How To Judge A Makeup Brush Set Before You Buy One

Why the fibre matters more than the brand name

There is a drawer in most bathrooms that nobody likes to open. Six or seven handles stick out at odd angles, bristles splayed, one or two crusted stiff at the base where foundation dried in and never came out. You reach for…

How To Judge A Facial Cleansing Brush Like A Specialist

Why the mirror test misleads you

You are standing at the bathroom mirror at half past eleven, wondering why your skin looks dull despite the three different cleansers lined up on the shelf. Somewhere in a drawer there is a cleansing brush you bought on a whim, used…

How To Choose An Eyeshadow Palette That Actually Performs

Finding your undertone in daylight

There is a particular shelf in most bathrooms: four or five eyeshadow palettes, half of them barely touched, bought on a good-light day in a shop and abandoned within a week. The question that actually sends people back to a search bar…

How To Judge An Eau De Parfum Like A Specialist

Reading the concentration label properly

You are standing in front of the bathroom shelf, three half-used bottles of eau de parfum lined up next to each other, and none of them smell now the way they did in the shop. One faded within the hour. One turned…