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DIY Lash Extensions Have Arrived

At-home lash extensions have arrived! Just the sound of that – “at-home” paired with “lash extensions” – gives me happy chills. I love lash extensions, but the pain of having them professionally applied and touched up every 2-4 weeks is painstaking. Who has time to drive to the spa, lay there for an hour for touch-ups (or two for a full application) and then pay through the roof?! I certainly don’t, which is why I could never stick to getting them done consistently. So when I saw Lashify’s at-home eye lash extension kit, my eyes bulged out of my sockets and I…

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Why Milk Cleansers Are The Secret To Your Best Skin Ever

Three months ago, celebrity aesthetician, Angelina Umansky, put me on the path to my best skin ever with one piece of advice, “Stop using foaming cleansers and switch to milk cleansers.” Her reasoning: If your skin is dehydrated, dry and/or crepey – which mine is – it desperately needs its natural oils to maintain a strong, healthy skin barrier. And foaming cleansers are capable of stripping away skin’s natural oils. Cleansing milk on the other hand, she explained, gently removes makeup, dirt, debris without stripping the skin. (*read full interview with Angelina here.) But what about gentle foaming cleansers, I wondered. Well,…

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New & Noteworthy: Phlur Nontoxic Fragrances

Phlur Reviews The fragrance world is shrouded in secrecy. Ever wonder why fragrances don’t list their ingredients? Well, the FDA views fragrance formulas and scent combinations as proprietary “trade secrets”, and doesn’t require fragrance brands to list ingredients on their labels. Great for brands, but not so for us customers. This lack of transparency leaves us unable to know whether our favorite perfume contains harmful chemicals, like endocrine disrupting preservatives and phthalates used to make scents adhere to skin, lift and linger in the air. But things are about to change. A new nontoxic parfum brand is on the scene and bringing…

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Biologique Recherche Placenta Serum Review & Price

I was very excited when I discovered the Biologique Recherche Placenta Serum! I’m a big fan of placenta in skincare after I first discovered placenta beauty supplements and skincare a few years ago in Tokyo where it’s everywhere. I even plan on encapsulating my own placenta after my baby is born (I’m currently 39 weeks pregnant!) and ingesting it for the postpartum benefits. Many of the placenta skincare products I fell in love with in Japan are not readily available here in the states so when I first discovered the Biologique Recherche Placenta Serum was available online I was thrilled! Placenta has…

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Biologique Recherche Creme Masque Vernix Review

Everything you want to know about vernix and my full Biologique Recherche Creme Masque Vernix review. I first learned about the powers of the natural substance vernix and the Biologique Recherche Creme Masque Vernix during my interview with in-demand Bay-area aesthetician and founder of Spa Radiance, Angelina Umansky. At the time, I was seven months pregnant (I’m now 39 weeks!) and she was raving about the rejuvenating powers of vernix for the skin. She even suggested I might want to take some once my baby is born and apply it to my own skin – which I will undoubtably be doing. What…

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