Today, I want to quickly share my thoughts on The Inkey List Bio-Active Ceramide Repairing and Plumping Moisturizer. I may only battle dry(ish) skin this time of year, but skin-firming goals are always front and center in my year-round plan.…
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One unexpected side effect of living abroad is how clearly your beauty priorities come into focus. When products aren’t constantly landing on your doorstep, you stop chasing everything and start noticing what actually lingers in your mind. Also, all PR…
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Same Name, Different Sunscreen. Moving to Spain did a lot of things to my skincare routine, but the biggest shift was sunscreen. Not in a “I learned to reapply more” way, but in a “why does everything suddenly feel better…
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A long-term favorite finally lands stateside. I discovered La Roche-Posay Effaclar A.Z. just last June. My skin was doing that familiar thing: slightly congested and a little dull. Add heat, humidity, stress, and constant sunscreen into the mix, and my…
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Industrial Chic Without the Drama. The latest Jones Road fragrance, En Route, first appeared during the holidays as part of an adorable little fragrance coffret trio. I remain deeply jealous of anyone who received that as a gift. Unlike the…
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Last year was full of self-care revelations. An international move will do that to you. Since European pharmacies turned from exotic to everyday, I’ve embraced more SPF formulas than I can count. I also found my ride or die sunscreen…
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People get weird in January. Suddenly everything needs fixing. Drinking, spending, eating, productivity, personality. The pressure to reset has been packaged, branded, and sold back to us as self-improvement. I’m not anti better choices. I’m anti pretending that January is…
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Best retinol treatments that worked magic on my skin. In my early skincare fascination days, retinol felt like the ingredient everyone whispered about but few explained well. The turning point came in 2006, when I read Jean Godfrey-June’s Free Gift…
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