I had been circling Mimétique for at least a year. It kept surfacing online, I kept meaning to look closer, and then I kept forgetting. So many products, so little face. What finally broke the loop was a friend. She…
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Rose skincare gets dismissed as pretty packaging and a nice smell, which sells it short. The flower has been in serious formulas for centuries for a reason. Rosa damascena is soothing and anti-inflammatory. Rosehip seed oil is dense with fatty…
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Few products are as iconic as the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm. It set the benchmark for how a cleansing balm could feel, and it has stayed at the top of a crowded category for years. So when the brand teased…
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When Bonjout announced La Cream, I was nervous. Call it concerned in advance. As a committed Le Balm loyalist I was not convinced a new moisturizer texture was something I needed from the brand. It turns out I was wrong.…
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There are maybe five skincare brands whose launches I follow closely enough to drop everything. Medik8 is one of them. PDRN has been building for a while and I watched it from a distance, waiting for someone I trust to…
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Iceland has been on my wish list for as long as I can remember. The Blue Lagoon specifically. I haven’t made it there yet but the brand has made it to my bathroom shelf more than once. Before the masks…
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I dragged my feet on the Victoria Beckham x Augustinus Bader Concealer Pen. The reason? The Foundation Drops, loved by almost everyone, were a slight miss for me. As someone who doesn’t really wear makeup yet finds concealers both necessary…
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U Beauty’s retail journey matters here. When the brand launched in 2019, it debuted at Net-a-Porter, a platform that, at the time, approached beauty with the same level of editing and discretion it applied to fashion. That positioning felt intentional.…
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