You’ve mastered the French braid and aced the fishtail—now find out how to create the waterfall braid, and you can truly call yourself a braid maven. 

There’s no need to abandon your exercise while traveling. These easy poses by yoga rebel Tara Stiles, founder of New York studio Strala Yoga, will help you de-stress, beat jet lag, recover from plane-induced tummy troubles, and more. Best of all, you can do them anywhere—even a tiny hotel room. 

Birchbox editor and cross-country traveler Candice knows firsthand the difficulty of looking great after a long flight. Luckily, we enlisted makeup artist Nam Vo to show us how to achieve the impossible. With her help we’ll be jetsetting like a pro in no time. 

We have a huge girl crush on Twitter and Instagram darling Erika Bearman, aka @OscarPRGirl. This month the Oscar de la Renta PR maven shares her favorite beauty products for traveling with us. 

Satisfy your wanderlust with Birchbox’s newest collaboration with Color Club®—and enter for the chance to win 100 Color Club®  nail polishes! Watch the video to see Birchboxers from Barcelona, London, New York, and Paris wearing these pastel neon hues, then enter the contest.

We’ve got some very exciting news this month—not only are we introducing a whole new look, we’re launching Birchbox France and Birchbox Spain to add to our international slate. (Remember: Birchbox UK launched in January!) Apropos for summer vacation season, our theme is wanderlust, and we’re getting carried away with dreams of far-off voyages (and travel-ready samples, of course). 

Look polished and pretty at all those summer weddings and other fancy events. This style looks much more complicated than it is—you can do it yourself in 10 minutes. 

Contouring your face is a great way to bring out your cheekbones and define your face shape. Find out how to get a great everyday contour with these tips from Birchbox staffer (and contouring connoisseur) Deepica. 

Birchbox staffer Caroline shares her curly hair routine—including her tricks for avoiding frizz and keeping her curls defined. Watch to learn what products she uses day-to-day.

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a makeup tutorial both mothers and daughters can wear. Makeup artist Stefanie Syat shows us a soft purple eye shadow look with just a few adaptations for staffer Kelly and her mom, Karel.