Radiance is an independent magazine for readers who want a straight answer before they spend money on beauty. We run comparative tests on the products that fill American medicine cabinets and vanity drawers, and we buy every one of them ourselves, at full price, from the same drugstores and stores everyone else shops. Nothing arrives from a brand’s press office, nothing is borrowed for review, and no ranking here has ever been paid for. Our editorial team works alongside a review committee of dermatologists and a biochemist who help us understand what we’re seeing in the lab and on skin. We publish for readers across the United States, from humid Atlantic summers to dry, heated winters, because the right product often depends on the season as much as the shade.