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  • 2 days ago | nytimes.com | Christine Cyr Clisset |Caira Blackwell |Rosie Guerin |Abigail Keel |Rory Evans

    Listen and follow The Wirecutter ShowApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio | Other platformsRed light devices promise a lot—but do they deliver? Wirecutter supervising editor Rory Evans demystifies the science behind them, shares her top picks, and explains who might want to think twice before trying one.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rory Evans

    For a task that pops on your to-do list twice a day — in the morning and before bed — washing your face should feel like a treat, not a chore. It’s not so hard to find a good-enough facial cleanser that removes dirt, grime, sweat, excess oil, makeup, sunscreen, and other residual skin-care products. It’s significantly trickier, though, to discover a cleanser that does all that without leaving skin feeling tight, touchy, sensitive, stripped, and generally shrink-wrapped.

  • 1 month ago | bhg.com | Rory Evans

    Photo: Caitlin Atkinson Maximum relaxation, minimal upkeep: That goal drove every choice landscape designer Molly Wood made as she revamped this California beach house yard. The homeowners, Lindsay and Scott Monroe, and their adult children “wanted it to be easy,” Wood recalls. “They wanted to live outside.” They also wanted it to be just plain livable, which it decidedly wasn’t when they bought the place: It was an expanse of weeds, cracked walkways, and bare dirt.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Rory Evans

    7 hours agoBelieve it or not, in the world of barbecue, barbecue sauce can be a controversial topic. If you stroll into a brisket joint in Texas and ask for sauce, you might be asked (nicely) to leave the premises. Many pit masters say that properly cooked barbecue shouldn’t need a sauce. At the risk of losing …

  • 2 months ago | nytimes.com | Rory Evans

    If you have skin, you probably need moisturizer. Some studies suggest about 400 mL of water—more than a tall Starbucks drink—evaporates from our skin every day. At first swipe, most moisturizers look and feel very similar. To really pinpoint a great formula, you have to dig a little deeper, take a jeweler’s loupe to the ingredient panel, and consider your skin type and style preferences (some people like it fancy).