One of life’s small luxuries is being able to wash your face at night before you go to bed. There’s nothing more soothing to me than massaging my face, rinsing it with water, and patting it dry with a nice, soft washcloth. It turns out that washing your face at night is not just a luxury—it’s also good for your overall health, because it helps cool down your inner body temperature, which then helps you get a better night’s sleep:

I’m slowly working my way through the spoils of my Japan trip last fall. During my trip, I noticed that several Japanese beauty products would use pictures of babies instead of adult models. American skin care products tend to use words and graphics, rather than pictures of adults or babies. But using real baby photographs makes total sense, if you think about it. Babies have the softest, smoothest, bounciest skin imaginable—unencumbered by teenage hormones, environmental pollutants,…

Ever since dipping my feet in the oil cleansing routine with Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil almost a year ago, I’ve been meaning to try its sister product—Kose Softymo Deep Treatment Cleansing Oil—for a long time now. Both of these oil cleansers are the most affordable options available on Amazon right now. If you look at some of the other ones that are similarly priced, you’ll see that they come in much smaller bottles.