And the good news doesn’t stop there. Dewy girls everywhere, come together for a most joyous occasion: Lash Slick, Glossier’s cult-favorite mascara, will be available in brown starting on December 7th. A mascara created for people who hate mascara (my interpretation), Lash Slick elongates, strengthens, and separates lashes without that clumpy, makeup-y look. Brown mascara ups the au naturel ante, adding a hint of definition to blonde lashes, and making brunettes look like they’re not wearing makeup–they just have lovely genetics.

Glossier Lash Slick

Glossier Lash Slick

TikTok’s ability to reignite a fervor for past beauty launches (Black Honey, anyone?) seems to be benefiting the millennial-pink clad brand. These days, Glossier’s world-famous Boy Brow gel is getting far less attention than Cloud Paint blushes, Futuredew glowing primer, or Glossier You fragrance–beauty editors are actually carrying Generation G in their purses again. It seems like the new generation of beauty influencers are buying what Glossier is selling again: natural-looking makeup, a skin-first approach, great formulas, and the brand’s signature messaging: You Look Good.

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Shani Darden by Déesse PRO LED Light Mask

Facialist Shani Darden incorporates LED when she’s treating clients like Jessica Alba and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Now, the benefits can be replicated on your couch with Shani Darden by Déesse’s PRO LED Light Mask, which has triple the number of lights as its direct competitors and is the strongest on the consumer market.

Therabody TheraFace Pro with Gel

Customers using the Theragun massage tool on their faces and necks (to ease tense foreheads and jaws) is the origin story behind the TheraFace Pro, which has three face-safe percussive attachments plus cleansing, LED light, and microcurrent rings to lift, cleanse, and much, much more.

NuFace TRINITY+ Starter Kit

It took over a decade and 42 revisions before NuFace released an update to Trinity, its popular microcurrent device. Now named the Trinity+, the new tool comes with 25 percent more power and an app for a more precise lift and tone.

LYMA LYMA Laser

The Lyma Laser device combines red LED lights with a 500 milliwatt laser into a handheld anti-aging device that’s safe for all skin tones.

OLEHENRIKSEN Banana Bright+ Vitamin C Eye Crème

Giving one of Sephora’s top sellers a makeover? Brave. Ole Henriksen’s best-selling eye cream has a new name and an even better formula: the glow-inducing vitamin C that shoppers know and love is more potent than ever.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment

Glow Recipe also did the R&D to make its beloved facial-in-a-tub product more universally tolerated—but still as smoothing and brightening.

Decorté Liposome Advanced Repair Serum

Japanese brand Decorté started researching liposomes (tiny vesicles that help kick-start the delivery of active ingredients to the skin) in 1984, later bringing to market the Moisture Liposome Serum in 1992. This year, the brand revised that technology for the first time in 30 years, releasing the Liposome Advanced Repair Serum, a gel formula made with ceramides that hydrates via time-release over 24 hours.

Ourself Lip Filler + Lip Conditioner Set

Ourself’s Lip Filler, complete with “subtopical” plumping technology, goes places typically only reachable by a dermatologist—by wrapping hyaluronic acid in a delivery system that infuses it deep into the skin.

Eighth Day Reparative Moisturizer

Board-certified dermatologist and reconstructive skin cancer surgeon Antony Nakhla’s work with more than 10,000 skin cancer patients inspired Eighth Day’s Reparative Moisturizer. The PRP blend inside the thick cream also has proven skin-beneficial ingredients like resveratrol, CoQ10, and vitamins C and E to plump skin immediately but also deliver long-term hydration.

Shiseido Bio-Performance Skin Filler Serums

Shiseido’s Bio-Performance Skin Filler Serums work in tandem to deliver hyaluronic acid—the Night serum has a compacted version of the HA, and the Day serum triggers the molecule to expand, subtly adding volume.

Relevant One & Done Everyday Cream with SPF 40

The inaugural product by beauty industry veteran and e-retailer Thirteen Lune founder Nyakio Grieco took on one of the products women of color find the most challenging: mineral sunscreen. On top of being a truly universal mineral sunscreen formula (the secret for getting such a high SPF rating in boosters), it’s also your morning moisturizer, serum, and primer.

Soho Skin 24/7 Treatment

Soho House used its discerning clientele (which is of a certain age) as test dummies when it came to creating its skincare line. The results include the 24/7 Treatment, which works whether you get a full eight hours of restful sleep or a not-so-great four post-dance club. The overnight mask uses lactic acid and fermented ingredients to smooth with ATP—yes, the energy inside of cells—to help the skin function better.

