Air Mail Look

In Full Bloom Jessica Chastain, self-proclaimed plant aficionado and vegan, plays a game of free association about her favorite flora

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Hype Buster

What’s Your Damage?

Shower filters and styling tools are marketed as protective hair-care products. Our cosmetic chemist tells us what really works

By Javon Ford

A Look Back

Creating a Fracas

Fashion editor Isabella Blow had no shortage of signatures, but it was her favorite scent that lingered longest

By Vassi Chamberlain

Lauren Graham’s Feel-Good Approach The actress and author’s wellness regime includes margaritas, saunas, and reading

By Holly Parmelee

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Hair Band Boys, what’s going on? Please explain the popular “broccoli” haircut

By Danielle Pergament

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Mix or Nix? If active ingredients are really so powerful, what are the rules of combining them? Our cosmetic chemist explains

By Javon Ford

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Kiss and Makeup

Give Me Some Lip

The new pencils are so transformative, they may have you rethinking your relationship with filler

By Hannah Betts

Weighty Issues

When “Healthy” Eating Goes Too Far

Investigating the troubling rise of orthorexia, a new type of eating disorder

By Ariel Leve

“The constant happiness is curiosity.”

―Alice Munro

So You Want to Be a Guru? Fabulously wealthy women are rebranding themselves as lifestyle gurus. Who’s buying it?

By Judith Newman

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Greatest Escapes

The Hunger Game

Can the average hedonist survive a week at the Ranch?

By Jill Kargman

Knives Out!

The Face-Maker

Meet Dr. Julius Few, the “holistic” plastic surgeon endorsed by Gwyneth Paltrow

By Brennan Kilbane

Don’t Hit Send! Dating is already fraught. Now that every text or D.M. might be shared publicly, we all have to date like we’re under NDAs

By Lauren Larson

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Hot Pocket It’s getting hot in here. Is an infrared blanket the new cure-all?

By Linda Wells

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Getting into Bed with Monica Bellucci The actress, model, and star of Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs shares her nighttime routine

By Clara Molot

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Everyone Says, “I Love You”? Forget rom-coms. The “Stone Age” marriage may hold the key to happiness

By Clare Foges

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Fashion’s Victims Why can’t we let go of the quest for the so-called perfect closet?

By Anna Murphy

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Glass Half Empty

Alcohol’s Worst Enemy

Is there a way to learn to drink moderately? A drug might hold the answer

By Esther Walker

The Science of Sleep

Sweetest Dreams

Experts claim that naps can be life-changing—but only if done correctly

By Simon Usborne

The Ten Commandments for Healthy Skin Plus! The latest on a promising new vaccine for melanoma

By Peta Bee

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Skin in the Game

The Perfect Couple

Can a simplified skin-care routine do the work of an army of products? One beauty expert says “Yes!”

By India Knight

The Look From Here

Now That’s Juicy

One of the most powerful ingredients in skin care is also the least discussed

By Linda Wells

Party People AIR MAIL LOOK celebrated summer on the beach in East Hampton

Photographs by David Benthal

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Cringe and Bear It Why are first dates usually so awful? One brave soul calls in the experts—and tests out their advice in the field

By Abbey Caldwell

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Going Deutsch? Dr. Barbara Sturm and Augustinus Bader are only part of the story—now Germany is home to a boom in rising stars of skin care

By Aleksandra Crapanzano

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