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My Skincare Recommendations - It’s skincare for the “I’m approximately 40” era
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items This board is basically my curated collection of products that keep my skin looking alive, hydrated, and vaguely well‑rested — even when life, flights, stress, and Florida humidity are doing their best to sabotage me. It’s skincare for the “I’m appro...
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Actual Essential Skincare
Vitamins and Minerals
Everyday Essentials
Make-Up
Actual Essential Skincare
This is the stuff I actually rely on, not the trendy nonsense, not the 14‑step routines, just the grown‑woman basics that keep my skin calm, hydrated, and not throwing a tantrum every time life gets stressful. At this age (approximately 40, thank you...
The one skincare thing I don't skip, even on the nights I can barely keep my eyes open. I put it on and my skin looks properly rested by morning which, as a single mum running a business, I very much am not. Worth every penny.
Advanced Night Repair Serum | Estée Lauder
This is one of those products that works, every single time. Aveeno is my go‑to daily moisturiser because it’s gentle, reliable, and doesn’t annoy my skin. No perfume overload, no weird residue. It just sinks in, hydrates properly, and keeps everythi...
Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion – The Skincare Essential That Never Lets You Down
Okay, this one's a quiet hero. If your skin gets red, reactive or just a bit "ugh," this Aveeno Calm + Restore oat gel moisturizer genuinely settles it down. It's a lightweight gel rather than a heavy cream, so it sinks straight in with no greasy fil...
Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer — the affordable daily moisturizer that actually calms my skin
Proof that you do not need to spend a fortune. Maybelline Sky High is honestly the best affordable mascara I've used, full stop. The flexible brush gets every single lash, even the tiny ones in the corners, and it lengthens and lifts them so they loo...
Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara — the drugstore mascara essential
This is the multitasker I didn't know I needed. Supergoop! Glowscreen is a tinted primer, a proper SPF 40 sunscreen, and an instant glow-giver all in one, which means one step in the morning instead of three. It goes on with this gorgeous lit-from-wi...
Supergoop! Glowscreen SPF 40 — the glowy tinted primer and sunscreen doing three jobs at once
I've repurchased this more times than I can count. It's a micellar water that takes your makeup off without any tugging, scrubbing or that tight, stripped feeling afterwards, you just soak a cotton pad, hold it on your eyes for a second, and everythi...
Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
This is the one that got me into looking after my skin properly. It's a glycolic acid toner, but don't let "acid" put you off, it's gentle enough to use a few times a week and all it really does is sweep away the dull, dead surface stuff so your skin...
Pixi Glow Tonic - Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Toner
Vitamins and Minerals
This isn’t a miracle, it’s just one of those grown‑woman basics that quietly gets on with the job. It actually works, it doesn’t taste of anything, and it disappears into my tea without turning it into a weird chalky potion. No drama, no flavours, no...
Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides – The ONLY Collagen I have tried that's actually worked! - Essential!!!
This is the calming drink I keep around for days when my nervous system is doing the absolute most. It tastes like raspberry lemonade (not sadness), mixes easily, and doesn’t make you drowsy — just takes the edge off. The blend is actually decent: ma...
Nello Supercalm – My ‘I Need to Chill Out’ Drink Mix
Everyday Essentials
These are the whitening strips I use when I want my teeth to look a bit fresher without booking an actual dentist appointment. They’re easy, they work, and they don’t give you that “my enamel is dissolving and I can taste lightning” feeling some whit...
Crest 3D Whitestrips – The ‘I’m Not Turning Up With Yellow Teeth’ Essential
Right, full honesty: this is a little bougie. But Molton Brown Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel is, hands down, my favourite scent ever and I will not be talked out of it. It's fresh and aromatic with that gorgeous woody, coastal, just-back-from-the-...
Molton Brown Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel — my favourite smell in the entire world
Make-Up
This is the foundation I reach for when I want my skin to look fresh, hydrated, and vaguely well‑rested — even if reality says otherwise. It’s lightweight, blends easily, and gives that soft, radiant finish without going cakey or clinging to dry patc...
Estée Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue Foundation – The One That Makes My Skin Look Like I Slept
I fell for this the second I saw Alexandra Leclerc's Rhode collaboration, it's the clean-girl, get-ready-in-thirty-seconds look bottled into one little pocket. The set pairs Rhode's Pocket Pearl shimmery cream blush (in your choice of shade) with the...
Rhode Alexandra's Set — have I been influenced? YES! But it's worth it!!!!
This is the one. The Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder is a proper cult classic and now I get why, it sets your makeup so it actually lasts all day, keeps shine away, and somehow does it without ever going cakey or sitting in your lines....
Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder — the setting powder that makes me look airbrushed, not cakey
If you buy one thing off this whole list, make it this. The e.l.f. Power Grip Primer is that clear, gel primer that goes on a little bit tacky and that "grip" is the magic. It literally holds your makeup in place all day so nothing slides off by lunc...
e.l.f. Power Grip Primer — the best budget primer?