Cuticle oils normally consist of vegetable, fruit, or plant oils. And sometimes they’re packed with vitamins, like E or A, or other nourishing ingredients like aloe and keratin. They’re designed to moisturize and strengthen the nails, and some of them even encourage growth.

The cuticles can get dried out after excessive hand-washing, sun exposure, if you’re doing a lot of work with your hands, and more. So it’s important to give them some TLC from time to time. And all you need to apply is a drop on each nail and massage it in. The product can help preserve your nail color, too.

Take a look at some cuticle oils to shop below.

I’ve recently become infatuated with a hair trend that I used to think was reserved only for celebrities and runway models. In fact, I used to think it didn’t look good at all—and if you’d talked to me even last year, I would have never considered touching hair pomade or gel with a 10-foot pole, unless it was curl gel. Enter slicked-back hair, Hollywood’s most polarizing hair trend. 

Once I started slicking my hair back regularly, I can’t imagine a world where I stop doing it. In my opinion, it’s best on third- or fourth-day hair that you’re trying to avoid washing for one more day. If you feel like your hair is starting to lean oily, that’s even better if you’re trying to achieve a slicked-back vibe—you want your hair to look as shiny as possible. With help from the right products, that means that greasy hair can be transformed into sleek strands effortlessly. 

I tried out four different celebrity-inspired slicked-back hairstyles so you can see them in action on a regular gal, and not just a supermodel off-duty (we all know they could make wearing a paper bag look good). I know reaching for a high-hold gel or strong hairspray might seem scary, but the end result is worth trying something new. Keep reading for my favorite slicked-back looks and all of the products I used to achieve them, so you can try them for yourself.

A fun fact about me: while I very much enjoy the star-studded sightings that occur regularly here in L.A. (I’ve spotted everyone from Reese Witherspoon to Jonah Hill at my nearest grocery store), I’m significantly giddier when I get to meet one-on-one with the experts who enhance our fave celeb’s god-given beauty—whether its an A-list makeup artist, facialist, or most recently, the cosmetic dermatologist amongst Hollywood’s elite, Simon Ourian M.D. (And yes, if the name sounds familiar, you’ve likely already met him via episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.)

Although Ourian caters to some of the most notoriously beautiful faces in the industry (the Kardashians and Jenners, Megan Fox, Sophia Vergara, Jasmine Tookes, Olivia Culpo… the list goes on) and his span of cosmetic services are justifiably pricey, I was intrigued to find out that his just-launched line of skincare, MDO Skin, is surprisingly affordable, with every individual product, excluding the kits, sliding in at the doably sleek under-$100 mark. What’s more, his elite clientele use and swear by the line. Obviously, I needed to learn more, right?