About a month ago I had a really wonderful facial that suddenly took a very dark turn. After a thorough consultation and what was perhaps the best face massage of my life, my aesthetician moved on to extractions. Now, extractions are never fun, but these were particularly painful because of congestion and an under-the-surface breakout…
The first time I witnessed the magic of microneedling, I sat in a room at a dermatologist’s office, holding my sister’s iced tea and watching her face bleed. (She’d gotten enough topical anesthesia to numb an elephant—don’t worry.) But the results were worth it: Her skin was glowing and clear just in time for her…
The second the temperature drops below 50 degrees, my fussy, combination skin gets dry, scaly, and irritated. Despite swapping my lighter products for oils and balms, overnight masking, and upping my water intake, there’s no soothing the dryness. Now I’m fighting acne and dull flakiness, and it feels like the journey to good skin is…
Peel pads changed my life. I’m not exaggerating. They’re so good that anytime someone complains to me about their acne, I basically toss an acid-soaked disc at them. I used to have very stubborn breakouts, relatively mild in severity but still enough that I’d have to excuse myself during dates to dab on more concealer…
Besides tracking down and color-matching your perfect shade, the hardest part of shopping for foundation is figuring out which one will bring out the best in your skin. If your complexion gets greasy before noon, stay away from the dewy stuff (or risk looking like a human lighthouse). And if your biggest issue is dullness,…
If applying something caustic-sounding to your face gives you a little pause, know this: skin-care acids are some of the most versatile and hardworking ingredients in the complexion playbook. They have the power to zap zits, blast away brown spots, Magic Eraser away fine lines, plus deliver intense hydration and/or a healthy glow—almost instantaneously. By…