Juvederm Volux XC

In the post-Zoom world, patients are looking for new ways to enhance their unmasked faces. See: Juvéderm Volux XC, which is FDA-approved as the only hyaluronic acid filler to give you a more defined jawline.

Cutera Aviclear

AviClear by Cutera is the first FDA-cleared laser to treat acne by zapping sebum glands to produce less oil, which means fewer breakouts.

RHA Redensity

Having a stiff upper lip isn’t what you want when it comes to fillers. RHA Redensity smooths severe lines around the mouth with a breakthrough level of flexibility.

Vivace Vivace Ultra

The Vivace Ultra offers the first-ever bespoke version of radiofrequency microneedling; each session starts with ultrasound photo mapping to create a custom program that includes optimal needle depth for each area.

Half Magic Beauty Magic Flik

Euphoria’s lead makeup artist Donni Davy reinvented liquid liner with the Half Magic Magic Flik Liquid Calligraphy Eyeliner Pen. Its paddle-shaped brush (rather than the usual cone) makes shaping a flick or wave super easy. (Trust us.)

Yves Saint Laurent The Bold High Pigment Lipstick in Revenged Red

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Your body heat triggers YSL Beauty’s The Bold High Pigment Lipstick to create an ultra-vibrant effect. It subtly separates into two layers, invisible to the naked eye: Pigment remains on the bottom, while the oil rises to the top—and your lips become bold and glossy, just like that.

Velour Lashes Second Nature Plant Fibre Lashes

Vegan and cruelty-free brand Velour Beauty added “sustainable” to its résumé with the Plant Fibre Lash Collection. The lashes are made of 90 percent biodegradable hemp fibers and can be worn more than 20 times.

Hue Hue Twins

You may not have an identical twin to walk the Gucci runway with, but there’s probably somebody out there with similar coloring and skin type. Hue Twins, a collaboration between Hue and Credo Beauty, maintains a database of over 1,300 real people, so you can see what your beauty doppelgänger is buying from brands like Exa Beauty and more.

Lancôme Lash Anatomy

Lancôme Lash Anatomy, available at the brand’s counters across the nation, takes ultra-high-def photos of your eyelashes and grades them on stats like length, thickness, and density to help you find your best mascara.

Guide Beauty Easy on the Eyes Brush Collection

Diversity in beauty doesn’t just mean releasing a line of 50-plus foundations; it’s also about welcoming consumers where they are in their journey. In 2018, actor Selma Blair announced that she’d been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and this year joined Guide Beauty, helping to launch the Easy on the Eyes Brush Collection. The thoughtfully designed vegan makeup brushes are geared toward those with different levels of hand control. Each has a shorter, ergonomic handle that can be held in several ways.

Aprés Nail Gel Couleur Fall Set

Hesitant at-home manicurists and nail art pros alike will love the densely-packed brush that comes with the newly-launched Aprés Nail Gel Couleur kits; each one is handmade and densely packed to evenly distribute color in a single swipe.

OTM Collection Monaco

While we would never—like, ever—suggest you take your makeup bag out into the desert, OTM gives you that option. All three of the bags are lined in a heat-resistant shield that’ll keep your lipsticks, vitamin C serum, and all other precious top-shelf routine items safe from high temperatures, no matter where you’re going.

The Unseen Colour Alchemy

For hair, colors like the glow of the Northern Lights or gleam of a scarab’s shell are now attainable with Colour Alchemy. The five holographic tints are triggered by heat and light, and work on many different hair shades—even dark ones.

Parfait Custom Wig

Parfait combines artificial intelligence and the know-how of seasoned hairstylists to solve pain points in the wig-creation process. AI helps capture sizing, so a custom wig can arrive in less than a week, compared to the standard five weeks or more.

Pattern Transition Mask

At Tracee Ellis Ross’ Pattern Beauty, the team noticed the need for products to support processed hair that’s phasing back to its natural texture, because breakage can happen as a strand goes from straight to coiled. The Transition Mask strengthens hair during this delicate time with white tea and manuka honey.

Dyson Airwrap Multi-Styler

In 2018, Dyson debuted the Airwrap Styler, a combo hot tool and the first to harness the Coanda effect in a hair-curling device—using the law of physics to manipulate hair. It sold out almost immediately, and at one point had a 113,000-person waiting list. The version released this year, the Airwrap Multi-Styler, has enhanced that same technology, so the Airwrap can switch directions midstyle, as well as work on more hair types.

