11 best skin care products for sensitive skin 2023

Robert Hundley

Sensitive skin can feel impossible. Everything seems to cause it to flare up — often unexpectedly. “Anyone can have sensitive skin,” says Dr. Sheila Farhang, a board-certified dermatologist and double-fellowship trained cosmetic surgeon. “Catalysts can be situational or lifestyle-related, including using extremely hot water to wash your face or body, […]

How Anastasia Soare Gets Her Skin So Good

Robert Hundley

Anastasia Soare has watched the evolution of eyebrows over the years: from super-skinny in the early aughts to, now, defined and feathery (thanks to trends like lamination and microblading). She’s followed beauty trends so closely that in 2000 she made a product that defies them: the Anastasia Beverly Hills eyebrow […]

The ‘Environmental Injustice of Beauty’: The Role That Pressure to Conform Plays In Use of Harmful Hair, Skin Products Among Women of Color

Robert Hundley

ATLANTA–Perched in a stylist’s chair at Yaya’s Natural Hair Boutique, Akeyla Peele-Tembong teared up as she recalled how, when she was a higher education pupil, a person of her professors instructed that she straighten her all-natural hair to improve her chances of landing a plum function-research career.  “I was like, […]

Who Is Allowed to Sell Skin Care?

Robert Hundley

Of the hundreds of new beauty products released last year, a foundation that doubles as skin care generated the most sales. Nars’ Light Reflecting Foundation was the biggest prestige launch in the US in 2022 by dollars, according to data from The NPD Group. Julia Sloan, deputy general manager of […]