Beauty
Beauty
A Short Love Letter to Lipstick, From Candle Wax to Satin Finish
The first lipstick was made in 1870 by Guerlain, who took the idea from candlemaking, and I still like the ritual of it more than almost any other makeup step. Here are the satin and cream shades I wear most, the mattes for a sharper edge, and the liners and balms that decide how the color sits.
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.
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.
Sephora Black Friday 2026: Gift Sets to Buy Early and Tools Worth the Wait
Black Friday falls on November 27 this year, and this Sephora Black Friday edit covers makeup sets, skincare minis, fragrance duos, hair tools and lip and cheek bestsellers, with what last year's sale looked like. I would buy a few of these now and wait on the rest.
How to Pick a Blush Color That Reads Like Your Own Flush
The right blush color reads like your own flush, the one you get after a walk in the cold. Here are soft pinks and roses, peaches and corals, and berries and deep plums, with a simple way to find your family and the shade names to look for.
Travel Size Beauty That Earns Its Space in Your Carry-On
Travel size beauty only earns a place in the carry-on if it does two jobs or keeps a routine intact. These are the minis, travel sprays and small tubes I would actually pack, from a soy face wash to a dry shampoo that saves a hotel morning.
Best Lip Oil: Oils, Balms and Sheer Color I Keep Buying
The best lip oil glides on, adds shine and comfort, and leaves just enough color that you do not check a mirror every ten minutes.
Charlotte Tilbury Foundation: Matte, Glow and Everything Around It
A Charlotte Tilbury foundation can be matte, dewy or barely there, and the right one depends on the finish you want. I sort the brand's complexion lineup, then glowy alternatives, primers, brushes and setting sprays.
Lanolin on Lips: Lanolips Balms for Truly Dry Lips
Lanolin on lips is a skin-like ingredient, and the Lanolips 101 Ointment is the tube I would hand to anyone with dry lips. I go through the Lanolips balms, treatments for cracked lips and overnight masks.
Water Based Concealer: 10 That List Water First
A water based concealer lists water first on its ingredients. I checked ten liquid ones, from Tower 28 to Dior, and noted finish and coverage for each.
Tarte Lip Gloss and the Maracuja Juicy Lip Lineup
Tarte lip gloss is built around maracuja, the passion fruit oil the brand puts in almost everything it makes. Here is the juicy lip lineup shade by shade, plus the hydrating glosses and soft liners that sit well beside it.
Rhode Highlight Milk: A Pearly Glow and Its Best Neighbors
Rhode Highlight Milk for a pearly glow from face to body, plus liquid illuminators, creams, powders and body shimmer to pair with it.
About-Face Makeup: Halsey's Color-First Picks
About-Face is the color brand artist and author Halsey launched on January 25, 2021, and it is happiest when you play with it. This edit covers the face and cheek products I reach for first, the lip, lash and glitter extras, and the cream eyeshadow sticks from other brands that work the same way.
Work Holiday Party Makeup and Beauty: Desk-to-Party Picks
A work holiday party usually starts at a desk with no time to go home first, which makes the beauty question a logistics one before it is a style one. The useful kit is small, something to correct, something to add shine, and one scent that will not fill a shared office. This edit keeps to a few fast, dependable steps instead of a second vanity hiding in a drawer.
Lip, Eye and Nail Makeup: What Actually Changes the Result
Lip, eye and nail makeup works because of formulation and how it is applied, not price. I picked eyeliner, lip oil, highlighter, eyeshadow and nail polish from Haus Labs, Ogee, REFY, Charlotte Tilbury and Chanel.
Lincoln Park After Dark and the Best Dark Plum Polishes
Best plum lipstick and nail match: Lincoln Park After Dark, OPI's near-black plum, its closest cousins and matching plum lipsticks.
Purple Blush That Reads as a Flush, Lilac to Plum
Purple blush sounds risky until it melts into skin and reads as a cool, lit-up flush. These are the lilacs, violets and plums I would try, and how to blend each one so it looks like you.
Red Lipstick Is Back to Being the Whole Look
After years of glossy balms and blurred, barely-there lips, red lipstick is back as a full statement. The shift tracks with a broader return to polish, where a single strong color replaces a complicated face. This edit sorts the reds by personality, from flat mattes and heritage houses to statement cases and comfortable satins.
The First-Date Beauty Edit
A first-date beauty routine works best when it disappears into the evening instead of competing with it. The goal is comfortable skin, a little color, and a scent that already feels familiar, not a face built to withstand interrogation under restaurant lighting. This edit keeps the choices short enough that you forget about them by the time the food arrives.
Westmore Beauty: A Hollywood Makeup Dynasty, Now in Your Bag
Westmore Beauty carries a century of film-set makeup know-how into a small, practical kit of skin tint, filter finish, eyeliner and mascara. Here is that kit, the body makeup that evens out legs and shoulders, and the full-coverage concealers I trust for close-ups.
The Best Eyeliner Color for Brown Eyes Is Not Black
The best eyeliner color for brown eyes is usually something other than black, which can flatten warm irises. Plum, green, bronze and navy all pull out the gold and amber that brown eyes already have. These liners cover the shades that make the best eyeliner color for brown eyes.
Best Advent Calendars of 2026: From Sephora to Dr. Barbara Sturm and Dior
Forty countdowns, from Sephora to Dr. Barbara Sturm and Dior
Morphe Lip Liner: Nude Shades and Liners to Pair
A Morphe lip liner is the easy, no-fuss pencil that makes a nude lip look finished. Here it sits with the matte, creamy and long-wear liners I would reach for, from a soft pink nude to a rich berry.
What Is BB Cream, Explained With Eight to Try
If you have ever wondered what is BB cream, it is a tinted balm that does the work of moisturizer, light base and often sunscreen in one step. Here is a short history, eight BB creams to try, and the tints, primers and powders that help a light base last through the day.