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Westman Atelier: Suprême Skin Bio-Complex Liquid Foundation
Gucci Westman took her time developing a liquid foundation eight years after launching Westman Atelier—and with good reason. It’s the most challenging piece of makeup, and the one makeup artists and wearers agonize over most. But Westman has the touch, as anyone who’s tried her silky stick foundation knows. Her new liquid foundation, Suprême Skin Bio-Complex, puts an emphasis on its skin-care ingredients—various peptides and vitamin B3 that busy themselves soothing and brightening the face—while the pigment, in 30 shades, smooths over redness and dark spots and blurs pores kindly. It’s a masterpiece of the genre. ($69, westmanatelier.com)
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Oribe: Hair Alchemy Bond Building Elixir
Bond-repair products have been vying for a place in your shower for the last five years. Their aim is ambitious: to fix the chemical bonds within each hair fiber that have been weakened by heat, water, and hair dye. In fact, according to many cosmetic chemists, these products function mostly as excellent conditioners that strengthen the hair rather than truly restoring the protein chains. And that’s O.K.; conditioning hair effectively is a good thing. Now Oribe brings some panache to the process with its Hair Alchemy Bond Building Elixir. You spray it on wet hair (mine is fine, so I use just a spritz), blow-dry as usual, and immediately notice a silkier, bouncier result. There’s also that intoxicating Oribe scent. It’s a wise choice after a summer of salt water and chlorine. ($78, sephora.com)
