Find your skin type with a half-hour test at the sink, then build a short routine on it: a cleanser and moisturizer to suit, sunscreen every morning, and new products one at a time.
Skin that still looks like skin
We make sheer color for skin, cheeks, lips and brows, and publish a beauty journal.
See the Veils
What Veils by Christina does
Color you build in coats
A skin tint, cheek gel, lip tint, brow gel, setting mist and body oil, each sheer enough for skin to show through.
Beauty advice from the trade
Routines, ingredients, techniques and tools, from a first cleanser to the morning of the wedding.
Packed by the maker
The maker of the Veils labels and packs each order, nests it in white tissue and ships it to your door with tracking.
The kit
23 tools
e.l.f. Total Face Sponge
$7
Latex-free foam with angled sides and a fine point for around the nose. It works damp or dry and costs little enough to replace often.
Tweezerman Classic Slant Tweezer
$25
Stainless steel with hand-filed tips at a 25° slant, for brows. When it dulls, Tweezerman sharpens it free; you pay the postage there.
T3 AireLuxe
$224.99
A full-size dryer with five heats, three speeds, two concentrators and two brushes in the box. Two-year warranty; a diffuser costs extra.
Germanikure Glass Nail File
From $15.45
Czech crystal glass, 139 mm long, with an etched surface that does not wear smooth. Guaranteed for life against defects, not breakage.
simplehuman Sensor Mirror Round
$200
An 8-inch 5x mirror for brows and detail, lit to a CRI of 95 with a sunlight and a candlelight setting. Rechargeable; five-year warranty.
MUJI Polypropylene Makeup Box
From $1.90
Translucent boxes in five sizes that stack or sit side by side in a drawer, so everything stays in view. Lids are sold separately.
Who writes the journal
Christina Galanis
Founder and makeup artist
Began her career giving facials in a day spa, has done makeup for hundreds of brides, and chooses every shade in The Veils.
Renee Battiste
Hairstylist and manicurist
Has spent twenty-eight years in salons working with every hair texture, from fine and straight to tightly coiled.
Elise Nakamura
Beauty and wellness editor
Edited magazine beauty pages, then reported on health, and reads the study before she quotes the headline.
