It feels like Black Friday is coming earlier and earlier every year. I am trying to take advantage of the advance sales to stock up on things I use or have been wanting to try, and to avoid shopping online on actual Black Friday as my fam will be swanning about in a luxury 80s…
Tag: beauty
Checklist 96: Travel Dreams and Good Face Stuff
RECOMMEND Norse Organics which is the same as Froya Organics (marketing lolz). I am LOVING these products. I’m not using anything else on my face and it looks and feels amazing. PACK YER BAGS Must do: Six Days Riding La Ruta del Vino (I can think of two besties who would absolutely die over this…
Feel Good Friday 092923 posted on Monday (is this the new norm?)
Should we just switch to Feel Good Monday? It doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it? Previously, I wrote: It’s a little staycation day for me! We’re headed to an early afternoon wedding, so I just took the whole day off: slept in, had a latte a la dada, walked Bob around Town Lake…
Current Fave Sunscreen: Supergoop!
Just letting y’all know that I’ve switched my face sunscreen to a tinted one because I literally cannot remember the last time I put makeup on my face but I do like a little smoothing of the skin tone. <<Supergoop! enters the chat>> Supergoop! has long been my favorite spray body sunscreen, with its very…
Love It: Kosas Tinted Face Oil Review
This review has been a long time coming because, frankly, for me there was a steep learning curve to Kosas tinted face oils. First, if you’ll remember, I interviewed founder Sheena Yaitanes for Orange Coast mag when she launched her first products, amazing lipsticks—article here. She’s deeply charming and honest, so when she launched the tinted…
My Dirtiest Hippie Adventure Yet: Kefir
My quest for the best probiotics to help heal my freakin’ face is well documented on this blog (here and here), but turns out the probiotic holy grail is probably kefir. Made-at-home, DIY kefir. Even if you’re a faux celeb, you gotta make it so it’s nothing but plain ol’ fermented milk. There are better…
The Great Mascara Quest of 2017
6 players. My midget-y eyelashes. Former beauty editor alert! Since Paula’s Choice discontinued Fantastic Lash, I’m left sans go-to mascara, as I don’t care for their replacement. So the Great Mascara Quest of 2017 began, aided by Sephora’s Lashstash to Go box, which features five deluxe mascaras in black—and a voucher to come back and…
Serumisouly | Paula’s Choice RESIST Smoothing Primer Serum SPF 30
Y’all know I’ve long been a big fan of Paula’s Choice. Still my go-to BHA exfoliant and facial cleanser. Recently discontinued my fave mascara, which has led me on Mascara Quest 2017 which will obviously be discussed with too many pictures in an upcoming post. But this post is about the new Resist Smoothing Primer…
Secret to Looking Fabulous: Kosas Lipsticks
Insanely rich in color and texture, Kosas lipsticks are awesome. They have literally changed the way and frequency with which I wear lipstick. Granted, I was already getting into it with Urban Decay, and I do still love some of the crazier shades offered by UD. Kosas are different. Kosas are for every day, for…
Big Dirty Hippie / Clean Beauty News: Introducing EWG Verified
I’m not big on certifications (not looking at Organic, cough, cough, or anything …). However, in the dirty-hippie aka clean beauty movement, the widely-recognized authority has always been the Environmental Working Group, so when they release a cert, it’s worth mentioning. (Also worth mentioning: I do NOT agree with all of the EWG’s positions or…