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Salicylic Acid Shampoo, From 1838 Willow Bark to Your Scalp

Salicylic Acid Shampoo, From 1838 Willow Bark to Your Scalp

Salicylic acid shampoo uses the same exfoliating acid as acne skincare to loosen flakes and buildup on the scalp. Here are eight salicylic acid shampoos, from medicated to clarifying, plus eight scalp scrubs, serums and pre-wash treatments.

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Peachy Blush: Cream, Powder and Liquid Peach Formulas

Peachy Blush: Cream, Powder and Liquid Peach Formulas

Peachy blush is the softest way to add warmth, and it comes in a cream, a powder or a liquid. I pick my favorite peach blush in each formula and share how to wear it.

Best Cream and Powder Blush Duos: Trios and Face Palettes

Best Cream and Powder Blush Duos: Trios and Face Palettes

Cream and powder blush duos put both formulas in one compact, like the Sephora Collection Blush Blush Blush palette. I also pick trios and face palettes, from pink to plum, for every cheek.

Coco and Eve Self Tanners, Hair Masks And Body Oils For A Bali Glow

Coco and Eve Self Tanners, Hair Masks And Body Oils For A Bali Glow

Coco and Eve started with an Australian founder, a volcano hike in Bali and a hair masque. Here is how I would use its bronzing foam, tanning serum and hair masks, plus the self tanners, masks and body oils that sit beside them.

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk: The Lip Wardrobe And Its Best Companions

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk: The Lip Wardrobe And Its Best Companions

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk started as a nude-pink lip liner and grew into a whole family of lips, blushes and lashes. Here is how the original pair works, and the satin lipsticks, liners and soft blushes I would wear beside it. Start with the pencil and build out from there.

Perfume Samples: Discovery Sets, Rollerballs And Travel Sprays To Try First

Perfume Samples: Discovery Sets, Rollerballs And Travel Sprays To Try First

Perfume samples are how the best noses choose, and how you can choose before you commit to a full bottle. Here are the discovery sets, rollerballs, travel sprays and perfume oils I would use to try a scent properly, and how to test them.

Loving Tan Self-Tanning Mousses, Mitts And Body Lotions To Pair With Them

Loving Tan Self-Tanning Mousses, Mitts And Body Lotions To Pair With Them

Loving Tan began in Brisbane in 2010 with a lawyer who missed her weekly spray tan and could not find a self-tan that looked the same. Here is the range from mousse to mitt, other mousses worth trying, and the prep and body lotion that keep a tan looking even.

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant: How to Use It

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant: How to Use It

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant is a rice-based powder that turns to a light foam when you add water, launched in 2001. Here is who it suits, what to pair with it, and the enzyme powders and gentle acid toners I would consider next to it, ending on the toner I would try for sensitive skin.

BioSilk Silk Therapy: Review and What Else to Try

BioSilk Silk Therapy: Review and What Else to Try

BioSilk Silk Therapy has been a bathroom-shelf shine serum since 1986, built around hydrolyzed silk and a lot of silicone. Here is the full Silk Therapy line, the serums and oils that do a similar job, silk bonnets and pillowcases for sleep, and the heat protectants I would use before styling.

Scalp Serums for Hair Density: The Best Hair Growth Serums

Scalp Serums for Hair Density: The Best Hair Growth Serums

Scalp serums for hair density are cosmetic treatments that promise thicker, fuller-looking hair and less shedding, not a drug that regrows it. I start with the 1988 minoxidil story, then sort sixteen serums for thinning hair and fuller-looking hair.

How the Huda Lip Stain Grew Out of a Lash Line and a Loan

How the Huda Lip Stain Grew Out of a Lash Line and a Loan

The huda lip stain is a stain and liner hybrid from a brand that began with false lashes and a loan from a sister. This edit puts the Lip Contour shades next to Huda Beauty's pencils, mousse and jelly oil, then four very different stains from other labels.

KIKO Milano 3D Hydra Lipgloss: Shades and Lip Oils I Would Pick

KIKO Milano 3D Hydra Lipgloss: Shades and Lip Oils I Would Pick

KIKO Milano 3D Hydra Lipgloss is a moisturizing gloss enriched with passion fruit oil, here in shades like 45 Enchanting Rosewood. I also pick the 3D Hydra Lip Oils and a few glosses from other brands to compare.

Maybelline Transparent Mascara: A Clear Great Lash Guide

Maybelline Transparent Mascara: A Clear Great Lash Guide

A clear mascara shapes lashes and brows without any color, and a serum underneath does the slow work. Here are sixteen, from classic clear tubes and glossy lash gels to serums and primers.

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Eye Liner, From Lead-Laced Egyptian Kohl to the Felt Tip

Eye Liner, From Lead-Laced Egyptian Kohl to the Felt Tip

The right eye liner depends on the line you want, from a smudgy kohl to a sharp wing. Here are sixteen, from creamy pencils and kajals to felt tips, liquids and a gel pot.

