
Alyssa Brascia
Alyssa Brascia is an associate beauty editor at Who What Wear specializing in makeup, nail, and fragrance content. As a self-taught makeup artist and perfume savant, Brascia has personally tested more than a thousand beauty products and services—from the hottest new eye shadow palette to the buzzy manicure currently sweeping social media—reporting live from New York Fashion Week or fresh from her latest doomscroll. She is based in New York City and has 3+ years of industry experience, with rivers of content spanning from multigenerational lipstick reviews to celebrity style roundups. Brascia graduated with a BS in apparel, merchandising, and design from Iowa State University and went on to serve as a staff shopping writer at People.com for more than 2.5 years. Her earlier work can be found at InStyle, Travel + Leisure, Shape, and more. When Brascia isn’t writing, researching, and testing new beauty products, you can find her watching the latest movie to generate Oscar buzz, taking a workout class with friends, or updating her wardrobe post-shopping spree in her beloved city.
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Experts Agree: Fashion People Are Swapping 2025 Hair Trends for These Fresher Iterations
Total hairspo.
By Alyssa Brascia
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Skip the Floral Manicures—This Is the Dated Print Fashion People Can't Get Enough of for Spring
Take a walk on the wild side.
By Alyssa Brascia
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Beauty After Transition: Queer Chronicles of Self-Reclamation and Survival
Four trans New Yorkers explore the intersection between their personal evolutions and beauty.
By Alyssa Brascia
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I'm a Beauty Editor Who Craves Blurred, Icy Glam—19 Makeup Products I'm Using Nonstop This Winter
From wind-flushed cheeks to frosted fig lips.
By Alyssa Brascia
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Elegant and Expensive-Looking: 25 Almond-Shaped Nail Designs We're Wearing This Month
BRB, booking a nail appointment.
By Kaitlyn McLintock
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Didn't You Hear? These Groovy '70s Hairstyles Are Having a 2026 Revival
They'll simply never age.
By Shannon Lawlor
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So You're Thinking of Getting Bangs—Experts Sound Off on Every Type to Know and Which Will Suit You Best
Your complete guide to fashionable fringe.
By Alyssa Brascia
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I'd Bet My Next Paycheck That This Silky, Hailey Bieber–Approved Foundation Will Sell Out in Seconds
Definitely worth the hype.
By Alyssa Brascia
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Don't Blame the Messenger: It Girls Are Swapping 6 Dated Nail Colors for These 2026 Alts
Buh-bye, butter yellow.
By Alyssa Brascia
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Your Face-Oil Soulmate Exists—12 Options for All Skin Types, Backed by Derms and Editors
Yes, even acne prone.
By Shawna Hudson
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WWW Editors Are Hungry for Some Swoon-Worthy Beauty—7 Trends We Hope to Spot at NYFW
Imperfection is the through line.
By Alyssa Brascia
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I'm Particularly Skilled at ID'ing Cool Nail Art—12 Pink French Tips That Refuse to Leave My Brain
From fuchsia to frosé.
By Alyssa Brascia
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From NYC to London, Beauty Editors Everywhere Believe This Underrated Hair Tool Deserves Way More Hype
It's a two-in-one travel-friendly must-have.
By Alyssa Brascia
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I'm 99% Sure Lady Gaga Wore This Exact Red Lip to the Super Bowl—It's Already in My Cart for V-Day
An homage to her symbolic brooch.
By Alyssa Brascia
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Selena Gomez on Her First Makeup Memories, Cementing Her Red Carpet Style, and What's Next for Rare Beauty
In conversation with Who What Wear.
By Alyssa Brascia