{"id":339754,"date":"2026-03-15T01:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/339754\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:02:14","slug":"our-thoughts-on-dua-lipas-skin-care-line-with-augustinus-bader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/339754\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Thoughts On Dua Lipa&#8217;s Skin-Care Line With Augustinus Bader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Augustinus Bader is the ultimate \u201cif you know, you know\u201d skin-care brand. With their formidable reputation and even more formidable pricing, AB\u2019s moisturizers are can\u2019t-live-without items for a specific cadre of aficionados. In our own testing, they had an undeniable appeal. And despite The Rich Cream\u2019s eye-watering price tag, this indulgent, luscious offering remains a pick in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/reviews\/best-moisturizers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our guide to the best moisturizers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So when we learned that the brand \u2014 which was founded by a stem-cell scientist \u2014 partnered with pop icon Dua Lipa on a three-product collection called DUA, our beauty team\u2019s Slack channel was abuzz with hope, surprise, and excitement. With products capped at $80, the line is positioned toward a younger audience, and it\u2019s marketed as being \u201cPowered by Augustinus Bader Science.\u201d The DUA moisturizer costs less than a quarter of the price of The Rich Cream. But could it truly free up hundreds of dollars in our skin-care budgets without sacrificing the luxurious feel, instant soothing, and high-quality ingredients of the AB cream?<\/p>\n<p>Along with two other colleagues, I tested the full DUA line for a month. I\u2019m in my 30s, as is one other tester, and the third tester is in her 50s. We all have different skin types and significant experience with Augustinus Bader\u2019s heritage lineup. We tracked DUA\u2019s texture, absorption, and wear under makeup. I also consulted a dermatologist and a cosmetic chemist to dissect the science behind the marketing.<\/p>\n<p>After four weeks of testing, interviews with experts, and debates among panelists, the consensus was clear: DUA\u2019s products aren\u2019t staging the coup that our wallets were hoping for. The brand doesn\u2019t claim to be a direct replacement for the main line, but the association made us hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, we found that the DUA products are perfectly fine, but you aren\u2019t getting AB results for a fraction of the price. I love Dua Lipa for her contralto, but she isn\u2019t beating the skepticism we hold for celebrity-backed ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Augustinus Bader is the ultimate \u201cif you know, you know\u201d skin-care brand. With their formidable reputation and even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-339754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}