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NYC spas embrace celebrity-loved wellness hack — here's where to cold plunge
Remedy Place founder and functional medicine doc Jonathan Leary remembers a time when people weren’t quite so willing to freeze their tushes off in the name of wellness. Circa...
Ex factor: Exosomes — naturally occurring in stem cells and breast milk — are all over skin-care for fall
It's not your imagination. Whether you’re scanning the shelves of your local Sephora for newness to add to your rotation or swinging by your favorite neighborhood facial bar for a...
Costa Rica’s new Estée Lauder Skin Longevity Institute turns back the clock on aging
Unexpected. That’s the first thought that springs to mind upon hearing that Estée Lauder has opened its first Skin Longevity Institute in the Americas in Pérez Zeledón, a wildly lush,...
Mexico's Nômade Tulum resort: Oceanfront wellness with a Mayan Riviera twist
If it isn’t literally the world’s chicest spot to downward dog, one suspects the Yoga Shala at Nômade Tulum is damn close.
Looking for an extra edge at work — or life? Ponder popping a nootropic
Over-the-counter supplements called nootropics — sometimes called "Nature's Adderall" — promise to boost cognition and focus.
Exomind device promises to zap depression, lift mental fog
A NYC dermatologist is now offering brain treatments with an Exomind device, which is said to be a high-tech fix for depression and other mental woes.
Face-off: The top 'tweakment' cosmetics procedures and products for men
Men are looking for quick fixes for their faces with low recovery time — here are 2024's most popular 'tweakment' cosmetic procedures and products.
The best beauty, fragrance and makeup gifts for 2024
Green with envy? If your stocking isn’t stuffed with these luxury beauty and wellness gifts and goodies this year, you just might be. Whether it’s a charming tree-shaped candle sleeve,...
Think Pink: Juicy Watermelon Fixes for Face, Lips, Skin & Hair
Glow Recipe co-founders Sarah Lee and Christine Chang just might have their grannies to thank for inspiring them to create no fewer than nine watermelon-spiked beautifiers. As young girls apparently...
Heads up: 12 new scalp serums that get to the root of hair issues
From Nulastin to Living Proof to Guerlain, the best scalp serums for healthy haircare.
Esthetician Georgia Louise's favorite flares, freeze tools and fancy sneakers
She’s come a long way from her tweenage skincare savant years when she freely dispensed facials to school chums in her native England. Little did they know that Georgia Louise...
Scents of Summer: fresh and fruity to spicy and sultry perfumes
Minibar gin, firewood smoke, whipped cream: welcome to the most eclectic posse of fragrance notes to come down the pike in quite some time. Rewriting the script on the very...
Five questions with NYC's 'Acne Whisperer' facialist Sofie Pavitt
Where did you do your aesthetics training? I actually worked in fashion for 15 years as a handbag designer, although I’ve always loved beauty and skin care. I retrained in...
Super soaks: Steep yourself in the ultimate beauty bath
When Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker were on the hunt for magnesium for their chunky, ice-blue Kourtney x Barker Wellness Calm bath flakes, they weren’t messing around. In fact, only...
The 13 best new retinol beauty products for tighter, plumper skin
Dazed and confused by the daily barrage of miracle skin-care ingredients? Erase them from your mind for now and tune into the one with the winning track record: retinol. This...
Beauty guru Olivia Chantecaille's skin care and travel essentials
Olivia Chantecaille — co-founder of the beloved skincare and makeup brand Chantecaille and a devoted wildlife lover — shares her curated mix of chic fashion, beauty and travel essentials.
Serena Williams serves up her new makeup line named (what else?) Wyn Beauty
While it would be next to impossible to find a female tennis player who whacks the ball harder than Serena Williams, the 37-time Grand Slam champ (yes, you read that...
Makeup maven Bobbi Brown shares her no-nonsense beauty, fashion and travel secrets
Makeup mogul Bobbi Brown, founder of Jones Road beauty company, shares her favorite fashion, decor and food must-haves — from crazy-comfy loafers to a drugstore moisturizer.
Sleep camp: Miami luxury resort offers retreat for high-tech snoozing
Counterintuitive. How else would you describe a wildly relaxing spa treatment that entails plunking on a headset blaring discordant screechiness and lying on a heated daybed that shakes like an...
The 13 best new luxury sleep products: Night cream to satin pillowcases
You've done all the things — soaked in a steamy bath, practiced a few yoga poses, put your phone on silent — and you still can’t drift off. What’s a...