2025 Skincare Favorites: The Best Products That Actually Worked

2025 Skincare Favorites: The Best Products That Actually …

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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The Best Hyaluronic Acid Serums Money Can Buy. Tested Without an Agenda.

The Best Hyaluronic Acid Serums Money Can …

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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My 30 Summer Empties (Including Some of the Best Skincare of 2025)

My 30 Summer Empties (Including Some of the …

30 products, rated and reviewed. Some were worth the hype. Some were just… gone. Warning: this post is long. Like, “used up 30 products since May” long. When we moved to Madrid in mid-May, I didn’t expect to go through…

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The Ultimate Bath Skincare Routine: 7 Steps That Actually Work

The Ultimate Bath Skincare Routine: 7 Steps That …

No wine glass. No rose petals. Just seven smart ways to turn your tub into a skincare strategy. You’re either a bath person or you’re not. There really is no in-between. Oddly enough, as a fire sign (but a Leo,…

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The $245 Face Mask I Can’t Quit

The $245 Face Mask I Can’t Quit

I first discovered Valmont via a handful of generous samples included in my bag by a lovely sales associate after a spontaneous purchase at Osswald in Downtown Manhattan. The Swiss brand is not widely available in the States and stays…

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