The Real Reason Meghan Markle Wore Those Flowers In Her Hair

Not even halfway through her first royal tour, and Meghan Markle has already given us plenty of hair inspiration, from loose curls to low ponytails to a voluminous half-updo we're already sending to our stylists. But while in Fiji on Wednesday, where Markle made her first royal speech, the Duchess tried one of fall's most dramatic hair trends: flowers.

While touring the University of the South Pacific alongside her husband Prince Harry, Markle debuted a French twist embedded with yellow and white frangipani flowers, which are native to Fiji and also known as plumerias, courtesy of hairstylist George Northwood.

As with most things that Markle wears, from eco-friendly sneakers and a "blessed" dress to a blazer designed by BFF Serena Williams, there's special significance to these flowers in particular.

The frangipanis Markle, who announced her pregnancy last week, chose to wear are often used as wedding flowers, and have come to symbolize strength and the lasting bond between a married couple. By wearing them, Markle is effectively saying, "Yes, my husband and I adore one another." And yes, we're swooning.

On a weirder note, the flowers are also known to possess a poisonous sap, but we're thinking Markle didn't take that into account. These particular blooms may look familiar to you as well because they're often used in leis to symbolize a welcoming in Hawaii.

By wearing these flowers, Markle also joins stars like Emma Stone, Evan Rachel Wood, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and a whole runway of Rodarte models, all of whom are wearing flowers in their hair this fall. With Markle's latest iteration, complete with the perfect loose French twist, we anticipate a lot more people (especially brides) to follow suit.

Paintbox pretty

Remember Crayola Crayons? If your childhood was anything like ours, a brand new yellow and green cardboard box filled with pristine paper- wrapped wax crayons, or chunky felt-tip pens, was enough to send us loopy — and keep us occupied for hours.

The art supplies company still exists, of course, but now it's having a major fashion moment, thanks to a new makeup collection that launched last month on ASOS (letting grown-ups play with crayons again - what's not to love?) and the so-called ‘Crayola brights' trend that lit up the SS18 catwalks.

A departure from the rainbow trend, which involves the whole ROYGBIV spectrum, this paintbox trend is all about colour blocking, picking a narrow palette of super-saturated shades and working them together in one outfit.

At Mary Katrantzou and Calvin Klein, that meant shiny, sporty tops paired with high-waisted full skirts, while at Roksanda, models wore head-to-toe fuchsia, scarlet and azure blue.

This is a trend that's superbly suited to summer — particularly this year's sweltering temperatures. Sunny hues, like tangerine, lemon and tomato red, make a delicious sartorial cocktail — but keep it to no more than two or three colours on one outfit, or you'll end up looking a tad too much like a tequila sunrise.

Coloured denim is also making a comeback this season, in the form of cute mini skirts with matching jackets — add a pop of cool cornflower blue to contrast the sunset shades. Looking for a stunning occasion outfit?

Take inspiration from Roksanda in a silky, swishy scarlet frock paired with matching heels, or make like model Jourdan Dunn in a fabulous orange maxi dress.

Ready to embrace Crayola colours once more? Here are the best and brightest buys on the high street right now.

The best face serum that'll give you a truly gorgeous glow

With roots in Japanese beauty, the best face serum will deliver a more potent dose of hydration and anti-ageing benefits to skin than your best moisturiser.

Lighter than face creams, they contain a higher concentration of essential oils and active ingredients, and the smaller molecules can penetrate the skin much deeper than a heavier cream.

They can also help combat a number of different skin issues, such as dullness, wrinkles and pigmentation. Once you're done applying the best face serum, be sure to follow up with one of the best moisturisers for dry skin, or one of the best moisturisers for oily skin, depending on your skin type.

So which ingredients should you be looking out for? Hyaluronic acid is an incredibly hydrating ingredient, which holds up to 1,000 times its weight in water, so it will be a key ingredient in many moisturising skin products – including some of the best serums.

