Every brand swears its moisturizer is the one. Most are water, glycerin, and a very expensive story. I test each formula in real-life scenarios: morning and night, under SPF, on top of actives, through a scorching Madrid summer and a radiator-blasted winter. Then I read the ingredient list to figure out why it worked. Or why it didn’t.
This is where I review all of it: luxury creams, pharmacy staples, K-beauty gel creams, balms, and face oils.
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Ranavat, and How Far Back We Go I don’t often get to say my history with a brand goes back to the beginning. With Ranavat, it does. I remember the original packaging, back when there were powder masks and teas.…
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How I missed writing a review of the Jones Road Just Enough tinted moisturizer is beyond me. Then again, last year was a blur. We’re halfway through this one and I am perpetually catching up. But since I plan on…
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Of all the SkinCeuticals products I’ve used, P-TIOX Serum is hands down my favorite launch to date. I said as much in my older post right here, and nothing has changed my mind since. Full transparency: a couple of bottles…
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I had been circling Mimétique for at least a year. It kept surfacing online, I kept meaning to look closer, and then I kept forgetting. So many products, so little face. What finally broke the loop was a friend. She…
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When Bonjout announced La Cream, I was nervous. Call it concerned in advance. As a committed Le Balm loyalist I was not convinced a new moisturizer texture was something I needed from the brand. It turns out I was wrong.…
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The Fresh Sugar Melt Lip Cream arrived at a good moment. I have been a Sugar Lip Treatment person for years, watched the formula get tweaked at some point, felt something shift, and stopped reaching for it the way I…
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All good things start with that one classic. When I first discovered Kiehl’s around 1999 or 2000, the Ultra Facial range was simple. There was a moisturizer in a bottle. That was it. The original formula had already been around…
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Nivea Creme Natural Touch is the first line extension of the iconic blue tin in over 100 years, and that’s not a small thing. This is Vicks VapoRub territory. Ivory Soap territory. A utilitarian, unpretentious staple so embedded in daily…
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