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Why give all the love to the face when the body is begging for attention? These powerhouse formulas cleanse, exfoliate, hydrate, protect, and illuminate everything—from shoulders to knees to toes
Beauty Complex
Conventional beauty standards are so last season. Welcome to the Age of Contrarian
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Want to explore the canals of Venice and the olive groves of Greece? This all-expense-paid trip also includes the world’s most exclusive Birkin. Christine Nagel explains how she got the job
Now Look Here …
Beauty is a game of control, and nowhere is that more evident than on the 250 hairs that make up each eyebrow. Welcome to the latest obsession
About Face
Bare minimalism or gaudy excess, today’s best makeup looks are anything you want them to be
Look-Tested, Look-Approved
Testing, testing! The very best new makeup and skin-care products that belong on your shelf
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The founders of SoulCycle revolutionized the group workout. Now they’re taking on group therapy. Our brave beauty-and-wellness columnist dares to open up in front of an audience
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Getting gorgeous is not always pretty. But, please, apply the smelly masks, fishy creams, and messy waxes in private. Your sex life will thank you!
Vanity Case
It’s the Big Idea in beauty and wellness: invest in “tweakments” now; avoid heavy lifting later. But will this herculean effort really stave off an existential crisis? In the first issue of AIR MAIL LOOK, our editor dives beneath the surface
Welcome to My Bathroom
Linda Wells opens up her medicine cabinet
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What happens when the key ingredient of a blockbuster fragrance becomes scarce? For Thierry Wasser, the head perfumer of Guerlain, reworking recipes is a primary job responsibility. Along with reading Proust and traipsing through fields, naturally
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What do the contents of your stomach have to do with the appearance of your skin? Plenty, it turns out. When it comes to the fascinating eco-system of the gut microbiome, our science-loving beauty columnist can’t help but talk dirty
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Aging: It’s all relative, right? For those who are trudging into 2023 feeling like the past few years have weighed heavily on their faces, help is here, without a single trip to the plastic surgeon. It will, however, require a bus ride …
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It’s no longer enough to simply smell good. For the .01 percent, only a completely custom fragrance will do. And if it costs tens of thousands of dollars, so be it! Our sensible beauty columnist sniffs out the truth of this trend
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If sleep is the new sex, what to do about performance anxiety? Our chronically rested beauty-and-wellness columnist investigates the latest attempts to lull us into a medication-free slumber
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The latest innovations in skin care have nothing to do with creams or serums. Can the subtle art of hair removal accomplish more than mere shaving? Our intrepid beauty columnist investigates
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Yearning for self-control? A new coterie of tough-love life coaches are now specializing in “accountability,” and they’re ready to weigh in on your every snack. Is this helpful, harmful, or perhaps a bit of both? Our beauty-and-wellness columnist investigates
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Spooky season ushers in a spate of hair-raising procedures and products that promise to treat some and trick the rest. Which will it be for our intrepid beauty columnist?
