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• What it is: A whitening toothpaste
• What it does: Cleanses gums and teeth with a sweet peppermint flavor
• Who it’s for: Anyone looking for an elevated take on an everyday, mundane task

Who says oral care can't also be chic care? Davids Hydroxi Whitening + Enamel Health Peppermint Toothpaste is proof.

As someone who spends approximately 30 minutes (minimum) on her teeth every day, I would know chic oral care when I see it—and I’m seeing it.

Inside the mint green tube (love that shade, BTW!) is filled with SLS-free peppermint paste that makes the twice-daily chore of brushing my teeth look and feel a little more elevated.

Here’s how I use it: After flossing, I twist off the tube’s cap and squeeze a pea-size dollop onto my electric toothbrush, then I start brushing! I brush for about two minutes (the recommended time for this task, according to the American Dental Association).

Once I’m done brushing, I follow up the cleanse with a quick swish and a swirl of my favorite mouthwash.

The Davids Hydroxi Whitening + Enamel Health Peppermint Toothpaste is in the June Allure Beauty Box.

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• What it is: A multitasking hair mask
• What it does: Adds hydration and gleam to hair
• Who it’s for: Anyone looking for an in-shower treatment to tame frizz and add moisture back into hair

Ya’ll know I’m a lazy beauty director. I wash my hair once a week (oops), and style it even less (double oops). But for someone who prefers to do the bare minimum for my strands, I always make sure I give them an extra bit of moisture whenever I can.

The easiest way? A hair mask. I like the Paul Mitchell Clear Jelly Mask because it’s one of those multitasking treatments that offers a plethora of benefits. The fragrance-free, translucent, jelly-like treatment adds hydration and gleam to my hair without any fuss or heavy lifting. I like to use it during my weekly Everything Shower, but it can be used whenever you shampoo your hair.

Here’s what I do: After shampooing, I rake in the gelatinous goop with my fingers, then leave it on (mids to ends) for 5 to 15 minutes. If my blonde highlights are looking and feeling a little dry, I’ll try to leave the mask on for the full 15 minutes.

Once the time is up, I’ll rinse and follow it up with my favorite conditioner. Easy peasy!

The Paul Mitchell Clear Jelly Mask is in the June Allure Beauty Box.

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It takes most people years to land on a signature look. Yinka Ogunbiyi solidified box braids as hers when she was just five years old. That’s pretty early to settle on a beauty uniform, yes, but as a young Black girl—and a Nigerian at that—getting braids felt like a natural part of life. Ogunbiyi enjoyed her regular visits to the salon: She’d settle into the braider’s chair with some snacks and a good show to make the time pass quickly.

​But the 2020 lockdown forced Ogunbiyi (then an engineering student at Harvard) to attempt doing her own braids. No longer a passive participant in her styling sessions, she realized that the process is “really hard and mechanically repetitive,” she says. “It took me four days to do small, waist-length, knotless box braids.”

By the second day of braiding, a light bulb went off in her engineer's brain. Reflecting on how long the process was taking, she wondered, Where's the machine to make this faster? Ogunbiyi saw similarities between the process of braiding and sewing—a meticulous and repetitive action that could be automated—and began to envision a solution. This experience led to the invention of HaloBraid: a device that assists stylists by finishing the braids they’ve started.

Excitement about the device spread online after a clip of Ogunbiyi winning the Harvard Pitch Competition went viral in 2025. The win secured Ogunbiyi’s brand, Halo, $75,000 in funding, and its inaugural product, HaloBraid, will be launching in September 2026.

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The “braiding robot,” as the internet has dubbed it, is more accurately described as a braider’s assistant that’s attached to the salon chair. “Each braid is started by hand,” says Ogunbiyi. “The stylist does just a small portion of the braid, then they transfer [the braid] to the HaloBraid device.” How much of the braid makes up that “small portion” varies, but the stylist needs to at least finish adding in all the braiding hair, since the robot can't feed in extensions.

