As a busy working mom, I pretty much always relied on Amazon Prime for just about everything, and I’m not going to lie, it’s made me lazy. These days, if I can avoid a store with an Amazon order, I…
I Finally Found a Natural Deodorant That Works
When it comes to being all natural and avoiding toxins and all that, I go through phases. Years ago, before I was jugging a big job, motherhood, and a blog, I had lots of time to read every magazine and book and I went on a huge kick to get rid of all environmental toxins in our apartment, from replacing our vinyl shower curtain liner to buying all green, non-toxic cleaning products and clearing out kitchen of bad plastics. I eased up as life got crazier and I just got too busy to stress over it all. And realistically, some green cleaners just didn’t get my bathtub or toilet clean like Clorox. It was the same with my beauty products — as much as I was worried about certain ingredients, I pushed it out of mind because I just wanted my skin to be clear and my hair to be shinier and fuller, and my armpits not to smell or sweat, and I found the green, non-toxic products just didn’t get the job done as well, especially the natural deodorants.
The Only 5 Skincare Products I Use
I have worked at women’s magazines for my entire career, which has given me access to all the beauty products in the world and all the celeb and expert secrets for how to get glowing skin. Yes, a total perk…
The Best $5 Lip Balm for Dry Lips
If you get dry, chapped lips in the winter and are constantly applying Chapstick, Kiehl’s or whatever lip balm that doesn’t really work, I am about to change your life. I never had super dry lips until I went on Accutane. (I will write a whole post on that another time, because it was honestly the best thing I ever did and I can’t believe I spent my whole teenage life with acne and didn’t go on it sooner, but that’s another day.) In any event, my lips did get dry as a side effect, and it was horrible. Just the feeling of dry, chapped, peel-y lips is the worst. When my amazing but fancy dermo, who is really the best, but caters to the Park Avenue crowd, said she had a secret weapon to combat my dry lips, I got nervous that it was going to be a pricey balm. And honestly, I would have paid anything at that point for a lip balm that actually worked on dry lips. But then she told me to go to Amazon and order a few tubes of Dr. Dan’s Corti-balm.
How I Got Rid of My Acne for Good
I’ve struggled with acne for what feels like my entire life but probably since I was 11 or 12, and I never really grew out of it. It’s had phases, really bad at 12/13, better for awhile and then bad…
This $7 Mascara Makes You Look Like You Got Eyelash Extensions
I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a lash lift or eyelash extensions recently. So far, I haven’t done it. I’m honestly afraid I’ll become addicted and it’s expensive and time-consuming. I’m also slightly worried all my lashes will…
The Secret To Getting The Perfect Glowy Skin (Sans Makeup) That Every Busy Mom Needs
I’m not a big beauty person. I mean I work in fashion and beauty, have been a fashion and beauty editor for years and love looking at the newest lip colors and palettes, watching hair tutorials and following the newest…