Lemongrass Body Oil by S.W. Basics

Founder Adina Grigore on why raw ingredients are best, and her new summer product out today

If you glance over the label on any skincare product sitting on your shelves, you’ll most likely find a long list of chemical or synthetic ingredients. Resolutely taking the opposite approach is Brooklyn-based S.W. Basics. To simply label them “all natural” seems inaccurate, since the phrase is tossed around so freely in the unregulated cosmetics industry. Instead, S.W. Basics can be described as a line …

Randy Mamola and Riders for Health

The racing legend brings motorcycles to Africa to increase accessibility to medical care

by Katharine Erwin Randy Mamola is undoubtedly one of the greatest racers to never actually win a world championship. A crowd-pleasing racer with a heart of gold, Mamola’s best known moment was in 1985 with Moto Grand Prix’s most epic save. Mamola hails from San Jose, California, and in 1976 at just 16 years old, he was not only a known racer, but was also …

Four High-Powered Sunscreens

Keep your skin protected and healthy this summer with a layer of zinc oxide

At the height of summer, with seemingly endless weekends sprawled out on lawns and beaches, it’s hard not to succumb to apathy and ignore sun care. Even if you haven’t worn sunscreen all summer, it is never too late to start protecting your skin from harmful rays and to incorporate an SPF into your daily routine. In the spirit of building healthy habits, we sought …