This month, I did decently at using up beauty products. Here’s what is being recycled or tossed for February. Bath & Body Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream, travel size: I love the fragrance of Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream. It’s like summer in a jar. But the cream itself isn’t hydrating enough for …
Matrix Total Results Keep Me Vivid Shampoo for “High Maintenance Shades”
Last summer, my deep red hair would look bright orange by the end of each month. Most likely, the culprit was the sun. Most of the protectants that are supposed to protect hair from UV rays are oils, and because I wash my hair every 4 days in the summer, I can’t stand the thought …
Project Pan December: Final Beauty Empties Post for 2019
My first year of participating in Project Pan where a group of us bloggers pledged to use up a certain number of beauty products during the year. We each had our own personal goals. My goal was to use up 100 beauty products. If you’ve been following some of my empties posts, you may know …
Calming Ritual of Dao Small Gift Set from My Fave, RITUALS
I’ve talked about RITUALS, the worldwide luxury lifestyle brand, a number of times because I am a sincere fan. RITUALS makes enticing bath, body and home products of super quality. I first discovered RITUALS Shower Foam in the Sakura cherry blossom scent in a goody bag gift with purchase that I got after a buying …
Tweaking My Hair Color: A Change for Fall
Do you ever feel like you need a change? Especially with the change of season, I like new things. New clothes, new shoes. New hair? For a while now, I’ve been asking my colorist, Laurel, at Vidal Sassoon to try something a little different. I told her I wanted to try strawberry blonde color rather …
Healthy Hair with Vegamour Lovestruck Biotin Gummies
Two things about me: I love all things heart-shaped. I’m a true believer in biotin for healthy hair (and nails). So I jumped at the chance to try heart-shaped Vegamour Lovestruck Biotin Gummies for Hair! They are so darn cute! And they taste good too with a natural mild strawberry flavor. I just pop two …
Drying My Hair Faster with Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer
My friend Kim asked me recently how long it took to wash, dry and style my hair. She and I both have thick, shoulder length or beyond hair. I told her that the entire process: shower, wash hair, dry hair, and style hair took me about an hour. That’s a long time. The part of …
Project Pan Continues: June ’19 Beauty Empties
Hope you had a wonderful long holiday weekend. I did in spite of my woes of early last week. My wasp stings are finally getting a lot better, though still a bit itchy and pinkish. I’m trying hard to get back on track. I’m still participating in Project Pan, the group of bloggers committed to …
Summer Is The Time for Coconut Body and Hair Care!
Coconut body care products are my go-to in the summer. Not only do I love coconut scent, the ingredients coconut milk and coconut oil are lightweight but hydrating. So I jumped at the chance to try three new-to-me coconut based body and hair care products. Live Clean Live Clean is a cruelty-free, Leaping Bunny certified, …
Derma E Scalp Relief Shampoo and Conditioner
Scalp-oriented shampoos and conditioners have been having more than a moment. They’ve been quite the thing for more than a year. When they first came out, I avoided them because I didn’t have dandruff. But I do have dry hair and a relatively dry scalp that occasionally feels itchy. Since scalp-focused haircare first arrived on …
Project Pan February 2019: My Beauty Empties
This is the second month of Project Pan, the effort to use up more than 100 products during 2019, that I am participating in with a group of other beauty bloggers. It’s a voluntary thing, and not everyone will participate every month. But you know I will! I am bound and determined to finish up …
Project Pan: Sharing My January 2019 Beauty Empties Reviews with Friends!
You know me – I love to use up beauty products! As I’ve said many times before, I hate throwing away products that are unused or only partially used (unless they’ve gone bad or expired, of course). Plus, I like to make room for new products. And I like writing about the products I’ve …
Opulently Scented Aveda Cherry Almond Softening Conditioner
Except for facial moisturizers, I’m a fan of all things fragranced. Especially hair care and bath and body products. So when Aveda launched Cherry Almond Softening Shampoo and Conditioner, I was very excited. Years ago, Aveda had a cherry bark product that I loved that disappeared. But before I took the plunge with the new duo, …
My Best of 2018 Bath, Body and Hair Products
Looking back at the bath, body and hair products that I tried in 2018, there were a number of standouts for me. Here we go! Bath and Body Farmhouse Fresh Vanilla Bourbon Body Oil: The vanilla bourbon scent of this body oil is truly divine. I wish that FHF would make a matching body …
My Pre-Holiday 2018 Beauty Haul
I mostly shop for cosmetics during sales. There are enough sales these days that it’s not hard to wait. Ulta had two 20% off sale opportunities, and Sephora had a 20% off coupon for VIB. Sephora also had a $20 off $75 close to Christmas that I passed on since I had bought enough during …