If you've been following the topic of beauty trends for 2023, it couldn't have gotten past you that velvet nails are about to get bigger — as in, they started trending now, but next year will really see them shine. This nail coloring technique is all about creating an optical illusion of the look and feel of velvet fabric on the nails. This is achieved either through metallic nail polishes/gels for shiny velvet look (think cat eye mani), or through matte-finished, textured nails.

Pantone has announced Viva Magenta 18-1750 as the color for 2023, and what that means for us is one berry merry year. And the timing couldn't be better! Deep, but kind of muted, cool-toned raspberry-fuchsia-meets-violet shade is just about perfect for fall and winter, and can be equally flattering on cheeks, lips, eyes and nails.

Some of us maaaay still be processing 2019, but nevertheless, 2023 is just around the corner. Lucky for us, all the beauty trends for 2023 bring in a lot of playfullness, sensory experience, mindfulness and optimism — with the primary focus on enhancing and emphasizing that which we do have, not so much altering it (significantly).

Whether cleansing the day or the night off our face, what most of want to feel afterwards is — nothing. As in — not a speck of dirt, and most certainly not the slow stretching of our skin across our forehead. We like that softness — it reminds us of simpler times, when something as basic as washing our face didn't add to the discomforts of the day ahead.

Roses are always a good idea, especially in skincare, but do you know which part of rose is in a product you've got your eye on? Upon seeing "wild rose" in the name, it makes sense that our first thought would be about that recognizable rose scent. Beauty products with wild rose can contain scent-bearing rose petals (or their derivatives), but that's not what "wild rose" in beauty products actually means. You, dear reader, are buying something even more precious than petals — rosehip seed oil from specific rose varieties.