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The Hair Brush Guide: Boar Bristle, Cushion and Paddle, and Who Each Is For

The Hair Brush Guide: Boar Bristle, Cushion and Paddle, and Who Each Is For

A hair brush does more than detangle, and the right one spreads oil, adds shine and suits your hair type. Here are boar bristle brushes, heirloom brushes from brushmakers and stylists, and everyday paddles.

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Loveseat Sleepers for the Guest Room You Don't Have

Loveseat Sleepers for the Guest Room You Don't Have

Loveseat sleepers are how you host overnight guests in a home with no guest room. These are the ones I would look at, plus the bedding that makes a pull-out feel like a real bed.

Pureology Beyond the Shampoo: Masks, Glosses and a Hair Perfume

Pureology Beyond the Shampoo: Masks, Glosses and a Hair Perfume

Pureology is known for its shampoo, but its masks, clear and toning glosses and leave-in sprays are the part of the line that keeps colored hair looking freshly done. This edit covers the treatments, from the Strength Cure mask to the Love Luster hair perfume.

Puffer Jackets and Vests

Puffer Jackets and Vests

Down and quilting for real cold

The Sneaker Trends to Know This Fall

The Sneaker Trends to Know This Fall

Sneakers this fall are slimmer, sleeker and more varied in colour than the chunky pairs of the past few years. These picks cover crisp white pairs, slim black styles, suede runners, silver sneakers and a few in bolder shades. Pick the one that suits your wardrobe and wear it with everything from jeans to skirts.

The Case for Buying One Good Bag a Year

The Case for Buying One Good Bag a Year

Buying one considered bag a year beats replacing one every time a feed trend shifts. The habit works because a bag earns its keep through repetition, the same handle showing up on errands, at work, and on weekends until it becomes part of how you dress. This edit gathers everyday totes, evening clutches, and a few distinctive designer shapes so the choice can be about which job your current lineup still fails to do.

Fall Layering, One Piece at a Time

Fall Layering, One Piece at a Time

Good fall layering starts with a few simple pieces that stack without bulk. These outfits show stripes under a trench, a shirt under a sweater, a vest over everything and a suede skirt with a turtleneck and scarf. Add one layer at a time and stop when the outfit feels balanced.

Glossy Lips Without the Stickiness

Glossy Lips Without the Stickiness

Glossy lips no longer have to mean hair stuck to your mouth, because the new glosses, oils and balms are cushiony, hydrating and comfortable. These are the glosses I would wear out, the lip oils for every day, and the glossy balms and treatments for night.

numbuzin, Explained by Number: No.3, No.5, No.9 and Beyond

numbuzin, Explained by Number: No.3, No.5, No.9 and Beyond

numbuzin is the Korean skincare brand that turns skin concerns into numbers, and I have sorted the line so the numbers make sense. Here are the No.3 and No.5 toners and serums, the rest of the lineup from No.1 to No.9, and Korean favorites from other brands.

White Jeans in Winter

White Jeans in Winter

White and cream jeans worn the cold-weather way: under a long dark coat, with loafers or a low boot and a pair of dark sunglasses.

Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue, Still the Smell of a Sicilian Summer

Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue, Still the Smell of a Sicilian Summer

Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue launched in 2001 and never really left the shelf, which says something about how well lemon, apple and cedar age. Here are the Light Blue bottles, the other Dolce&Gabbana scents that live beside them, and a few easy summer fragrances from elsewhere.

Redken Shampoo: The Salon Line, Sorted By What Your Hair Needs

Redken Shampoo: The Salon Line, Sorted By What Your Hair Needs

Redken shampoo started in 1960 with an actress who had baby-fine hair and no salon products that worked for her. That actress, Paula Kent, built the brand with hairdresser Jheri Redding on the idea that hair care should match hair and skin's natural pH. Now it is an L'Oréal line sold through salons, and I sort it here by what each shampoo is actually built to fix.

The Princess Polly Red Dress Is Engineered For Photos

The Princess Polly Red Dress Is Engineered For Photos

The princess polly red dress is built with a very specific end use in mind. These are going-out clothes designed to photograph well under bad lighting. Understanding that makes the whole range make sense.

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Sculptural Silver Jewelry for Fall

Sculptural Silver Jewelry for Fall

Sculptural silver earrings, cuffs, bracelets, necklaces and rings, from Sophie Buhai and Khaite to Jenny Bird under $150, with notes on wearing silver with fall colors.

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DKNY Be Delicious and the Apple and Pear Perfumes Like It

DKNY Be Delicious and the Apple and Pear Perfumes Like It

DKNY Be Delicious turned a green apple into the most recognizable perfume bottle of the 2000s, and the family keeps growing. Here are the Be Delicious bottles I would tell apart, plus apple, pear and citrus perfumes for anyone who loves that crisp, juicy idea.

