The Grinch and Scrooge had it right: Winter sucks. Sure, you can pull out your cute puffer coat, but then you get all sweaty underneath those down

Beauty with Mi, hosted by Refinery29's beauty writer Mi-Anne Chan, explores the coolest new trends, treatments, products, and subcultures in the beauty

Shani Darden moved to Los Angeles in her early 20s with ambitions of becoming a model and ended up as one of Hollywood's most sought-after estheticians

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One look at Priyanka Chopra's skin — sculpted jawline, dewy cheekbones, a forehead so smooth not even a magnifying glass could find a bump or wrinkle

The Starbucks holiday menu. Dinner at your in-laws'. John Mayer. Facial exfoliation. Sure, these things seem straightforward enough at first, but man, do

It seems obvious enough that when the weather changes, so does our skin. Windchill, central heating, and other environmental factors have the ability to

There's no hiding from it: Acne is an inevitable struggle that continues on well after our prepubescent middle-school days. We're certainly not thrilled

The first tenet of good skin care, as any dermatologist will tell you, is to never, ever pick at your skin — even if you have a zit that's just waiting

If you're guilty of picking at your pimples, or have battled cystic bumps since your teenage years, chances are you've been plagued by an acne scar or

We’re in winter denial. Even though the first snow has come and gone, we’ve put off pulling out our real cold weather gear (you know, the coat coat),

Like booster supplements in smoothies and freshly pressed green-drink orders, the use of serums in skin care can at first seem like a superfluous, if not

While the beauty world is clamoring over skin tone diversity — an important banner that many makeup and skin-care brands are taking up — there's one

"I'm so excited to go shopping for a new body balm for my cracking skin!" said no one ever. The sad reality about this time of year is the buzz of

If 2018 turned out anything like '80s science fiction promised, we'd have immersive computer-generated realities and robot law enforcement instead of

There's one thing all dermatologists will agree on: Retinol is the gold-standard ingredient in skin care. Retinoids, which are different-strength

It's unavoidable: Every single time we sit in the exam chair at a dermatologist appointment, there's a moment where we stop paying attention while the

Besides all the holiday cheer and awesome sales, wintertime does have its downsides — and we're not just talking about commuting in snowfall. There's

If your skin type errs on the side of excessively oily, chances are you've taken countless different approaches to combat it: acids, mattifying primers,

When something is off with your skin, a good face mask can put you back on the right track in a matter of minutes. The bigger headache comes with finding

Don't trust anyone with perfect skin who tells you they don't wash their face; you just know they're lying. And if we were to hazard a guess as to why, it's

The future of beauty is here — and you’re invited. Check out the rest of our 2018 Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards winners for a full look at the

Think back to middle school when, year after year, person after person would tell us that we’d grow out of our acne. We get it: The adults in our lives

Popaholics, we suggest you excuse yourself from your afternoon meeting — say you have to grab a coffee or something — and find yourself a quiet

I have a surefire, crowd-pleasing, absolute doozy of a party trick. It’s not opening one bottle of beer against the lid of another — those days are

Thankfully, talking about our acne is no longer taboo. Most of us are comfortable complaining to our co-workers, and anyone else waiting in line for

One of the most common skin-care woes we hear from both readers and friends is an uneven complexion — more specifically, those dark spots left over from

While no one welcomes a breakout, seeing a zit crop up after a string of late nights or going to sleep with makeup on makes a certain amount of sense. But

Barbara Palvin's face — plump lips, lifted and arched eyebrows, smooth skin without a single forehead wrinkle — hints at a good plastic surgeon with