The Best Beauty Products to Gift Right Now, According to a Wirecutter Beauty Expert

The Best Beauty Products to Gift Right Now, According to a Wirecutter Beauty Expert
In this edition of The Gift, we dish on our favorite (highly giftable) beauty products. Plus: the best lotions, retinols, and what to get for a 90th birthday. At Wirecutter I cover beauty and gifts, but the truth is, I rarely combine the two. Beau…
There Are Plenty of Bad Beauty Products. These Are Great, and They’re on Sale.

There Are Plenty of Bad Beauty Products. These Are Great, and They’re on Sale.
If you have the chance to shop for beauty products in person, take it. You can feel the weight of a well-crafted makeup brush or check firsthand if that cult-favorite sunscreen has any hint of a white cast. But let’s face it: For many people, in-p…
80 Years of Teen Beauty Trends
80 Years of Teen Beauty Trends
The Best Drugstore Makeup, Skin Care, and Other Beauty Products

The Best Drugstore Makeup, Skin Care, and Other Beauty Products
Amid the thousands of beauty items crowding drugstore shelves are some stellar standouts. Think: makeup that blurs the line between luxury and low cost; simple, efficacious skin care; and hair care that delivers gorgeous results. The Wirecutter be…
Now Featured at Beauty Stores: Teens Driven by Social Media

Now Featured at Beauty Stores: Teens Driven by Social Media
Sephora has emerged as a retailer of choice among teenagers and preadolescents. Its new chief executive sees both a challenge and an opportunity.
In the Beauty World, the Holidays Are Always Top of Mind

In the Beauty World, the Holidays Are Always Top of Mind
That Advent calendar or gift set on your shopping list? Work on it likely started some time last year.
They Went Viral Making Sunscreen From Scratch. Experts Have Concerns.

They Went Viral Making Sunscreen From Scratch. Experts Have Concerns.
Nara and Lucky Blue Smith make some of their own cosmetics, but the practice has risks.