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Beauty
Is Sea Cucumber Collagen The Next Big Thing In Skincare? We Investigate
Venus Wong
10 Jan 2024
Beauty
The Best Spa Breaks In The UK
Georgia Murray
6 Jan 2024
Sun Blocked
Yes, You Need To Wear SPF In Winter. Here Are 7 Of The Best
Jacqueline Kilikita
5 Jan 2024
Beauty
Using Acne Patches? Don’t Make The Same Mistake That I Did
Back in August, I went through some hormonal changes, and with that came hormonal acne. A large spot formed smack dab in the middle of my forehead and show
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty
I Used To Wake Up With Dry Skin, But This Moisturiser Fixed It
There are some products that beauty editors speak about in hushed tones for the sole purpose of keeping them to themselves. I think that’s a little unfai
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
The Very Best Beauty Products Of 2023
Welcome to the 2023 Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards, essentially a Spotify Wrapped showcasing the top beauty products of the year. We saw many beauty pr
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Megan Decker
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Beauty
7 New Skincare Trends That’ll Be Everywhere In 2024
2023 was certainly a year for intriguing skincare trends. We discovered “injectable lip balm”, became sold on the concept of “skin sealing” as a me
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Do You Have Combination Skin Or Is It Imbalanced?
From dry to oily, most skin types are pretty clear cut, but combination skin is something of an enigma. If you’re wondering how it’s possible that some
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
These Body Washes Will Get Rid Of Back & Bum Acne Fast
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Jen Anderson
Beauty
Sorry To Break It To You, But These 10 Skincare Products Are A Scam
The beauty industry has a knack for convincing us to buy things we don’t necessarily need. Influencer reviews, cleverly positioned before-and-after p
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
The Ultimate Gift Guide For The Beauty-Obsessed In Your Life
Whether you’re on the hunt for a Secret Santa present, a stocking filler or something bigger, you’re likely to have your work cut out selecting a
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Esther Newman
Beauty
The Best Skincare Advice We Were Given In 2023
From fun TikTok trends like “lip basting” and “skin sealing” to more pressing matters such as rising costs, 2023 is likely to have made a differenc
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Skin Care
Wait, Your Blackheads Might Actually Be Sebaceous Filaments
Sebaceous filaments look like blackheads, but they’re different. It’s not an easy distinction to make, but it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Skin Care
I Have Chronic Rosacea — This Is The Only Skincare Routine That ...
I have many vivid memories of growing up with pink-toned skin, but some really stick out. I played a lot of sports at school and I remember wondering why m
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Lex Gillies
Beauty
I Tried “Injectable Lip Balm” For My Chronically Dry Lips & I Hav...
I’ve always suffered from exceptionally dry lips. Whether it’s changes in the weather or chronic dehydration (I’m terrible at remembering to drink en
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Rebecca Fearn
Beauty
5 Expert Ways To Encourage Faster Lash Growth (It’s Not Aqu...
Fun fact: The first-ever mascara was invented in the 1830s, made of a mix of coal dust and petroleum jelly. Since then, we’ve seen all the trends: st
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I Went Shopping With A Dermatologist & Here’s What I Chose For My...
For a while now, my face has felt like it might crack at any given moment. The skin has become tight (although I moisturise twice daily) and is bestrewed w
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Skin Care
Is Augustinus Bader Skincare Really Worth The Splurge? We Find Out
I spend too much time talking about how “old” I am, when, at 38, I’m really not. But girls of a certain late-30s age know that we occupy a unique spa
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Emily Ruane
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I Spent £1500 On Laser Hair Removal. Why Didn’t It Work?
“It’ll be £1500,” the receptionist says, offering me the card machine across her desk. “That’s for laser on three areas, six to eight sessions p
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Morgan Fargo
Beauty
A Guide To Safe & (Somewhat) Painless At-Home IPL, According To A...
If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that a lot of beauty treatments can be done on the cheap from the comfort of your own home
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Bree Grant
Beauty
Why “Acne Safe” Is TikTok’s Most Misleading Skincare Trend
The word “safe” is used exceptionally often in the context of beauty: safe from animal testing; safe for pregnancy; safe from chemicals. While lots of
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Skin Care
7 Skin Tweaks A Dermatologist Told Me To Make For Winter
The mercury is slowly but surely dropping, and that means a handful of things. First of all, it’s probably time to replace your beaten up winter boot
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Meet Ectoin, The Ingredient Your Dry Skin Needs This Winter
Learning about new skincare ingredients is like deep sea discovery — there’s always something new and unexpected waiting around the corner. We started
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty
A Dermatologist Just Set Me Straight On Wearing SPF In Autumn & W...
Welcome to Sun Blocked, Refinery29’s global call to action to wake up to the serious dangers of tanning. No lectures or shaming, we promise. Instead
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
This Niacinamide Serum Brightened My Dull, Dry Skin Fast
If there’s one thing you need to know about me, it’s that I do not like being told what to do. In fact, I have a tendency to take the entirely opposite
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Amanda Mitchell
Skin Care
This Derm-Approved Ingredient Combats Acne, Oily Skin & More
Whether you’re a skincare obsessive or a moisturise-and-go type of person, there are a handful of ingredients your morning and evening routine probab
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
The Ordinary Is Having A Sale & This Is What A Beauty Editor Woul...
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Botox Made Me Look Older, But Why?
The first time I had Botox, I swore I’d never look back. I was approaching 30 and my skin was gradually changing in ways I’d never seen before. It star
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Why Vitamin C Is Falling Out Of Favour Among Skincare Experts
Whether you’re an advocate of a 10-step skincare routine or more into “skinimalism”, chances are you’ve tried vitamin C before. Otherwise known as
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
Mandy Moore On Her Eczema Diagnosis: “I Wanted To Tear My F...
Mandy Moore is the picture of autumn. When I meet her inside a hotel suite on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, she’s dressed in a high-neck burnt orange
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Megan Decker
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