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Frequently Asked QuestionsHow do chemical peels work?"Chemical face peels, a.k.a. exfoliating acid masks, work by penetrating the outer layers of the skin, breaking down the bonds between dead skin cells and stimulating the production of collagen and elastin," explains Shereene Idriss, MD, a board-certified dermatologist based in New York City. Most at-home...

Dame Helen Mirren was ready for a summer refresh—and honestly, after seeing these photos of her breezy new bixie cut, I am too.Mirren, who has never shied away from changing up her hairstyle and has even shared that she cuts her own hair with kitchen scissors on occasion, debuted a very cute,...

It’s 2002, and you’re deciding between your pink-and-green butterfly top and your knit striped sweater for a trip to the mall with your friends. You ultimately go with the former, despite already having the winged insect clipped into your hair and bedazzled onto your low-rise jeans. After all, Britney Spears just proved...

Sometimes it’s the simple things that make the most impact. That’s certainly the case with First Aid Beauty’s skin- and body-care products, which are fit (and formulated) for sensitive types.The entire collection is great, but some of my favorites are the super-silky After-Shower Nourishing Body Oil, the glow-inducing, powder-to-foam Brightening Micro Powder...

Although I know most of us would like to forget 2020 (and maybe 2021 and 2022, too), there was some good that came from our time spent in quarantine. Not only did I catch up on my reading list, FaceTime my family more than ever, but I also picked up (and then...

Not every face can tolerate the power of retinol, but most can appreciate its more sensitive, skin-friendly alternatives, like bakuchiol."Bakuchiol is an ingredient derived from the psoralea corylifolia plant, the ‘babchi’ plant,” cosmetic chemist Perry Romanowski previously told Allure. The ingredient “functions similar to a retinol, increasing cell turnover thereby stimulating collagen...

Frequently Asked QuestionsShould you exfoliate mature skin?“Exfoliation should be a key component of your skin-care routine, especially as we age,” says Dr. Hartman. “I recommend regular exfoliation to patients with mature skin to help their skin look and feel its best.” The reason? Cellular turnover—or the body’s natural exfoliation process—slows as we...

“It’s harmful to conflate naked nails with taste or class, which are often just euphemisms for white supremacist beauty standards,” beauty writer and Allure contributor Kristina Rodulfo says in an Instagram Reel expressing her beef with this new resurgence of bare nails propaganda.As far as bare nails fall into beauty hierarchies, they...

If you're familiar with the sunscreen world—and you should be, considering we should all be wearing SPF every single day—you know that America is way behind in sunscreen innovation. This is in part because in the US, sunscreen is regulated as a drug rather than a cosmetic, which means it has to...