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November 2023

11 Nov

Clé de Peau Beauté Firming Serum Supreme Is the

It is a fact of life: What goes up must come down. And — as I've learned as I accumulate more birthdays — that features one's cheekbones and nasolabial folds (also often called the creases between the nose and mouth).I'd previously used Botox to maintain these areas looking taut, but after going longer than usual between treatments, I began to notice the contours of my face were looking a bit less… contoured. In what can only be described as a stroke of serendipity, it was around that very same time that a bottle of Clé de Peau Beauté Firming Serum Supreme landed on my desk.The incontrovertible fact that I'm still using it three months later tells you just about all...
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11 Nov

‘It’ Manicures, J-beauty and Other Key 2023 Beauty Trends

In 2023, social platforms became much more conversation-heavy. Meta continued its prioritization of Instagram Reels over static photos and unveiled a Twitter-rival app, Threads, in July; TikTok formally rolled out its Shop integration to the U.S., which brands say long-form, explanatory videos are most favorable for, and Lemon8, ByteDance’s Pinterest-meets-Instagram hybrid app, saw a surge in momentum as legislative efforts to limit access to TikTok ramped up. The way in which users discuss beauty, too, in these spaces has develop into more conversational — right down to the best way trends are named. Light-blue summertime manicures donned by Sofia Richie and Sabrina Carpenter were soon dubbed “blueberry milk nails”; beauty creator Rachel Rigler coined the term “latte makeup” while filming...
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11 Nov

When Chicana glam goes emo: enter Selena Ruiz’s world

Combining punk, goth and juggalo make-up with Latine influences, the make-up artist is defining a recent variety of graphic eyeliner If the cool girl is dead, then make-up artist Selena Ruiz could be dolling up the girlies for the funerals – chocolate over-lined lips, dark skinny eyebrows and daring wings all included. The gig could be fitting for her, too, since her make-up journey began as a coping mechanism after her mother’s death. Afraid to indicate how she truly felt, she would use goth takes on sharp shapes and abstract designs to govern how people saw her. What was solely a mask for pain has now evolved right into a blueprint for her...
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