6 Ways to Use Your Leftover Halloween Makeup for the Rest of the Year

Here at the Vogue.com office, our dedication to planning the ultimate Halloween costume has been a weeks-long elaborate affair. Admittedly, this means we may have gone a bit overboard when acquiring tubes, pans, and palettes of theatrical makeup in a wild rainbow of impractical colors. But now that the festivities are nearly over, we’re faced with an important issue: What are we supposed to do with all of our leftover Halloween makeup after tonight? That’s why, in the quest to prevent the gorgeous greens of a new zombie palette from lying fallow for the next 364 days, we spoke to two makeup artists about the best ways to utilize your barely used fake blood and face paints.

Alice Lane is known for her fantastical approach to the everyday. Unsurprisingly, her take on Halloween beauty is one that encourages experimentation for the rest of the year. “[It] is not just one night,” says Lane of dipping into high-shine metallics and glitter on an anytime, anywhere basis. “You can be expressive and excited every day.” And you don’t have to moonlight as a Disney princess to make use of your newfound tool kit. According to Kristi Matamoros, many extreme pigments are shockingly real-world wearable when sheered out or repurposed as a focused jolt of color. With that in mind, here are some pro makeup tips and tricks to tide you over until next October.

Fake Blood Makes the Best Cheek Stain
Lane swears that fake blood is an easy way to give a natural-looking flush to the skin. Matamoros, who is a fan of Screenface Blood, agrees: She suggests using a dab of coagulated blood to make the cheeks look windburned. “It’s balmy enough to give a real effect, with real shine,” she says of its specific and believable skin-like finish.

Unconventional Colors Can Be Everyday Wearable
“Deep purple lipsticks exist, but the reddish-mauve shades in a ‘bruise’ palette make [especially] great lip colors,” says Matamoros, who credits their brownish undertones for their perfect pitch. “Plus, they’re dry, so the color doesn’t go on shiny.”

Equally out-of-the-box shades, like the greens in Kryolan’s Zombie Wheel, can also be used as eyeshadow. And Make Up For Ever’s Rusty Brown cream color paints—more often used to approximate a feline tone on Halloween night—“is amazing on the eyes,” says Matamoros. “The Lion King uses it in their production [on Broadway] and orders hundreds of thousands of them.”

If you’re not looking to go that far outside the traditional color spectrum, the company also makes a bright, beautiful doll-ish pink that you can use on your cheeks. “If you buff it in, it can be soft and romantic,” she says.

Grease Paint Is the New Smoky Eye
Beyond your Mad Max costume, “grease paint has a lot of possibilities with creating textures,” says Matamoros. “I like to use it for a smoky eye. It’s cooler than a traditional [powder]—the more broken up and [messy] it gets, the better.”

Glitter Is for Day and for Night
Lane believes in the transformative power of glitter year-round. “It makes you feel good!” she says of spontaneously patting a bit on her face “like pixie dust.” Matamoros, too, reaches for tiny specks of gold sparkle to “add some shine and make your look really ethereal.” On eyelids and lash lines, gilded formulas from Make Up For Ever and Ricky’s flash in the light.

Black Lipstick Makes a Modern Statement
If Rihanna’s recent experiments with the ’90s lip color weren’t enough, both Lane and Matamoros also believe that black lipstick can work year-round. “Try it!” says Lane of using the same inky pigment needed to approximate your Vampira-inspired mouth. “It’s not going to hurt you!” Matamoros likes to give the color a modern update by keeping the rest of the look stripped back. “I love a blank face, glowing skin, and a [dark] lip. It’s amazing as a real-world look.”

White Crayon Is Camouflage for Tired Eyes
There may be a solution to tired eyes inside your clown kit. “A good use for a white [crayon or paint stick] is as eyeliner or eyeshadow,” says Matamoros, who also places a bit “in the inner corners to brighten the eyes.”

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Celebrate the Day of the Dead With These Sugar Skull Nail Files

Introducing the Dubai Beauty Discovery You Need in Your Life This Winter

There is something decadent about beautifully packaged soaps. While some reserve particularly special bars for houseguests, more self-indulgent personalities (read as: us) may use a luxurious soap daily, taking cleansing rituals to new heights. Enter Shiffa Dubai’s trio of extravagant, organic bars: Each is handmade with local olive oil and pressed with mint, sandalwood, and Damascan rose (an ancient Middle Eastern bloom). Crafted with only four ingredients, they are gentle enough to be used on the face and body “and won’t dry out your skin,” says company founder and Dubai native Lamees Hamdan, a medical doctor whose interest in dermatology led her to create her own skincare line. “It was important to keep alive the wonderful practice of cold-pressed, [artisanal] soapmaking,” says Hamdan, who adds that in addition to their exquisite smell and colorful packaging, her soaps are inlaid with a protective charm “to ward off the evil eye.” Pretty and powerful—with the holiday season looming, what could be a better foolproof hostess gift? Your powder room (and hers) will thank you.

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How to Be an Early Riser in the Dark: Winter Advice From a Sleep Expert

This weekend, the clocks fall back in an attempt to realign our day with the latent sunrise. It’s the seasonal signifier of the darker winter mornings ahead, when you’ll likely find it increasingly difficult to rise and shine without natural light. “Your body wants to move with the sun,” explains sleep expert and neurologist Christopher Winter, M.D., of our inclinations to hit the snooze button as we near the end of the year. Being a morning person in the dark is difficult, making behaviors that might have overcome a genetic predisposition to sleep in (it’s true, we’re not all born early risers) more difficult to maintain—who really wants to head to the gym before the sun is up? But, according to Winter, a few simple steps (and devices) can turn even the latest sleepers into chipper dawn defiers: “The biggest thing you can do is try to re-create the sun in your life.”

For this, Winter looks to light boxes, which replicate the blue and green wavelengths in daylight that signal our circadian rhythms to stay alert. Among his favorite devices is Philips’s Wake-Up Light, a circular alarm clock that re-enacts a miniature sunrise in your bedroom before setting off an audible alarm. “That’s the natural way you’re meant to wake up.” (Those on the go will find bright solace in Sphere Gadget Technologies’s slim, portable Lightphoria). Once up and moving, filling your field of vision with the sunny wavelengths via daylight-replicating lightbulbs or slipping on Re-Timer’s light-therapy glasses, which serves a similar function, will cause you to mentally and emotionally drag your feet less during predawn tasks. Beyond that, preparing a stimulating cup of coffee and scheduling a morning workout are surefire ways to jolt you out of winter grogginess.

But no good morning starts without a decent night of sleep. For this, light, or rather, lack thereof, is just as important. When winding down for the evening, the blue and green wavelengths you crave when you wake up should be eliminated. “You want to create a moody, dimly lit environment where you can see and get stuff done, but aren’t assaulted with light.” When in doubt, says Winter, ask yourself, “What would Barry White do?” For this reason, electronics, which emit sunlike brightness, should be omitted from use at least an hour before bed, whenever possible (this will also allow your mind to naturally calm down). Once in bed, urban dwellers will find that a sleep mask or thick curtains will keep synthetic light from disrupting REM cycles.

If you have miraculously avoided the impulse to hibernate with the 5:00 p.m. sunset and find yourself wide awake late, you can trick yourself into being ready for bed by cooling your body temperature. “At night your cortisol drops,” says Winter, a process that triggers a mirrored descent in body temperature. A similar reaction can be facilitated via taking a hot bath or drinking a warm glass of herbal tea or milk. “The [internal] cooling that happens after will be a natural trigger for sleepiness.” Maintain the feeling until morning by turning down the temperature of your room to the “mid 60s or colder,” finding warmth in layers of blankets rather than clothing. “If you get hot in flannel pajamas in the middle of the night, you’ve got nowhere to go,” reasons Winter.

Then, to ensure the deepest sleep possible, create a quiet and hydrated space. Investing in a white-noise machine will keep even the loudest snorer from stirring your slumber, while a humidifier like Dyson’s minimal bacteria-killing version will stave off the moisture-sucking side effects of seasonal radiators. Simply put, “Sleep works better when you’re well hydrated. Everything does.” The rest is mental. “People who imagine themselves sleeping deeper, for example, descending into a deep, warm, dark ocean, actually show deeper sleep in studies than those who don’t do those [kinds of exercises].” Here’s to self-actualizing a concealer-free morning.

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10 Gigi Hadid Beauty Moments Worthy of This Year’s Victoria’s Secret Runway

When she didn’t make the cut for the Victoria’s Secret show last year, Gigi Hadid chalked it up to a case of nerves during her audition, which—considering that her sunny good looks and well-toned hourglass frame make her a natural for the job—seemed like the only plausible explanation.

