I'm 48 years old with oily skin and lots of redness in my forehead and cheeks. I'm always on the hunt for products that minimizes my pores, helps reduce fine lines, and evens out my skin tone.
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Skin Care
Hair Care
Make Up
Tools
Body Care
Skin Care
I'm prone to redness and I feel like this mask helps even out my skin tone.
This serum quickly soaks into your skin and helps smooth out your pores and even out redness.
B3 Nice 10% Niacinamide Serum
This cleanser is dreamy! It cleans well and leaves my skin soft and dewy.
Ocean Cleanser
This serum is fantastic! After using it for a few days, my skin looked smoother and felt more hydrated. This is a staple in my skin care routine.
Anti-Aging Sea Serum
Not to be dramatic, but this moisturizer changed my life. I've always had oily skin, but until recently didn't know that oily skin can still be dehydrated! This moisturizer has help to keep my skin balanced. I will never be without it.
Seabiotic® Water Cream
This little bundle combines two of my favorite Osea products at a discounted price. The hyaluronic acid is some of the best I've ever tried and lasts forever. I love this cleanser and it's become a staple in my AM and PM routines.
Plumping Hydration Duo
As someone with oily skin, I was extremely skeptical about using an oil on my face. Luckily I trusted the professionals because this oil has helped with redness and dehydration.
Essential Hydrating Oil
This corrective gel has done more to even out my redness than any other product. The scent is herbal-y, which I find pleasant!
Phyto Corrective Gel
I like to use this mask in the evening to help with redness and hydration. I leave it on overnight and wake up to glowing skin!
Phyto Corrective Mask
If you find yourself in Austin, TX get yourself to the Milk + Honey spa on 2nd Ave. and make an appointment with Makayla. She tells it to you straight, doesn't try to upsell you on products, and makes your skin feel amazing!
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This Power Couple duo is two of my favorite Sunday Riley products at a discounted price. My skin responds so well to Good Genes and Luna!
Power Couple Advanced Retinol and Lactic Acid Duo
I wish all moisturizers came in this kind of packaging. I love not having to stick my fingers in the cream in order to apply it. Being able to buy refills is another bonus!
This is a great cleanser to use to remove makeup & SPF. I love the fresh scent!
Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm - Farmacy | Sephora
This is a great mask to help clean and minimize pores. There is a sulphur smell so proceed with caution if you're sensitive.
Rapid Relief Acne Sulfur Clay Mask with Salicylic Acid
This toner is the very best I've ever tried. I use it immediately after cleansing and feel like it preps my skin nicely for all of my skin care. I only use it in the PM.
Purity Balance
I splash on this "lotion" (it's a liquid) after I do my morning cleanse. It's super refreshing!
MICROPEEL LOTION
This is one of my favorite vitamin c serums. I feel like my skin is instantly brighter after I apply.
15.0 VIT C BOOSTER
Gotta have the SPF
Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40
Hair Care
This is a great pretreatment if you have a flakey scalp!
Salicylic Acid Oily Scalp Treatment
Satin scrunchies are critical for avoiding hair breakage. This are super affordable and good quality.
6 Pieces Satin Silk Scrunchies for Hair
I love this conditioner so much that I buy it by the liter. I love the smell, but it's not for everyone so try to find it in person first to make sure you like it.
OI Conditioner
If I could only buy one styling product, this would be it. This spray does it all!
OI All In One Milk
This is a great hair mask! My favorite thing about it, aside from how soft my hair is, is that you put it on while you're in the shower. I don't have it in me to us masks that need to be applied to dry hair.
OI Hair Butter
These towels are fantastic if you have long, thick hair and are trying to avoid spending a ton of time with a hair dryer. I've seen them at Nordstrom, Ulta, and Sephora too, but they're less expensive on Amazon. You absolutely don't need the Aquis br...
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I've tried approximately 7,000 dry shampoos and this is my favorite!
Perfect hair Day (PhD) Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo
Make Up
I have tried a million mascaras and this is hands down my favorite of all time. It doesn't clump, smudge, or smear in any circumstances. My eyelids are super oily and this holds up for 12+ hours and keeps my lashes curled, separated, and lengthened.
Liquid Lash™ Extensions Mascara
This is the best brow gel on the market, even better than the Glossier Boy Brow that everyone raves about.
Instant Brow Fix™ Semi-Permanent Eyebrow Gel
I'm never without one of these lipbalms. The applicator makes this easy to apply - no digging your finger in or trying to find a little spatula. My favorite is the grapefruit scented!
