Already thinking about your next getaway post-Christmas? Here is Dezeen’s pick of 2023’s top 10 hotels, put together as part of our review of the year.
Our selection of the most popular and noteworthy hotels featured on Dezeen this year includes what is possibly the world’s skinniest in Indonesia, the grand conversion of a 1940s bank building in Rome and a place in Tbilisi that aims to make guests feel like they’re inside a movie.
This seven-room hotel in Central Java is just 2.8 metres wide. Each compact room contains a double bed and bathroom pod with a toilet and shower.
“Aside from the technical difficulties, the biggest challenge was the typical mindset surrounding the hospitality industry that is used to superlative words: biggest, tallest, most luxurious,” Sahabat Selojene studio founder Ary Indra told Dezeen. “Here we are skinniest.”
Dramatic seven-metre-high ceilings, full-height windows with green curtains and travertine surfaces grace the lobby of The Rome Edition.
Created by Amercian entrepreneur Ian Schrager’s hotel group The Edition, the 91-room hotel opened this year in a 1940s bank building. Other highlights include the intimate Jade Bar, which is fully lined in deep green antique marble and furnished with emerald-coloured velvet seating.
Georgian architect Sandro Takaishvili wanted Tbilisi‘s Blueberry Nights to make guests feel “like they’re inside a movie, where everything feels slightly familiar but otherworldly at the same time”.
With a theatrical colour scheme and cinematic moody lighting, its design evokes the visual style of directors such as Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch, while film projectors feature in all 16 rooms.
Wooden guest quarters perched on stilts characterise Boca de Agua, a resort in the Yucatán Peninsula designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo
The villas – including one with a private pool and terrace – were raised up to reduce the environmental impact of the ground plane and to raise guests into the leafy jungle landscape.
Overlooking the historic fishing village of Conca dei Marini on the Amalfi Coast, the 1960s Borgo Santandrea hotel was restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni.
The hotel incorporates the atmospheric medieval stone fortifications carved into the cliff below, with some of the guest rooms built into the old ramparts.
Located next to the famous Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech, this boutique hotel was designed by New Zealand studio Bergendy Cooke in collaboration with Moroccan architect Amine Abouraoui.
With its sculptural, monolithic aesthetic and recurring arched openings inside and out, it was intended as a playful contemporary twist on the site’s history and the city’s traditional architecture.
From Único Hotels, The Lodge occupies a 500-year-old farmhouse in Mallorca on a 157-hectare estate filled with almond and olive trees, lavender fields and hiking trails.
Interior designer Pilar García-Nieto kept the interiors mostly clean and minimal but left traces of the building’s agricultural past visible – most spectacularly an old stone mill for pressing olive oil, which stands in what is now the hotel reception area.
Large, elevated garden terraces are cut into the form of this tall hotel building in Singapore designed by architecture studio WOHA, including one 18 floors up.
The studio wanted the hotel to have verdant views on all storeys despite its urban location, while the terraces also provide passive cooling in the humid climate.
Fashion designer Christian Louboutin teamed up with architect Madalena Caiado to create this 13-room hotel in the Portuguese village of Melides.
Its traditionalist architecture meets maximalist interiors, with the rooms containing furniture from Louboutin’s personal collection as well as objects produced by local craftsmen. Louboutin talked to Dezeen about design process behind the hotel in an exclusive interview.
Berlin‘s renovated Château Royal references the German capital’s heyday at the turn of the 20th century through abundant oak panelling, art nouveau tiles, sisal carpets and hardware in brass and nickel.
The 93-room hotel comprises two buildings dating from 1850 and 1910, in addition to a newer building and roof extension designed by David Chipperfield Architects.
Lite pink lemonade and Cherry Coke are the latest additions to a famously limited menu.
The new drinks come as fast-food chains add new beverage options.
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In-n-Out Burger keeps its menu concise, with a handful of burgers, fries, drinks, and shakes. The California-based chain says the limited menu helps it maintain its high quality and freshness standards.
But last week, the chain’s owner, Lynsi Snyder, announced on Instagram that the chain had added two new drinks.
The new menu items — lite pink lemonade and Cherry Coke — represent the first addition since 2018, when the chain added hot chocolate. Traditional lemonade was added 15 years before hot chocolate. In-N-Out has added new drinks as beverages are becoming an increasingly important part of fast-food menus.
The chains are all targeting a growing interest in beverages and catering to the “3 pm slump,” when consumers are looking for a sweet or caffeinated pick-me-up.
In-N-Out is taking a small, considered step in this segment.
The chain is also famously cautious when entering new markets. But here, too, the chain has recently expanded. Earlier this month, the chain opened its first location in Idaho, representing its entry into an eighth state. The company’s ninth state is expected to be Tennessee.
