By the age of 19, Millie Bobby Brown has gained international recognition for playing the powerful Eleven in Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things, earning herself nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and she starred in and produced the Netflix mystery film Enola Holmes as well as its 2022 sequel. In 2018, Brown was featured on the Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people and, later that same year, was selected to be UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador. With all things cons...
When shopping for a foundation, there are always two things we pay the most attention to—the level of coverage it offers and finding the closest shade match. But, there's one key element of the foundation selection process to consider that we don't talk about as often—skin type. As someone with combination skin that's also sensitive and acne-prone, I've definitely had to learn this the hard way. Even now as a beauty editor, I try a lot of foundations when we test them as a group (shoutout t...
Speaking from experience, there's nothing worse than trying a new eye cream that you're excited about only to find out a few days later that it made your eye area look raw and inflamed. As someone with sensitive skin around my eyes, I've unfortunately had this happen to me one too many times—particularly if I try an eye cream with one too many actives, added fragrances, or other sneaky irritating ingredients. After a particularly bad spell with a retinol-laced eye cream in the fall that lef...
There's one major thing about my acne-prone skin that I didn't understand until recently. Acne-prone skin is actually just sensitive skin. After hearing this from multiple skin experts, I finally started to understand my breakouts a lot better. First of all, I was using the wrong kind of "acne-fighters" for my skin type. Sometimes, those who have very sensitive skin don't react well to high doses of acne-fighting ingredients like salicylic acid. Unfortunately, I had to learn the hard way, but I...