Monday 5 January 2015

How to Curl Your Hair With 3 Different Styling Tools


Maybe you're traveling without sufficient room in your suitcase, or perhaps you've never felt the need to invest in more than one heating tool. Whatever your reason to consolidate, NYC-based stylist Lizzy Weinberg shows us how to curl no matter the device you have on hand—whether a curling wand, an old-school clamp curling iron, or a flat iron.

The One Beauty Mistake You're Making Every. Single. Day.


Having grown up in a family full of hairdressers, collaborated on shoots with legendary photographers like Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon, and regularly entrusted with the strands of Daphne Guinness and Dita Von Teese, it’s safe to assume that Laurent Philippon—Bumble and bumble’s Global Artistic Director and author of Hair Fashion and Fantasy ($34.95; bumbleandbumble.com)—certainly knows a thing or two about hair. Here, he shares a few slick styling tricks with ELLE.com, plus the one mistake you're making each morning

Franklin Eugene Peerless - Men's Fall/Winter 2015/2016

The PEERLESS COLLECTION was inspired by people who made the impossible possible by the sheer force of their ambition and talent. The color palette transitions from slate grey, to blazing red, and finally, jet black. The silhouettes progress from an eight button double breasted waist coat with coordinating trousers (The Arthur) to a trench coat inspired tuxedo (The Rit Johnson). In between the two, there is something to suit every man’s taste, including a sub range of blazing red tuxedo jackets.

Why (and How) I Finally Learned How Put on Makeup in My 30s

Recently I put a photograph from my fifth birthday on Instagram as a throwback Thursday post. The first thing I notice is that I’m mugging for the camera. The second thing I notice is how unfortunate my hair looks. My bangs are crooked, I have two wayward barrettes in what appears to be a failed attempt at a braid, and there are flyaways surrounding my face.

Beauty 7 Reasons Winter Beauty Is Infinitely Better Than Summer

Photo: Ashley Jahncke

It's sometimes hard to get past all the negatives that seem to plague wintertime. The days are weirdly short, the temperature is freezing, the sidewalks are slippery, and ice skating is really hard and scary and I hate it. 
But when you actually back up for a second and think about it, there are some pretty cool things that go along with the snowy season — and I'm not just talking about presents, polar bears and spiked apple cider. (Though those are nice, too.)

Beauty The Beauty Routine to Help Cover Up Your Hangover

We can't do anything about the destroyed car, though.
I have made no secret of my adoration for makeup artist Lisa Eldridge. I've joked that I would basically trust her with my own life — or with my beauty routine on a morning after I've been out partying . 

2015 Hairstyles: The Looks You’ll Be Rocking All Year

If we had a nickel for every time we instructed a reluctant hairstylist to give us blunt bangs or an aggressive bleach job, only to regret the choice mere hours later, we’d have enough cash for a fancy cut and color, and then some.

How to Get Dense Glitter Nails

Glittery nail polish is objectively awesome, even if you're the sort of person who takes a minimalist approach to makeup. It's sort of the exclamation point of the beauty world — non-essential but supremely punchy when used right.