The limited menu and restaurant locations help keep In-N-Out’s menu affordable, even as many chains have rapidly increased prices, Snyder has said.
“The limited menu means reduced costs for raw ingredients. The company also saves money by buying wholesale and grinding the beef in-house,” Snyder told Fobes in 2018.
“It cuts out an estimated 6% to 10% of total costs by owning most of its properties — many bought years ago — and not paying rent. In-N-Out picks its locations carefully, clustering them near one another and close to highways to lower delivery costs while also avoiding pricey urban cores.”
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Have you wondered if that Chanel bag you bought from a vintage reseller was legit? You may now be able to know for sure thanks to artificial intelligence.
Entrupy is a technology service that uses AI to authenticate designer handbags and sneakers in the resale market to ensure that customers are buying the real thing.
Since Entrupy was founded in 2012, the company says that its AI technology has been used by hundreds of vintage resellers as of December 2020, according to its website. And interest in the AI tool may continue to grow as businesses seek to cash in on the AI hype.
Currently only available to resellers of luxury goods, Entrupy claims its tool can authenticate products from luxury brands like Balenciaga, Burberry, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Using the AI could be a way for luxury resellers to build trust with their customers who may be wary of buying products that aren’t real.
“The whole point of doing this is to add trust and make it verifiable as a third party,” Vidyuth Srinivasan, the cofounder and CEO of Entrupy, told Elle in a recent interview. “It’s the consumer having the certainty that this is not just [one] person saying that it’s authentic, there’s also a third party that’s not invested in the transaction, certifying it.”
Entrupy claims it has a 99.1% accuracy rate
The renewed interest in the AI-service comes as of last October, when TikTok announced its partnership with Entrupy to identify whether products on its new e-commerce platform TikTok Shop are fake. The partnership comes at a time when generative AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have taken the world by storm.
To use the AI-powered authenticator, users are prompted to take photos of the product from every possible angle after inserting their smartphone into Entrupy’s hardware device. The device has microscopic lens that the company claims can magnify the phone camera to take granular photos of features like a product’s designer plaque and material.
The photos are then cross-referenced with a database of millions of pictures of authentic inventory using an AI algorithm. Within minutes, Entrupy can make a verdict on whether the product is real or not, which it claims has a 99.1% accuracy rate, according to its website. The company generates an official certificate that retailers can display if the product is deemed authentic.
It can currently only authenticate major brands
Still, the product isn’t perfect: Entrupy’s CEO told Elle that it can only authenticate accessories from major brands because those are the ones most prone to being fraudulent.
Entrupy didn’t immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
The AI-powered authenticator isn’t the only AI hardware device getting attention this year.
In September, Meta launched the second version of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that users can speak to through a built-in AI assistant. Two months later, Humane.ai, an AI startup, launched its AI pin — which the company says can project information onto a user’s palm through light — to the market.
Several restaurants and a hotel have opened within Detroit‘s historic Book Tower as part of a years-long restoration project of the building undertaken by its developer and architecture studio ODA.
The 1920s skyscraper has undergone extensive restoration work over the past seven years by local developer Bedrock, which has transformed the former office building into a mixed-use space.
Among Book Tower’s restored features are a grand glass dome, which sits over the lobby’s Bar Rotunda
A collaboration with Method Co has led to the first phase of restaurant and bar concepts, which were introduced through the course of 2023.
“We have been ever-mindful of what the restoration of Book Tower means to this city,” said Randall Cook, CEO and cofounder of Method Co, “and we’ve worked hard to create hospitality concepts that will excite and reconnect Detroiters to Book Tower once again, and at the same time honour the heritage of this magnificent property.”
Developers Bedrock worked with architects ODA on the restoration of the 1920s neoclassical building
Located on Washington Boulevard in Downtown Detroit, the 38-storey neoclassical building was designed by Louis Kamper – a prolific and celebrated architect in the city during its Gilded Age.
New York architecture firm ODA was hired to update and expand the programming and existing structures, resulting in half a million square feet (46,450 square metres) of mixed-use space.
Method Co was brought on to conceptualise and operate multiple culinary offerings within the building, including Le Suprême brasserie at street level
The work included restoring the exterior windows and stonework and bringing an ornate domed glass ceiling back to life.
Method Co was then brought on to conceptualise three restaurants and bars, as well as a hotel, and operate each of these venues within the building.
Designed with Stokes Architecture + Design, Le Suprême includes a zinc bar top, hand-made tiles and mosaic marble flooring
Dining options include Le Suprême, a classic French brasserie that offers an all-day menu and both indoor and outdoor seating at street level for up to 210 guests.
Designed in collaboration with Stokes Architecture + Design, the 6,200-square-foot space features a traditional zinc bar top, hand-made art nouveau tiles, mosaic marble flooring and oxblood leather booths.
