Beauty

In the corner of my living room resides an unassuming tote from an old Glossier pop-up. I use it as an interim home for my gently used beauty products before sending them off to a better one, and anyone who visits is allowed to rummage through and take whatever. For …

ITG loves a good unnecessary pairing—rom coms and treatments, masks and pasta dishes, cleansers and cookbooks—but today we’re flipping that concept on its head with some necessary reading, all by Black authors. No doubt you’ve seen the anti-racist reading lists circulating the internet, and while those mostly nonfiction works are …

Join Erika from Notes from My Dressing Table on Instagram to check out her intro of a new A Girl’s Gotta Spa fragrance. Fresh, bright, with a hint of wild rose, this new, modern floral will make you feel as if you’re walking through a meadow in high summer. Champagne Kisses and Caviar …

So much of what we do is captured in a people-powered bounty of photos and video—you see them all in your social feeds and on the news. And while it’s great when you’re, say, looking for a swatch of a newly-launched lipstick, some argue that our tendency towards content-making also …

“There are so many reasons why I’m protesting. Obviously I’m protesting for George [Floyd]. And I also protest for so many other people who have experienced violence from police forces all over the country. But it really goes much deeper than that. I think the pandemic has highlighted how corrupt …

A professional-strength peel? A vitamin C serum that’s more stable than Tom Hanks? A new beauty supplement that promises to cure acne and anxiety? Oh, really? That all sounds pretty nifty, but I’m here with an even better idea: if your next beauty purchase is not from a Black-owned business …

George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery should all be here. And the fact that they aren’t speak to our country’s inexcusable culture of police brutality and racial injustice. While you might feel helpless, you’re not—it’s more important than ever to take action. One way to do that is by …

Prime Beauty says for clear, bright skin you need to exfoliate but you don’t need to spend a lot of money. Try Bubble Up Peeling Pads from Hanhoo! Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog just reviewed the Boxwalla June Beauty Box: Three Ways to Savor Summer (With a Little Help From My …

I wouldn’t have considered myself a particularly selfless person before all this quarantining went down, but in the past two months I’ve had lots of time to reflect on old behaviors. What I’ve noticed, formally crystallized by the fact that I’m wearing a merch sweatshirt I got for free and …