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How to Avoid Skin Irritation From a Face Mask Covering


As we enter this new normal, it means adjusting to changes in our daily routine, from working from home to meticulously planning our weekly grocery store trips. The newest adjustment has been wearing a face mask whenever you’re in public, following the CDC’s recommendation in order to flatten the curve. No matter if you’re a health care worker wearing a medical mask on the front lines, or you’re wearing a fabric face covering out on a daily sanity walk, you’ll soon discover that in addition to keeping you safe, your face mask may be causing some less than desirable side effects when it comes to your skin.

“Any fabric rubbing against your skin may lead to friction and irritation,” says Joshua Zeichner M.D., Director of Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. “Plus, oil, sweat, dirt, and makeup can build up under the fabric. This can lead to rashes or even acne breakouts, especially in areas where the mask directly comes in contact with your skin.” In more serious cases, like those of medical workers wearing N95 masks for hours, your skin may start to break down and serious bruising can take place due to the constant rubbing.

In addition to the mask itself creating skin irritation, there’s the fact that you’re trapping your own breath and creating a warm, moist environment. “Skin under a mask can get ‘sweaty’ and damp from the moisture in your breath,” says Sofie Pavitt, an esthetician in NYC. “This can make it susceptible to breakouts and irritation.”

While a little acne is certainly worth it to keep yourself (and others) safe, there are ways to keep your skin protected too. Read on for the best ways to treat and prevent skin irritation from face masks.

Consider the fabric of your mask.

Whether you DIY a mask with a bandana or purchase one from a small retailer, the fabric you’re using can make a big difference. Across the board, experts recommend avoiding synthetic materials and picking something soft and natural like cotton. Keep in mind, though, that breathable fabrics are more likely to filter air in. Dr. Shari Marchbein, a dermatologist in NYC, recommends layering tightly woven cotton to keep you protected.

Give your makeup some time off.

If you can, it’s a good idea to let your skin breathe when wearing a mask out and about. In addition to the fact that no one is paying attention to your skin right now, “the mask is likely to remove makeup as it rubs against your skin,” says Marchbein. “That makeup can cause further occlusion of oil glands and pores potentially making breakouts worse.” Ditch your foundation and focus on a cool eyeshadow if you still want to play with makeup.

Shelf any strong cleansers or exfoliators for now.

While you might be tempted to attack your chin area with heavy-duty products to keep it clear, now is the time to really baby your skin to keep it protected. “It’s important to use ultra gentle skin cleansers and moisturizers,” says Zeichner. “Harsh facial cleansers can disrupt the outer skin layer, leading to dryness and inflammation. This makes it more likely that you’ll develop irritation from a mask sitting on your face.” He recommends sticking to gentle, simple formulas like Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar, Aveeno Ultra Calming Nourishing Night Cream, and Vaseline for super damaged skin.

While Marchbein calls retinol “the backbone of any good antiaging and acne skin care routine,” she recommends taking a break from it for now, especially if you’re wearing a N95 mask since it can make skin more easily irritated. She says other serums are fine, and be sure to wear at least SPF 30 on areas where your face is exposed.





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Rihanna Says Fenty Skin Is Coming


When Rihanna launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, it revolutionized the makeup industry based on one single premise: Give the people—all the people—products in shade ranges that work for them. And now that that’s finally becoming the norm, Rih has her sights set on doing the same thing for skin care.

In her new interview with British Vogue (she’s the magazine’s May cover star), RiRi confirms that Fenty Skin is, in fact, coming—although she doesn’t have an exact release date yet. “Skin care, it’s the truth. It either works or it doesn’t. There’s nowhere to hide,” she tells the magazine.

Of course, when Fenty Skin does launch, it will no-doubt be top-notch. All of RiRi’s endeavors are—whether that’s launching a foundation, designing a line of lingerie, or dropping new music, which fans have been eagerly anticipating for years. “I refuse to release anything that is not up to par with my quality level,” she says about her endeavors with Fenty. “The angle of a hem, the size of a sleeve, the stitch… If it’s not the right stitch that I want.”