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Lash Tint at Home, and Why the Real Thing Stays at the Salon

Lash Tint at Home, and Why the Real Thing Stays at the Salon

Eyelash tint at home is not the real thing: in the US, a lash tint that darkens lashes for weeks is a salon service. I go through brown and soft-black mascaras that read like a tint, plus a curler.

Powder Puff Picks, and the Coty Box Covered in Them

Powder Puff Picks, and the Coty Box Covered in Them

A powder puff presses powder into skin instead of dusting it on top, which is why it lasts longer and looks smoother. Here are sixteen, from velour puffs and sponges to the loose powders worth pressing in.

Hot Girl Summer Makeup, From a Megan Thee Stallion Line to a Heat-Proof Kit

Hot Girl Summer Makeup, From a Megan Thee Stallion Line to a Heat-Proof Kit

Hot girl summer started as a Megan Thee Stallion line and became a mood about confidence and fun. Here are sixteen picks for it, from stick bronzer and lip oils to SPF body oils and a summer scent.

Hair Toner at Home, and the Color Wheel Trick Behind Purple Shampoo

Hair Toner at Home, and the Color Wheel Trick Behind Purple Shampoo

A hair toner cancels brass with the opposite color, purple for yellow and blue for orange. Here are sixteen, from toning drops and glosses to purple and blue shampoos for wash day.

Root Touch Up for Covering Grays: Powders, Sprays and Kits

Root Touch Up for Covering Grays: Powders, Sprays and Kits

A root touch up either hides regrowth until your next shampoo or colors it for weeks, which decides how you go about covering grays. I picked sixteen, from gray-covering powders and waterproof sprays to at-home root color kits.

The Best Skincare Products, Built on a 1967 Vogue Routine

The Best Skincare Products, Built on a 1967 Vogue Routine

The best skincare products fit into a simple routine: cleanse, treat, moisturize and protect. Here are sixteen, from gentle cleansers and a niacinamide serum to moisturizers for every skin type and a daily SPF.

Mario Badescu: A Two-Room Manhattan Facial Studio and the Pink Bottle It Left Us

Mario Badescu: A Two-Room Manhattan Facial Studio and the Pink Bottle It Left Us

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.

First Step Cleanser: Cleansing Oil First, Foam Second

First Step Cleanser: Cleansing Oil First, Foam Second

A good first step cleanser is a cleansing oil, which melts sunscreen and makeup in about a minute before a gentle foam finishes the job. I sort the oils I would start with, the foaming washes for step two and the cotton, cloths and wipes.

St. Tropez Self Tanner: The 1995 Car Boot Start and the Mousse

St. Tropez Self Tanner: The 1995 Car Boot Start and the Mousse

St. Tropez self tanner has been around since the mid 1990s, and the mousse is still the reason most of us know the name. Here are the St. Tropez mousses, mists and serums, the face drops from other brands, and the mitts and exfoliators that make a tan last.

Frenshe: Ashley Tisdale's Brand and Cashmere Vanilla

Frenshe: Ashley Tisdale's Brand and Cashmere Vanilla

Being Frenshe came out of Ashley Tisdale's wellness platform and reached shelves in July 2022. This edit walks through the Frenshe body washes, lotions and oil in vanilla and lavender, the hair and body mists, and vanilla body care from other brands.

Kylie Skin Tint, From a Sold-Out Lip Kit to a 24-Shade Blurring Elixir

Kylie Skin Tint, From a Sold-Out Lip Kit to a 24-Shade Blurring Elixir

The Kylie skin tint is the newest chapter for a brand that began with a single lip kit in 2015, and it comes in 24 shades. This edit covers the tint with its concealer, setting spray and blushes, the lip products the brand is really known for, and other skin tints to compare.

Hair Thickening Growth Products: Serums, Supplements, Shampoos

Hair Thickening Growth Products: Serums, Supplements, Shampoos

Hair thickening growth products fall into three groups: scalp serums for thinning hair, supplements, and volumizing shampoos and sprays. I describe supplements only by what the label says, and I would pick one serum and give it a few months.

Hair Dye Colors, From a Paris Chemist's Formula to Your Bathroom Sink

Hair Dye Colors, From a Paris Chemist's Formula to Your Bathroom Sink

Choosing hair dye colors starts with knowing what kind of change you want: a lasting shift, a soft tint or something bright. Here are the permanent kits, the semi-permanent and vivid shades, and the shampoos and conditioners that look after color once it is in.

Say Yes to Ouai Hair Oil: A Jen Atkin Shelf, Then the Oils That Compete

Say Yes to Ouai Hair Oil: A Jen Atkin Shelf, Then the Oils That Compete

Ouai hair oil is the lightweight, heat-protecting bottle that put Jen Atkin's brand on a lot of bathroom shelves. Here is the OUAI lineup around it, hair oils from other brands, and the heat protectants I would use before a hot tool.