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Beauty
I Tried A Full Fenty Skin Routine—Here’s What’s Worth Your Money
Esther Newman
Jan 18, 2024
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I Still Use My Old Makeup — Here’s Why It’s Okay (Sometimes)
Izzie Deibe
Jan 16, 2024
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Don’t Sleep On Aesop Skin Care — Especially This Never-Talked-About Serum...
Karina Hoshikawa
Jan 16, 2024
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I’m A Psychodermatologist & I Always Avoid These 5 Habits For Goo...
I feel very fortunate to have access to both a dermatologist and a therapist. The former I see on an as-needed basis, like when I accidentally use a high-c
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Sorry To Break It To You, But These 10 Skincare Products Are A Scam
The beauty industry has a knack for convincing us to buy things we don’t necessarily need. Influencer reviews, cleverly positioned before-and-after p
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Using Pimple Patches? Don’t Make The Same Mistake That I Did
Back in August, I went through some hormonal changes, and with that came hormonal acne. A large pimple formed smack dab in the middle of my forehead and sh
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Amanda Mitchell
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Beauty
The 29 Best Beauty Products Of 2023
Welcome to the 2023 Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards, essentially a Spotify Wrapped showcasing the top beauty products of the year. We saw many beauty pr
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I’m Convinced Injectable Moisturizer Is Worth It — The Proo...
Here at Refinery29, we take moisturizing seriously. I don’t believe another group of people on Earth is more discerning when it comes to keeping our skin
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Amanda Mitchell
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The Best Skincare Advice We Were Given In 2023
From fun TikTok trends like “lip basting” and “skin sealing” to more pressing matters such as rising costs, 2023 is likely to have made a differenc
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Skin Care
7 Skin Tweaks A Dermatologist Told Me To Make For Winter
The mercury is slowly but surely dropping, and that means a handful of things. First of all, it’s probably time to replace your beaten up winter boots. S
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Jacqueline Kilikita
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I Was Scared Laser Would Zap My Freckles — But I Did It Anyway
Skin experts say that fall is the best time to get a laser treatment. We’re not talking about laser hair removal (though fall would be a good time to
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I Went Shopping With A Dermatologist & Here’s What I Chose For My...
For a while now, my face has felt like it might crack at any given moment. The skin has become tight (although I moisturize twice daily) and is bestrewed w
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Skin Care
13 Hand Creams To Keep In Every Room This Winter
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Megan Decker
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I Tried “Hydrating” Lip Filler For My Chronically Dry...
I’ve always suffered from exceptionally dry lips. Whether it’s changes in the weather or chronic dehydration (I’m terrible at remembering to drink en
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Rebecca Fearn
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This On-Sale Face Mask Gave My Winter Dry Skin An Instant Glow-Up
At Refinery29, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the ed
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Venus Wong
Beauty
Will “Aquaphor Mascara” Make My Eyelashes Grow Longer?
Fun fact: The first-ever mascara was invented in the 1830s, made of a mix of coal dust and petroleum jelly. Since then, we’ve seen all the trends: st
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Why “Acne Safe” Is TikTok’s Most Misleading Skincare Trend
The word “safe” is used exceptionally often in the context of beauty: safe from animal testing; safe for pregnancy; safe from chemicals. While lots of
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Is My Scented Body Lotion Is Drying Out My Skin?
I love a beautiful, complex perfume and a simple, hydrating body lotion individually. But for my lifestyle and general laziness, combining the two, using a
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Megan Decker
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Beauty
A Dermatologist Just Set Me Straight On Wearing SPF In Fall & Winter
Welcome to Sun Blocked, Refinery29’s global call to action to wake up to the serious dangers of tanning. No lectures or shaming, we promise. Instead
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Meet Ectoin, The Ingredient Your Dry Skin Needs This Winter
Learning about new skincare ingredients is like deep sea discovery — there’s always something new and unexpected waiting around the corner. We star
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty
Do I Really Need A Silk Pillowcase?
Here is a (by no means comprehensive) list of Superfluous Beauty Items I own: two kinds of facial roller, a microneedling device, a scalp massager, a scalp
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Daniela Morosini
Beauty
Hailey Bieber’s Rhode Just Relaunched Its Skin-Care Set — &...
If there’s one celebrity beauty brand that has had a dynamite 2023, it’s Hailey Bieber’s Rhode. From its can’t-keep-in-stock hero skin-care
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Karina Hoshikawa
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Kiehl’s Advent Calendar Is A Winter Wonderland For Skincare...
It may be Halloween, but everyone knows that the holiday spirit starts promptly on November 1, and so we’re immediately feeling festive, partly thank
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Victoria Montalti
Beauty
Girl Math Works For Beauty Products, Too
The trend of Girl Measuring everything is a little weird, but it makes sense. Whether you’re debating if a bowl of popcorn counts as Girl Dinner or justi
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty
Courteney Cox On Not Saving Her ’90s Wardrobe: “My Da...
When I meet Courteney Cox, she’s just stepped off the tennis court. “I just played tennis and so I’m sweaty,” she says as she greet
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Megan Decker
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This Paula’s Choice Vitamin C Serum Actually Did What It...
I wish I could’ve screenshotted the reactions of my coworkers when I told them I was trying out the new Paula’s Choice vitamin C serum, which boasted a
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Karina Hoshikawa
Beauty
I Figured Out Why TikTok Loves Olay’s Super Serum
When I think about the most affordable skin serums on the market, they’re often simple, single-ingredient formulas. For example, if your primary conc
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Megan Decker
Advent Calendar Gift Guide
Dermstore’s Holiday Beauty Box Is A Treasure Chest — & We Raided It
Picture it: A chest full of hidden gems worth far more than you could ever expect. We’re not talking about a pirate’s treasure chest, but rathe
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Victoria Montalti
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Why Vitamin C Is Falling Out Of Favor Among Skincare Experts
Whether you’re an advocate of a 10-step skincare routine or more into “skinimalism,” chances are you’ve tried vitamin C before. Otherwise known as
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
We Asked ChatGPT For Skincare Advice
I recently read an upsetting study in The Wall Street Journal that tested MBA students at Wharton against ChatGPT to see which group could generate the mos
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Megan Decker
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