‘Tis the season for everything bright and shiny and stressful as hell. The Holidays can wreak havoc on even the most perfectly balanced dispositions… and skin. Put your best face forward, and share the love with our top picks this season.

Professional makeup artist Claudio Riaz has a message for makeup lovers: Flawless does not have to be complicated. Set aside the heavily airbrushed pictures in any given magazine and look in the mirror. What you see is, and Riaz believes he’s got just what you need to put your best face forward. After launching a collection of some of the most unusual brushes on the market, Riaz released a makeup line to match it.

Full disclosure: I was quite skeptical about the effectiveness of the WEN Hair Care line. Even with our personal friends screaming from the rooftops about how amazing the cleansing conditioner was, I was slow to believe. And then I tried it. Our editor in chief Kaylene Peoples had used the product in the past, and sang its praises back then. (Agenda featured Chaz Dean WEN in its infancy almost nine years ago.)

Flawless skin is the Holy Grail of looking good and feeling great. And that message came through loud and clear in the Spring 2014 RTW Collection. Models at Calvin Klein were brought as close to “natural perfection” as possible, with a perfectly balanced “no-makeup” makeup.

The Holiday Season can wreak havoc on our lives, not to mention our bodies. A little “self care” is always in order after holiday shopping, hosting, and socializing with family and friends.

Mills’s timing could not be more perfect. From the holiday season, the New Year, and Valentine’s Day, there will be no shortage of people looking to “get their glow on.”

We all know that it’s a good idea to put on sunscreen. Most of us are just trying to keep from getting burned, and at worst . . . developing a nasty little melanoma that might go wonky, turn malignant, and set out to kill us. But there’s more to sunscreen than just protecting against cancer.

The never-ending quest for beauty has led us to some pretty unusual (Vampire Facial, anyone?) places. The constant advertised onslaught of quick fixes, strange remedies, and fabulous cure-alls are enough to keep the curiosity of even the most jaded beauty junkies. But after decades of research, mishaps, trial, and lots and lots of error . . . we’ve learned that there’s probably no such thing as lightning in a bottle.

The autumn/winter runway featured more than a few looks that pay homage to the quintessential “punk” princess: heavy liner and clear-glossed or nude lips, or dark lip colors against an otherwise bare face.

Autumn/Winter 2013 conjured up every combination of “neutral” that the mind could imagine. From neutral “glitter lips” at Armani, to what looked more like a tribute to Kim Kardashian’s “neutral” look at Versace, models featured every shade of beige, brown, and nude . . . enhanced with a shot of “smoke” to set the look. The name of Armani’s collection was simply called “Nude”—and the makeup was designed to be exactly that. Models featured a “no makeup makeup” against a textile palette of beiges, browns, […]