Cleansers deserve more attention than they get. This is the step that can make or break your entire routine. A bad one strips your skin and sabotages everything you apply after it. A good one, used properly, changes everything for the better. I test each formula morning and night, after SPF and makeup, and in both steps of a double cleanse. I am not picky. I am relentlessly thorough.
This is where I review all of it: balms, oils, gels, milks, foams, and powders.
Dry skin? Start with the best face cleansers for dry skin.
Curious about powders? These are the powder cleansers worth your time.
Almost a year ago, tarte launched their knockout tingling treatment — and as much as I hate the term ‘dupe,’ it is as close as one can get to the cult favorite P50 1970 acid toner. Without the guilt that…
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First things first — Happy (very) Belated Birthday to Emma Hardie Skincare! Over the summer, the cult favorite British brand celebrated a decade of its iconic Moringa Cleansing Balm. If you have yet to experience this makeup melting potion, the…
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Think of a beauty industry buzzword that continues to echo a decade later. Mine is the phrase ‘pH balanced.’ Guilty of scrubbing my face clean with St. Ives Apricot Scrub throughout my twenties (spoiler: my face did not fall off)…
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Affordable and effective skincare merits its own category. Ever since The Ordinary boldly entered the beauty industry, consumers have become more aware and mindful of marketing budgets, influencer campaigns, and any number of hype factors that contribute to confusing price…
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Kjaer Weis is best known for its eco-luxe yet practical, refillable compacts. The line is not entirely makeup centric, however. It includes a gorgeous lip balm, a body oil, and The Beautiful Face Oil that promises (and delivers) a brighter,…
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I feel comfortable saying there isn’t a facial brush I haven’t tried. I purchased my first Clarisonic in 2008. Loved it, but I wasn’t consistent and got lazy getting brush head replacements. When I received the much touted by Vogue…
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The concept of washable cotton rounds is actually pretty new to me. So it wasn’t at all surprising that many of you slid into my DMs with ‘I didn’t know these existed’ after I posted about them on my Instagram…
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Real talk: I am still overindulging in some delicious local chocolates post Valentine’s Day. And I have found an equally decadent skincare treatment to fuel my guilty pleasure: Colleen Rothschild Cocoa Bean Cleansing Balm, a full on dessert situation that…
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