Furniture and decor were chosen to reflect Detroit’s cultural heritage, and photos on the walls of the Le Mans car race tie to the city’s automobile legacy.
On the 14th floor is Kamper’s, a rooftop cocktail bar designed with ODA
On the 14th floor is Kamper’s, a rooftop cocktail bar designed with ODA comprising an indoor lounge that opens onto an expansive outdoor terrace via large French doors.
The cosy interior has exposed brick walls and dark wood accents, complemented by marble mosaic flooring, antiqued mirrors and velvet drapery.
Kamper’s opens onto an expansive terrace with views across Detroit
Bar Rotunda sits below the glass dome and acts as an all-day lobby cafe and bar, with 70 seats surrounded by ornate architectural details that recall the grand eateries of early 20th-century Paris.
“The space is canopied by a beautifully restored 100-year-old Keppler Glass dome that features more than 7,000 individual jewels and 6,000 glass panels making it an architectural centerpiece,” said Method Co, which also worked with ODA on this space.
Also planned to open soon within Book Tower are sake pub Sakazuki, and izakaya and omakase-style dining spot Hiroki-San.
The hotel component of the building, Roost Detroit, offers short and long-stay accommodation in contemporary apartment-style spaces, alongside The Residences that are purchasable as permanent homes.
The building’s accommodation component, Roost Detroit, is Method Co’s latest iteration of its apartment hotel brand
Roost Detroit is the latest iteration of Method Co’s apartment hotel brand, joining multiple outposts in Philadelphia – including the Morris Adjmi-designed East Market – along with Tampa, Cleveland and more across the US.
Roost Detroit offers short and extended stays within contemporary spaces of various sizes and configurations
Downtown Detroit’s revitalisation has taken shape over the past few years, and a handful of new hotels have opened to accommodate visitors who are returning to witness its cultural and creative rebirth.
They include The Siren Hotel, designed by ASH NYC to recall the city’s glamorous past, and the Shinola Hotel, which Gachot Studios designed for the local watch company of the same name.
Chesky was one the first people Altman reached out to when he found out he had been fired from OpenAI. The two have been friends for over a decade, and Altman mentored Chesky as an advisor at startup accelerator, Y Combinator, according to The Information.
“So brutal,” Altman texted Chesky minutes after he got the news on November 17, according to the Journal. When they spoke to each other that day, Chesky probed Altman with questions about why the board had fired him, according to The New York Times.
Chesky wasn’t just asking questions out of sheer curiosity. When his other “mentor” Shear briefly took the helm of OpenAI two days later, the two “helped clear a path” for Altman’s return, the Journal reported.
Shear and Altman also have a relationship that goes back to their days at Y Combinator. The two knew each other as alums of Y Combinator’s first class, according to the AP. Shear was also a part-time partner at Y Combinator during some of Altman’s tenure as president.
But beyond their familiarity on the startup circuit, it’s clear that Shear believed that Altman was the right person for the job. And he seemed pretty skeptical of the board’s decision to remove Altman.
When Shear became interim CEO on November 19, he said Altman’s removal had been “handled very badly” and that he had “nothing but respect” for Altman in a post on X. He also outlined a plan for the ensuing 30 days that included hiring an independent investigator to “dig into the entire process leading up to this point and generate a full report.”
Shear didn’t get more than 72 hours in his post, so that report never saw the light of day. But he did say in a follow-up post on X that he was “glad to have been a part of the solution” when Altman was reinstated days later.
And from the looks of it, he may have been among a key group of negotiators who helped make way for Altman’s return.
A new study says it’s possible to predict someone’s time of death accurately.
The study used machine learning to create detailed life sequences for 6 million people in Denmark.
Beyond morbid curiosity, the model could impact the work of insurance companies.
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Death and taxes may be the only certainties in life. And now advances in AI may have brought us one step closer to anticipating the former.
A new study found that it’s possible to make accurate predictions about a person’s death using a subset of AI known as machine learning.
The study’s authors said the “sheer scale” of their dataset was key to their research. They collected a decade’s worth of day-to-day records from more than 6 million people living in Denmark, according to the report.
The dataset includes health records, salary, working hours, residences, and more. Using that data, the researchers created a deep-learning model called “life2vec” to map out detailed sequences of an individual’s life events, according to thestudy.
To test life2vec, the researchers ran a subset of the data to see if it could predict if someone had survived in the four years after 2016. The researchers knew the answer, but the algorithm did not.
“To test how good [life2vec] is, we pick a group of 100,000 individuals where half survive and half die,” the study’s lead author, Sune Lehmann, a professor at the Technical University of Denmark, told CNN. They focused on using individuals between the ages of 30 and 55 — when mortality is harder to predict.
