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My #1 Makeup Tip For a Youthful Look

by whoorl

wearing Westman Atelier Baby Cheeks in Chouchette

Makeup Tip For A Youthful Look

If I had to pick ONE cosmetic item to use for the rest of my life, it would be blush. Okay, wait. Honestly, it would be lipstick because 1) um, hello, LIPSTICK, and 2) I can use lip color as a blush so it’s like killing two birds with one stone, people. Regardless, bottom line – it’s a very rare occurrence if you see me without color on my cheeks. It’s my #1 tip for creating a youthful, healthy appearance.

I fancy myself quite the blush aficionado. I have a ridiculous amount of blushes, yet completely unapologetic because you can bet your bottom dollar that I find a use for every single shade I own. Here’s the rub, though. #nopunintended Blush can make you look years younger OR, if applied incorrectly, add many years to your face. It’s all in the texture you choose and the application technique. (Say NO to awful-looking stripes across the cheekbones! The worst.)

As a lady in my mid-40s, the texture of blushes is becoming more and more important so I rarely stray from cream blushes. Cream blushes are the literal crème de la crème – they create a dewiness that is unparalleled and are so easy to blend on the apples of cheeks, which is key as you develop more texture on aging skin. Although I do have a few powder blushes I enjoy, the majority of my favorites are creams or balms.

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My Favorite Clean Eye Makeup

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The Best Clean Eye Makeup Products

As far as I’m concerned, 2020 has become the year of eye makeup. How could it not? With constant mask-wearing in public, cheeks and lip products really aren’t being seen as much. (You know I’m a lip color girl and this new way of life has me adapting in many ways, including makeup!) With peepers being the main focus lately, I want to share my best tips for eye makeup while wearing masks, as well as my very favorite clean eye makeup products – liners, shadows, and mascara!

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4 Ingredients I Try to Avoid In Skincare

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Harmful Ingredients To Avoid In Skincare

It’s important to be mindful of what goes in and on our bodies and there is no shortage of information about harmful skincare product ingredients online. However, today I’d like to highlight a few ingredient categories that are no-nos for me, not only in regards to my body but also the environment.

(And then, because you know I just can’t not talk product, I want to share some of my all-time favorite clean products as well as some new ones that I have become fully obsessed with this year.)

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The Best Highlight Technique for Mature Skin

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The Best Highlighters for Mature Skin

Adding a little bit of highlight to the face can make such a difference, but if you are over 40, you might run into some issues with most traditional shimmery highlighters. What seems to happen as we age and develop fine lines and wrinkles is that our beloved highlighters (even our holy grail ones from our 30s!) now creep into said fine lines. Not cool, man. Not cool at all.

You know what I’m talking about, ladies. Tiny little glitter particles settle themselves right into those lines, which does what? ACCENTUATES THEM. Downright unfair, if you ask me.

Well, I’ve searched the clean beauty sphere up and down for the best highlighters for ladies of a certain age and I’m here to share them all with you, as well as give you my tried-and-true application technique!

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Best of The Best: True Botanicals

by whoorl

Best of the Best is a series showcasing my favorite, tried-and-true, go-back-again-and-again green beauty brands. Being a beauty blogger, I’m in a constant state of flux with skincare, as I’m always trying new products. However, these brands are always in my rotation and are worthy of my highest recommendation.

Best Of The Best: True Botanicals

True Botanicals products are some of the best in clean beauty – I have used their skincare products for years and they continue to impress me as time passes. Incredible for so many skin types, including sensitive skin, the reduction I’ve seen in the signs of aging personally has been incredible.

What Is True Botanicals

Let me give you a little rundown on True Botanicals as a company. Hillary Peterson and Christina Mace-Turner first crossed paths on the trails of Marin, California. Their shared love of nature and mutual frustration with an extremely outdated beauty industry soon sparked a partnership – with Hillary’s expertise in skincare and Christina’s deep understanding of tech, the two have dedicated themselves to disrupting the category, delivering superior results without harm to skin, health, or environment.

Hillary and Christina set out to create the world’s first line of luxury anti-aging products that were also certified MADE SAFE™. The result is a collection of super-concentrated, bio-active formulations that deliver clinically proven results without compromising your health. The products in the line contain a higher quantity of high-quality ingredients than even the most venerable luxury brands in department stores. They did that by eliminating the costs of the traditional distribution model (bye!) and embracing the next generation of commerce. This approach has another key benefit: they’re able to work directly with their clientele and offer a far higher level of personal service to ensure you achieve the results you desire. (And this is the truth – I have had many questions, and they are always addressed by the team. Superior customer service!)

Let’s talk about the products.

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Kosas Tinted Face Oil and Concealer Review

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Kosas Tinted Face Oil and Revealer Concealer Review

wearing Kosas Tinted Face Oil in Tone 04 and Revealer Concealer in Tone 03

Kosas Tinted Face Oil and Revealer Concealer Review

Your skin but better – that’s the way I always describe my beloved combination of Kosas Tinted Face Oil and Revealer Concealer. These two products were made to complement each other, so much so that they’ve recently been dubbed The Dream Team. Today, I want to take a deep dive into these two formulations that are my most reached for combination in terms of foundation and concealer.

If you’ve been around here for a bit, you know that I have been a HUGE fan of Kosas since its inception. (Remember when Kosas only had lipsticks?) This brand was one of the first clean beauty brands to make my Best of the Best list. In fact, I really need to update this post because while it does have all of the Kosas lipstick swatches, there are now so many other products that I adore. (Did you see my post on the Kosas Sun Show bronzers?)

Kosas Tinted Face Oil 

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