Not that one setback slowed her down: From landing her first international Vogue cover to emerging as fashion month’s most talked-about model—and standing up to body shamers on Instagram along the way—it’s easy to see why the past year has put a spring in her step (see: this year’s winning slinky walk.) Her off-duty looks have also cemented the 20-year-old’s status as street style’s bombshell to beat, thanks to a confidently low-key mix of no-makeup makeup and a few bold crop top moments that highlighted her sculpted-yet-voluptuous form.  But we’d venture to say that Hadid’s knockout factor owes a major debt to another best supporting feature: her showstopping swingy head of hair. Whether on a post-workout date with Joe Jonas or stepping out in a slit-to-there crimson evening dress, Hadid’s waist-length blonde waves hold the key to her next-level sensuality.

In honor of the freshly minted Angel, here’s a look at ten of her best recent beauty hits—which no doubt helped her score that first set of wings.

Watch how Gigi Hadid prepares for her walk at Tommy Hilfiger:

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20 Internet-Breaking Korean Beauty Products—Straight from Seoul

From Bella Hadid and Soo Joo Park’s sheet mask selfies on Instagram to the apple-shaped TonyMoly hand cream that flies off shelves at the company’s newly opened New York flagship, the cult of Korean beauty keeps growing wherever you look. And though many of its cute and quirky products can now be found stateside, Seoul remains one step ahead, rapidly churning out the highly innovative creations we’ll be talking about six months from now.

So it was that on a recent trip to Seoul, we decided to scour the city’s best beauty haunts and unearth the current K-beauty trends—and what a scouring it was. “In Seoul, beauty stores are everywhere you turn,” explains Charlotte Cho of Soko Glam, an online shop dedicated to curating the best of Korean skincare, makeup, and more. “They’re underground in subways and on every street corner—sometimes the same brand’s shop is just a few feet away from another!” Thanks to a few tips from Cho, we headed off through the narrow alleys of Myeong-dong, chockablock with neon signage and boutiques, and on to the lovely ginkgo-lined street of Garosu-gil. From Korean drugstore beauty at Olive Young to the tri-level Skinfood concept shop, above, here are 20 of the most eye-catching products you’ll find on Seoul shelves right now.

 

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Why Emma Roberts’s Mile-Long Lashes Are Made for Halloween Weekend

Why You Should Match Your Eyeshadow to Your Favorite Jeans This Season

In light of Vogue’s current denim marathon, we’re suddenly feeling drawn to all things blue: blue flowers, blue sweaters, and, best of all, blue makeup. For girls who live in their jeans (and aren’t afraid to experiment a little with their beauty look), what better way to complement those crisp new skinnies than with a matching swipe of eyeshadow? Bold shades of cobalt, azure, sky, and sapphire were spotted on the recent Spring ’16 runways at shows like Diane von Furstenberg, Dries Van Noten, and Marc Jacobs, where they were painted onto lids and smudged on lash lines with painterly flair. And rest assured, there’s a color and technique to suit every taste. Think of it like choosing a denim wash: Some of us prefer faded vintage jeans, while others stick to classic navy or ’70s-era cobalt. And no matter which shade you choose, you can’t go wrong with a simple scribble of liner (à la Jonathan Saunders) or a bright, Pop Art smudge of cream (seen at Missoni). In the slideshow above, we paired the season’s best street style jeans with the products to match; true denim-heads will want to try them all.

 

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8 Race Day Tricks for Making It to the New York City Marathon Finish Line

You’ve logged countless training miles, hydrated for months, and you can practically hear the steady rhythm made by thousands of soles hitting the New York City streets as marathon Sunday approaches. Now that race day is nearly here, what should you do to prep your body and mind to stay calm, injury-free, and psyched-up for the 26.2-mile race culminating in Central Park? To find out, we turned to the trio of super-siblings behind Santa Monica’s Altus Sports Institute. Together, Dr. Christopher Vincent, a chiropractor and sports physician; his trainer brother, Paul; and his hypnotherapist sister, Kim, keep an impressive list of pro athletes in top form, including the runners they’ve guided through the five boroughs each year. Here, they share their tips for sleeping, stretching, visualizing the course, and, of course, crossing the New York City Marathon’s finish line.

Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Get good sleep days before the race—the night before the start isn’t as crucial as the nights leading up to it. “Your body works in rhythms and cycles, so set up your nights so that you’re resting early and getting up early,” says Christopher. Imagine you’re traveling to a new time zone and acclimate to the race day time frame accordingly. “Do whatever winds you down each night,” says Kim of getting yourself into a sleep-ready frame of mind. “Take a bath, drink herbal tea, meditate, and visualize yourself waking up refreshed.”

Eat Breakfast When the Sun Comes Up
On race day, plan to have a normal breakfast near the start line at 8:00 a.m., rather than eating at 5:00 a.m., the ungodly hour when you wake up to trek there. You’ll avoid an extra meal that you don’t need. Also, ditch the water and energy gel belts, there will be plenty to eat and drink on the course. Christopher cautions, “Avoid sugar, in Halloween candy, energy gel, and sports drinks, before the race starts. It triggers the body to take sugar out of the blood and store it, and muscles do the same as you start to run, so you risk getting hypoglycemic. Your sugar stores will be depleted before you even start the race.”

Make Time for a Proper Warm-Up
Once you arrive on Staten Island for the race’s start, spend 10 minutes jogging nearby. “This is your chance to let your body get alert, turn on your muscles, and make sure any injured areas are getting warm,” says Paul. The key here is to warm up everything around a joint that’s tender, rather than doing static stretches that can harm it even further. Do ankle circles, heel-to-toe walking, and relax shoulders and arms. Get ready to race.

Loosen Up
Start dynamic flexibility stretches, which are moves that engage multiple body parts and stretch your muscles while they’re warm and in motion (rather than when they’re inert and cold, which can cause injuries). Butt-kicks, high knees, and walking lunges are all great options. Finally, do 10 one-minute sprints. Start slow, build up speed, then slow down during each rep. “Timing is important,” says Paul. “Do all of this before you line up in the corral. But don’t start doing static stretches in the corral, even if others are,” warns Paul. “Stick to what you’ve done the whole time you’ve been training,” he adds. Make friends in the corral to collectively carve out space for last-minute dynamic stretches (knees to chest, heel raises) to stay warm.

Feel the Adrenaline Rush—But Be Sure to Pace Yourself
Take a look around before the gun goes off. “You’re out with thousands of people—let yourself feel their energy push you through the start,” Kim says. But don’t forget to pace yourself. Even pros get caught up in the adrenaline rush at the start line. Sticking to your pace is key to finishing the race. “Let your footsteps set the rhythm in your head,” adds Kim.

Set Small Goals
Even pro runners need to reach little victories along the way by setting landmarks for themselves. “Just get to the next lamppost,” says Paul. Pro runners follow rabbits to keep a certain pace, but every marathoner can find someone who is running a similar speed and mentally hook into them. “Imagine there’s a rope between you, and the other person is pulling you along,” says Kim. Christopher reminds runners to mentally check in at each mile marker. “Ask yourself, ‘Am I running tall? Are my shoulders, jaw, and cheeks relaxed?’ ” Shake your arms out after hills, loosen your neck, and use the crowd when you get to Central Park to pull you along.

Visualize Your Post-Race Plans
“Plan how to celebrate your success,” says Kim. The idea here is that you’ll finish the race if you set your post-race intentions. “Most endurance athletes that lose sight of the finish line don’t realize what a key component visualizing finishing and recovering can be,” she adds.

Don’t Forget to Cool Down
Once you run across the finish line, don’t forget to cool down. Drink water, walk, work through sore spots with static stretches (this is the time to sit and stretch, you’ve spent 26.2 miles warming up), and draw a bath with Epsom salts once you’re home. Keep up short runs, massages, and yoga for the next couple of weeks to evaluate your body and see how everything feels. You’ll recover from the marathon healthy and fit for the next race.

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How Allison Williams Doubles the Impact of Her Makeup in Seconds

The Lady Is a Vamp: 11 Undead Beauty Muses

The word vamp, as most commonly used, is actually fairly new. Ushered into the collective consciousness by early-20th-century silent films, vamp was the slang for the female vampires who seduced otherwise upright citizens, turning them into monsters as well. Granted, it was a popular genre, and as the obviously metaphorical vampire bit fell away, so did the end of the name. Before long, the vamp—with all her derivatives (vamping, vampish, vampy)—was born.