Meanwhile Vitamin C is vital in collagen synthesis, making it a key ingredient in many anti-ageing serums. Then there are natural ingredients like avocado oil and white tea, known for their anti-ageing properties.

Best anti-ageing serum

There are serums that will help protect and prevent wrinkles and lines in the early stages. There are those that will stop time in its place. And a few of the very best can almost turn back the hands of time.

Anti-ageing products, particularly those with antioxidants, can be used as early as in your 20s, but the most important thing is to use anti-ageing products that are appropriate for your skin type.

If you're acne-prone, look for vitamin C. If you have dry skin, look for vitamin E. And if your skin appears dull, look for antioxidants, which will help protect your skin from free radicals, such as pollution. Keep an eye out for Clarins Double Serum Complete Age Control, one of our favourite anti-ageing serums out there.

3 Beauty Products You'll Always See On Riverdale

After two seasons, Riverdale fans are well-versed on the fictional universe of Archie Andrews and his angsty friends. But just because the breakout hit is based on a made-up, comic book world doesn't mean what happens on set isn't real — especially when it comes to the characters' looks.

Sure, the actors might spend most of their time talking to FBI agents, getting involved with the mob, and solving murder mysteries on TV, but their beauty routines are oddly relatable. In fact, you can probably copy every last one (except maybe Archie's). That's because Betty Cooper (played by Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), and Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) rarely change their on-screen style. Each character's look has become their signature — and now, you can steal it for yourself.

Click ahead to find out the beauty products the three women wear in every episode of Riverdale.

Vanity Projects Brings Artisan Nails to Design District

Miami is an overdressed city. Haters (and sexists) might see this quality as part of the city's stereotyped superficiality. But Vanity Projects founder Rita Pinto sees it differently: Miamians simply like to treat themselves like art. Their nails are no exception.

Vanity Projects isn't your average nail salon. Though it specializes in luxury gel manicures with carefully curated custom nail art from celebrated nail artists, the shop offers a wide range of services at varying price points, such as traditional one-color lacquer manicures and pedicures and a weekly discounted gel art special.

Now the high-art nail salon can be found at its new location, in Paradise Plaza in the Design District. Since it first opened in Little River in 2015, the salon has garnered reliable and eclectic clients. They'll likely follow the salon to its new location, which Pinto says will put her business closer to designer shoppers wanting high-end manicures to match their luxury purchases. Pinto took the risk to relocate to better align her vision for the salon with Miami's booming art and design industries.

“I was very excited to be positioned so close not only to luxury brand businesses but, more important, to the ICA,” says Pinto, recalling Design District developer Craig Robins' proposition to move. Pinto hopes to collaborate with the newly opened Institute of Contemporary Art through talks, classes, and visits.

Pinto founded Vanity Projects in New York City in 2013, after a post-recession career shift from the world of high art. She had been an independent curator of exhibitions in New York, London, Greece, Italy, and other locales until the fall of Lehman Brothers and the stock market crash made that career path untenable, she says. She set her sights on a niche business venture with an artistic and curatorial angle. Since then, Vanity Projects has quickly become a forerunner in the booming nail art industry.

Although the Miami franchise is Vanity Projects' second location, Pinto says it's "almost our hub now" since she chose to relocate to Miami with it in 2015. That decision stemmed from five years of participating in Art Basel nail art pop-ups, where she became acquainted with megatalented nail artists that now compose her core team here.

"I only knew Miami in this sort of Art Basel stratosphere," Pinto confesses. “It’s a beautiful place... the artists, the talent, were what drew me, and the space and place was what kept me here."

In addition to boasting a crew of professional nail artists, Pinto also hosts a residency program for celebrated nail artists from around the world. "We're very committed to creating a dialogue within the cultural community here, so I took the art-world concept of an artist-in-residency program and turned it into a nail-artist-in-residency program," she says.