Life2vec was right about 78% of the time, according to CNN. It found that individuals with high incomes or those who held managerial roles were more likely to survive. It also found that men, skilled workers, or individuals who had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder were more likely to have died.
The model outperformed existing “state-of-the-art methods” by about 11%, the authors said. Not surprisingly, life2vec performs better for groups with a greater number of health events in their records. The researchers found it also performed better with cohorts of younger people and women.
The researchers also used the model to make predictions about more subjective human details, like personality traits, which are typically gathered through questionnaires. Life2vec was able to make predictions about a host of human personality traits from a person’s self-esteem to their sociability.
While life2vec may sound “ominous and crazy,” it’s likely to have an impact on work that’s already going on in the real world, especially work driven by insurance companies, Lehmann told CNN.
Life2vec is not ready to perform any “real-world tasks” in its current state but, theoretically, “We can make any kind of prediction,” Lehmann told CNN.
Lisbon interior design practice Bacana Studio took cues from Portugal‘s coastal traditions for the interiors of a João Luís Carrilho da Graça-designed Anfibio restaurant.
Located alongside the Tejo river, the restaurant was designed to “merge the duality of the sea and the land,” the interiors studio told Dezeen.
Striped benches create a corridor from the bar to the terrace
Named Anfibio – Latin for amphibious, meaning suited for both land and water – the restaurant serves both local seafood and “countryside produce”.
It is located in a glass-walled, pavilion-like structure designed by local architecture studio João Luís Carrilho da Graça alongside the Tejo river and its interiors were informed by its riverfront location drawing on the “dazzling reflections of the sun on the water”.
The lighting is designed to “allow Anfibio to transform between day and night”
Within the 500-square-metre restaurant, which is used as a nightclub in the evenings, wooden flooring was stained with a “watery green” colour and a mirror-like fabric was used on the ceiling to reflect and refract light.
“The building’s architecture aims to blend in and go unnoticed, striving to merge with the river and reflect the city of Lisbon,” said Bacana Studio founder Ingrid Aparicio.
The restaurant is located on the Tejo river
According to the Bacana Studio, the open plan layout and five-metre-high ceilings posed a lighting and acoustic challenge.
As a result, the studio focused on “creating visual and functional interest from the ground up” with decorative elements, lighting and architectural features rising up from the floor.
“It’s the lighting itself that shapes and defines the spaces,” Aparicio explained. “We devised a concept where lighting emanates from the furniture, creating intimate spaces and avoiding the sensation of being in a vast and cold space.”
Light fittings emerge from the furniture
Small brass-shaded table lamps and arched brass and glass lamps, which were crafted to resemble the antennas of aquatic creatures, provide ambient lighting for each table and unify the space.
Visitors are greeted by a curvilinear “snake sofa” that divides the restaurant into two areas – an intimate zone with smaller tables on one side, and a more communal area with a large 10-seater table on the other.
“The design is meant to encourage you to let loose, which is why the organic shapes in the sofas, tables, and chairs, create an interesting flow to the space,” explained Aparicio.
On either end of the intimate zone is a long, 20-seater community table. The studio designed these with an aim to pay homage to the spirit of Lisbon’s traditional fish markets, serving as “a symbolic nod to the shared dining experiences fostered in such lively and communal settings”.
The wait-staff station and the wood, wicker and brass bar separate the kitchen from the dining area.
The “snake sofa” divides the space
Two long, striped benches, positioned with their backs facing each other, lead out to the terrace, “segmenting the expansive layout of the restaurant into more intimate sections”.
The terrace, overlooking the port and the city of Lisbon, aims to “evoke the essence of an authentic beach club”.
Stripes were prominently used on the walls, upholstery, and furnishings, reminiscent of Portuguese fishermen’s cottages and coastal awnings.
Natural materials such as wood and wicker were prominently used
All OLED TVs offer exceptional viewing angles.
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What is an OLED TV?
OLED stands for “organic light-emitting diode.” Instead of using a traditional LCD panel with a backlight, like those found on QLED and LED TVs, OLED TVs are self-illuminating. This means that each pixel on an OLED can emit its own light or turn off completely, enabling an infinite contrast ratio. Because of this incredible contrast performance, OLED displays are among the best 4K TVs you can buy.
Though there are a few different types of OLED panels, they all share the same key benefits of pixel-level contrast and wide viewing angles. Some OLED subtypes, however, have extra perks that make them even more desirable.
QD-OLED panels, for instance, have the added benefit of quantum dot technology, which enables them to produce an even wider and brighter range of colors. Sony and Samsung both use QD-OLED panels in their top TVs, like the S90C, S95C, and A95L.
