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From Sudan’s acacia orchards to U.S. candy aisles, a hidden ingredient in sweets, sodas and cosmetics is entangled in one of the world’s deadliest and least-noticed wars. Gum arabic once promised ...

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Workers in Obeid, Sudan, handle shipments of gum arabic, a little-known but vital ingredient for hundreds of products. (Faiz Abubakr / For The Times) Its illicit journey begins in the blood-soaked ...

Although summer always provides a surprise or two in the trend department, I have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen this year—especially with makeup. When Donni Davy, Euphoria's head makeup ...

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Out with the old, in with the new: at least that’s what the 2026 eye makeup trends signal, where we’re trading in minimalism with expressive maximalism. While that certainly doesn’t mean we’re all ...

Blurred lips are poised to be the standout makeup trend of 2026 — and you can thank Nina Park for bringing the look from Korean beauty circles to the red carpet. The Korean-American makeup artist has ...

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Underpainting has existed backstage at runway shows for years, but it wasn’t until celebrity makeup artist Mary Phillips pulled back the curtain on the technique in late 2025 that it became a ...

A makeup artist and beauty editor break down the looks we're going to see everywhere. Everyone's saying the clean girl is dead. I wouldn't say that. She's alive and well—just reinvented. One thing ...