Rihanna’s brand is all about quality—and diversity. She says she’s still surprised when people come up to her and suggest that making products for a range of skin tones was a novel, revolutionary idea.

“I’m shocked by people saying, ‘Oh my god, what made you think of making makeup for black girls?’” she tells British Vogue. “I’m like, ‘What? You thought this was like, a marketing strategy? Like I’m a genius?’ It’s shocking most of the time, then it turns into disappointment that this is groundbreaking right now. In my mind, this was just normal.”

Also normal for Rihanna: having a heavy, active hand in Fenty—down to the words on bottles and product names. That’s one of many reasons why the brand is successful: It’s authentic. “I write all of the copy for the websites, the product descriptions, and product names,” she says. “I do have a huge team, but I just don’t necessarily think their tone is mine. I’d feel like a fraud selling something that I can’t stand by.”

Read Rihanna’s full interview with British Vogue here.



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The 25 Best Foundations for Dry Skin That Won't Show Flakes


In our recent attempts at finding the best foundation for dry skin, we discovered that it’s not as easy as it sounds. Full-coverage formulas tend to show flakes, while sheerer foundations can go on patchy and uneven. So we decided to call in some help from the pros—the ones who know which bottles hold the secrets to second-skin textures on any skin type since they do it daily.

“Because dry skin tends to be uneven with smooth areas as well as dry, flaky patches, the wrong foundation will exacerbate all of the issues by looking quite uneven,” says celebrity makeup artist Brigitte Reiss-Andersen, basically echoing everything we’d discovered. Reiss-Andersen has a couple of tricks, like adding small droplets of Chantecaille Rose de Mai Face Oil for a dewier finish, or opting for a damp BeautyBlender over a brush for application. While those methods help boost the smoothness of any formula, it also makes sense to start with the right one.

“Choose the texture well,” she advises. “Look for products that hydrate.” We asked her—and six other celebrity makeup artists—to weigh in on the ones that have earned a spot in their makeup bags. Below, the 25 best foundations for dry skin—with a flake-free finish guaranteed.

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The Cream Skin Routine Gave Me the Softest Skin of my Life


Lately my skin has been acting like my friend’s newborn: It’s agitated and clearly upset, but I still cannot figure out the source of its tantrum. This winter it’s played host to breakouts, a newly rough texture on my forehead, enough oil to resemble an environmental disaster, and dry patches anywhere that hasn’t yet been co-opted by a zit. The guessing game of what’s behind this—dehydration, a new foundation I’ve been testing, or the good-smelling oil that a bunch of celebrities love—and their respective solutions haven’t yet worked.

So I decided to let it self-soothe—you know, just let it cry it out until it gives up and leaves me alone. (No, I don’t have kids, if you’re wondering.) For skin, that means going with the bare minimum, even with moisturizing ingredients. And yes, I know that drying out my skin is counterproductive, seeing as moisture-starved skin only churns out more oil, but if you’ve ever struggled with breakouts, you don’t need me, a rando on the internet, to tell you that it’s hard to break that habit.

But recently I did, and it’s all thanks to something called “cream skin.”

As with glass skin, cream skin is a uniquely Korean phenomenon. But that’s pretty much where the similarity ends. Glass skin is used to describe the appearance of skin, whereas cream skin is a product type—specifically, Laneige Cream Skin Toner & Moisturizer. “When you look up the hashtags, you can see right away that #GlassSkin describes skin that looks poreless, luminous, and translucent,” says Alicia Yoon, a licensed esthetician and the founder of Peach & Lily. “When you look up the hashtag #CreamSkin, you can see that it is all about the actual product type, not a skin look.”

A glance at the #creamskin hashtag on Instagram

How it all started is a lesson in the nuances of language. “In Korean, the word skin (or 스킨) doesn’t always refer to the actual skin on your face. It’s also used to refer to toners or essences,” explains Yoon. “For example, I grew up hearing my mom fondly talking about how applying ‘skin’ is so great for skin, since essences and hydrating toners replenish moisture.”