Though LG doesn’t use QD-OLED, it does use another advanced OLED panel tech called MLA OLED. MLA stands for Micro Lens Array, and OLEDs with this tech employ a layer of tiny convex lenses to boost their brightness capabilities. The LG G3 is the first consumer OLED to use MLA tech.
Should OLED TV buyers worry about burn-in?
Even the best OLED TVs are technically susceptible to an issue known as burn-in. If you leave a static image on an OLED TV for an extended period — a news station’s chyron bar, for example — a faint after-image can get stuck on the screen.
Though it sounds alarming, burn-in is not a new phenomenon. Many past TV technologies, including plasma and CRT displays, have also been prone to this issue. While OLED buyers should be mindful of this risk, OLED TVs have built-in measures to combat burn-in, including automatic pixel-shift modes and pixel-refreshers.
Publications like Rtings have done long-term tests with many OLED TV models, and while the results do show that burn-in is possible in extreme use cases, the tests show that it shouldn’t be a problem for people with regular viewing habits.
I’ve owned an LG CX OLED TV for two years, and the screen has no signs of burn-in. In my experience, as long as you don’t plan on watching the same cable news channel all day long, burn-in shouldn’t be a deciding factor when choosing whether to get an OLED TV.
Are you ready to build a skin care routine but not sure where to start? Enter: The Eminence Organic Skin Care Best Sellers List! These are the tried and true products that licensed estheticians and skin care enthusiasts (like you!) swear by. Keep scrolling to find out how to incorporate these best-selling favorites into your skin care routine for day and night.
Your morning skin care routine is all about prep and protection to get your skin ready to face the day ahead. Here are six daily skin care steps to follow:
1. Cleanse
A thorough cleanse sets up your skin to absorb the ingredients in the rest of your routine. Eminence Organics Lead Skin Care Trainer Natalie Pergar advises: “You always want to begin with a cleanser. You can use a gel or milk, depending on how dry your skin is, and you want to do this in the morning and at night. Very simple.”
To get your morning routine started off right, we suggest the Mangosteen Daily Resurfacing Cleanser. This milky gel cleanser uses lactic acid to gently dissolve dead surface cells and reveal the glowing skin underneath. The face feels fresh and perfectly cleansed, not over-stripped. Surface buildup, impurities and blockages are removed, leaving the complexion looking clear, smooth and radiant.
Another option is to begin your day with the Stone Crop Gel Wash. A great choice for even the most sensitive skin, this gel cleanser contains stone crop, which hydrates and nourishes, plus revitalizing chamomile and restorative shea butter. The result is skin that appears clear, smooth and bright.
Application Tip: Cleanse with tepid water
Hot water has the potential to irritate and dry out your skin. Instead, cool things down with lukewarm water to help keep your moisture barrier intact.
2. Tone
Many of us skip this step in our skin care routines. Why? We tend to associate toners with stripping, alcohol-based astringents. However, today’s formulas have evolved to deliver moisture and nutrients that balance skin tone and prep the skin. Natalie says: “Think of your cleanser and toner as the shampoo and conditioner for your skin … Remember to use both of them daily.”
Try the Stone Crop Hydrating Mist. Ideal for all skin types, this refreshing facial mist is infused with stone crop to boost hydration and leave skin looking smooth and revitalized. This toner is particularly helpful for uneven skin types as it makes the skin appear clear, fresh and vibrant.
Application Tip: Apply to damp skin
According to Health Magazine, “Moist skin is 10 times more permeable than dry skin.” Apply a few spritzes of toner or facial mist while your skin is still damp to soak in all the skin care benefits.
3. Treat
Natalie tells us: “After you’ve prepped the skin, it’s time for all the finishing products. We always like to do what we call a “treatment” to your skin, and this helps if you have something that you want to minimize or reduce the appearance of.” Serums, concentrates and facial oils deliver active ingredients deep into the skin, helping to correct concerns and protect skin from damage caused by oxidative stress.
The Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Serum improves the look of fine lines and wrinkles. The potent Vitamin C in this serum is stabilized by botanically-derived ferulic acid and full of antioxidant-rich leafy greens to help improve the appearance of skin elasticity and hydration, while brightening the skin and improving the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
The Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum contains salicylic acid that gently exfoliates and brightens the look of the skin while boosting hydration. The Mangosteen Daily Resurfacing Concentrate includes aLactic Acid Complexand antioxidant-rich mangosteen to resurface the skin, refine the look of pores and provide protection from environmental stressors.
Serums, concentrates and facial oils are incredibly potent. You only need to apply three drops (oils and serums) or two pumps (concentrates) to experience their full benefits.
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4. Moisturize
All skin types need a moisturizer (yes, even if your skin is oily or acne-prone). Moisturizing is a crucial step toward keeping your protective moisture barrier intact and environmental stressors out.
