By nature, Bella Hadid is an empath (she is a Libra, after all). On a recent Zoom call, she remarked that the world feels like a particularly anxious place right now. “I’m super sensitive, so everything hits me,” she said. “I can feel it.”If you’d asked her last year how she dealt with anxiety, she might have said she turned to familiar comforts: Dominos, Seventh Street Burger in the East Village, milkshakes, pizza, and a drink or two to take the edge off. Oh, and she wasn’t drink...

I’m a firm believer that more is not more when it comes to beauty and cultivating a solid regimen. A bigger price tag doesn’t necessarily connotate better results, nor does a bigger product array. (Take it from someone whose skin did a complete 180—in a much healthier direction—the second I slashed my a.m. and p.m. routines in half.) Don’t get me wrong—I’m more than down to invest in an absurdly expensive perfume, but I have to love it so much, that the hefty price tag will feel w...

In case you haven't noticed yet, buying skincare sets is a huge (sometimes missed) opportunity to sample new products. Even though there are many sets out there that contain full-size items, the market is also loaded with gems that contain the perfect trial-size minis. That means if you're a "try before you make the investment" type of person, you'll be doing yourself a huge solid.A particular area of interest for most (I'm sure) is testing out the latest and greatest youth-enhancing elixirs�...

A powerhouse at reducing wrinkles and fine lines, evening skin tone, and reducing acne, retinol is one of the world's great skincare ingredients. But using retinol isn't without its challenges. The ingredient is notoriously irritating and is known to cause redness and flaking on some, especially those with sensitive skin. But skincare science has come light-years. There are now more ways than ever to get your retinol fix, from gentler forms of retinol to plant-based alternatives. One of them...