Because there is so much variation in styles, the brand isn't making any time-specific claims about how fast the robot works. However, Ogunbiyi says, “HaloBraid can complete each braid up to five times faster than a stylist.” Ogunbiyi gives one example: With traditional box braid styles that can take six to eight hours, a stylist working with HaloBraid could theoretically bring that down to about two and a half to three hours.

“HaloBraid can complete each braid up to five times faster than a stylist.”

The device is limited in what it can do, though. If you’re a fan of intricate cornrow styles, the HaloBraid can’t help you there since it can’t braid close to the scalp. The robot can only handle mid-lengths to the ends of the hair, plaiting a classic three-strand braid. “It's not as complex as a human hand, and it can't do everything a human hand can,” says Ogunbiyi. She adds that the team is already brainstorming ways to enhance the device to support more advanced styles.

The journey to developing the final version of HaloBraid took over three years and 600 prototypes—a process that began by examining toys that braid dolls’ hair and machines that create three-strand cords. “We've looked at every pattern on a braiding machine and looked at the different problems there to solve,” says Ogunbiyi. For example, the team needed to figure out “how to get hair into this device as quickly as possible and easily for the user.” Most of the toy braiders use a little crochet hook to feed in the hair, but on humans, this method could cause painful pulling and yanking of the hair. Ogunbiyi says she figured out how to create an automated device that can finish a braid with little to no tension—no matter the hair type.

According to Ogunbiyi, Halo has a broader mission of “creating technology for textured hair and improving the process of getting your hair styled for people with all textures.” HaloBraid is the brand’s first attempt to achieve this goal.

The reduction in appointment times will, in theory, also reduce strain on stylists' hands. This will allow them to take on more clients, if they want, and increase their earning potential, or work fewer hours with about the same take-home pay, creating more time for themselves. These prospective benefits are what drew entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian to invest in the brand and raise $7 million for the company and the device. “I immediately saw the value for HaloBraid,” says Ohanian. “I've sat through and tried to help during these marathon braiding sessions for my daughter and wife.” Ohanian adds that at a time when there are such rapid advancements in robotics and AI, “It's shocking someone hasn't built this business yet.” “There was clearly a massive gap in the market, so [the decision to invest] was a combination of founder, product, and market fit,” Ohanian says.

This is a pro-exclusive device, and there are already stylists on a wait list who will be able to receive a HaloBraid at no cost. “Customers can book through us [on the Halo website] or through their stylist directly and then have their HaloBraid appointment,” says Ogunbiyi. Though the device is free, Halo will receive a percentage of what the stylist makes per appointment. The brand isn’t sharing the exact percentage of profit it will take from stylists, but Ogunbiyi maintains that the goal is to “make HaloBraid as accessible as possible for stylists and clients.”

While an automated braiding device sounds like it would make both stylists’ and customers’ lives easier, there’s the now-familiar wariness around any implication that a robot could do all or part of a human’s job just as well. After all, many people have close relationships with their stylists and braiders that go beyond hair care. “Will the robot chat and spill the tea?” wrote one commenter under Harvard Innovation Lab’s Instagram post highlighting Ogunbiyi’s winning pitch.

“Will the robot chat and spill the tea?”

The founder says she’s thoroughly considered this and wants to reassure the public that the machine can’t replace braiders: “We've really built this to serve stylists,” says Ogunbiyi, who adds that the HaloBraid team consulted with a group of pros to learn the biggest issues they face in their work. “Many stylists mentioned dealing with carpal tunnel and early onset arthritis,” Ogunbiyi says. The HaloBraid is meant to be only an assistant.

The device can’t part hair, map out artistic cornrows, or, of course, act as a friend and therapist. Its role is purely mechanical, doing the repetitive work of creating a three-strand braid. “Every time we've brought a stylist in to test, we've learned something new that's radically changed the device,” says Ogunbiyi. Stylists' insights influenced the basic design of the HaloBraid, which initially was handheld, but transitioned to being mounted on a chair after the stylists said that holding the device would obstruct their process.

