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Need to touch up your makeup? Don’t worry about locating a mirror, you can probably just use my forehead. While many people like to call this weather “summer” I prefer the more accurate description of “hell.” The heavy air, constant rain and brutal humidity tends to leave my skin ultra-greasy and my purse full of […]

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Heat styling, humidity and hair type can all contribute to locks taking on a life of their own. But if you’ve ever left the house only to catch a glimpse of your fluffed out ‘do in a passing window an hour later, you know that frizz is not a strand’s best friend. The solution to frizz control is to manage strands, destroy dryness, and find a way to smooth flyaways—all without weighing hair down by applying too much product. These 5 natural anti-frizz hair products provide a variety of ways to maintain sleeker locks when humidity is getting the best of you.

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With summer in full force it’s safe to say we’ve all resorted to our classic beauty routines to keep our faces looking golden and our lips pouting a perfect shade of pink. The warmer season has always called for neon nails and beachy waves, right? Right…until now. We’ve put together 5 awesome summer beauty updates that are sure to keep you looking fresh (and on trend) day and night. Don’t worry, we kept your favourite colours and ‘dos in mind, but we’ve just stepped them up a notch—or down in some cases.

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Growing up in my family, tanning was pastime, pleasure and competitive sport. Pale was pejorative. My parents, both great tanners in their youth, lived in East Africa in the early ’70s, before I was born. That time in their lives seemed to me fabulously glamorous—never mind the fact that my sister, a baby then, contracted malaria and nearly died—because for two years, they were tanned. Deeply tanned. Not the amateur-hour suntan you might obtain after a week in Fort Lauderdale, the kind of profound, layered tan that makes you look like another person—an exceptionally well-leisured one.

I remember the four of us in the ’80s, lying on a quartet of loungers and passing the Hawaiian Tropic SPF 4 down the line like a familial baton. If my friends enjoyed splashing around in swimming pools and lakes, I liked lying down next to them, and nowhere in the vicinity of a sun-blocking parasol. Parasols were meant for other people, the ones who took long luncheons in the shade during prime UV time. (I preferred to feast on rays.)

When my sister and I had a productive tanning day, we’d high-five each other as the sun sank into the horizon and our freckles settled into our still-warm cheeks. A tan, like the travel that furnished it, was an escape from our regular selves, a gilded (if short-lived) costume.

He has clearly just rolled out of his log cabin to forage for berries and slap a tin coffee pot over a fire of loose twigs. His long hair and beard are wild, and he is dressed in things thermal and plaid, with barely laced, modified Kodiaks on his feet.

A maniac living off the grid? Hardly. This was the subject of a recent lush fashion spread in the Financial Times: a manly man “whose hardwearing frontier style is wildly on trend.” Total cost of the new Daniel Boone’s morning attire: $7,925, which includes his Gold Cybele necklace and Wright & Teague rings. Once, this beast-man would have been mistaken for a 1970s pot dealer, a sasquatch or our sexual antithesis. (I have heard so many women long for the smooth, hairless type that for years I assumed all women were looking for male/female hybrids.)

But now—as with another ’70s icon, Burt Reynolds lying bare-ass on a bearskin rug—the woodsman is a bona fide hunk, a highly masculine, testosterone-flaring, sexy wild thing who makes us look and feel so tiny and, well, pruned beside him.

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We’ve got exciting news! Our 12 Days of Summer Giveaways Contest is coming at you full-force this week with twelve days of amazing summer prizes. We have to say, this is definitely our best giveaway yet. One glance at any of these could-wins and you’re sure to be jumping up and down, even in the most striking heat wave.

The premise of this contest is just like our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway, and is easy as pie: we have twelve amazing prizes and starting this Thursday, July 10th, we will be giving one away every weekday for twelve days. That means you’ll have twelve days to try your luck at winning some of the most stylish summer products! But remember, you’ll only have 24 hours to enter before we move on to the next prize. From a one stop shop for sun protection to OPI nail polish sets that might just last you a lifetime, plus major goodies from Nespresso, Benefit and more, you could totally hit the summer style jackpot!

