Henrik Adamsen

41 international ELLE beauty editors share their favorite products and top-secret tricks for head-to-toe perfection.  Here are their findings on our top 3 categories.

Forever Young

S-words come up a lot when ELLE’s beauty editors list their anti-aging essentials: sleeping, smiling, sunscreen, and, of course, serums. For maximum moisture benefit, apply your daily serum to damp skin, recommends ELLE Serbia beauty editor Branislava Kostić, and don’t forget your neck. ELLE Japan’s Asako Matsui starts at the collarbone: “The neck ages much more easily and earlier than the face.”

(All photos taken by DEVON JARVIS/STUDIO D)

“The king of serums,” according to ELLE France: The revamped Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair treats skin while you sleep. ELLE China’s Helena Hu uses it twice a day: “It can really help repair your skin.”

Chanel Le Jour, La Nuit, and Le Weekend “give your skin what it needs when it needs it the most,” says ELLE Singapore’s Vanessa Chia. “Just mix a drop into any other cosmetics that you use,” recommends ELLE Poland’s Marta Rudowicz.

Developed by dermatologist and ELLE U.S. Beauty Genius award winner Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas, MD, PhD, DR. Macrene Skin Results 37 Extreme Actives encapsulates and combines 50 anti-aging ingredients in a single cream.

Sisley Supremÿa Yeux La Nuit serum is the ELLE U.S. team’s go-to for depuffing and revitalizing the delicate eye area overnight.

The Eyes Have it

Shouldn’t the windows to your soul always be mesmerizing? Emphasize your assets with these essential tools.

ELLE U.S. editors adore the high-impact color of Nars Eye Paint in Solomon Islands. Used as a liner or a shadow, the vibrant blue makes the whites of the eyes appear brighter.

A makeup-artist mainstay, the ultra versatile Dior Beauty Five-Color Eye Shadow has earned a well-deserved place as the most mentioned eye palette in ELLE U.S.

ELLE Spain’s Paola Saez de Montagut heats her curler with a hair dryer before use to add extra oomph to her lashes. Try the editor- and pro-beloved Kevyn Aucoin Eyelash Curler before or after mascara for the perfect eye-opening effect.

ELLE Germany’s Barbara Huber says Lancôme Hypnôse Star Mascara“gives lashes a perfect and seductive curve with great volume.” ELLE Serbia’s Kosti´c calls it “an all-time classic.”

Beauty S.O.S.

As ELLE Russia’s Maria Taranenko says, masks are “the easiest way to make your skin look gorgeous.”

The ultra moisturizing Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask makes skin “softer and brighter,” says ELLE China’s Hu. According to ELLE Italy’s Sabrina Bottone, it’s “a Cinderella mask.”

According to ELLE France editors, Glamglow Youthmud Tinglexfoliate Treatment is a photo-shoot beauty essential whenever models show up with “drab skin and little post-jet-lag pimples.”

“On long flights, I’ll chill my sheet mask in a glass of ice water before I apply it,” says ELLE Singapore’s Chia. Giorgio Armani Beauty Luminessence Bright Infusion Bio-Cellulose Mask plumps and illuminates in 20 minutes.

“Think of the dead cells on the surface of the epidermis as a barrier,” says ELLE Portugal’s Joana Brito. “You have to remove them for the products to get in.” Natura Bisse Tolerance Enzyme Peel provides exfoliation without irritation.