K18 PEPTIDE PREP pH Maintenance Shampoo

Forget the notion that shampoo needs to be stripping. This shampoo puts its patented molecule (named the K18Peptide, which reconnects the bonds that are broken in a strand of hair every time you dye, style, or every aggressively brush) back into hair so that each cleanse is a step toward shinier, healthier hair.

JVN Embody Volumizing Foam

If your crunchy curls of the ’90s swore you of foam mousse forever—it’s time to give it another try. Queer Eye and Getting Curious‘s Jonathan Van Ness formulated their version of volumizing foam with hydrating hemi-squalane, so you’re getting lift and shine without hair feeling stiff.

R+Co Bleu F-Layer Deep Conditioning Serum

This lightweight treatment caters to the little-addressed F layer, a three-nanometer area between the cells of the cuticle that must be hydrated for hair to look shiny. This leave-in, which should be used post-wash, has fruit extracts, the BLEU molecule (which will give you bond-building benefits), coconut fruit water, and sunflower seed oil.

Ceremonia Pequi Medium-Hold Styling Hair Gel

Founder Babba Rivera was inspired by the important role that gel plays in Latinx community’s hair routine when it came to formulating her own version. But this one has an oil (we know, an oil and a gel seem like they wouldn’t mix) from the pequi, a Brazillian fruit, for a flake-free medium hold that adds shine to all hair types.

Dior J’adore Parfum d’Eau

It took multiple revisions to perfect the water-based Dior J’adore Parfum d’eau, which uses a high-pressure nano-emulsion technique to give the purest aroma of uplifting orange blossoms sans alcohol.

Costa Brazil Aroma Eau de Parfum

Costa Brazil’s first fragrance, Aroma, is blended with a mixture of natural Amazonian notes that evoke the calming chemicals given off by trees—so wearing it feels like you’re wandering through a lush forest.

The Nue Co. Water Therapy

The industry continues to merge wellness and self-care with innovative new ingredients. The Nue Co. expanded its collection of functional fragrances with Water Therapy; a single spritz swaddles the wearer in a blend that evokes a day at the beach (and the serenity that comes along with it).

Credo Worthy SuperCharged SkinScent Travel Pen

This fragrant blend of apricot kernel, grape seed, and meadowfoam seed oil locks into the skin and lasts all day.

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Rare Beauty’s Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter compact and brush.

The Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter is perfect for beginners and makeup experts alike. The talc-free formula goes on in powder form, but instantly melts into your skin for a glowy, dewy, and smooth look. Using prismatic microshimmers, the highlighter creates a semi-sheer shine, enhancing your skin’s natural warmth and light.

“It’s truly lightweight and goes on like silk, and I love the natural sheen it gives you—I’ve never seen a highlighter like this,” Gomez shares exclusively with ELLE.com.

The product also comes in a compact that can slide easily into your makeup bag for a weekend away, or your bag for a day at the office. Not to mention, the Positive Light Precision Highlighter Makeup Brush picks up a lot of product, and a little goes a long way. Gently sweep the brush across your powder compact and apply in light strokes, or press it into your skin and blend in. Once you apply, you won’t need to do a touch-up for hours, if at all. “It’s small enough that it gives me full control of where I highlight, but fluffy enough to make blending easy,” the Only Murders in the Building star adds. The Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter gives your skin a more subtle, sheer shine in comparison to the Positive Light Liquid Luminizer. If using the highlighter brush on the Liquid Luminizer, you only need one or two drops (take our word for it).

Rare Beauty’s Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter on a model.

I’m happy to report that I gave the new Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter a whirl during Art Basel weekend, and it withstood not only the Florida humidity, but occasional cheek-to-cheek kisses, and didn’t transfer onto my mask, either. The highlighter boasts being waterproof, transfer-proof, and smudge-proof for all-day wear. Like most of Rare Beauty’s products, this highlighter has a barely there feel, which I love, and doesn’t weigh down your face. It mixed nicely with my other (admittedly non-Rare Beauty) products and creates a beautiful, glazed gleam to boot.

Rare Beauty’s Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter.

It glides on silky smooth, and the Flaunt color brought out the natural golden hues of my undertones. While the Positive Light Liquid Luminizer comes in eight shades, the Positive Light Precision Highlighter only comes in four: Enlighten, a cool champagne; Exhilarate, a champagne gold; Flaunt, a true gold; and Mesmerize, a rose bronze. I hope they expand the palette offerings, as I’d love a deep bronze or copper too. I should note that the names of the color profiles don’t match their liquid counterpart, which may make it confusing for some shoppers.