While the classic vampire story, revived in recent pop culture from Twilight to True Blood, would have it that suave antiheroes target the girlish and meek, the female vampire’s presence on film is actually inextricable from modern ideas of unbridled sex appeal, particularly when it comes to beauty. Think of Vampira, whose campy performance in 1959’s Plan 9 from Outer Space cemented her as a cult figure: Real name Maila Nurmi, she by that time had become one of TV’s first horror hosts, presenting while decked out in long and low-cut black gowns with a cinched waist, her eyebrows arched, eyes darkly rimmed, and her raven hair slicked back. Nurmi drew inspiration from the Addams Family cartoons that ran in The New Yorker, but her vampire-inflected version was far sultrier. Recent reports suggest she was Disney’s live-action reference for Maleficent in 1959’s Sleeping Beauty—their faces are nearly identical.

 

 

Then, of course, there’s the vampire queen. As Akasha in 2002’s Queen of the Damned, Aaliyah wears flamboyant golden headdresses and matching gilded makeup with smoky, kohl-lined eyes and exposed, chiseled abs. Salma Hayek as an undead exotic dancer in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), one of her first big roles, is a study in raw sexuality, her curvaceous frame clad in just a bikini, feathered headpiece, and a swipe of lipstick.

More contemporary iterations have a quixotic kind of sultriness, like Tilda Swinton’s alabaster, bookish vampire in Only Lovers Left Alive—her hundreds of years of reading, tucked away from the sun, have left her with a white-gold mane of hair and a penchant for sumptuous robes. Sheila Vand as the vampire of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night has almost nothing to reveal her nature, save for her meticulously lined eyes. Even when subtle, the allure of the vampire is completely divorced from irony—think of it as the antithesis of today’s Sexy Pizza Slice costume, Sexy Big Bird costume, et al. It’s a reminder that, this Halloween and in the days that follow, the scary and the sultry can, and perhaps should, go hand in hand.

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Sienna Miller Proves That Even a Bob Is Ponytail-Friendly

If you’ve resisted an above-the-shoulder chop for fear it would spell the end of a foolproof ponytail—see: wrestling your hair into a sad little stub or, worse, clipping away stray strands with an awkward constellation of barrettes—Sienna Miller’s cheerful half-back style in London last night might change your mind.

The actress, who is promoting her new film, Burnt, this month, took a night off from her textured bob and whisked her blonde layers up and out of the way, letting shorter wisps fall where they may. It’s a look that would certainly do well with a favorite pair of jeans and a fuzzy sweater, but paired with a Céline slip dress and a swipe of ruby lipstick, it proved a surprisingly carefree DIY alternative to the traditional red carpet updo. Just one more reason why fashion’s favorite haircut is here to stay.

 

Sienna Miller leads a completely normal life. We swear:

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What’s the Secret to K-Pop Beauty? One Vogue Editor Gets a Hallyu Star Makeover in Seoul

“Please hold still,” one woman tells me, lifting a still-smoking match to my eyes. Nearby, another begins sharpening a small pink-handled knife that will slice the tops and sides off my brows. To my left, a man with immaculate bleach-blond hair sits, looking bored, listlessly thumbing through his iPhone, as three attendants swab his face with no less than 10 serums, emulsions, and creams. But no matter—he’ll be back here tomorrow to do it all over again.

Welcome to the world of K-pop beauty, where it takes three hours to apply your everyday face. Yes, three hours—or so I’m told when I call up reception at Jennyhouse, which has quickly become the go-to salon for Korean celebs since it opened in 2002. These days, of course, it’s also a destination for fans who would love to look just like their idols—including Chinese couples who fly here to get K-styled for wedding photos. And so, out of curiosity, I, too, book an appointment for a complete Hallyu star makeover on a recent trip to Seoul.

There are now three Jennyhouse locations in Cheongdam, the city’s most rarefied neighborhood, but I head to Olive, a two-story violet town house that’s said to draw the most stars (that’s no lie, by the way—on a recent Friday, I sat next to Jessi, the Lucky J rapper, and VIXX boy-band members Hyuk and Ravi). Though K-pop is known for its wild, over-the-top visuals, makeup artist Hee Jeong Lee tells me that these days her idol clients and their fans are requesting a more pared-down face.

“We used to do a heavier, more made-up aesthetic, but now when people come to our shop and ask for the Korean style, it’s more of a natural look,” she says, pointing to two of her clients, actresses Lee Min-jung and Song Ji-hyo, whose faces are most often requested by guests. Paging through hairstylist Jongsoo Lim’s portfolio, it’s clear that a more laid-back style is also the key to a K-pop mane. “Right now, it’s about a light wave instead of over-the-top glamour,” he says. “Over the past four or five years, we’ve moved toward the kind of look you could do yourself at home.”

So what does it take to get that not-quite-natural look? Anywhere from two to five hours—still. For Hallyu stars, a flawless complexion comes first and foremost. So we begin with a thorough double cleansing with oil and cream face washes, followed by 20 minutes of layering moisturizers: first toner, then essence, then serum, then emulsion, then cream, then more emulsion, and so on, swept and dotted lightly across the face with plush sponges and cotton pads. Vaseline is smothered on my lips, then Lee takes a dollop of heavy sun cream and emulsion, mixed together on the back of the hand with a palette knife, and swabs it directly onto my cheeks. Three dots of highlighter go under each eye, then a base, more emulsion—“It helps create a smooth texture”—and a thick coat of foundation. During 10 minutes of vigorous concealing (of stray spots, freckles, dark circles, and lines I never knew I had), I remember how, the day before, a stranger told me I had great skin—apparently not, by K-pop standards.

The secret here, I learn, is extreme layering: Lashes are curled twice with that smoking match, then topped with individual falsies and curled again with mascara. Light dustings of contour are topped off with emulsion, then dusted a second and third time. The eyeliner alone takes about 15 minutes: pencil, liquid, and gel, painstakingly shaped into an angular black wing. But once I reach Lim’s hair station, things move faster. I spend only 40 minutes in the chair, moving through rapid curling, texturizing at the root with a round brush, and ample sprays of Elnett. Though I’d originally suggested a wild updo or crazy cut, this would, I learn, be antithetical to the idol way. “You want to look fresh and pretty,” Lim chides as he sweeps my hair into a long ponytail with a hint of volume.

After carefully placing and re-placing a single wavy curl that falls by my face, we’re done—et voilà! Though up close I look strange and too heavily made up, in the soft glow of the salon’s incandescent lights, I feel K-pop pretty. Plus, as my own family tells me later that day, “You’ve never looked more Korean.” As far as K-styling goes, I’d call that an unqualified success.

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What to Store at His Place for Cuffing Season: The Ultimate Stealth Beauty Arsenal

Introducing Kate Bosworth’s Quick Cure for Long-Hair Boredom

The stark single plaits that popped up on and off the runways at Paris Fashion Week may have steered the braids trend onto a minimalist course, but leave it to Kate Bosworth to take a more playful approach. The actress was spotted in Los Angeles last night with a slim section of hair woven down the side and fastened at the nape of her neck. The face-framing style showcased her metallic lids and sunny coral lips for an effect that was part SoCal bohemian, part neo-Grecian goddess—and offered an entirely fresh antidote to long-hair boredom.

 

Watch Kate Bosworth, Cara Delevingne, and more at the 2014 Met Gala:

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Why Nutritional Yeast Is on the Menus of New York’s Most Stylish Restaurants—And Why You Should Be Eating It

Recently, while ordering a macrobiotic plate at dinner in New York City, my waiter asked, “Would you like nutritional yeast on that?” I bristled—even as a beauty and health editor, the words macrobiotic and yeast were a bit much to handle in one sentence—and politely declined. But as soon as I had my first encounter with the curious garnish, like a Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, I started seeing the savory grape-skin-derived flakes everywhere. There it was dressing the kale chips at the Butcher’s Daughter and draping the Mediterranean Toast at Gingersnaps. “What is the deal with nutritional yeast?” I finally asked a friend who works at Edible Schoolyard, over dinner at Dimes, where our Street Corn Cups came strewn with the ingredient. She responded with a shrug, adding, “We put it on popcorn at work.” Even Alice Waters devotees were doing it.

Had nutritional yeast been right under my nose (and on my plate) the whole time? According to Atlanta-based certified nutrition specialist and physician Tasneem Bhatia, the food additive has largely found its audience among vegetarians, who often struggle to maintain sufficient vitamin-B levels in their meat-stripped diets. Since it is rich in B1, B2, B6, and folic acid and often fortified with B12—all of which are great for mood stabilization and hormone health—it’s become a popular way to sprinkle on a nourishing boost. And with the vegetarian diet becoming more mainstream in restaurants by the minute (the presence of root vegetables on menus has grown nearly 50 percent in the past year, and even protein-driven chef April Bloomfield launched a greens-centric cookbook last spring), it makes sense that we might all benefit from filling in nutritionally where the beef, pork, and chicken left off.

