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Youngblood’s Kabuki brushes proudly carry the Forest Stewardship Council label

What do Youngblood’s new Kabuki brushes have in common with saving the planet? Along with the Forest Stewardship Council, they are helping preserve the environment one tree at a time. Available in two sizes, both new professional-grade large and small Kabuki brushes have a short, solid handle made of wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, a not-for-profit orga...

Inspired directly by the Chanel runway, we play up eyes with the dandiest candy colors.

Why are women so unhappy with the skin they're in?

In Naomi Wolf’s eye-opening 1991 bestseller The Beauty Myth, the feminist author introduces the theory that skincare companies market beauty products to appeal to what women want in their men, using words like “nourishing” and “nurturing” and promises to “rescue.” So what does one make of Ole Henriksen’s Enlighten Me Pigment-Lightening Serum? Is making skin lighter nothing less than a divine pursui...

Is clensing really blut getting rid of toxins-or is it the new anorexia for diet fetishists and food-preoccupied fashionistas?

Like most city gals, Corey M. loves a hearty glass of wine with her salmon-and-spinach dinner. And every now and again, she likes a good purge. Once a season, the 40-ish New York City musician and marketing exec shelves her rock and roll ways in favor of a week-long semi-fast. But no — she’s not “purging” in the tradition...