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Pastel Makeup Trend: Do I Spring for It?
Trying makeup trends, at least once, is a lot of fun, but some makeup trends are a lot more difficult to pull off—I don’t care who you are. Pastel makeup is the latest trend for spring and, frankly, it scares me. Either I end up looking ashy because there’s not enough pigment in the makeup,…
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‘Natural Beauty Is Unfair’: Tyra Banks Gets Real About Plastic Surgery
What’s better than true beauty? Women who are truthful about what it takes to be beautiful. That’s why we’re applauding Tyra Banks for telling the truth about plastic surgery in her upcoming memoir, Perfect Is Boring, written with her mother. In an interview with People magazine, the veteran top model admits to having her nose…
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This Is Why We Can Have Nice Things: Wine Educator Larissa Dubose Raises a Glass to the Good Life
Want to sound like a genius while getting your drink on at a cocktail party? Wine educator Larissa Dubose is here to teach us everything we need to know about the art of ordering, buying and drinking wine. You can log on to this certified wine steward’s YouTube channel or visit her blog, the Lotus…
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Why You’re Not Really Clean Unless You’ve Had a Woman Exfoliate the Crap Out of You at a Koreatown Day Spa
I thought I knew how to bathe. I’d only been doing it since I was a little kid. And I learned from the best: my mother, Deloris Belton, world’s cleanest woman from 1945 until about 2013. Whether it was a bath or a shower, with a washcloth, loofah or those little exfoliating gloves (all of…
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The Transformer: Celebrity Hairstylist Ursula Stephen Knows How to Turn Heads
There are hairstylists, and there are “architects of style.” Ursula Stephen is the latter. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born hair maven earned her cosmetology license even before her high school diploma, honing her craft early while working in salons after school and on weekends. Brooklyn is now the site of Stephen’s eponymous salon, a boutiquelike gem nestled…
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All That Glitters: Pat McGrath Is Bringing Sexy Back
In a little over two weeks, I will turn 43. It’s a fairly unremarkable age—except for the remarkable (to me) work I now get to do every day here at The Glow Up. But even as I try to settle into my middle-aged idiosyncrasies (and metabolism), most days I still feel like a 27-year-old just…
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Everything You Need to Know About America in One Macabre ‘Trend’
Following school shooting after school shooting after school shooting, a macabre fashion trend has emerged: bulletproof backpacks. Google the term and you will find a number of sites selling backpacks and “bulletproof inserts,” as well as a slew of stories on the spike in bulletproof backpack sales following the February school shooting in Parkland, Fla.,…
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Designer Agnes Baddoo Has It in the Bag
What’s the handbag that would give you life—if only you could find it? Agnes Baddoo answered that question for herself, and it became a business. Formerly a fashion stylist for Elle magazine, Baddoo cut her teeth on the international fashion circuit of New York, London and Paris in the ’90s. When The Glow Up caught…
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I, Veronica: The Glow Up’s Veronica Webb Gets Existential (Without the Crisis)
Here at The Glow Up, we’re well aware that fashion and beauty—while big fun and a legitimate art form—aren’t always viewed as the most serious of topics. But that doesn’t mean that we (especially we models) don’t think very, very deep and philosophical thoughts. So when we saw I, Kendall, Kendall Jenner’s recent existential exploration…
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Reason No. 3,416,750 to Love Shopping at Target: You Might Run Into Beyoncé
Editor’s note: Forgive us for the above photo; that’s just how we imagine Beyoncé and Blue Ivy walking into their local Target. We can always use a little “Stars—They’re Just Like Us!” sparkle to brighten up an otherwise dull Tuesday, but this one might be the best one yet. An eagle-eyed employee with a knack…