It's hard enough to get my tween daughter Tess to wash her hands. A month ago, I stopped hounding her about cleaning her face too. "My face. My choice," she literally said to me.
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An illuminated makeup mirror may sound like your worst enemy. Hello pores!
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Pretty Ripe receives almost a dozen letters about thinning hair and hair loss every week. It's a concern that piques desperation and brings on "buy anything, try anything" syndrome.
Keratosis pilaris sounds like a dreamy resort in Switzerland. Really, it's the medical name for a skin condition that causes little white bumps to form on the backs of your arms, thighs and booty--you probably know it as "chicken skin."
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Talk about sexy: guess who showered with five different waterproof mascaras? (One at a time, of course.) I also tested a few formulas in my sweaty hot yoga class and wore the top two picks in humid New Orleans last weekend.
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One morning, you wake up and your part looks wider. Or maybe you notice the hair around your temples is sparser. Understandably, you freak out--but you're not alone.
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"Slugging" sounds slimy and vaguely sexual. But really this Korean beauty trend--which is all over TikTok and a Gen Z addiction--is incredibly affordable and easy to try.
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Remember those crazy Lee press-on nails that were all the rage in the '80s? Easy on! Easy off! Too bad the plastic talons looked cheap and made pushing a simple button near impossible.
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Let's be real: highlights are like that fun friend who always makes you stay out late and spend too much cash. Thankfully, "expensive brunette"--a ludicrous name, for sure--is the latest shade du jour, according to stylists.
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As I get older, the gray hairs come in real quick. It used to be that I could go about two months between salon visits for a dye job. Now, I see my roots--and sprouts of gray--within two weeks.
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If you color your hair, raise your hand. Me too. Unfortunately, years of processing our locks causes damage to the hair shafts by breaking down the cuticles.
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Hell, yes! Ladies, this is a simple shortcut to banishing dark circles and brightening all around the eyes. I always dotted concealer below my eyes but neglected my lids, which have a lavender undertone.
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You know PRETTY RIPE is all about aging with attitude. Still, that doesn't mean we look in the mirror and exclaim, "More sun damage! Yay!" As we mature, our skin can conspire against us.
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There's nothing worse than sacrificing a superb hair moment because it's time to shower. Plus, it's winter and wet hair sucks on a cold winter morning, even if it doesn't make you sick like your mama always said.
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I'm all about being authentic but false lashes make a hell of lot of sense. Who hasn't dreaded scrubbing off mascara at midnight?
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Yo, TikTok. Don't feel the need to dance around in your bralette about Clinique's Black Honey Almost Lipstick ($20) just for us.
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I'm so tired of the rhetoric about "anti-aging" and "reclaiming our youth." Women age. Men age. (Even Cher knows you can't turn back time.)
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It's been called "the new tox on the block." Um, okay. Jeuveau--a rival to Botox that was approved by the F.D.A. in 2019--is a neurotoxin that, in essence, paralyzes your facial muscles to stall the formation of wrinkles.
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