Disclosure: Thanks to Nordstrom and Collective Voice for sponsoring this put up. All merchandise have been chosen and examined by yours really, all opinions are my very own!
I discover myself to be a significant creature of behavior on the subject of magnificence merchandise. Possibly it’s the truth that reordering what I’ve at all times used is less complicated than attempting one thing new. Possibly it’s as a result of I typically really feel determination fatigue by the point I’m performed with work, children, husband, home stuff, what to make for dinner (let’s be trustworthy, that is the actual wrongdoer!), and many others. and I simply can’t fathom attempting to determine what magnificence merchandise I wish to attempt from ALL THE OPTIONS and crossing my fingers hoping that I like them.
Steph right here! Director of Operations on the Residing in Yellow crew, spouse, mother of three, 36 12 months outdated with extraordinarily dry pores and skin, and hair that isn’t completely positive it desires to be curly – however is aware of for positive it doesn’t wish to be straight and glossy like I would like it to. I attempted out 10 new magnificence merchandise and these have been my favorites!
Elemis Superfood Facial Oil / Kiehl’s Buttermask for Lips / Caslon V-Neck Ruffle Sleeve High [TTS, wearing in M in Rust Spice] / Liverpool Uncovered Button Fly Cutoff Shorts [Size down, wearing in 8]
The influence this dynamic duo has had on how hydrated my pores and skin feels has been insane! Elemis Superfood Facial Oil is light-weight, and leaves my pores and skin feeling hydrated and oh so smooth! I take advantage of it morning and evening after washing my face and have zero points with feeling greasy. I genuinely stay up for washing my make-up off on the finish of the day so I can put this on!
Kiehl’s Buttermask for Lips is one of the best lip masks I’ve tried! It’s gentle sufficient to use morning and evening, however highly effective sufficient that I’m not making use of further lip balm all through the day – which is a feat in itself given my lifelong obsession with reapplying each hour or so.
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 30 [wearing in 2N1 Nude] / Caslon V-Neck Ruffle Sleeve High [TTS, wearing in M in Rust Spice]
This tinted moisturizer has truthfully shocked me. I’m sometimes a bareMinerals free powder basis wearer. Whereas I do nonetheless like my bareMinerals, I merely ran out and was prepared to offer one other product sort a attempt. I’ve by no means had luck with tinted moisturizers previously as a result of I discover them to be both too gentle with zero protection, or too thick like conventional basis. This one is the right quantity of buildable protection, whereas additionally providing safety of 30 SPF, which I’m discovering so essential as I get just a little older [It’s amazing how 36 year old skin doesn’t bounce back from a day unprotected in the sun the way my 18 year old skin did!].
Clinique Make-up Remover / Too Confronted Rattling Lady Mascara / Caslon V-Neck Ruffle Sleeve High [TTS, wearing in M in Rust Spice] / Liverpool Uncovered Button Fly Cutoff Shorts [Size down, wearing in 8]
WOW WOW WOW I like this mascara!!! I’ve tried a number of mascaras over time, I imply… A. LOT. This is by far one of the best I’ve come throughout that really lengthens and thickens my lashes – WITHOUT flaking into my eyes by the top of the day. Attempt it, you gained’t be sorry!
Because the mascara isn’t flaking off, it genuinely requires make-up remover, not simply washing my face. I can’t even inform you what number of years I used to be utilizing my earlier model and simply assumed it was one of the best, however Clinique has been a really nice shock! No tugging, no extreme wiping, just some swipes and my lashes are clear!
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As our Director of Operations, Steph is single-handedly chargeable for any construction that exists right here at LIY. Between speaking with our wonderful model companions, organizing weblog content material, managing the crew, Steph loves group *nearly* as a lot as she does the newest cookie recipe she got here up with from scratch. Give her a puzzle to be put collectively, a candle to burn and new sprigs of inexperienced rising out of her backyard, and also you’ve simply defined the right day in Steph’s world.
