Beauty

The Beauty section of AND YOU treats cosmetics as a cultural object as much as a product: what a matte or glass finish signals, how a shade range gets decided, and which launches deserve shelf space. Written for readers who want the reasoning behind a face rather than another swatch photograph.

Close-up of hands with a modern french manicure resting on a pale linen surface

Beauty

The French Manicure Is Nearly 50 And Still Booking

Invented for Hollywood in 1976 by Jeff Pink of ORLY, the french manicure has survived every trend cycle that promised to kill it.

By Maria GarciaFebruary 14, 2026

Editorial chart showing a lip balm moving from viral clip to sold out waitlist and restock

Beauty

Why Your Lip Balm Has A Waitlist

A twelve-dollar tube of balm sold out in minutes, and the queue to buy it again is the whole business model.

By Bianca TorresJanuary 22, 2026

Young woman massaging warm oil into her scalp at a kitchen table on a Sunday evening

Beauty

How Hair Oiling Went From Kitchen Ritual To Cult Step

The warm-oil head massage your grandmother swore by is now a full-blown beauty category, and the reasons go deeper than one viral video.

By Bianca TorresDecember 30, 2025