I still remember the first time I heard about AmorePacific. I was at Sephora with my sister, and a store representative was gushing about a new brand that was centered on natural ingredients, particularly bamboo sap. I remember making a joke in my head about pandas, but I never actually tried anything from the brand because it was pretty expensive. I don’t normally buy premium skincare products because I can’t seem to justify the expense on something that may or may not work. But I…

I find drug store versions of name brand skincare products to be pretty fascinating. Recently I saw some pretty bold anti-aging claims on two SPF 70 sunscreen options at CVS. One was from the name brand (Neutrogena), while the other was CVS’s generic version, under a very similar name (Age Defense rather than Neutrogena’s Age Shield). A shield is a type of defense, so I think this is pretty much a case where the marketing team looked up “shield” in the thesaurus when it…

Now that fall is upon us, I’m starting to feel nostalgic for the summer heat. But I’m excited to breathe crisp, cool air when I run outdoors. Fall is the best time of year for outdoor running, after all. A while ago, I wrote about NO-AD Sport Sunscreen SPF 50 as the best-value sunscreen for summer. But I discovered a problem with that formula: It would start to flake off toward the end of the day, which of course makes me think that it’s not all that effective (especially if I…