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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Considering I have no lips (seriously, my lips are so thin, they’re almost invisible), I gravitate way often to lip treatments in my never-ending quest for product highlights. Not blessed with the juicy, pillowy and youthful looking pout, I nourish…
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Boscia launched their Cactus Water Moisturizer recently and I want to be oblivious about it. Why, you may ask? Simple. Because every boscia product I have loved the last few years has been low key discontinued before I could hoard…
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No stranger to some of the most luxurious face oils ever bottled, I am still processing how the Youth To The People Superberry Hydrate and Glow Oil is casually $44 at Sephora. A fan of the superfood fueled line up,…
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I do love slathering on facial oils before bedtime year round, but the moment the warmer weather hits, my combination skin becomes very demanding as to which lighter, water-based formulas I apply during the day. Over the last decade, I’ve…
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Three days into using the new AMOREPACIFIC Botanical Radiance Oil, I’m thinking I’m gonna need a back-up of this thing. STAT. As a complete fanatic of the brand’s Creme Fluid moisturizer (think Best of 2017 for yours truly), I wasn’t…
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Dr. Dennis Gross, the man who took the fear (and redness, and burning, and downtime) out of at-home peels, low-key launched of a new masterpiece recently, the Alpha Beta Exfoliating Moisturizer. If you’re familiar with the cult classic peel pads,…
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Since I can’t be any more ready for this Winter to end, the new Aqua Infusion Oil-Free Gel Cream from TULA is about to become my skin’s official gateway to warmer weather. Delivering intense hydration while remaining weightless, this latest…
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Soothing, healing, uber moisturizing – there is always room for a new balm formula in my stash. Or in the car. And in the travel case. Night table. Bag. You never know when you’ll need a multi-purpose emergency fixer. Over…
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