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Shop Talk: 9 Secret Uses for Your Go-To Beauty Products

So we all know the conditioner-as-shaving-cream beauty trick, but did you know you can use red lipstick as concealer for your dark circles? True life. […]

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ICYMI: How to Use Those Untouched Colors in Your Eyeshadow Palette

When you purchase eyeshadow palettes, there’s always a shade or two (or seven if you own any of the Naked palettes) that goes untouched. Here’s […]

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5 Ways to Do Your Makeup in No Time at All

Between the low-key makeup-phobics and the fanatical makeup-queens lies a fairly large demographic that doesn’t get enough consideration: those who love makeup, yet have no time for […]

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6 Philly Salons You Can Trust Wholeheartedly With Your Natural Hair

For women of color, getting our hair done at the salon is a gamble. Many upscale salons and spas often aren’t equipped to handle our unique hair needs […]

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Pubic Hair Oil, Daily Blowouts and Lash Extensions: How We Are All Losing Our Minds When It Comes to Beauty Rituals

Something alarming is happening, and as with most things I find alarming or annoying, I blame Kim Kardashian. Lately, women—otherwise sane, relatively grounded women—have stopped […]

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If You Can Never Find Your Foundation Color, Sephora Is About to Solve All Your Problems

For women of color, finding the perfect foundation shade can be a nearly impossible task. True, there’s long-time drugstore brands like Black Radiance and Black Opal, […]

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How to Rock a ‘90s Brown Lip … in 2016

I was born in the 1991, and while many people would argue I’m too young to fully appreciate the decade, I beg to differ when it […]

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Yikes: Lush Bath Bombs Are Dyeing People’s Skin and Hair Crazy Colors

Call it the month of the beauty product backlash. First, EOS – makers of those Easter egg-like lip balm balls – was thrown in the spotlight after […]

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The 5-Product Makeup Routine That’ll Get You Out the Door in 5 Minutes

In my constant quest to pare down the makeup kit I bring everywhere, I’ve gotten things down to a science – or as close to one […]

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Learn to Contour Like (Ugh, Fine) Kim Kardashian

  Love her or hate her, Kim Kardashian has taken contouring – you know, when you strategically paint your face with various splotches of brown/taupe/white/bronze […]

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Ditch EOS for Good With These 10 Fantastic Lip Balms

In case you haven’t heard, several people are suing EOS Lip Balm on the grounds that it made their chapped lips worse (best-case scenario), even […]

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How to Banish Dry, Scaly Winter Skin

We’re barely two weeks into our new normal – freezing, winter-like temps – and already we’re noticing the telltale signs of cold weather: dry, flaky, […]

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Beauty News to Know: Sephora Opens in Suburban Square Next Week

Makeup and skincare addicts living out on the Main Line have something exciting to look forward to at the start of this new year: National beauty emporium Sephora is opening up […]

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Party’s Over: 5 Detoxifying Beauty Treatments to Start 2016 Right

Hanukkah gives way to Christmas which turns to New Year’s Eve, which means we all have a glorious month of total and unbridled indulging. (Nope, we’re not judging.) Now, sadly, […]

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The Checkup: How to Make Perfume and Cologne Scents Last Longer

• If you’ve always sprayed perfume or cologne on your wrists or neck, well, you’ve always been doing it wrong. Experts say there’s no proven evidence that […]