The Paris beauty field report
If you haven’t gotten sick of me talking about my recent trip to Paris, yet, you’re in for a long recount of…
The Panic Buyer’s Last Minute Gift Guide
In true procrastinator’s fashion, I always leave my gift buying to the last minute and in turn have left my gift guides…
Early Black Friday/Cyber Monday Beauty Sale Roundup
Brands are getting in early with the sales this year so if you’ve had your eye on something and don’t want to…
24 of my tried and true favorite products from Sephora
I know everyone and their mother is talking about the Sephora sale, and while I think it’s frankly a pretty unremarkable sale…
Beauty products I bought 6 months ago and still use
I like to think that I’ve improvised some of my sale shopping tendencies over the past few years to resist impulse purchases,…
The Illusion of ‘Mar-A-Lago Face’
We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino)…
Eau No
Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST! To start, single-sentence summaries of the month’s biggest beauty culture stories:…
From Gaza To Girlhood
Today, a look back at 2024 in The Review of Beauty — with nary a beauty product review in sight. Here are your…
‘Photos of myself make me shudder in horror. Do pictures reflect reality?’
The next installment of Ask Ugly, my monthly beauty advice column for the Guardian, is here! Hello Ugly, Photos of myself make…
Hair Growth Serum Is Not A Good Gift
Ah, holiday gift guide season — that time of year when the individualistic project of click-to-buy consumerism bundles up in the warm…