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Hair Porosity Explained: What to Use for Low, Medium and High Porosity

Hair Porosity Explained: What to Use for Low, Medium and High Porosity

Hair porosity is how well your strands take in and hold on to moisture, and it can change after color, heat and time. Here is how I would read yours without the float test, then the leave-ins, bond builders, oils and tools that match each type. Start with how your hair behaves, then pick the product.

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Valentino Yellow Dream and the Bright, Sunny Perfumes to Wear With It

Valentino Yellow Dream and the Bright, Sunny Perfumes to Wear With It

Is Valentino Yellow Dream a summer perfume? Yes: fresh rose and lemon for her, spiced for him, plus Born in Roma siblings and citrus scents.

Bondi Sands Instructions: Foams, Gradual Milks and a Mitt

Bondi Sands Instructions: Foams, Gradual Milks and a Mitt

Bondi Sands instructions: exfoliate, patch test, apply with a mitt in the evening, wear SPF next day. Foams, gradual milks and face drops compared.

BK Beauty Brushes: The Shapes Worth Knowing, Plus Eye Brushes And Cleaners

BK Beauty Brushes: The Shapes Worth Knowing, Plus Eye Brushes And Cleaners

BK Beauty brushes: the shapes worth starting with from a former MAC trainer, plus face and eye brushes from other makers and brush cleaners.

Hydrating Conditioner for Dry Hair: Rinse-Outs, Masks, Leave-Ins

Hydrating Conditioner for Dry Hair: Rinse-Outs, Masks, Leave-Ins

A hydrating conditioner for dry hair does three jobs at once: it adds slip, softens and calms the cuticle. I sort rinse-out conditioners, deep masks and leave-ins, then add matching hydrating shampoos and a short routine that sticks.

What Is a Beauty Blender: Sponges, Puffs and Foundations to Pair

What Is a Beauty Blender: Sponges, Puffs and Foundations to Pair

A beauty blender is a hand-cut makeup sponge that started on a TV set in 2002 and still sets the standard for a bouncy, streak-free base. I go through the original sponges, other sponges and powder puffs, and foundations that blend well with a damp sponge.

Born This Way Concealer, Plus Full Coverage Alternatives and Brushes

Born This Way Concealer, Plus Full Coverage Alternatives and Brushes

Too Faced's Born This Way concealer started as a shade-range story and turned into a full face line. This edit covers the Born This Way family, the full coverage concealers I would compare it with, the correctors that go underneath and the brushes that make it blend. Start with the Super Coverage Multi-Use Concealer.

Lancôme Foundation: Teint Idole Ultra Wear Shades, Formulas And What To Pair

Lancôme Foundation: Teint Idole Ultra Wear Shades, Formulas And What To Pair

Lancôme foundation: Teint Idole Ultra Wear in 40 shades, how to choose between matte, serum and stick, plus concealers and powders.

Crème Jars Worth Keeping: Classic Face Creams, Body Butters And Hand Creams

Crème Jars Worth Keeping: Classic Face Creams, Body Butters And Hand Creams

A crème is a promise that one jar will do one job well, and the best ones have kept that promise for decades. Here are the classic tins, the rich face creams, the body butters and the hand creams I would choose for dry skin.

Biolage Shampoo, Masks And Leave-Ins: A Salon Line Worth Knowing

Biolage Shampoo, Masks And Leave-Ins: A Salon Line Worth Knowing

Biolage launched in 1990 as a salon brand built on the idea that a shampoo can feel like a spa visit. Here is how I would pick between Hydra Source, Strength Recovery, Color Last and the rest, plus the masks, leave-ins, other salon conditioners and scalp treatments that sit beside them.

Topicals Eye Patches and the Under-Eye Routine Around Them

Topicals Eye Patches and the Under-Eye Routine Around Them

Topicals eye patches are the pink Faded masks built around tranexamic acid, a molecule found in post-war Tokyo. Here is how to tell a pigment circle from a shadow, which patches and eye creams sit beside them, and the rollers that finish the job. Start with the patches and a quiet fifteen minutes.

L'Oréal Foundation: True Match, Infallible and Serum Alternatives

L'Oréal Foundation: True Match, Infallible and Serum Alternatives

L'Oréal foundation guide: True Match and Infallible lineup, serum foundation alternatives and the primers and concealers that finish a base.

KUGIG Wash and Gentle Intimate Care for Everyday

KUGIG Wash and Gentle Intimate Care for Everyday

KUGIG wash is a pH-balanced intimate cleanser with aloe vera and a prebiotic complex, made for daily use on sensitive skin. Here is how I would build a gentle routine around it, from body washes to soothing creams, using only what each brand says about its own formula.

