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Tanologist Express Tan and the Art of Being Ready in an Hour

Tanologist Express Tan and the Art of Being Ready in an Hour

Tanologist Express Tan is the brand's fast-developing self tanner, and this edit puts it next to four mousses from other brands and the mitts that make the color even. It is a no-sun way to a tan, with sunscreen still on top.

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OUAI Wave Spray, the Salt-Free Mist Jen Atkin Launched in 2016

OUAI Wave Spray, the Salt-Free Mist Jen Atkin Launched in 2016

OUAI wave spray arrived with the brand in 2016, a salt-free take on beach texture from hairstylist Jen Atkin. Here are eight OUAI stylers and mists, and eight more texture sprays and foams I compared them with.

Tan Luxe, the Glasgow Salon Idea Behind Custom Self-Tan Drops

Tan Luxe, the Glasgow Salon Idea Behind Custom Self-Tan Drops

Tan Luxe started with a Glasgow salon owner who heard the same fake tan complaints every day. Here are eight Tan-Luxe drops, lotions and mousses, and eight more self-tanners and tools I compared them with.

Tanning Drops, and the 1950s Lab Accident Behind Self-Tan

Tanning Drops, and the 1950s Lab Accident Behind Self-Tan

Tanning drops mix into your moisturizer, but the tanning ingredient inside was found by accident in a 1950s hospital lab. Here are eight self-tanners for the face, drops first, and eight bronzing drops that wash off at night.

Giorgio Armani Foundation: From Luminous Silk to the New Formula

Giorgio Armani Foundation: From Luminous Silk to the New Formula

The Giorgio Armani foundation most people mean is Luminous Silk, launched in 2000 and reformulated for the first time in late 2025. Here are eight Armani Beauty complexion picks and eight foundations I compared them with.

The Best Mineral Sunscreen Picks, and the Two Filters the FDA Backs

The Best Mineral Sunscreen Picks, and the Two Filters the FDA Backs

The best mineral sunscreen relies on zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, the only two filters the FDA proposed as safe and effective in 2019. Here are eight mineral sunscreens for every day and eight tinted, powder, stick and serum formats I compared them with.

Drunk Elephant Marula Oil: Face Oil, Cleansers and Body Care

Drunk Elephant Marula Oil: Face Oil, Cleansers and Body Care

Drunk Elephant marula oil is the face oil in this edit, and marula is light enough for the face and rich enough for hands, hair and lips. I go through the marula face oils, body and hand care, and makeup made with marula for slip.

Color Changing Foundation: What Actually Shifts on Your Skin

Color Changing Foundation: What Actually Shifts on Your Skin

Color changing foundation is a bigger promise than most formulas keep, so I sorted the ones that truly adjust on skin from the color correcting creams and tinted serums. Here are the bases, sheer tints and blenders I would pick, and how to use each one.

Brow Growth Gel and Serum Picks for Growing Out Your Brows

Brow Growth Gel and Serum Picks for Growing Out Your Brows

Brow growth gel works best when it does two jobs, like GrandeBROW 2-In-1 Tinted Brow Gel + Brow Enhancing Serum with its tinted mini fibers. I pair the serums with gels, brushes, tweezers and razors to get through a grow out.

The Best Conditioner for Curly Hair, From Rinse Outs to Co Washes

The Best Conditioner for Curly Hair, From Rinse Outs to Co Washes

The best conditioner for curly hair is a rinse out with plenty of slip, plus a weekly mask or leave in when curls feel dry. I went through rinse outs, masks, co washes and leave ins, then built a simple wash day around them.

Bleach Spray for Hair: Lighteners, Kits and Repair

Bleach Spray for Hair: Lighteners, Kits and Repair

Bleach spray for hair is the gentle option and a full bleach kit is the stronger one, and the two behave very differently. I sort the lightening sprays and kits, then the purple shampoos and repair for lightened hair.

La Roche-Posay Vitamin C Serum: The 12% Serum, Other Vitamin C Serums And SPF

La Roche-Posay Vitamin C Serum: The 12% Serum, Other Vitamin C Serums And SPF

La Roche-Posay vitamin C serum is the Pure 12% Vitamin C Serum, now sold as Vitamin C12 after being renamed from C10. I cover how I use it in the morning, which other vitamin C serums sit beside it, and the daily SPF to wear over it.

DIME Perfume: Every Scent In The Line And Gourmands That Smell Like It

DIME Perfume: Every Scent In The Line And Gourmands That Smell Like It

DIME perfume is the skincare brand's line of warm, creamy, edible-leaning eau de parfums, from 7 Summers to No. 1 Cologne. Here is how to pick one, how to layer it with body oil, and the gourmand perfumes and mists that share its sweet tooth.

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Mad Rabbit Tattoo Care: The Balm, The Gel And What To Pair With Them

Mad Rabbit Tattoo Care: The Balm, The Gel And What To Pair With Them

Mad Rabbit is the tattoo aftercare brand two college friends started in 2019, and its balm, gel and mineral sunscreen are built for fresh ink and old ink alike. Here is what each one is for, plus the healing creams, sunscreen sticks and gentle body care worth keeping around a tattoo. Start with the balm.