The subtle flavor, which some liken to cheese, is precisely what chef Gerardo Gonzalez had in mind when he topped off El Rey’s vegetarian chicharrones with a “heavy dusting” of nutritional yeast. When taking traditional Mexican street food away from its fried pig-skin past and into the realm of the healthful, vegan, and indulgent snack (one that involves cashew “sour cream,” sour plum sauce, radish, sumac, jicama, chili flakes, and mint), nutritional yeast provides a “savoriness that you would get from meat or dairy. It’s a way to capture those flavor profiles without using animal products,” says Gonzalez. Bhatia agrees, saying that at her house, they use it “like grated cheese.”

It’s important to note that nutritional yeast is not a replacement for vitamin B or folic acid—in fact, Bhatia points out that the amount present in a tablespoon is a mere fraction of your daily recommended value—but it certainly won’t hurt to toss it onto your popcorn, pizza, or macrobiotic mélange. With its soft, Parmesan-esque taste, say Gonzalez, “the benefits [will] become secondary to the flavor.”

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How Ruby Rose Does Braids: Lessons in Updating a Sleek Crop

While the siren call of bohemian waves or slick power ponytails may leave even the most steadfast short-hair devotees occasionally dreaming of a waist-grazing mane, it seems that the braids trend is hardly reserved for extreme lengths. Case in point: Ruby Rose, who showed that just a few inches of hair can be reimagined into a thing of red carpet–ready beauty. With her boyish chop plaited into thick Grecian braids at the MTV EMA after-party in Milan last night, the style resonated with a soft pairing of flushed peach cheeks and rosy nude lips. It also set off a few hard-edged elements in the form of a sleek undercut, graphic brows, and rows of punkish earrings—because if the cult of Ruby Rose has taught us anything, it’s that the key to chic androgyny is a game of opposites.

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Hang Ten From the Comfort of Your Couch With These Surf-Inspired Nail Files

Ready or not, cold weather is coming—and the holidays aren’t far behind. Sure, fall’s cozy sweaters feel great now, but it won’t be long until we’re in need of a far-flung balmy escape, preferably on a beach with no cell service. If migrating south isn’t in the cards for you anytime soon, however, we’re happy to report that we have a solution: When we spotted these kitschy, surfboard-shaped nail files on manicurist Madeline Poole’s Instagram feed, we wasted no time in asking her where we could buy them. Turns out, they’re a bona fide Hawaiian export: “I work with backstage photographer Mark Leibovitz all through Fashion Week, so we spend a lot of time together,” Poole explains. “He was in Hawaii and went to the ABC Store, which I guess is like a Hawaiian version of Duane Reade with lots of local beauty products. And he found these and sent them to me!”

A quick investigation of the company’s website, which boasts the slogan “The Store With Aloha,” turned up similar files that cost less than a poolside drink. (Note to self: They’d also make great stocking stuffers.) “I will probably never use them because I want to save them forever,” Poole says. “But they’re actually really good nail files—the grit is perfect for shaping.”

As for the manicures Poole would (hypothetically) craft with her souvenirs, she’s feeling a “squoval” shape (“round with a bit of a flat tip”) and a palette of unconventional colors: “I haven’t really been giving in to your typical fall nail shades,” she says. “Instead, I’ve been wearing white, deep turquoise, raspberry, and emerald green.” Or take Poole’s lead and match your nails to the cool, watery hues of the Pacific—because even if you don’t make it to a real ocean this winter, a surf-inspired mani will do wonders for brightening up your wardrobe.

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The 10 Best Beauty Instagrams of the Week: Amanda Seyfried, Emily Ratajkowski, and More

With autumn in full swing, this week’s best beauty Instagrams centered on seasonal outdoor activities and look-changing statements primed for the brisk weather. Elsa Hosk celebrated in a foliage-inspired cherry red beret, which served as a bold and brightening counterpart to her icy blue gaze, pale pout, and sunny blonde lengths. Model Jeneil Williams mastered a new leap during her Muay Thai workout, while Emily Ratajkowski opted for a more casual means of exercise, cycling through a forest of fallen leaves.

Soo Joo Park snapped a photo in front of an outdoor nature-scape, the cornfield acting as a perfect backdrop to her blanched mane. Meanwhile, Kendall Jenner posted a pink-haired behind-the-scenes shot taken on set for this month’s issue of Vogue. (A note to her Instagram fans: It’s a wig!) But it was Amanda Seyfried’s snap that immediately caught our eye—the actress shared a moment in the countryside with a new four-legged neighbor who seemed equally mesmerized by her swingy shoulder-length hair.

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What Does Hippie Chic Mean These Days? 7 Modern Women Share Their Natural Beauty Routines

Today, the Walker Art Center opens “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia,” charting the evolution of the peace and love counterculture movement of the 1960s and ’70s through art, architecture, and design. In signature hippie style, themes of spirituality, environmentalism, experimentation, and community are explored—motifs that are enjoying a renaissance among today’s natural beauty gurus.

Ecologically aware and spiritually conscious, a rising wave of women are advocating for an au naturel existence that melds smart packaging with safe ingredients. And it’s sweeping the nation: From New York City’s Sabrina De Sousa to Los Angeles’s Amanda Chantal Bacon, the mantra seems to be, if you are what you eat, then you are undoubtedly also what you slather on your body. Whether they’re creating their own lip balms and body oils or uncovering the best organic brands, these seven women are making the case for embracing your inner bohemian. Here, they share the blushes, foundations, and hair masks worth turning on, tuning in, and dropping out for.

 

Kazu Namise, founder of Phylia [de M.]

 

Jun Lee, founder of Eir NYC

 

Jessica Richards, owner of Shen Beauty

 

Kerrilynn Pamer, cofounder of CAP Beauty

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Bring on the Red Lip Revival: Miranda Kerr and More Embrace a Crimson Mouth

If this week’s party circuit was any indication, the crisp, red lip is set for a beauty takeover in the colder months ahead. In Los Angeles, models and actresses couldn’t resist swaths of bold, eye-catching red hues: Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana, and Miranda Kerr each reached for classic cherry tints that spanned the spectrum from shine to matte. Darker impulses were in order for Bella Heathcote, who decorated her doll-like complexion with a bordeaux shade of crimson. Across the country in Manhattan, Alexa Chung eschewed her signature cat-eye liner in favor of a nearly naked look that allowed her deep brick lips to speak for themselves. After all, nothing warms up a chilly day like a flame-inspired smile.

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3 Healthy Treats That Take the Fright Out of a Halloween Sugar High

Halloween can be terrifying—and we’re not just talking about the zombie makeup and clown costumes. What’s really frightening is the avalanche of excess sugar and calories coming your way in a few short weeks. It is estimated that Americans will spend more than $2 billion on candy and purchase 90 million pounds of chocolate this year in anticipation of the big night—so why not keep your blood sugar levels and your cravings in check by baking your own delicious homemade healthy treats? We’ve teamed up with Erin McKenna, whose self-titled bakeries have become a vegan cult favorite on both coasts, to bring you three game-changing Halloween recipes. Each one is gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, and kosher. In other words, what are you waiting for?

Halloween Coconut Mounds

Ingredients:
3 T agave nectar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 T rice milk (if the coconut mixture is too thick)
2 T melted coconut oil
1 3/4 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tsp. salt
2 cups (or one 12-oz. bag) gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. In a small bowl, mix agave nectar, vanilla extract, and coconut oil until evenly blended. Measure in coconut and continue to mix until fully combined. If mixture is too dry, add the rice milk until it is firm but sticky. Place in the refrigerator and chill for 1 hour.

2. Meanwhile, place dairy-free chocolate chips in a double boiler or set a stainless-steel bowl over a pan of boiling water and leave the chocolate chips until completely melted. Be sure no water touches  the bowl or the chocolate will get stiff. Remove from heat.

3. Take the coconut mixture from the refrigerator and form into desired Halloween shapes using a cookie cutter. Gently let them slide out onto the reserved cookie sheet and dip in melted chocolate. Continue until all are formed and dipped.

4. Return the mounds to the refrigerator to let the chocolate harden for 30 minutes, then serve.

Agave Blood Brownies
Yield: Serves 36

Ingredients:

For the brownies:
3/4 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup potato starch
2 T arrowroot
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. xanthan gum
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup non-GMO canola oil, plus more for the pans
1/2 cup agave nectar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 T pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup hot water or hot coffee

For the sauce:
2 cups vegan powdered sugar
1/4 cup rice milk or almond milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 T natural red dye

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease three 12-cup mini-muffin tins with oil.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, potato starch, arrowroot, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, and salt. Add the 1/2 cup oil and the agave nectar, applesauce, vanilla, and hot water to the dry ingredients and stir until the batter is smooth.