If you’re dealing with mature skin, our Coconut Age Corrective Moisturizer is a great option. As well as moisturizing coconut oil and coconut water, it contains our Natural Retinol Alternative to help skin appear lifted and tightened and PhytoCellTec™ Swiss Green Apple Stem Cellsthat promote elasticity and delay visible signs of aging.
If you prefer something lightweight, try the Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Hydrator. This gel-cream delivers intense hydration and improves texture and luminosity, leaving skin feeling plumped and refreshed.
Application Tip: Don’t stop at your chin
The skin on your neck and chest needs love too. Apply your moisturizer all the way down to ensure the area stays hydrated and reaps the other benefits of the formula you choose.
5. Apply Eye Cream
Eye creams aren’t just for your nighttime skin care routine. The right formula can work wonders by waking up tired eyes, protecting this delicate area and smoothing fine lines and wrinkles. Eye creams are best applied after serums and you only need a small amount for them to be effective.
Our recommendations for a wide-awake look? Hibiscus Ultra Lift Eye Cream and Neroli Age Corrective Eye Serum. The best-selling Hibiscus Ultra Lift Eye Cream rapidly improves the appearance of puffy eyes, minimizes the look of dark undereye circles and quickly smooths the look of wrinkles.
The Neroli Age Corrective Eye Serum targets the look of undereye wrinkles and crow’s feet. A blend of coconut water and green apple hydrates and moisturizes the delicate skin near the eye.
Application Tip: Keep it cool
Leave the Hibiscus Ultra Lift Eye Cream in the fridge to boost the soothing and cooling effect of its stainless steel rollerball. This will add an extra de-puffing chill to your eye cream application.
6. SPF Protection
It goes without saying but we’ll say it anyway: You need to wear SPF every single day. If you’re looking for a product that does double duty, our Radiant Protection SPF Fluid is a great option. This all-mineral sunscreen offers a hydrating and nourishing feel with a dewy finish. It also contains bakuchiol, a retinol alternative that helps to smooth the skin’s texture and minimize the visible signs of aging.
If you’re after a little coverage and a mattified finish, look no further than the Sun Defense Minerals. Easily applied with the built-in brush, this natural mineral sun care adds a silky matte finish to the skin. Find your shade — or go translucent — for skin that appears even, flawless and smooth.
Application Tip: Apply SPF liberally every 2 hours
For maximum protection, apply sunscreen 15 minutes before sun exposure and then reapply it at least every 2 hours.
Skin Care Routine For Night
When your head hits the pillow, your skin goes into overdrive, repairing, restoring and regenerating as you sleep. For this reason, your night skin care routine is all about targeted treatments that tackle your skin concerns and conditions.
1. Cleanse
Even if you’ve gone makeup-free for the day, it’s important to wash your face morning and night. Washing at night helps remove impurities that have accumulated during the day and have the potential to clog pores, leading to dry, irritated skin and even breakouts. One of the best ways to get rid of buildup on your face is to start with a makeup remover. Our Herbal Eye Makeup Remover uses cucumber, calendula, lavender and chamomile to gently cleanse the eye area without leaving behind an oily residue.
Follow that up with the Stone Crop Gel Wash. Infused with hydrating stone crop, this wash is ideal for all skin types as it cleanses impurities and surface buildup without drying out the skin. We also love this best seller for its ability to deeply cleanse pores without irritation, leaving the skin looking bright and feeling soft and clean.
The Mangosteen Resurfacing Cleanser is another beloved face wash that works for day and night. A customer named Sophie gave it five stars on our website, saying in her review: “This product is by far the best I’ve tried for my skin … leaves it clean and refreshed … the amazing scent adds to the beauty of the product!”
Application Tip: Be gentle
A gentle massage with your fingertips is all it takes to cleanse the skin. Rub the product in using circular motions and then rinse thoroughly with a soft cloth.
2. Tone
Not just for your morning routine, a toner can revitalize your skin as part of your nighttime ritual. If you’re already using it in the morning, why not try the Stone Crop Hydrating Mist before bed too? A few spritzes before your serum will boost hydration and leave skin looking smooth and refreshed.
Application Tip: Try a cotton pad
If you usually spritz on a toner or mist, try spraying it onto a reusable pad and wiping your face down. Not only will it deliver all of the benefits of the ingredients, you’ll get to say goodbye to any remnants of makeup or mask that may have been left behind post-cleanse.
3. Exfoliate
In addition to your regular cleanse, you should exfoliate a few times a week to encourage healthy skin cell turnover and renewal. Daily exposure to environmental stressors can cause buildup on the skin’s surface, making it appear dull, rough and uneven. Regular exfoliation clears this buildup, preventing clogged pores and the development of fine lines and wrinkles.
