Tembe Denton-Hurst

New York

Staff Writer at New York Magazine

Staff Writer at The Strategist

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Articles

Mother’s Day Gifts to Give Your Wife

1 week ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Buying a Mother’s Day gift for your wife isn’t necessarily high stakes, but you want to get it right. Like all gift-giving holidays, Mother’s Day is an opportunity to display your listening skills, to say “I appreciate all you do for our family,” and also recognizes her as the person you’ve chosen to do this with.
New Stuff Alert: Wales Bonner’s Latest for Adidas and Van Leeuwen Studs

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers For this week’s Don’t Dillydally, we’ve rounded up a range of newly released products we’re particularly excited about, including an inflatable movie screen from Funboy, sparkly earrings from Studs, and the new Locavore web store.
What Are Exosomes, and Are They Safe for My Skin?

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Source Images Getty Often, when I hear lofty claims of “life-changing” ingredients, I wait 18 months to see if they keep coming up. This has been the case with exosomes, an ingredient that promises everything from skin repair to speeding up cellular regeneration to fading hyperpigmentation. If it lives up to the marketing claims, exosomes could functionally replace every step of our skin-care routines, from retinol to vitamin C to chemical exfoliants.
Strategist Beauty Brief: Our Favorite Vitamin C Serums

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Arielle Avilla |Tembe Denton-Hurst |Rachael Griffiths |Crystal Martin

Dominique Pariso uses Skinceuticals Phloretin CF to help prevent breakouts. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Dominique Pariso, Retailer This story first appeared on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in The Strategist Beauty Brief, a weekly newsletter in which our beauty writers share their must-tries, can-skips, and can’t-live-withouts. But we liked it so much we wanted to share it with all of our readers.
The Benefits of Physical Exfoliators

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Source Images Getty In the past decade, exfoliating scrubs have been reduced to memes about St. Ives Apricot Scrub and how using it was akin to using a cheese grater on your skin. The physical exfoliant became popular because it was cheap and good at making skin feel buffed and clean, and it was later abandoned when people learned that using ground-up apricot to slough off dead skin cells can have adverse effects.
Skinceuticals C E Ferulic Patent Expired. It Won’t Make Your Serums Cheaper.

4 weeks ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer On March 24, the Strategist staff chat lit up with news: The patent on Skinceuticals C E Ferulic — our top pick for vitamin-C serums — had run out. We were reminded of this beauty world holiday by Magasin, a Substack newsletter written by Laura Reilly, who reported that skin-care Reddit has been counting down to the days for years.
The Thingamabobs I Need Whenever I Read

1 month ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo: Tembe Denton-Hurst It was sometime during my master’s program that I started writing in books. The year was 2018, and I spent my weeks running between my first media job and the dark, yellowy basement in Jamaica, Queens, that housed the St. John’s English department — reading books and papers on the F or the E and the Q46. Note-taking was a necessity, but I found the practice a bit sacrilegious.
The Retinols, Retinals, and AHAs We Use Every Day

1 month ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst |Rachael Griffiths |Crystal Martin |Dominique Pariso

Tembe Denton-Hurst may never give up her AHA-retinoid blend from Skinbetter Science. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Tembe Denton-Hurst, Retailer This story first appeared on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Strategist Beauty Brief, a weekly newsletter in which our beauty writers share their must-tries, can-skips, and can’t-live-withouts. But we liked it so much we wanted to share it with all of our readers.
What Blakely Thornton Can’t Live Without

1 month ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images, Joe McKendry If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like hair spray or an electric toothbrush. We asked internet personality Blakely Thornton about the moisturizer, tennis racket, and canned cocktails he can’t live without. Pendleton One Line a Day Journal $16 $16 I used to journal three pages every morning, just get up early and do it.
Futurewise, We Hardly Knew Ye

1 month ago | nymag.com | Tembe Denton-Hurst

This story first appeared on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in The Strategist Beauty Brief, a weekly newsletter in which our beauty writers share their must-tries, can-skips, and can’t-live-withouts. But we liked it so much we wanted to share it with all of our readers. If you want more first impressions of buzzy launches, quick takes on what’s trending on TikTok and Instagram, and deep dives into the week’s best beauty launches, sign up here. The Strategist Beauty Brief is delivered every Wednesday.