I Discovered My New Favorite Protective Style on a Recent Trip to Ghana

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. This was me during my recent trip back home to Ghana. Getty Images / Temi Ojora Adogu recalls being in Nigeria two years ago and seeing all the women in silky curly braids. Koudou noticed this too and anticipated the trend would make its way abroad....

January 19, 2024 · 1 min · 194 words · Misty Williams

Tia Mowry. Caramel Thigh-Length Micro Braids. That’s All I Need to Say

This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. We love watching Mowry change up her hairstyles, likespace buns,knee-length braids, andpink bobs. Hair holds memories, whether good or bad. Getty Images It stays around and that weight is carried on your shoulders, she said of the transformation. This is a rebirth." It looks like the Thailand trip was exactly what Mowry and her kids needed going into 2024. That’s something we canalltake to heart....

January 19, 2024 · 1 min · 91 words · Gordon Best

We Tried The New Ami Colé Skin Enhancing Foundation Stick on Five Different Skin Tones

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. Everything is better on a stick. Bella Geraci Let’s rewind to 2021, theSkin Enhancing Tintwas the brands foray into complexion back. After taking feedback from their community Ami Cole learned that those withoily skinfound the Skin Enhancing Tint intimidating. With that, they set out to create a new complexion product suitable for all skin types....

January 19, 2024 · 2 min · 270 words · Crystal Scott

Gabrielle Union Isn't Lying When She Calls Her High, Curly Ponytail "a Whole Experience"

Like so many celebrities Ariana GrandeandJennifer Lopezcome to mind Gabrielle Unionloves a high, straight, sleek ponytail. Remember her incredible look for theVersace showduring Milan Fashion Week last September? But Union just proved that a high ponytail doesn’t have to be sleek and straight to be perfect. Getty Images Also true to Miami: Union’s curls. This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. Honestly, her ponytail alone and those life-giving curls have main character energy....

January 18, 2024 · 1 min · 114 words · Joshua Johnson

My Toilet Paper Has Scalloped Edges

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. My lips shifted to a smile as I simultaneously shouted to my husband, Oh. Getty Images/Design by Bella Geraci Have you seen this toilet paper? Sure it was developed just to be flushed, but there was something undeniably fancy about this TP....

January 18, 2024 · 1 min · 134 words · Sean Ortiz

Please, Kim Kardashian, Don't Try to Normalize Tanning Beds

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. Totally normal things to exist in one’s office. Bella Geraci/Allure I’m Kim Kardashian, ofcourseI have a tanning bed. So why does she have and seemingly use a tanning bed in her office? Does this mean we can start tanning again? commented one TikTok user....

January 18, 2024 · 1 min · 170 words · Kimberly Parker

Summer Fridays' New Dream Lip Oil Is Quiet Luxury for Your Lips

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. Last spring, I treated myself to a fancy purse I’d admired for years. Dianna Mazzone / Design by Bella Geraci Its perfect: timeless, elegant, and delicate. I almost never use it. Read on for what makes this nonsticky formula stand out. Allureeditors Talia Gutierrez (left) and Annie Blay wear Summer Fridays Dream Lip Oil in Blush Dreams and Rosewood Nights, respectively....

January 18, 2024 · 2 min · 399 words · Alyssa Best

I Let ChatGPT Decide My Skin-Care Routine for a Month — Here’s How It Went

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. Technology has always been the beating heart of the beauty industry. Bella Geraci / Getty Images Entire industries will reorient around it. Businesses will distinguish themselves by how well they use it. Yet, the possibilities for using generative AI span beyond what traditional beauty companies are tapping it for presently....

January 17, 2024 · 2 min · 319 words · Riley Maldonado

Saweetie Got "Lumie Chrome" Nails, So Now I Want "Lumie Chrome" Nails

WhenSaweetieposts a pic ofher nails, we pay attention. The mani, which Saweetie showed offon Instagram, is all about shiny, frosty chrome. The star’s nails are a super pale pink that looks lit from within due to the chrome topper. Getty Images This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. It’s giving Icy Grl from head to toe, just in time for the coldest part of winter. Saweetie and Jackson’s collaborations are so major that one of her setswas included at the Grammy Museum....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 100 words · Susan Gonzalez

Sephora Tweens Are Nothing New

Come get to knowGeneration Beauty. Some people even made calls to place an age limit on entering a Sephora. Im taking this strong stance because I was a Sephora tween myself. Courtesy authorDesign by Bella Geraci I entered the 7th grade in 2006. YouTube was only a year old and Instagram didnt exist. It wasthesocial event of the week, bringing together kids from different middle schools in the area. My middle school side table, featuring Bumble and Bumble Wave Spray from Sephora, a few OPI nail polishes, Rosebud Salve, and another unidentifiable lip gloss that I remember tasted like strawberry....

January 17, 2024 · 3 min · 433 words · Scott Smith

At Last, You Can Stop Hoarding Your Expired KKW Makeup

“Thank you so much for being on this incredible journey with us. We promise we won’t be gone for too long.” Fans were losing hope of ever seeing the reimagined makeup we were promised. Getty Images Kardashian blows a kiss, and then the screen changes to show a date: 01 26 24. Stay tuned for a BIG announcement… This content can also be viewed on the site itoriginatesfrom. Ive recently been taking a skin-first approach towards my beauty routine," Kardashian said in a press release....

January 16, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Ronnie Robinson

Brooke Shields’s Entire Beauty Routine, From Head to Toe

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. Brooke Shields and beauty have a very weird relationship. Photos by Elliston Lutz/Design by Bella Geraci Theyre kind of like ex-spouses who are hesitantly learning to be friends again years after a tumultuous divorce. As Shields puts it, Beauty… it’s always been a job....

January 16, 2024 · 3 min · 615 words · Eric Johnson

Halle Bailey’sLittle MermaidLocs Are Hiding Under Her Wig inThe Color Purple

We even get a touching cameo from Goldberg, who portrayed the original Celie. So often, when Black skin specifically is aged [in film], it seems to be over-aged. This was reflected with her skin. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures I did more corrective makeup in the beginning, taking out the natural glow that she had. That was the first phase. Once Celie is introduced to Shug, things begin to change with her look....

January 16, 2024 · 2 min · 241 words · Morgan Campos