summer beauty

As I waited in a long valet parking line the other day after an event with other editors and stylists, our collective vexation shifted into a constructive conversation about our favorite beauty products. I ended up gleaning some amazing new recommendations and thought I'd share! For starters, I learned about Kora's Noni Glow Body Oil, an all natural, multi-purpose body treatment, composed of obscure things like noni extract, rosehip and sunflower seed oils, that's super-duper hydrating and leaves your skin with a silky Miranda Kerr-like sheen. (She invented this product!) Also noteworty: Nyakio's Baobob Lip Balm, which moisturizes and gives your lips a perfectly glossy finish, plus is paraben-, petroleum- and sulfate-free. My picks included: BeautyCounter's touch-up pen, which is an all-natural stand-in for the long revered YSL's Touche Eclat and Goop's skin-softening Exfoliating Instant Facial. Coincidentally, we're all equally obsessed with Vintner's Daughter, an active botanical glow-inducing serum, which I dutifully massage into my face morning and night. It's like Gatorade (but the healthy kind!) for parched skin.