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BEAUTY BEST BETS + MUST TRYS FOR SEPTEMBER 2026
Nail cutter category disruptor EDJY is now shaking up the tweezer market! The brand adopts an engineering approach to beauty tools and now, your brows will be better for it! If you started handling your own tweezing during (and post) COVID, you can continue to shape your brows with surgical precision with EDJY’s tweezers, which allow for control, and therefore, accuracy and ease.
Beauty Best Bets & Must-Trys for July
Merit, known for its clean, simple, and effective formulas that eschew fuss and trends, has launched the best mascara to land in my hands and on my lashes in quite some time. Merit Clean Volume offers a petite and precision brush that grabs, reaches, and coats each lash with a Japanese-created tubing formula that curls and lifts without clumping or weighing delicate lashes down. It’s all about the brush, which allows you to get as close as possible to the lashes you are trying to accentuate.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys For June 2026
Blush? Made easy? Yep. Wonderskin, the brand known for the all-day lip stains where you paint the product on your lips and let it set for a few minutes while feeling terrified because the drying period is VERY pigmentally intense, then peel it off, leaving a buffed ‘n’ blurred, soft focus stain, is ready to disrupt the blush market with its Wonder Blading All-Day Blush Stain . The brand is adamant that this is not the lip stain formula reworked or V.
Best Bets + Must Trys For May 2026
SPF isn’t solely for your skin. You have to protect your lips from the sun’s harmful rays, as the skin in that area of your face is so thin and vulnerable. Super fun, ’70’s-inspired luxury sun care brand Vacation has added Classic Whip SPF 30 Lip Balm Sunscreen to its Classic Whip franchise, which is sunblock that dispenses like whipped cream from the old school can. Its delish, luxe, light-as-air, and protective.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys For April 2026
Counter’s new Glow First Serum Primer presents like a crushed disco ball in a gorgeous glass vial. But go ahead and dispense two generous pumps of this hydrator, which is a tripeptide gel serum, after moisturizer and before makeup. And your glowosity will be witnessed by the gods and the stars and the heavens. The formula is packed with approximately 4,000 (!!!) suspended microdroplets of skin-loving ingredients that will hydrate, plump, and give you ALL of the glow.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys For March 2026
Sweed’s Lash Lift Mascara is the mascara Nicki Glaser wore to the Golden Globes. The formula is blacker-than-black and the wand has a super skinny, comb-like brush, so it coats each and every little ‘n’ last las for that doll-like, Twiggy look. I am able to apply it with such precision and control. My lashes looked extension-like with just one-and-a-half coats. IDK what sorcery comprises the formula, but it’s good. Grab a tube or two and your eyes will look big and beautiful.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys For January 2026
Who needs lash extensions — which, while gorgeous, are expensive, high maintenance, require a lot of care, are limiting in terms of what products you can use with them, and time-consuming — when you can have Urban Decay’s Tube Job Mascara. Rather than coat lashes with color and thickness like traditional mascaras, tube formulas form water-resistant sleeves around lashes, so that the color does NOT budge. UD’s formula claims to bring a 45-degree boost to lashes that lasts for 24 hours.
Beauty Must-Trys For December
If you’ve procrastinated too long for holiday gifts for the beauty-obsessed person in your life, this handy gift guide will solve all your shopping problems. Secret Santas, lipstickistas, trend lovers, and makeup noobs — there’s something here for everyone! We kept it short-and-sweet because time is of the essence, and these foolproof sets eliminate ALL of the guesswork.
Beauty Best Bets & Must-Trys for November
Refy re-invigorates lipstick with its latest innovation; Tilt Beauty packaging is adaptive and accessible, while OleHenriksen and Merit Beauty update two of their most popular franchises with a new flavor and finish, respectively. Urban Decay has done the same with its beloved Naked range, as well.
Beauty Best Bets & Must-Trys for October 2025
UK brand Made by Mitchell has “made” its way to the U.S. via Ulta and the brand’s website. The products are adorable, in yellow highlighter packaging similar to another buzzy indie brand I love — that’d be Half Magic. The MbM product range is edgy like Half Magic, but with a cheeky British vibe. The Blursh Pods Domed Blushers are “must own.” I don’t typically wear blush because it always…looks like I am wearing blush.