Its appeal is in its hybrid formulation of cream and essence. “It applies on like liquid, but settles in like a nice, protective moisturizer,” says Yoon. And I’m delighted to find that she’s right; the emulsion is just as weightless and quick to absorb as your average essence, which is part of the reason Yoon assured me that it wouldn’t send me into a breakout spiral. “The great thing about cream-skin products is they’re at once deeply hydrating and lightweight,” she says.





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Olay Will No Longer Retouch Models' Complexions in Its Skin Care Ads


Photoshop in advertising is no secret—as is the result it’s had on the way we see ourselves. It’s something the beauty industry has reckoned with over the past few years as women demand to see more realistic imagery in the world around us. And now Olay is delivering: The brand just announced it’s officially committed to “zero skin retouching” in all of its advertising materials, including content created by Olay’s influencer partners.

Olay admits in a statement that women face outrageous, and often conflicting, expectations about their appearance from the beauty industry and society as a whole. “In the U.S., 40% of women surveyed by Mintel said they felt beauty advertisements impart an unrealistic expectation, making it unclear what was actually achievable,” the statement reads.

So Olay is making a big change. Starting with a campaign led by actress Busy Philipps, model Denise Bidot, and comedian Lilly Singh, the company’s advertisements will be paired with an “Olay Skin Promise” logo, assuring buyers that the ad was completely untouched. Beyond the initial launch, you can expect to see the logo on all the brand’s imagery across print, digital, and TV by 2021. If this all sounds familiar, Olay is partnering with CVS, who launched its own campaign against excessive Photoshop in beauty ads in 2018.

Courtesy of Olay

Philipps, for one, is thrilled to be a part of this particular body-positive movement. “For Olay to take this stand and say, ‘We’re about skin care, we’re about having you feel your best and having you feel like your most confident self’, it’s a really big deal,” she said in a statement. “The more huge companies like Olay that can stand up, the better everyone’s going to be. You want to see yourself reflected. You don’t want to see something that’s completely unattainable because that’s not real.”

Philipps went on to tell Allure about her own experiences being altered in photoshoots. “My moles are such defining characteristics of my skin—it’s who I am,” she said. “So to have that message sent to me in the beginning of my career caused a lot of self-doubt.”

Busy Philipps and Olay skincare
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It’ll be interesting to see where this goes. Olay is far from the only beauty and lifestyle brand taking the leap into unretouched advertisements. Aerie just announced its latest group of #AerieREAL Role Models with an unretouched photoshoot, for example. But the world of Instagram influencers is still a mostly unregulated land of perceived perfection and Facetune. Hopefully, this is just one of many steps in changing toxic messaging online.

“I think people are so conditioned to see a ‘perfect’ face staring back at them on Instagram,” Philipps said. “And the more those [types of retouched] images get out there, the more it reinforces a normal that is not normal.”



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Tatcha's Mystery Bag Promotion Is a Skin Care Lover's Dream


From self-cleaning towels to skin-tightening lasers, the beauty industry is constantly churning out innovative gadgets and treatments for a range of skin woes. And while it seems like a new launch pops up every other day, certain bestselling brands have no problem maintaining a spot on the totem pole of can’t-live-without-it-products, and Tatcha skin care is one of them.

The clean, Meghan Markle-approved brand inspired by classical Japanese beauty rituals is a consistent top-seller at Sephora, with thousands of reviews on cult-favorite products like The Water Cream moisturizer and The Rice Polish exfoliant. But buying the brand’s four-step rituals adds up fast, which is why Tatcha’s latest promotion is worth grabbing your wallet for.

From January 5 through January 12, if you spend $100 or more (that’s about two regular-priced items), you can score a “Lucky Bag” of mystery products worth over $100. Just make sure to use code LUCKY20 at checkout. The Fukubukuro Lucky Bag Event, inspired by the Japanese tradition where merchants sell mixed bags of mystery contents at discounted prices, is the perfect reason to upgrade your winter skin care routine. Sure the words lucky and mystery wouldn’t typically inspire the most confidence when it comes to luxury skin care promotions, but there’s a reason Tatcha comes up time and time again on bestsellers lists. Not sure what to add to your cart? Start with our selection of must-have products, ahead.

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