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goop Mineral Sunscreen: Which One to Try

goop Mineral Sunscreen: Which One to Try

goop sunscreen comes down to one rule: mineral only, with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide as the active. Here is what that stance means, the face and body sunscreens it recommends, and the lip SPF, mists and after-sun care to finish with.

La Roche-Posay Tinted Sunscreen: The Mineral Fluids to Try

La Roche-Posay Tinted Sunscreen: The Mineral Fluids to Try

La Roche-Posay tinted sunscreen comes as 100% mineral fluids that use iron oxides for the tint. Here is how the two tinted fluids work, which tinted mineral sunscreens and SPF skin tints sit beside them, and the powders and lip balms for touch-ups.

belif Aqua Bomb, the Gel Cream Line and the Water Creams Beside It

belif Aqua Bomb, the Gel Cream Line and the Water Creams Beside It

The belif Aqua Bomb gel cream is The True Cream Aqua Bomb, a jelly-textured moisturizer with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide. I go through the rest of the line, from the eye gel to the sleeping mask, and the gel and water creams beside it.

Nature's Bounty Hair, Skin and Nails Vitamins and the Collagen Supplements Beside Them

Nature's Bounty Hair, Skin and Nails Vitamins and the Collagen Supplements Beside Them

Nature's Bounty is the name most people reach for when they think of hair, skin and nails vitamins. Here is the brand's beauty lineup, the collagen powders that sit next to it and the hair supplements made for thinner-looking hair.

Toppik Hair Fibers and the Thickening Sprays and Scalp Serums Around Them

Toppik Hair Fibers and the Thickening Sprays and Scalp Serums Around Them

Toppik hair fibers are keratin fibers that cling to the hair you already have. I go through the Toppik lineup, then the root sprays that add lift and the scalp serums to use alongside.

TheraFace Mask Glo: Therabody's LED Mask and What to Pair With It

TheraFace Mask Glo: Therabody's LED Mask and What to Pair With It

The TheraFace Mask Glo is Therabody's 12-minute LED mask, and it sits in a growing shelf of light masks, face tools and serums. Here is how I would read each one, and what to press in after the light.

Mugler Jasmine Perfume: Alien Goddess, Angel and Vanilla Picks

Mugler Jasmine Perfume: Alien Goddess, Angel and Vanilla Picks

Mugler jasmine perfume starts with Alien Goddess, a golden blend of bourbon vanilla and jasmine. I set it beside Angel and the rest of the Alien family, then vanilla and warm jasmine perfumes from other brands.

The Couple Who Put Their Names on Ardell Lashes

The Couple Who Put Their Names on Ardell Lashes

Arnold and Sydell Miller combined their first names in 1971 and started Ardell lashes, from Demi Wispies to press-on clusters. This edit walks through the Wispies, the strip styles from natural to full, and the cluster kits and glue.

Farouk Shami, a Pizza Crust, and the CHI Silk Infusion Bottle on My Shelf

Farouk Shami, a Pizza Crust, and the CHI Silk Infusion Bottle on My Shelf

CHI Silk Infusion comes from a Houston hairdresser who says he was the first to put silk proteins into hair care. This is the leave-in family around it, the rest of the CHI shelf, and four oils and serums to wear beside it.

A Paris Hair Dye, a Junior Copywriter and Clairol Hair Color at Home

A Paris Hair Dye, a Junior Copywriter and Clairol Hair Color at Home

Clairol hair color has a better origin story than most perfumes, and it begins with a Depression-era trip to France. This edit follows it from boxed kits to purple toners to root touch-ups for the weeks between colors.

Purito Oat-in Calming Gel Cream, and the Soil to Seoul Idea Behind It

Purito Oat-in Calming Gel Cream, and the Soil to Seoul Idea Behind It

Purito oat in calming gel cream is a light, oat-based moisturizer from PURITO SEOUL, a brand with a plain-spoken point of view about purity. Here is the rest of the Purito line, oat creams and serums from other brands, and a few light gel creams for calmer-feeling skin.

Real Techniques Brushes and the Two Sisters Who Filmed Them Into Being

Real Techniques Brushes and the Two Sisters Who Filmed Them Into Being

Real Techniques brushes began with two makeup artist sisters and a YouTube channel. This edit covers the sets, the single face brushes, the sponge and the tools that keep them clean.

Hard Candy Setting Spray, From Baby-Blue Sky Polish to Lock Sprays

Hard Candy Setting Spray, From Baby-Blue Sky Polish to Lock Sprays

Best Hard Candy setting spray: Look On Lock and Grip On Lock each promise a 16-hour hold, alcohol- and fragrance-free. 16 sprays compared.

Redken Leave In Conditioner, From a Salon Lab to Your Shower

Redken Leave In Conditioner, From a Salon Lab to Your Shower

A Redken leave in conditioner can be a light spray, a bonding treatment or a curl cream, depending on the bottle. This edit has eight Redken leave-ins and eight other leave-in treatments and conditioners to compare.