The HaloBraid is one of those “you’ve got to see it to believe it” kind of things. And come September 2026, when it will roll out in salons, customers will be able to witness the device in action. “We have 6,000 stylists signed up to receive the HaloBraid, and there are 5,000 stylists and salons on the wait list,” says Ogunbiyi, who adds that these stylists are spread between major cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.

“I’m excited about what we're building,” Ogunbiyi says. “We believe that enhancing life experiences, like braiding, has real meaning.”

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I don't want to hear any complaints about how the pastel nail trend that's been transitioning us from spring to summer—we've seen it on Taylor Swift, Emily Blunt, Michelle Obama, and more recently—is too delicate, too sweet, too jejune. The prettiness is the point, of course, but just because a color is light and soft doesn't mean it can't have some edge to it, and Rita Ora's latest manicure is proof.

Ora performed at the Isle of Wight Festival over the weekend, wearing a completely impractical but absolutely fabulous striped, satin ensemble including a bra with a matching high-low hemline vest and rosette-embellished bloomers, not to mention some seriously fierce white, knee-high boots and sassy oval sunglasses. But one of my favorite details, easily, is her manicure.

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Nail artist Michelle Humphrey shared a close-up of the awesome nail design, featuring the palest possible pastel periwinkle base in a soft-focus jelly finish. Humphrey tells Allure that she then added slices of prismatic glitter over the translucent look to create an iridescent ombré effect that looks incredible on short nails like Ora's.

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“K-beauty is obviously a huge thing at the moment, and I've recently just gone mad buying loads of Korean jelly gels, syrup gels,” Humphrey tells Allure. “Rita's such a huge fan of them, so I was delighted to get those out and experiment.”

Humphrey also shares that photos don't do the entire manicure justice because her right hand is actually different from the left. Instead of periwinkle, they were tonal butter yellow and soft green, making this pastel masterpiece even more interesting than we originally thought.

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As a short-nail-haver myself, I can attest that I'm definitely taking screenshots of this look to the nail salon for my next manicure.

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Farmacy has built its reputation on a simple idea: Pair nourishing, farm-grown botanicals with science-backed ingredients like niacinamide, ceramides, and salicylic acid to make them even more effective. And with everything up to 40% off during Amazon Prime Day, now's an especially good time to stock up on a few editor favorites. Part of what keeps us coming back to Farmacy is its sensorial approach to skin care: Think the sorbet-like Green Clean Cleansing Balm that melts away makeup in seconds or the milky Honey Milk Hydrating Essence that wraps skin in long-lasting hydration.

Whether you're battling summer shine, removing layers of sweat-resistant sunscreen, or soothing skin after a little too much time in the sun, there's a formula for just about every warm-weather skin concern. Ahead, the best Farmacy deals worth adding to your cart before Prime Day comes to a close.

Our Top Amazon Prime Day Farmacy Picks

• So Fresh and So Green: Green Clean Cleansing Balm, $39 $27
• Bee Good to Your Barrier: Honey Milk Hydrating Essence, $34 $20
• Cream of the Crop: Green Clean Gentle Creamy Cleanser, $32 $22
• Fresh-Picked Favorites: Farm to Face Bestsellers Set, $40 $28

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So Fresh and So Green: Green Clean Cleansing Balm

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Green Clean Cleansing Balm

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Why it's worth it: A former Best of Beauty winner (editor’s note: prior to the 2025 reformulation), the Green Clean Cleansing Balm became famous for its minty-green, melts-in-your-fingertips balm-to-oil texture that removes nearly every trace of SPF and waterproof makeup—no greasy film in sight. It's especially well-suited for frequent makeup wearers and those with dry skin, though its rinse-clean finish appeals to a range of skin types—as our oily-skinned tester can verify. The latest iteration of the formula updates the emulsifier system, replaces synthetic waxes with plant-based ones, and introduces the brand's signature Super Greens Blend of upcycled moringa, holy basil, and arugula (botanicals sourced from materials that might otherwise go to waste).

