The Clarins Extra Firming Mask exceeded my expectations and today I want to talk about why I love it so much, and why you should put this luxurious, moisturizing goddess on your radar. My skin type Normal, these days. Oily skin seems to be a problem of the past, even in the summer. Also a reminder that I am aging!…
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I do know better than this… but I managed to get myself sunburned. On top of that, I recently moved to a new apartment where the dry air (and electric static) is out of control. So, to remedy that, I first bought an aesthetically pleasing humidifier, which is working quite well for the static electricity and humidity levels in the…
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Prepare yourself for soft, supple skin! One of my favorite things to use in a skincare routine is a sleeping mask. It makes your skin soft, pumps it with moisture, can pull double duty by working as a regular moisturizer plus overnight mask, can help lighten acne scars, can exfoliate… the list can continue but I will stop right there!…
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Getting quite a bit of usage out of the Shea Moisture Manuka Honey & Yogurt Glow Getter Pressed Serum Moisturizer so I figured it’s time for me to talk a little bit about it! My skin type Oily and imperfect. I have fading dark acne scars and tiny icepick scars on my cheeks. What it’s supposed to do From the…
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Back when Nordstrom was having a pop-up natural beauty sale, I picked up a few items. One of them was from a brand I had never heard of before, Truly Organic. They had a few things that sparked my interest, but I didn’t want to regret my purchase so I just stuck to one item, the Hemp Oil Facial Serum.
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Peter Thomas Roth has released a line of cannabis sativa seed oil based products guaranteed to soothe irritated skin and keep you moisturized. I was able to try the Green Releaf Therapeutic Sleep Cream Skin Protectant courtesy of the brand and Brandbacker and am now ready to share my thoughts on it.
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The Ordinary “B” Oil really surprised me! At first glance (and smell) I didn’t think I would like it, but once I sampled it on my hand and saw how nicely it sank in, I was almost convinced, but still cautious. After a couple months of using it, I am happy to report I like it! A lot! I have…
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Many months ago, I noticed a strange phenomenon: I was nearly out of all of my moisturizers! So I quickly set a budget and went looking. After a lot of wheel-spinning, I settled on First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream, a cream that has found its way on a lot of people’s vanity. I purchased this cream with the forthcoming…
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Hold on to your wallets y’all because this antiaging serum is about to have you foregoing those summer makeup releases and saving up your coins for this gem. The serum in question is in balm form (love!) and is the Algenist Recharging Night Pressed Serum and it brings me so much joy, I have to recommend it (I also have…
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I love the Sephora Collection and I love roses so when I saw the $8.00 Sephora Rose Moisturizing Cream, I was skeptical, but excited to try it.
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I love a good beauty set. Even more, I love a good skincare set because not only do you get to try a bunch of different things at once, you get to take them with you if you’re traveling. Sometimes, there isn’t enough product in skincare sets to form an opinion on the product, but I’d say the Biossance Weightless…
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I had my eye on the Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Glow Moisturizer for some time. I’m not sure why, but anytime I see a heap of people come out saying something is great, I become very, very skeptical. That happened with this moisturizer courtesy of Influenster, by the way. I didn’t get mine from there, I bought it from Nordstrom. It…
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I went and got a sample of Drunk Elephant’s $72.00 Virgin Marula Oil from Sephora for the purposes of this comparison review. In this review, I’ll be comparing it to The Ordinary’s Virgin Marula Oil to determine if it’s worth the extra cost. Recall that I wrote a similar review comparing The Ordinary’s Squalane with Biossance’s Squalane and it was…
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My last bout with Marula Oil didn’t go so well, so I was very interested to try the 100% Cold-Pressed Virgin Marula Oil from The Ordinary ($9.90). My skin type Oily What it’s supposed to do Moisturize Ingredients Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil. How I use it Skin I use this oil primarily on my skin as a moisturizer. This is…
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Many of you have tried at least one product from The Ordinary; they are cheap, basic products that haven’t generally sparked much joy for me. They are special, though, because the whole point of the line was to show that active ingredients don’t have to be so expensive and inaccessible by the average person. The problem is, they’re pretty boring.…
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After my success with Hydropeptide’s Lumapro-C Lotion for my acne scars, I was very much looking forward to trying their Nimni Cream, a patened collagen support complex cream. It’s also got retinol as a main ingredient. I have always found it very hard to get excited bout retinol, but when I read that it’s a time-release retinol, my antennas went…
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I bought the Sunday Riley Sunday School Skincare Kit when it first came to Sephora, during the VIB sale. I was very excited to try this combination of items, plus I had been eyeing the cleansing oil and moisturizer in the CEO line. My skin type Oily af, annoying hyperpigmentation on cheeks and chin due to monthly hormonal acne; enlarged,…
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It’s Sunscreen Week! So today, I have a long-time-coming review of the CosRX Aloe Soothing Sun Cream SPF 50+ PA+++. I purchased this a while back when I went to New York and hauled lots of Asian beauty products. Pretty sure I got it from oo35mm.
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I hadn’t thought one bit about squalane until I started seeing the ingredient in oils everywhere. I had seen it randomly on Sephora website, but have always been really adverse to putting oil on my skin. After trying and loving The Ordinary’s 100% Plant-Derived Squalane, I thought why not try the Biossance Squalane, especially since the brand offers free samples! The…
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