Month: May 2020

May 30, 2020 at 06:00PM It might be the early stages of spring, but it seems as though summer has taken the liberty of jumping the gun and blasting the UK with a mini Costa del Sol–esque heat wave. With the mercury skyrocketing from 8 to 23 degrees in the space of a week, we’re having to dramatically change tack clothing-wise, and swap our cosy fleeces and cashmere socks for floaty midi dresses and chunky sandals. Add to this the fact that many of us are confined to our homes, meaning we have to add “must be comfortable enough to wear when lying horizontally on the sofa” to our wardrobe criteria. Luckily, thanks to last year’s penchant for the smock dress, many of us will already have a few comfy dress options in our wardrobes—think throw-on-and-go numbers that you would usually wear on holiday. However, if you’ve found yourself with a spring dress-shaped hole in your wardrobe, we would recommend heading over to & Other Stories, Who What Wear’s high street go-to for directional yet versatile styles. From easy breezy minis to polished prints, we’ve done the hard work for you and found the best spring dresses at Stories right now. Scroll down to see what we found.  Style Notes: A checked smock dress is just what we want to wear when the temperature rises and all we want to do is laze around on our sofa.  Style Notes: For a bit of whimsical styling, make like Rachael Clifton and try a puff-sleeved minidress.  Style Notes: Sometimes less is more, and thankfully, the ’90s strappy dress

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May 30, 2020 at 01:30PM Ask any makeup artist, and they’ll tell you prepping your complexion with high-quality, strategic skincare products before going in with foundation, concealer and powder is just as (and perhaps more) important than the makeup application itself. In order for your makeup to look amazing, the goal is to get your skin looking and feeling its absolute best. We’re not talking perfection; we’re just talking coaxing your skin into living its best and glowiest life courtesy of A+ products. Think about it this way: You wouldn’t show up for a marathon without putting in ample work and training beforehand. And in a way less dramatic sense, the same goes for your skin. Celebrity makeup artist Pati Dubroff (who works with Margot Robbie, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kate Bosworth and more) once said she nurtures and prepares the skin for at least 40 minutes before starting the makeup process pre–red carpet. Of course, we don’t expect you to go to those kinds of lengths (for the record, we’re not attending red carpets and hardly have that kind of time or patience), but something can be learned from that type of expert-level stratagem.  Even though we know most celebrities have an army of experts, products, and in-office treatments to help keep them looking right and tight, we asked three of the most sought-after makeup artists in the industry (from Paris, London, and New York, no less!) to share the absolute best skin-tightening face creams they swear by for their lifting perks. Then, we took it even further

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