Donna Karan Cashmere Mist: The Body-First Scent, Plus Soft Musk Alternatives

Donna Karan Cashmere Mist: The Body-First Scent, Plus Soft Musk Alternatives

Donna Karan Cashmere Mist began in 1994 as body care, and the fragrance followed as the last step of a ritual. Here is how the line fits together, then the soft musks and woody body mists that sit nearby. Start with the lotion and finish with the spray.

Chunky Loafers Are the Only Shoe That Works All Autumn

Chunky Loafers Are the Only Shoe That Works All Autumn

The flat that replaced the ankle boot is not a boot at all. Chunky loafers do the same job with less commitment, and they sit under a wide jean without any of the fuss. These eight are the versions with a sole worth the name.

Maybelline Concealer: The Eraser, Fit Me And The Rest Of The Drawer

Maybelline Concealer: The Eraser, Fit Me And The Rest Of The Drawer

The Maybelline concealer line is the drugstore staple beauty editors rarely admit to. Here is how the Eraser, Fit Me and Lifter differ, which brighter and longer-wear concealers sit beside them, and the powders that lock them down. Pick by texture and undertone, not coverage alone.

Paris Hilton Perfume, Bottle by Bottle: From Can Can to the Rush Family

Paris Hilton Perfume, Bottle by Bottle: From Can Can to the Rush Family

Paris Hilton perfume started in 2004 and has grown into a shelf of more than thirty bottles, so it helps to have a map. Here are the classics, the Rush family, and four sweet, fruity perfumes from other houses that sit well beside them.

Detangler Spray Is the Small Step That Makes Wash Day Bearable

Detangler Spray Is the Small Step That Makes Wash Day Bearable

Detangler spray is the fastest way to get a comb through wet, knotted hair without tearing it. The newer formulas also prime for styling, protect from heat or add slip for curls and coils. These twelve cover multitaskers, pre-styling primers and gentler options for sensitive scalps and textured hair.

YSL Eau de Parfum, from Libre to Black Opium

YSL Eau de Parfum, from Libre to Black Opium

A guide to the YSL eau de parfum lineup, from the many Libre versions and Mon Paris to Black Opium and the Le Vestiaire des Parfums collection. Find the one that smells like you.

CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser Next to Korean, French and Clinical Foams

CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser Next to Korean, French and Clinical Foams

CeraVe foaming facial cleanser comes from a brand built with dermatologists around three ceramides. Here it is next to gentle foams from Korea, clinical brands and newer founders, for oily and combination skin.

Kojic Acid Serum: The Fermentation Byproduct Doing More Than Vitamin C

Kojic Acid Serum: The Fermentation Byproduct Doing More Than Vitamin C

A kojic acid serum earns its place in a brightening routine through an unglamorous origin, since the ingredient was first isolated from the mold used to ferment rice into sake. It works by blocking the enzyme skin uses to produce melanin in the first place, which puts it in the same functional category as stronger prescription brighteners without the same restrictions. This edit compares how different formulas pair it with niacinamide or vitamin C, and what a fair timeline for seeing a change actually looks like.

Korean Skincare Brands Worth Knowing: The Old Houses And The Indie Hits

Korean Skincare Brands Worth Knowing: The Old Houses And The Indie Hits

The best korean skincare brands fall into two camps: heritage houses that grew from camellia oil and ginseng, and indie hits that went global. Here is who is who, and the cleansers, toners, serums and sunscreens I would try from each, starting with Sulwhasoo and Laneige.

Reading the Bleu de Chanel Parfum Bottle, and What Else Belongs Next to It

Reading the Bleu de Chanel Parfum Bottle, and What Else Belongs Next to It

Bleu de Chanel Parfum is the richest version of a men's fragrance that has been on bathroom shelves since 2010. Here is how the Chanel bottles differ, three more from the house for him, and woody citrus colognes from other houses that sit in the same family.

Minimalism Grew A Personality

Minimalism Grew A Personality

Minimalism spent the last decade meaning restraint to the point of blankness, all beige and no opinion. What replaced it keeps the discipline and adds material interest, which is a much harder thing to execute. This edit tracks the version of plain dressing that actually has a point of view.

Knee High Boots And What Actually Makes Them Work

Knee High Boots And What Actually Makes Them Work

Fit at the calf changes everything.

Korean Makeup Picks, and the Cushion Compact a Parking Stamp Inspired

Korean Makeup Picks, and the Cushion Compact a Parking Stamp Inspired

Korean makeup starts with sheer, dewy skin and soft washes of color. Here are sixteen picks, from SPF cushions and a BB cream to lip tints, a wing liner stamp and a heart-shaped blush.