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Tried, True, and Loved Beauty Essentials
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items Tried and true beauty must haves to elevate your self-care routine. Skincare and makeup, to haircare and fragrance, this list covers everything you need to help feel and look your best.
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Skin Care and Makeup
Hair Care
Fragrance
Skin Care and Makeup
Products I have been using and loving in my daily routines for face and body that will leave you looking hydrated and glowing.
While this product is a bit on the pricier side, it is a medical-grade skincare product that is worth every penny. This gentle face wash deeply cleanses skin, drawing out impurities. It is safe for those with sensitive skin and keeps the skin barrier...
PRELUDE Facial Treatment Cleanser: Gel Based Deep Cleanse
This micellar water feels so soothing on my skin and leaves it feeling soft and looking glowy. The Vitamin C helps to diminish the look of blemishes and leaves skin looking radiant.
Garnier Micellar Water with Vitamin C Cleanser
I literally cannot praise this mask enough. I’ve been using this mask about once every other week for the past year and WOW the difference I have seen in my skin! I put it on before bed and when I wake up to take it off, I’m awoken to the most beauti...
SUNGBOON Deep Collagen Niacin-Vita C Mask
I like this moisturizer because it is light yet leaves your skin hydrated, glowing, and supple.
POND'S Watermelon Gel Face Moisturizer 3.4oz
I have been using The Ordinary on and off for years, but this is one product I will always keep in my routine. Having blemish-prone skin, I have found that this is one of the only moisturizers I have tried that hasn't clogged my skin or pores. It con...
The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA
I love this product from Naturium. The skin is the body's largest organ, so it is essential to keep it healthy and nourished. Think that, while water intake helps hydrate from the inside, this product helps hydrate from the outside.
Naturium Glow Getter Multi-Oil Hydrating Body Wash
I use this body lotion daily, even after using the AmLactin lotion. It contains argan oil and a vitamin called Q10 that both help to firm and moisturize the skin. I can attest that this lotion deeply moisturizes and leaves the skin feeling softer and...
NIVEA Skin Firming Melanin Beauty Lotion
This tinted sunscreen is so nice to use all year long. It comes in three shades, light, medium and deep. It blends right in, and works to hydrate the skin and protect from sun damage.
Light R&R Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Sun Serum - Undefined Beauty | Ulta Beauty
This bronzing stick gives you a beautiful sun-kissed glow. It comes in multiple shades, so you can choose what works best for you. I also like to use it on the bridge of my nose and eyelids.
Pixi On The Glow Bronze Tinted Moisturizer Stick Bronzer - Rich Glow - 0.6oz
I use the superlock brow gel to help keep my brows in place. I like that the brush is smaller allowing more control in shaping them.
Clear Super Lock Brow Glue Waterproof Eyebrow Gel - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
Bare Minerals truly has great makeup. I like their concealers, as they always blend well into the skin and provide great coverage without looking cakey.
Fair 100 Cool BAREPRO 16HR All Over Skin-Perfecting Matte Concealer Mineral SPF 25 - bareMinerals | Ulta Beauty
Fenty glow is my FAVORITE bomb gloss shade ever. It has such a pretty, brown, pink shimmer and leaves your lips supper moisturized and glossy.
FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer
Hair Care
Hair products, including shampoos, conditioners, treatments, protectants, and styling products. I've been using a lot of Cecred products over the last year and have been loving them.
An amazing clarifying shampoo that works to remove excess oil buildup while nourishing the scalp, leaving the scalp and hair feeling squeaky clean.
Clarifying Shampoo & Scalp Exfoliating Scrub | Cécred
During spring and fall, I like to use Nizoral to help with dry scalp and buildup as the seasons and weather change.
Nizoral Anti Dandruff Shampoo with 1% Ketoconazole, Clean Fresh Scent - 7 fl oz
This shampoo is AMAZING. It leaves your hair super soft and moisturized.
Hydrating Shampoo for Dry Hair | Cécred
This conditioner has a lightweight moisturizing affect, keeping hair hydrated and smooth.
Hydrating Conditioner for Curly Hair | Cécred
This deep conditioner is perfect for dry, brittle, or dull hair. It adds shine and softness while improving hair manageability.
Deep Conditioner for Curly Hair | Cécred
I like to use this product about once a month. It is packed with nourishing proteins, helping to reduce damage and breakage.
Hair Repair Mask For All Hair Types | Cécred
I like to use this cream while my hair is still wet. It helps to reduce the appearance of frizz, locking in moisture and fighting off humidity.
Moisturizing Hair Lotion & Curl Cream | Cécred
This prep spray accomplishes multiple things at once, including detangling powers and heat protection. It helps to control frizz, and the coconut oil adds shine.
Good Behavior 4-in-1 Prep Spray - IGK | Ulta Beauty
I have had this thermal brush for a little over a year, and LOVE it. It works so fast, and leaves my hair super smooth, shiny, and soft!
Wavytalk 1.5in Heated Round Brush Pink
What's fantastic about this hair oil is that it does not feel heavy or oily on the hair at all. It adds shine and glossiness to hair, and also leaves a nice fragrance.
Hydrating Hair Oil for Dry & Frizzy Hair | Cécred
Fragrance
Amazing, tried and true fragrances to keep you smelling great all year long.
Love this fragrance from Dossier! It's sweet but light, and smells great on those cooler days. Notes of orange blossom, honeysuckle, and neroli.
Dossier Women's Perfume - Floral Marshmallow - 50ml
This smells SO good. If there is one celebrity fragrance to invest in, it would be Ariana Grande's Cloud perfumes. I really like the blue, but the pink is just fantastic.
Ariana Grande Cloud Pink Eau de Parfum - 3.4 fl oz - Ulta Beauty
Carolina Herrera's Good Girl collection is actually a must have. The scents are bold, sexy, and feminine, and the packaging is so sleek. My favorites are the original and the blush.
Good Girl Eau de Parfum Spray, 5-oz.
Gucci Guilty is one of those fragrances that are tried and true. I have been using it on and off for almost a decade, and it always smells sultry and rich.
Guilty Pour Femme Eau de Parfum Spray, 5 oz.
Woody Sage has a lighter, fruity scent, and smells nice on warmer days. It has notes of fig, grapefruit, and sage.
Dossier Woody Sage EDP - Inspired by J.Malone - 50ml