[ad_1] Hot, sticky weather means it’s time for skin care’s double feature: sunscreen in the matinee slot, cleanser after dark. Both product categories have a way of leaning into nostalgia while improving upon the script, as with Vacation’s reboot of SPF baby oil and facialist Sofie Pavitt’s new Clean Clean, […]
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Furcy Botanik Taps Haitian Tradition for a Grounded Approach to Skin Care
[ad_1] “Everybody in Haiti believes in ancient wisdom, ancestral medicine,” says Harvey Gedeon, a silver-haired beauty industry veteran who spent his childhood there. Whenever he was sick growing up, his family would summon his godmother’s mother—a traditional healer known as a doktè feuille. (The phrase translates to “leaf doctor,” owing […]
Is the Future of Beauty Waterless? How Climate Concern Sparked a New Wave of Solid Formulas
[ad_1] One of the most defining, if contrived, gestures in the skinfluencer era is a glass dropper applied to the cheekbone, dispensing a thin rivulet of a prized serum. A multi-step routine has long involved a cocktail of such potions and creams, layered in an aqueous strata. Lately, though, we’re […]
Fall’s New Serums Give the Botanical World a High-Tech Spin
[ad_1] The fresh ginseng sitting on a laboratory table at the Amorepacific research center in Osan, an hour outside Seoul, has the curious shape of a frilly, tentacled carrot—as if closer kin to a deep-sea creature than a root vegetable. In this tidy corner of the campus, staffed by Sulwhasoo […]
15 Peptide Skin Care Products Designed to Target Wrinkles, Dark Spots, and Beyond
[ad_1] These days, skin care savvy is at an all-time high, with some active ingredients—and what they do—becoming so well known that they’ve become part of the collective consciousness. (One such example: hyaluronic acid and its oft-cited ability to hold up to 1,000 times its weight in water.) Peptides, however, […]
Ducati and Men’s Grooming Brand Atwater Collaborate on a Mission-Driven Soap
[ad_1] Chris Salgardo, as you might expect from a men’s grooming guru, wears his ink on his sleeves. “I have an anchor over here,” he says, lifting his right bicep, Popeye-style, into the Zoom window. That was his first tattoo, dating back some 15 years—not long after Salgardo signed on […]
Lily James on Cinecittà Glamour and the Secret to Incandescent Glow
[ad_1] Lily James knows her way around physical transformation, writ large or small. “I just cut all my hair off, although I want to go shorter and shorter,” the actor says, showing off a clavicle-grazing bob during a recent video interview from London. If there was once a sense of […]
18 Best Lip Balms for Keeping Lips Smooth and Ultra-Nourished
[ad_1] The best lip balms have an essential purpose: to protect and soothe delicate skin that is otherwise left exposed to the elements. For some, a trusted balm serves as an entry point to the larger world of beauty, paving a smoother way for lipstick. Other versions reliably tap into […]
15 Skin Care Products to Strengthen the Skin Barrier: Serums, Moisturizers, and Restorative Creams
[ad_1] Few other subjects have dominated the beauty airwaves quite like the skin barrier. Overlooked for decades in our collective quest for clear, radiant skin—which brought about the enthusiastic peeling, scrubbing, and cleansing habits that inadvertently cause damage—an intact barrier has now earned its due as the true source of […]
A Guide to Ancient Beauty Rituals for the Modern Wellness Consumer
[ad_1] As the digital sphere extends its reach into daily life, testing our ability to remain attuned to the present moment, there’s a comfort in connecting with the rituals of the past. “We cannot operate like robots, 24/7, nonstop,” says Angela Chau, an ethnobotanist and licensed acupuncturist who cofounded the […]
A Color-Themed Gift Guide to Satisfy the Senses—and Maybe the Self
[ad_1] The internet loves a list—and with it, year-end bests and gift guides and all the merry rest. You understand. Lately I found myself rooting around for another means of categorization, one that dials down the fervor but still retains the punch. Color came to the fore, by way of […]
19 Best Eye Creams to Target Fine Lines, Dark Circles, and Puffiness
[ad_1] From squinting in full sun to gazing at backlit screens, the eyes have their work cut out for them—ditto the delicate skin surrounding them. Exposure to UV light, dehydration induced by travel and climate, and the usual wear of a life well lived often occasion less than hospitable effects, […]