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2 weeks ago | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
How Important Is It to Look After Your Scalp? Current Issue — Vegamour Call us cynical, but whenever we suddenly get a heap of similar-themed beauty releases at the same time, we wonder: Is this a real thing, or is it marketing?
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1 month ago | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
How Dyson Designed Its New Hair Dryer Current Issue — It’s always fascinating when a brand that has created the ultimate example of something decides to take another look.
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2 months ago | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
Celebrating Canadian Beauty Current Issue — It started, as so many of the best things do, in a WhatsApp group—a chat that was set up a year or two ago by Canadian founders of indie beauty brands after a real-life get-together.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
Looking for a Valentine’s Day Gift? Try These Shower Gels Current Issue — As we all know, the greatest luxury is time. But unless someone pops another couple of hours in the day (or removes a few obligations), we won’t be getting more of that any time soon.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
What’s the Big Deal About Hypochlorous Acid? Current Issue — A holy grail ingredient or just hype? Beauty folks (or brands) often seem to get bees in their bonnets about specific ingredients—here a hyaluronic acid, there a peptide, there a little retinol.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
montecristomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor |Joseph Saraceno
“I would rather lose all my makeup than lose my brushes,” says makeup artist Sandra Yang, noting that a good brush makes applying cosmetics “exceptionally easier.”When it comes to quality, “price is not the best indicator, but it is usually a good one,” says Larry Yeo, who has developed a line of brushes called 13LY in collaboration with Tay Yuhui, founder of Singaporean brand 13rushes.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
How Hair Products Are Getting Cleaner and More Minimal Current Issue — A few years ago, beauty writers were all talking about the “skinification” of hair—the idea that we should all be adopting a regimen of multiple high-tech haircare products, from prewashes and exfoliants to serums and polishes.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
What Kind of Moisturizers Do Oily Skin Need? Current Issue — Sulwhasoo If you have oily skin, it might feel counterintuitive to apply moisturizer to it. Actually, all skin needs moisture, it’s just that some products feel and work better for different skin types. Oily skin is caused by the overproduction of sebum, which can be genetic, hormonal or environmental. According to dermatologist Dr. Shannon Humphrey, when it’s hot outside, the sebum can flow more freely.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
Can Caffeine in Beauty Products Be Good for Your Skin and Hair? Current Issue — It feels like every week we read another headline about how caffeinated drinks are either good or bad for us. But what about caffeine in beauty products?
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor
Are Waterless Beauty Products Any Good? Current Issue — Lush If you’re skeptical about the trend for waterless beauty products—powders, creams, oils, and bars that contain no H2O—consider this: they’ve actually been around for millennia in the form of something you may use daily.