Beauty Best Bets & Must-Trys for September
Tower 28 is expanding its offerings. The brand, which is known for catering to sensitive skin, is dropping its first-ever eyeshadows. And they aren’t in a pan, either! Rather, Tower 28 went with the stick format. GoGo Cooling Shimmer Eyeshadow Stick goes easy on your eyes! If you have sensitive eyes or wear contact lenses, you are going to LOVE this drop. The formula is water-based and shimmer-packed, gliding across lids for 12-hours with zero instances of irritation.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys For July 2025
Arbonne Natural Glow Foundation offers eight shades.. Now, that fact might give you pause for obvious reasons. The beauty industry has made MASSIVE strides with increased foundation and concealer shade offerings, with some brands disrupting the game and offering upwards of 50 shades and considering ALL skin tones. It’s been beautiful to witness.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys for June 2025
SPF is essential and necessary but it can cause breakouts or a white and chalky patina to your skin. Well, Tower28 Beauty is hoping to solve that problem with its mineral SOS FaceGuard Broad Spectrum SPF 30, designed for both sensitive and acne-prone skin. T28B’s sunscreen has THREE medical seals of approval, so you can apply it with confidence. The whipped and creamy texture allows you to slather it on without fearing an onslaught of zits.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys 2025
I love everything about RMS Beauty’s Cashmere Matte Eyelights — from the creamy, blendable, and light-as-air texture to the crease-free color payoff to the recyclable aluminum packaging, which reminds me of art supply store paint! These neutral hued shadows (I love to smudge and layer Mossy Stone, Tundra Taupe, and Mallo Coast) boast a matte pearl finish, which means it’s mostly matte, with just a hint of subtle satin-ness to avoid that overly dry or cakey look.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys 2025
I love everything about RMS Beauty’s Cashmere Matte Eyelights — from the creamy, blendable, and light-as-air texture to the crease-free color payoff to the recyclable aluminum packaging, which reminds me of art supply store paint! These neutral hued shadows (I love to smudge and layer Mossy Stone, Tundra Taupe, and Mallo Coast) boast a matte pearl finish, which means it’s mostly matte, with just a hint of subtle satin-ness to avoid that overly dry or cakey look.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys for April 2025
Korean beauty brand FWEE is one of my favorite indie companies. The products are cute, kitschy, and don’t take themselves too seriously. But more importantly — they work. The FWEE Glowy Jelly Pot give you a sheer, dewy, jelly-like glow on your cheeks, lips, lids, and browbones. You get a glossy shine without any unwanted stickiness, and a plumped up finish. Plus, there’s a keychain option so you can take a mini version with you for touchups when you are out and about being fabulous.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys For March 2025
Hailey Bieber’s Rhode is an internet darling, and rightfully so. Everything the brand puts out is a smashing success. Because it’s quality. The brand’s Peptide Lip Treatments are a staple in my pocket and my handbag. Now, they’ve launched the Lip Shape pencils, which are a cross between a lip liner, lipstick, and shaper. There is crayon-like, creamy matte product in a variety of pink and neutral shades on one end and a shaper on the other, to help you line, buff, and define as you wish.
Kiss of French Lipstick Is Inspired By...French Fries.
There’s French beauty. And then there’s FRENCH FRY beauty. I love food-inspired beauty products, but this gorgeous matte lippie proves that not all beauty products have to have gourmand inspo.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Tries for January 2025
2024 was essentially the year of blush. The trend should continue in 2025, since the formula has been so modernized, thanks to products like Polite Society’s Polite Pops powder blush sticks Chalky, patchy, hard-to-blend, and streaky powder blushes are a thing of the past. Polite Pops are packaged in cute and chubby twist up tubes and you can dab directly from the bullet, buff with your fingers, and go.
Beauty Best Bets + Must Trys for November 2024
Isamaya French’s eponymous brand is one of my faves. It’s high fashion makeup that is high performance. The Lip Lacq is a multi-dimensional, drenched-in-shine-and-shimmer gloss that will elevate any makeup look to the penthouse floor! It’s non-sticky but brings the megawatt, blinding shine. Beetle offers a romantically goth, blue x black sparkle, while Ultraviolet is an iridescent pink. Lotus is a white gold that can top bare lips or any lipstick or stain to give it some oomph.
