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A Christmas Tree Farm, a Green Echinacea and Farmacy Green Clean

A Christmas Tree Farm, a Green Echinacea and Farmacy Green Clean

Farmacy Green Clean started with a patented green echinacea found on a New York Christmas tree farm, and it became the brand's best known way to take off the day. Here are the three Green Clean cleansers, the other Farmacy steps I keep beside them, and the cleansing balms from other brands worth trying.

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48 Hours In Paris: What To Wear, Day To Night

48 Hours In Paris: What To Wear, Day To Night

A two-night Paris wardrobe built on trousers that hold a crease, one dress for grey light, and shoes you can walk cobbles in. Six looks, day into evening, from the Left Bank arrival uniform to the last dinner in the sixth.

500 Dollar Hoodies: Zip Ups, Oversized, Hooded and Cropped

500 Dollar Hoodies: Zip Ups, Oversized, Hooded and Cropped

A 500 dollar hoodie can be a polished fleece pullover, a zip up, an oversized crewneck or a cropped half zip. I sort the picks by shape, from Polo Ralph Lauren fleece to relaxed and cropped cuts.

3.1 Phillip Lim Fall/Winter: Dresses, Jackets and Knitwear

3.1 Phillip Lim Fall/Winter: Dresses, Jackets and Knitwear

The 3.1 Phillip Lim fall/winter arrivals start with dresses and move on to jackets, outerwear and knitwear. I go through the new New York wardrobe piece by piece.

1XBLUE Tops: Graphic Tanks and Tees to Know

1XBLUE Tops: Graphic Tanks and Tees to Know

1XBLUE is a London label that began with a football scarf and grew into graphic, slightly surreal tops and dresses. I like clothes with a wink, and this edit is for the piece that makes you pause.

About-Face Makeup: Halsey's Color-First Picks

About-Face Makeup: Halsey's Color-First Picks

About-Face is the color brand artist and author Halsey launched on January 25, 2021, and it is happiest when you play with it. This edit covers the face and cheek products I reach for first, the lip, lash and glitter extras, and the cream eyeshadow sticks from other brands that work the same way.

Adidas Sambas Women Love: Samba OG, Samba Jane, XLG And The Cousins

Adidas Sambas Women Love: Samba OG, Samba Jane, XLG And The Cousins

The adidas Sambas women keep buying began in 1949 as a football trainer for frozen pitches. Here are the Samba OG colours, the Samba Jane, the LT and XLG shapes, the collabs, and the Gazelle, Handball Spezial, Tokyo and Japan cousins.

Frye Campus Boots Dupe: Best Look-Alikes

Frye Campus Boots Dupe: Best Look-Alikes

This Frye Campus boots dupe edit gathers tall, pull-on and stacked-heel leather boots from other labels that share the original's shape. I started with the pull tabs, the toe and the heel, because that is where a look-alike either works or does not.

Shampoo That Doesn't Weigh Hair Down: Best Picks for Wavy Hair

Shampoo That Doesn't Weigh Hair Down: Best Picks for Wavy Hair

A shampoo that doesn't weigh hair down cleans the scalp without leaving waves flat, and a weekly clarifying wash keeps them bouncy. I went through lightweight and volumizing shampoos, light conditioners and styling that brings the wave back.

Leopard flats: From Dior's Jungle Dress to a Very Good Mary Jane

Leopard flats: From Dior's Jungle Dress to a Very Good Mary Jane

This leopard flats edit moves through ballet flats, Mary Janes, pointed toes, loafers, and calf-hair slingbacks. I would let one spotted pair sharpen tights, denim, or a plain knit without asking the rest of the outfit to perform.

How to Prep Lips Before a Matte Lipstick

How to Prep Lips Before a Matte Lipstick

Lip prep before lipstick is two steps: a gentle sugar scrub, then a rich balm that fills the tiny lines the scrub reveals. I pick scrubs, balms and comfortable matte lipsticks that reward the prep, all in about two minutes.

Beauty Essentials: Blush, Bronzer, Lip Color and Skincare

Beauty Essentials: Blush, Bronzer, Lip Color and Skincare

Beauty essentials in this edit run from liquid and powder blush and bronzer to lip oil, a cleansing balm and body care. It is new and trending makeup and skincare, chosen to go with how you dress.

The Best Heat Protectant Spray for Blowouts, Flat Irons and Curling Wands

The Best Heat Protectant Spray for Blowouts, Flat Irons and Curling Wands

The best heat protectant spray is the one you actually use before every blow-dry, because heat damage adds up quietly. The newer formulas protect, smooth and even help a style hold, so they feel less like a chore. These twelve cover blow-dry mists, dry-finish sprays and a few formulas that add volume.

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Cetaphil Lotion, a Texas Pharmacist's Answer to Sensitive Skin

Cetaphil Lotion, a Texas Pharmacist's Answer to Sensitive Skin

Cetaphil lotion goes back to a pharmacist in Texas in 1947, and the formula has been reformulated since. I go through twelve Cetaphil pieces, from body lotions to lighter and richer face moisturizers.

