Stacy

The prescription retinol vs OTC question comes up constantly, usually from people who’ve been using an over-the-counter version for a while and are wondering if it’s worth going further. I’ve done both, in that order, so here’s the actual difference, not the marketing version. My skin is reactive, I get irritation and peeling from strong … Read more

PDRN skincare is the thing everyone’s suddenly talking about in K-beauty, but I’d already been using it for months before I knew that’s what it was called. Turns out the lip serum and the balm stick I kept repurchasing were both built around the same ingredient. PDRN stands for polydeoxyribonucleotide, originally a wound-healing ingredient before … Read more

Two questions keep coming up about Dyson Airwrap dupes and attachments: is a dupe actually worth it, and if you already have the real one, what’s worth adding to it. I can answer both, and the second answer isn’t what I expected going in. My hair is fine-strand but there’s a lot of it, naturally … Read more

I will always, always overspend on home fragrance. Diffusers, random incense binges when I’m bored on Amazon at midnight. I’ve tried most of it at this point. Some of it’s genuinely good. A lot of it is just a nice-looking box that does nothing. Quick thing about me before the list: I’m not a citrus … Read more