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    Lauren Valenti

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    Beauty Editor

    Lauren Valenti is Vogue’s former senior beauty editor. Her work has also appeared on ELLE.com, MarieClaire.com, and in In Style. She graduated with a liberal arts degree from Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, with a concentration on Culture and Media Studies and a minor in Journalism.

    Latest articles by Lauren Valenti

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    And all because HD forgives nothing.

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      This Magical Custom Foundation Machine Is the Future

      No swatches, no problem.

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      How To No more dry tubes.

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      This hack, though 💯.

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      The difference is *crazy*.

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      No more basic braids.

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      By Lauren Valenti

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      How To It's time for your texture to bounce back.

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      How convenient.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      "Wire Nails" Is the Go-To Manicure of the Future

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      By Lauren Valenti

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      ::Adds to cart.::

      By Lauren Valenti

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      5 Lip Glosses That Will Make Your Teeth Look Whiter

      How To Like magic ✨.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      "Hair Dusting" Means You'll Never Have to Lose Your Length Again

      How To Show this to anyone who says you *must* chop off an inch for healthy ends.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      2017 is bound to be her best year yet.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      This "Magic Eraser" Hair Foam Is the New Dry Shampoo

      Because has Jen Atkin ever steered us wrong?

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      A Simple 3-Step Guide to Waking Up with Wedding-Day Skin Every Morning

      Features That glow >💎 .

      By Lauren Valenti

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      Meghan Markle's 67 Best Looks Ever

      Since 2005. Damn.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      Pokémon Beauty Is Here and It's Kind of Impossible Not to Love

      I mean, a Pikachu cushion compact?! Come on!

      By Lauren Valenti

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      The New Clinique x Crayola Chubby Sticks Are Your Back-to-School Must-Have for 2017

      Feel like a kindergartner all over again.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      These Color-Changing Drops Will Turn Your Makeup Holographic

      ✨✨✨

      By Lauren Valenti

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      The Celebrity Guide to Curls

      Pouf—they're everywhere now!

      By Lauren Valenti

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      Holographic neutrals are the new nudes.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      Wait, Is Rihanna Wearing the "Drake" Lipstick?

      The plot thickens.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      I Tried the Gold Mask That Victoria's Secret Angels Are Obsessed With

      And have *the* 24-karat selfie to prove it.

      By Lauren Valenti

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