Between game-changing skincare treatments and exciting new makeup launches, as HYPEBAE editors, we test out a bunch of products every month to find and share with you our latest beauty favorites. To start the year off right, for January, we're focusing on nourishing and mood-lifting products that are helping us get through the winter lockdown -- from contour sticks that make it quick and easy to get ready for a Zoom call, to a hydrating body cream that delivers skin-firming benefits, to a gorgeo...

Over the past two years, OUAI has been working with its curly hair community to create the perfect multi-use styling product. Dubbed the Curl Crème, the inclusive item caters to all types of curls.Featuring scented and fragrance-free iterations, the silicone-free formula is infused with chia and linseed oils that work together to shape curls, control frizz and help protect hair from humidity. Other ingredients include coconut oil, which helps to hydrate and seal damaged cuticles, as well as bab...

Expanding on its efforts to support Black-owned businesses, Yelp has compiled a list of Black-owned stores, restaurants and other establishments to watch in 2021. Included in its roundup is a list of Black-owned beauty businesses, spotlighting salons and spas that work with natural hair and darker skin-tones, which are often overlooked by stylists and estheticians.Encompassing nails, hair, skin and tattoos, Yelp's index spans cities across the United States. In New York City, Harlem's Natural Ha...

I gave myself my first stick-and-poke tattoo at journalism camp when I was sixteen. It was the owl symbol from Twin Peaks, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Two years later, I'd made a habit of passing the dreary winter days at college in rural Vermont by giving myself and my friends homemade tattoos (I am not encouraging readers to do the same). On one particularly cold evening huddled up in my dorm room, I decided I wanted a flower tattoo on my right calf. I drew it out in pen, "san...