If you’re looking for an easy-to-apply natural highlighter that won’t overpower your face, then this is the product for you. While it officially launches tomorrow, December 6th, on sephora.com and rarebeauty.com or in Sephora and Kohl’s retail locations, if you are feeling a little impatient, today only, you can shop the new Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter and Positive Light Precision Highlighter Brush on the Sephora app.

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Danielle James is an award-winning entrepreneur, fashion and beauty journalist, and co-founder of Safe Space, a show that encourages viewers to have tough conversations with people in their respective lives. She has bylines with Allure, Essence, Nylon, The Grio, Huffington Post, and more, with an expertise is in retail, fashion, and beauty. Danielle enjoys writing about new trends and focuses on making beauty and fashion accessible to all. She is the founder of Model Citizen, a sustainable fashion company that encourages peer-to-peer clothing sharing and supports emerging designers. When she is not working, Ms. James enjoys brunch, travel, volunteering, and spending time with friends and family.

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Made with ingredients like free fatty acids, ceramides, and squalane, Instant Angel helps support the skin barrier as it provides that glazed donut halo effect. It’s also fragrance-free and non-comedogenic, though the brand notes it may be a bit rich for acne-prone skin.

Dieux Instant Angel Skin Restoring Moisturizer

Dieux Instant Angel Skin Restoring Moisturizer

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Dieux Dieux-ing Great Bundle

Dieux Dieux-ing Great Bundle

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Dieux Glow Gospel Bundle

Dieux Glow Gospel Bundle

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Thanks to Dieux’s (and founder Charlotte Palermino’s) popularity on social media, Instant Angel has already sold out at least once, but it’s currently on sale for Black Friday 2022.

The celeb-favorite is available to shop for 15 percent off as a standalone essential, and in two of the brand’s discounted skincare bundles for 20 percent off, which also happen to make great gifts. Whether you shop the Dieux-ing Great Bundle, which contains Instant Angel, Dieux’s culty under-eye patches, and hydrating Deliverance Serum, or the Glow Gospel duo that features the serum plus Bieber’s go-to, we’re betting you’ll walk away looking more glazed and dewy than ever.

In addition to her love for Instant Angel, the supermodel also previously shared her five-minute skin care and makeup routine on TikTok, ahead of her brand’s official release, which included a few of her other holy-grail beauty favorites. “Honestly, the most important thing for me, when doing my own makeup or getting my makeup done, is the skincare, the base for the makeup,” she said in the video. “I feel like that’s always how I achieve the glowiest, best looking makeup.”

Shop more of the trendsetter’s product favorites below:

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Like attempting to bake a cake from scratch, shopping for your skincare products is quite a humbling experience, especially when you’re unsure what ingredients to buy, the internet is inundated with conflicting tips, and prices aren’t the most flattering. Perhaps the most annoying part of it all is that regardless of brand, price, or ingredient, the order in which you apply your products can affect the efficacy of your routine. You wouldn’t add milk to a cafe after it’s already baked, right?

So before you splurge on that luxury moisturizer or introduce a new bakuchiol serum into your routine, let’s take it back to the basics. Ahead, is a comprehensive guide on how to correctly apply your AM and PM skincare routines—yes, there’s a difference.

Morning

When looking at your skincare formulas, it’s always better to apply products from the thinnest formula to the thickest. Now, the most important thing to remember when applying your AM skincare routine is the sun. “When you’re thinking about your skincare routine, it’s really simple. During the day, you want to protect your skin. At night, you want to repair,” Dr. Lian Mack, NY-based board-certified dermatologist at GlamDerm, explains.

Cleanser

Cleansing your skin from all the dirt, oil, and debris is how you create the perfect canvas for all your subsequent products to seep through your skin and work their magic. Here’s the step that sets the tone for your entire routine. Pay close attention to your skin—are you more on the dry side or find yourself swiping away oil throughout the day? Understanding your skin type is how you decide what cleanser is right for you. If you have sensitive skin, Dr. Bertha Baum, a Florida-based board-certified dermatologist, suggests using a gentle cleanser. Those with oily skin can benefit from a foaming cleanser, Dr. Baum adds. But never forget about the sun! Since you’ll likely encounter the UV rays throughout the day, Dr. Mack recommends using cleansers without actives in them “because you don’t want to increase your risk for photosensitivity,” she says.

CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

Exuviance Gentle Cream Cleanser

Skinceuticals Soothing Cleanser

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Face Cleanser

Toner

Toners are an optional step in a skincare routine. Depending on your skin’s sensitivity, Dr. Mack says it’s okay to skip a toner. Ultimately, toners serve different purposes but are great for hydrating the skin for the next step in the routine.

Serums

A fun way to shop for serums for your morning routine is to remember what ingredients are typically associated with brightness, are antioxidant-rich, and are gentle enough for daytime wear. If vitamin C was the first thing that came to mind, you’re already on the right track. “During the day, you want to couple antioxidants—like vitamin C and E. In addition to antioxidants, you can sandwich other things into that regimen because serums have smaller molecules, and they’re able to penetrate the skin better,” she explains. After applying your serum, Dr. Mack advises incorporating “a hyaluronic acid molecule to help pull water to the skin.”

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic

Hyper Skin Brightening Dark Spot Vitamin C Serum

L’Oreal Paris 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid Serum

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Naturium Niacinamide Face Serum 12% Plus Zinc 2%

Eye Cream

The skin around our eyes is super sensitive and thin. Eye creams help delay any signs of aging, like fine lines and wrinkles. Dr. Mack says to look for ones with “peptides that help to firm and strengthen or lift the skin.” Since eye creams are not as thick as moisturizers, it’s perfectly fine to apply an eye cream before your moisturizer—but if you apply one after, you’re not wrong either.

Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Eye Cream Intense at Nordstrom

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REN Clean Skincare Radiance Brightening Dark Circle Eye Cream

Moisturize

After cleansing and treating your skin, the next step is to seal it all in with a good moisturizer. Moisturizers not only keep the skin hydrated, but they also work in tandem with the serums previously applied. Thicker formulas work great to soothe dry skin. “Some people don’t need a thicker moisturizer because they tend to be oily,” Dr. Mack says, so those with oily skin should look for lighter formulas with hyaluronic acid.

Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Face Cream

Namesake The Daily Moisturizer

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Face Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream

Sunscreen

“The two mainstays of a morning routine are vitamin C and SPF 30 or higher,” Dr. Mack adds. No routine is complete without sunscreen, which protects the skin from harmful UV rays. However, the type of sunscreen you use should match your lifestyle.

In Dr. Mack’s office, she often recommends mineral sunscreens to her patients. “I prefer mineral-based sunscreens because there are great options for skin of color. For many, part of the struggle of searching for sunscreen is finding one that blends nicely with darker skin types,” she explains. Even if you’re using a tinted moisturizer or a BB cream, Dr. Mack still recommends using sunscreen prior to applying. “You would have to apply a lot of that foundation or BB cream to get the protection that you would from a true sunscreen. When you’re applying sunscreen, use the two-finger rule to get the amount of protection that you need.”

EltaMD UV Clear SPF 46 Face Sunscreen

Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen

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Shiseido Urban Environment Oil-Free Sunscreen Broad-Spectrum SPF 42

BOLDEN Brightening Moisturizer Face Sunscreen SPF 30

Evening

Cleanser

After a long day at work, running errands, or at school, a good cleansing oil is necessary to enter repair mode. “Double cleansing is ideal at night because you have so many pollutants on your face. Most people are wearing makeup, moisturizers, and concealers, so there’s more to wash off. Double cleansing at night really gets the skin to a place where it feels really clean, and you’re not threatened by environmental exposures that you typically have during the day,” Dr. Mack adds. However, if you have sensitive skin, Dr. Mack says to skip double-cleansing.

DHC DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

DHC DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

People with oily skin can cleanse with a foaming or milk-based cleanser, as it won’t leave you extremely dry. “If you’re sensitive, I would just wash once,” she says.

Treatments/Topical Medication

Now, it’s time to get your skin in order. This is the part of the routine where you either reach for your retinol (prescribed or over-the-counter). “After getting home and washing off your day, you want to apply a vitamin A derivative, something that has retinol or a retinoid in it. There is also plant-derived retinol like bakuchiol, which I tend to recommend for patients who are either lactating or pregnant,” she says. It’s important to pay attention to how your skin reacts to topical treatments. “You want to titrate up to a point where you can tolerate it. Once you can get to the point where you can tolerate it every night, you should definitely be coupling it with either hyaluronic acid or a moisturizer.”

SkinCeuticals SkinCeuticals Retinol 0.5 Refining Night Cream (1 fl. oz.)

