Wash
Vintner’s Daughter: Active Renewal Cleanser
The cult of Vintner’s Daughter is sizable and passionate, populated with actors (Gwyneth Paltrow, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rachel Brosnahan), beauty editors, makeup artists, and facialists. Ask them what they love about the cleanser, serum, and essence, and they can’t quite pin it down. There’s the herbaceous smell, as if the ingredients were foraged in the wild (they kind of were), along with the gentleness and hydrating power of the formula. Now April Gargiulo, the daughter of an actual vintner, has reformulated the Active Renewal Cleanser to deepen the love, loading it with even more whole-plant goodness. The new blend combines the benefits of an oil-based cleanser with a water-based one, meaning it removes makeup—including long-wear foundation and waterproof mascara—and sunscreen without leaving a film or requiring a second step. Leave it on for 10 minutes and it works as a mask, brightening and soothing the skin. As cults go, it’s a good one. ($105, vintnersdaughter.com)
Spray
Rōz Hair: Wave Texturizing Mist
For a good decade in the early 2000s, beauty editors described every other hairstyle as having “beachy waves.” Then the industry got wise and created salt-and-surf sprays that gave the effect of that outdoorsy, undone look without the beach or the swim. The upside: lots of texture. The downside: stiff, straw-like damage. By combining a salty base with red microalgae, Mara Roszak of Rōz Hair has created the Wave Texturizing Mist, which doesn’t make hair crunchy or dry. She sprays it on her own hair and winds a few strands around the fat barrel of a curling iron to create relaxed, loose “California waves.” It works even better scrunched into naturally wavy or curly hair—even if you’re landlocked. ($35, rozhair.com )
