Wish Lists & Guides

November 2017 holiday push: the Sephora Beauty Insider event, Black Friday at the drugstore, female-founded brand gift list, the candle conversation, and hair-care gifting at last.

October 2017 in beauty: Allure Best of Beauty, post-Fenty competition delivers, Halloween softens, holiday gift sets land, and bakuchiol rises in skincare.

September 2017 belonged to Fenty Beauty’s 40-shade launch. We talk through Pro Filt’r and Killawatt, the prestige scramble, NYFW Spring 2018, and the active-ingredient skincare pivot.

August 2017 in beauty: the back-to-school drugstore haul, the late-summer skincare pivot, the eclipse-week pause, fall fragrance previews, and waiting for Fenty.

July 2017 in beauty: post-sun rescue with CeraVe and Weleda, the summer fragrance reset, the new self-tan conversation, Glossier Phase Two cream blush, and drugstore dry shampoo verdicts.

June 2017 in beauty: the travel makeup audit, cushion compacts coming of age, scaled-down acid routines for humidity, hair frizz fighters, and the surprise lipgloss comeback.

May 2017 from Met Gala beauty takeaways through summer SPF testing, Mother Day skincare gifts, wedding-guest lipstick verdicts, and the rise of prestige body care.

April 2017 belonged to Pat McGrath Mothership II Sublime, the Coachella beauty pivot, drugstore strobing creams catching up to prestige glow drops, and Glossier becoming a category builder.

Spring 2017 reset on the bathroom counter — Hollywood Flawless Filter momentum, Raf Simons Calvin Klein, the Pat McGrath drop economy, and Coachella prep gearing up.

Raf Simons debuts at Calvin Klein on February 10 and reorganises the year, Hollywood Flawless Filter dominates the awards-season press line, Shape Tape divides the concealer category, and the Oscars close on a famous envelope mix-up.