• My Fall Selfcare Wishlist: The New Launches I Want Now

    Madrid just dipped to a crisp 10°C. That’s 50°F for my American readers, though …

  • One Cancels Shadows, One Brightens. Here’s How I Wear the Jones …

    When the Brightening Concealer and Brightening Neutralizer joined the Jones Road lineup, my first thought …

  • Skin, Only Better. My Westman Atelier Foundation Verdict.

    For someone who doesn’t wear makeup, I sure own a lot of it. After …

  • Azelaic Acid Finally Feels Like Water. Here’s Why It Matters.

    Over the past year, azelaic acid has become one of the buzziest ingredients in skincare. …

  • Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar Review: What’s Inside

    Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar Review: What’s …

    Because the Harrods 2026 Beauty Advent Calendar sets the bar for luxury. Few retailers rival the Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar. When it comes to curating a luxury holiday lineup, Harrods may even have Liberty of London beat. In past years,…

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    Jones Road What The Foundation (WTF) Review

    Jones Road What The Foundation (WTF) Review

    Jones Road entered the beauty landscape in 2020, and I tried What The Foundation the moment it launched in 2022. It took me almost a full year to actually master the application and embrace it. Not because it’s a difficult…

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    Epic Empties Vol. 1: Skincare, Hair & Body I’d Repurchase

    Epic Empties Vol. 1: Skincare, Hair & Body …

    Over the last few months, I’ve been finishing off some fantastic products, and they’re too good not to share. So I’m kicking off an “Epic Empties” series: a couple of roundups a year. Revolutionary, I know. This mid-year check-in only…

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    Ranavat Saffron Serum Review: It’s a Face Oil, and Why I Love It

    Ranavat Saffron Serum Review: It’s a …

    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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    The Best PDRN Skincare: 12 Picks, From Salmon DNA to Vegan

    The Best PDRN Skincare: 12 Picks, From Salmon …

    PDRN is the skincare ingredient the internet decided to call salmon sperm. Accurate enough to be funny, wrong enough to need correcting. Flip the bottle over, though, and the star ingredient is not even called PDRN. It reads as Sodium…

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    Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask: Worth It After 11 Years?

    Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask: Worth It …

    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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    Remedy Retinal Stick Review: Serious Retinal, Built for the Neck.

    Remedy Retinal Stick Review: Serious Retinal, Built …

    Remedy makes a Face & Neck Firming Advanced Serum Stick, or what I call the Remedy Retinal Stick. You may know it as the Remedy neck stick. Because while I’m all for marketing buzzwords, after trying it, this has become…

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    My Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2026 Beauty Edit

    My Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2026 Beauty Edit

    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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