Category Archives: Dry Skin

The Balm Balms Away

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Long lasting, long wearing, 30 hour makeup is fantastic, but it has to come off eventually. Sometimes even the best cleansing leaves you with blackened under-eyes (and pillowcases) in the morning wondering what exactly you have to do to get a truly clean face.

Balms Away is an eye makeup remover like no other with a look and feel somewhere in between a cream and a soft wax, so just the smallest amount is needed to melt stubborn makeup right off. Formulated with vitamins and plant based moisturizers, but without parabens, sulfates, synthetic fragrances, dyes, and phthalates, so sensitive eyes and contact wearers will benefit.

I like the slight slip it leaves behind, a unique feeling of totally clean, hydrated eyes that primes the area for your eye cream and a great night’s rest.

The Balm Balms Away

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Nude Skincare Cleansing Facial Oil

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Nude Skincare stands at the forefront of technology striking a seemingly impossible balance between natural skincare and true results.. What else would you expect from Bono’s wife (Ali Hewson), and the co-founder of a natural grocer in the UK who sold to Whole Foods for around $40 million. With his celebrity muse by his side, and plenty of cash to find truly viable alternatives to chemicals we could all do without, Nude was created, and happy customers everywhere quickly launched this cult favorite into the mainstream.

I admire their restraint in keeping their product line concise. Removing irritants and chemicals make most products available to most skins, so the main variant depends mostly on moisture.

Take their Nude Cleansing Facial Oil for instance, it’s great for all skin types (I’m more combo and love it). Only 8 ingredients (soy and olive oils with vitamin e and soothing essential oils) marry into a rich oil you apply without water first, then adding a little water for the cleanser to morph into a milky consistency that removes all traces of makeup and dirt.

I’m finding that no matter what cleanser I’m using, I always begin with this one so my skin feels (and looks..) really soft.

Also noteworthy is their Advanced Smoothing Complex. It’s universally beneficial to all women looking to firm and protect their skin with naturally occurring peptides, antioxidants, and probiotics.

Suzanne aux Bains

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Walk through your bathroom and you’ll see a differing array of brands. It’s difficult to find a line that’s 100% well… good. Suzanne aux Bains is an exception to this rule largely in part because it’s completely free of parabens, phenoxyethanol, PEG, mineral oils, silicone, colorants or synthetic fragrances. Plant, marine and organic ingredients from the Mediterranean are used to insure efficacy and silky smooth skin.

My favorites are the popular Regenerating Night Treatment which leaves your face glowing, the Relaxing Organic Massage Oil which absorbs quickly but really eases muscles and the Nourishing Body Milk that soothes even the most sensitive skin with the perfect amount of moisture.- all of which have the most amazing scents.

Suzanne aux Bains at Saffron Rouge

Aquaphor Healing Ointment

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For the one or two people out there who don’t actually own Aquaphor, can I just take a minute and encourage you to spring for the $5 tube?? I use it pretty much throughout the day: dry cuticles, around my eyes before bed, heels after a shower, and of course.. eye shadow. You can use just a dab on your lids to add life to bare eyes, if you use loose mineral shadows you can mix them with Aquaphor for a long wearing cream shadow, and I also love a little dab over cheek bones for a cheek highlight. I think my favorite is mixing it with BareMinerals Warmth for a beautiful bronzed silky leg or declote’.

Aquaphor Healing Ointment

What Skin Care Should I Use?? Dry Skin

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From where I stand, being dry is more damaging than being oily. Oily skin is usually well preserved meaning the sebum keeps the skin moisturized and can help keep wrinkles at bay, it’s also easier to blot away the excess than to try to add moisture for a makeup application.

That said, there are many things that can be done to bring back smoother skin especially in these winter months.

-Start with a cream cleanser, a foamy one can strip skin removing the oils you want to stick around. I like Dr.Hauschka’s Cleansing Cream It also has a slight exfoliation which will remove the dry flakes from the surface.

- Steer clear of toners or astringents, removing the excess moisture isn’t necessary and can worsen the dryness.

- I love Decleor Aromessence Angelique Night Balm which feels smooth and amazing. Its 100% essential oils penetrate the skin keeping it able to retain hydration so your moisturizer will work better.

- A hard-working moisturizer doesn’t have to mean spending big bucks. Pangea Organics Italian Red Mandarin with Rose Facial Cream is paraben-free, hydrating without feeling greasy and is perfect under makeup.

Re’Vive Sincare

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How smart is your skincare? The creator of Re’Vive skincare won a Nobel Prize for Epidermal Growth Factor which speeds cell turnover at a molecular level, and he’s a board certified plastic surgeon who has been using Re’Vive on his patients for over 15 years. The science speaks for itself, these products truly heal skin at the base level which means firm, youthful, glowing skin. I am so inspired by this line that I’m starting my first ever diet. Re’Vive only diet that is, I’ll use only Re’Vive skincare for one month and let you know what I think. Need a skincare diet too?

Click the link below to request some samples and let me know how the products are working for you.

Re’Vive Samples Request