How to Get Healthy and Beautiful Hair As women, we are constantly trying to crack the code to beautiful hair. But unfortunately, this pursuit involves money, time, patience, and lots of experimenting. To answer your most pressing hair questions, we’ve gathered top advice from our ChickRx experts so you can cut out the frustration and be proud to whip your hair back and forth. Fight Frizz One of the biggest culprits of bad hair days is frizz. Hair gets frizzy when it
Cleansing with just conditioner? The trend—long popular among women with naturally thick, curly, or coarse strands—is becoming mainstream, thanks to several new products designed for all hair types. Co-Washing: Is It Really OK to Stop Sudsing Up Your Hair? Browse a few online beauty forums, and you’ll find proponents of “co-washing” touting the benefits of cleansing strands with specially formulated conditioners instead of shampoo. (We even reported the “anti-shampoo” movement here). Among them: Suds-free formulas can moisturize dry scalps, reduce frizz, detangle knots,
Simplest Nighttime Bathroom Routine Needed to Get By You’ve probably read all about what you need to be doing before bed to maintain and improve your skin, and it can amount to a long, daunting list. Removing your makeup, cleansing, exfoliating, using masks, applying toner, dabbing on acne treatments, moisturizing, slathering on eye cream, etc. Then there’s the work to maintain basic hygiene: brushing, flossing, mouthwash, eye care, washing your hair, etc. That’s a lot of tedious work when all you
3 Nail Art Designs That Last a Whole Month Gel manicures are the dopest, amiright? First of all, let’s talk about how they are immediately dry (sorry—cured) which means you can fumble around in your purse for tip money without smudging, which is what happens every single time I get a traditional mani. And you can get cool nail art without worrying that all the hard work will chip within days. Gel nail brand Gelish says their manis last up
Icky Goop In the Air Is Giving You Acne and Wrinkles. 4 Key Steps to Stop It. You don’t have to be Gwyneth Paltrow or an owner of a Vitamix to have heard the hype about detoxing. The obsession with clearing your internal organs of pollutants for a generally healthier life has made juice cleanses essential popular rituals among even those who don’t think negativity ruins water. But according to emerging research, we should all be focusing more attention to pollution’s effects on
The Makeup Trick You’re Doing Wrong Every Day For years and years now, anytime you asked a makeup artist for a how-to about highlighting and contouring they’d usually give you the same old tip about adding highlighter from the outer part of your brow all the way around the outside of your eye. But the times they are a-changin’. Celebrity makeup artist Rebecca Restrepo recently clued us in to the updated technique she’s been using on clients, including Alicia Keys at the
The Only Makeup You Need During Extreme Heat Living in California has many benefits: rare rain showers, a temperate climate, amazing produce! But that beautiful ball of fire in the sky that makes all this possible is constantly beaming down. Trying to keep my makeup from sliding down my face is not easy friends. Here is what I discovered to be the best, bare-bones makeup routine for extreme heat. Keep your makeup light and simple. 1. Skip foundation. Use sunscreen or SPF tinted
Next time your manicurist asks you which one you prefer, you’ll be ready with a definitive answer.
To trim or not to trim… that is the question.
Okay, it may not be exactly what Hamlet said, but if you’re the type who gets regular manicures, you’ve definitely wondered whether to enthusiastically affirm or politely demure when your manicurist asks if you’d like your cuticles trimmed.
The answer is (excuse the pun) pretty cut-and-dry.
“In general, you shouldn’t trim cuticles,” says New Orleans dermatologist
Our Makeup Expert shares the best beauty tips she’s learned from clients, family and friends. I am always open to learning something new…and I love that there never seems to be any rhyme or reason to my lessons or who they come from. In the “school” of makeup artistry, my teachers are everywhere! Here are some of the favorite products and tricks that I learned from clients and friends along the way—hope you enjoy them. And feel free post your favorite makeup
