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Makeup Algebra and Makeup Math: Two Products Made for Each Other
Like girl math, but it actually adds up
Lip Gloss: High-Shine, Plumping and Tinted Formulas
Lip gloss comes in high-shine, juicy, plumping and tinted formulas, and this edit gathers glosses, oils and balms in one place.
Lash Products: At-Home Lash Systems, Mascaras and Liners
Lashes without the appointment. From at-home lash systems to the mascaras, liners, and tools worth keeping in rotation.
Blenders and Makeup Brushes Worth the Price
The makeup brushes worth investing in: foundation, blush and eye brushes from Vieve, Westman Atelier and Trish McEvoy, $12 to $95.
Best Under Eye Concealer for Mature Skin: 7 Compared
The best under eye concealer for mature skin hydrates and resists creasing. Seven compared by finish, coverage and tone, plus where pink corrector fits.
Best Eyeshadow for Green Eyes Over 50: 7 Shades
The best eyeshadow for green eyes over 50 is plum, bronze or soft brown in matte or satin. Seven shades, one product each, and why they work.
Lip, Blush and Eye Makeup: Start With Complexion
Start with complexion, then add color where the face naturally warms. Shop 12 lip, blush and eye picks from Merit and Natasha Denona.
The Best Eye Cream For Dark Circles
The best eye cream for dark circles depends on whether the area looks shadowed, puffy, or simply tired.
The Best Shampoo For Curly Hair
The best shampoo for curly hair is one that cleans the scalp without leaving the curl pattern rough or thirsty.
The Best Sunscreen For Every Day
The best sunscreen for face is the one that pairs the protection level you want with a finish you can live with every morning.
The Best Retinol Serum For Beginners
The best retinol serum for beginners is the one that makes a gradual routine feel realistic, not the one with the most intimidating label.
The Best Mascara Ranked By Finish
The best mascara depends on the finish you want, but the strongest choices add definition without asking you to manage the lashes all day.
Best Skincare for Oily Skin: A Short Routine, One Active
The best skincare for oily skin is a gentle cleanser, one active and a light moisturizer. Oily skin gets sold long routines, and I explain why a short one gives you something to actually diagnose.
Winter Travel Beauty: What to Pack for a European Getaway
A European winter trip asks a beauty bag to do two jobs at once, protect against raw outdoor cold and still look put together by dinner. The old approach was to pack a full bathroom shelf just in case, which mostly means a heavier suitcase and rushed decisions once you get there. This edit keeps a small skincare kit, sun protection, a little color and one evening treatment, so nothing earns a place except what you will actually reach for.
Best Longwear Foundation for Everyday Wear: Finish First
The best longwear foundation for everyday wear is decided by its finish, not by a coverage claim. I start there, then go through skin tints and foundations with a natural finish.
The Best Shampoo Is Not the One With the Longest Ingredient List
The best shampoo is not the one with the longest ingredient list, it is the one that matches the problem your hair actually has. This edit sorts formulas by the complaint they solve, from damage and frizz to curl definition, color care and the balance between moisture and repair.
The Best Lengthening Mascara Is Having a Bigger Moment Than Volume Ever Did
The best lengthening mascara has quietly outgrown volume as the thing people actually want from a wand. Volume mascara ruled for so long that stretch became a footnote printed on the tube rather than the point of the formula. This edit follows the shift toward brushes and formulas built specifically to grab and extend every lash.
Volume Shampoo, and Why Fine Hair Needed Its Own Category
Volume shampoo works by stripping conditioning agents out of the formula rather than adding a mysterious lifting ingredient, so hair dries lighter instead of collapsing under its own weight. That distinction is why the category earns its own aisle instead of hiding inside every other shampoo bottle. This roundup looks at eight formulas built around that same trade, from drugstore staples to salon lines.
Body Butter Got the Skincare Treatment
Body butter used to be a thick, sweet-smelling afterthought sold next to the bath bombs. The skinification of body care has turned it into a place for real actives, better textures and fragrance people actually want to wear.
Lip Liner, the Long-Wear and the Soft
Lip liner in two kinds, long-wear pencils that stay put and creamy ones that blur.
Supergoop, From Unseen Sunscreen to the Lip Balm
Supergoop sunscreens for your face, then the powders, sticks, body formulas and lip balm that make reapplying easy.
In-Shower Hair Gloss: At-Home Treatments and Shine Serums
In-shower hair gloss: weekly rinse-off treatments from OUAI, Oribe and Kérastase for same-day shine, plus serums and sprays for after.
Hair Oil for the Ends and for the Scalp
Hair oil in two kinds, finishing oils for lengths and ends and pre-wash oils for the scalp.
Face Tape, Patches and the Other Tricks for a Smoother Face
Face tape is older than TikTok, and it works the simple way: it holds skin still so lines look softer by morning. Here are the tapes and firming patches I would try, the eye patches for a puffy start, and the creams that keep skin comfortable the rest of the time.