When Émile Hermès took the reins of the family’s saddle-making firm in the interwar years, a spirit of leisure class joie de vivre hung in the air. He ushered in handbags and swimsuits; a circa-1930 advertisement shows a beach-going flapper shaded by a striped parasol. “Pour le sport, pour le […]
Tag: skincare
11 Best Body Serums to Brighten, Smooth, and Hydrate Skin All Over
Among the many innovations to arrive in the body-care realm—celebrity-backed shower essentials and sleep-enhancing tools among them—few are as indicative of this expanded scope of attention as body serums. This fast-growing category sets out to address skin issues on the back, arms, and legs, with the help of attuned formulations. […]
12 Best Setting Powders, According to Makeup Artists, Musicians, and Fashion Insiders
The very mention of setting powder carries a whiff of an earlier era, when jeweled compacts in tiny evening bags allowed for discrete touch-ups. But in a world where “glazed donut” is the internet’s shorthand for the ultimate skin, is powder still on the menu? The answer, of course, is […]
Gwyneth Paltrow Is Here to Fine-Tune Your Bedtime Routine
Gwyneth Paltrow, figurehead of aspirational living, has a great many things under control. Her wellness empire, her abdominals, even the imprint of time itself, as suggested by her 50th birthday arriving September 27. (Paltrow is a Libra, which Susan Miller’s Astrology Zone sums up in two words: “Socialize, Beautify.”) But […]
Julianne Moore on the Fallacy of “Anti-Aging” and the Covid-Era Resonance of ‘Safe’
Julianne Moore, master interpreter of uncanny domestic life, is smiling at me from a facsimile of her home. “This is a rental, but still all the same stuff,” the actor says over Zoom, gesturing to the Thomas Struth photograph behind her, depicting a primeval, vine-strewn forest. It used to hang […]
16 Beauty Leaders on Reimagining Packaging for a Sustainability-Conscious Age
This may sound like a familiar scene: You’ve reached the final pump of a beloved serum or the last inky swipe from a mascara tube, and before you go to chuck the vessel, you take a look and wonder, “Can I recycle this?” For many beauty products, the answer is […]
Idris and Sabrina Elba on Launching a Beauty Line With ‘Coupledom‘ at Its Heart
Idris: It’s the basic essentials. For me, I work long days, long hours. I’m not unfamiliar with skin routines because in film and television every day I have makeup on. But for me, in my everyday life, it needs to be nice and simple, and it needs to be effective. […]
FKA twigs on Perfume as Spiritual Communion and the “Journey of Moving Forward”
FKA twigs, if not exactly clairvoyant, has a crystal-clear lens on the present. “I have fallen back in love with music, danger, trying new things, sex, love, raves,” she wrote in a recent Instagram post. No more careful cocooning. It’s time to live—holy rites by earthly means. “I’m definitely […]
Hailey Bieber’s New Beauty Brand, Rhode, Doubles Down on Glazed Donut Skin
What does it take to sell a skin-care brand at this moment of peak saturation? Is it a celebrity face or the aspirational girl-next-door type? Sleek packaging or tried-and-true ingredients? Campaign imagery with a dollop of sex appeal or a TikTok talking head? You could say that Hailey Bieber is […]
Laura Dern and Her ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Character See Eye to Eye on Beauty and the Planet
In the original Jurassic Park—adapted for the screen by Steven Spielberg, three years after Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel brought dinosaurs back to life—kind-hearted paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and smarmy mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) tick through a succinct historical timeline as they mull the wisdom of this […]
15 AAPI-Owned Beauty Brands to Shop Right Now
The business of beauty is inherently personal for the wearer, down to the pitch-perfect foundation shade. But the products that land in the medicine cabinet often reflect a broader story about shared values, experiences, and aesthetics, as well as which makers one chooses to support. While the past few years […]
“The Only Beauty Standard Is the One You Create”: Alicia Keys Gets into Makeup
Less than 24 hours after this week’s Met Gala, Alicia Keys is nestled into a sofa, looking unfailingly fresh-faced given the circumstances. She unscrews a tiny pot, revealing a clue. “I’m a bit of a bright girl,” she says of her shade preferences among Keys Soulcare’s new cheek tints. The […]