3. Using a melon baller, scoop the batter into each prepared mini-muffin cup. Bake the brownies on the center rack for 9 minutes, rotating the tins 180 degrees after 5 minutes. (For a more fudgy-tasting  cake, bake for only 8 minutes total.) The finished brownies will have firm edges with a soft center, and a toothpick inserted into the center will come out clean.

4. While the brownies are cooling you can start on the sauce. In a medium bowl sift in the powdered sugar. Add the milk and vanilla extract and whisk until sauce is smooth. Add dye and continue whisking until color is even.

Pumpkin Spice Muffins
Yield: Serves 36

Ingredients:
1 cup Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free All-Purpose Baking Flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. xanthan gum
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 cup melted coconut oil, plus more for pan
1/3 cup agave nectar
1/3 cup rice milk
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup hot water
1 T vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Line one standard 6-cup muffin tin with paper liners; set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, salt, cinnamon, and ginger. Add the oil, agave nectar, rice milk, and vanilla directly to the dry ingredients. Stir until the batter is smooth and thick. Using a plastic spatula, fold in the pumpkin and hot water until they are evenly distributed throughout the batter.

3. Pour 1/3 cup of the batter into each prepared cup. This portion will almost fill up the cup entirely. Bake muffins on the center rack for 22 minutes, rotating the pan 180 degrees after 10 minutes. Muffins will be soft to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into the center of each will come out clean. Remove from oven.

4. Let the muffins stand for 15 minutes. Either serve warm, or transfer to a wire rack and cool completely before covering. Place the muffins in an airtight container and store at room temperature for up to three days.

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Meet the Model Whose Face-Painting Skills Are Fueling Our Halloween Obsession

The Best Halloween Makeup Removers: The Pros From American Horror Story and More Weigh In

This Halloween, we’re taking a no-fear approach to our beauty routines. Suicide Squad face tats à la Harley Quinn? Yes, please. Kardashian contouring? Lay it on thick. But as anyone who has gone full-on with their costuming can tell you, there’s a potentially scary flip side to a professional-level makeup job that arrives at the end of the night. That’s why we’ve asked television and film experts on both ends of the special effects spectrum for their tips on the best products to wash away the aftermath of your face-painting adventures, from Jem and the Holograms–worthy neon and glitter to American Horror Story–level goth and gore.

Rule No. 1: The best starting point may actually be your cleanser. American Horror Story’s head of makeup, Eryn Krueger Mekash, relies on a trio of face washes before traditional makeup removers. Taut’s pH-balanced Liquid Facial Cleanser and Albolene Moisturizing Cleanser, along with basic coconut oil, are staples in her kit that emulsify even thickly layered pro paint. If fake lashes are involved, she suggests reaching for a product specifically geared toward eyes. “Urban Decay makes a great makeup remover called Meltdown. You can use this to get the lashes, glue, and mascara off.”

 

 

 

 

On set for the newly released Jem and the Holograms, out today, lead makeup artist Mary Klimek says she became obsessed with Josie Maran’s Bear Naked face wipes and Argan Cleansing Treatment for removing face paints and bright colors. “The girls would sometimes have their makeup on for eight or more hours—the hot pink on Aubrey Peeples [Jem] was the hardest to remove.” A pro trick for eliminating stains from the skin? Both Klimek and Krueger Mekash swear by the dye-erasing power of shaving cream. “If anything stains, it’s fake blood,” says Krueger Mekash. “We use shaving cream to remove any residue.” Klimek is also a fan of the nourishing formula in Kate Somerville’s Lash Enhancing Eye Makeup Remover, and suggests a soothing toner to calm inflamed skin after intense removal rituals. “I love the Aloe Vera Toner from Mario Badescu—it was a staple on set!”

After all is fresh and fully cleansed, how does one eradicate those lingering sparkles that seem to turn up on every surface and cheek, whether part of your costume or simply dance-party stowaways? Some experts suggest using a piece of Scotch tape to lift away individual specks, while others prefer the textured side of a hot towel to sweep away residue. If all else fails, Klimek relies on the cure-all remedy of a hot shower—which, happily, also sounds like the perfect strategy for wrapping up the night.

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Gabrielle Union’s Braided Transformation—And the Effortless Drama of Waist-Skimming Braids

5 Halloween Beauty Ideas—Plucked From Our Favorite Paintings

Halloween is your annual invitation to exercise creative freedom—it’s the one night when, in regards to your hair and makeup, there are no rules. So when deciding on your costume, whom better to take inspiration from than the original rule-breakers: the artists.

Andy Warhol saw Marilyn Monroe’s ubiquitous image as an opportunity for daubed-on, neon re-creation—an emboldened approach you could borrow to ensure your likeness is one-of-a-kind no matter how many Monroe imitators show up at your party in a white silk dress. Makeup enthusiasts can take a cue from Pablo Picasso’s muse Marie-Thérèse Walter in Girl Before a Mirror, who predated the clown contour movement with un-blended foundation and didn’t skimp on lipstick, blush, or green eyeshadow to boot. For the art world equivalent of the sexy kitten, look no further than Adele Bloch-Bauer I, who has unapologetically captivated the male gaze for more than a century. Enveloped in Klimt’s gold symbols of fertility, she boasts a postcoital flush and bedhead enlivened with what looks like an early form of dry shampoo. Instantly recognizable and easily replicated with the right beauty tools, paintings from Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring to Gainsborough’s Lady in Blue will guarantee a signature and successful Halloween. Let’s put it this way: Why be a fleeting pop culture moment when you can be an icon?

 

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6 Iconic Women Who Understood the Power of a Statement-Making Hair Ribbon

In the 1970s, the film critic Pauline Kael called Catherine Deneuve the French Grace Kelly for her severe beauty. “But something is hidden,” she added, “a suggestion of humor and of depth.” Deneuve, who turns 72 today, is better known than her American counterpart for moments of playful mystery, at times executed on-screen with a bow perched atop her head. The public image of Deneuve with her signature ribbon stems from her breakout role in the 1964 French musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. When we first encounter Deneuve’s Geneviève, madly in love with the mechanic Guy, she is a column of gold, her blonde blowout and marigold cardigan only interrupted by the loose black bow on her crown. It’s a visual metaphor heightening the sense that her world of small-town, candy-colored umbrella shops may also unravel.

Wearing ribbons may, in theory, make one feel parceled or even twee, but they more often introduce an added element of intrigue, alluding to what might be revealed or undone. As with Deneuve in the film, ribbons are never more effective than when they’re slightly out of synch with one’s character—their presence implies the other side is unloosed. Think of Alice heading down the rabbit hole, or of Brigitte Bardot’s entirely unsubtle sexiness—never girlish, she used ribbons more like an ironic wink. For Madonna, a large black bow did little to restrain her tangle of wild curls—a nonverbal reminder that she would not be tamed. And just this past fashion month, the ribbons that turned up all over the Spring runways were hardly ever doll-like. Oscar de la Renta’s loose, slack black bows abetted low ponytails, adding an element of dishevelment to the composure of the gowns, while at Dior, long and lightly tied minimal ribbons set off striped pantsuits as often as white gauzy gowns. On the Lanvin runway, tangled variations counterbalanced androgynous looks worn by models like Edie Campbell and Jamie Bochert, topping jagged updos with choppy Jean Seberg–style bangs; one could argue that these ribbons add a sly sense of whimsy to the style equation for precisely what they are not.

For more inspiration, look to these six iconic women who knew how to tie one on.

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Jessica Alba Test-Drives a Sunny New Palette—And Proves That Seasonless Makeup Is Here to Stay

As the weather turns brisk, it’s tempting to stow warm, sunny makeup shades in favor of a richer fall palette of bordeauxs and plums, but Jessica Alba’s recent Instagram selfie has us questioning the urge. The actress and entrepreneur dipped into her Honest Beauty line on a trip to Miami, taking cues from the balmy climate and her blush-toned dress with an allover light dusting of soft pink on both the lips and cheeks. Brushed-up, filled-in brows and discreetly painted lashes completed the pretty look, which Alba accessorized with delicate silver hoops and a polished, wavy chop. Here’s to following her lead and ditching the seasonal beauty rules in favor of a skin-brightening range of summery shades in the colder months ahead.