SkinCeuticals SkinCeuticals Retinol 0.5 Refining Night Cream (1 fl. oz.)

Moisturize

With an actives-heavy nighttime routine, you want to ensure your skin is being properly protected and moisturized as you catch some Zzz. While you can certainly use your morning moisturizer at night, most night creams are thicker in consistency and formulated to retain moisture longer than daytime creams. Creams that tout anti-aging, firming, radiance-boosting, and hydration are great formulas to reach for during the night.

Rest

The best thing you can do for your skin is to get a good night’s rest. When you sleep, your skin has time to calm down and repair itself, with help from all the products in your routine.

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Nerisha is the beauty commerce editor at ELLE.com, covering all things beauty (and fashion and music). She has a penchant for sneakers and nude lip glosses, and spends way too much time re-watching 90s sitcoms.

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I have owned the product for many years now, and I can honestly say that this sleeping bag with far infrared rays has been my most used wellness item. The daily routine of getting into a pair of sweats and slipping in for 45 minutes almost every day of the week during the peak dreary months of early 2021 saved me from going a little bit batty. And the heat? At the highest setting it warms up to a toasty 158 degrees, raising my internal body temperature, boosting circulation, and kicking my sweat output into high gear.

Infrared Sauna Blanket

Infrared Sauna Blanket

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It’s the perfect—and most relaxing—complement to a brisk walk and an at-home workout. On Sundays, it makes for a great way to unwind and hit re-set for the week ahead. When I do it on a regular basis, I find that it seriously helps with aches and pains, and it’s said to help with muscle recovery; and because it gets your heart rate up, you burn some extra calories. Also, I can highly suggest hopping in to the sauna blanket in the morning. You emerge revitalized, wide awake, and oh-so relaxed. No caffeine necessary!

These days, I’m still using my sweat burrito, as I lovingly call it, on regular basis, and even though they’ve released an updated version (linked here) since I got mine, with a zipper closure that surely is easier to use, I honestly wouldn’t change a thing about this wellness essential. It makes me feel amazing to stop and take a meditative moment to myself. Better still, HigherDose has released a line of body care to use in tandem with the sauna blanket, and I have seriously taken to the Get Salty Spray, which is a blend of Zechstein magnesium and water. Not only does it help replenish the electrolytes that I sweat out, but it also gives me a vital boost of magnesium, which is necessary for calming the nervous system, helping with muscle tension, and even inducing restorative sleep.

higherdose HigherDOSE Get Salty Spray

higherdose HigherDOSE Get Salty Spray

Dare I say it, with this little ritual … I feel like Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s a luxe experience within the comfort of my home. And did I mention? It gives me the most unreal glow. When I’m done, I simply let it cool down, clean it, and then fold it to be stored underneath my bed, easy as that.

All in all, it’s a routine that I won’t be letting go of anytime soon.

Roxanne Adamiyatt is the senior editor at Town & Country, where she writes about lifestyle, fashion, travel, and beauty.

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The pro, who works with all our fave stars, has teamed up with Batiste to walk you through creating four festive looks. He’ll demonstrate a bouncy voluminous ponytail, a sophisticated braided updo, a cute and polished top knot, and a simple yet totally chic half-up, half-down style—all of which are practically begging to be paired with a sequined dress and bright red lip. Tune in right here on November 29 at 3PM EST to watch and ask Marcus your styling questions in real time.

In addition to dishing the same styling tricks he uses on his A-list clients, he’ll share how to use Batiste’s line-up of iconic dry shampoos to help you get your hair party-ready, even when a daily wash just isn’t in the cards. The brand is known for its effective, affordable, and delicious-smelling products, all of which are staples in Marcus’ kit. You’re likely familiar with the classic, original formula, but Batiste also offers dry shampoos formulated for different hair colors and types, and they come in a range of scents (did we mention they make great stocking stuffers?). Find your match below, and don’t forget to tune in on November 29 to get your holiday hair on.

Batiste Dry Shampoo, Original Fragrance

Batiste Dry Shampoo for Dark Hair

Batiste Dry Shampoo, Blonde

Batiste Dry Shampoo, Volumizing

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Holiday party season is here, and if you ask us, there’s no better time to go all out. Sequined dresses? Yes, please. Statement-making accessories? Bring ’em on. A bold lip? Absolutely. And let’s not forget about hair. From space buns to hair gems, there are so many fun ways to do it up for festive occasions. We asked hairstylist Erol Karadağ to suggest different ways to create of-the-moment, party-ready looks—and show us how to put them all together for seriously entrance-making style.

