How to Protect and Perfect Your Skin This Winter
Emerge from this disgusting winter with your skin looking dewy and healthy. A dermatologist talks us through it, plus all the best products out there, no matter what your budget.
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Friday February 1st, 2013
Monday November 26th, 2012
De-Puff and De-Stuff: 10 Masks To Make You Feel Better Post-Thanskgiving
If you, like us, ate and drank yourself into a stupor on Thanksgiving (and the, um, three days afterwards), we’re here to tell you: It’s only going to get worse over the next month. Puffiness from too much salt and alcohol? Break-outs from sleeping in your makeup? Yep, holiday party season is officially here! Bad diet (hello, Christmas cookie season!), alcohol, lack of sleep, and cold winter air can all do a number on your skin.
Masks are a great quick fix–they can deliver a concentrated dose of active ingredients for whatever pick-me-up your skin needs. Whether you’re lacking radiance, need some moisture, or want to clear up a break-up, there’s a mask for that–and we tried a ton of them.
Thursday October 18th, 2012
Editor’s Pick: Cheryl’s Caudalie Beauty Elixir
While I generally use whatever neutral eye shadow and black mascara manages to find its way across my desk, there are a handful of products I use that I will never replace or substitute. One of them is Caudalie’s Beauty Elixir.
Wednesday August 1st, 2012
Beauty Companies Are Losing Their ‘Cruelty-Free’ Designation for Selling Products to China
Animal testing in the cosmetics and beauty industry is still prevalent, despite the effort made by consumers and activists alike to get the practice banned in the US. Politicians introduced the Safe Cosmetics Act in 2011, but it has yet to be adopted into law. It gets even muddier when you go abroad, because designations Read more →
Sunday February 12th, 2012
Fashion Week Beauty Advice: How to Look Awake When You Feel Like Death Warmed Over
New York fashion week is officially at the half way point, and whether you’re running around attending shows, or just staying up too late checking out runway pics online, it’s all very stressful. Lack of sleep shows up on your face, and that’s the last thing you need during the most fabulous time of the year.
We tapped into the brains of some of our favorite dermatologists, aestheticians, and makeup artists to give you some tips for how to fake being bright-eyed and bushy-tailed even when you look like hell. Yes, 9 hours of sleep is ideal, but who has the time when after parties don’t start until 11pm? Check out all our pros’ tips below, then click through the slide show for some product recommendations.
Tuesday November 29th, 2011
Stressed Out Skin? Try These DIY Facials for Acne and Skin Redness
It’s officially the holiday season, which means chaos and stress and running around to 37 events in two weeks (and most likely consuming alcohol at every single one of those events). All of that stress can take a toll on your skin in the form of breakouts. While topical treatments like benzoyl peroxide definitely are effective, they can cause a lot of dryness, flaking and irritation. We went seeking some gentler alternatives, and Mathilde Thomas, the founder of the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at the Plaza here in New York City (and the skin care line of the same name) was happy to oblige.
Here are two DIY facial recipes, one for acne and one for redness and irritation. You can whip them up quickly at home, and once you purchase the initial ingredients, you can get dozens of facials out of them. So stop stressing about your stressed out skin, and read on:
Thursday October 20th, 2011
Prep Your Skin for Winter With These DIY Facial and Body Scrub Recipes from Caudalie’s Founder, Mathilde Thomas
While we’ve been in denial about summer being over, it is. It really is. Now’s the time to get your skin ready for–big sigh–winter. While pros generally recommend that you tweak your skin care when the seasons change, a facial is also a great way to combat damage from summer and to prep for the upcoming onslaught of winter.
We asked Mathilde Thomas, the founder of one of our fave skin care lines and owner of the uber-luxurious Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at the Plaza here in New York City, to give us some DIY options for home. Because we can’t all run over to the Plaza for a fancy facial or body treatment, can we? So read on for two of Mathilde’s recipes–one to fix the mean things you did to your skin over the summer and one to moisturize your whole body once it gets drier and chillier out there:
Friday September 2nd, 2011
Don’t Put Another Product on Your Face Until You Read our Guide to Skin Care in your 20s, 30s, and 40s
Ed’s Note: Meet our new beauty columnist! (No, that’s not her at the left. That’s Lindsey Wixson.) Contessa Schexnayder is a makeup artist and has been shackled to the beauty industry for over nine years, working for such lines and retailers as Nars, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Blue Mercury, and Space NK. She is a self-proclaimed ingredient know-it-all, and likes long walks on the beach.
When faced with hundreds of bottles of lotions and potions, the drugstore aisle and department store can be overwhelming places. Do you need a seven step facial regimen? How worried should you be in your 20s about an anti-aging treatments? Should you just give up in your 40s?
We’ll attempt to answer these questions with a handy guide for every age group, complete with product recommendations.
Click through for some advice and pointers.
Monday May 23rd, 2011
Catching Up With Caudalie: Its Latest Eye Cream and a Sneak Peek at What’s Launching This Summer
Any skin care line that’s inspired by wine and vineyards automatically gets a vote of confidence from us. It gets another one when facialists and dermatologists alike rave about it, which they have been doing since Caudalie launched in 1995.
We took a long overdue trip to the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at the Plaza here in NYC. Mathilde and Bertrand Thomas, the brand’s founders and new transplants to New York City, greeted us warmly with smiles and an immediate glass of wine, which we didn’t turn down despite the fact that we were working. (It would have been rude, right?)
Monday November 29th, 2010
Gift Guide: The Best Beauty Sets To Give And Get This Holiday Season
We’ve had arguments with people who say that beauty gifts are boring and impersonal. This can be true if you just buy some random fragrance set in a tacky basket at your corner drugstore on Christmas Eve. If, however, you put a bit of thought into it, you can get some gorgeous, thoughtful things.
This year there is an absolute flood of gift sets available at all price points (though we decided not to include a $1,600 fragrance basket we found). So we’ve pulled the best scent, color, and spa sets, with an eye towards originality. They’re guaranteed to get you a kiss under the mistletoe, or at the very least, a delighted squeal. Happy Cyber Monday!
Thursday July 15th, 2010
Can A Water Spray (Or Mist) Make You Pretty?
A new category of beauty products has quietly cropped up over the past few years: spritz-on beauty waters. The traditional gold standard is, of course, the Evian mineral water spray, beloved at fancy Caribbean resorts and by Lauren’s mom.
Beauty companies seem to be moving away from more scientific sounding names for their potions in favor of calling them simply “water” or “mist.” Water conjures up images of rippling ponds and purity. (Well, at least it used to before the BP oil spill.)
These products claim a variety of benefits, from refreshment and hydration to purifying and toning. They appear to be the gentle little sisters of traditional toners and astringents.
I asked Dr. Elizabeth Hale, a dermatologist at the prestigious Laser and Skin Surgery Center of New York, for her professional opinion about this product category. She told me that traditionally, toners contain alcohol, water, and a humectant.
Sunday February 15th, 2009
Skin is In Backstage
Not to sound too Seinfeld-ian, but what’s the deal with the sudden surge of skin care companies sponsoring shows this season? I was backstage at Charlotte Ronson when I saw a sign for Skyn Iceland, the “official skin care sponsor” of the show. Now I hear that, among others, Decléor is sponsoring Reem Acra and Read more →
