We'll just say this: Our only expectation for 2021 is to not have any expectations for 2021. If we've learned anything in the past year, it's that the world can, seemingly, flip completely upside down practically overnight. In late 2019 (welp), we definitely thought we felt confident publishing our annual skincare trend prediction story, but who could have known that in a matter of months our skincare and beauty proclivities would be telling a very, very different tale. Masks! Going ham on hand ...

It's no secret—balanced, amply hydrated skin is the undeniable gateway to supple, dewy, youthful-looking skin. (Trust me—my 73-year-old dad looks ten years younger every time I force a hefty dollop of face cream on him.) Oddly, however, so many popular skincare products are working very much against us in that department. An alarming number of cleansers are overly harsh—stripping essential moisture from our skin and throwing our skin's delicate microbiome into precarious imbalance, and d...

Welcome to I Tried It Month, where we’ll be publishing a new fashion, beauty, or wellness article every day in January that features a first-person account of shaking up an old habit, pushing beyond a comfort zone, or simply trying something new. Follow along for 31 days of storytelling, including everything from going without a cellphone for 40 days to trying the polarizing low-rise pants trend.In March of 2020 when we thought quarantining to stop the spread of COVID-19 would last just a few ...

Welcome to I Tried It Month, where we’ll be publishing a new fashion, beauty, or wellness article every day in January that features a first-person account of shaking up an old habit, pushing beyond a comfort zone, or simply trying something new. Follow along for 31 days of storytelling, including everything from going without a cellphone for 40 days to trying the polarizing low-rise pants trend.As someone who is always struggling to get out the door quickly, I typically forgo makeup in my m...