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Beautiful Mid-Life Skin & Hair
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items Some of my most trusted and effective products for light skin with peach undertones. Combination with a little dryness.
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Time-Tested Skincare for Combination Skin
Holy Grail Makeup for Warm Tones and Light-ish Skin
Hair Products for Fine, Thin, Color-Treated Hair
Time-Tested Skincare for Combination Skin
Ayervedic Product. Absorbs incredibly well, very moisturizing without being wet and sticky feeling. Unscented so you can mix in serums without clashing. A little $$, but right now (2.7.25) it is on limited sale at Macy's - see link.
Brightening Glow Turmeric Cream - SUNDÃRI
This is skin care and makeup in one. Typology’s formulas are pretty for face coverage (and covering dark circles) as well as nourishing. They are light and your skin looks fantastic.
Tinted Complexion Duo Serum + Concealer - Typology
Put a few drops of this in your moisturizer and you will develop subtle color and glow. It works beautifully.
Self-Tanning Serum - Typology
This is a great cleanser. It's a little expensive, but you will be amazed how tiny of a pearl of this formula cleans your entire face! It's almost unscented - just a light rice note. Foams beautifully and leaves my skin very clean and fresh.
The Matcha Cleanse
Love this cleanser. Gentle but totally effective. Leaves my skin soft and hydrated. The travel size is perfect for living out of a suitcase. (As of 2.11.25) there is a bundle with one tube of full size and one travel @ 20% off.
Soy pH-Balanced Hydrating Face Wash
Give your skin a treat. Facials & massages. They also have a Med-Spa for treatments, but I've never used those and cannot review.
Essence Med Spa (North Side of Chicago)
Gentle, great makeup removal and cleansing. Big bottle, lasts forever because you only need a pea-sized drop.
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Purifying Foaming Cleanser (high quality, lasts forever)
For blemish-prone skin, or during times when blemishes pop up. Super fine foam. Can be used on body. A little stretches a long way.
Avène Cleanance Cleansing Gel (helps avoid and soothe blemishes)
I love this. The sea kelp and clay leaves my skin very soft. But it is a natural abrasive. That means no plastic scrubbing pieces in the water supply, but it also means it should be used with care on sensitive skin
Brightening Facial Scrub - 4 fl oz (118 ml)
Holy Grail Makeup for Warm Tones and Light-ish Skin
I have pretty dark under-eye darkness. The right concealer has always been a challenge. When the magical Pat came out with this concealer, I immediately bought the bundle with concealer, brush, and powder
Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Concealer
Caution not to use a heavy hand, but if you use this lightly and dab it on with brush tips, it gives a lovely color and coverage. In fact, if you tap with the end of the brush, you can really control the amount of product and cover heavier over things like blemishes and sun damage and more lightly where you skin is in great shape. Flexible and long-lasting.
Total Cover Cream Foundation
This is a great silky powder, on par with the famous Charlotte Tilbury viral product. It is soft, evenly spreads, and in a lovely compact. I even forgot my brush on a trip and used the little, think “puff” in the compact and it still applied nicely a...
Amazonian Clay Blurring Powder Foundation - Tarte™ Cosmetics
This is also a great concealer. It’s a bit more affordable than the Pat McGrath but pretty effective. You can also spread it other spots for coverage in place of foundation.
Born This Way Super Coverage Multi-Use Concealer
Versatile palette to create a variety of looks and contours. Can be used on cheeks, lips, and eyes. Different shade palettes to choose from. Quality creams, as well. They’ve gone on sale a few times since release, and there are dupes on Amazon, altho...
HD Skin Face Essentials – Longwear Full Face Cream Palette
This is magic. It goes on green, and blends down to a skin tone. Seems like it melts right in and takes redness with it. I wish they made one for dark under eye circles 🤓 if you like light coverage, you won’t need foundation.
Rescue Balm +Red Correct
Look for Sephora or Pat McGrath website sales to make this more affordable, but these shades are gorgeous on warm toned skin, the brown doubles as an eyeliner and brow powder, and the gold is great for a POP of shimmer. Highly pigmented.
Divine Bronze Luxe Eyeshadow Palette: Venusian Sunrise
As good as the Lancôme version. I buy both depending on on sales. Boosts your mascara so you can skip false lashes. Conditions lashes. Will post the Lancôme version separately.
Voluminous Lengthening Lash Primer - L'Oréal | Ulta Beauty
Great Lash conditioner and booster. This and the L'Oreal products are good and work similarly. I pick them up as they go on sale.
Cils Booster XL Lash Serum & Mascara Primer Base - Lancôme
Hair Products for Fine, Thin, Color-Treated Hair
Great flexible hold spray. If you grey up with strong hold, like I did, it can be hard to let go of the knowledge that your hair isn't moving. But not moving is no longer in style… This makes a good transition. Great hold, flexible, cool bottle. And they do a 40% off stock-up sale at least once a year. Get on the mailing list.
OUTER SPACE Flexible Hairspray
If you can't let go of the strong hold and try the flexible hold, this one is for you. I used it before I got accustomed to the flexible hold. It works, and it has another cool bottle. Again, spendy, but look for those 40% off stock-up sales.
VICIOUS Strong Hold Flexible Hairspray
If you use gels, hairsprays, thickening sprays, de-tanglers, dry shampoos and any other products, this is a magic shampoo to get all the build-up out. The formula is really thin so you may need to squirt it right into your scalp, but the outcome is i...
LOST TREASURE Apple Cider Vinegar Cleansing Rinse (cleans buildup)
These products are marketed for black hair, but my fine, tangly hair thrives with these conditioners. Especially after I've used the apple-cider vinegar shampoo to clean out buildup. The Shea Moisture fluffs it right up and makes it a lot easier to get a comb through.
Secret Weapon: Manuka Honey & Mafura Oil Intensive Hydration Conditioner
Try all three- for oily hair, extended clean, and the original. I’ve used the original. It’s talcum -free and smells great. Plus, the bottles are pretty.
amika perk up pursuit: dry shampoo trial set
Just a little bit in the roots of wet hair really gives you a lift. If you have thin/fine hair, don’t put it all the way through or it will be stiff and heavy. It lasts a long time if you only use it as a root lift.
phomollient styling foam
If you have thin or fine hair like me, a detangler can be essential to not breaking the hair you have. R & Co's detangler is excellent and doesn't weigh hair down when dry.
CANDY STRIPE Protect + Prep Detangling Spray
Great dry shampoo, even on blonde color-treated hair. Charcoal causes no discoloration, and it works beautifully.
First Class Dry Shampoo