Lip Glowy Balm
I love Natasha Denona eyeshadows and am the biggest fan of her mini palettes. I have a few of the full size ones, but I barely use a third of them!
Mini Biba Eyeshadow Palette
I hate that I love this foundation because it's so expensive. It's light weight but evens out my skin tone and does a great job covering redness.
Power Fabric + Longwear High Cover Foundation SPF 25
I love to use this primer when I need my make up to hold up for hours.
Vanish Airbrush Primer
There's a reason this is a classic! I always buy the mini because blush tends to last me forever.
Mini Orgasm Blush
I'm an oily girl, even at 48. I love this powder because it's so fine and doesn't settle into my fine lines.
Ultra HD Microfinishing Loose Powder
Nearly Neutral is a great "my lips but better" gloss. It's not sticky and doesn't settle into lip lines.
Nearly Neutral Glossy Lip Balm
These liners are creamy and are easy to blend.
Kind Words Lip Liner
This is one of my favorite setting sprays. I like the mini size because it lasts me forever.
Mini Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
This is my holy grail setting spray. It lasts forever!
Prep + Prime Fix+ Face Primer & Makeup Setting Spray
I love mini sized lip products since I tend to bounce around from color to color. The Nude Pink gloss is one of my favorites.
Mini Glossy Pink Lip Gloss + Lip Liner Set
My beloved Kevin Acoin creme contour was discontinued a million years ago. Fenty's Amber Suede is a close substitute.
Match Stix Matte Contour Skinstick
Fenty Glow! I love the applicator, but hate that this doesn't fit in a standard size lipstick organizer. Virgo problems.
Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer
I don't always wear a red lip, but when I do you can bet it's NARS.
Powermatte High-Intensity Long-Lasting Lip Pencil
My eyelids are SO oily, even at the ripe old age of 48. I don't have many wrinkles, but my lids are very hooded. Being strategic with my eye makeup helps, but the only eyeliner that doesn't slide away is this Bobbi Brown gel. I like Cavier Ink. It's ...
Long-Wear Smudge-Proof Gel Eyeliner
Do you have anyone in your life who is always so put together, on trend, and stylish? I have one of those friends and was lucky enough to be the name she drew in a gift exchange in December. The theme was "favorite things" and one of the things in my...
Lifter Gloss with Hyaluronic Acid - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
My brows were victimized by the '90s and need some filling in and darkening. This is my go-to brow gel.
Instant Brow Fix™ Semi-Permanent Eyebrow Gel
The 90s were not kind to my eyebrows. I find the Sephora pencil works nearly as well as the ABH pencil at nearly half the price!
Retractable EyeBrow Pencil - Waterproof
Tools
Brushes, Tweezer, Hair Tools, etc
As I've gotten older, my eyelids have gotten heavier. I can't believe how much of a difference curling my lashes makes!
ProMaster Eyelash Curler
If I took the amount I spent on inexpensive tweezers, I could own 4 pairs of these ones. These are the best and are totally worth the money.
Pink Perfection Slant Tweezer
These are the best travel brushes I have ever used. The case they come in is the perfect size to add mascara, brow gel, tweezer, and a small eye palette. 5/5 stars.
Travel Brush Set with Pouch
This brush is great if you have textured skin, specifically larger pores. I'm able to buff my foundation to smooth out my skin without having to cake on the make up!
101 Contoured Foundation
Between aging and PCOS, I have a crazy amount of facial hair that I would like to get rid of. I've been using Nood Flasher 2 for about 6 weeks now, and I'm noticing that I can go longer between shaving and the regrowth is slower. I've been using it o...
The Flasher™ 2.0
I love to use this brush for liquid foundation. It's so dense that blending is a breeze and takes no time at all. I have large pores - this brush + the right products makes my skin as close to flawless as can be.
105 Large Buffer
My skin is so oily that I HAVE to powder my face, every time. This brush makes it easy to sweep my fave loose powder where I need it (forehead, nose, cheeks) without getting it all over the place (eyelashes & eyebrows).
108 Precision Powder
I'm so sorry for posting this. It's insane how expensive this is. It's also insane how much faster my hair dries, how much healthier it is, and how I can walk out of my house feeling confident in how my hair looks. I hate that I love it, but I really...
Dyson Airwrap™ multi-styler and dryer Complete Long - Ceramic pink and rose gold
Body Care
Hazelwood Soap Co. is one of my favorite places to stop when we're visiting North Carolina. Their homemade soaps are fantastic as is the Restoration Cream. I use both daily.
Body Care Lotions | Natural Soy Wax Candles | Luxury Bar Soap