The holidays are all about letting your hair down, and we mean that literally and figuratively. Give the hot tools a rest and allow your natural texture to shine. A free-flowing style, winged liner, and a glossy lip are perfect for a cozy night with friends watching festive flicks.

Ok, so you want a look that wows but doesn’t involve intricate styling? Rhinestones are reporting for duty. They’re easy to apply, inherently festive, and, best of all, when it comes to how to wear them, there are no rules.

Karadağ recommends dabbing a strong hold hair gel on the back of each gem and adhering it anywhere you want some glitz. You can start along the hairline and work your way onto your part and then down your lengths until your strands are perfectly bedazzled.

One of our favorite ’90s trends currently making a comeback (along with space buns, but more on that later), braided tendrils are simple yet add a playful vibe that’s right for a white elephant gift exchange or an ugly sweater soiree. Since this is no time to be subtle, go beyond the face-framing pieces and add small three-strand braids in random areas around your crown, too.

For your biggest fête of the season, combine all of the above and add some space buns. The look has personality, works on different hair lengths and textures, and will most definitely make you stand out in a crowd. Here’s how to do it: Section hair in the middle and create half-up, half-down pigtails on either side, leaving out small face-framing pieces and sideburns. Twist each pigtail into a loose bun, gently knot the ends through the center, and secure with bobby pins.

To add texture and an even-more-fun touch, create a couple of small, three-strand braids in the lengths, wrap them around the buns, and pin the ends. Finish by applying hair gems with abandon.

Batiste Original Dry Shampoo

Batiste Original Dry Shampoo

As much as you may be looking forward to every event on your packed social calendar, it can be a handful to manage. That’s why we recommend keeping a great LBD on rotation and getting the most mileage possible out of your hair. For the latter, dry shampoo is a must. Batiste’s formulas are the ultimate for quickly refreshing between washes—they remove oil, leave hair smelling and looking clean, and even come in minis for on-the-go touch-ups.

To apply, shake well, hold the bottle 12 inches away, and spray in sections at the roots. Massage the formula into the scalp, and you’re ready for another night of dancing, gift-opening, cookie-eating…whatever.

Photographer: Jenn Collins; Hair Stylist: Erol Karadag; Makeup Artist: Allie Smith; Wardrobe Stylist: Sachiko Clyde; Art Director & Producer: Hannah Miller; Beauty Director: Sarah Ferguson

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Jen took to Instagram this week to debuted her new lob (long bob), and she was absolutely glowing in the video she posted. Jen captioned her post, “Short hair, don’t care! 💁🏻‍️.” And of course, everyone was all about it. “Gorgeous!!!!!” commented actress Kat Dennings. While others added, “Ok this haircut looks so good on you!!!!” and “I love it!” The verdict is in: Everyone is obsessed with your new haircut, Jen!

As you probably know if you keep tabs on Jennifer, she’s all about sharing her best tips and tricks with her fans, from her fave sneakers to her go-to skincare products. She even shares her intense workout routines from time to time. So, being the kind and generous person that she is, Jen also just gave anyone hoping to replicate her look at home a quick primer on how she brings her short locks to life.

VIRTUE VIRTUE 6-IN-1 Styler Cream

VIRTUE VIRTUE 6-IN-1 Styler Cream

First, Jen says she uses a 6 in 1 styler from Virtue, which, she explains, brings out the natural texture of the hair. The cream is should be used before you apply heat to your hair for styling, and it smells great, according to Jen, so that’s a major plus! Jen shows fans how she adds a small amount of the styler to her palm before scrunching her hair. She then uses a hair dryer with a diffuser attachment to create even more texture.

Virtue Texturizing Spray

Virtue Texturizing Spray

After achieving a good bouncy shape, Jen follows the styler up with Virtue’s Texturizing Spray. Basically, this is both a dry shampoo and hairspray in one…which is pretty genius, so thanks, Jen. No notes. The product adds that it will bring “lift and volume” to any hair type, and it’s also free of parabens and sulfites.

VIRTUE VIRTUE Healing Oil

VIRTUE VIRTUE Healing Oil

Jen finishes the look with some Virtue Healing Oil. But don’t worry, this “oil” won’t get rid of your curls or texture, according to Jen. Instead, it just helps to lift the hair. BTW, this product smells like coconut.

