Your Skincare Can’t Fix What Your Sleep Is Breaking — Here’s the Evidence on Sleep and Skin, and What Actually Changes With Better Rest
A friend texted me a photograph of her skincare shelf at 1am in January. She was 38, had been averaging […]
The Retinoid Sandwich Method Isn’t Just for Sensitive Skin — Here’s When It Helps, When It Doesn’t, and the Proper Technique
A reader messaged me last spring asking for my opinion on her evening routine. She’d been on prescription tretinoin 0.05%
Cracked Heels Aren’t a Moisturiser Problem — Here’s the Urea Protocol That Actually Fixes Them
My mother has had cracked heels for most of her adult life. Every summer they got worse — the fissures
Azelaic Acid Is the Most Underrated Ingredient in Skincare
A reader’s routine looked like this when she messaged me last winter: a salicylic acid cleanser for her chin breakouts,
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Blog, Education, Ingredient guides
Dermaplaning at Home Is Mostly Fine — Here’s What It Actually Does, What It Doesn’t, and Why the Peach Fuzz Grows Back Thicker Panic Is Nonsense
A friend stood in my kitchen last summer holding a Tinkle Eyebrow Razor she’d just bought at the drugstore and
Keratosis Pilaris Isn’t Just Chicken Skin — Here’s Why Most Products Don’t Work and the Protocol That Actually Does
My youngest sister has had bumpy upper arms for as long as I can remember — small rough bumps across
Do You Actually Need a Skincare Fridge? Here’s What Should (and Shouldn’t) Live in One
A reader sent me a photograph of her newly-purchased pastel pink mini skincare fridge last summer, stocked with the entire
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Blog, beauty tools, Education
Those Tiny White Bumps Around Your Eyes Aren’t Whiteheads — They’re Milia, and Squeezing Them Makes Everything Worse
A friend has a cluster of tiny white bumps along her lower eyelid and across the crests of her cheekbones.
If You’re Removing Makeup With a Face Wipe, You’re Doing It Wrong — The Correct Method That Prevents Breakouts and Barrier Damage
My friend used makeup wipes for eleven years. Every night, she’d pull one from the pack on her bedside table,
Adapalene Is the Only OTC Retinoid With Prescription-Level Evidence — Here’s Why Your Acne Routine Should Include It
A reader described her acne routine to me earlier this year. She was 29, had been dealing with persistent comedonal