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Viper, a stunning midnight black infused with chunky holographic glitter, is Zoya’s Color of the Month for October. But guess what? I’m christening it the Color of the Fall. It’s seriously that sexy.
Beauty Best Bets + Must-Trys
Dr.Jart+ Vital Hydra Solution franchise just got a boost… adding a lip mask to the lineup. The mask can be slept in or swiped on your pout during the day. It’s housed in the CUTEST cobalt blue teddy bear jar and adds plumpness and shine. If you are a sucker for a product that works and that is housed in the cutest vessel, this is ALL you!! I caught an early Fall cold and my lips and the tip of my nose were dry, chapped, and swollen from blowing my nose. Lovely, I know.
A Must-Try Beauty Roundup for September + October
REFY’s Blur Liner is the latest disruption from this amazing brand, whose goal is to redefine makeup and make the process of applying it simple and non-intimidating.The Blur Liner will give lips that blurred, matte look — imprecise, yet oh-so-pretty. Like the flushed, just kissed lips displayed in your fave Renoir! Your lips will love the light wash of color this liner offers, and your pout will appear bigger as you soften and blend out the lines.
Beauty Must-Trys for End-of-Summer & Late August 2024
Poundcake is a pro-fat, pro-queer, and pro-black brand that has created a gorgeous, creamy range of head-turning red lipsticks, called Cake Batter, that consider both your skin and lip tone — since lip hues can and do look different based on your natural lip color. What may look like a true crimson-y red on someone else’s lips may appear more orange-toned on yours. So Poundcake set about making lip shades that fully account for natural lip tones.
Beauty Must-Trys for End-of-Summer & Late August 2024
Poundcake is a pro-fat, pro-queer, and pro-black brand that has created a gorgeous, creamy range of head-turning red lipsticks, called Cake Batter, that consider both your skin and lip tone — since lip hues can and do look different based on your natural lip color. What may look like a true crimson-y red on someone else’s lips may appear more orange-toned on yours. So Poundcake set about making lip shades that fully account for natural lip tones.
Beauty Best Bets and Must-Trys for Summer 2024
Who needs a full eyeshadow palette, complete with those two or three pans you NEVER touch when you can have Neen‘s Pretty Shady Pressed Pigment Trios? You know Neen, right? It’s the new’ish brand from Stila founder Jeanine Lobell, so it was launched by a legend. Her eyeshadow trios are EXPERTLY and FLAWLESSLY coordinated. Duh. It’s J. Lobe. You can expect the very best.
20 Beauty Products You Need to Try in July
From a reformulated Holy Grail liquid eyeliner and a second skin serum foundation to lipstick bullets that are almost TOO artistic to use and cuticle oil beads you can pop for a little anxiety relief along with your hydration, here are this month’s Best Bets and “must trys” for July. Many beautyistas have long considered KVD Vegan Beauty’s Tattoo Liner in Trooper Black to be a Holy Grail, the best on the market, and perfection.
Best Lip Balms for Winter 2024
Winter is murder on lips and the gentle skin surrounding them. That’s likely why lip masks, which are amped up balms, have been all the rage on the ‘Tok and the ‘Gram. They do the heavy lifting overnight but can also be worn during the day as a glossy and protective balm. There are tons on the market — Laneige Lip Sleeping Masks are thick and best served as an overnight spa treatment, and they come in tons of yummy flavors. They are a gold standard.
Best Lip Balms for Winter 2024
Winter is murder on lips and the gentle skin surrounding them. That’s likely why lip masks, which are amped up balms, have been all the rage on the ‘Tok and the ‘Gram. They do the heavy lifting overnight but can also be worn during the day as a glossy and protective balm. There are tons on the market — Laneige Lip Sleeping Masks are thick and best served as an overnight spa treatment, and they come in tons of yummy flavors. They are a gold standard.
Strip-Whipped Coconut Makeup Remover
File Under Things I Absolutely Love: My goes-the-distance mascara and eyeliner. File Under Things I Absolutely Don’t Love: My eyes when I wake up the next morning, after having washed my face and used makeup remover, and finding blackened eye boogers and additional traces of my goes-the-distance mascara and eyeliner on my upper and lower lashlines! It infuriates me, especially since I double cleansed and looked and felt makeup-free and fresh.
