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My favorite beauty recs (from your average Millennial Mom)
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items I’m a fairly low maintenance Millennial Mom with sensitive skin and these are my favourite beauty products after LOTS of trial and error over the years!
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Lips
Face
Skincare
Eyes
Hair
Other random helpful products!
Lips
It feels super silky and smooth on my lips, doesn’t feel sticky, it’s super shiny and as a girl with sensitive skin it doesn’t make my lips dry at all! Literally use it daily
Glow Reviver Lip Oil
Ok my teenage daughter got me into this one. It’s super soft and doesn’t dry out my lips and they smell amazing! Pretty big tube of product as well!
Lip Butter Balm - Summer Fridays
For some reason my lips are super sensitive to dryness and reacting to certain products. This is my favourite lip balm as it is super hydrating and can fix the dryness caused by other products!
Lip Repair - Aquaphor
Face
This is literally my favourite step in my simple daily makeup routine.
I tend to get pretty oily, and this powder gives a nice glow but gets rid of the oily face look. It also blurs big pores and fine lines on my forehead! As a 38 year old who can’t...
Translucent HD Setting Powder - Blur Effect $7
The best for dark shadows under my eye! And doesn’t cake up in the fine lines. I find this brightens my face up instantly
Fair Rose Hydrating Camo Concealer - e.l.f. Cosmetics
Finally found a brow gel that will help my unruly brows stay brushed upwards without a bunch of gross dry flakies love the little spooly applicator too!
Maybelline Super Lock Brow Glue Waterproof Eyebrow Gel
I use this blush daily and I love that the bottle lasts foreverrrr!!
It’s super pigmented so you only need one or two small dots on each cheek and then just blend it out!
Coral Crush Camo Liquid Blush - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
I like this foundation because it’s a true medium coverage, it’s not cakey, and it doesn’t dry my skin out.
Soft Glam Satin Foundation - Medium Coverage
Another one of my daily go-to products. I’ve tried a few different primers but I like how this one is pore-minimizing, and it isn’t overly sticky like some other ones
Universal Sheer Liquid Poreless Putty Primer - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
Surprise surprise, another E.L.F product 🤣
Easy application and the small squeeze bottle really goes a long way and lasts me months
e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow Contour Beauty Wand
Yes another e.l.f product. Can’t help it if I know what I like and I stick with it!
Love this setting spray. It’s a super fine mist so my face doesn’t feel soaked right after I use it. It smells lovely too! And the bottle lasts a long time. Huge win
e.l.f. Cosmetics - Setting Spray
Skincare
After SO much trial and error, and issues with cystic acne, dryness, and scarring, this is the only facial cleanser that finally worked for me! Wearing a mask at work all day during Covid ruined my skin to the point that I was embarrassed to go anywh...
Cerave Hydrating Facial Cleanser - Dry Skin
Like I mentioned before, I’m a huge Cerave lover. Love this lotion as it pulls double duty. I use it on my body after every shower, and I use it on my face after I wash my face at night. As a sensitive skin girl I get very excited when I find somethi...
Daily Moisturizing Lotion
I use this a few times per week and it’s definitely helped my skin over time. I also like that it’s okay on my sensitive skin!
CeraVe - Resurfacing Retinol Cream
I use this every morning after my shower! And it has SPF which is so important. Especially for those of us millennials who may have had some tanning bed time in our younger days 🫣
CeraVe - AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 50
Okay I know bar soap might not be the most trendy product, but I’ve been using this since I lived at my parents house. It smells fantastic and my skin is always super soft. It’s gentle on sensitive skin too.
Olay Moisture Outlast Ultra Moisture Shea Butter Bar, 6 ct
Eyes
I have teeny little baby lashes and this actually makes them look longer!
It’s a good daily mascara. I like the little applicator brush as it really gets in there to lift and separate lashes
Eye Makeup Telescopic Original Lengthening Mascara - L'Oréal Paris
Hair
Ok yes we’ve established I’m a huge Cerave fan.
We heat our house mainly with a wood stove in the winter so it is SO dry in the house and I tend to get very dry skin and scalp. I discovered this shampoo last winter and it helped so much!
12.0 oz Anti-Dandruff Hydrating Shampoo - CeraVe
I have pretty thin frizzy wavy hair so this is my go-to for taming the frizz! Been using this for so many years and always come back to it after trying something new. Tried and true!
3.38 oz After Party Super Smoothing Cream - Bed Head
Both my daughter and I use this on our blonde highlighted hair and it makes the blonde last so much longer! You also don’t need a lot so the bottle lasts a long time. It’s very pigmented so it helps with blonde brassy hair
10.1 oz So Silver Purple Shampoo for Blonde Hair - Matrix
This product was a game changer for my hair! If I want to wear it natural, I only need this one product and it tames the frizz and helps the curl pattern. There’s different formulas for different types of curls too! And now it’s finally on Amazon!
Love Ur Curls Curl Defining Cream Styler
I like that this a lightweight formula that sprays instead of something oily that would weigh down my thin fine hair. And the bottle lasts a while!
Tresemme Heat Protectant
While I don’t always buy this because it’s not the cheapest, this shampoo made my hair the healthiest it’s ever looked!
The purple shampoo is also the most pigmented one I have ever used (and I’ve been blonde my entire life!)
OLAPLEX - Shampoo
Other random helpful products!
These made the biggest difference in my appearance! I was so afraid they would make my teeth hurt or feel sensitive but they didn’t at all! I get tons of compliments on how white my teeth are now
Crest 3D Whitestrips Professional Effects
I buy exclusively this brand of press on nails! I’ve tried a few others and always come back to these. I use them in addition to nail glue and they stay on two weeks or more! They’re very affordable and they have tons of shapes, designs, and colours
Impress Nail | Walmart Canada
I’m no expert at press on nails but I really like this glue and the the nail polish brush application. I buy maybe 2 bottles of this for the entire year and they’re super affordable
Kiss PowerFlex Brush-On Nail Glue
I like to have my toes polished at all times. Except I’m not very good at it. I am super loyal to this brand as it does actually dry quickly, and the brush is extra wide so you don’t have to go over the same spot over and over!
Sally Hansen Insta Dri | Walmart Canada