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The Essence of It

The Best Facial Essences for Lightweight Hydration

Pat your way to glass skin. 
eds' faves

13 Editors Share Their Nighttime Skin-Care Routines

Spoiler alert: Lots of products are involved.
Allure Podcast

Your Every Question About Layering Skin-Care Products, Answered

We're setting the record straight on how to layer your products for glowing results.
BEST OF BEAUTY 2020

SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

Just try to pry the frosted glass bottle out of my hands…I dare you. 
BEST OF BEAUTY 2020

Tatcha The Essence

It has long-term benefits coupled with instant gratification.
SKIN-CARE HACKS

I Swear By This K-Beauty "Toner Mask" Hack for Clearer, More Hydrated Skin

The DIY skin-care trick, loved by K-pop stars Jessica Jung and TWICE’s Mina, offers a concentrated dose of hydration and active ingredients your skin.
HOLY WATERS

How to Choose Between Toner, Essence, and Astringent

Experts explain the difference between each type of product and which one is right for your skin.
Product Review

Belif Hungarian Water Essence

A Korean essence made with rosemary to prep and hydrate skin
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Belif Hungarian Water Essence

A Korean essence made with rosemary to prep and hydrate skin
Golden Girl

Jackie Aina's Essence Digital Cover Is an Ethereal Dream Come True for Fans

And those fans include the beauty team that helped assemble her incredible cover look.

Amorepacific Vintage Single Extract Essence

A hydrating essence made with soothing green tea leaves for all skin types
this just in

Peach & Lily's Four New Skin-Care Products Are Bound to Sell Out Fast

Especially the Good Acids Pore Toner.
Boxed Up

This New K-Beauty Vault Is Packed With Glass-Skin Essentials

Mix-and-match it 11 products for skin like a member of BTS.
prismatic launch

Herbivore's New Prism Potion Gives Skin a Summer Glow

But without the sun damage, of course.

You Have to See This New Korean Skin-Care Trend for Yourself

Korean skin care seems to always light-years ahead of the game. Do you use sheet masks regularly? Yeah, you can thank the East for that. Cushion compacts? Also a Korean-born invention. That's why I...

Here's What You Need to Know About Essences

If a skin-care product were ever worthy of side eye, it's the essence. Thin like water and pricey like a serum, even the name (defined as "the quality that makes a thing what it...

How to Get—and Keep!—Perfect Skin

There's good skin. And then there's great skin. The difference is a routine that uses proven ingredients. So what do you say—ready to achieve complexion greatness?