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Serum Hour: Vitamin C Serums and a Quiet Skincare Routine

Serum Hour: Vitamin C Serums and a Quiet Skincare Routine

A serum hour is the skincare routine as a ritual, built on vitamin C serums and a sunscreen serum.

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Eucerin, From a Hamburg Pharmacy Patent to a Dark Spot Routine

Eucerin, From a Hamburg Pharmacy Patent to a Dark Spot Routine

Eucerin began in 1900 with a chemist's patent for an emulsifier, and its Radiant Tone line is where that lab-first mindset meets dark spots. Here are the Eucerin creams and serums, brightening serums from other makers, and the bars and body care that keep a brightening routine going below the neck.

Glowy Skin Prep and Body Care Routine Essentials

Glowy Skin Prep and Body Care Routine Essentials

A polished beauty story around skin prep, body care, and the routines shoppers are revisiting.

Farmacy, a PR Man's Garden Patch That Ended Up in Everyone's Bathroom

Farmacy, a PR Man's Garden Patch That Ended Up in Everyone's Bathroom

Farmacy started with a flower Mark Veeder found in his garden and a cleansing balm that became its calling card. Here are twelve Farmacy products, from the balm to the honey line to the serums.

Beauty Routine Builders: Skincare Formulas, Tools and Refills

Beauty Routine Builders: Skincare Formulas, Tools and Refills

A discovery edit for the formulas, tools, and replenishment moments driving shopper interest.

Sunday Riley Good Genes Was a Prototype Before the Brand Even Had a Name

Sunday Riley Good Genes Was a Prototype Before the Brand Even Had a Name

Sunday Riley Good Genes is the lactic acid treatment a Houston chemist had on hand when Barneys showed interest, and it is still the best way into her shelf. Here are twelve Sunday Riley formulas, from serums and face oils to a body butter and a clay cleanser.

Healthy Girl Edit: Collagen, Vitamins, Greens and Electrolytes

Healthy Girl Edit: Collagen, Vitamins, Greens and Electrolytes

The healthy girl edit stocks daily vitamins, collagen, greens, electrolytes and glow supplements.

HUM Nutrition Explained: Founder Story, Bestsellers, Alternatives

HUM Nutrition Explained: Founder Story, Bestsellers, Alternatives

HUM Nutrition began with a founder's adult acne and a long look at gut health. Here is what the best-known formulas are for, the newer ones beyond the bestsellers, and the gummies, powders and drinks I would compare them with.

Self-Care Sunday Essentials: Candles, Masks and Gua Sha

Self-Care Sunday Essentials: Candles, Masks and Gua Sha

The reset-day essentials — candles, aromatherapy, gua sha, masks, and the little rituals that make self-care feel luxurious.

Who Owns Vanicream: The Minnesota Pharmacists Behind It

Who Owns Vanicream: The Minnesota Pharmacists Behind It

Vanicream is owned and made by Pharmaceutical Specialties, Inc., a company two hospital pharmacists formed in Rochester, Minnesota in 1975. Brian Leary and Rick Sandwick joined the two founders as partners in January 2005, and the creams are still made in Rochester.

Glow Skincare Routine: Serums, Creams and Oils

Glow Skincare Routine: Serums, Creams and Oils

Prestige skincare, bottled radiance

Where The Ordinary Was Founded: Toronto and DECIEM

Where The Ordinary Was Founded: Toronto and DECIEM

Where was The Ordinary founded? Toronto, August 2016, as DECIEM's 11th brand, now under Estée Lauder. The line sorted by type.

Goli Explained: The ACV Gummy That Started A Company

Goli Explained: The ACV Gummy That Started A Company

Goli is the gummy vitamin company that built itself around one product, an Apple Cider Vinegar Gummy it called the world's first when it launched in 2019. The brand has since added ashwagandha, multivitamin, sleep and probiotic gummies, and it survived a 2024 bankruptcy filing through a buyout by a group that included one of its own founders. Here is what the ACV claim actually holds up to, plus the wider gummy vitamin shelf it now sits on.

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Glass Skin Routine: Korean Skincare Steps From Cleanse to Essence

Glass Skin Routine: Korean Skincare Steps From Cleanse to Essence

A glass skin routine starts with a double cleanse and moves through Korean skincare steps to an essence.

