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Feb. 19, 2020
After a Long Hunt, I Found the Perfect, Under-$25 Winter Moisturizer Its non-greasy, and leaves skin looking downright bouncy, even after sitting in front of a heat-blasting radiator.
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Feb. 13, 2020
Help Me, Rio: I Lost Part of My Eyebrow! I’m not going to speak to healing the scar. But I do have some makeup tricks that’ll at least let you pretend your eyebrow isn’t half gone.
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Feb. 12, 2020
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Feb. 5, 2020
These Icy Wands Shrink My Cystic Zits in Minutes They’re $14 less than Renée Rouleau’s Anti Cyst Treatment, and work twice as well.
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Jan. 31, 2020
Help Me, Rio: I Burned My Forehead With a Curling Iron! Your instinct might be to dry the blister out so it falls off faster. That is not a good idea.
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Jan. 29, 2020
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Jan. 23, 2020
This Piggy Lid Helps Me Make Perfect Rice, Open Jars, and Microwave Leftovers “It’s really incredibly useful, for a silicone sheet that loosely resembles a pig.”
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Jan. 22, 2020
The Email I Send to Brides Looking for Pre-Wedding Skin-Care Advice Engaged friends, friends of friends, and perfect strangers alike are constantly asking for wedding advice. This is what I send them.
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Jan. 16, 2020
All 6 Cats in My Family Go Nuts Over This Giant Unicorn Tunnel My sister’s cat loves it, my mom’s cat loves it, and now, my Martini loves it.
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Jan. 15, 2020
The 12 COSRX Products Every Skin-Care Fiend Should Have The basically perfect Korean skin-care brand seemingly debuts a new product every week. These are the 12 I’ll never stop buying.
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Jan. 10, 2020
The $28 Hairbrush That Replaced My Mason Pearson Whenever I use it — after a shower, in the mornings, before going out — it leaves my locks looking smoother, silkier, and with no knots or flyaways.
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Jan. 8, 2020
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Dec. 26, 2019
The 5 Best Products for Skin, Hair, and Nails That I Bought This Year My hands-down favorite purchases from this past year across five categories — hair, nails, skin care, makeup, and body.
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Dec. 18, 2019
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Dec. 17, 2019
The Absolute Best Beauty Products That Will Still Arrive in Time for Christmas Including a mini fridge, a slightly magical hair towel, and a bevy of hydrating masks.
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Dec. 13, 2019
I’m Impossible to Shop for, But There Are Some Beauty Products I Actually Want My friends and family feel it would be impossible to pick out something I don’t already own. But they are wrong!
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Dec. 10, 2019
The 15 Best Gifts for Every Beauty Obsessive on Your List Fancy cream for a fancy lady, a Glossier starter-kit for a Gen-Z sibling, and a brown lip duo for the ‘90s nostalgist.
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Dec. 2, 2019
The Best Things to Buy at Glossier’s Cyber Monday Sale Now is the time to pick up some of their cult favorite, shelfie-ready skincare and makeup products.
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Nov. 21, 2019
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Nov. 19, 2019
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Nov. 15, 2019
I Joined the Megababe ‘Rosy Pits’ Cult and I’m Never Turning Back The deodorant doesn’t stop sweat, but it makes those little droplets smell like roses. And not roses that are covering up garbage.
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Nov. 12, 2019
The 3 Pricey Products I’ll Always Splurge on (Because They’re That Good) I’ve tried and tried and tried to find dupes for them, but they’re just too effective.
The 14 Things Worth Buying at Credo Beauty’s Sale A lip-gloss lover’s lip gloss, a shimmer-free balm, and a Katie Jane Hughes–approved cream.
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Nov. 6, 2019
All the Products I’m Buying Before the Sephora Sale Ends Including a retinol alternative recommended by Jonathan Van Ness, and a straightener recommended by Katie Jane Hughes.
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Nov. 1, 2019
Everything Worth Buying at the Sephora Insider Sale I’ve written lovingly about almost every single product on this list.
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Oct. 31, 2019
Everything I Use to Create the Perfect ’90s-Inspired Brown Lip “There’s something about the neutrality and effortlessness of the look — it just makes you look cool.”
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Oct. 30, 2019
I Found a Solid Dupe for My Gut-Wrenchingly Expensive Christophe Robin Hair Mask Texture sprays, oils, and leave-in conditioners have become basically superfluous.
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Oct. 25, 2019
Much to My Surprise, I’m Obsessed With Kylie Cosmetics’ Blush I loathed her lip kits and glosses. But this stuff is really, really good.
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Oct. 22, 2019
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Oct. 17, 2019
These Are My 9 Favorite Things From the Big Tatcha Sale Including a sunscreen, an eye mask, a lip balm, and more.
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Oct. 16, 2019
The 11 Products I’ve Bought Over and Over Again If the bottle is empty, you know it’s been well-loved.
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Oct. 11, 2019
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Oct. 4, 2019
Rio Drops By: Talking Retinol and Burn Creams With Beauty Consultant Alexis Page The drugstore moisturizer, Muji lipstick, and face-lifting foundation the woman who’s developed products for Pat McGrath’s and Emily Weiss loves.
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Oct. 2, 2019
The 5 Things You Should Buy From Walmart’s (Yes, Walmart’s) Beauty Sale They have a lot of great makeup, it turns out, and it’s all extremely cheap at the moment.
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Oct. 1, 2019
This Tinted Moisturizer Makes My Skin Look Flawless Even When I’m Sickly If you, like me, like to look like you have perfectly luminous skin even when you emphatically don’t, this is a must-have.
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Sept. 27, 2019
This Oil May Be the Most Hydrating Product I’ve Ever Tried “It wasn’t just a fluke: The one night I didn’t use it, I woke up with scaly red patches all over my face.”
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Sept. 25, 2019
The Autumnal Look That Convinced Me Orange Makeup Is Flattering Stolen from a picture of Lily Aldrige looking like a beautiful pumpkin.
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Sept. 23, 2019
My Beloved Purito Centella Sunscreen Is Now Available Scent-Free Some of you were bothered by the practically perfect product’s lavender-y smell. No longer.
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Sept. 18, 2019
Urban Outfitters Has a Ton of Cute Barrettes on Sale Join the Great Barrette Movement of 2019, at a slightly lower cost.
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Sept. 12, 2019
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Sept. 11, 2019
My Favorite Products for a Glam Night Out At night, I transform into a contour-crazed, colorfully lidded werewolf.
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Sept. 5, 2019
The Products That I Never, Ever Take Out of My Purse I manage to squeeze in a water bottle, a mini SPF spritz, and a dry shampoo. Among other things.
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Sept. 3, 2019
Every Beauty Item You Should Buy During Ulta’s September Sale Get half off Kylie Cosmetics Lip Kit on September 14, an It Cosmetics concealer on the 20th, and an Urban Decay Eye Pencil on the 21st.
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Aug. 28, 2019
This Blush Puts All My Other Blush to Shame Katie Jane Hughes, the queen of dewy skin, has already given it her rare stamp of approval.
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Aug. 26, 2019
The 6 Products I’m Buying Before the Massive Sephora Sale Ends A confidence-boosting body cream, a smell-canceling hair perfume, and the perfect Merlot-y fall lipstick.
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Aug. 21, 2019
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Aug. 16, 2019
The Five Things I’m Buying During Dermstore’s Anniversary Sale Including a Jen Atkin–approved hair mask, a Shayna Gold–approved cleansing milk, and a palette with a Megan Markle–approved highlighter.
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