All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. If you’re trying to escape thinking of the pandemic and who could blame you? Getty Images this is not the story for you. Yes, you may have clicked because youclench your jaw or grind your teeth. Sharon Huang, founder of Les Belles Dentistry in New York City, agrees with this sentiment....

It’s been years since I’ve worn my hairhalf-up. It’s like we forgot the happy medium that is half-up hair. What really pulls the look together, however, is Lopez’s hairstyle. Getty Images This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. But a half-up look like this works for way more than a fancy getup. I’m already planning to wear it for a low-key date and a Zoom meeting. Want more JLo half-up inspo?...

How far would you travel to get your hair done? For most, it would depend on the stylist or the service. For others, any sort of extended trek would have to be for a special occasion. Brittany M. Reid BuzzFeed News reported that she called26salons in her area, to no avail. Eventually, Taylor did find someone to cornrow her hair: her grandmother, who lives two hours away. A large part of Joness research is on the institutions of the Black barbershop and beauty salon....

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. As always, we hope to empower individuality and creative expression through our merchandise." Courtesy of brand It’s as if the colors and creatures lept off our vintage Trapper Keepers and onto our nails. First, the four Lisa Frank designs mark Orly’s first venture into the nail wrap space....

It looks like you’ve got the option to now have breakfast at Tiffany’s withBeyonce. Each of the photos perfectly captures herblondebeehive bun from all its angles. HairstylistJawaracontributed the other pair of artistic hands behind the ornate bun. Getty Images

She lives her life balancing and embracing all of her intersectional identities as a Black African woman with albinism. As I grew older, it turned out that I did see color. I saw fragments of melanin, from my light-skinned parents to my dark-skinned grandmother. Elsa Niemoller Albinism is a socio-political experience with varying medical aspects such as layered eyesight problems and/or skin vulnerability tosun damage. Albinism is generally framed in the negative, trapped in some form of institutionalized negation or deficit....

In case you’ve missed it, eyebrows are now becoming colorful, kaleidoscopic works of art. This video isn’t just any video, though. It’s a teaser for her new music video, “Starcrossed: The Film.” Getty Images The makeup artist behind these bejeweledbrowsis unknown since Musgraves didn’t tag a makeup artist. This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. Her new album (and the music video),Star-Crossed, drops Friday, September 10. Once it drops, we’ll be all over the music video’s best beauty moments, of course....

Megan Thee Stallionhas been living her best life recently while on vacation in a sunny, undisclosed place. This manicure didn’t get the typical Megan Thee Stallion treatment with its own dedicated Instagram feed post. This isn’t your usualFrench manicurewith white tips because the Hot Girl Captain is anything but typical. Getty Images In true Thee Stallion fashion, these are somelooooooongtalons. They seem to be slanted at the tips for thatlipstick shapeMeg loves so much....

Needless to say, that’s a lot of damn hair, but it all comes with a purpose. Getty Images Geffen Records Geffen Records Geffen Records Geffen Records

Summer: The season of ice cream, popsicles, lemonade, and…frozen honey? As experts tell us, it can be. When it comes to making frozen honey, the name speaks for itself. Courtesy of TikTok/@twincoast; @jorimezuda; @abbyberner Others, like TikTok creatorAbby Berner, have tried the icy trend with corn syrup, too. Atlanta-based dentistPeter Vanstromis in both camps. This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. Broken teeth aren’t the only problem frozen honey can cause....

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. We were once limited to traditional nail polish with icky ingredients, precarious press-ons, and bulky acrylic tips. Getty Images What exactly are gel extensions? The process is similar to a regular gel manicure except for the first few steps. This is exactly how gel extensions work, though that’s pretty much where the similarities end....

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Because it’s fun, dammit. Getty Images “I want to be able to do everything includingbrushing my teethand be done in six minutes.” Her last step is always aLa Mer moisturizer. (Angelika has been discontinued but the bubblegum-pink shadeThrillis quite similar.) And Kaling’s hair routine, in her own words, is “pretty unexciting....

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Those who know me personally know that I’m extremely low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine. Photo courtesy of Rose Inc. If minimalism is also your makeup motto, supermodel-turned-beauty-mogulRosie Huntington-Whiteleyhas got you covered with her latest curated beauty collection. I know, I know another day, anothercelebrity beauty brand....