P.S. While the formula doesn't contain synthetic fragrance, its recognizable citrus-herbal scent comes from a blend of essential oils, including orange, bergamot, lime, and ylang-ylang. You can still reap all the makeup-melting benefits with the fragrance-free version.

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Hoffmann after applying the Farmacy Green Clean Cleansing Balm

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Tester feedback from commerce market editor Sarah Hoffmann

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“Few products completely remove every trace of makeup quite like Farmacy's Green Clean Cleansing Balm. My skin is generally pretty clear, but when I'm not washing my face properly, it's quick to let me know it's angry with me. This balm provides such a thorough, gentle cleanse that it's never made my skin unhappy.” —Sarah Hoffman, commerce market editor

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• Key ingredients: sunflower seed oil, Super Greens Blend (upcycled moringa, holy basil, arugula), papaya extract
• Fragrance-free: free of synthetic fragrance

Your Core Lip Routine: Apple a Day Kit

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Apple a Day Kit

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Allure commerce editor Sarah Han applying the Farmacy Apple Lip Smoothie

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Why it’s worth it: Between losing them to the depths of our handbags and reapplication, is there any beauty product we go through faster than lip balm? Farmacy's Apple a Day Kit keeps you covered around the clock, pairing the Tinted Lip Smoothie in Candy Apple for a subtle wash of color and glossy shine by day with the Apple Lip Smoothie overnight treatment to lock in moisture while you sleep. Peptides power both formulas to smooth fine lines and keep lips looking fuller and more even over time. And the fruity apple flavor? Consider it the cherry—er, apple—on top.

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“I have really dry lips, yet I will not give up my lip tints. The way I remedy this trade-off is that I slather on a thick lip mask before I go to bed (when I remember, which…is not often enough) or, more likely, I prep my lips in the morning with a mask or thick balm while I'm doing the rest of the makeup. The Farmacy lip smoothie smells absolutely delectable and instantly plumps my lips. It's definitely heftier than a balm but it really helps smooth out my lip lines and keep my lips feeling softer throughout the day, no matter how much I put them through. It's a necessity!” —Sarah Han, commerce editor

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• Includes: Tinted Lip Smoothie in Candy Apple, Apple Lip Smoothie

Cream of the Crop: Green Clean Gentle Creamy Cleanser

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Green Clean Gentle Creamy Cleanser

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Why it's worth it: Now that you've melted away makeup and SPF with an oil cleanser, it's time for part two of your double cleanse. Enter Farmacy’s Green Clean Gentle Creamy Cleanser, an airy, whipped face wash that purifies pores without leaving skin feeling tight or stripped. Moringa seed delivers antioxidant benefits while softening and hydrating skin, and upcycled apple extract and oat oil lock in moisture and soothe the complexion. The formula also contains vitamin F—a blend of essential fatty acids, including linoleic and linolenic acids—to support a healthy skin barrier. Its fresh lime-and-bergamot scent gives a spa-like touch to your cleansing routine, but there's also a fragrance-free option for sensitive skin.

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• Key ingredients: moringa seed, upcycled apple extract, oat oil, vitamin F
• Fragrance-free: free of synthetic fragrance

Bee Good to Your Barrier: Honey Milk Hydrating Essence

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Honey Milk Hydrating Essence

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Why it’s worth it: Maybe you're still on the fence about whether you really need an essence in your routine. (Fair: Serums are typically more concentrated and treatment-focused, while essences are lighter, layering formulas designed to flood skin with hydration and help the rest of your skin care absorb better.) Then you meet Farmacy’s Honey Milk Hydrating Essence, and suddenly the extra step starts to make a lot of sense. Unlike watery essences, this one has a lightweight, milky texture that feels instantly comforting on dry or stressed-out skin. Among the formula's soothing ingredients is Hawaiian white honey sourced from the Kiawe Forest, an isolated grove that has been home to beekeeping for generations. There’s also chamomile to calm redness, while ceramides, squalane, and panthenol strengthen the skin barrier and lock in moisture for lasting hydration. Cue plumper, calmer, and dewier skin.