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Korres, the Greek Pharmacy Brand That Began With a Syrup

Korres, the Greek Pharmacy Brand That Began With a Syrup

Korres origin story: a pharmacist in Athens made a herbal syrup in 1996, and the brand grew into face care, body care and fragrance. I start with the Greek yoghurt face care and end with one jar to try first.

Phoebe Gates Skincare Edit: A Simple Layered Routine

Phoebe Gates Skincare Edit: A Simple Layered Routine

The Phoebe Gates skincare edit keeps layering simple: 39 cleansers, serums and SPF from Supergoop!, Allies of Skin and Sunday Riley.

Aquaphor Was a Pharmacist's Secret Long Before It Was Ours

Aquaphor Was a Pharmacist's Secret Long Before It Was Ours

Aquaphor started life in 1925 as an ointment for doctors and pharmacists, and it still does one plain job: it helps keep moisture in. Here is the original jar and its lip and body spinoffs, the richer face balms that follow the same idea, and the lip treatments I rotate through winter.

Hair Wellness: Scalp First, Then Everything Else

Hair Wellness: Scalp First, Then Everything Else

Hair wellness starts with the scalp: 40 shampoos, masks and treatments from Rahua, Roz Hair, OUAI and Oribe.

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream and the East Village Pharmacy Behind It

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream and the East Village Pharmacy Behind It

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream is the everyday moisturizer from a brand that started as an East Village pharmacy in 1851. Here is the full Ultra Facial family, from the barrier cream to the SPF, plus the Kiehl's classics that sit beside it on my shelf.

Shower Shelf Picks: Body Oils and Shower Essentials

Shower Shelf Picks: Body Oils and Shower Essentials

The shower shelf, edited: 40 body care and shower picks from Salt & Stone, Moroccanoil and Oak Essentials, $17 to $54.

Diptyque: The Paris Shop Behind the Candles and Perfumes

Diptyque: The Paris Shop Behind the Candles and Perfumes

Diptyque opened in Paris in 1961 as a shop for fabric and travel finds, then made its first three candles in 1963 and its first eau de toilette in 1968. A guide to the classic candles, from Baies and Figuier to Feu de Bois and Santal, plus how to choose between a candle, a diffuser and a scent for skin.

Ellis Brooklyn Perfume: Bee Shapiro's Story, Best Scents And Mists

Ellis Brooklyn Perfume: Bee Shapiro's Story, Best Scents And Mists

Ellis Brooklyn perfumes started when pregnant New York Times beauty columnist Bee Shapiro could not find a fragrance free of parabens and phthalates. I go through the eaux de parfum, from Myth and Sun Fruit to Vanilla Milk, plus the hair and body mists.

Yoga Wear: Clothes That Move and Stay Put

Yoga Wear: Clothes That Move and Stay Put

Yoga wear that moves and stays put is the idea behind this edit of Beyond Yoga leggings, flares, bras and bodysuits.

Clean Reserve Perfume and the Shower Soap Idea Behind It

Clean Reserve Perfume and the Shower Soap Idea Behind It

Clean Reserve perfume grew out of a simple idea, a scent that smells freshly washed, and then went farm to fragrance. This edit runs from the quiet Skin and Warm Cotton to sweet cherry, caramel and papaya, plus three sets for trying them.

A Skincare Routine You Will Actually Keep

A Skincare Routine You Will Actually Keep

A skincare routine you will actually keep is a short sequence that cleanses and moisturizes. Shop 15 picks from Chanel, Caudalie and Estée Lauder.

A Morning Skincare Routine In Four Steps

A Morning Skincare Routine In Four Steps

A morning skincare routine should cleanse, balance and moisturize in four steps. Shop 16 picks from Clinique, Shiseido and Kiehl's.

Rizos Curls, the Latina-Founded Curl Line Made in English and Spanish

Rizos Curls, the Latina-Founded Curl Line Made in English and Spanish

Rizos Curls started with a homemade formula Julissa Prado carried in a Ziploc bag for years. Here is its defining cream with the gels, mousse and moisture products I would layer around it.

Skincare Routines: Barrier, Actives and Minimalist Picks

Skincare Routines: Barrier, Actives and Minimalist Picks

Skincare turned into an ideology with factions: barrier, actives and minimalists. Shop 240 creams and serums from Shiseido, SK-II and Clinique.