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Samsonite Luggage: Spinners, Sets and Duffels From a Denver Trunk

Samsonite Luggage: Spinners, Sets and Duffels From a Denver Trunk

Samsonite luggage started as a Denver trunk business in 1910, and this edit sorts carry-on spinners, large check-in bags, sets, duffels and underseaters by how you travel. I say when I would reach for each one and what to check before you pack.

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La Roche-Posay Vitamin C Serum: The 12% Serum, Other Vitamin C Serums And SPF

La Roche-Posay Vitamin C Serum: The 12% Serum, Other Vitamin C Serums And SPF

La Roche-Posay vitamin C serum is the Pure 12% Vitamin C Serum, now sold as Vitamin C12 after being renamed from C10. I cover how I use it in the morning, which other vitamin C serums sit beside it, and the daily SPF to wear over it.

Ouidad Curl Care: The Humidity Gel, The Quencher Line And Curl Rivals

Ouidad Curl Care: The Humidity Gel, The Quencher Line And Curl Rivals

Ouidad curl care runs on two lines: Advanced Climate Control for humidity and Curl Quencher for thirstier hair. The brand began with the first New York salon dedicated to curls in 1984, and I walk through which product to reach for.

Gel Moisturizer With SPF for Oily Skin: Water Creams, Light Picks

Gel Moisturizer With SPF for Oily Skin: Water Creams, Light Picks

A gel moisturizer with SPF for oily skin is a matter of texture, since oily skin still needs moisturizer. I sort the oil-free lotions, gel creams, water gels and light SPF picks, then name the one I would reach for.

Cold Bronzer: Cream Bronzers, Sticks and Liquids for Winter Skin

Cold Bronzer: Cream Bronzers, Sticks and Liquids for Winter Skin

A cold bronzer is a cream, stick or liquid formula that brings warmth back to skin that looks gray by November. I sort the cream, stick and liquid bronzers I would use this season and how to wear them in the cold months.

Bushbalm for Ingrown Hairs: The Oil and What to Pair With It

Bushbalm for Ingrown Hairs: The Oil and What to Pair With It

Bushbalm for ingrown hairs starts with its Ingrown Hair Oil, and I pair it with an exfoliating scrub and a good shave cream. I also cover the brand's story and the razor bump and body care that go with it.

RoC Eye Cream: The 1957 Paris Pharmacist Behind the Shelf

RoC Eye Cream: The 1957 Paris Pharmacist Behind the Shelf

The RoC eye cream line began in 1957 with a young pharmacist in Paris, and it is still the place I start when I want a retinol eye product made for the eye area. Here are six eye formulas, the retinol creams, serums and sticks from the same brand, and a handful of eye creams from other makers.

Brands Like rhode: Saie, goop Beauty, Merit, Rare Beauty

Brands Like rhode: Saie, goop Beauty, Merit, Rare Beauty

Brands like rhode include Saie, goop Beauty, Merit and Rare Beauty, from a list of the makeup brands I reach for most. Saie, rhode and goop Beauty get their own shelves, and Westman Atelier, Kosas and Tower 28 round it out.

Lanolin on Lips: Lanolips Balms for Truly Dry Lips

Lanolin on Lips: Lanolips Balms for Truly Dry Lips

Lanolin on lips is a skin-like ingredient, and the Lanolips 101 Ointment is the tube I would hand to anyone with dry lips. I go through the Lanolips balms, treatments for cracked lips and overnight masks.

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.

Hydrating Conditioner for Dry Hair: Rinse-Outs, Masks, Leave-Ins

Hydrating Conditioner for Dry Hair: Rinse-Outs, Masks, Leave-Ins

A hydrating conditioner for dry hair does three jobs at once: it adds slip, softens and calms the cuticle. I sort rinse-out conditioners, deep masks and leave-ins, then add matching hydrating shampoos and a short routine that sticks.

Tatcha Water Cream and the Kyoto Trip Behind It

Tatcha Water Cream and the Kyoto Trip Behind It

Tatcha Water Cream is the oil-free gel moisturizer that turned a 2009 trip to Kyoto into a favorite for people who dislike heavy creams. Here is the Tatcha moisturizer family, other light gel creams that work on the same principle, and the cleansers and essences I layer underneath.

Gloss Over Lipstick: The Layering Trick for Fall

Gloss Over Lipstick: The Layering Trick for Fall

Clear lip gloss over lipstick adds shine without changing the color much, so it works over any lipstick you own. I sort satin lipsticks, clear top-coat glosses and plumping glosses and show how to layer without the mess.

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Good Designer Jackets: Leather, Wool, Suede and Cropped Coats

Good Designer Jackets: Leather, Wool, Suede and Cropped Coats

Good designer jackets are the ones that make the rest of the wardrobe simpler, in leather, wool, suede and cropped cuts. My rule is to buy the coat for the silhouette it makes over clothes, not for the material listed.

