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e.l.f. Halo Glow: Liquid Filter, Skin Tint and Glow Boosters

e.l.f. Halo Glow: Liquid Filter, Skin Tint and Glow Boosters

e.l.f. Halo Glow started as a liquid filter and grew into a whole face family, from a skin tint with SPF 50 to powders and beauty wands. Here is how I would use each piece, plus the liquid highlighters and setting sprays that make the glow last.

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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.

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.

Plated Eye Serum: The Mayo Clinic Research Behind Your Under-Eye Routine

Plated Eye Serum: The Mayo Clinic Research Behind Your Under-Eye Routine

(plated) Skin Science EYE Serum and INTENSE Serum, plus peptide, caffeine, retinol and vitamin C eye serums. I wrote it as the guide I wish I had before I started layering anything under my eyes.

Cream Or Powder Blush, Explained

Cream Or Powder Blush, Explained

Cream or powder blush: which suits your skin, how each one wears through a day, and how to apply them without patchiness.

Gifts for Sister: A Friendship Bracelet, Recast for the Holidays

Gifts for Sister: A Friendship Bracelet, Recast for the Holidays

Gifts for sister can mean a matched necklace, a useful travel accessory or a candle for a winter night in, with one nod to the friendship bracelet trade that surrounded the Eras Tour in 2023. I would choose the thing that makes a private joke between us easier to keep.

Brown Liner, Frosted Lids and Matte Skin: A Field Guide to 90s Makeup

Brown Liner, Frosted Lids and Matte Skin: A Field Guide to 90s Makeup

Brown lips, thin brows, frosted shadow and matte skin: 90s makeup is back, and it is easier to wear than you remember. Here are the lipsticks and liners, the shadow sticks and glitter, and the bronzers that bring the decade to your face.

Matte Makeup: Soft-Focus Cheeks and Velvety Lips

Matte Makeup: Soft-Focus Cheeks and Velvety Lips

A full rejection of shine: matte skin, soft-focus cheeks and flat, velvety lips.

Lash Edit: Lengthening and Volumizing Mascaras to Shop

Lash Edit: Lengthening and Volumizing Mascaras to Shop

The lash edit gathers lengthening and volumizing mascaras, with brow and liner picks for the eyes.

Finding the Best Concealer: From a 1954 Stick to a Peach Corrector Trick

Finding the Best Concealer: From a 1954 Stick to a Peach Corrector Trick

Finding the best concealer starts with knowing what you are covering: shadows, redness or something that needs full coverage. Here are the creamy under-eye formulas, the full-coverage sticks and pens, and the powders and brush that keep it all in place.

Color Corrector Guide: Which Shade Cancels Dark Circles And Redness

Color Corrector Guide: Which Shade Cancels Dark Circles And Redness

A color corrector works on colour-wheel opposites: peach for dark circles, green for redness, lavender for dullness. Here is how to pick the family, where it goes in the routine, and the sticks, palettes, primers and powders I would use around it.

Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter and Its Golden Globes Debut

Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter and Its Golden Globes Debut

Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter is a liquid glow you can wear alone, under foundation, mixed in or on top. Here are four shades with the brand's other glow makers, plus eight liquid highlighters from other brands.

LYS Contour Stick and the Cream Sticks Worth Keeping in Your Bag

LYS Contour Stick and the Cream Sticks Worth Keeping in Your Bag

The LYS contour stick comes from a brand founded by makeup artist Tisha Thompson, and it is the easiest route to a sculpted face without a pan of powder. Here are the LYS sticks, the best cream contour and blush sticks from other brands, and the brushes that blend them. Start with one stick and your fingers.

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Neutrogena Hydro Boost: The Water Gel from a Clear Soap Formula

Neutrogena Hydro Boost: The Water Gel from a Clear Soap Formula

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel is a light gel moisturizer from a brand that dates back to 1930. I go through the Water Gel, the gel cream and the cleanser, plus other gel creams worth comparing.

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Charlotte Tilbury Makeup and Skincare

Charlotte Tilbury Makeup and Skincare

Charlotte Tilbury was founded in London in 2013 by the British makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury MBE, who launched the brand with a 200-product line. Her point of view is backstage know-how made wearable, from the Pillow Talk nude-pink shade she created by mixing concealer shades to eyeshadow palettes built on a four-step method. This edit gathers Luxury Palettes and Exagger-Eyes mascara, Airbrush Flawless powder and foundation, Matte Revolution lipsticks and the Magic Cream moisturizer.

Il Makiage Foundation

Il Makiage Foundation

We looked at Il Makiage Foundation Sephora on construction, materials and how it holds up. Here is what stood up.

Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter vs e.l.f. Halo Glow: Is the Splurge Worth It?

Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter vs e.l.f. Halo Glow: Is the Splurge Worth It?

Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter is worth the extra for a sheer, glassy glow, while Halo Glow is the better value for more coverage. This page compares their finishes, feels, and ways to build a complexion routine.

BYOMA Moisturizing Gel Cream: Review and What to Layer

BYOMA Moisturizing Gel Cream: Review and What to Layer

BYOMA Moisturizing Gel Cream is a light, ceramide-based moisturizer from a Glasgow brand built around a boosted barrier. Here is how I would use it with the rest of the line, plus the other gel creams, barrier serums and gentle cleansers that sit well around it.

Highlighters, from the Strobing Year to Glass Skin

Highlighters, from the Strobing Year to Glass Skin

Highlighters went mainstream around 2015 when strobing replaced contouring. Here are the powders, gel-powders, liquids, sticks and balms that make skin catch the light, and how to pick one.

Full Glam Makeup: Products for Maximum Presence

Full Glam Makeup: Products for Maximum Presence

Products made for maximum presence. Shop our picks for when subtle won’t do.

The Good Pink Lip: Color-Adaptive Balms and Oils

The Good Pink Lip: Color-Adaptive Balms and Oils

This edit gathers color-adaptive balms, glossy lip oils and sheer tints that leave a soft flush. I would choose one for comfortable color and an easy everyday finish.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Makeup for a Night Out

Anastasia Beverly Hills Makeup for a Night Out

All of the make up you need from Anastasia Beverly Hills for your perfect night out. Featuring make up essentials and statement colors.

Lip Gloss: High-Shine, Plumping and Tinted Formulas

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

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

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

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

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

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.