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Morphe Started With Brushes at a Trade Show, and I Still Shop It for Eyes

Morphe Started With Brushes at a Trade Show, and I Still Shop It for Eyes

Morphe began in Los Angeles in 2008 as two siblings selling makeup brushes at trade shows. Here are the eye and brow pieces the brand makes, a shelf of other palettes to compare, and the setting sprays that keep it all in place.

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The Best Face Sunscreen for Men Began With a Sunburned Swiss Chemist

The Best Face Sunscreen for Men Began With a Sunburned Swiss Chemist

The best face sunscreen for men is the one that feels like nothing, so he actually wears it every morning. This edit covers matte lotions for oily skin, sunscreen sticks that live in a jacket pocket, and lighter milks and serums for daily use.

Before You Buy a Derma Roller: A Short History, a Gentle Plan and the Calm After

Before You Buy a Derma Roller: A Short History, a Gentle Plan and the Calm After

A derma roller looks simple, but the idea behind it goes back decades, and the home versions ask for a careful hand. Here are the rollers and needle-free options I would look at first, the serums that follow, and the masks that make the evening feel calm again.

French La Roche-Posay Sunscreen: Anthelios Picks

French La Roche-Posay Sunscreen: Anthelios Picks

La Roche-Posay sunscreen takes its name from a French spa town, and the Anthelios line is what the brand is best known for. Here are four Anthelios formulas for the face, other sunscreens with similar textures, and body oils and mists for skin below the neck.

Lip Stain, From Boiled Rose Petals to a Peel-Off Trend: My Stack

Lip Stain, From Boiled Rose Petals to a Peel-Off Trend: My Stack

A lip stain is one of the oldest tricks in the lip kit, and the modern versions range from peel-off liners to glossy tints. Here is how I build a stain that lasts, with the liners I layer underneath and the tinted balms I put on top.

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer, My Everyday Reset

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer, My Everyday Reset

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer is the plain daily cream I keep coming back to when I want my skin to feel like nothing at all. Here is how I build around it: barrier moisturizers, gentle cleansers that leave skin comfortable, and hydrating serums that go on first.

DIBS Beauty Desert Island Duo and What Goes Around It

DIBS Beauty Desert Island Duo and What Goes Around It

The DIBS Beauty Desert Island Duo comes from a brand whose name means Desert Island Beauty Status, makeup that does more than one job. I pack the duo first, then the bronzing sticks, cream blushes and glossy balm around it.

A Theragun Mini Lives in My Bag Now, and Here Is What Goes Around It

A Theragun Mini Lives in My Bag Now, and Here Is What Goes Around It

The Theragun Mini began as a small answer to a big idea that came out of a motorcycle accident, and it has become the percussion massager people actually carry. Here are the Therabody devices, the smaller scalp and face tools for tender areas, and the body oils I use once the muscles have quieted down.

Darker Brows Without the 1930s Drama: My Eyebrow Tint Shortlist

Darker Brows Without the 1930s Drama: My Eyebrow Tint Shortlist

People have been darkening their lashes and brows for a very long time, and the modern eyebrow tint is a much gentler business than it used to be. Here are the tinted gels I brush through every morning, the waterproof pomade and pencils that stay put, and the fine-tipped pencils for filling gaps.

Lash Princess and the Rest: An essence Mascara Shelf Worth Building Around

Lash Princess and the Rest: An essence Mascara Shelf Worth Building Around

Every group chat has one opinion about essence mascara, usually about Lash Princess. Here are the four essence formulas I keep coming back to, the volumizing mascaras from other brands that do a different job, and the removers that get all of it off at night.

CeraVe Shampoo: Which Bottle Treats Flakes, Which One Just Washes

CeraVe Shampoo: Which Bottle Treats Flakes, Which One Just Washes

CeraVe shampoo comes from a skincare brand that treats the scalp as skin, and the range splits into a treatment wash and a gentle daily one. Here is how to tell them apart, what to try if flakes stay put, and which hydrating shampoos and conditioners sit well beside them. Start with the Gentle Hydrating bottle and add from there.

Gel Moisturizer With SPF for Oily Skin: Water Creams, Light Picks

Gel Moisturizer With SPF for Oily Skin: Water Creams, Light Picks

A gel moisturizer with SPF for oily skin is a matter of texture, since oily skin still needs moisturizer. I sort the oil-free lotions, gel creams, water gels and light SPF picks, then name the one I would reach for.

Banana Bright Eye Cream: Ole Henriksen's Vitamin C Tube

Banana Bright Eye Cream: Ole Henriksen's Vitamin C Tube

Banana bright eye cream is the tube that made Ole Henriksen a name on the eye shelf, and the brand still builds a whole line around it. Here is how I would use it, plus the other brightening eye creams, patches and color correctors worth sitting beside it.

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Tatcha Dewy Milk Moisturizer: The Uruoi Idea, And What To Pair With It

Tatcha Dewy Milk Moisturizer: The Uruoi Idea, And What To Pair With It

Tatcha dewy milk moisturizer is the brand's lightweight answer to combination and oily skin, built on the Japanese idea of uruoi. Here is how it differs from the Dewy Skin Cream, what else Tatcha makes, and the other dewy, milky moisturizers I would try beside it.

