I’ve been using the Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask since 2015, when it retailed for $162 and Barneys was still one of its primary retailers. Eleven years, one price increase, and one significant retail shift later, it remains a permanent…
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You may have noticed that Remedy released a Face & Neck Firming Advanced Serum Stick lately. Or what I now refer to as the Remedy Retinal Stick. Because while I’m all for marketing buzzwords, after a week of first impressions,…
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Living in Spain has main character energy about 95% of the time. But online shopping here is still stuck somewhere around 2003, and some days a girl just misses fast, free shipping. So this year I’m doing something different: narrowing…
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I loathe the concept of a dupe. To me, it implies cutting corners, a lack of creativity, being sneaky and uninspiring. All of that should not be rewarded. In a beauty industry that relies heavily on outselling the competition by…
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Is anyone else a sucker for a well-curated edit? Too many skincare kits try to cover every base, and most feel like an unloading of excess stock, if I’m honest. That’s what made the Lookfantastic Pro-Ageing Edit stand out. It’s…
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Mandelic acid is the most underrated acid in skincare, full stop. Quiet part out loud: glycolic acid’s reign as the default chemical exfoliant is mostly habit, not superiority. Actually, could it be notoriety? For as long as I can remember,…
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It was the summer of 2020, the world was locked down, and product recommendations were flooding in from every direction. One came from a celebrity makeup artist, who told me I needed to try these bags called WELLinsulated. I had…
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I can’t remember the last time I posted a haul. It’s been years. But my recent K-beauty orders call for one. The re-emergence of Korean skincare across many markets has been impossible to miss over the last couple of years.…
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