While in Boston, I spotted a soap maker outside Faneuil Hall. Being the constant lover of soap, I stopped by and bought a few bars. I thought there name, “Scent for You” was cute and I figured the swirly designs on the bar would look posh in my shower. Aesthetics, people. They MATTER. Anywhooo…. The scent of this was “Black Forest” but I’ll be honest… My sense of smell kind of stinks. So either this wasn’t very scented or my sniffer conked out when I used this in the shower. Maybe the whole “Scent for You” moniker was just a
Tag: skincare
Cosmetic Ingredient: Cyclomethicone
Cyclomethicone is a common ingredient in the beauty industry. The products you can find it in run the gamut of deodorant and antiperspirants to sunscreens, hair care products, moisturizer, perfume and more. Let’s get into it! What is it? Cyclomethicone embodies both multiple and/or individual cyclic siloxane materials. It is derived from both silicon and oxygen. This ingredient is in the form of a clear liquid. It contains no alcohol and has no smell. Why is it in my beauty products? One of the benefits of cyclomethicone is its ability to provide a smooth texture that glides on skin in
Trash Talk #2
Guess what?! I have more empties and garbage to show you! Skin&Co – Truffle Therapy Cleansing Oil I was sooooo upset with myself because I didn’t fully seal this bad boy and it *somehow* tipped over in the middle of the night (I’m blaming the fiancé) and a third of it’s contents were lost to the bathroom counter! I know I have too many products anyway but I was actually thoroughly enjoying this oil! It was taking off my makeup and dare I say leaving my skin moisturized at the same time?! This was definitely good to both me and
Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting Gel with 8% AHA
Anyone remember when I discussed the disappearing blackheads and the Triple Action BHA Gel? Well, I decided to try it’s cousin, the skin perfecting gel that works with AHAs instead of BHAs and now I’m ready to reveal… MY OPINION. (Overly dramatic but it’s hard to spice up a beauty review sometimes). Let’s just say… This did everything the BHA stuff didn’t do. And what I mean by that, is it purged the holy hell out of my skin and then left me looking like a ate some kind of glow-bomb. Which I am definitely not opposed to. I mean,
Paula’s Choice – RESIST Skin Revealing Body Lotion 10% AHA
I’ve mentioned before on here that I have heinously dry skin. My legs are usually in a state of red alert because I’ll scratch them bloody without even realizing it. Part of this is due to medication and part of it is due to sensitivity to lavender which finds its way into all sorts of skincare products but hides itself behind the ingredient “fragrance”. Ugh. My skin is doing much better due to this lotion BUT, I’ll have to be honest. At first, I didn’t think it worked all that great. And I was all bummed because I was going
My Issue with Sephora.
I like makeup and skincare. Sephora is the Mecca for beauty. Therefore, it follows that I should adore Sephora with all my heart. However, their customer service just flushed away any last remaining bits of loyalty I’ve had for them. It started with the August sale they had. I, being the junkie that I am, purchased products for 20% off. Score! Buuuut, when my package arrived, it was all sorts of wrong. It was filled with all the things I didn’t order. Boo. I called one of my girlfriends up with the disappointing news. “Strange,” she said. “I got a
Seneca Naturals – Oatmeal Soap Bar
OH. MY. GOD. That’s what I said out loud, in the shower, the first time I used this bar. I will get super honest with you. Although I’ve learned how to manage the skin on my face, the rest of my body borderlines on a nightmare. My skin is I-T-C-H-Y. To the point where I scratch. I scratch until I’ve actually caused bodily harm to myself, looking down long enough to realize I’ve drawn blood. Which is why I don’t really talk about any products that work for the body on this blog. I haven’t really found any. But when
Trash Talk, aka “Empties” #1
I know that this has been rehashed and talked about ad nauseam by many beauty bloggers and YouTubers, but the idea of keeping my garbage around so I can discuss it all with you sounds so millennial that I CAN’T EVEN. I hope archaeologists dig into the wires of the internet a thousand years from now and the twenty first century becomes a discussion of how our generation glorified trashed skincare bottles and empty makeup palettes. Can you imagine? It would be the best college class EVER. Okay, on with it then! Paula’s Choice Smooth Finish Conditioner – I loved
Fox Island Trading Co. – Caribbean Black Soap
I have an obsession with handmade bar soap. I like to travel to different places and buy it from different locations. I like to chat up the owners and buy their most unique bars. I like it so much that I even make my own soap. As you could probably imagine, I have oodles of soap. Thus, it takes a lot for me to return to a vendor and buy more which is what I did with this company. This is the first bar I’m reviewing from them but I would like to say unequivocally that I truly do love this brand. When I
Paula’s Choice – Triple Action Dark Spot Eraser 2% BHA Gel
I woke up a few weeks ago, looked in the mirror, and wandered when I got freckles on my nose. Then I looked closer and realized they weren’t freckles… They were jumbo sized blackheads that were managing to trap every bit of dirt and debris that encountered my skin. Gnarly, right? Obviously, the first thing I did was wrack my brain on what I changed in my skincare and I realized I had stopped using one thing: Paula’s Choice Triple Action Dark Spot Eraser 2% BHA Gel. Now you KNOW this immediately re-entered my skincare routine and I’m happy to