If you ever visited Sephora either IRL or online, you know it’s a beauty-lover’s heaven. You also know that unless you’ve arrived dead set on what to purchase, it can also be product overload (but in a good way?). Should you be on the hunt for a few new items to carry into the new year, here’s our advice: start …
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Use of certain personal care products during pregnancy may impact maternal hormone levels, according to a new Rutgers study. Personal care and beauty products contain several ingredients that often include a wide range of endocrine-disrupting chemicals like phthalates, parabens, phenols, parabens and toxic metals. These chemicals interact with hormone systems, influencing synthesis, regulation, transport, metabolism and hormone reception, which are …
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Estée Lauder Youth Dew EDP and bath oil © Alex Crétey Systermans Virginie Mouzat, former fashion and lifestyle editor of French Vanity Fair“I’m never without Youth Dew by Estée Lauder: it’s my secret weapon. I have lived with this perfume for so many years. You can still find the bath oil too; I put a few drops in boiling water …
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Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Retailers TikTok has a way of making even the most ridiculous ideas sound perfectly normal. Using sexual lubricant as a make-up primer? Sure, why not. Dotting eight dots of eyeliner around your eyes to hypnotize men? Anything is fair in the search for love. Applying your foundation with a jade roller instead of a brush? …
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If you’re lucky, it’s rare that you run into an epic beauty dilemma on a daily basis. There are a select few whose lives are not marred by heat damage, an unintentionally shiny forehead, or smudged liner on a first date. But if you can’t bumble through your day without smearing your lipstick or breaking a nail, you might find …
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Picking beauty gifts can be a minefield. While they’re not all-out bad gifts like puppies, personal care products can end up looking like a pointed hint – deodorant and mouthwash are excellent passive-aggressive gifts for people you hate. Beauty products are also highly individual, and unless you’ve spent the last few weeks staring closely at your recipient’s face, you’re probably …
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I’ve become more meticulous about my skin care routine as I age. Twelve-year-old me used to apply my mother’s Pond’s cream all over my face and call it a day, but now 29-year-old me uses products like rose toner, hydrating serums, and whipped argan oil face butter. (I’m fancy, I know.) My collection of beauty go-tos has expanded significantly, especially …
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Every time I give in and buy one of those hyped beauty products, I wonder if it’s actually worth the price. I mean, I’m not an expert, but a lot of them seem super overpriced, am I right? Do you really need to spend half your paycheck on serums, lipsticks, and oils? Maybe not. According to some beauty experts, you’re …
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