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.
Chasing firmness? Start with my edit of the best peptide moisturizers.
Skin that drinks everything? Here are the face oils I actually layer.
Late last week, I tried a new overnight mask that turned out to be slightly more potent than anticipated. Had I layered some Marula Oil over it, I would have avoided waking up with a peeling face. However, I also…
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An item on one’s wish list more than a shopping list for some, a bottle of 111SKIN Celestial Black Diamond Emulsion has me do a double take every time I reach for it. Yes, I use an $800 face lotion.…
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Resembling the Planet of Little Brown Bottles, our bathroom was a Perricone MD oasis a decade or so ago. The Advanced Face Firming Activator goes down as the best discovery of my twenties. And then the formula changed… I have…
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Practically a neighbor of mine, the Connecticut based Kat Burki line is one of my all time favorite discoveries this year. A slave to her Vitamin C Intensive Face Cream, I have developed an addiction to the signature aroma each…
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Impossible to avoid, the latest Sunday Riley Martian Mattifying Melting Water-Gel Toner and U.F.O. Ultra-Clarifying Face Oil are everyone’s summer favorites. Case in point. If your skin is oily, prone to breakouts, easily congested or shines bright like a diamond–not…
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Projecting downtown cool with his Fifth Avenue practice, Dr. David Colbert is always remarkably low key when it comes to his launches. Days ago, Retensify Firming Cream joined the tightly edited Colbert MD range and the latest formula is the…
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Facial oils may currently be the trendiest step in our skincare routines, however, body formulas have been around way longer. Sadly, the category seems to be suffering some neglect. Not by me though. Hands down my preferred choice for body…
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Making a splash this summer, the brand new REN Flash Hydro-Boost Instant Plumping Emulsion just landed exclusively on the brand’s website and you better pray they ship to your country. Truly innovative, this genius solution transforms a ruddy, dehydrated and…
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