Whatever your concern, we’re here for you.
We spent over six months selecting this year’s winners.
In the end we chose 127 deserving winners that we know you’ll love as much as we did.
Photo: Felicity Ingram; Wardrobe: Ronald Burton; Hair: Jerome Cultrera at L’Atelier; Makeup: Porsche Cooper; Manicure: Yukie Miyakawa at Walter Schupfer
Next, we assembled a small army of testers (83, to be exact).
Then it was time to look at our results.
And that’s when things got a bit more complicated.
Photo: Felicity Ingram; Wardrobe: Ronald Burton; Hair: Jerome Cultrera at L’Atelier; Makeup: Porsche Cooper; Manicure: Yukie Miyakawa at Walter Schupfer
The universe of non-prescription beauty products is a bit overwhelming.
Is there enough of ingredient A to be effective?
Is there too little of ingredient B to cause irritation?
Photo: Felicity Ingram; Wardrobe: Ronald Burton; Hair: Jerome Cultrera at L’Atelier; Makeup: Porsche Cooper; Manicure: Yukie Miyakawa at Walter Schupfer
It can be hard, if not impossible, to suss out.
And finally, there’s the obvious fact that what makes a good beauty product can be incredibly subjective.
Our testers agreed with each other on many products…and disagreed on others.
We also gave more weight to the products that the most testers seemed to love.
Our winners and the products we tested reflect those choices.
When it came to suggestions that differed from our own reporting, we noted that as well.
You may notice a lot of repetition within this listbut that all tracks.
Heres how we broke it down:
Again, none of these are hard and fast rules.
But if you’re at all in doubt, talk to a dermatologist.
We tapped them for their insight and expertise, and they more than delivered.
Lora Glass, M.D.
She is also director of ophthalmic medical student education and Associate Residency Program Director in ophthalmology.
Michele Green, M.D.
Dr. Michele S. Green is a board-certified dermatologist who specializes in cosmetic dermatology, lasers, and dermatologic surgery.
She is affiliated with Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Green graduated from Yale University and attended the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
This experience gave her the ability to develop her own line of specialty products called MGSKINLABS.
Pearl Grimes, M.D., F.A.A.D.
Dr. Pearl E. Grimes is a dermatologic expert and a leading international authority on vitiligo and pigmentation disorders.
She also serves as a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Dr. Grimes is also an accomplished author, having written over 100 professional articles, abstracts and two textbooks.
Melissa Levin, M.D.
Dr. Melissa Kanchanapoomi Levin is a board-certified dermatologist in New York City, specializing in cosmetic dermatology.
She is the founder and director of Entiere Dermatology, a medical and cosmetic dermatology practice in the Flatiron.
She is a clinical instructor at New York University Langone Medical Center.
As a media expert, she shares her dermatology expertise to multiple media outlets.
Meena Singh, M.D.
Dr. Meena Singh is a board-certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon.
Dr. Singh specializes in medical treatments for hair loss of all cosmetic and medical types.
She is passionate about treating skin of color.
