes on for spring 2019, which included buttercup yellows, sheer pinks, and the coolest matte glitters. But if you’re anything like us, you’ll want some more to choose from. So we also had a few of our favorite celebrity nail artists select their go-to pedicure polishes, from juicy corals to moody wine lacquers. And here’s the upside: These hues will last and last. “I worry less about polish formula for toes than I do for hands,” says Essie global lead educator Rita Remark. “Our hands are always busy and this makes choosing a formula very important to prevent chips. Toes, however, aren’t subjected to the same amount of stress, so as long as you’re applying base and topcoat, your pedicure should always last longer than your manicure.”

Given that you’ll be staring at these colors for a while, you want to pick the best of the bunch. Scroll through for the 10 coolest spring pedicure shades that make the cut.





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