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No matter how many years you are from textbooks and sharpened pencils, September always feels like a time of new beginnings—or at least a new attitude. These skin, hair, fragrance, and fashion discoveries help smooth the process, sometimes literally.
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Luxene Beauty

$149

Firmaglow Body

Start the season fresh with this at-home microdermabrasion device. Its surface is covered with natural diamond particles to slough off dead skin cells glamorously.

Malin+Goetz x Carbone

$205

Tomato Supercandle

The skincare and fragrance experts collaborated with the restaurateurs on a luscious, fresh tomato candle with notes of ivy, basil, lavender, and mint. Piquant!

Soft Services

$30 for two

Soft Services Affogato L’Orange Buffing Bar

After a barefoot summer, it’s time for some sturdy exfoliation. The cult-favorite Soft Services brick comes in a new scent of espresso, vanilla, coconut, and orange.

Vyrao

$190

Ludatrix Fragrance

Any romance novelist knows that fragrance sparks desire. Vyrao applies science to the idea with notes that are said to activate emotional centers in the brain to increase sensuality, energy, and happiness.

Violette_FR

$31

Plume Lip

This liquid lipstick doesn’t behave like a one (meaning it isn’t an unholy mess and doesn’t turn lips sandpapery). Instead, its moisturizing gel-like formula produces a soft, blurry color.

Aesop

$200

Above Us, Steorra Fragrance

I have a weakness for amber, as long as it isn’t too thick or headachy. This new eau de parfum from Aesop rethinks amber, combining it with cardamom, frankincense, labdanum, and vanilla for a spicy, imaginative blend.

Shu Uemura Art of Hair

$63

Izumi Tonic Strengthening Gloss

Shu Uemura’s new tonic is inspired by the Japanese tradition of rinsing hair in rice water. It’s a lightweight gloss that helps strengthen fragile hair and reduce breakage while it adds shine and smoothness.

Moroccanoil

$50

Treatment Mist

A lightweight alternative to the popular Moroccanoil Treatment, this dry oil spray delivers shine and moisture without the heavy, greasy residue.

Baobab Collection

$30

Manhattan Soap

Give your powder room an upgrade with this cobalt-blue round bar embossed to look like the top of the Chrysler Building. It smells of cypress, lavender, and earthy papyrus.

Kallmeyer

$420

Cordo Double Tassel Belt

The leather cord with two full, lush tassels at the ends is giving stylish monk. I’m going to wear it with a jacket, coat, dress, jeans, dressing gown, pajamas—everything.

Sidney Garber

$13,500

Mini Il Serpente Bracelet

This beguiling snake in 18k yellow gold with diamond eyes wraps neatly around the wrist and stacks well with a few bangles. It has big queen of Egypt energy.

Augustinus Bader

$380

Vitamin C Serum

We all need a vitamin C serum, and Bader’s combines their new one with their TFC8 complex to protect skin against oxidative stress and impart some brightness. It also has niacinamide and ergothioneine for good measure.

Medicube

$220

Age-R Booster Pro

You may be tempted to take in clients after trying this Korean do-it-all device. It delivers microcurrents, electrical stimulation, LED light, and sonic vibration to help the absorption of skin care products and stimulate collagen.

Crown Affair

$42

The Comb

With widely spaced teeth and rounded tips, this handsome comb gently untangles hair and distributes conditioner without causing breakage.

Kuzyk

$389

The Envelope

Made of scrap leather embossed to look like crocodile, this envelope holds a laptop and other essentials and can be monogrammed by an artisan who trained at Goyard and Louis Vuitton.

Negative Underwear

$148

Supreme Jogger Pants

As you undoubtedly know, leggings are for Boomers and big baggy pants are what everyone else is wearing to Pilates, Barry’s, and brunch. Pair it with a tight tank or sports bra.


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