Alleyoop Game Face Concealer
It doesn’t get any better than makeup with skincare benefits — you know, hydration, smoothing, and soothing qualities. When your concealer hides a blemish while delivering a shot of moisture via a skin-loving ingredient like Vitamin E, it’s a “Eureka!” moment. Alleyoop’s Game Face Concealer will give you the much desired, “second skin” result. That is, it will mask a breakout, even out your skin tone, or banish under eye circles without looking like you are wearing any makeup at all.
Younique Moonstruck Stick Eyeshadow
Everything is more expensive these days. Eggs. Butter. Flights. Body lotion. Eyeshadow. Stretching your dollar to go further is essential for so many of us these days. That’s why I am digging Younique’s MOODSTRUCK Stick Eyeshadow. Sure, the $30 price tag may seem steep, but the cost per wear and the multiple ways in which you can purpose this product make it so attractive.
IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Dark Spots Concealer + Serum for All Skin Shades
A concealer that functions like a serum and that eradicates frustrating dark spots? Sign. Me. Up. IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Dark Spots Concealer + Serum (now available via QVC, as well!) offers medium coverage, full hydration, and blends beautifully. It a “skincealer” that brightens and blends into skin… so much so that it looks like you are wearing nothing at all.
Younique Moodstruck Precision Liquid Eyeliner
I will never, ever tire of trying new iterations of liquid eyeliner — especially pens with unusual tips! (I’m talking to YOU, Half Magic Flick Eyeliner!) Now, there’s Younique MOODSTRUCK PRECISION Liquid Eyeliner, which eschews the pointed, long and often-flexible felt tip in favor of a fixed, angled applicator that allows you to get all sorts of calligraphic with your wing. But be forewarned — when you can uncap the pen, the tip will look quite intimidating, since it’s strong and sharp.
Meloway Hi-Rise Matte Lipstick
Meloway’s Hi-Rise Matte Lipstick isn’t just the latest entry into the mega-precise, velvet-looking lips sweepstakes. Don’t get me wrong. The rich and creamy, utterly sumptuous and non-drying formula glides across lips without crusting or caking and packs a rich, vivid hue.
Thrive Causemetics Instant Makeup Fix Set & Refresh Spray
I’m all about setting sprays this month. It’s cold and even my combination oily x clear skin can fall prey to cold, dry, unforgiving air, the wind, the heater, and other elements! Thrive Causemetics Instant Makeup Fix Set & Refresh Spray. First, it smells fresh and clean, so it will give you a little boost when you mist it over your face, either before you apply your full face or after you’ve applied a full face and want to set it.
EXA: The Complexion Power Couple
Makeup sprays are polarizing. Some makeupistas nix them because why spray a mist on a fully made up face, risking a melting, runny mess if you overdo it? Others love it as the period on the end of your beauty routine’s sentence — setting your look for the day with a dose of dewiness. And then there are those of you who love them as a primer to prep skin for makeup. I look at setting sprays as both — a light liquid moisturizer that primes and as the last step in my daily routine.
EXA: The Complexion Power Couple
Makeup sprays are polarizing. Some makeupistas nix them because why spray a mist on a fully made up face, risking a melting, runny mess if you overdo it? Others love it as the period on the end of your beauty routine’s sentence — setting your look for the day with a dose of dewiness. And then there are those of you who love them as a primer to prep skin for makeup. I look at setting sprays as both — a light liquid moisturizer that primes and as the last step in my daily routine.
Urban Decay Quickie Concealer
Concealer can be a miracle product that obscures, erases, hides, and, well conceals pesky breakouts, blemishes, zits, uneven tone, or any other surface-of-the-skin issue you don’t want to look at. But if it’s not the right formula, texture, or tone, it can call even more attention to the very thing it’s trying to conceal and correct. Along comes Urban Decay’s Quickie Multi-Use Concealer, which is true to its name.
