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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Making us look amazing and feel even better about ourselves, ELEMIS is offering its Pro-Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm in limited Pink Edition tube this October. With a commitment to donate £10,000 in support of Breast Cancer Care, research, early detection…
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The Shiffa Rose Bliss Balm is without a doubt the most extravagant product I own and one of the very few things in my beauty stash that I actually ration. Since my summer glow is now a distant memory and…
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Most anticipated and long overdue, Darphin has just launched a masterpiece pairing to their bestselling 8-Flower Nectar, called by many the ‘precious youth elixir’. The brand new Oil Cream counterpart performs its magic overnight, so you wake up to a soft, balanced and…
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The Renewal Oil launched over a decade ago, and I was there for it. I’ve since tried more face oils than I can count, but this one has stayed a genuinely great memory. Taking the now-ubiquitous concept of a facial…
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Combining cosmeceuticals and luxury to perfection, the Colbert MD skincare collection is the secret behind some of the world’s most sought after glows. Developed by the Manhattan dermatologist, David Colbert, the product line is to partially mimic the effects of…
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Almost overnight, the popularity of face oils has taken the IT ingredient straight from the wobbly shelves of health food stores to the marble floors of high end department stores. Introduced earlier this month, the Oils of Life range from…
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Known for some of the best investigative reporting, the New York Times published one of the most riveting exposes with a human interest story angle last week–also known as Kylie Jenner’s Beauty Regimen: How She Keeps It Real. Not. Even.…
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The first time I saw the CHANEL CC CREAM was pre its US release on Eva Chen’s Instagram before she ran Lucky magazine. Luckily, I talked myself out of it because since the debut, #TeamCoco took their universal shade and went back…
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