Texture Talk: 6 Natural Hair Products You Need to Know Now

September 30, 2021 at 03:00PM If you’re looking to add some exciting new products into your natural and textured hair routine this season, look no further. These six natural haircare brands are offering exciting new options from leave-in conditioners, natural edge controls, and lush loc care.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlotte Mensah (@charlottemensah) iframe.instagram-media { position: static !important; } Charlotte Mensah Founded by award-winning hair stylist Charlotte Mensah (who was inducted into the British Hairdressing Hall of Fame in 2017), every product in this natural haircare line is formulated with both manketti nut and ximenia oils. Manketti nut oil, also known as mongongo oil, is brimming with fortifying ingredients, such as calcium and zinc, as well as the fatty acids and proteins that are crucial for hair growth. Star Product: Manketti Hair Oil Considering this nut oil…

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You’ll Soon Be Able to Shop Dua Lipa’s One-Shoulder Butterfly Crop Top

September 30, 2021 at 01:36PM View this post on Instagram A post shared by MASHA POPOVA (@mashapopovap) Dua Lipa is making a strong case for the return of Y2K style, and her favorite fashion item of the era is certainly butterfly details. After sweeping the 2021 Grammy awards in a sparkly Versace butterfly dress, the Future Nostalgia singer has consistently been repping all things butterflies - including jewelry, homeware - and now, a one-shoulder crop top that had us scurrying to find the designer. After a few hours of sleuthing on Instagram, we can confirm that Dua Lipa’s one-shoulder butterfly crop top is from emerging designer Masha Popova’s fall/winter 2021 collection “You Make Me Dizzy.” The piece is part of a Popova’s first official collection since graduating from Central Saint Martins. The Y2K-inspired collection features sequin butterfly crop tops, deconstructed acid-wash jeans, and…

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Tom Daley’s “Harry Styles Cardigan” Is Finally Finished, and Yes, We Have a Crochet Tutorial

September 30, 2021 at 01:31PM On the eve of the Met Gala, Britain’s sweetheart Tom Daley started crocheting a colorful patchwork cardigan inspired by Harry Styles’s JW Anderson cardigan. Since then, the cardigan went viral on TikTok, and JW Anderson generously made the crochet pattern available for free online. And finally, Daley has completed his very own “Harry Styles cardigan,” sharing his DIY process on TikTok. “FINALLY!” Daley wrote on his dedicated knitting and crochet Instagram account. “This is the JW Anderson patchwork cardigan that Harry Styles was seen wearing! It took me ages because I have been so busy lately but so fun to make! What do you think?!” Daley also shared that he got his colorful yarns from Stylecraft, a UK-based stockist for yarns, knitting patterns, and crochet events. The original cardigan is from JW Anderson’s spring/summer 2020 collection and features…

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29 Quick Updos for Long Hair That Are All Easy to Re-Create

September 30, 2021 at 10:00AM Even when we love our latest haircut, style, length—or all of the above—there can still be moments when we hit a creative hair plateau. What I’ve found is that pulling my hair up, back, or simply accessorizing can revive the love of my natural curls. Of course, hair reinvention will look different for each of us depending on our style ideology, hair length, and face shape. But, a new style is just an accessory or shape away.To help you find some inspiration, I’ve rounded up a few of the chicest yet easy styles for long hair. From low ponytails to curly topknots, there is a style here that I hope will spark your very own hair aha moment. So keep scrolling for 30 easy-breezy hairstyles for long hair you can style in minutes.If your hair is all one length, have…

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29 Quick Updos for Long Hair That Are All Easy to Re-Create

September 30, 2021 at 10:00AM Even when we love our latest haircut, style, length—or all of the above—there can still be moments when we hit a creative hair plateau. What I’ve found is that pulling my hair up, back, or simply accessorizing can revive the love of my natural curls. Of course, hair reinvention will look different for each of us depending on our style ideology, hair length, and face shape. But, a new style is just an accessory or shape away.To help you find some inspiration, I’ve rounded up a few of the chicest yet easy styles for long hair. From low ponytails to curly topknots, there is a style here that I hope will spark your very own hair aha moment. So keep scrolling for 30 easy-breezy hairstyles for long hair you can style in minutes.If your hair is all one length, have…

