See Kate Middleton's Chic Updo From All Angles


Updated 05/14/12 9:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Beauty News For May 14, 2012

See Kate Middleton's updo from all angles — HuffPost Style The far-out looks from The Makeup Show (body art included) — Styleite The product you should steal from your grandmother's vanity — Stylelist Four new ways to style an updo classic: the bun — Refinery 29 Grace Coddington remembers her days as Vidal Sassoon's muse — The Cut Heidi Klum speaks on her days with a perm — Read more

5 Ways to Make Your Morning Routine Faster


Updated 02/14/12 10:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Make Morning Makeup Faster

Do you find yourself skipping makeup and hair in the morning just so you can grab 15 or 20 precious extra minutes of shut-eye? Or worse, are you losing sleep to an overlong makeup routine? Don't do it! There's no need to suffer for beauty in the mornings, and we've got a few beauty tricks up our sleeves that can speed up anyone's maquillage. See five of our easiest ways to make mornings less Read more

Link Time: How to Fix a Bad Perm, Braids You Can Actually Do Yourself, and More


Updated 08/16/11 11:25 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

How to Fix a Bad Perm

How to survive a bad perm — Naturally Curly Three braided hairstyles that you can actually do yourself — Refinery29 Six haircuts men hate (and why you should try them anyway) — The Gloss Get a full beauty makeover in minutes — Real Simple Agyness Deyn discusses gut-wrenching breakups in angsty new ad — The Cut This MAC video teaches how to get fuller lips fast — The Frisky The best Read more

Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue Makes Waves


Updated 02/01/12 10:45 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For February 1, 2012

See who made the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue — Styleite The coolest nail art of the week — Stylelist Seven products that will make your eyes pop — Real Simple The next big hair accessory? Cat ears made of flowers — The Cut The latest and greatest in antiaging technology — Glo What it's like to get an eyelash perm — Beauty High Gwyneth Paltrow covers Harper's Bazaar — Huffington Read more

What We're Sweet On: The Deepest of Deep Conditioners


Updated 12/29/11 6:53 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Best Deep Conditioner For Damaged Hair

Sometimes, bad things happen to your hair. Whether it gets burned on a flat iron, fried by a bad perm, or reduced to string by a too-high lift bleach, the (literal) fallout can be extremely depressing and super frizzy to boot. Enter Global Keratin's deep conditioner ($36), which makes even totally destroyed hair look nice and shiny again. It's a long conditioning pack — 20 minutes with a cap Read more

What We're Sweet On: Hair Lotion That Hydrates Sans Heaviness


Updated 12/07/11 3:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Dr. Miracle Moisturizing Lotion Review

If you're a fan of perms or relaxers, you probably know all about dry, damaged hair — the kind that sucks up oil, conditioner, and cream, and still wants more moisture. Short of coating it in collagen and keratin every morning and then just wrapping it under a scarf, coming up with a straightforward way to keep breakage to a minimum can be daunting. Which is why Dr. Miracle's Daily Moisturizing Read more

We Caught the Color Bug


Updated 01/26/12 4:56 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Kevin Murphy Color Bugs: Pink and Purple Hair Color

Bright hair dye, even the temporary kind, is usually messy, hard to get out, and takes a long time if you want to create more than a few streaks. So we were really excited when new Kevin Murphy Color Bugs came across our desks. Instead of typical messy liquid dye, they're little pressed powders that you just rub into your hair. That way, you can put on as much or as little color as you like, Read more

How to Save Money by Skipping the Hairstylist (and When)


Updated 05/04/11 1:17 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Save Money by Skipping the Hairstylist (and When)

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Talk about hating paperwork: Four in ten Americans would rather cut their own hair than do their taxes without the help of an accountant. Actually, we would rather not pay anyone to do something we could do ourselves. So, in our DIY or Not series, we convince the experts to give us the inside scoop on when we do — and when we Read more

5 Salon Add-Ons You Can Skip


Updated 10/21/11 10:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Salon Add-Ons That You Can Skip

When you go into a salon, whether it's to get your nails done or touch up your roots, there are inevitably "extras" on offer — for an additional cost, of course. But no matter how hard someone pitches them to you, some add-ons aren't absolutely necessary. To find out which five common ones don't make the cut, just keep reading. Read more

40 Vintage Oscars Beauty Looks


Updated 02/27/11 3:25 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

Gorgeous Vintage Beauty Looks From Past Oscars

Some stars' past Academy Award beauty looks weren't the best we've ever seen, but a peek back into the red carpet vault proves that there were many who got it right. Sure, poodle perms, frosted shadows, and brick red lipstick might look strange or dated to us now, but they at one point constituted what was hot at the time. Here are 40 stars who stood out with their memorable makeup and hairstyles Read more