Rebecca Minkoff knows what works. After all, the designer’s eponymous clothing and accessories brand has remained relevant for 13 years, from the iconic Morning After Bag that put her on the map to merging fashion with technology in the past few years—a testament to the innate sense that she just […]
Year: 2021
The Beauty Secrets Behind ‘And Just Like That’: How the Show’s Makeup Helps Define the New Chapter of ‘Sex and the City’
Nicole Ari Parker (Lisa Todd Wexley), Sara Ramírez (Che Diaz), Sarita Choudhury (Seema Patel), Karen Pittman (Dr. Nya Wallace)Photo: Courtesy of HBO Max In simplest terms, she describes the evolution of the original characters and their approaches to beauty as follows: Carrie, “fresh and easy”; Miranda, “a little more done […]
Mushrooms are trending in makeup, beauty and hair products
Like black diamond truffles in the forests of Périgord, France, mushroom ingredients are cropping up in abundance in the beauty world. Once mostly a skin care phenomenon, the market for fungi-spiked merch has mushroomed, and now, alongside a crop of creams and serums, they’re finding their way into makeup, hair […]
Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy
Hell hath no fury like a social media mob that thinks it has identified a luxury scam. Or so it seemed this weekend, when a series of viral TikTok videos involving an $825 Chanel Advent calendar and the disappointed customer who bought it went viral, inspiring a multitude of users […]
Best Shampoo, Foundation, Nail Polish
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Courtesy of Leah Wyar, Retailers On the Beauty Group, a Facebook community co-founded by the Cut and the Strategist, people chat all day long about the products they love — the ones so good they’ll make you hit that little “auto-refill” box at checkout. Below, we asked […]
After ‘really scary’ time, salon owner makes a comeback, offering new service | Back and Better Than Ever
This is the fifth story in a series called “Back and Better Than Ever” which profiles business owners who have made it through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and changed services or product offerings that have contributed to their operations coming back even stronger than they were before. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. […]