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Aritzia Dupes: The Pleats, Gloss and Fleece Behind the Look

Aritzia Dupes: The Pleats, Gloss and Fleece Behind the Look

Aritzia dupes for pleated wide-leg trousers, glossy cropped puffers, contour bodysuits, fleece sweatsuits and wrap sweaters, from other labels. I looked at what defines each original piece and what to check in a good alternative.

Moncler Jacket Guide: From Alpine Down to City Coats

Moncler Jacket Guide: From Alpine Down to City Coats

To style Moncler for alpine and winter city looks, start with a quilted down jacket and move to longer coats on the coldest days. I sort the Moncler jackets in the edit into down jackets, hooded and padded styles, and coats with shearling and faux fur.

The Best Pimple Patches Started Out as Wound Dressings

The Best Pimple Patches Started Out as Wound Dressings

The best pimple patches borrow a wound-care material called hydrocolloid, and now come as stickers, liquids and kits. Here is how to tell which kind your spot wants.

Best Eyeshadow Sticks: Charlotte Tilbury, NARS, Dior and More

Best Eyeshadow Sticks: Charlotte Tilbury, NARS, Dior and More

The best eyeshadow sticks glide on like a lipstick and set enough that they do not crease or migrate under the eye by lunch. I compare cream sticks from Charlotte Tilbury, NARS, Hourglass and Dior, and I flag the few picks that are not sticks at all.

Bottega Veneta Medium Andiamo Outfit: How to Style the Bag

Bottega Veneta Medium Andiamo Outfit: How to Style the Bag

A Bottega Veneta medium Andiamo outfit starts with the bag's woven intrecciato leather, a weave the house has made in Vicenza since 1966. I go through the Andiamo in every size and as a clutch, then the house's other bags and the clothes to wear with them.

Sleepmaxxer Mask: Why a Silk Sleep Mask Makes Sense

Sleepmaxxer Mask: Why a Silk Sleep Mask Makes Sense

A sleepmaxxer mask that makes sense is the silk sleep mask, the one item that survived the sleepmaxxing trend. I go through Slip, who made silk a sleep category, then blackout, weighted and printed versions.

How to Use PanOxyl for Back Acne: Body Wash, Spray and Patches

How to Use PanOxyl for Back Acne: Body Wash, Spray and Patches

How to use PanOxyl for back acne starts with picking a strength, from the 10% benzoyl peroxide foaming wash to the 4% creamy wash. I go through eight PanOxyl picks for body breakouts, then eight other body washes to compare.

The Best Mineral Sunscreen Picks, and the Two Filters the FDA Backs

The Best Mineral Sunscreen Picks, and the Two Filters the FDA Backs

The best mineral sunscreen relies on zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, the only two filters the FDA proposed as safe and effective in 2019. Here are eight mineral sunscreens for every day and eight tinted, powder, stick and serum formats I compared them with.

Thermal Brush Guide: Ceramic Rounds, Hot Brushes and Blowout Sprays

Thermal Brush Guide: Ceramic Rounds, Hot Brushes and Blowout Sprays

A thermal brush is a ceramic-barrel round brush that holds heat and shapes hair as you dry it. These are the round and paddle brushes, heated brushes and blowout sprays I would pick, plus how to match barrel size to your hair length.

The Sweatpants That Don't Look Like Pajamas

The Sweatpants That Don't Look Like Pajamas

Soft volume, clean lines, and a finish ready for the rest of the day.

The Frankie Shop: Gaëlle Drevet's Oversized Trousers, Coats

The Frankie Shop: Gaëlle Drevet's Oversized Trousers, Coats

The Frankie Shop is a New York label that Gaëlle Drevet, a French-American former journalist, opened as a Lower East Side concept store in 2014. I go through the trousers, coats, tops, skirts and jackets built on her oversized menswear logic.

e.l.f. Halo Glow: Liquid Filter, Skin Tint and Glow Boosters

e.l.f. Halo Glow: Liquid Filter, Skin Tint and Glow Boosters

e.l.f. Halo Glow started as a liquid filter and grew into a whole face family, from a skin tint with SPF 50 to powders and beauty wands. Here is how I would use each piece, plus the liquid highlighters and setting sprays that make the glow last.

Not Your Mother's Curl Cream: The Curl Talk Line and Other Picks

Not Your Mother's Curl Cream: The Curl Talk Line and Other Picks

Not Your Mother's curl cream is the center of a Tampa brand that started with six items in 2010 and built a whole Curl Talk line in 2018. This edit covers the creams, gels and mousse, the rest of the brand's shelf, and curl creams from other makers.

Manucurist Paris: A Salon, Her Mother's Idea and Nail Polish

Manucurist Paris: A Salon, Her Mother's Idea and Nail Polish

Manucurist Paris is a nail polish brand that began as a professional nail salon in Paris in 1996. I go through the Active treatment polishes and the Green Flash LED gel alternative, then the hand and cuticle care I pair with them.