and the pretty things in-between
-and the pretty things in-between-
I'm an everyday consumer, trying to navigate my way through a product rich landscape.
I've been playing cool the last couple of months with my skin care routine. Sometimes just doing the bare minimum. I try to maintain my skin but there are times when the idea of a multi-step routine is just tiresome. For the nights when I feel like that, I will just add a moisturizer and completely skip on toner and serums.
Read MoreSo a new season is upon us, and with that it brings cooler , possibly drier weather. Which means making a change to my skin care routine. In the summer adding too many layers wasn’t a good thing due to the nature of my oily skin. Applying too much moisture in the heat and humidity didn’t make sense.
Read MoreIf you’ve read any of my previous skin care posts, you might have noticed that I tend to use a good amount of products in my routine. I generally apply a multi-step process to my skin care routine. This summer though I’ve paired it down dramatically. This isn’t because I found a multi-step process to be too much or because my skin was reacting to any of the products, it was just laziness plain and simple. I didn’t feel like applying multiple serums and toners, so I didn’t.
Read MoreSo I have a couple different toners in my skin care wardrobe that I use. For the most part they were pretty random purchases. Some like the LJH were just because it was on sale and I’d heard great things about the skin care line it belonged to, I figured I had nothing to lose.
Read MoreSo if you’re into Asian skin care then you may have come across the term 7 skin method. Essentially one is applying their toner to their skin 7 times in a row. You just pat pat, pat it in. You can use a single toner or rotate it. Initially when I came across this method I thought it was foolish and a waste of my time, just another fad
Read MoreChemical exfoliants are becoming quite popular, and with that popularity the range of exfoliants available has grown. They all seem interesting and could possibly be a great addition to your skincare routine, but what do you do when you want to purchase more than one? Does it make sense to have a routine that contains multiple chemical exfoliants in it?
Read MoreDo you ever find yourself buying the same type of product over and over again. One or two would do the job, but yet somehow you find yourself making the purchase for this item or that item multiple times. It may be a different brand, different packaging or even a different formula but the job it does still remains the same.There are certain skincare items that I gravitate to more than others.
Read MoreWith the change in weather one of the obvious changes that we often make is to our skincare. Our face tends to be the one thing that is exposed to the elements all the time. Whether you are braving the cold weather while waiting at a bus stop or commuting in your car, your skin will feel it. If it’s not the cold bracing winds then it’s the dry heated air, either way your skin ends up the loser.
Read MoreSo I’ve bought quite a few new skincare products over the last four months. I tried to grab everything when it was on sale, some was impulse like the Son & Park Beauty Water and some I’d been thinking about for months like the Goodal Barrier Cream Fresh.
Instead of grouping the product by the site that I purchased it from - since they may no longer be available I’ve grouped it by category. So cleansers, toners etc.
Read MoreI saw beauty and the cat layout her routine this way and I really liked so I decided to adapt it for my post. My routine looks pretty extensive and sometimes it can be, I don’t have problem skin per se. What I mean is I don’t suffer from acne. I occasionally get hormonal pimples and may get some white heads if I go overboard with my chemical exfoliants or if I become lax and don’t moisturize at all.
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