Refine your skin and achieve a bright and radiant-looking complexion with the Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant. Made with flour from rice, chickpea and oats, this product gently exfoliates and buffs skin’s texture, and also features lactic and salicylic acids to remove dead skin cells. Just add water and watch this powder exfoliant transform into a luxurious paste that removes impurities, refines the appearance of pores and smooths the look of the skin.
Application Tip: Add a powder exfoliant to your cleanser
To save time, double up on your double cleanse. Add Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant to the Stone Crop Gel Wash to add physical and chemical exfoliation to your cleansing routine.
4. Mask
Masking a few times a week is one of the best ways to see visible changes in your skin, fast. Face masks deliver concentrated amounts of vitamins and nutrients to hydrate the skin and treat a variety of skin concerns and conditions — from fine lines and wrinkles to breakouts and large pores. The treatment you choose will depend on your skin type and on the conditions you hope to tackle.
All skin types can benefit from the Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Masque. This cream-gel mask delivers a boost of vitamins to improve the appearance of skin hydration, leaving it looking bright, firm, youthful and smooth.
If one mask is good, then two is better, right? Many Eminence Organics masks pair well, and using two or more masks in one session allows you to personalize a formula that will work for your specific needs and give you the results you’re looking for. Try the Strawberry Rhubarb Masque and the Bamboo Age Corrective Masque. If your goal is skin that appears lifted and firm, this mask combo is for you.
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5. Treat
The best time to treat your skin to results-oriented actives and deeply nourishing ingredients is at night to help optimize your skin’s natural repair process. Whether you choose an oil, a serum or a concentrate, ingredients like our Natural Hydroquinone Alternative, Natural Retinol Alternative and Smart Collagen+ Complex can help restore the appearance of the skin overnight.
A few great treatment options include the Facial Recovery Oil or the Bamboo Firming Fluid. Let your skin soak in the goodness of Facial Recovery Oil’s Biodynamic® ingredients. A step up from organic, Biodynamic® methods enhance quality, delivering pure and potent actives that are even higher in vitamins, nutrients and active compounds.
The Bamboo Firming Fluid is a skin-plumping concentrate that will give you tighter-looking skin. Bamboo and coconut deeply hydrate and improve the appearance of elasticity in the skin.
Application Tip: Let it absorb
Natalie recommends letting your chosen treatment absorb fully (usually around five minutes) before moving on to the next step in your routine.
6. Night Cream
It may be tempting to use your daytime moisturizer at night, but their formulas are quite different. Night moisturizers are much richer in texture and are designed to be absorbed while you sleep. Additionally, they aim to fix any damage done to the skin during the day; they replenish moisture, help repair skin’s moisture barrier and target specific concerns like dark spots and the visible signs of aging.
In the evening, it’s vital to replenish your skin with night cream like our Marine Flower Peptide Night Cream or our Monoi Age Corrective Night Cream For Face & Neck. The luxurious Monoi Age Corrective Night Cream is infused with monoi, argan, evening primrose, jojoba and grapeseed oils to deeply hydrate skin and replenish moisture. It also includes an Argan Stem Cell Complex that leaves the skin looking firm and youthful.
The Marine Flower Peptide Night Cream is a rich, velvety overnight essential. Full of botanical peptides, it locks in moisture and minimizes the look of fine lines and wrinkles while you sleep!
Application Tip: Include your neck
Similar to the eye area, the neck has thinner and more fragile skin than the face, making it more vulnerable to the signs of aging. When applying your night cream, be sure to include your neck: Starting from the collarbone, work your way up to your jawline using fluid, upward motions for a natural lift.
7. Eye Cream
Because the delicate skin around your eye area has a different structure than the skin elsewhere on your face, applying your regular night cream won’t be as effective. Eye creams are not only formulated for this fragile area but also contain actives to target the specific issues your eye area is prone to, including dark circles, crow’s feet and puffiness.
At night, choose a rich formula that will deeply hydrate and plump your skin while you sleep. The Marine Flower Peptide Eye Cream is that cream. Not only does it contain naturally derived plant peptides and innovative algae extracts to reduce the visible signs of aging, this versatile eye cream provides long-lasting hydration and visibly improves the appearance of wrinkles, puffiness and dark circles. You’ll wake up to an eye area that is radiant and revitalized.
Application Tip: Be gentle
The skin around your eye area is extremely fragile. Instead of rubbing in your eye cream, use your ring finger to gently tap it into the skin.
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The entire ranges of wireless headsets for offices (Poly/Plantronics & Jabra) offer superior security against snooping. The informal spy over hearing the radio feed shall listen to a humming noise as the audio is coded & encrypted digitally. The headset product that is wireless does not permit 2 users occupying similar feeds & time frame under usual situations as devices by themselves pick the top existing channel, while if it sense intrusion from another users then it immediately alters the feed. With events taking place in high density time slots where a better time frame & feed is not available, 2 users close to one another & occupying similar feeds & time frame could feel mutes at times due to audio being received or transmitted and at times distortion too but not some spying on audio.
