The U Beauty Blog

What’s So Different? What Sets U Beauty Apart from the Rest

Skincare companies make a lot of promises, from those of defying your age to telling you the more you use, the better you’ll look. Most want you to...

The Year of the Rat Is In Full Force —
And Yours to Own

It feels so long ago already: January 25th marked the beginning of a New Year. Not the Western New Year, the beginning of which, if you remember co...

Strip Alert:
What’s Really Causing Your Breakouts?

Cleanse. Scrub. Rinse. Wipe. Tone. Repeat: We’ve been conditioned to believe more is best when it comes to “taking care” of our skin. We’ve also be...

Start Making Scents: <br>Pheromones and the Appeal of Minimal Perfumes

Start Making Scents:
Pheromones and the Appeal of Minimal Perfumes

We’re all familiar with the power of scent: its ability to transport us to another moment in time by bringing back a memory, its potential power ov...

Beneath the Surface:
The Resurfacing Revolution

You’ve probably been hearing the term “resurfacing” long before U Beauty came across your radar. Maybe it was back in the mid-nineties when the mic...

What’s So Great About Hyaluronic Acid?

Chances are you’ve been hearing about hyaluronic acid for some time now, whether you’ve seen it labeled on a bottle of By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra-Fo...

Your Post-Gym Beauty Guide

It’s an age-old conundrum: How do you fit a daily workout session in without complicating the rest of your day? Sure, there are endless reasons we ...

Less Is More:
An Essential Un-Makeup Roundup

You’ve heard the term “makeunder.” You’ve been enticed by the notion of “no makeup makeup.” You’ve been privy to the Glossier craze, built on the i...

U Beauty Blog | Seeing Red & Shades of Pink: What’s Causing Your Flare Ups?

Seeing Red:
What’s Causing Your Flare-Ups?

Red-hot and on fire: The color red possesses more potent psychological effects than any in the spectrum, including an ability to signal power, sexu...

The Ultimate Power Couple

We tend to strengthen in force when we come together. Just as there’s power in numbers for humankind, two can be better than one when it comes to v...

The Power of Paring Down

It was the character of Madame Merle in Henry James' famed nineteenth-century novel The Portrait of a Lady who said our material possessions have t...

TINA CRAIG’S BONE BROTH
THE HEALING SOUP

Bone broth is one thing I always have on the stove. It’s the “healing soup” and start (stock, base, basis) for so many other soups too. The best pa...