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Which La Roche-Posay Cleanser Is Best for Your Skin?

Which La Roche-Posay Cleanser Is Best for Your Skin?

Which La Roche-Posay cleanser is best? Toleriane is for dry or sensitive skin, Effaclar for oily or acne-prone skin. Here is how every face wash compares.

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PanOxyl Face Wash: How Much Benzoyl Peroxide You Actually Need

PanOxyl Face Wash: How Much Benzoyl Peroxide You Actually Need

A face wash with benzoyl peroxide, like PanOxyl's 10% Acne Foaming Wash or 4% Creamy Wash, puts one acne ingredient to work in the shower. I trace the line back to Stiefel Laboratories, then go through the washes, bars, spot treatments and moisturizers.

Anua Heartleaf Line: Toners, Cleansers and What Surrounds It

Anua Heartleaf Line: Toners, Cleansers and What Surrounds It

Anua Heartleaf is the line from a Korean skincare brand founded in Seoul in 2019 around gentle, highly effective skin care. I start with the plant, called eoseongcho in Korea, then the toner, the cleansers and the picks around them.

Clarins Double Serum Foundation And The 1985 Serum Behind The Name

Clarins Double Serum Foundation And The 1985 Serum Behind The Name

Clarins Double Serum Foundation borrows its name and its two-chamber housing from the skincare serum Jacques Courtin-Clarins created in 1985, but it is its own liquid foundation with a claimed 12 hours of coverage. Clarins built the brand in Paris in 1954 on the idea of putting plant extracts into skincare, and that same lab now designs a foundation to sit alongside the rest of its complexion range. Here is where it fits next to the skincare Double Serum and the rest of the Clarins counter.

Drowsy Sleep Mask vs Nodpod: Silk and Weighted Masks

Drowsy Sleep Mask vs Nodpod: Silk and Weighted Masks

Drowsy sleep mask vs Nodpod comes down to a lash-protecting mask or a weighted eye mask that Melissa Bamberg first sewed herself in 2009. I put both next to silk masks from Slip and Casaluna.

Redken Shampoo: The Salon Line, Sorted By What Your Hair Needs

Redken Shampoo: The Salon Line, Sorted By What Your Hair Needs

Redken shampoo started in 1960 with an actress who had baby-fine hair and no salon products that worked for her. That actress, Paula Kent, built the brand with hairdresser Jheri Redding on the idea that hair care should match hair and skin's natural pH. Now it is an L'Oréal line sold through salons, and I sort it here by what each shampoo is actually built to fix.

Lashes 101: Strip, Magnetic, Multipack And Serum Sorted

Lashes 101: Strip, Magnetic, Multipack And Serum Sorted

Eyelashes as a category covers a lot more than mascara now: strip lashes, magnetic sets, drugstore multipacks and growth serums all live under the same search. Each format asks something different of you, from a nightly serum routine to a five-minute glue job before you leave the house. I sorted the whole shelf here by how much effort each one actually takes.

Versace Cologne: Eros, Dylan Blue And What To Try Next

Versace Cologne: Eros, Dylan Blue And What To Try Next

Versace Cologne really means two different fragrance families, the sweet mint-and-vanilla Eros from 2012 and the drier, Ambroxan-heavy Dylan Blue from 2016, both housed under the same Medusa-stamped cap. Eros Flame and a handful of Pour Homme and Eau Fraiche editions fill in the space between those two poles, while Euroitalia, the company that also makes fragrances for Missoni and Moschino, holds the license behind all of them. What follows breaks down every current bottle, plus the colognes worth trying if either scent already works for you.

YSL Perfume: Libre, Black Opium And Mon Paris Explained

YSL Perfume: Libre, Black Opium And Mon Paris Explained

YSL Perfume shelves are dominated by three names now, Libre, Black Opium and Mon Paris, each built by a different team of perfumers with a very different idea of what a feminine fragrance should smell like. Libre took Anne Flipo roughly seven years and 1,570 attempts to finish, while Black Opium leaned on an unusually high dose of coffee for its category. Here is how those three, plus the smaller couture shelf and the travel sizes, actually break down.

