beauty
The unbearable beauty of Linda Evangelista
The supermodel’s imperious gaze came to define the ’90s. Now, she says a cosmetic procedure has stolen her looks, her livelihood, her very identity. So whose fault is that?
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Survival of the prettiest: The mysterious power of attractive people
From picking mates to choosing politicians, new research says society’s bias toward attractiveness has ugly results
The strange history of hair removal
Rebecca Herzig tracks the growing American antipathy towards body hair
Chinese graduates use surgery to get ahead
Beauty may trump merit in competitive job market
Arrested Development’s elephant in the room
Jessica Allen on what’s shaping up to be Hollywood’s new standard of beauty
Jenna Talackova: Born to be queen
How Canada’s transgendered star melted Trump’s icy heart
Women lash out—way, way out
For women who’d rather be caught without pants on than forget their mascara, there’s a new ‘miracle’ fix
The trick to loving how you look
It starts with knowing your type. Are you a 3, like Laureen Harper?
Really cheap beauty secrets
An L.A. aesthetician divulges her recipes for homemade treatments
The lost art of curl maintenance
Curly hair went out of fashion for so long that the ability to cut it is practically a cult secret
There’s beauty hiding in the weeds
From 2009: Seaweed lowers cholesterol, thickens sauces, and can give you skin as soft as Johnny Depp’s