Just as skin-care products have become more streamlined —combining essence, toner, and moisturizer in one convenient bottle — makeup is taking the same shortcut in 2021. This new crop of products will be your go-to fast fixes for a last-minute Zoom call.  Some honorable mentions include base products that do it all. The Monika Blunder…

Some way, somehow, we’ve reached the final stretch of 2020. While most things about the end of the year are still unclear — obscured by a hazy cloud of hand sanitizer, perhaps — there’s one thing you can pretty much always count on as winter rolls around: dry skin. To counteract the cold, wind, and…

A sharp black eyeliner wing has always been my defense against the world. I don’t know how or why, but no other makeup seems to give off the same leave-me-alone-or-else vibe that I’m going for. That said, a high-quality liquid eyeliner formula is a non-negotiable part of my makeup kit. I’ve tested, hated, and fallen…

Look, we all get acne. Some people get more than others, but it’s something we all experience at one point or another (or a lot of different points). The scarring and hyperpigmentation that can result from acne, in turn, is also a sheer fact of life — so why do we applaud people so aggressively…

Traditional keratin straightening treatments, by contrast, infuse hair with formaldehyde-derived ingredients such as methylene glycol which — when paired with extreme heat such as flat ironing or blow-drying — bond the chemicals to the proteins within the hair. This treatment can superficially straighten hair for up to three months, but it will eventually wash away….

Everyone has a different way of celebrating the holidays. Some go full-throttle, wearing a different “ugly” Christmas sweater for every day of December, decking their halls (and the entire exterior of their homes) with more lights than Paris, and practicing for a perfect cork-pop on New Year’s Eve. Others prefer a more subtle approach, hardly…

The year 2020 was particularly trying and interesting for the beauty world as a whole, but it was especially so for our nails. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw closure and timid re-openings of nail salons, an increase in eczema due to preventative handwashing, a call to end nail-biting in fear of contracting the…

No lie, My Chemical Romance fans who also love makeup (like me) have been waiting for this very moment for 16 years. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge hit shelves in 2004, and it’s been forming the music and makeup tastes of emo kids ever since.  HipDot, hear me out: How about we throw the rest…

In questioning this feminine standard of beauty through colored facial hair, Upin has embraced her own insecurities. In middle school, the TIkTok creator was self-conscious of her mustache and was bullied by her classmates for the “unfeminine” and “undesirable” look. (A reminder: Body hair, including facial hair, is completely natural for people of all genders…

Some children look so much like their parents that it makes you wonder if someone simply hit copy and paste before creating them. One such duo is Reese Witherspoon and her daughter, Ava Phillippe, who have shocked the internet more than a few times with how much they resemble each other. And it seems that…