Just letting y’all know that I’ve switched my face sunscreen to a tinted one because I literally cannot remember the last time I put makeup on my face but I do like a little smoothing of the skin tone. <<Supergoop! enters the chat>> Supergoop! has long been my favorite spray body sunscreen, with its very…
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Mani Me Now!
After a failed dipped powder gel nail situation, I was resigned to a fate of traditional if chippy manicures forever. Enter life-changing ManiMe, an awesome new company that uses images of your nails to make custom gel stickies that stay on for up to 10 days. Sounds amazing, but does it deliver? YES. After a…
Love It: Kosas Tinted Face Oil Review
This review has been a long time coming because, frankly, for me there was a steep learning curve to Kosas tinted face oils. First, if you’ll remember, I interviewed founder Sheena Yaitanes for Orange Coast mag when she launched her first products, amazing lipsticks—article here. She’s deeply charming and honest, so when she launched the tinted…
Effortless Hair with Number 4
Since I was given a sample of the Number 4 Sugar Spray ($22), I’ve been obsessed with it—helps give my hair volume and waviness like the beachiest hair, without any stickiness. I use it when I want my hair straight too, it just helps add body. One spray for beachy waves and/or volume?! Yes. So…
Latest Dirty Hippie Discovery: Bio Seaweed Gel Nails
Everybody’s out here getting gel nails and having manicures that last multiple weeks and I’m over there being a dirty hippie with my big-5-free natural nail polish that doesn’t stay that well and is sometimes hard to get off (with acetone-free remover)… but that’s a’changin’! Turns out there’s a new natural seaweed-based gel in town…
My Dirtiest Hippie Adventure Yet: Kefir
My quest for the best probiotics to help heal my freakin’ face is well documented on this blog (here and here), but turns out the probiotic holy grail is probably kefir. Made-at-home, DIY kefir. Even if you’re a faux celeb, you gotta make it so it’s nothing but plain ol’ fermented milk. There are better…
The Great Mascara Quest of 2017
6 players. My midget-y eyelashes. Former beauty editor alert! Since Paula’s Choice discontinued Fantastic Lash, I’m left sans go-to mascara, as I don’t care for their replacement. So the Great Mascara Quest of 2017 began, aided by Sephora’s Lashstash to Go box, which features five deluxe mascaras in black—and a voucher to come back and…
Serumisouly | Paula’s Choice RESIST Smoothing Primer Serum SPF 30
Y’all know I’ve long been a big fan of Paula’s Choice. Still my go-to BHA exfoliant and facial cleanser. Recently discontinued my fave mascara, which has led me on Mascara Quest 2017 which will obviously be discussed with too many pictures in an upcoming post. But this post is about the new Resist Smoothing Primer…
Secret to Looking Fabulous: Kosas Lipsticks
Insanely rich in color and texture, Kosas lipsticks are awesome. They have literally changed the way and frequency with which I wear lipstick. Granted, I was already getting into it with Urban Decay, and I do still love some of the crazier shades offered by UD. Kosas are different. Kosas are for every day, for…
Big Dirty Hippie / Clean Beauty News: Introducing EWG Verified
I’m not big on certifications (not looking at Organic, cough, cough, or anything …). However, in the dirty-hippie aka clean beauty movement, the widely-recognized authority has always been the Environmental Working Group, so when they release a cert, it’s worth mentioning. (Also worth mentioning: I do NOT agree with all of the EWG’s positions or…