I don't even want to know how much money I used to cough up for monthly, weekly, and sometimes even twice-weekly salon blowouts pre-pandemic. I've never been good at styling my own hair, and if there's any silver lining from the past year, it's that I've had the chance to get intimately reacquainted with my hair au naturel. For the sake of my hair's health, I've been trying to give my stressed-out strands a break by laying off the heat and air-drying roughly 80% of the time. Here and there, ...

Leave it to the internet to wage war on our most beloved beauty trends. First, Tik Tok declared the good ol' concealer triangle completely uncool. (In all fairness, we're ready to let that go, too.) But then, side parts came under fire, and with them, our beloved side bangs. How can this be? Side bangs are widely accepted as the most flattering style for every face shape and forehead length, not to mention their uncanny ability to conceal overgrown roots and scraggly lengths. To put it plai...

When it comes to doing my own hair, I have zero patience for anything elaborate. Even the thought of the time it takes to curl or straighten my hair (for context, my hair is rather thick, and I am blessed with a decent wave pattern) is enough to make me tie it up and out of the way. This laziness on my part is largely the reason I've become obsessed with hair accessories. With the power to make your hair look pretty with minimal effort, hair accessories have become my go-to when my outf...

Pardon my bluntness, but I would say roughly 80% of beauty trends (be it a type of product, ingredient, treatment, color craze… the list goes on infinitely) ultimately fail. They're either too expensive, too out there, or just too specific in time period or look to have lasting stamina. That said, one bourgeoning trend that first reared its head a few years ago and continues to become bigger, better, and increasingly more relevant is customizable beauty—formulas we can tweak and tailor to st...