Skincare doesn’t stop at your jawline, but most routines do. I give the rest of the body the same scrutiny I give my face. I look for formulas that feel good enough to use every day and work hard enough to show results. If a body cream smells divine but leaves me itchy or greasy, it’s out.
This is where I review all of it: body washes, scrubs, lotions, hand creams, and the occasional hair and scalp treatment.
Dry, cracked hands? Start with the best hand creams for dry, aging hands.
Want to turn a bath into a treatment? Here is my bath skincare routine.
Here’s one upside to being homebound: I am going through a lot of product! Perhaps it’s all the time we have to kill. Or has self-care become a healthy distraction from the reality that we’re not going anywhere anytime soon?…
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Greetings from Portland, Maine where I just discovered my new favorite travel-sized grooming product. After unpacking the 23894 tubes and jars I brought with me for the weekend, I realized I had forgotten to pack the one item both my…
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Constantly trying new products is the most fun part of being in the beauty industry. Catching up with the latest and greatest however leaves very little room for product loyalty. It is rare for me to finish a product. So…
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Sticking exclusively with a single serum or moisturizer for 30 days is almost impossible with so much product I want to try at any given time. Committing a month to a supplement routine seemed much easier. For the month of…
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For someone so passionate about skincare, I sure neglect the body part of self-care… You see, once I step out of the shower, I zoom in on facial serums and any body related treatments remain peripheral. Until recently. You have…
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Pour one out for the Coco Cabana Cream. Sol de Janeiro discontinued it back in 2023, and if you want a jar now, the internet wants $160 for one, which is roughly La Mer money for a coconut body cream.…
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I love baths. I’ll take them with bubbles, salts, milky powders, tea leaves, rose petals, whole seaweed…I am very inclusive. A long hot bath easily tops my list of most relaxing things to do. It pairs well with a candle…
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There isn’t a body care classic more celebrated than the iconic L’OCCITANE hand cream. A global phenomenon, it’s very well deserving of its cult status. When the 25% Shea Butter Intensive Hand Balm launched, my first accusatory passive aggressive question…
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