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Multi-Peptide Lash and Brow Serum: The Ordinary Next to Rivals

Multi-Peptide Lash and Brow Serum: The Ordinary Next to Rivals

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Lash and Brow Serum names what is in the tube and keeps its promises small. I compare it with other lash and brow serums in the same small-tube category.

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Kate Somerville: The Facialist Who Took the Treatment Room Home

Kate Somerville: The Facialist Who Took the Treatment Room Home

Kate Somerville began as a facialist with a clinic on Melrose Place, and the skincare brand she founded still feels like a treatment room in a bottle. This edit covers the ExfoliKate and EradiKate classics, the moisturizers and serums, and the cleansers, eye care and sunscreen that round out the routine.

The Ordinary Caffeine Solution and the Art of Looking Less Tired

The Ordinary Caffeine Solution and the Art of Looking Less Tired

The ordinary caffeine solution is the small bottle people reach for when their eyes look tired, and it sits at the center of this edit. Here are The Ordinary's serums, caffeine eye creams and gels from other brands, and the under-eye patches for mornings that started too early.

Urban Decay Setting Spray: The Spritz That Outlasts the Party

Urban Decay Setting Spray: The Spritz That Outlasts the Party

The best setting spray for glowy party makeup is Urban Decay's All Nighter Hydrating and Glowy formula, which is waterproof with 24HR wear. I also go through the other All Nighter formulas, the base layer underneath and sprays from other brands.

Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere by philosophy: Vanilla Scents to Try Next

Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere by philosophy: Vanilla Scents to Try Next

Fresh cream warm cashmere is philosophy's juicy tangerine, cashmere wood and vanilla bean scent, and it comes as a full shelf from shower gel to body butter. Here is how I layer it, and the vanilla perfumes and body mists I wear when I want something a little different.

California Hair Products: California Naturals From Playa's Founder

California Hair Products: California Naturals From Playa's Founder

California hair products from California Naturals are clean shampoos, conditioners and treatments from Shelby Wild, the founder of Playa. I build a shower around the brand, then add body care, curl care and gentle washes from other brands.

Moisturizer With SPF for Sensitive Skin: Mineral and Daily Picks

Moisturizer With SPF for Sensitive Skin: Mineral and Daily Picks

For a moisturizer with SPF for sensitive skin, check mineral formulas first, like Fenty Beauty Hydra Vizor Mineral SPF 30 with zinc oxide. I also cover daily creams and light fluids that sit under makeup.

Sixteen Makeup Ideas, and Where the Word Makeup Came From

Sixteen Makeup Ideas, and Where the Word Makeup Came From

These makeup ideas run from a one-stick flush to a matte red lip and a glitter liner, and none of them needs a tutorial. Here are sixteen products to try them with, eight for every day and eight for a night out.

B Tan Self Tanners, Dreamed Up in Australia and Built for Speed

B Tan Self Tanners, Dreamed Up in Australia and Built for Speed

B tan is the Australian-born self tanner known for dark, fast mousses and clear gels with names like Tanned AF. Here are seven b.tan tanners, a mitt, and eight more self tanners I would compare them with.

Rabanne Perfume: Start With Fame or Million Gold

Rabanne Perfume: Start With Fame or Million Gold

Rabanne perfume had a big reset in 2023, when the house dropped Paco from its name and Fame became its new signature. Here are the Rabanne bottles I would start with, then the vanilla, gourmand, honey and amber perfumes I would wear beside them.

Guasha Tool Guide: Stones, Oils and Cooling Helpers

Guasha Tool Guide: Stones, Oils and Cooling Helpers

A guasha tool has roots in traditional Chinese medicine, and the facial versions are smooth stones you glide over oiled skin. Here are the stones I would look at, the face oils that give them slip, and the rollers and cold tools that sit beside them.

The Best Setting Powder for Every Skin Type and Finish

The Best Setting Powder for Every Skin Type and Finish

The best setting powder is the one that matches your skin and how long you need your makeup to last. Here are the loose powders, pressed compacts and the puffs and brushes I would pair with them.

Tanologist Drops: How to Use Them in a Self-Tan Routine

Tanologist Drops: How to Use Them in a Self-Tan Routine

Tanologist drops started as one woman's answer to self tanner that broke her out, and they still make a simple place to begin. Here are the drops, mousses, mists, mitts and prep I would line up for a tan that looks like a real one.

Easing Into The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% in Squalane

Easing Into The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% in Squalane

The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% in Squalane is the brand's own mild first step into retinol. Here is the ladder it sits on, plus the comfort pieces and gentle retinols from other labels that make a night easier.

Retinaldehyde Sits One Step Ahead of Retinol, and Nine Brands Have Noticed

Retinaldehyde Sits One Step Ahead of Retinol, and Nine Brands Have Noticed

Retinaldehyde, usually shortened to retinal, is the retinoid one conversion step from the active form skin actually uses. Here are nine brands that build serums, eye products, night creams and body treatments around it.