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April 2, 2025

Products That Have Rescued My Hair

Hair care has become my priority. My hair journey has been a source of angst the past couple of years. Hair thinning, hair loss, frizz and dullness. After some trial and error, I have finally found products that rescued my hair (and sanity).

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Filed Under: Beauty Tagged: anit frizz, briogeo, Color wow, crown affair, dae, dry shampoo, frizzy hair, hair and aging, hair and menopause, hair and stress, hair care, hair health, hair loss, hair oil, hair rescue, hair thinning, kerastase, leave-in conditioner, nutrafol, postpartum hair, quai, sephora

January 6, 2023

Skin Care Products I’m Bringing Into 2023

Last year I made some updates to my skin care routine. I enjoy testing new products from brands I already own, and discovering new clean beauty brands. Over the past several years, I’ve made a big effort to use only clean and non-toxic products or finding brands that use the best ingredients. Skin care is an investment and there are tons of skin care products on the market, so, if you’re willing to invest in your skin and invest the time to find what’s right for you, it is worth it!

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Filed Under: Beauty Tagged: 2022 beauty, beauty routine, blue mercury, clean beauty, credo, Dr. Barbara strum, elta md, face wash, fine lines, herbivore, is clinical, moisturizer, night cream, non toxic beauty, nordstrom, odacite, osea, serum, Sisley, skin care, skin care routine, sunscreen

December 30, 2020

Skincare Products I Loved in 2020

I meant to share this post earlier in the month, but better late than never. I’d like to say that very few makeup days this past year helped with refreshing my skin, but really a great skincare product can do wonders if used properly and consistently. A few requests came in to share my go-to’s, so here is what I loved in 2020!

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Filed Under: Beauty Tagged: 2020 beauty favorites, beauty routine, biossance, goop, healthy skin, indie lee, mad hippie, nighttime beauty, Peter Thomas roth, ren, skincare, sunday riley, suntegrity, tata harper

August 7, 2019

Clean Beauty With Beautycounter

Beauty CounterOver the past several years there has been an increase of clean beauty brands entering the market and a huge push for cleaner and safer ingredients, awareness of their benefits and transparency from beauty companies. I know I’m not the only one making a shift to my beauty routine, so it’s amazing to see a variety of clean beauty products at different price ranges, from newer and smaller companies to larger and more well-known brands.Continue Reading…

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Filed Under: Beauty Tagged: beauty, beauty products, beauty routine, beautycounter, better beauty, body wash, clean beauty, facial oil, recovery sleeping cream, safe ingredients

October 17, 2017

BEAUTY: Easy Does It

Before becoming Mom, and even more so now, I have always been searching for easy to use makeup products that I can swipe on and go. As much as I love to watch makeup tutorials on Instagram and lust over all the eyeshadows, contouring techniques and lipsticks, I simply have never been a huge makeup person.Continue Reading…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Style Tagged: beauty, beauty products, bobbi brown, charlotte tilbury, concealer, easy beauty, healthy glow, laura mercier, lipglass, lipstick, matte lipstick, nars

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