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My Top Self-Care Essentials at 50

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Beauty and wellness products I can't live without in my perimenopausal years, with mostly clean beauty and/or sustainable brands.
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Beauty

 
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Incredible B-corp company. Excellent hair products made with sustainable clean ingredients, customized for you. I love the ease of their subscription model. To top it off, amazing customer service.
Custom Hair Products & Supplements – Prose | Haircare
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I LOVE this cleansing oil with tamanu oil. Clean ingredients, and smells nice. I use it to take off makeup and just general oil cleansing.
Face Cleansing Oil | Explore The Collection
 
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Obsessed with this body cream! The Melrose Place scent is TO DIE FOR (roses + bergamot) and my dry skin drinks it up. No nasty chemicals but still feels super luxe.
Melrose Place Moisturizing Body Crème - Dry Skin Body Cream
 
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Lives up to the hype. Smells great and is an amazing serum. I love the consistency, and use it mostly at night.
medicube Deep Vitamin C Golden Capsule Moisturizer
 
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Light consistency and great moisturizing.
COSRX Snail Mucin 96% Power Repairing Essence
 
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My favorite tinted sunscreen. Lightweight and feels so good on.
Tinted Glow Wonderscreen® SPF 30
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Hands down my fave lip balm! Slight vanilla flavor, goes on smooth and NOT sticky at all. I love this so much.
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Gorgeous perfume that really does remind me of walking through a lush green, damp forest.
Olympic Rainforest
 
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Peepers are great reading glasses, and hold up when you throw them in the bottom of your purse like I tend to do…
Peepers Brain Trust Round Reading Glasses
 
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This clean beauty cheek tint is the best I've found. Great consistency and beautiful colors.
Cream Blush
 
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Feels SO good. Gentle, brightening face mask.
Resurfacing Mask
 
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I love this moisturizer so much. It's a bit pricey, but I feel great using it because of the clean ingredients and how it makes my face feel. Intensely hydrating for dry skin like mine.
Intense Hydration Cactus Concentrate
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This is a great tinted lip balm. It really does feel hydrating, and the colors are great.
Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip Balm - Tinted Lip Balm | ILIA Beauty
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Smells DIVINE!! My favorite soap of all time. Feels amazing on your skin and people ask me what scent I'm wearing every time I bathe with it :)
Patchouli Mint Soap Zum Bar – Indigo Wild
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Incredible designs and high quality silk pillowcases.
Silk Pillowcase in Nosara
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Black Honey - a 90s cult classic that looks good on everyone.
Almost Lipstick
 
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100% mineral sunscreen, and tinted. Another one of my favorites with higher level of protection.
EltaMD UV Restore Tinted Broad-Spectrum SPF 40
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Clean beauty mascara. I have VERY sensitive eyes and this works great for me. Easy to apply, plumps great, and easy to remove.
Straight Up™ Volumizing Peptide Mascara
 
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Works great for my sensitive eyes
Nourishing Eyeliner Pencil - Burt's Bees
 
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Smells so nice and a little goes a long way. Doesn't feel sticky. Has a great texture.
Straight Away Smoothing Blowout Cream - Oribe Hair Care
 
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Nothing compares. This is THE BEST HAIR TOOL EVER. My hair is SUPER thick and wavy so I've tried every tool out there. I love using this simple and amazing smoothing tool.
TYMO RING | Hair Straightener Comb for Sleek Hair
 
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The perfect shade and so conditioning!
Neutrogena MoistureSmooth Color Stick 80
 
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A great clean beauty red
Kosas Weightless Lip Color - RED!
 
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“The Now” perfume by Sarah Horowitz is so unbelievably good. It is a clean, delicate musk with white tea and neroli notes. So light and fresh.
Sarah Horowitz Parfums
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Wellness

 
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My favorite daily probiotic.
Culturelle® | #1 Most Trusted OTC Probiotic Supplement Brand
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My favorite electrolytes
LMNT Zero Sugar Electrolytes Variety Pack 12
 
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My favorite natural toothpaste. Flouride and SLS free.
Desert Essence Tea Tree & Neem Toothpaste 6.25oz x3
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I have one every morning. I really like it because it's a great way to hydrate first thing & get some Vitamin C.
Emergen-C 1000mg Vitamin C Powder, Tangerine - 30 Count
 
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Oral rinse for dry or irritated mouth or burning mouth syndrome, which I have developed over the past year going into perimenopause. This is so soothing.
StellaLife® VEGA® Oral Care Coconut Rinse
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I can tell a difference when I take this. Recommended by my dietician, it has really helped me stay asleep at night when I take before bed.
Magnesium (glycinate)
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I can honestly say I've been able to tell a huge difference in my energy levels and brain power since using this.
THORNE Creatine Monohydrate Powder 16 Oz
 
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A great everyday delicious coconut yogurt!
Cocojune Organic Pure Coconut Yogurt
 
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Natural electrolytes. To me, this is one of the best tasting coconut waters out there.
Harmless Harvest Organic Coconut Water - 4ct/12 fl oz
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The most delicious coconut yogurt I've ever tasted. This stuff is potent, too. You take it as a “supplement”, like a probiotic, so you only need a couple of Tbsps per day. It's a little delicacy.
Coconut Cult Chocolate Mousse Coconut Yogurt
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My all-around favorite yogurt.
Siggi's 4% Whole Milk Vanilla Icelandic-Style Skyr Yogurt
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I've been enjoying making this in my Aeropress.
Illy Classico Ground Drip Coffee, Medium Roast
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Good source of protein and healthy fats. I like to sprinkle a few on top of my yogurt!
Hemp Seeds Hulled | Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods
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