Routines & Guides
Every time I have a wedding, a major editorial shoot, or a gala on the calendar, people ask me what…
Routines & Guides
Last October I pulled everything off my bathroom shelf and counted. Nineteen products. Double cleanse, exfoliating toner, essence, two different…
Routines & Guides
Every June, my inbox fills up with the same message. Some version of: Sophia, my skin looked incredible in February…
Ingredients & Science
I have been covering skincare ingredients long enough to watch the full life cycle of a trend: the breathless launch…
Product Reviews
There is a specific kind of beauty editor shame that comes from realizing you have been wrong, publicly and expensively,…
Routines & Guides
Let me say something the luxury beauty industry does not want to say plainly: most high-end skincare is formulated for…
Routines & Guides
Here is the conversation I have at least twice a week, usually over email from a reader who owns a…
Buyer Guides
I have spent years testing serums that promise to fix hyperpigmentation. Most of them disappoint. The luxury niacinamide serums hyperpigmentation…
Buyer Guides
I have been testing serums for over a decade. I have tried the ones with beautiful packaging that do nothing.…
Buyer Guides
I get this question constantly. Someone wants to start using a high end retinol cream for beginners and they have…