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Cover story · Makeup
Soft Evening Makeup Without a Full Glam Routine
Keep the base you have on, deepen the lash line, cheeks and lips by one step each, and skip the rest. A ten-minute route from day to evening.
The Beauty Edit
Selected stories from across the magazine, chosen by the editors.
How to Store Perfume Away from Heat and Light
Warmth, light and air slowly change a fragrance. Ten dos and don'ts for storing perfume, each with its reason, plus how to tell when a bottle has turned.
One Red Lip, Three Different Looks
A sheer pressed stain, a defined classic and a blurred matte, all from the same tube. Steps for each, and how to pick one for the day ahead.
Heat Styling: Habits That Help Reduce Damage
Hot tools always affect hair to some degree. These habits, sorted from zero effort to a change in your week, lower how much heat your hair gets.
Five-Minute Fix
Small, practical moves for days when time is the thing you do not have.
Every Five-Minute FixGetting Ready
For the hour before you leave: looks and routines built around the plan, not the other way round.
A Getting-Ready Routine for an Unhurried Evening
The same ninety minutes can feel frantic or easy. A timed sequence, counted backward from the door, that puts each step where it causes the least rush.
Why Makeup Pills — and What to Check in Your Routine
Those little rolls of product usually come from layering, not from your skin. Seven checks to run, in order of how easy they are to test.
Makeup
Technique first. What goes where, in what order, and what you can skip.
How to Choose a Blush Finish: Cream, Liquid or Powder
The texture of a blush shapes the result as much as the shade. A side-by-side comparison, three questions that settle the choice, and how to apply each.
A Practical Guide to Finding Your Foundation Undertone
When a foundation is the right depth but still looks orange, pink or gray, the undertone is off. A four-step way to work it out at a window.
What Belongs in a Small, Useful Makeup Bag
A handbag makeup kit is for repairs, not a second application. Eight items that earn the space, what stays home, and how to keep it all clean.
Skin
Getting Your Skin Ready for Makeup Without Overdoing It
Cleanse, a thin layer of moisturizer, sunscreen, then wait. The short prep that helps makeup sit well, and the popular extras that can be skipped.
Nails
Shape, color and upkeep you can manage at your own table.
All Nails stories
Scent & Rituals
Fragrance without the mystique, and the small routines around getting ready.
How to Describe the Scents You Like at a Perfume Counter
About twenty words are enough. Fragrance families, notes and performance terms explained plainly, each with an example sentence to use at the counter.
Press-On Nails: Fit, Application and Careful Removal
Three stages decide how press-ons look and what they leave behind: sizing each finger, applying with tabs or glue, and soaking them off without prying.
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