Paint It Black
Slick on a sooty lipstick and live a little
Game Face
Do the rules about makeup have to change as you age? One woman clings to her cat eye
Powder to the People
Leave that cakey, thick talc in the dust and embrace the new lightweight, almost creamy formulations
The Line of Beauty
Celine’s new lipsticks and tools make a bid for longevity
Give Me Some Lip
The new pencils are so transformative, they may have you rethinking your relationship with filler
Back to Black Honey
Clinique’s angsty blackberry balm was the seminal shade of the 90s. Why did it ever go away?
Golden Girl
The spray tan has shed its streaky reputation, and now everyone from Ryan Gosling to Jennifer Lawrence is going under the gun
Draw the Line
Aha! Is there really such a thing as the perfect eyeliner? A quest turns up a few real winners
Kiss, Then Tell!
Liquid lipsticks can be too sticky, too matte, too drying, too moist, and too much like shrink-wrap. Ah, but there’s one that’s just right
The Getaway Scar
I never really believed in the transformative power of makeup—until my daughter proved me wrong
Seeing Rouge
Swipe it across your cheeks—just don’t stop there …
Best in Glow
More than 30 years ago, Touche Éclat ignited the highlighting trend and changed attitudes about makeup
Glossier Unglossed
What gave Glossier its cool? One former employee reveals the stardust surrounding its founder on the eve of the Glossy bomb(dot-com)shell
Missing the Marc
What ever happened to Marc Jacobs Beauty? The makeup line once loved by Emily Ratajkowski, Aubrey Plaza, and seemingly everyone on the Internet suddenly disappeared. Now maybe, just maybe, it’s coming back again …
Facemaker
Therapist, social-media manager, clairvoyant, cheerleader—it’s all part of the job for multi-tasking makeup artist Ash K. Holm
Blood on Your Hands!
Before 1994, manicures were prissy, prim, and proper. Then Chanel’s Vamp polish changed everything
Mouthing Off
My teenage daughter’s obsession with makeup drives me insane. And it’s all my fault
