I’m trying to work through my extensive stash of skin care, makeup and hair products before buying anything new, so I’ll probably skip the Sephora VIB summer sale. But it’s a great time to score some of their premium products at a rare discount, so if you want to treat yourself to some special beauty bits or level-up your skin care routine, here are my top 10 favorite “splurge” products that I’d recommend for the…
While I figure out a summer upload schedule that doesn’t include another unintentional 3-week blogging vacation (oops) I thought I’d let the archives do the work by highlighting some of my favorite summer beauty posts of yore. From minimal makeup routines and the best tricks for perfectly air-dried hair, to a reliable sunless tanner that’s the next best thing to a natural tan, I have you covered with everything you need for a low-maintenance summertime…
I am not a skin care expert, but I play one with my friends. Nothing brings me more joy than a girlfriend texting me from Sephora with a question about which products she should buy; it validates all the hours I spent buried in skin care blogs and YouTube videos in my early 30s, when I started to panic a bit about aging and wanted to lock down a serious routine. I’m fascinated by the…
I take advantage of the Sephora Beauty Insider sales events by stocking up on skin care, from the products I can’t live without to new releases I want to try. I rounded up a list of my recommendations for the sale to help find the best stuff (in my humble, skin-obsessed opinion).
As I finish off beauty products, I toss the empty containers into a basket under my bathroom sink. When the basket fills up, I dump out the contents, inventory the goods, and type up a big ol’ blog post to share my thoughts on what each product does, if/why I loved it, and whether or not I’d repurchase.
I received Dermalogica’s new “Ultra Calming” products from Influenster to test and review. They claimed to “hydrate thirsty skin” and “stop irritation at its source,” to which I replied, “yes please and yes please.” Did they deliver results? Here are my thoughts after a month of consistent use.