Milk: it's not just for drinking anymore. Though the nutritious beverage is most widely associated with building strong bones and mixing with coffee, the kitchen staple also works wonders when applied topically to the skin. Rubbing milk into your face and body might seem like a bizarre idea, but it's actually a practice that dates back to ancient Egypt. Cleopatra, the ruler who pioneered various beauty practices including smokey eyeliner and perfume-making, used to bathe in donkey milk. In fact,...

I'm pretty lucky. Not only do I have a job where I get to experience, write, and learn about the newest and most exciting products, treatments, and trends hitting the beauty industry, but I also get to interview and get to know the artists and experts who execute and create them. That said, I also feel lucky to have a beauty-loving, 73-year-old makeup artist mom who I can consult about anything and everything. (My poor father never gets a word in when we have a family catch-up call. Sorry, Dad...

Of all the pockets of the beauty world that have changed most dramatically over the last few months, the nail sector has arguably been affected the most. Sure, haircuts and color have slowed, and eye makeup is pretty much the only makeup we're concerned with anymore, but the way we do our nails has flipped from bimonthly salon manicures to at-home treatments. 2020 was a wild year, and while we're hoping for some positive change in the coming months, it's likely that many of the beauty ritu...

Makeup trends come and makeup trends go—such is life. From Twiggy's iconic eyelashes that defined the '60s to the neon blush that took hold in the '80s, there are more archived makeup trends out there than we can even count. But every so often we're reminded of those beauty-related relics from the past that feel like they could fit right into the modern zeitgeist without a second thought. When considering the '90s, in particular, there are a few instances where that's the case.That's not to...