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Friday June 14th, 2013

Thursday June 13th, 2013

Wednesday June 12th, 2013

Kool-Aid Lip Stains and Other Unexpected DIY Summer Beauty Tips to Try
Makeup

Kool-Aid Lip Stains and Other Unexpected DIY Summer Beauty Tips to Try

We’ve all heard the same old summer makeup tips: Wear less foundation, use waterproof mascara, don’t use heavy moisturizers. But there has to be other ways to update and weatherproof your makeup for the sweaty season, right?

We picked the brains of our talented, creative makeup artist friends for some very unexpected summer beauty tips (Kool-Aid as a lip stain? Yep, that works). Best part? They’re all DIY which means they’re wallet friendly too.

Click through to learn some new beauty tricks for the summer and totally impress all your friends.

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Published at 5:50 PM

Friday June 7th, 2013

Thursday June 6th, 2013

Carrie Bradshaw’s Hairstylist on Taming That Infamous Mane
Hair

Carrie Bradshaw’s Hairstylist on Taming That Infamous Mane

Today marks 15 years since Sex and the City debuted on HBO and Carrie Bradshaw first captured our attention with her witticisms, expensive heels and iconic long, curly blonde hair.

The worldwide fascination her hair inspired is perhaps rivaled (in TV World) only by that of Felicity Porter. And Bradshaw’s hair followed a similar trajectory. At the end of season four, she shocked the world by walking into Vogue with a bob. And now we know the story behind it.

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Published at 5:15 PM
Game of Thrones Hair Designer Answers All Our Pressing Questions
Hair

Game of Thrones Hair Designer Answers All Our Pressing Questions

On Sunday night, HBO will air the season three finale of Game of Thrones, after which we will enter a long, bleak Daenerys-less summer. Sure we’ll have no more character deaths to mourn, but we also won’t be able to marvel at the hair and costumes.

So we hopped on the phone with the show’s genius hair designer, Kevin Alexander, for a marathon-length chat about the style and symbolism of the characters’ various ‘dos this season.

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Published at 2:30 PM

Tuesday June 4th, 2013

Monday June 3rd, 2013

The New SoulCycle? We Give Aqua Cycling a Spin
Workout Fads

The New SoulCycle? We Give Aqua Cycling a Spin

Aqua cycling is definitely becoming a “thing” amongst the fashion crowd—one high-powered publicist said she doesn’t want to tell anyone about it for fear that it will be overrun ala SoulCycle, and I sympathize with that. If you want to try it before the classes start selling out within minutes, here are the pros and cons as of Saturday, June 1, when I attended the 10 AM class.

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Published at 2:30 PM

Friday May 31st, 2013

Tips on Tipping for Summer Beauty Treatments
Tipping Point

Tips on Tipping for Summer Beauty Treatments

With Memorial Day is behind us and summer in full swing, the demand for summer beauty treatments–pedicures, bikini waxes, spray tans–sky rockets.

Many of these services involve a technician–usually a virtual stranger–getting all up in your personal space. So how much do you tip? And what happens when you’re not happy with the service you received? Is it OK to totally stiff someone who just spent 20 minutes getting intimately acquainted with your bikini line? We investigate.

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Published at 4:15 PM

Tuesday May 28th, 2013

How to Fix a Bad Fake Tan
Losing Streak

How to Fix a Bad Fake Tan

Got a lemon of a self-tanner on your hands? It turns out an actual lemon (as in, from the grocery store) can help.

Read on for that and other self tanner correction tips we got from the best bronzing experts out there–and never walk outside looking like an Oompa Loompa ever again!

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Published at 3:15 PM

Monday May 27th, 2013

Get Your Nails Ready for Summer
Our Guide to the New Summer Nail Polish Collections

Get Your Nails Ready for Summer

The average woman buys 11 bottles of nail polish per year, according to a recent WWD article. Not anywhere close to that number yet? Then it’s time to get shopping, because the summer launches are here.

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Published at 7:00 PM