Like it or not, Kylie Jenner knows how to get people talking — and not just talking, but speculating. She has turned marketing into a subcategory of the dark arts, and for that, we respect her. And she has just pulled what is, perhaps, her most mysterious and buzz-generating brand move yet. As of Tuesday,…

Take it from New York City-based neuropsychologist Sanam Hafeez, who tells me: “If issues like dermatitis, eczema, and irritation or redness affect the vulvar skin, it is likely to heighten self-consciousness about its appearance, as well as the touch, feel, and smell, which can lead to feelings of reduced attractiveness and inability to enjoy sexual…

Welcome to the Learning Curve, a monthly column where we unpack the complicated experience of accepting your own body in a world that just doesn’t seem to want you to. This month, in our first-ever installment, staff writer Nicola Dall’Asen ponders the lack of fat people in beauty campaigns — and in the industry at…

If the music thing doesn’t work out for Lizzo — ha, yeah, right — we’re starting to think she could have a serious career as a nail influencer. The singer-songwriter is constantly sporting stunning manicures and helping to kick off trends like milky nails and chocolate-bar-inspired tips. But if 2019 was the year that the…

This happens via a few different arrangements. Anyone with money can go to a contract manufacturer and ask them to make products. But some celebrities work with so-called incubators to develop their brands, relying on them for everything from ideation to manufacturing and marketing so that the celebrities themselves can simply offer creative input and…

“I’m very experimental with my style,” says Nigerian model and artist Uche Uba. “Makeup for me is, to an extent, an act of defiance. You cannot tell me what I can or cannot do to my face.” In Nigeria, significant parts of queer existence — including sex between people of the same gender, advocating for…

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is often referred to as acne inversa — aka reverse acne — due to the cysts, lumps, and abscesses that occur in and under the skin. But contrary to the assumptions about the name, it’s not treatable with your typical zit-fighting concoction of salicylic acid and hydrocolloid patches. “People can think that…

When her daughter Monique was 10 years old, Aurelia Mock noticed a brown line underneath her daughter’s thumbnail. Doctors denied anything was wrong and assured Aurelia that Monique was healthy. But the mother of 12 wasn’t convinced. Eventually, a dermatologist diagnosed Monique with melanoma, and she’s just one of the 20 percent of Americans that…

A new era of Billie Eilish has officially begun. We’ve known it was coming since the moment she swapped her signature black-and-green hair for platinum blonde and began teasing new music — but a new cover shoot with British Vogue shows just how much the singer has evolved.  On May 2, Eilish revealed via Instagram…