Leighton Meester may have shown up to the American Eagle flagship store opening in New York last night with a red lip, gray smoky eyes, and long, cascading waves, but she made a quick costume change into thick bangs and a topknot before performing her new single for the crowd. Yes, we said “perform” and [...]

According to celebrity cosmetic dentist Dr. Jeff Golub-Evans, when it comes to teeth bleaching, peroxide is peroxide. “Whether it’s drugstore teeth-whitening strips or a professional bleaching gel, it’s the same ingredient, just in different concentrations,” the self-described “smile designer” explains, adding that strips can actually get your teeth almost as white as a pro treatment; [...]

This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. To submit a question, e-mail celia_ellenberg@condenast.com.
I’ve heard that a lot of toothpastes have formulas that are similar to detergents, which is disconcerting, to say the least. Are there any [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. To submit a question, e-mail celia_ellenberg@condenast.com.
I know that excessive amounts of sugar is bad for your teeth, but are there other things I should be steering clear of—or adding to [...]

This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. To submit a question, e-mail celia_ellenberg@condenast.com.
I’ve heard that drinking tap water is actually preferable to bottled water, in order to benefit from the minerals that are filtered out of the [...]

This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. To submit a question, e-mail celia_ellenberg@condenast.com.
Are chewing gums that claim to whiten your teeth really effective or just a marketing ploy?
The biggest gain to chewing gum is increasing the flow [...]

Like L’Oréal Paris’ Elnett and the equally French Embryolisse, Elgydium toothpaste has been haunting the dreams of Francophile beauty junkies confined to American soil for years. With limited availability stateside, these products frequently wind up as things-to-bring-back-from-Paris requests passed on to friends headed to the City of Light. Elnett took up residence at Target last [...]

There is a magical place on the Upper East Side where Chinese acupressure and an all-organic mineral “gum mask” are considered part of a teeth cleaning—the same wince-inducing procedure that typically evokes memories of bad fluorescent lighting and Styrofoam fluoride trays that are their own special brand of torture. Calling this advancement in dentistry the [...]