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Kiehl’s Advent Calendar Is A Winter Wonderland For Skincare Lovers
Victoria Montalti
Oct 31, 2023
Beauty
Why Vitamin C Is Falling Out Of Favor Among Skincare Experts
Jacqueline Kilikita
Oct 18, 2023
Beauty
Skin Experts Think Snail Mucin Is Controversial, But Not For The Reason You ...
Amanda Mitchell
Oct 11, 2023
Beauty
Wait, So We Can Combine Vitamin C and Retinol?
The world of skincare can be overwhelming at times. There are so many rules about which ingredients work together (peptides go with everything) and which d
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Amanda Mitchell
Dedicated Feature
What To Know About A Rare Disease Impacting Black Women
Shamekka* may appear “normal” on the outside, but like so many others with connective tissue disease (CTD) — a broad term for disorders that affect t
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R29 Team
Dedicated Feature
POV: You’re An Adult & You Suddenly Have…Acne?
If you survived adolescent-hood with nary a zit, it can be jarring to develop skin concerns in adulthood — once you’re seemingly in the clear (so t
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Hilary Shepherd
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Skin Care
“Allergy Face” Is Real — & Here’s What You Can ...
Just like the way our wardrobes cycle through trends with the months that pass, so too do allergies. As the year rolls on, some of us are still constantly
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Kelsey Castañon
Beauty
Should You Stop Getting Gel Manicures? Experts Unpack The Radiati...
In case you missed it, a study published earlier this year found that radiation from UV nail lamps can damage DNA and cause irreversible mutations (a precu
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Taylor Jean Stephan
Unbothered
I Changed The Way I Think About My Hyperpigmentation, Thanks To T...
Dark marks across my cheeks and forehead have faded like old memories; the constellation-like pattern of acne scars from my teens and early twenties have g
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L'Oréal Blackett
Sun Blocked
It’s Time To Enforce Rules Against Cancer-Causing Tanning Beds
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, our
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Refinery29 Staff
Beauty
Everyone’s Obsessed With Tretinoin — But I Don’t Have...
When 891 million people on TikTok are talking about a specific topical skin-care medication, it makes sense that you’re curious and maybe asking your
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Dedicated Feature
This Surfer Is Shattering Misconceptions About Melanated Skin & T...
“I never saw anyone who looked like me surfing,” says Danielle Black Lyons, a founding member of the Black female surf collective Textured Waves. “Gr
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Samantha Simon
Dedicated Feature
Introducing Boos Cruise, The NEW Face Of The L.A. Skate Scene
For a sport famously associated with quote-unquote counter-culture, skateboarding is hardly applauded for its inclusivity. For decades, cis white men have
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Eliza Dumais
Dedicated Feature
For BIPOC Women, Hiking Isn’t Just Exercise — It’s A ...
When Evelynn Escobar visited one of America’s most famous national parks for the first time — Zion National Park in southwest Utah, to be exac
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Hilary Shepherd
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Body
Everything That Happened When I Came Off The Pill After 6 Years
I went on the contraceptive pill when I was 17 without knowing much about what it would do to my body. I’d see my friends pull out the plastic packets du
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Alice Porter
Unbothered
How I Found Self-Acceptance As A Black Girl With Eczema
As I write this essay, I am typing with weathered, darkened, itchy hands. The back of my neck, amongst other nooks and crannies of my body, are roughened,
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Quani Burnett
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Finally: An Acne-Clearing Serum That Doesn’t Dry My Skin
If you’re a frequent reader of Refinery29, you know that I’ve tried pretty much every acne product under the sun. (See here, here, and here!) And while
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Karina Hoshikawa
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Beauty
This Niacinamide Serum Brightened My Dull, Winter Skin Fast
If there’s one thing you need to know about me, it’s that I do not like being told what to do. In fact, I have a tendency to take the entirely opposite
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty
7 Skin-Care Resolutions We’re Making In 2023
If you’re reading this, chances are you have a couple of dubious skin-care habits. You might be reluctant to throw away your old makeup, for example,
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
This Humble Body Product Gives Me The Skin Of A Baby Angel
My goal in life is to always be soft. That’s emotionally (whether embracing the ‘soft Black girl‘ aesthetic, for example) and physically,
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty In A Tik
TikTok’s ‘Skin Flooding’ Hack Is What My Dry Fa...
Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. There are lots of things to look fo
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Will Washing Your Face With Shampoo Get Rid Of Fungal Acne?
Online forums wield great power. Places like /r/SkincareAddiction and MakeupAlley made The Ordinary into a smash hit, popularized techniques like double cl
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Daniela Morosini
Food & Drinks
This Matcha Promises Glowing Skin—But I Drink It For The Taste
As a victim of an extremely-popular coffee chain’s terrible matcha latte I can tell you that, in comparison, this is some damn good matcha. And by
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Alexandra Polk
Beauty
Everything You Need To Properly Take Care Of That New Tattoo
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Samantha Sasso
Acne Skin-Care Guide
No One Told Me My Acne Would Make Me Hate Myself
Welcome to Acne Week, a five-day stretch where we get real about pimples, zits, cysts, and every bump or blemish in between. From skin-soothing p
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Karina Hoshikawa
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The Hemp Face Mask Our Writer Swears By For Happy Winter Skin
I’m not gonna lie, this hemp clay mask is IT. It’s no wonder it has over 2,000 five-star reviews and plenty of gushing testimonials. And with t
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Mercedes Viera
Skin Care
The Best Moisturizers To Quench Thirsty Dry Skin
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Rachel Krause
Beauty
What Not Showering Actually Does To Your Skin
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve learned that celebrities are not showering as much as you might think. Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, and Kristen B
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Megan Decker
Beauty
The Big Lie You’re Being Told About Achieving Great Skin
In my years of working as a beauty editor, I’ve interviewed countless celebrities and influencers about their beauty rituals. Without fail, the major
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Jacqueline Kilikita
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