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Mind Over Matte: Oil Control For Every Step of Your Regimen
It’s an annual ritual. As soon as we’re on the other side of Easter, and as plans for Memorial Day weekend loom, I break out the big guns. No, not the ice cooler and sun umbrella and picnic basket. No, I have a different type of summertime arsenal at the ready: my oil-control skin care.…
Read MoreOur Guide to Gorgeous Skin for Summer
With the unofficial start of summer just around the corner, the official start of my summertime skincare routine is here. After all, what may work wonders in the wintertime may become superfluous when temperatures and humidity begin to soar. Of course, my regimen switch-up also has to take into consideration upcoming vacations and overseas travel…
Read MoreOvernight Sensation: Sleeping Masks For Your Skin Type
I’ve got to hand it to those one-sheet-mask-a-day girls you see all over Instagram. I mean, for me to set aside a good two hours for a masking session (which includes, of course, double cleansing, exfoliating, two rinse-off masks, and finishing with a nourishing sheet mask), it takes some serious planning and aforethought — and…
Read MoreProduct Review: J.One Hana Cream
There comes a time in one’s life when you feel like you need a little more oomph. Another cup of coffee to get you up in the morning. An additional 15 minutes, perhaps, on the treadmill. A little more girl time to help you detox from a stressful workweek. Our skin is no different. Inevitably,…
Read MoreBeautify Your Skin Care For Earth Day
While I really should be greener year-round, I appreciate having one day of the year officially dedicated to reminding me to be gentler to the Earth — and my skin. After all, there are those environmental pollutants and chemicals that I may not be able to control (smog, car exhaust, radiation), and then there are…
Read MoreGet Festival Beauty Ready
It’s that time of year — when spring break collides with festival season, all the way from South by Southwest in March to Coachella in April to Bonnaroo in the summer. And while festivalgoers have their uniform pretty much down — cut-offs, fringe, boots and all manner of gypsy-bohemian accouterments, not to mention no shortage…
Read MoreProduct Review: Yuripibu Cucu Black Truffle Cream
When a skincare brand’s name translates into “Glass Skin,” you’re setting the bar pretty high. Glass as in transparent, clear, reflective? All adjectives I want used for my skin. And then when that loftily-named skincare brand releases a cream called Cucu Black Truffle Cream, you better believe I’m thinking I’ve got to pay a pretty…
Read MoreThe Baddies: Beauty Ingredients to Avoid
As I become more literate in the language of skincare, my evaluation of products has gone from “Oh, this feels nice,” “This package is pretty” and “Yes, this seems to work” to an obsessive evaluation of practically every ingredient and review out there. It’s no longer good enough to be a primer; now you have…
Read MoreGet Strobing With Your Skincare
There have been some seriously wacky beauty trends in the past couple decades. Orange faux tans? A bad look. Overplucked eyebrows? Many still rue the day. And don’t get me started on lining the lips with black liner. More recently, there’s been contouring — that Kim Kardashian mainstay of shading and highlighting to create more…
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