Recently my male coworker made reference to my "natural" blonde hair. ROFL! Boys, right!? I guess he's not hip to the fact that pretty much every adult woman with baby-blonde highlights pays for them. And, boy, do I pay for them -- with ever-drier, ever-tanglier texture from increasingly frequent dalliances with bleach.

Then I used Kérastase Initialiste Scalp & Hair Treatment. When I rub a few drops on my hair, it becomes so dreamily silky, frizz-free, pleasantly perfumed and manageable that I can't stop running my fingers through it. (Another novelty: being able to run my fingers through it.) I even deemed it worthy of carting along on my twice-monthly, carry-on-only plane trips out of state.

I'm almost through with the bottle, but I'm so desperate at the thought of not having any left that I'm trying not to use it, letting the last bit linger in my medicine cabinet like a precious relic. I know it doesn't make sense. Then again, neither does shelling out $60 for 2.2 ounces of hair serum -- that is, until you try it. --Katie McCarthy

Pale skin plus dark circles? Not a winning combo. Which is why I feel like I'm constantly searching for that one concealer that will not only camouflage the fact that I only got five hours of sleep, it will also work with my porcelain skin tone.

Enter: Marc Jacobs Remedy Concealer Pen in Bright Idea, a sheer, peach-tinted concealer that neutralizes the sallow skin and dark bags underneath my eyes without creasing or feeling heavy and sticky. And the cooling metal applicator is a great morning pick-me-up for any sleep-induced puffiness. I like to use it in the inner corner of my eyes for a subtly brightening effect. If there was a way to break into this sleek, pen-shaped applicator to get every single drop, trust me, I would have found it by now. --Allie Flinn

With 23 products and counting, my BB cream collection rivals that of a freshly stocked Sephora. My sensitive skin can't handle heavy, creamy foundations, or greasy liquid ones. And because I'm still prone to breakouts, using powders means multiple applications, plus adding primer and concealer to the mix. While most BB creams make my skin more glowing, they don't always provide enough coverage, which means I'm constantly moving from one tube to the next.

Until I discovered Dior DiorSkin Nude BB Creme, which makes my other multitaskers seem basic. It has a light, fresh scent and creamy texture that somehow hydrates dry patches in winter, but doesn't get greasy in the brutal heat of summer. One light application with a foundation brush or sponge blends away dark spots, circles and redness from acne or rosacea. Plus, it lasts longer than most because of its pump dispenser, which lets you control how much product you want to use -- as opposed to the giant gobs of cream you get from a tube. --Marissa DeSantis

I was a member of the foaming, exfoliating, more-is-more cleanser camp until I tried Tata Harper Refreshing Cleanser. I had no idea a cream cleanser could remove makeup and make my skin look and feel amazing -- but that's what this one does. It has pomegranate enzymes to help exfoliate dead skin, grapefruit and bergamot to cleanse, pink clay to detoxify and willow bark to minimize pores. I give it credit for keeping me almost completely breakout-free since I started using it a couple years ago.

Like all Tata Harper products, this cleanser is completely natural and contains ingredients grown on Harper's farm in Vermont. I've gone through more bottles than I can count.
--Dawn Davis

Most blush makes my makeup look heavy-handed. I've got fair skin that flushes crimson with the slightest exertion. (Anatomy discussions, telling a waiter I don't like my food and being addressed in a room full of people also turn me infrared.) So, too much of a highly pigmented color leaves me looking perpetually mortified or drunk.

Benefit Dandelion, on the other hand, makes me look like I've been traipsing over hillsides plucking petals from daises while a cool breeze laps at my cheeks. It's a soft, girly pink and it is my blush soul mate. When paired with lash extensions (my other favorite beauty product), I feel like an off-duty Disney princess (which, in my book, is a good thing). It's the ultimate #nomakeup makeup product for those of us trying to trick people into thinking we #wokeuplikethis.

At $28, it is sort of expensive for a blush, but it's a price I'm willing to pay since I find myself scraping the pan -- something that never, ever happens with my other rouge pots. --Emily Woodruff