YSL Myself Is Spelled MYSLF: Inside The Fragrance

YSL Myself Is Spelled MYSLF: Inside The Fragrance

YSL Myself is what most people type into a search bar, but the bottle itself spells the name MYSLF, no vowels, pressed into black lacquered glass. Three perfumers built it in 2023 around two Calabrian bergamots, Tunisian orange blossom and Indonesian patchouli, and the brand calls it its first masculine woody floral. Here is how that fragrance compares to the house's Y and L'Homme lines, and to a few other bottles worth smelling alongside it.

Jimmy Choo Perfume: I Want Choo And The Line's Fruitier Cousins

Jimmy Choo Perfume: I Want Choo And The Line's Fruitier Cousins

Jimmy Choo perfume has always come from Interparfums rather than the shoe atelier itself, and that license shapes everything from the first 2011 debut to today's I Want Choo family. This edit covers the full I Want Choo range, the travel sprays and gift sets built around it, and the floral vanilla and fruity perfumes from other houses that sit closest to it. It is a good stop for anyone who likes a sweet, fruit-led perfume with some weight to it.

Yara Perfume Smells Like Orchid, Heliotrope And Vanilla

Yara Perfume Smells Like Orchid, Heliotrope And Vanilla

Yara perfume smells like orchid, heliotrope and tangerine over vanilla, musk and sandalwood. There is no strawberry in it, whatever TikTok says, which is why so many people describe it as a powdery, creamy flower rather than a milkshake.

How To Shop Perfume By Scent Family Instead Of By Note

How To Shop Perfume By Scent Family Instead Of By Note

To shop perfume by scent family, start with one of four groups: florals, vanilla and gourmand, woods and musks, or fresh and citrus. I sort the edit that way and end with a small perfume shelf you will actually use.

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Hair Mousse Is Back, and It Is Nothing Like the Crunchy Foam You Remember

Hair Mousse Is Back, and It Is Nothing Like the Crunchy Foam You Remember

Hair mousse has quietly returned to the bathroom shelf, and the new formulas feel closer to a light conditioner than a helmet. The shift tracks with a bigger move away from heavy creams and toward air-dried, touchable texture. Here are twelve I rate, from curl definers to feather-light volume foams.

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The Best Hair Dryer for Your Hair Is Not Always the Newest One

The Best Hair Dryer for Your Hair Is Not Always the Newest One

The best hair dryer used to mean the loudest, heaviest one in the salon, and now it usually means a light, fast motor with steadier heat. The difference shows up as less frizz, less frying and a much less tired arm. These twelve cover the newest high-tech dryers, salon workhorses and travel dryers that pack small.

The Best Leave In Conditioner Is the One You Will Use Every Wash

The Best Leave In Conditioner Is the One You Will Use Every Wash

The best leave in conditioner is the quiet step that makes every other hair product work better, from detangling to heat styling. Formulas now range from weightless sprays for fine hair to rich creams for curls and treatment-style milks for damage. These are the twelve I rate, split by texture and what your hair actually needs.

A Wax Stick for Hair Is the Secret Behind Every Sleek Bun You Have Saved

A Wax Stick for Hair Is the Secret Behind Every Sleek Bun You Have Saved

A wax stick for hair is the small tool behind every sleek bun, slicked-back pony and flyaway-free part you have saved on your phone. It glides on like a glue stick, smooths without crunch and fits in the smallest bag. These twelve cover true wax sticks, taming wands for baby hairs and a few firmer gels and pomades.

Greasy Hair by Noon: The Dry Shampoos and Scalp Fixes That Actually Help

Greasy Hair by Noon: The Dry Shampoos and Scalp Fixes That Actually Help

Greasy hair is rarely a sign that you are doing something wrong, and more often a sign that your scalp is simply busy. The fix is good dry shampoo for the in-between days plus a little scalp care so the oil does not win by lunchtime. These twelve cover sprays, powders and the scalp products that make each wash last longer.

