Maybe it's because I'm a California girl through and through, but I find winter dressing to be slightly overwhelming. I get claustrophobic in too many layers and the chunkiest of sweaters, and don't even get me started on the endless process of peeling on and off of clothes when leaving and entering buildings. To keep the winter blues at bay, I like to keep a capsule wardrobe filled with warm basics I'll welcome wearing over and over again. This year, that looks like comfortable and stylish bott...

Say hello to Unfiltered, a beauty series where you’ll get an exclusive glimpse into the dressed-down beauty routines of our favorite celebrities. They’ll reveal their guilty-pleasure beauty practices, the five-minute-routine product lineup they can’t live without, the one good-skin tip they’ll be forever thankful for, and so much more. To bring every conversation full circle, we ask each celebrity to send us a selection of self-shot, filter-free photos of their choosing to capture ...

If I could only wear one type of makeup product for the rest of my life, it would be mascara. It's the first product I ever used, and it's truly the one makeup item I'm most fanatical about. (I have a healthy collection of at least 50.)  That said, it's truly a trick to find a mascara that can successfully curl and lift my long, stick-straight lashes. I love and appreciate the natural length I was born with, but with that blessing comes the curse of profoundly droop-prone fringe. So although I...

There are few greater joys in life than a well-drawn bath. While I’m an advocate for taking baths all year long (yes, even in the summer!), the feeling of taking a bath in the dead of winter, preferably with snow on the ground, is unmatched. In my opinion, the absolute best way to take a bath is by tossing in a bath bomb. For such a simple little product, bath bombs are the whole package: They can fill your bath to the brim with bubbles, make your whole bathroom smell intoxicatingly good, so...