A long-term favorite finally lands stateside. I discovered La Roche-Posay Effaclar A.Z. just last June. My skin was doing that familiar thing: slightly congested and a little dull. Add heat, humidity, stress, and constant sunscreen into the mix, and my…
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Luxury feel, pharmacy price. If La Roche-Posay released this sunscreen under a prestige brand name, gave it a minimalist logo, and priced it at 120 euro, I wouldn’t blink. This is the best daily SPF I’ve found since moving to…
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From Madrid with love (and retinal). Moving to Europe ruined American drugstores for me. Once you have wandered into a Spanish farmacia or a French pharmacie and seen what sits on the shelves, the options back home start to look…
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This reformulation is quiet, sneaky, and not nearly as soothing as the original. Word is, Caudalie isn’t thrilled about being called out on the Grape Water reformulation. Which, frankly, is even more frustrating than discovering the formula changed at all. Especially after…
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