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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.

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      How To 😱! But also, respect.

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      In which Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend makes it *extremely* hard to hate her.

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      How To They're just as important.

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      Features From a woman who did it last year ♦.

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      Lush's New Fizzy Breath Tabs Are Like Bath Bombs for Your Mouth

      They've done it again.

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      These Magical Highlighter Drops Are Your Fairytale Makeup Dreams Come True

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      This Is, Hands Down, the Craziest-Looking Haircut We've Ever Seen

      So many questions.

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      How To ✨✨✨

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      How To As Cara Delevingne demonstrated last night.

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      This girl's about to blow up.

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      Features High, haters.

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      All the badassery sans commitment.

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      The Primers and Setting Powders That Will Keep Your Makeup Locked in All Summer Long

      Best Primers - Best Setting Powders

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      💤💤💤

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      The greatest escape that a long weekend can buy you.

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      5 Minutes with Jennifer Aniston on Beauty, Cheat Days, and Owning Her Age

      "It's really empowering to own where you are in life and to not get caught up in the fear of aging."

      By Lauren Valenti

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      Women Are Using Tissue Paper to Dye Their Hair and the Results Are *Crazy*

      Color us impressed.

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      No hanky-panky necessary.

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      Why Every Woman Should Be Stealing This *Exact* Eyeshadow Shade from Kendall Jenner

      Universally-flattering alert 🚨

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      The Pre-Plastic-Surgery Era: 4 Weird Ways Old Hollywood Stars Changed Their Faces

      If you think today's stars go to extremes, think again.

      By Lauren Valenti

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      Meet the reverse lullaby.

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      Rejoice! You Can Now Get Kate Middleton's Glow in a Bottle

      Yas, kween 👑 .

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      *Don't hate us*

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      Because you can.

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