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Remember the first time you heard about Santa's naughty or nice list? That's the moment you knew what self-restraint really felt like. For months, you'd

Five short days ago, Ariana Grande revealed something big on Instagram. No, it wasn't an engagement ring, a forearm tattoo, or a new song — it was a

The future of beauty is here — and you’re invited. Check out the rest of our 2018 Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards winners for a full look at the

The future of beauty is here — and you’re invited. Check out the rest of our 2018 Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards winners for a full look at the

In the fifth grade, on my very first day at a new school, I was given a worksheet. The instructions were to fill it out with facts all about myself and

Being indecisive isn’t a crime, but it surely makes shopping more difficult during the holiday season. You totally judged your friends who made

We've heard the warning before: "Winter is coming." In fact, we heard it for about seven seasons of Game of Thrones. Still, not once during Jon Snow's

Before Pati Dubroff was painting the faces of Priyanka Chopra, Amanda Seyfried, Eva Mendes, and Margot Robbie, she was just a girl growing up in New

Frequent visitors and the born-and-bred alike know that New York City is known for a lot of major firsts, like the first bank-issued credit cards, the

In 2015, two ancient gold artifacts — round in shape, in almost mint condition — were uncovered in Rossett, Wales. Estimated to be almost 3,000 years

Back in 2016, Ariana Grande told us that her signature ponytail is something she’s worn since middle school. "The ponytail has always been a part of my

BB creams, lip tints, ceramide balms, bottled essences, sheet masks: The contents of my medicine cabinet say all I need to know about how heavily

It’s difficult to recall the very first time we laid eyes on Ryan Gosling. It's probably because the moment is a distant, buried memory from the

Whether you fell for him way back when he was a kid in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, or years later, when he was freezing to death in Titanic, chances are

Ariana Grande's ponytail has been a topic of conversation for about as long as we've recognized the 25-year-old's name. Still, despite its fame, her hair

Since we’re all well aware of the dangers of tanning beds — and too much time in natural sunlight sans SPF — self-tanners are the perfect solution

Let's just come right out and say it: It takes a village to turn a model into a Victoria's Secret model. The look is closely controlled by the brand and

When it comes to celebrity beauty looks, no one plays it safer than Bella Hadid. Read: The model has mastered the art of consistency. Her mid-length brown

If you ever want to spot hoards of Glossier diehards out in the wild, all you need to do is venture to the corner of Canal and Lafayette in New York City.

It hasn't even been three full months since Ariana Grande released her fourth studio album Sweetener, and fans are already expecting a second album before

Before this year, going red felt... off limits. Even though platinum requires a ton of bleach and rainbow is a multistep process, becoming a redhead

Celebrities are often the target of online trolls, but thanks to social media, some of Hollywood's most familiar faces have a chance to respond to their

In 1999, long before Gen-Z stars like Amandla Stenberg and Paris Jackson were making the case for body hair being NBD, Julia Roberts attended the premiere

Hot tools are an investment. Unlike your mascara, concealer, or even your cleanser, your blow-dryers, curling wands, and flat irons are the few beauty

I've tried a lot of mascaras in my life. From long, tapered wands with Twiggy-level formulas to short, curvy bristles that are infused with volumizing

Planning a wedding is no walk in the park. In 2017, the wedding registry site Zola conducted a survey that found that 96% of couples found it to be a

There are a lot of criteria by which you can measure how good a beauty product really is. Do celebrities sing its praises? Do pro makeup artists stock it

Falling somewhere between the simple, pretty wearability of the floating crease and the too-extra-to-function glitter-boobs phenomenon on the hierarchy of

Back in 2016 Instagram added the "saved" section to every profile, and the beauty game was changed forever. Gone were the days of screenshotting a notable