Beauty

2022 has been a year of intense clarity for Kourtney Kardashian Barker. “I used to be so indecisive,” she shares over tea. “I would literally flip a coin to make a decision. I was in a toxic relationship and unhappy with work, so I was questioning everything about myself. Now, I’m in such a happy

As part of ELLE’s celebration of all things cowgirl this fall, rodeo photographer Ivan McClellan takes us behind the scenes of his mission to rewrite the real story of the Wild West. Read more stories about cowgirl culture here. It was Ivan McClellan’s first Black rodeo. “I saw extraordinary things that just completely disrupted what

Tessa Thompson is floating up the stairs at an Armani Beauty dinner, staged on the roof of Venice’s Guggenheim Museum during the city’s annual film festival. Her hair, recently dyed red, is coiffed in a way her stylist has appropriately dubbed “a little Lauren Bacall, a little Bianca Jagger.” Tonight, Thompson is dressed in a

Want to know what my year has been like? In November 2021, I bleached my dark, curly hair bright blonde. In April, I dyed my blonde hair orange. A few weeks later, I chopped it all off into a chin-grazing bob. In June, I dyed it back to my natural color. And finally, at the

As a new mom, ELLE beauty director Chloe Hall looks for products that help keep her hair healthy and in place—no matter what the day holds. SheaMoisture’s Coconut & Hibiscus Defining Styling Gel, the newest formula in the brand’s nourishing line for thick and curly hair, has officially earned a place in her low-maintenance routine.

Over the past few years, Charli D’Amelio has become a household name, amassing 146 million TikTok followers and counting, starring in her own reality TV show on Hulu, and becoming a mogul within the beauty industry. In 2020, the TikTok star and her sister Dixie D’Amelio became the faces of Morphe’s GenZ-centric makeup line Morphe

Pharrell Williams appears to have skin carved out of marble, the work of Michelangelohimself. He is blemishless, smooth, and poreless. And for a long time, the unofficial face of the Fountain of Youth was shockingly skincare routine-less. “Skincare was not really a priority” for much of his life, he told ELLE.com. It helps to have

Meredith Sneed, a 17-year-old high school senior from Savannah, Georgia, was at Mock Trial practice for her high school when the news of Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation broke. Below, Sneed reflects on how the momentous moment made her finally embrace her hair. Read all of The State of Black Beauty here. Ingrained

Active ingredients are the all-stars of the skincare realm, proven to target specific concerns and change your skin for the better. Now, these wonder-workers are being used to supercharge hair care formulas as well. When incorporated into shampoos, conditioners, leave-in treatments, and more, certain active ingredients—like hyaluronic acid—can do everything from hydrate the scalp to

Read all of The State of Black Beauty here. Black hair is innovative, historical, and magical. Black girls’ hair is distinctive and exceptional because no two heads of texture and curls are alike— and so much of a Black girl’s experience centers around her hair. But for many Black girls like myself, the hair care

To achieve a clear, even, youthful complexion, retinol is the ingredient to have in your skincare routine. Considered the gold standard in anti-aging, it targets collagen and elastin to help firm skin. It also helps boost skin cell turnover, which like a lot of things, slows down with age. This helps minimize the appearance of

I fully stumbled onto Laneige’s cult-favorite lip mask. Picture me five or so years ago, backstage at some now forgotten fashion show on the West Side Highway, taking in the frenetic energy of it all, listening to how models’ faces were being prepped before being handed a gift bag and hustled along to the exit.

“Oh, let’s make you look different!” says Haze Khadra. Perched on a marble counter, the Palestinian DJ/beauty entrepreneur/street-style star is using my face as a makeup-tester palette. Three small chess piece–like lipsticks are in her hands; she moves them strategically across my lips. Her eyes glint between green and yellow, like a cat’s. “We try

You probably recognize Brittany O’Grady from HBO’s hit series White Lotus, in which she plays the incredibly disinterested and secretive Paula opposite Sydney Sweeney. While on-screen she comes across as cold and passive, the 26-year-old actress is quite the opposite in person. She was warm, bubbly, and constantly smiling when we caught up at the

Pay close attention to Willow Smith’s Instagram; you’ll see she has a penchant for the mystic, ethereal themes. Goddess tributes are scattered throughout her Instagram page, she has a cosmic tattoo on her upper arm, and most recently, she joined the Mugler family in 2021 as the face of the brand’s iconic Alien Goddess fragrance.

Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way. “I love filler,” says actress Chloe Cherry, who is known for many things, including her larger-than-real-life lips. “I believe in it.” Urban Decay Vice Lip Bond Glossy Liquid Lipstick Cherry’s prodigious pout first got attention when she was cast as Y2K fairy-meets-addict Faye on

Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian has had a busy year. His Baccarat 540 fragrance, created several years ago, became a sleeper hit and the scent of 2021, thanks to TikTok. And in the crest of perfume news, he became Dior’s new Perfume Creative Director— a move that the commenter on the perfume fanatic website Fragrantica called “the

In 2001, perfumer Olivier Cresp was tasked with capturing the feeling of Capri in the form of a fragrance. In the ’90s, Cresp, the ingenious nose, had made history when he invented a new perfume category, gourmand. For background, gourmand became known as fragrances with a dessert-like aroma that could easily make one’s mouth water.

John LamparskiGetty Images For a solid 23 and a half years, my skin was on its best behavior. Occasionally, I’d have a mild breakout, but it usually resolved within a week without much effort. And then suddenly, around six months ago, my skin launched a full-on revolt. No sooner would a pimple on my chin

If you’ve been standing in line at a Glossier retail location, here’s some good news: In early 2023, Glossier will be available online and in-store at Sephora. The collaboration with Sephora marks the first retailer Glossier has ever worked with. (Although some eagle-eyed Glossier fans have recently spotted the brand at TJ Maxx.) Glossier has

If you noticed Mabel Mora has a little extra color in her cheeks this season of Only Murders in the Building, that’s not only thanks to her new hit podcast (and, uh, turbulent romance). As Hulu and Rare Beauty have now revealed, Mabel’s been sporting some new makeup, courtesy of her actress’s hot beauty brand.

Getting a sneak peek at Lupita Nyong’o’s closet is a Marvel-level-dreamed-up fantasy for most. But, for makeup artist Nick Barose, it’s a reality. Nyong’o’s stylist Micaela Erlanger showed Barose the beautiful rainbow dress by designer Alfredo Martinez which inspired him to create a fresh face with a pop of berry lips to kickstart her Black

A professional cyclist and Cannondale brand ambassador, Laura King was determined to not lose her identity as an athlete when she became a mother to her two children, Hazel, 2, and newborn son Hayden. So after learning she was pregnant with her daughter, she raced and rode up until the day she gave birth. King

“I don’t know anything about skincare. I am the consumer,” states Millie Bobby Brown. She’s responding to my skepticism of an 18-year-old having a skincare line. With the market inundated with celebrity beauty lines, when a new brand comes on to the scene, one has to wonder, why? Florence by Mills will be three years