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How Honest is an Honest Review?
Today I want to talk about something that has been on my mind a lot lately. And that is the question of honesty when it comes to product reviews. Now, I’m definitely not that old, but I do remember the days when the beauty community shared their opinions and reviews for the love of it.…
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Eye Cream Fit For an Empress? | VIIcode T2 Oxygen Cream Review
Did you know I really love history? Like I totally geek out over it, and I really love when history and my other passion, skincare, collide. Like how Cleopatra used sea salt as a body scrub — ancient exfoliation! Or how Catherine the Great liked to bathe in a concoction of almond milk and rose…
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Why Your Moisture Barrier Matters and What The F To Do When It’s Damaged?
As a skincare blogger I try a lot of new products. I have always been fond of putting things on my face. Seriously, I enjoy the hunt for the latest and greatest products and often lament that I don’t have enough faces! But there is a certain amount of caution that needs to be taken…
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Beauty of Joseon Dynasty Cream | Hanbang Your Moisture Barrier
Some Background I think it’s pretty well established that I love chemical exfoliation. This love was discovered many years ago when I was searching for a way to clear up my clogged pores. I actually have been referred to as “the clogged pore girl” by someone who was helped by my YouTube video extolling the…
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Curology and My Journey to Skin Confidence
Growing up I had okay skin. I didn’t really have full blown teenage acne. I never suffered from plagues of whiteheads or redness on my face, or the cruelty that can go along with it when you’re in middle school/high school. But I never felt like I had good skin. I always had a really…
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Am I Purging or Breaking Out?
We’ve all been there. You try a new skincare product and after a few weeks you start to notice more bumps, redness, blackheads and pimples. All of a sudden you realize your face is looking way worse than it did before you started that cursed new product! But modern society, beauty blogs, Instagram and that…
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Why No-Buys Don’t Work and How To Have a Healthy Relationship With Your Skincare Addiction*
*if they truly work for you please disregard and keep doing your thang. The Dreaded No-Buy You’ve heard of them, you may even participate in them: No-Buys. These are the dreaded months that we declare we will not buy any skincare or beauty products for the entire duration of the given month. They usually are…
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The Balm Is Mine. (Or Is It?) Heimish All Clean Review
The Balm is Mine (sung to the Brandy and Monica tune The Boy is Mine) My Relationship With Balm Cleansers Started Innocently Enough Double cleansing changed my life. Once I really learned how to take it all off at the end of the night, my skin improved drastically and I’ll never go back to just…
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Dehydrated Skin | The Hidden Skin Type
Have you heard of the hidden skin type? When I was growing up I used Neutrogena skincare. I loved their deep cleansing cream and grapefruit cleanser. And I used their Oil Free Daily Moisturizer. I remember going to the store to pick it out, there was one for dry skin, one for oily and one…
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Living Low PH 4 Life
So you might have heard about low PH. You may have even read my low PH rantings on Instagram. #lowphlife But what the heck is PH, why should it be low and what in the world does it have to do with skin care? Well don’t worry my friend, I’ve got your back. Do you…