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• Key ingredients: Hawaiian white honey, chamomile, ceramides, squalane, panthenol
• Fragrance-free: yes

Green Means Glow: Daily Greens Gel Moisturizer

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Daily Greens Gel Moisturizer

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Why it’s worth it: If you have oily skin, this is the time of year when the panic starts to set in: For the next three months, heat and humidity threaten to turn your carefully crafted skin-care routine upside down. Farmacy’s Daily Greens Gel Moisturizer is a warm-weather hero, a.k.a. a bouncy, oil-free, and cooling gel that delivers lightweight, fast-absorbing hydration without leaving your skin looking slick. Multiple forms of hyaluronic acid and polyglutamic acid act like moisture magnets, helping skin stay comfortably hydrated long after application. Meanwhile, niacinamide and galacturonic acid (a building block of pectin—the fiber-like substance found in fruits and vegetables) balance excess oil and keep shine in check, while moringa and papaya sweep away pollution-related impurities for a fresher-looking complexion.

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• Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, polyglutamic acid, niacinamide, galacturonic acid
• Fragrance-free: yes

Overnight Overachiever: 10% Niacinamide Night Mask

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10% Niacinamide Night Mask

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Why it’s worth it: Niacinamide has earned its status as skin care's "It" ingredient in recent years, addressing the most common complexion concerns, whether your skin is oily, dry, sensitive, or somewhere in between. Farmacy's 10% Niacinamide Night Mask doubles down on those benefits with a high-strength dose of the active to regulate excess oil, soften the look of pores, brighten uneven tone, and calm redness. To balance things out, the formula pairs niacinamide with 3% panthenol and beta-glucan to hydrate skin and antioxidant-rich upcycled blueberry seed. While niacinamide can absolutely be used during the day, this overnight formula gives its potent 10% dose uninterrupted hours to work its magic.

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• Key ingredients: 10% niacinamide, 3% panthenol, upcycled blueberry seed
• Fragrance-free: yes

The Pore-fect Reset: Deep Sweep 2% BHA Toner

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Deep Sweep 2% BHA Toner

$34

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Why it’s worth it: If your shiny T-zone is any indication, this heat is proving it's going to be a loooong summer. Farmacy’s 2% BHA Pore Cleaning Toner stars 2% salicylic acid, the gold-standard BHA that dives deep into pores to dissolve excess oil, exfoliate dead skin cells, and smooth uneven texture. Papaya enzymes and lactic acid provide further gentle exfoliation to keep skin looking fresh and clarified, while moringa seed extract and moringa leaf water remove lingering dirt and pollution-related impurities. Best of all, hydrating ingredients like glycerin make sure skin feels balanced—not squeaky or stripped—after toning.

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• Key ingredients: 2% salicylic acid, papaya enzymes, moringa seed oil, moringa leaf water, glycerin
• Fragrance-free: yes

Fresh-Picked Favorites: Farm to Face Bestsellers Set

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Farm to Face Bestsellers Set

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Why it’s worth it: If you've ever wanted to try Farmacy but didn't know where to start, the Farm to Face Bestsellers Set rounds up four of the brand's biggest hits: Green Clean Cleansing Balm to melt away makeup and SPF, Wake Up Honey Eye Cream to brighten the look of dark circles (with 3% tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate or THD) and depuff tired undereyes (hi, caffeine), Honey Halo Moisturizer to cocoon skin in long-lasting, ceramide-powered moisture, and Lip Smoothie to soften dry lips. Together, they showcase what Farmacy does best by pairing nourishing ingredients like shea butter, glycerin, and mango seed butter with luxurious textures that make your skin-care routine feel more indulgent.

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• Includes: Green Clean Cleansing Balm, Wake Up Honey Eye Cream, Honey Halo Moisturizer, Apple Lip Smoothie

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