In fear of looking like a disco ball, I tend to swirl my makeup brush in the opposite direction when I come across glitter-filled palettes. But once the holiday season approaches, it’s almost impossible to avoid shimmering shades. Thankfully, The Body Shop has perfected glitter for grown-ups…

My earliest childhood memories are filled with women wearing big hairstyles, including my mother’s perfect Afro, aunt’s super-teased, medium bob and certainly, Diahann Carroll’s full-bodied curls as Dominique Deveraux in the 1980s soap opera, “Dynasty.” I was completely…