If you don’t live in New York City, allow me to fill you in on our current situation: it’s roughly 100 degrees and central AC is hard to find. It’s also the work week, which means I’ll be running around Manhattan, taking disgustingly humid subways, and attending work dinners—outside (love that). That being said, my makeup has left much to be desired—my foundation is on a slip-in-slide fueled by sweat. That’s where Anastasia Beverly Hills’s brand new Hydra Prime SPF 50 comes in.
Hear me out: I’m normally skeptical when a cosmetic brand ventures into skincare. So when I heard through the grapevine that the brand—famed for cult-favorite brow products and eyeshadow palettes—was entering the skincare space with what’s debatably the single most difficult product to formulate, I was, well, not optimistic. Even the best sunscreen brands occasionally have flop formulations with pilling texture, white casts, and skin-irritating ingredients.
