Chelsea Peng

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I thought summer was meant to be slow, but this week had an energy more frenetic than a Target the night before back to school. The strangers we know by name were also evidently also cramming in galas, promo tours, and all manner of press appearances, which seems rude in June but simultaneously provided us with plentiful beauty fodder for discussion.

2 days ago | nylon.com | Chelsea Peng

Money is everything, but not everyone knows how to use it. In Addison Rae’s case, however, she’s got the legal tender and the taste level, another example of which can be seen in a very deliberate, very telling makeup choice in her just-released “Times Like These” video from the Gesamtkunstwerk that is Addison.

1 week ago | nylon.com | Chelsea Peng

The last time I really bought into an It nail polish was Chanel Particulière. Since then, it’s been a wash of milks and jellies, too many 3D thingamabobs, and a half-hearted resurrection of Clambake, but as of press time, we’ve got a real contender on our hands. At this point, we won’t say more than that Charli XCX was, as she often is, the instigator, and that the shade fetches less than $15 retail.

1 week ago | nylon.com | Chelsea Peng

FashionLetting go is easier in a baby tee. We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Maybe it doesn’t always take special chocolates and gaping at a string-lighted tree in the woods upstate — for Samara Cyn, a transformation of the psyche can happen just as easily while recording her upcoming EP Backroads or starring in Tommy Girl’s latest campaign.

2 weeks ago | nylon.com | Chelsea Peng

Getty Images for Armani BeautyBeautySnatched, sprayed, and snoozing upright. So that’s why Venice Beach was overlaid with a Mexico filter. On May 22, L.A.’s finest — including Owen Thiele, Benito Skinner, Wally Baram, and Barbie Ferreira — gathered in a mod orange space to fête the launch of Emporio Armani’s Stronger With You parfum.