March 1, 2024 – Air Mail Look

Featuring

Hair

Fresh Hair

Cutting-edge hairstylist Guido Palau comes down to earth with a line of hair products for the normal, the practical, and even the clumsy. And they smell great, too

Beauty

The Exquisite Torture of Pampering

Spending time in a salon is supposed to be a great indulgence. But for some, all those mirrors and all that attention can also be deeply unnerving

Beauty

A Lack of Support

Melons in the grocery store. Nipples before noon. When—and why—did young women stop wearing bras?

By Lauren Larson

Doctor’s Orders? Is “medical-grade skin care” really all that superior to whatever is stocked at Sephora? We investigate and discover a few surprises

By Linda Wells

Read On

Tight Ends The B.B.L.’s popularity grows by the minute—especially now that so many men are getting in on the action

By Brennan Kilbane

Read On

Smell It and Weep Perfumes are booming, thanks in part to a new generation of passionate fans and their heartfelt reviews. Sob!

By Helena Fitzgerald

Read On

Naked and Unafraid Can a week in the buff inspire unconditional love of my body?

By Ashley Baker

Read On

Fresh Hair Cutting-edge hairstylist Guido Palau comes down to earth with a line of hair products for the normal, the practical, and even the clumsy. And they smell great, too

By Linda Wells

Read On

Meet Diet Barbie “The Sorority Nutritionist” promises to make her clients hot, and she’s not afraid to say the words “lose weight”

By Danielle Pergament

Read On

Take It Easy

The hardest-working products for the picky minimalist

Shop

Arthur Elgort/Condé Nast/Shutterstock (Hanson)

Quit Doing That! Smoking cessation has never looked better, thanks to these new products and therapies

By Hannah Baxter

Read On

Kiss, Then Tell! Liquid lipsticks can be too sticky, too matte, too drying, too moist, and too much like shrink-wrap. Ah, but there’s one that’s just right

By India Knight

Read On

All in a Lather The 1970s gave us Herbal Essences, Flex, and Lemon Up shampoo. But 50 years later, we can’t stop thinking about the one scented with musk and bubble gum

By Christa D'Souza

Read On

“She got her looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.” —Groucho Marx

Apply Don’t Be So Flaky! There is that inevitable point in winter when, no matter how old you are, you stop and ask yourself, “Do I have lice?”…

Mask Pucker Up Waiting patiently for my turn at Azi Sacks’s wildly popular brow studio, I heard a young woman say that she would never go back to…

Cleanse It Takes Two I’m constantly in reform mode, adding a vitamin, upgrading a workout, or snapping in my Invisaligns after months of neglect…

Visit Hungary for Improvement I’m not a fan of most facials, because in my experience, their benefits tend to be fleeting…

Use Brush Fire The law of attraction suggests that what we think about, we bring about. While that may prove true in some scenarios…

WASH My Beautiful Launderette Don’t tell anyone, but doing laundry brings me joy. The small-effort, big-reward act of transforming chaos…

Apply Don’t Be So Flaky! There is that inevitable point in winter when, no matter how old you are, you stop and ask yourself, “Do I have lice?”…

Mask Pucker Up Waiting patiently for my turn at Azi Sacks’s wildly popular brow studio, I heard a young woman say that she would never go back to…

Cleanse It Takes Two I’m constantly in reform mode, adding a vitamin, upgrading a workout, or snapping in my Invisaligns after months of neglect…

Visit Hungary for Improvement I’m not a fan of most facials, because in my experience, their benefits tend to be fleeting…

Use Brush Fire The law of attraction suggests that what we think about, we bring about. While that may prove true in some scenarios…

WASH My Beautiful Launderette Don’t tell anyone, but doing laundry brings me joy. The small-effort, big-reward act of transforming chaos…

The Exquisite Torture of Pampering

Spending time in a salon is supposed to be a great indulgence. But for some, all those mirrors and all that attention can also be deeply unnerving

By Jeanne Malle

Read On

Actives Investigation “Essences” are claimed to have all sorts of powers, but do they really make a significant impact on the skin? Our cosmetic chemist weighs in

By Javon Ford

Read On

A Lack of Support Melons in the grocery store. Nipples before noon. When—and why—did young women stop wearing bras?

By Harriet Walker

Read On

Mountain High Getting poked, prodded, massaged, and wrapped—detoxing never felt so good. Susanne Kaufmann’s retreat in the Austrian Alps reimagines the spa

By Fiona Golfar

Read On

Getting into Bed with Sharon Stone

The actress, painter, and excellent chatter reveals her nighttime routine in exquisite detail

Read On

The Past, Recaptured

In honor of the return of big hair, we look back at the biggest, fluffiest hair, made possible by Charles of the Ritz powder puffs, in celebration of its custom-matched loose powders, first introduced in 1920. This 1962 ad shows a bouffant that would please Truman Capote’s long-necked, elaborately coiffed “swans.”

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Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley

Air Mail Look is edited by

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Fresh Hair

The Exquisite Torture of Pampering

A Lack of Support

Face, Tuned

Doctor’s Orders? Is “medical-grade skin care” really all that superior to whatever is stocked at Sephora? We investigate and discover a few surprises

Tight Ends The B.B.L.’s popularity grows by the minute—especially now that so many men are getting in on the action

Smell It and Weep Perfumes are booming, thanks in part to a new generation of passionate fans and their heartfelt reviews. Sob!

Naked and Unafraid Can a week in the buff inspire unconditional love of my body?

Fresh Hair Cutting-edge hairstylist Guido Palau comes down to earth with a line of hair products for the normal, the practical, and even the clumsy. And they smell great, too

Meet Diet Barbie “The Sorority Nutritionist” promises to make her clients hot, and she’s not afraid to say the words “lose weight”

Take It Easy

The hardest-working products for the picky minimalist

Quit Doing That! Smoking cessation has never looked better, thanks to these new products and therapies

Kiss, Then Tell! Liquid lipsticks can be too sticky, too matte, too drying, too moist, and too much like shrink-wrap. Ah, but there’s one that’s just right

All in a Lather The 1970s gave us Herbal Essences, Flex, and Lemon Up shampoo. But 50 years later, we can’t stop thinking about the one scented with musk and bubble gum

“She got her looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.” —Groucho Marx

The Exquisite Torture of Pampering

Spending time in a salon is supposed to be a great indulgence. But for some, all those mirrors and all that attention can also be deeply unnerving

Actives Investigation “Essences” are claimed to have all sorts of powers, but do they really make a significant impact on the skin? Our cosmetic chemist weighs in

A Lack of Support Melons in the grocery store. Nipples before noon. When—and why—did young women stop wearing bras?

Mountain High Getting poked, prodded, massaged, and wrapped—detoxing never felt so good. Susanne Kaufmann’s retreat in the Austrian Alps reimagines the spa

Getting into Bed with Sharon Stone

The actress, painter, and excellent chatter reveals her nighttime routine in exquisite detail

The Past, Recaptured

Air Mail is Edited By

Air Mail Look is edited by

Executive Editor

Creative Director

Managing Editor

Chief Technology Officer

Photo Director

Art Director

Editor at Large

Senior Editor

Assistant Editor

Communications Director

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Copy Editors

Production Editor

Research and Legal Editor

Research Editors

Editors at Large

OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER ARE

Shop General Manager and Brand Partnerships

Advertising Director

European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

Merchant

Editor

E-Commerce Manager

E-Commerce Associate