 

Jessica Alba shares her ultimate speed beauty prep:

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Is a Study in Stepping Up Your Travel Beauty

The History of the Ballet Body: From Anna Pavlova to Misty Copeland

“Ballet is woman,” said George Balanchine, the inimitable Russian choreographer who is credited with bringing ballet into the great American artistic oeuvre. It’s a legacy that tonight the American Ballet Theatre will continue to push forward with the debut of its fall season. Among its talented ranks is the recently appointed principal dancer Misty Copeland, who has continued to defy expectations, taking up ballet at the relatively “late” age of 13, and maintaining a sculptural build that could give an Olympic athlete serious competition.

And yet, the ballet body has been in flux since the first recognized ballerina, Marie Taglioni, took up the royal court tradition in the early 19th century. Taglioni, who was described by ballet historian and former dancer Jennifer Homans in her book Apollo’s Angels as “poorly proportioned,” was the first of many to find untold artistic freedom in her physical shortcomings. For every Pierina Legnani, the Russian dancer who pirouetted and assembléd with divine grace and formidable strength as the first Princess Aurora, there is an Anna Pavlova, the original dying swan whose weak ankles and curved feet enabled the modern pointe shoe, and a prolific fragility on stage—one Serge Diaghilev utilized for his “Astonish me!” run with the Paris-based Ballets Russes. By the mid-fifties, Galina Ulanova’s lyrically long limbs came to embody the visual ideal, while Margot Fonteyn’s flat feet became the stuff of legend, capable of executing transcendent drama without a deep arch.

Balanchine found his own strange beauties in the form of the unprecedentedly tall Maria Tallchief, whom he soon married, and the wisp-like Suzanne Farrell. With each muse came boundary-pushing depth and range of movement, making what was once classical look  modern. Even as today’s ballerinas find new ways to move with weightless grace, defying the boundaries of their turned-out feet and canonical training, their advancements require a powerhouse framework. Diana Vishneva’s lithe frame is comprised of chiseled muscles that read like an anatomy lesson. And with Copeland looking stronger still, ballet can only soar higher.

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16 Brilliant Wedding Day Hair Accessories

You’ve booked the perfect hairstylist, chosen wisely between a low chignon and brushed waves, but the thoughtful detail that will upgrade your wedding day hair from basic to meaningfully personal lies in a well-calculated hair accessory. Simply consider your wedding’s location and your dress: Does your cathedral processional warrant a Kate Middleton–worthy vintage tiara or will your destination beach reception require air-dried texture and a Dolce & Gabbana floral pin? Perhaps a simple gold barrette will add a memorable glimmer to your outdoor Catskill Mountains “I do’s,” or a delicate headpiece with petite blooms will best evoke the oversize peonies in your ceremony’s surrounding candlelit garden. Whatever your aisle style, we’ve culled 16 gleaming accessories for every personality. From an antique sapphire diamond hair clip, a foolproof way to fold something blue into your look, to a minimalist metal headband, here are the prettiest pieces to ensure that as you take your first steps toward married life, all those eyes will be right where they belong.

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What Zendaya’s Defense of Her Curves on Instagram Adds to the Body-Shaming Conversation

Zendaya is the latest celebrity to speak out in defense of a woman’s real body. Last night, the 19-year-old Disney star took to Instagram to express her shock at a heavily Photoshopped image of her published in a recent magazine editorial. “These are the things that make women self-conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have,” wrote the singer, who posted the retouched photograph directly alongside the unedited version in her feed. “Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self-love. So I took it upon myself to release the real pic and I love it.” (For the record, we think she looks better in the unretouched photo as well.)

This isn’t the first time Zendaya has had to defend her looks on Instagram. After Giuliana Rancic criticized her for wearing dreadlocks to the Oscars, saying, “I feel like she smells like patchouli oil,”  Zendaya wrote a response to Rancic’s disrespectful comments. “My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough,” she wrote. “To me locs are a symbol of strength and beauty.” You could say the same thing about Zendaya, who has become an increasingly powerful voice on the importance of self-confidence. Her model behavior even inspired Mattel to issue a collectible Barbie doll modeled after her much-discussed Oscar look.

Zendaya’s defense of her natural curves arrives on the heels of Gigi Hadid’s impassioned Instagram post against online body-shamers, who claimed Hadid wasn’t high-fashion material. “Yes, I have boobs, I have abs, I have a butt, I have thighs,” she wrote. “If I didn’t have the body I do, I wouldn’t have the career I do. I love that I can be sexy. I’m proud of it.” Both of their comments are part of a larger movement embracing authenticity and body realness that’s quickly gathering steam in fashion, Hollywood, and sports.

This summer, Serena Williams shrugged off criticism from a New York Times writer that she lacked a feminine physique by wearing figure-flattering dresses off the court and posting images of herself in a bikini on Twitter. During a panel at this year’s Comic-Con, Jennifer Lawrence revealed she constantly ignored pleas to lose weight back when she was starting off in her career. Even Lorde has felt compelled to address a retouched image of her face while onstage. “Remember flaws are ok,” the singer tweeted at her millions of followers, along with an un-Photoshopped image of herself while performing.

And just this past Paris Fashion Week, Alexander Wang cast his final Balenciaga show with a handful of non-model friends, including Zoë Kravitz, Bella Heathcote, Nicola Peltz, and Riley Keough. While these actresses, of course, have enviable figures, their bodies are noticeably different from those that are usually seen on the catwalk. Here’s hoping that Wang’s embrace of a more diverse body type becomes as universal as his trend-setting designs.

 

André Leon Talley talks to Zendaya and Fausto Puglisi on the Met Gala red carpet:

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The Beauty Statement That’s Becoming a Beyoncé Evening Signature

Beyoncé is a beauty chameleon with an arsenal of quick-change looks for every occasion, but the singer also knows the power of returning to a signature hair statement. She took to the red carpet at the Tidal X: 1020 Amplified by HTC concert in Brooklyn last night with her blonde mane swept up in the swingy, voluminous side ponytail that she stepped out in earlier this year at the Met Gala. It’s an aspirational daytime beauty look that also makes for an elegant evening option with a few simple additions—in this case, a pair of oversize earrings and an aubergine lip that took its cue from her matching dress. Worn with a wash of metallic shadow and an exposed décolletage, it’s a red carpet look that appears deceivingly laid-back, while delivering a dose of stealth glamour that’s disarmingly high impact.

 

Beyoncé made a video at her Vogue September 2015 cover shoot:

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Behind the Rainbow Hair Takeover at Seoul Fashion Week

From the specks of gold glitter on lids at Kye to clusters of freckles dotted on darkly at Cres. E Dim., the imaginative beauty proposals at Seoul Fashion Week have put us in a playful mood. A more compelling statement, however, has woven its way through the shows, one that points to a larger, high-impact trend: the rise of the rainbow hair girl, which has previously been slow to take hold in the Korean capital.

It’s a noteworthy shift in a city that has a traditionally gravitated toward collective beauty trends—a particular shade of widely embraced reddish-brown hair color, for instance—over individualistic, out-of-the-box hair and makeup ideas. The phenomenon first took root about two years ago, when, on a whim, It-girl Irene Kim decided to dye her bleached ends blue. “It was right before Seoul Fashion Week, and my agency was like, ‘Oh, my God, now you’re going to have no jobs, no one’s going to want you to walk,’ ” she recalls of the moment. That season, she was cast in about 18 shows—the most of any model.

Kim’s buoyant hair sparked a small revolution, and the Technicolor girls taking over the runways this season indicate a more open-minded and personal approach to beauty here, one that celebrates a unique spirit of self-expression. At Sunday’s Pushbutton show, dropped in among the lineup of dark-haired girls, there was Ahreum Ahn with her perpetually tousled dirty pink lengths and Suim Jang, who dipped her bleach blonde locks in the palest blue dye. When new model Lee Ji Hye appeared with a bright orange buzz, closing the show in a flowing lilac gown, guests in the front row (this writer included) were visibly moved.

For Kim, it has been a thrilling change of pace. “It really shows that the designers want to book the girls for their personality, not just to be a mannequin on the runway,” she said. And this cultural shift can be seen on the streets, as well, with pastel streaks and neon fringe spotted on smiling girls outside the shows.

“I like that the models get to have more of an identity by changing their hair color. It makes it more fun,” Kim adds. Or, put another way: “Rainbows make everyone happy—so why not!”

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Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid Offer Up a New Take on Twinning Hair at Balmain x H&M

Last night, Wall Street was taken over by Olivier Rousteing’s girl gang as the Balmain x H&M collaboration finally made its official runway debut. Leading Rousteing’s pack of supermodel friends were California girls Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid, who offered up proof that when it comes to well-matched outfits and dramatically sideswept hair, two can be better than one.