She notes that all of these products contain Alpha keratin 60 ku, which is a protein that can help restore and nourish damaged hair. The result? “Your hair at the end of styling will be healthier than when you started,” according to Jen. “What’s better than that?”

I truly don’t know if there is anything in the realm of hair care that can top that. Thanks for the tips, Jen!

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The holidays approach, and there’s plenty on our minds: Which parties to attend, coordinating travel to see friends and family, entertaining at home—and for me, it’s often packing, unpacking, and re-packing my bags (admittedly, my favorite beauty and skincare products don’t always make it in there)—for all kinds of festive adventures.

But truly—can a winter skincare routine stick? Is there really a good way to keep things up during the holiday hustle and bustle, or are our good habits (my moisturizer for sensitive skin, hydration routine, you name it) destined to be tossed out the window when other things take priority?

When it comes to winter skincare (and self care), I immediately thought of Kate Hudson, whose multiple wellness-focused brands—like INBLOOM and Fabletics—decades-long career in T.V. and film, and time spent traveling to New York and L.A. (with dazzling skin nonetheless!) make her a pro. Sitting across from me on the couch in her bright red Fabletics TrinityMotion365 leggings and a fuzzy coat, Kate Hudson radiated joy and calm—anything but the fatigue we all face as the holidays roll in—and revealed her very best beauty and skincare tips and tricks.

It’s no secret that your beauty routine should start from within—so let’s begin there.

The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery star swears by extra-virgin olive oil—which you can get at any grocery store—and not just in the ways you might think. “For me, ya just drink it. Tablespoon, any kind of extra virgin olive oil. Even when I’m cooking, I know this sounds crazy, but I’ll put olive oil on my hands and I’ll use it and I’ll just wipe that on my face, and people are like? But you’re supposed to eat it, and I’m like no, it goes everywhere. It feels amazing. Just try it. Just put it on your skin and you’ll be like omg! You have all of these face oils and things…olive oil on your skin is amazing.”

She’s all about gut health too. Eating fermented foods can help bolster the gut microbiome, and fermented foods can play a role in supporting digestive health and restoring the balance of bacteria in your gut. “[I focus on] Gut health, gut health, gut health. Fermented foods! I eat fermented food every day…sauerkraut…kimchi,” she reveals.

During the holidays especially, checking in with yourself is crucial for your mental health—which leads to the next step in Hudson’s routine: “For me [any time], the check-in and the meditation are important—when you get still, and quiet with yourself for just a few minutes…are you tired, does your body feel stagnant? Where are you holding? And that’s to me where INBLOOM comes in. When I am going to be more active, I feel like I need more energy or better recovery, I take the Green Protein Chocolate ($59) or Green Protein Vanilla ($59). I also love taking the Beauty Aura powder ($55) every day. It’s my main beauty product. My skin, everything, is better when I’m taking that, when it comes to the inside out of it all.”

Hudson also noted her number one tip for “beauty from the inside”—less a secret, more a rule of thumb: drink more water! “For me it’s water. It’s free. Honestly. If you are more hydrated, you won’t feel so dry. It’s all inside out for me.” If you need an hourly reminder, Prevention recommends these motivational water bottles to keep you hydrated all day long.

Now for beauty from the outside. What are Kate Hudson’s top beauty products?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Hudson is open about the fact that she prefers to seek out products that favor natural ingredients, but that it’s not always possible: “I just don’t like synthetic things on my face or in my body. That said, some of these things on my list are not considered “clean,” but when I need it—like when I’m in Aspen—I need it. I’ll put the La Mer Moisturizing Cream ($200) everywhere.

“The other brand I’m loving is [Leaping Bunny-Certified] Symbiome. That product line is dreamy to me.” (Some of the brand’s top products include The One ($125) restorative gel cream, The Answer ($200) reparative serum, and The Renewal ($60) daily cleanser). The brand shares of its products, “We create minimalist skincare with maximalist results. We leverage our proprietary microbiome research—powered by sustainable and highly potent ingredients—to develop products that naturally promote the clarity, vibrance, and resilience of our skin.”

She continues, “I also like the Laneige Lip Mask ($24)—you know the one. And…I’m not supposed to like sheet masks, they are terrible for the environment, but I live for a sheet mask. I like the SK-II sheet masks ($15)!”

So there you have it, Kate Hudson’s winter skincare routine. You know what we’ll be adding to our carts ASAP. Wishing you all a happy, healthy, restful season (and more to come on the sweet ways she likes to enjoy the holidays!)

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