Wish Lists & Guides

December 2018 closes the year: top six product list, the Raf Simons Calvin Klein departure, simplified NYE makeup, and the active-ingredient era reaches maturity.

November 2018 holiday push: Sephora Beauty Insider event, Black Friday at the drugstore, the third year of the gift list, and the rise of advent calendars.

October 2018 in beauty: Allure Best of Beauty, the second-year Fenty effect, soft Halloween, holiday gift sets land, and the rise of clean prestige skincare.

September 2018: Fenty’s first anniversary, NYFW Spring 2019 backstage, the Drunk Elephant restocks, fall fragrance launches, and the active-ingredient routine refines further.

August 2018: Glossier Lidstar launches, the back-to-school drugstore haul, the late-summer skincare pivot, and the buildup to NYFW Spring 2019.

July 2018: World Cup beauty in passing, the after-sun rescue, the gua-sha routine that earned its slot, drugstore SPF wars, and the Glossier Phase Three preview.

June 2018 in beauty: gua sha goes mainstream, the Glow Recipe sleeping mask earns its place, summer fragrance reset, the new tinted-SPF prestige category, and Fenty Beach Please.

May 2018 from the Heavenly Bodies Met Gala to the Royal Wedding’s quiet beauty, Mother’s Day skincare, the wedding-guest beauty bag, and the rise of Glow Recipe.

April 2018: Pat McGrath Mothership III Subversive arrives, Drunk Elephant Protini launches, Coachella beauty pivots cooler, and Glossier expands.

March 2018: Glossier Skin Tint launches, the Pat McGrath Mothership III preview, daylight saving and the spring SPF reset, and the rise of bakuchiol prestige formulas.