The duo, who walked in the designer’s show, wore their hair parted deeply to the side in a glamorous cascade over one shoulder backstage—with Jenner’s natural raven shade the quintessential counterpart to Hadid’s sunny blonde. Healthy bronze skin and pale pink lips rounded out the above-the-neck looks, with the overall effect promising to translate as easily to the streets of Manhattan as it would for dinner outdoors in Malibu. Prepare to see the longtime BFFs, who have a history of stepping out in twinning topknots, ponytails, and buns, add the new look to their lineup later this fall.

 

Watch what happens when we give Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid a selfie stick:

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Florals for Fall: Why Dried Flowers Are Beauty’s Prettiest Trend

It’s no secret that keeping flowers around will significantly improve one’s mood, particularly when winter sets in, but for a new crop of oils, salts, and steams, packed with dried flowers, their healing boost is as much about their inherent beauty benefits as their added aesthetic allure. From facial steams to cleansing sticks, the visual appeal of spring and summer blooms can last long into the year, adding a bottled burst of color to the shelf when it’s too icy to go elsewhere. And dried flowers usually rely on heat to unlock their powers, making them a perfect pairing for cold days.

A number of remedies call for boiling and steeping, transforming one’s sink into a pint-size apothecary brimming with herb and wildflower smells. Plant Folk Apothecary’s Flowers in Her Hair Nourishing Floral Rinse—composed of a shine-inducing concoction of sage, jasmine, rosemary, juniper, marshmallow root and leaf, horsetail, and leaves of raspberry and linden—is like a calming cup of tea for your hair. And facial steams do the same for skin—it’s a soothing ritual that’s clearly best combined with freezing temperatures (and the chapped skin that follows). Fig & Yarrow’s Facial Steam comes in a different combination for every season, with the Autumn potion containing gently purifying rose hip, cornflower, rosemary, and cardamom.

 

 

Roses are, of course, the floral most commonly linked with spring, in addition to psychic and emotional well-being, but their beautifying powers—including soothing redness and inflammation, toning, moisturizing, and anti-oxidizing—are manifold and multi-seasonal. Elucx Dead Sea Salt Bath Soak sets off the crystalline salts with bits of dried red rose, making it an attractive shelf addition as well as an effective skin treatment. And there are ways to bring the benefits beyond one’s home: The Su:m 37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick is a travel-friendly cleansing option, contained in a solid form that activates with water—keeping season-induced gloom in check even from the confines of a purse.

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Reasons to Stay Home and Wash Your Hair: 8 Super-Hydrating Treatments for Hibernation Season

It’s been a big year for the Angulo brothers, the six New York City siblings whose isolated childhood and obsession with Hollywood movies is the central narrative of Crystal Moselle’s riveting documentary, The Wolfpack.

Now having attended the film’s many festival premieres, the brothers are preparing to celebrate their next creative endeavor with the opening of “The Wolfpack Show” at Deitch Projects in SoHo this week. Featuring their handmade, roughly modeled costumes, props, and scripts, as well as the premiere of Mukunda Angulo’s film, Window Feel, the exhibit showcases the unbridled imagination that resulted from the Angulos’ unlikely upbringing in the Lower East Side, and reminds us just how much there was to love about the documentary—from the family’s at-home dance parties to their silken, black, waist-grazing hair.

Thick, lustrous, and lengthy, their matching on-screen coifs look as though they might have spent just as much time performing coconut oil treatments on one another’s scalps as they did re-enacting Reservoir Dogs. And at the moment, with the sudden dip in temperatures along the East Coast, wouldn’t that be time well spent? In a world where it’s easy to overschedule every hour of the day, maybe the best thing for a creative spirit to do is to stay home and mask your hair—using newfound free time to strengthen, condition, and restore your strands while trying your hand at a new artistic pursuit. Above, eight hydrating and rejuvenating hair masks that are reason enough to cancel your dinner plans and find the wolf within.

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What’s the Best Skin Prep for a Fall Bride? The Pros Weigh In

One of the benefits of having an autumn wedding is the season’s gloriously cooler temperatures. Guests can enjoy the crisp outdoor air and brides can rest assured that makeup will stay put without the risk of melting. Of course, there’s always a flip side—for many women, the arrival of the colder weather can prove a bit of a skin challenge. As the humidity recedes, the process of getting your cleanser/toner/moisturizer ratio into perfect proportion gets trickier, meaning even the most well-thought-out beauty routine may need some adjustments. To fine-tune the process, we consulted two of our favorite experts—a facialist and a dermatologist—for tips on how to get your face in shape for the big event.

First on the to-do list is eliminating any potential skin-related anxiety by giving yourself enough of a head start to get any major issues under control. “Leading up to the special day can be stressful,” says New York facialist Georgia Louise Vassanelli (whose clients include Emma Stone and Lauren Santo Domingo). She suggests scheduling monthly facial visits for up to six months in advance of the wedding date. Appointments should include light peels and general maintenance to keep your skin looking and feeling consistently clean and fresh, especially during chilly weeks when dryness and dead-cell buildup can be an issue. If a series of pro facials isn’t in the cards, gentle at-home peels can be very effective when done every two weeks, and Vassanelli suggests exfoliating gently “at least once [every seven days]” in addition. “This will keep the skin free of congestion and allow product to penetrate.”

Manhattan dermatologist Dr. Francesca Fusco agrees that starting early and getting into a routine is your best bet, with mornings, evenings, and weekends requiring their own respective tweaks. “Mornings should include a skin type–specific cleanser, brightening moisturizer, and serum” that address skin issues you’re most worried about, whether that’s breakouts or uneven pigmentation. In the evenings she recommends “polishing with a gentle grainy cleanser, followed by an antioxidant serum or retinol and a hydrating moisturizer.” On the weekends, kick back with a book and enjoy a skin mask for extra pampering.

Both women are emphatic that switching to creamier cleansers and hydrating serums is a must when the weather turns colder. If you can, “schedule a hydro facial that will help nourish the skin with essential vitamins, minerals, and amino acids,” says Vassanelli. If you experience post–Labor Day dullness, she has a fix for that as well: “Use products that contain vitamin C, such as Medik8, to brighten the skin.” Finally, on the eve of the big day, sleep with a mask—Vassanelli recommends Crème Masque Vernix by Biologique Recherche, which will help rebuild cells overnight. “You will awaken with refreshed, baby-soft skin,” she says—which doesn’t exactly sound like a bad way to kick off the wedding festivities.

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Why Hailey Baldwin’s Game Day Beauty Look Is a Cold-Weather Win

If game day beauty is a sport unto itself, Hailey Baldwin was going for the win at Madison Square Garden last night. The model took to the stadium to show her love for the New York Rangers, but instead of blending into the screaming sea of blue and red, she elevated her rink-side look with a few simple standout details.

Baldwin reached for a spirited team beanie that framed her sleek, straight baby blonde lengths, conveying just the right amount of effortless polish while insulating her against temperatures that dipped into the mid-40s. In spite of the cold, Baldwin retained the sunny California glow that has become her signature with a super-hydrating layer of moisturizer, a few carefully placed highlights along the cheekbone and the bridge of the nose, and a swipe of rose-tinted lip balm. A barely perceptible flick of black eyeliner made for the final touch—and sealed the case for a cold-weather beauty look that promised to transition from the stadium to the street just in time for wintry weekend mornings.

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Better Than Black: 10 Unexpected Dark Nail Polishes for Fall

There are few things more indicative of a seasonal shift than the ceremonious fall manicure—when we officially swap out our bright reds and poppy pinks for something a little moodier. Far from gloomy, autumn’s deepest shades come in a surprising range that moves well beyond your basic black. Iridescent and metallic, ultra-glossy and über-sparkly, they’re as enchanting as the pervasive night sky, and we can’t wait to get our hands on them (literally). From Rescue Beauty Lounge’s galaxy-inspired Melanzane to JINsoon’s dark emerald Heirloom, here are 10 shades to celebrate the arrival of fall with a welcoming, bewitching hand.

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The 10 Best Beauty Instagrams of the Week: Kendall Jenner, Lady Gaga, and More

Halloween may still be a couple of weeks away, but fall’s darker impulses could be felt in every blood-red lip and swanlike neck on Instagram this week. At Eva Cavalli’s masquerade-themed birthday party in London, Kendall Jenner and Cara Delevingne eschewed full costume ball regalia for minimalist lace masks that exuded plenty of Victorian kink, while a seaside Mariacarla Boscono channeled gothic beach babe with raven waves and alabaster limbs. Meanwhile, somewhere on set, model Marine Deleeuw contemplated the thorny romance of a well-placed rose tattoo. Not that our feeds didn’t have their bright moments: Model Elisa Sednaoui Dellal’s collection of saturated lipsticks inspired us to meet longer nights with exuberant jolts of color, just as Kate Hudson’s freshly bleached strands suggested that a mood-boosting fall beauty strategy may be as simple as lightening up.

