For most of my adult life I filed my skin under oily to combination and left it there. Then an aesthetician looked at my face during a facial and said, plainly, that my skin was dry. Not dehydrated. Dry. I…
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Peptides have become one of skincare’s most overused words. Not because they don’t work, but because the term has been stretched to mean everything and nothing at once. In creams especially, “peptide-powered” can signal anything from a thoughtfully built formula…
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What a year. If you’d told me in December 2024 that 2025 would unfold like this, I probably would have skipped the whole eating-12-grapes-under-the-table-at-midnight ritual in Connecticut for good luck. Clearly, the grapes were feeling bold. What was meant to…
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Good news: you only need one. If I were to name one ingredient that became ubiquitous to the point of annoying, it’s hyaluronic acid. Used, abused, and often misunderstood, it’s genuinely one of the best things you can put on…
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Smoothing and soothing are technically skincare opposites. And opposites attract. Here’s how I combine the two for best results. When it comes to my own skincare efforts, smoothing almost always comes before soothing. My skin isn’t naturally sensitive, so I…
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First of all, no hand cream should start at $40. Secondly, the best hand cream isn’t always the one that looks great on your nightstand. Sometimes it’s the €7 pharmacy find that saves your cracked knuckles from IKEA trauma. Other…
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And proper cleansing is fundamental. From gels and jellies to balms and creams, Summer 2020 is having a very strong face cleanser moment. A number of new formulas have joined the beauty landscape and offer impressive textures, results, and noteworthy…
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In my twenties, a bottle of Gatorade handled the morning after. I upgraded to coconut water in my thirties. By the time I hit forty the solution needed to be considerably more sophisticated. The Drunk Elephant F-Balm Electrolyte Waterfacial is…
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