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Lipgloss Worth Wearing: Sheer, Tinted, Stick And Balm Glosses

Lipgloss Worth Wearing: Sheer, Tinted, Stick And Balm Glosses

Lipgloss has been rebranded twice and still has not gone away. Here is how I would choose one by job, from high shine sheers and tinted washes to gloss sticks and balm hybrids that never feel sticky.

Nudestix Explained: Nudies, Magnetic Color and Stick Alternatives

Nudestix Explained: Nudies, Magnetic Color and Stick Alternatives

Nudestix began in Toronto with two teenage sisters and their chemist mother, and the Nudies cream stick is still its best idea. Here is how to shop nudestix from the blush and bronze sticks to the eye colour, lip products and cleansing balms, plus the other cream sticks worth holding next to them.

L'Oréal Midnight Cream: What It Is and How to Use It

L'Oréal Midnight Cream: What It Is and How to Use It

L'Oréal Midnight Cream is a barrier-minded night moisturizer from the Age Perfect Cell Renewal line, not a retinol. Here is what the brand says it does, plus the L'Oréal Paris serums, other night creams and sleeping masks I would try around it.

Slick Back Brush: Boar Bristle, Edge Brushes and Sticks for a Sleek Finish

Slick Back Brush: Boar Bristle, Edge Brushes and Sticks for a Sleek Finish

The right slick back brush is really two brushes, one to smooth the length and one small enough for the hairline. Here are the boar bristle brushes, edge brushes, wax sticks and strong hold sprays that finish a sleek pull-back. Start with the brush, because the product only works as well as the tool spreading it.

Perfume Sale Season: How To Shop Fragrance Without Regrets

Perfume Sale Season: How To Shop Fragrance Without Regrets

A perfume sale is the moment people buy a full bottle they have never worn for a whole day. Here is how I test a scent properly, pick a size I will finish and store it well, with discovery sets, travel sprays, rollerballs and duos to try first. Start with a set of samples.

DRMTLGY Retinol Body Lotion: How to Use It and Sun Rules

DRMTLGY Retinol Body Lotion: How to Use It and Sun Rules

The DRMTLGY retinol body lotion is a firming, smoothing evening lotion from a brand that says it began with formulas for dermatologists and plastic surgeons. Here is how I would use it, the other retinol and smoothing body care worth comparing, and the body sunscreen that has to go with it.

Fresh Cream Body Wash, Amazing Grace And Philosophy Scents

Fresh Cream Body Wash, Amazing Grace And Philosophy Scents

Fresh cream body wash from philosophy smells of tonka bean, whipped cream and vanilla bean. If you want clean instead of sweet, Pure Grace is the sibling to try, built on lily, leafy greens and musk.

Chocolate Bar Perfume: Sabrina Carpenter Sweet Tooth Line

Chocolate Bar Perfume: Sabrina Carpenter Sweet Tooth Line

Chocolate bar perfume is Sabrina Carpenter's Sweet Tooth line. See all 5 candy-bar bottles, from pink Sweet Tooth to baby blue Me Espresso.

Body Spray Guide: Cheirosa, Vanilla and Fruity Hair and Body Mists

Body Spray Guide: Cheirosa, Vanilla and Fruity Hair and Body Mists

A body spray is the lightest form of fragrance, made to be used freely and reapplied through the day. Here is how I would choose between Sol de Janeiro's Cheirosa mists, vanilla and fruity picks, and the creams and oils that sit underneath. Start with Cheirosa 62.

Mugler Perfume: Angel, Alien And The Warm Fragrances I Wear Beside Them

Mugler Perfume: Angel, Alien And The Warm Fragrances I Wear Beside Them

Mugler perfume guide: how Angel and Alien began, what else the house makes, and the gourmand and amber scents to wear alongside them.

Can I Use Odele Clarifying Shampoo Everyday: A Weekly Reset

Can I Use Odele Clarifying Shampoo Everyday: A Weekly Reset

I would not use Odele Clarifying Shampoo everyday, because it is a once-a-week reset and not a daily habit. I go through how to fit it in, which other clarifying shampoos compare, and what to follow it with.

Cocokind Resurrection Polypeptide Cream: Founder, Formula And Peptide Rivals

Cocokind Resurrection Polypeptide Cream: Founder, Formula And Peptide Rivals

Cocokind resurrection polypeptide cream is a fragrance-free jar built on a polypeptide complex, squalane and a desert plant with a good story. Here is what is in it, who I would give it to, and the other peptide moisturizers and firming creams to compare it with.

Naked Sundays: The SPF Brand Built For Reapplying Over Makeup, And Its Rivals

Naked Sundays: The SPF Brand Built For Reapplying Over Makeup, And Its Rivals

Naked Sundays began with a TV reporter who could not reapply sunscreen over her makeup without a white cast or pilling. Here is her story and her SPF range, plus the lightweight fluids, tinted sunscreens and gentle cleansers I would put beside it.

Hairstory: The Detergent-Free Wash, Plus Gentle Shampoos and Primers

Hairstory: The Detergent-Free Wash, Plus Gentle Shampoos and Primers

Hairstory is the hair brand from Bumble and bumble founder Michael Gordon, built around a cleansing cream that skips the detergents found in shampoo. Here is how the wash works, what its stylers do, and which gentle shampoos and primers sit best beside it. Start with the cream and see how your scalp feels after a week.