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The Artist Who Stopped to Smell the Gallery: Anicka Yi on the Underestimated Power of Fragrance

“Smell is hell,” or so says the titular character of Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Purity, about what she believes to be the most oppressive of the senses. By contrast, to artist Anicka Yi, smell is an accessory to story. In her distinctive blend of installation and sculpture, she uses scent to relay complex narratives. Much of Yi’s work is comprised of or abetted by scent: a perfume inspired by Barbara Stanwyck’s villainess in Double Indemnity called Mutual Glaze (2012), installations in which she employs small dryers that diffuse carefully crafted scents (Washing Away of Wrongs, 2014, and The Last Diamond, 2015), or her frequent use of materials that naturally cast off odor: olive oil, moss, black tea, dried shrimp. In her show earlier this year at The Kitchen in New York, “You Can Call Me F,” inside a black room she emitted two scents she created via a diffuser—one was the result of an earlier informal scent reading of Gagosian Gallery, what she perceived as the ascetic, clean non-smell of a major gallery; the other came from a strain of bacteria grown from the swabs of 100 art-world women, creating a funky, curdled cheese–like odor. It was a wordlessly made point, that societal norms might rather have women in this world reek of, well, purity.

“With smell there is so much volume,” Yi said from her hotel room earlier this week, just before giving a talk at Frieze London about her acclaimed Kunsthalle Basel show this summer, “7,070,430K of Digital Spit.” (There, she showed works such as Odor in the Court [2015], a small tile oven in which the show’s catalog roasts slightly above a flame.) To Yi, scent ably “encapsulates a subject matter that I’m thinking about,” whether that be feminism at large or the lives of historical figures.

In 2008, she collaborated with Maggie Peng on her first fragrance, Shigenobu Twilight, inspired by the life of the former leader of the Japanese Red Army, Fusako Shigenobu, who purportedly lived in exile in Lebanon; to follow, the scent features three types of cedar wood—valued in Lebanon—and Japanese notes of yuzu and shiso leaf.

In addition to using scents, Yi recasts many materials common in the beauty industry: hair gel, soap, sodium silicate, paraffin wax. The listed mediums in her work have ranged from plastic foot massagers to Prada moisturizer packaging to fish-oil tablets.

“It’s tangential to the production of the self, the hygienic, cleanliness aspect,” she explains. “We have this over-determined anxiety about being clean and smelling clean, and repressing all the so-called perceived unpleasant smells.”

As far as her personal outlook on beauty, Yi keeps it simple. “I’m not that healthy. I don’t exercise; I probably have some habits I would recommend,” she says, laughing. For the hectic London art fair, the New York–based artist “brought a lot of vitamins. And I’m very diligently drinking apple cider vinegar—it works! It makes me feel like I’m resetting my dials.”

Yi is currently at work on her second fragrance, training her nose to identify even more smells. “I felt I needed the structural background around the science of the perfumery. It’s more like a kind of alchemy,” she says. “It’s grounded in a kind of language: You could say musical language is analog to the way we talk about smell,” or, she continues, a kind of linguistics, with smell taking on its own punctuation and syntax. Smell is music, smell is linguistics . . . in any case, it’s far from hell. In Yi’s hands, it’s much more potent.

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5 Halloween Costume Ideas for the Beauty Obsessed

For the hair- and makeup-obsessed, Halloween is one of the few opportunities we get to really go for it—no amount of glitter, powder, or pigment is off the table. Which is why we dove deep into the Vogue archives to find the most haute, high-impact costumes in print, from ethereal, rosy-cheeked swan princesses to infamous historical figures. One thing’s for sure—you’ll need plenty of makeup remover at the end of the night. But if you don’t go through at least half a bottle of Bioderma Créaline, was it even worth it? Below, scroll through five of our favorite looks from the past few years, plus the products you’ll need to make them your own.

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Angelina Jolie Pitt’s 6 Most Scene-Stealing Leg Moments

It’s a well-established fact that our November cover star—an award-winning actress, honorary dame, and humanitarian mother of six—has bombshell factor to spare, thanks in no small part to her supernaturally voluptuous pout. But we’d argue that Angelina Jolie Pitt’s second-most-lauded feature is only slightly less recognizable than her pillowy lips. It was just over three years ago now that her sinewy mile-long leg solidified its place in red carpet history when she flashed it in a black velvet Atelier Versace gown at the 2012 Oscars, inspiring a Twitter feed called “Angie’s Right Leg” and introducing #Jolieing and #Angielegging into the popular lexicon as perfectly valid verbs.

That Oscar night wasn’t her first time joining the thigh-high club, either. A look back at the actress’s defining Hollywood moments reveals more than a few dresses that are slit clear to the hip: One bronzed thigh peeks out from a slinky mint-colored Zac Posen gown at the 2003 Beyond Borders world premiere in Madrid; at the 2010 Tokyo premiere of Salt, a graceful limb extends from an obsidian Versace chiffon gown.

Slender and shapely, Jolie Pitt’s legs aren’t built on hours of choreography practice in heels or endless squats. They’re classic beauties of vertiginous height, best displayed against black-tie hemlines with dramatic presence. But the best thing about them? These days, it’s where they carry her off the red carpet—on a recent mother-daughter trip to Lebanon with daughter Shiloh, ice-skating in Los Angeles with twins Knox and Vivienne, or on a humanitarian expedition in support of medical aid in Myanmar. Proof that Jolie Pitt’s real muscle lies in the fact that she’s far more substance than flash.

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The Most Voluptuous Lips of All Time, From Angelina Jolie Pitt to Marilyn Monroe

Just as the name Jane Birkin will forever be synonymous with cool-girl bangs and it’s hard to imagine Cindy Crawford sans million-dollar mole, Vogue cover girl Angelina Jolie Pitt will be remembered for one look-defining feature: supernaturally full, bee-stung lips.

Oozing the same potent allure as, say, the curve of a bikini-clad hip or tousled head of waves, a voluptuous mouth has always been a key factor in the bombshell beauty equation—and, if a closer look at our favorite film and music icons is any indication, it could even be argued that full lips are a stealth mark of predestined greatness. Take New Wave icon Brigitte Bardot, who did as much for beige lipstick as she did for bedhead with a prominent pout that proved irresistible with her gap-toothed smile—a winning combination on which models like Lara Stone and Lindsey Wixson would later build their careers.

Marilyn Monroe and Sade made mouths painted in rich crimson pigment their signature, but it was Rihanna who taught us that there’s no better way to celebrate your best asset than with a rainbow of fearlessly off-kilter shades.

But it’s not only women whose mouths are etched into our collective memory: Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler set the bar for rock ’n’ roll sensuality—and passed on their unmistakable genes to daughters Georgia May Jagger and Liv Tyler, respectively, in the process.

In honor of Jolie Pitt’s November cover, above is a look at 16 of the most memorable mouths in history.

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12 Perfect Nude Nail Colors for Your Wedding Day and Beyond

While some wedding details are finalized months in advance (the dress, the invitations, the exact shade of blush pink peonies), there is one important beauty decision that is often overlooked until the last minute: the pre-wedding manicure. When it comes to the nuptial nail, accurate planning is required—and there are more than a few good reasons to consider the cool, clean minimalism of a nude manicure this season.

First, it’s important to select a color “that won’t detract from the dress,” says fashion stylist Karen Kaiser, who ultimately chose Essie’s Jazz for her recent Hudson Valley wedding—a taupe shade she describes as “not too warm or too white.” Vogue Communications Manager Liz Dishi wore a sheer pink down the aisle for similar reasons: “My dress had beaded sleeves, so I wanted to keep my nails pretty subtle,” says Dishi, who layered one coat of Essie’s Mademoiselle over the company’s slightly milkier Ballet Slippers for an understated sheen.

Flesh-toned polishes may look especially great in the fall, when cold weather and wind can leave hands looking, well, challenged. Figuring out what works with your skin tone may take a bit of experimentation, but generally one of four families—beiges, pinks, mauves or sheer metallics—should provide a solid option, with the best shades remaining actively visible while simultaneously blending into the background. For her Tuscan wedding, Vogue.com Beauty Director Catherine Piercy didn’t hesitate in reaching for Chanel’s Frenzy, a longtime favorite that has “an almost invisible taupe undertone that’s incredibly flattering. Plus, I love the way a neutral polish extends the line of the hands.”

Whether you’re prepping to say “I do” or simply searching for that perfect shade of not-so-nude nude, look no further than these 12 shades for your wedding day manicure inspiration.

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