I have beauty products skydiving from my bathroom shelves. This site is just what I need to feed the addiction even more. I spend way too much time dinking around on here...house isn't getting cleaned, laundry not getting done, errands not being run...heavy sigh.
Age:
33
My Drink:
expresso martini
Makeup Style:
Natural
City/State:
Tampa, FL
Country:
USA
Zip/Postal Code:
33617
Eye Color:
Blue
Skin Type:
Oily
Skin Tone:
Ivory
Special Skin Characteristics:
Wrinkles
Hair Color:
Blonde
Color Is:
Dyed
Hair Type:
Straight
Hair Texture:
Fine
Special Hair Characteristics:
Frizzy
Vices:
Drinking
Coffee
Smoking
Face Creams
Desert Island Items:
mascara
toothpaste/toothbrush
tampons
My Beauty Secret:
My best advice would be to not do what I do, which includes...smoking, drinking, laying in the sun, getting 2 hrs. of sleep at night (insomniac), and stressing over shit I have no control over. I would however encourage exercise (which I don't do ), exfoliate, moisturize, wear spf, and invest in a really great skin care regime. Even if you think you don't have the money, you might surprise yourself. If you don't buy 5 moisturizers, 3 eye creams, 10 different foundations etc..you can afford 1 fabulous cleanser, toner, moisturizer, mask. I of course don't take my own advice. In the past year I have been trying to go more organic with my skin care & I think that helps, especially with problem skin. I agree with the other girls who say if you wouldn't put it in your body, don't put in on your body.
My Routine:
On days I don't wash my hair- 30 minutes. Showers take me about 20-25 minutes- this is shampooing, conditioning, exfoliating, shaving, shower puffing...Once out of the shower, all the moisturizing (and serums), hair de-frizzers (thank you Florida for 130% humidity),blow drying, & flatiron..then makeup..total 2hrs. Almost always with cocktail in tow. No red wine though, the wine gets on my upper lip & it pisses me off. Cocktail always needs to be in a sippy cup with a straw so I don't mess up my makeup.
My Horror Story:
Sun-In. Do I need to say more? Ok I will. I think Sun-In does to the hair what bronzers do to the skin. At least I finally got to go to a hair salon..which has created another spark of insanity.
I love this cleanser. I've had oily skin my whole life and this stuff has been the best I've found so far. This is an organic line, so it's kind of expensive & it doesn't foam & it doesn't smell great- it's got almond meal in it- but it's awesome!!! They should review this for Green Chi Tuesdays...Of course I'm tempted to try the Suki cleanser because I've read so many great reviews about it.
For all you oily skinned girls out there- you really should try this product. I've spent so much time & money on products trying to strip my skin of oil. I stumbled across this line & their philosophy is "treat like with like"- so if you have oily skin, put oil on it. I thought this idea was so @!#% up that it just might work. You press it into your skin, it absorbs easy, you get a great glow, & I have less(almost no) oil than with products that claim to reduce oil. I think when you put oil on your skin, it tells your brain you have enough and it stops trying to make it.The first time I bought their products I drove 45 minutes to get them. Then I was so excited to discover Sephora sold the line. So over the holidays I went to Sephora & they stopped selling them- maybe because a lot of people aren't familiar with the line. But you can order them directly from their website.
Again, I've spent so much money on eye creams. This is hands down my favorite. I asked FOM (fiancee of mine) for the La Mer eye balm a few years ago for Christmas. It lasted me almost 8 months. Of course I wanted to try every other eye cream that my Bliss catalog sold, but noticed the lines & wrinkles around my eyes looking crappy...went back to La Mer...now not so crappy.