If you were a teenager in the early ’00s, you might remember the manicure magic that was shatter nail polish. The grunge effect had a hold over Y2K nail art, accentuating—or (in some opinions) ruining—the undercoat with a textured black design. Now, a new type of nail art science is taking off, blooming gel nail polish. It essentially creates the look of Lava Lamp nails without a lot of nail art expertise. Blooming gel nail polish is being used by celebrity nail artists like Imarni, who used the technique recently on FKA Twigs to create a kaleidoscopic moment (which she captured perfectly in a recent Instagram selfie). It’s also been requested by Gen Z beauty icons like Iris Law, who opted for blooming dots on...

It has been suggested that the mark of someone’s makeup prowess can be measured by how quickly and seamlessly they can apply an even winged liner. But practice makes perfect and so do the tools of the trade. A highly pigmented, easy to apply liner is an absolute staple in every makeup kit. Now, with statement liner back in full effect for 2021, it’s time to have some more fun with it. That means branching out from the classic black wing. “I feel people are going to be more experimental and more colorful in general,” said celebrity makeup artist, Erin Parsons in her interview with NYLON, when asked about the trends she expects to see in the upcoming season. “I think you're...

Long gone are the days where acne care was something to be hidden away and used only in private. Thanks to brands like Starface, which creates colorful, cruelty-free, and vegan hydrocolloid pimple patches, breakouts are now utterly Instagrammable. In fact, you’ve probably already scrolled past them on your feed in the form of a selfie decorated with little yellow (you guessed it) stars, their signature product. You’ll now want to post your pore strips too, as Starface and Hello Kitty have teamed up for the cutest collaboration ever. Releasing Tuesday, August 12, Starface x Hello Kitty Pore Strips will be available for $7.99. Each pack of pore strips includes 8 strips and is made with a gentle clarifying blend of witch hazel leaf...

From Bella Hadid's bleached blonde tips to Gia Love's flaming hot mullet, hair took center stage for this week's best beauty Instagrams. Makeup artist Erin Parsons rounded out Hadid's look with a glossy lid and juicy red lip, while Love's bare skin let her red mane shine. Always one to reinvent herself, Lady Gaga donned a sleek, white blonde updo for her duet with Tony Bennett, keeping it mod with icy champagne eyeshadow and thick, elongated liner. Lizzo also showed off a retro eye, with a black smoked out wing that was highlighted against her bleached eyebrows. Elsewhere, makeup artist Ana Takahashi amped up a choppy, technicolor fringe with a New Wave-inspired explosion of color on her eyes, while Tracee Ellis Ross...

To successfully persuade Milla Jovovich to dye her hair a career-defining shade of bright copper for Luc Besson’s 1997 sci-fi classic The Fifth Element, hairstylist Ward Stegerhoek appealed to her ambition. “I said, ‘Do you want to be a supermodel, or do you want to be an actress?’ ” recalls the visionary Dutch-born pro, who is perhaps best known for helping craft the artfully disheveled hair of the ’90s via his long-standing collaboration with the film’s costume designer, Jean Paul Gaultier. Jovovich’s bleached roots and neon undertones achieved Besson’s vision of someone who “looked like she came from 20,000 years in the past and 20,000 years in the future,” successfully cementing the “radioactive, almost alien” color into the pantheon of movie moments turned mood-board-mainstays. According to...

There’s no denying that the 2000s are back in full force. It’s why low-rise jeans, hair clips, and heeled flip flops are everywhere you look. Even Ed Hardy has made its return. With the hashtag #y2k having over 2.5 Billion videos on TikTok, the revival is not going anywhere soon. The timing is little surprise in our almost post-pandemic culture, with a study last year finding that nostalgia can help to combat feelings of loneliness. With this in mind, the recent throwback of some of the most polarizing ’00s beauty trends seems excusable. Maybe we all seek the warmth and comfort of a simpler time when growing back your eyebrows was our biggest issue. However, as with the cyclical nature of trends, each trend has reemerged...

Is navy blue eyeliner the new black? It might be an unconventional notion on the eye makeup front, but here's a thought: In terms of classic wardrobe staples, the little black dress and a pair of blue jeans are two of fashion's great equalizers and are similarly versatile, no? Looking ahead to fall, it was the couture runways that got me, a dedicated eyeliner wearer, thinking along these lines. At Chanel, classic black wings were enhanced with an unexpected lower flick of navy blue pigment while at Dior, makeup artist Peter Philips presented another variation on the color combination, punctuating model gazes with underlines of a “cool, couture midnight blue that is both dense and soft.” The precise shade? The dark indigo shadow from Dior's 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow...

With the calendar suddenly filling up with festivals, parties, and more, we’re all forced to reckon with something: we need to start doing our make up to go out again. Just in time, the twin/DJ duo Simi and Haze Khadra launched their eponymous beauty line, SIMIHAZE BEAUTY, with everything you need for an effortless party look. Hailey Beiber, BLACKPINK, and Kylie Jenner are already noted fans of the EYE PLAY eyeliner stickers that launched earlier this month. The neon and holographic peel-and-stick eyeliner stickers created a lot of hype for the sisters’ upcoming makeup line, and now the full brand launch includes some more classic makeup staples. The Capsule 1 collection consists of VELVET BLUR, a matte lipstick-lipbalm hybrid in 12 shades from a...