The Best Shampoo for Oily Hair Is a Clarifying One, Used the Right Way

The Best Shampoo for Oily Hair Is a Clarifying One, Used the Right Way

The best shampoo for oily hair cleans the scalp thoroughly without stripping the lengths, which is harder than it sounds. Clarifying, exfoliating and hard-water formulas each solve a different part of the problem. These twelve are sorted so you can find the one that matches why your roots get greasy.

The Wide Tooth Comb Is the Least Glamorous Tool That Saves My Hair

The Wide Tooth Comb Is the Least Glamorous Tool That Saves My Hair

A wide tooth comb is the simplest tool in any bathroom and the one stylists tell you to use on wet hair first. It detangles without the snapping and stretching a brush can cause, and the good ones glide rather than snag. These twelve range from hand-finished acetate combs to painted ones and shower-proof basics.

How to Find the Best Shampoo for Your Hair, Not Someone Else's

How to Find the Best Shampoo for Your Hair, Not Someone Else's

The best shampoo is less about the label and more about matching the formula to what your hair actually needs. Damaged hair wants repair, dry hair wants moisture, and most people just want something gentle enough for regular washing. These twelve are sorted by exactly those three needs.

The Best Heat Protectant Spray for Blowouts, Flat Irons and Curling Wands

The Best Heat Protectant Spray for Blowouts, Flat Irons and Curling Wands

The best heat protectant spray is the one you actually use before every blow-dry, because heat damage adds up quietly. The newer formulas protect, smooth and even help a style hold, so they feel less like a chore. These twelve cover blow-dry mists, dry-finish sprays and a few formulas that add volume.

What a Hair Growth Shampoo Can and Cannot Do for Thinning Hair

What a Hair Growth Shampoo Can and Cannot Do for Thinning Hair

A hair growth shampoo cannot regrow hair on its own, but the right one can make thinning hair look fuller and keep the scalp in good shape. The newer formulas use ingredients like rosemary, peptides and plant extracts, and focus on the scalp as much as the strands. These twelve are split into scalp-first, thickening and density shampoos.

Best Scalp Treatments for Dandruff: Shampoos, Scrubs, Leave-Ons

Best Scalp Treatments for Dandruff: Shampoos, Scrubs, Leave-Ons

The best scalp treatments for dandruff start with a proper active ingredient in the shampoo, then add scrubs, masks or leave-ons. I go through anti-dandruff shampoos from Ouai, Oribe and Mizani, plus what I would skip.

The Best Collagen Picks, From the Morning Scoop to the Night Cream

The Best Collagen Picks, From the Morning Scoop to the Night Cream

The best collagen routine works from two sides: a daily powder or capsule if you enjoy one, and creams and masks for how skin looks and feels right now. Here are the powders, capsules and gummies, the serums and creams, and the masks and patches, with realistic hopes for each.

Best Vitamins for Men, Starting With a Word From 1912

Best Vitamins for Men, Starting With a Word From 1912

The best vitamins for men are the ones that fit the gaps in your own diet. Here are daily multis, gummies and formulas for men over 40, 50 and 55, and how to choose one.

Best Olly Vitamins: Gummy Multis, Sleep, Stress and Gut

Best Olly Vitamins: Gummy Multis, Sleep, Stress and Gut

The best Olly vitamins depend on your goal, with gummy multis, focus, sleep, stress, gut and beauty formulas to choose from. I walk through how they differ and how to pick one.

The Best Tinted Moisturizer for Mature Skin, Since Laura Mercier's 1996 Idea

The Best Tinted Moisturizer for Mature Skin, Since Laura Mercier's 1996 Idea

The best tinted moisturizer for mature skin is a sheer, glowing formula that hydrates first and adds color second. I go through SPF options from NARS, Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown, plus a few more skin tints.