Trying a self-tanner at home can be intimidating, to say the least. But if you’re coveting that back-from-the-South-of-France afterglow without the sun damage, a self-tanner is your safest bet. As any faux tan devotee knows, proper application is key when it comes to avoiding telltale signs of an at-home tan (you know the ones: orange palms and unsightly streaks). Whether you’re a pasty girl looking to achieve a deep shade of bronze or you’re just seeking a subtle glow, we’ve got a few pointers from St. Tropez’s Skin Finishing Expert, Sophie Evans, who gave us a rundown on how to achieve an immaculate faux tan at home.

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Glistening skin, post-swim hair and makeup reminiscent of azure Caribbean waters—a tidal wave of oceanic influence is upon us. At 3.1 Phillip Lim, the hair was described as “crustaceous” and “shipwrecked” and skin had a pearlescent glow; retro mermaids wore a wash of aqua eyeshadow at Badgley Mischka; and models on the Band of Outsiders runway had damp, side-parted waves meant to replicate “Jan Brady at the beach.” At Kenzo, the save-the-fish message of the collection was echoed by manicures tipped with white crashing waves, while hair was twisted into a seashell shape at Carolina Herrera for a look that was decidedly uptown. Life’s a beach, even if you’re stuck in the city.

  You know what’s worse than finally getting perfect winged eyeliner drawn on, only to have it smudge as soon as you step out into the heat? Nothing. Literally nothing. With Bobbi Brown’s now-iconic Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner, you don’t have to worry about your liner as you frolic through fields of daisies this summer (or […]

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Thought pastels were only for spring? Think again. Add bursts of colour to your summer makeup routine with soft shades that make a bold statement. In this gorgeous beauty shoot from our summer 2014 issue, pastel nails, eyes and lips are perfect for poolside.

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At the end of part 1 of On the Road, Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel about freedom, self-discovery and the American experience, Sal Paradise—a desperately bored and mildly depressed writer who sets off from New York City in search of adventure and inspiration out West—arrives in Hollywood by bus on a dusty autumn morning. Having abandoned the East of his youth along with a sorry half-written manuscript, he arrives, after weeks of dreamy anticipation, in the West of his future: the glittering California coast. “I looked greedily out the window: stucco houses and palms and drive-ins, the whole mad thing, the ragged promised land, the fantastic end of America.” For Paradise, Calif., is the ultimate American mecca—endlessly inspiring, always changing, forever new.

It’s a sentiment that still rings true 50-plus years later. In fashion, Hedi Slimane is the industry’s Pied Piper of California dreaming. The French designer has made Los Angeles his home, his muse and the subject of much of his work, from his 2011 photography exhibition, California Song, which explores Americana via L.A., to his recent collections for Saint Laurent, which have channelled everything from California grunge to 1980s Sunset Strip. “I secretly love that the common perception of L.A. is shallowness,” Slimane told Style.com in 2010. “From the counterculture’s heritage of the ’60s and ’70s to the rise of Silicon Valley in the ’80s, from the Hollywood dream machine to the music industry majors, from Californian art to architecture, healthy lifestyle and food, California does rule the village.”

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Getty Images

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True Romance

Patricia Arquette in True Romance

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Saint Laurent Spring 2014

Saint Laurent Spring 2014

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Axl Rose

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose

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Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2014

Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2014

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Point Break

Lori Petty and Keanu Reeves in Point Break

The sun is a source of energy and happiness. While practicing ‘safe sun’, we should not forget that it is also one of the best-known sources of Vitamin D, the only vitamin synthesized by sunlight. This insight, coupled with ground-breaking innovation, makes for incredible results: Biotherm’s collection of summer essentials that make skin look, feel and smell divine.