Beauty Talk

A beeswax candle made with Stylus and named 儚い, hakanai: ephemeral, fleeting, made to be used up. Smoke, clove and something fizzy, launching October 29.

Fairly often, someone tells us they don’t like incense. What they don’t like is usually a memory. Japanese incense is another thing altogether, and the reason is simple: there is no stick inside it.

There's a word in Japanese for what your hair is doing right now, and it explains fall shedding better than anything in English does.

Whether you’re shopping for someone who “has everything” or someone whose taste terrifies you, you’ll leave with something they didn’t know they needed — and will never want to part with.

The scent at Nine Orchard hotel didn't come from a hospitality-amenities brand — it came from a Gramercy Park boutique. Here's who made it, and how to bring it home.

Wirecutter tested one deodorant and split their panel right down the middle. The reason comes down to your skin's microbiome — and why the fix isn't finding "the one," it's testing. A guide to FINE's cream, AKT's balm, and Movida's stick.

He remembers your hair. Twenty-five years, a salon on First Street, a store twenty blocks north, and finally, a line of his own—the story of the man behind the name Takamichi.

Everyone knows to wear sunscreen. Almost no one wears enough of it. The two-finger rule, the shot glass, the SPF debate — what dermatologists actually say, and the question nobody quite agrees on.

After 20 years of working with clients and touching their hair every day, I've heard the same questions over and over. Should I brush wet or dry hair? How much shampoo should I use? What's tsubaki oil and why does it matter? Here are the answers to the most common hair care questions—based on what actually works, not marketing claims.

In its recent guide to New York’s evolving Korean cultural landscape, AFAR included Takamichi Beauty Room among a new generation of destinations redefining how Korean creativity is experienced in the city.