Half Magic Face Pearls
Half Magic was created by Euphoria makeup director Donni Davi and we’re big fans of the brand – and Davi’s ability to embody the show’s characters via their makeup looks. Makeup style is integral to expressing yourself as your sartorial choices. The latest Half Magic, well, magic, is the brand’s Face Pearls. They are makeup accessories and adornments — they are basically jewelry for your face.
AppleDoll Cosmic Shadow
Can you tell we like AppleDoll, given our recent coverage of this adorable indie brand? We’re also crushing hard on AppleDoll Cosmic Shadow, a liquid cream shadow with all the shimmer you’ve ever wanted. You can build your sparkle — add one swipe for just a hint of glow or add several layers for moonlit eyes, which are absolutely perfect for the winter and the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday. Don’t let the super sparkle scare you.
AppleDoll True Love Blush
I cannot resist anything heart-shaped. Ever. Pillows. Place mats. Plates. Charms. If it’s shaped like a heart, I want it. So when AppleDoll’s True Love Blush crossed my desk, I was joyous. The packaging is precious — a heart-shaped stick in the most baby pink vessel. As for the formula contained within? Oh, it’s good. The shades LOOK concentrated in the stick, but once you apply and buff the SUPER blendable cream formula with your fingers, you get that “I just got off the ski slopes” fresh flush.
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Every makeup bag needs a hero product — you know, one item that does it all. Well, AppleDoll’s Nectar Salve is that very product for this indie brand. The clear, mega rich balm will remind of the cult classic Smith’s Rosebud Salve… without the fresh rosy scent! The unscented balm is designed for EVERYWHERE and EVERY DAY usage. You can swipe on lips for a subtle, dewy shine. You can use on cheeks to add a little glow. Dry, cracked, and crumbly cuticles?
Poppy & Pout Lip Care Duo Gift Set in Marshmallow Creme
Decadent and hydrating AF! That’s Poppy & Pout’s Marshmallow Creme Lip Duo Gift Set. The set includes a thick, rich scrub that exfoliates those pesky, chapped lip flakes and softens your lips and a flavorful, moisturizing balm. The balm comes in stick form but feels as hydrating as an overnight lip mask. The yummy flavor isn’t overpowering, either. It’s a sweet, sugary aroma that’s not cloying. The hand-made, small batch balms from Idaho are clean and all natural, as well. What are you waiting for?
COVERGIRL Lash Blast Volume Mascara 15th Birthday Edition
Someone is celebrating a milestone bday and it’s one of the most beloved drugstore mascaras on the market. That’s right, COVERGIRL’s Lash Blast Volume Mascara has turned 15! Happy bday, baby! While the smudge-resistant formula that plumps and darkens your lashes with tons and tons of volume has not changed, the instantly recognizable orange tube has gotten a makeover! It’s festooned with gold foil confetti, making it as festive as it is functional.
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The holidays are in the rearview, and if you have any cash or general gift cards burning a hole in your pocket, I have the perfect thing to spend it on. It’s also an item that can help you jump start the “new year, new you” concept. Go get yourself an OTM Makeup Bag, carefully and beautifully crafted by designer Alana Hale.
Kite Beauty On-the-Glow Concealer
If you are already a convert to Stila founder Jeanine Loebell‘s new and disruptive brand NEEN, which offers subscription cards to test-drive products, you’re going to love Nina Liu’s Kite Beauty. The brand’s mantra is makeup designed for busy lifestyles and small purses. It launched with one product — On the Glow Concealer. Six blister tabs are housed in an easy-to-tote box that’s the same size as a business card.
Jason Wu Beauty Milk & Honey Kit
If you’ve been wanting to sample designer Jason Wu‘s makeup brand, this limited edition holiday eyeshadow set is the way to do it! The Jason Wu Beauty Milk & Honey Kit is a holiday offering that includes a nine-pan eyeshadow palette of blendable and bronzy mattes in cocoa tones.
Exposed Underwear, Metallic Bras, & More Of Rihanna's Wildest Looks From The 2000s
After first hitting the music scene in 2005, Rihanna quickly rose to pop icon status with back-to-back albums. Though she has taken an extended pause from dropping any new music since 2017 (*side eye*), she has remained in the cultural zeitgeist through her numerous business ventures — namely, Savage X Fenty and Fenty Beauty, not to mention the several collabs with brands like Puma.
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