Beauty

9 Bloated Face Solutions of 2024, Tested & Reviewed

Tester feedback: “I’m not into astrology but if it’s one thing I know about being a Taurus is that I love little (or big) luxuries. (My bank account has no comment.) Jillian Dempsey’s Gold Bar is made out of 24-karat gold (!!!) so obviously I had to get my hands on it,” says Han. “I add a teensy bit of …

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How I Treat My Acne Scars

I got my first zit when I was in fifth grade. I vividly remember waking up with an inflamed, pencil eraser-size pimple in the middle of my chin and begging my mom to let me stay home from school that day. I was so embarrassed, and had no idea that single breakout would mark the start of my decades-long struggle …

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10 Best Lip Treatments of 2024, According to Dermatologists

Key ingredients: shea butter, peptides, capuaçu butter | Who it’s for: people looking for a lightweight option Frequently Asked Questions What are the benefits of a lip treatment? Lip treatments take the best, most skin-loving elements of your favorite nourishing lippie to the next level. “Lip treatments offer longer-term benefits to this area of skin that deserves much more love …

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13 Best Liquid Blushes That Blend Out Like a Glowy Dream in 2024

There’s lots to love about powder and cream blushes, but the best liquid blushes deserve the spotlight, too. Liquid blush formulas are supremely buildable, blendable, and highly pigmented. Upon first swipe, they lend a particularly natural flush—but with each layer, your newfound glow only continues to pop. Plus, many liquid blushes are infused with skin-loving ingredients like moisturizing glycerin, conditioning …

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Will Your Favorite Beauty Products Get More Expensive Under Trump?

Tariffs. They started a revolution—the one involving King George III, John Hancock, and a duty on tea (ok, sure, there were other grievances). And though tossing all your South Korean glass skin serums into the Boston Harbor might not work this time, emotions are likely to run high if the incoming Trump administration follows through on the president-elect’s promises to …

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I Got Chin Filler for the First Time—See the Before-and-After Photos

Because you can’t just inject one area of the face to create anatomical symmetry, especially in my case, Dr. Levin also used another filler called Juvéderm Vollure to give me “some periorial support” in the area right above my chin but below my lips. With Vollure, she used a cannula, a blunt-ended tube, to do the injection. This was “to …

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17 Best Vanilla Perfumes in 2024, Tested & Reviewed

Notes: cherry, vanilla, raspberry, rose, jasmine, mimosa flower, birchwood, vetiver | Available sizes: 10 ml, 30 ml Best TikTok-Viral: Kayali Vanilla 28 Eau de Parfum Kayali Vanilla 28 Eau de Parfum Why it’s worth it: If you’re on perfume TikTok—if you ended up on this page, you probably are—you’ve probably seen your favorite scent-fluencer spritzing a bottle of Kayali’s Vanilla …

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We Smelled $27,325 Worth of New Luxury Fragrances

You absolutely, positively do not have to pay $450 for a fragrance. But sometimes—just sometimes—the smell of a perfume and the way it captivates your senses makes you want to splurge…or, at least, you’d be willing to. That’s the power of scent: It will transport you to a beautiful place, bring back memories, ignite emotions, connect you with lovers…and strangers. …

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11 Best Shampoos for Hard Water of 2024

Editor’s tip: If you’re all about that rich, foamy lather, reach for a bit more product than usual to get the bubbles going. Key ingredients: artichoke, jojoba, natural silica | Fragrance-free: no | Who it’s for: people with sensitive scalps | Color-safe: yes Best Rinse: R+Co Teacup Anti-Pollution Detox Rinse R+Co Teacup Anti-Pollution Detox Rinse Why we love it: The …

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