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Lauren’s running list of the best beauty, travel, wellness, fashion and home things — honestly reviewed, never paid for. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:50:03 GMT https://bestbylauren.com/travel/best-places-to-work-from/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/best-places-to-work-from/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Where to actually get work done abroad — cliff cafés, hotel desks, bookshops and beach loungers — and which of them survive a full working day. travel https://bestbylauren.com/travel/palm-springs-house/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/palm-springs-house/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT A weekend at the Palm Springs house — renting a place instead of a hotel, what it costs, and why it is the trip everyone actually remembers. travel https://bestbylauren.com/travel/best-books/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/best-books/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The books that held up on a sun lounger, a ferry and a linen sofa — what to pack, what to skip, and the one I finished in two afternoons. travel https://bestbylauren.com/food/best-meals/ https://bestbylauren.com/food/best-meals/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The best things I ate this year — the cacio e pepe wheel, a table-side flambé, island oysters and the pastry counter I keep thinking about. food https://bestbylauren.com/fashion/summer-uniform/ https://bestbylauren.com/fashion/summer-uniform/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT The five things I wear all summer, on repeat, in every hot country — and why a uniform beats a wardrobe when you are living out of a bag. fashion https://bestbylauren.com/home/malibu-weekends/ https://bestbylauren.com/home/malibu-weekends/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Malibu that is not the beach clubs — the fig ranch, the canyon houses, the roses, and the sunset walk that is the whole point of living here. home https://bestbylauren.com/wellness/best-recovery/ https://bestbylauren.com/wellness/best-recovery/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The classes and recovery tools that were worth booking — reformer pilates, assisted stretching, cold plunge, infrared and red light — and what each one actually did. wellness https://bestbylauren.com/travel/best-pools/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/best-pools/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The pools worth choosing a hotel for — rooftop, jungle, desert and palace — with what makes each one better than the photograph suggests. travel https://bestbylauren.com/travel/switzerland-in-winter/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/switzerland-in-winter/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT A winter diary from Switzerland — the snowboarding, the fondue, and why the coldest trip of the year is the one I look forward to most. travel https://bestbylauren.com/home/malibu-apartment/ https://bestbylauren.com/home/malibu-apartment/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Every room of the Malibu apartment, with what each piece is and what it cost — the three rules I decorated by and the cheap things that read expensive. home https://bestbylauren.com/home/cheap-things-that-look-expensive/ https://bestbylauren.com/home/cheap-things-that-look-expensive/ Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT 9 inexpensive home things — all under $70 — that read like they cost far more. 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From four months living there. travel https://bestbylauren.com/wellness/best-wellness-things/ https://bestbylauren.com/wellness/best-wellness-things/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT The wellness things that earned their suitcase space across six months and eleven time zones — sleep stack, recovery tools, and the gym kit that travelled. wellness https://bestbylauren.com/beauty/best-sunscreens/ https://bestbylauren.com/beauty/best-sunscreens/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Face sunscreens that don’t leave a white cast, don’t pill under foundation, and don’t smell like a pool. Tested daily across a year of sun. beauty https://bestbylauren.com/travel/carry-on-essentials/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/carry-on-essentials/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 7 things that permanently live in my carry-on — bags, tech, skincare and the two cheap items that make a long-haul flight survivable. travel https://bestbylauren.com/beauty/best-korean-skincare/ https://bestbylauren.com/beauty/best-korean-skincare/ Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Korean skincare worth the suitcase space — tested in Seoul and still being repurchased a year later. Prices, where to buy, what to skip. beauty https://bestbylauren.com/travel/seoul-treatments/ https://bestbylauren.com/travel/seoul-treatments/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT The skin treatments in Seoul that are worth the flight — what they cost, what they actually do, and the two I would not book again. travel https://bestbylauren.com/fashion/best-investment-pieces/ https://bestbylauren.com/fashion/best-investment-pieces/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT The expensive wardrobe pieces that earned it — bags, sunglasses and outerwear — with real cost-per-wear numbers and the three purchases I regret. fashion https://bestbylauren.com/beauty/best-lash-serums/ https://bestbylauren.com/beauty/best-lash-serums/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Four lash serums tested side by side for six weeks, photographed weekly. 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