How to redeem a Mario Badescu promo code
- 1. Add your selected items to your shopping bag at Mario Badescu.
- 2. Open your bag and continue to checkout.
- 3. Find the field labeled Promo Code or Gift Card, then enter your code and apply it.
By Phia
Mario Badescu is a New York skin care brand founded in 1967 by chemist Mario Badescu, who began by giving European style facials and hand mixing formulas in Manhattan. Its products include blemish treatments and botanical skin care, including the original Drying Lotion, and reflect a simple, gentle, and effective approach.
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Mario Badescu facial sprays come with aloe and rosewater, cucumber and green tea, or chamomile and lavender. I walk through the sprays, the Drying Lotion and the 1967 Manhattan studio that started the brand.

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Shampoo has been sold as a treatment for years when it is fundamentally a cleanser. The best shampoo removes oil and product without stripping the scalp, then gets out of the way. These are the ones that respect that job description.

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Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink is the liquid lipstick that made a hundred-year-old Chicago brand a lip-color name again. This edit follows the four shades, the other SuperStay formulas and the liners, gloss and balm that go around them.

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Great skin isn't complicated. Master these four steps and the rest is just glow.

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Pore strips work in one narrow way: they lift the top of what sits in a pore, and they have been a bathroom habit since 1997. I cover the Bioré originals, other brands' shapes and what to do once the strip is off.

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Lips have no oil glands, which is why they are the first thing to go in cold weather. The best lip balm for dry lips seals rather than soothes, with butters, oils, waxes or petrolatum forming a barrier lips cannot make on their own.

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A complete affordable nighttime skincare routine: cleansing balms, retinol, peptide serums, eye care, night creams and sleeping masks from CeraVe, The Ordinary, Naturium, LANEIGE, COSRX and more.

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A hypochlorous acid spray borrows chemistry hospitals have used for years to clean wounds, because the compound kills bacteria without the sting of alcohol or stronger antiseptics. Skincare brands picked it up once people wanted something gentler than a toner but more active than plain water. This edit sorts the daily mists from the spot-treatment sprays and lays out the one real limit of the category, which is that the acid degrades with light and time.

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An eye mask for skincare is a soaked patch that sits under the eyes for a few minutes to hydrate, cool or plump. Here are the retinol, peptide, gold and cryo versions I would reach for, and what each does best.

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An affordable skin barrier reset: gentle cleansers, hydrating essences, ceramide serums, barrier repair moisturizers, soothing masks and gentle SPF from CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Dr. Jart+, BYOMA, The Ordinary and more.

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Oily skin gets sold aggression when it needs regulation. The best face wash for oily skin removes the day without triggering the rebound that makes tomorrow worse. All of these walk that line.

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No category in skincare promises more and proves less than the eye. Picking the best eye cream means choosing between de-puffing in the morning and repair overnight, because almost nothing does both well. These are split along that line.