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Essie Nail Polish: Classic Enamel, Gel Couture and Cuticle Care

Essie Nail Polish: Classic Enamel, Gel Couture and Cuticle Care

Essie nail polish began in 1981 with twelve colours and a very heavy suitcase pitch in Las Vegas. Here is how the range runs from classic enamel to gel, plus the other polishes, base and top coats and cuticle tools I would use around it.

Skin Barrier Repair: Creams, Serums and Gentle Cleansers I Trust

Skin Barrier Repair: Creams, Serums and Gentle Cleansers I Trust

Gentle barrier-support skin care products here include ceramide creams, calming serums and toners, and cleansers that do not strip. I start with the brick and mortar idea behind skin barrier repair, then go through each type.

How To Measure For Curtains: Rods, Widths And Lengths Explained

How To Measure For Curtains: Rods, Widths And Lengths Explained

For curtain rod measurement, take the width of the window frame and add roughly four to ten inches on each side. I also explain mounting the rod high, the adjustable rods that stretch to fit, and linen and printed panels.

Pore Strips, Honestly: What They Lift, What They Leave

Pore Strips, Honestly: What They Lift, What They Leave

Pore strips work in one narrow way: they lift the top of what sits in a pore, and they have been a bathroom habit since 1997. I cover the Bioré originals, other brands' shapes and what to do once the strip is off.

Londontown Nail Polish, a Grandmother's Garden Remedy Turned Nail Line

Londontown Nail Polish, a Grandmother's Garden Remedy Turned Nail Line

Londontown nail polish is made in the USA by a New York-based brand. I go through the Lakur color, the sheer veils and the Kur care line that grew from a family remedy of flower oils.

The Crème Shop, the LA K-Beauty Shop That Opened in 1988

The Crème Shop, the LA K-Beauty Shop That Opened in 1988

The Crème Shop opened in Los Angeles in 1988 and later became the Hello Kitty sheet mask brand. Here are eight Crème Shop skin care picks and eight lip balms and oils, four of them from the brand, that I compared side by side.

Dior Lip Glosses: Addict Lip Maximizer, Plump and Shine

Dior Lip Glosses: Addict Lip Maximizer, Plump and Shine

Dior lip gloss starts with Addict Lip Maximizer, a plumping gloss the brand says is infused with cherry oil and hyaluronic acid. Here is how I would wear it with the serum, plus more Dior shades and the luxury glosses and glossy balms to try next.

CC Color Correcting Cream: Correctors, Tints and Brushes

CC Color Correcting Cream: Correctors, Tints and Brushes

CC color correcting cream grew out of BB cream and focuses on evening out color, and Clinique's Moisture Surge CC Cream comes with SPF 30. I also go through tinted sunscreens, skin tints and the brushes I use to blend a light base.

Lanolin Lip Balm and Why Very Dry Lips Like It

Lanolin Lip Balm and Why Very Dry Lips Like It

Lanolin is good for lips that crack as soon as the weather turns, which is why a lanolin lip balm is the old-fashioned fix.

The Kylie Jenner Lip Kit: Matte Shades, Other Kits, and Liner Pairs to Try

The Kylie Jenner Lip Kit: Matte Shades, Other Kits, and Liner Pairs to Try

Kylie Jenner lip kit shades start with the Matte Lip Kit in bare, one wish, dolce k and candy k. I also go through velvet and glossy kits, loose liners and how I would pick one.

Lip Gloss With SPF: Tinted Balms, Glosses and Clear Sticks

Lip Gloss With SPF: Tinted Balms, Glosses and Clear Sticks

Lip gloss with SPF comes as high shine tinted balms like the caliray Lipguard SPF 31, or tinted sunscreen balms like Ultra Violette Sheen Screen SPF 50. I also sort clear everyday sticks and sparkly options so you can keep one in your pocket.

Bondi Sands Instructions: Foams, Gradual Milks and a Mitt

Bondi Sands Instructions: Foams, Gradual Milks and a Mitt

Bondi Sands instructions are simple: exfoliate, patch test, apply in the evening with a mitt, and wear sunscreen the next day. I also compare the foams, the gradual milks and the face drops.

Charlotte Tilbury Under Eye Concealer: Beautiful Skin to Magic Vanish

Charlotte Tilbury Under Eye Concealer: Beautiful Skin to Magic Vanish

Charlotte Tilbury under eye concealer options here include Beautiful Skin, Airbrush Flawless and the Magic Vanish color corrector. I also cover the face routine around them.

e.l.f. Bronzing Drops: How To Use Them, Plus Other Bronzing Drops To Try

e.l.f. Bronzing Drops: How To Use Them, Plus Other Bronzing Drops To Try

e.l.f. Bronzing Drops are a tinted serum you mix into moisturizer, one drop at a time, for a warm, sun-kissed finish. Here is how to use them, which liquid bronzers and self-tanning drops sit beside them, and what each one is best at. Start with a single drop in your face cream.