Safety against planned over hearing is via user verification plus 64-bit actual digital voice recognition as per norm of accepted algorithm – EN 300 175-7. Wireless headsets made by us apply uniform accustomed frequency hopping while in idle-lock condition that while the ground & headset are within enclosed range but audio isn’t enabled. This had be done to make sure the base & headset are there to look after alteration in spectrum of radio signal taking place because of further users and there being intruders, as need for link reliability improvement, there is a additional security layer effect. The sequence of hop is not fixed, physical environment based. It is an aperiodic functioning as with such a mode instead of altering feeds at regular time intervals, the feeds are altered at times when there happens to be a fresh users attempting to connect to the same feed & creating intrusion. Where there are multiple users, there is a security coat as different users alter feeds at will instead of remaining in a constant feed.
Security for wireless headset in Bluetooth:
Headsets having Bluetooth plus adapter converse through the normal 2.4 GHz link for Bluetooth that offers digital audio that’s of high standard, distance covered up to thirty feet and improved encryption for protected communique. Plus a device verification, user permission, and encryption through voice.
The specification 1.0 for Bluetooth explains the algorithm for link encryption as a linage code having 4 linear feedback shift registers (LFSR). The breadth total derived from LFSR is 128, while spec states “the effectual key span is closeable from eight & one hundred twenty eight bits”. Via this arrangement, Bluetooth can be used in nations with laws bordering encryption power, and “assisting an upgrade in future for safeguarding sans expensive redesign of either the encryption hardware and algorithms” as per Bluetooth patterns. Important generation & verification are most likely applying eight-round SAFER+ encryption formulae. Available information suggests security through Bluetooth shall be enough for nearly all purposes.
For same reason we can conclude that Bluetooth headsets are not the best solution for secure phone calls as they can be hacked, and for the same reason the best alternative for a secure conversation on a headset will be a DECT Level C headset.
Security for wireless headset in DECT:
For desk phones with a wireless headset, Poly and Jabra offers a higher chipset wireless systems and offers a higher encryption on the frequency of the DECT wireless connectivity, this headsets are more secure and harder to be hacked while on a cyber attack, compared with the regular DECT ( Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) headset that are available on the market. Among them we have the next ones:
This is the next generation of wireless headset from Poly, the Savi 7310 offers the newest chipset with security step enhanced with Military level FIPS 140-2 listed. This means that the encryption of the chip is of 256 AES encryption, versus the traditional DECT encryption of 128 bit. Thanks to this the range gets increased notably versus regular wireless headsets of up to 580 feet on line of sight, another noticeable improvement on the microphone thanks to a crystal clear conversation thanks to the latest compression and modulation techniques, which means that compared with regular wireless headsets the users voice will be more clear and the other side of the call will have the best sound quality available. For same reason this unit has the Poly Acoustic Fence technology which compared with regular noise canceling microphones makes a better job for really loud environments. Thanks to the technology found in the Savi 7310, allows to deploy more headsets of the same kind in a close space, up to 2x more density when compared with regular DECT headsets without interference among them. This headset allows the use of 2 devices at the same time, desk phone and a computer.
Jabra offers the Engage 65 Stereo as a more secure wireless DECT headset thanks to the advanced shipset found on it, with this on mind a office space can deploy X3 more users in the same office space using the same headset model. For easier words to explain how this works we can say that if a office space have regular DECT wireless headsets in place would be like having the speed of a station wagon and only able to carry 3 pieces of luggage, while with the Engage chipset would be having the speed of a sports car and being able to have up to 12 pieces of luggage. The Engage has Jabra advance noise-cancelling microphone that will block most of the outdoor sounds and will only be focus on the users voice, which means the deliver crystal-clear calls even in noisy offices. This unit can be used with the desk phone and the computer, for the same reason meets Microsoft Teams Office requirements and offers a really lightweight and comfortable design with powerful speakers for a rich sound quality. The security level on the DECT frequency would considered as Security C that is the same level as a military grade frequency, making it an alternative for people wanting a wireless headset but considering the security while on a call.
Jabra offers this alternative for a computer headset with a higher encryption on the unit. Thanks to the advanced chipset found on the headset and the Link 400 this is a Level C Security wireless DECT headset. Offering a range of up to 490 feet, pretty similar as the desk phone version. With Jabra’s advanced noise-cancelling microphones similar as the desk phone counter part that makes an amazing job blocking unwanted background noises and with the lightweight headset design, making it the way to go for a secure DECT wireless headset for the computer as it is certified for Microsoft Teams and fully compatible with the Engage 65/75 bases as well.
