Rachel Lapidos

1 month ago | bustle.com | Rachel Lapidos

At the 2025 Met Gala, stars showed up in their own interpretations of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" theme. While they sported fashionable ensembles and red carpet-worthy hair and makeup looks, the night’s A-listers certainly didn’t skimp on their manicures. More to come... 1Sha'Carri Richardson’s Gemstone-Covered NailsGetty Images/Dia Dipasupil / StaffSha’Carri Richardson always has an on-point manicure on the track — and the same applies when she attends fashion’s biggest night out.

1 month ago | bustle.com | Rachel Lapidos

On a spring afternoon in New York City, I walk into a suite in The Mark Hotel to meet Salma Hayek, whose effervescent energy greets me as I sit beside her on a plush couch. She’s wearing a black dress and a red lip with her dark, wavy hair, complete with a smattering of gray highlights, cascading past her shoulders.

2 months ago | bustle.com | Rachel Lapidos

I’ve always been a sunscreen stan, but ever since they’ve become so much better (read: covetable hybrid formulas that don’t leave a white cast), the skin care category has truly become my passion. To be clear: I always have at least 10 sun protection products in my beauty cabinet, two in my bag, and dozens more stored in various places throughout my apartment and at work. My friends call me a sunscreen pusher. And I never go to the beach without throwing at *least* five SPF options into my tote.

2 months ago | bustle.com | Rachel Lapidos

I’m forever feeling like Goldilocks when it comes to my makeup coverage. The perfect base product has to hide redness and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, but still show my freckles. It has to make my complexion look flawless yet natural. The formula should be lightweight but contain skin-nourishing ingredients (if those ingredients include SPF filters, even better). It should also be easy to apply and last all day without melting off my face. I mean, is that too much to ask?

2 months ago | bustle.com | Rachel Lapidos

The past few years have been all about the sleek bun and perfect, Dyson Airwrapped-blowouts. While clean girl classics won’t be going anywhere, the new “angsty hair” trend is shaking up the beauty scene by giving it some much-needed edge. “Stars are moving away from the basics and pushing the boundaries with colors and shapes,” says Lacy Bennett, hair colorist and stylist at LRN Beauty in New York City.