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One Perfect Pair of Jeans Worn 5 Ways for Autumn

September 30, 2021 at 08:00AM Whether they’re trialling this season’s divisive colour trend, stepping out with the latest hot-off-the-press designer bag or championing an undiscovered label, fashion girls love being ahead of the curve. The moment something reaches peak style saturation, you’ll often see them doing a full 180 in order to hold onto their individuality. This season, this has manifested in the reemergence of baggy jeans, aka the denim style you thought you left behind in the noughties. Sorry about that.Brought on by straight-leg jeans' proliferation both on social media and in the general public over the last few years, this throwback style has garnered a steady stream of fans amongst Instagram’s trendsetters, who have relished its nonchalant, low-slung appeal. While I would never encourage people to pick up or drop trends purely because they’re “in” or “out” or simply too ubiquitous, I do enjoy the fresh outfit inspiration that these industry leaders provide me on a regular…

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My Friend Looks 10 Years Younger Than She Is, so I Did Her Skincare for 5 Months

September 30, 2021 at 08:00AM My friend Shayna Kossove is 42. She is also my colleague at Who What Wear, meaning I see her a lot and have plenty of opportunities to gaze upon her surprisingly, confusingly youthful visage. As two of the company’s veteran employees, we’ve worked together for almost eight years, and I promise I am not exaggerating when I say she looks exactly the same as when I started at the company. It is confounding. There’s a general consensus among the editors that Shayna looks 10-plus years younger than she is. Naturally, I needed to know what beauty witchcraft was going on, so I decided to get her exact anti-ageing skincare routine and copy it—and copy it and copy it—until I, too, would begin to age in reverse. I stuck with it for five months, and it worked. Here’s an in-depth look at her fountain-of-youth routine,…

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I Don’t Wear Much Makeup Thanks to These Skincare Buys

September 30, 2021 at 08:00AM Confession: I have a bit of an ambivalent relationship with beauty. Having worked in magazine journalism for around 8 years, I’ve been exposed to the inner workings of this lucrative industry, and even now, as I watch it from the safety of my fashion bubble, it can feel somewhat intimidating. The sheer number of products is overwhelming, the price points so wildly varying and the advice so often conflicting. Do I need to double cleanse? What’s the right SPF to wear? What’s the deal with toners? It’s a lot to take in.Personally, I’ve always been quite lazy when it comes to makeup (which, I appreciate, is a luxury) and for about a decade now under-eye concealer, mascara and eyebrow pencil have been my go-tos. This has, however, meant that I’ve ended up becoming more invested in skincare, specifically creating a routine which allows me to spend as little time as…

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This “Old” Trend Is Suddenly So Popular Again

September 30, 2021 at 08:00AM Social media has changed the rapidity of trends. Traditionally, new trends would start and end with each passing season. Now, however, with the world at our fingertips, trends can be born quite literally overnight. All it takes is for a celebrity to upload a snap of their latest outfit or an influencer their new purchase, and you’ve got the fashion equivalent of a domino effect. As such, it takes something pretty special to withstand the turnover, which makes what we’re going to discuss today all the more impressive indeed.The bouclĂ© trend has lasted not just a year, not just a decade, but over 60 years. The fabrication, woven from a specific type of looped wool yarn and derived from the French term for “ringed” or “curled,” has become synonymous with high-end style. And though it has been used to create clothes and…

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One Perfect Pair of Jeans Worn 5 Ways for Autumn

September 30, 2021 at 08:00AM Whether they’re trialling this season’s divisive colour trend, stepping out with the latest hot-off-the-press designer bag or championing an undiscovered label, fashion girls love being ahead of the curve. The moment something reaches peak style saturation, you’ll often see them doing a full 180 in order to hold onto their individuality. This season, this has manifested in the reemergence of baggy jeans, aka the denim style you thought you left behind in the noughties. Sorry about that.Brought on by straight-leg jeans' proliferation both on social media and in the general public over the last few years, this throwback style has garnered a steady stream of fans amongst Instagram’s trendsetters, who have relished its nonchalant, low-slung appeal. While I would never encourage people to pick up or drop trends purely because they’re “in” or “out” or simply too ubiquitous, I do enjoy the fresh outfit inspiration that these industry leaders provide me on a regular…

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