Ingredients
Rice ferment and perilla: the quiet pair behind the Soothing Emulsion
Two ingredients sit near the top of the Soothing Emulsion's list, and neither one announces itself. Rice ferment…
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Notes on ingredients and the rituals they belong to.
The ritual
The order things go on, and why it matters
There's a rule that gets repeated constantly in skincare without much explanation attached: thinnest to thickest. It's good…
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The ritual
On exfoliation, and the case for doing less of it
Exfoliation is the step people most reliably overdo, and it's easy to see why. The result is immediate.…
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Ingredients
What’s actually in a hand cream, in the order it’s actually in
Hands get treated as an afterthought, which is strange when you consider how much more they go through…
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Ingredients
Squalane and hyaluronic acid: hydration without weight
The complaint about day moisturizers is almost always the same one. Either it's light enough to disappear and…
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