Chelsea Peng

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We’re in the midst of a bunch of religious holidays — Easter, Passover, and Coachella weekend two — but that doesn’t mean the past few business days have been a wash in terms of famous people’s hair and makeup. In fact, for those of us who were even more chronically online due to a gnarly cold contracted from the first go-around (worth it), there were enough test cases to come up with a hypothesis on what makes for the best celebrity beauty right now.

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Warner Bros. TV/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesBeautyOr is it not a beauty line? As far as concert merch goes, T-shirts and hoodies are good, but a line of beauty products is even better. On April 15, SZA announced that she’s dropping the latter, called NOT BEAUTY, at a series of pop-up shops to coincide with the U.S. stops of her Grand National Tour. “I don't know much about much, but I know a lot about lips,” the NYLON One Great Look winner says in a press release.

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Courtesy of Loop EarplugsFashionTinnitus is so last year. We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Coachella isn’t just playing human pinball as you hustle from one stage to another — it’s some of the finest people-watching a terrace-culture-poor nation has to offer. And while my extended look-see unearthed a lot of the usual posturing but little true personal style, I did recognize one interesting pattern this year: lots and lots of Loop earplugs.

1 week ago | nylon.com | Chelsea Peng

The (NYLON) House always wins — even after coming up against a Lady Gaga headlining set at Coachella. On April 11, guests including Dove Cameron (who also performed), Brooklyn Beckham, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Ava Max made their way to Maraza, where they followed an illuminated pathway that opened onto Ulta Beauty’s under-the-sea hair and makeup bar manned by professional stylists.

1 week ago | nylon.com | Chelsea Peng

This week, the synchronicity was strong, and the struggle to come up with definitive celebrity beauty trends for your consideration, however nano, was less Sisyphean than usual. For hair, the think tank came up with slick topknots for both Gigi Hadid and Larsen Thompson — with that crucial millennial face-framing piece.