7 Beauty Products I Love Right Now
Here are 7 essential beauty products you need to know about. Each product deserves a separate blog post, but here is one summarized post of all the must-have beauty essentials just for you! #timeless #classic #beautifulshades
I can’t wait to share with you 7 beauty products I love right now. However, to be honest, these are 7 beauty products I have loved for a longgg time! I keep buying them because these beauty essentials are timeless staples. At the very bottom of this post you’ll find each product linked so you can grab one (or each) of these products yourself!
Pictures wearing the products :)
1) Alastin Skincare Regenerating Skin Nectar with TriHex Technology
Alastin Skincare Regenerating Skin Nectar with TriHex Technology
WHY I LOVE IT: My dermatologist recommended Alastin Skincare Regenerating Skin Nectar with TriHex Technology. The TriHex Technology is a proprietary blend of peptides and other key ingredients that help clear away damaged and aged proteins in the skin’s ECM.
The day after our appointment, I opened New Beauty Magazine’s Summer 2019 edition and noticed Alastin’s TrasFORM BODY TREATMENT with TriHex Technology was listed as #1 in their article “Power Duos.”
Alastin’s Skincare Regenerating Skin Nectar with TriHex Technology is listed as #2 in New Beauty’s 13 Powerful Skin Care Products Dermatologists Wish Their Patients Used at Home.
HOW TO USE IT: Apply this serum every morning to face and neck. Then, apply your favorite sunscreen.
Hourglass Cosmetics Makeup Brushes
WHY I LOVE THEM: Oh my gosh. I looooveee Hourglass Cosmetic’s makeup brushes! I have tried so many different makeup brushes from several brands….
Hourglass’s makeup brushes are sooo soft, dense, and do not pull on your skin when applying makeup. The tug and pulling on my skin is something I’ve noticed from most makeup brushes (even high end brands) that I’ve used, especially if it has denser bristles. These brushes are dense, yet STILL so soft with NO tugging and pulling. They also last for years so they’re worth the investment!
HOW TO USE THEM:
No1 Powder Brush (top brush on the right): This brush works great for application of liquid foundation or mineral foundation. I applied Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet Smooth-Effect Makeup Foundation with this brush. The bristles are made of Taklon hair, which is more hygienic and kinder to animals (since Taklon is not sourced from animals).
Retractable Foundation Brush (middle brush pictured) This brush is amazing for traveling. It can be used as your regular foundation brush, or bronzer, etc.. This brush is also great for blending in your makeup after application, if there are any harsh lines left over. Also uses soft Taklon bristles.
Ambient Powder Brush I applied my blush with this brush, right under the cheek bones. Also uses soft Taklon bristles. Compact, softttttt, dense bristles and beautiful.
Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet Smooth-Effect Makeup
WHY I LOVE IT: I’ve tried sooo many foundations and Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet Smooth-Effect is my favorite by far! The color blends in seamlessly, no orange tone, and is lightweight, yet still buildable. The finish IS soft like velvet. It’s a great foundation during the day AND going out at night. This works great over sunscreen, bare face, or at night—over a serum or primer. Absolutely love this foundation.
HOW TO APPLY IT: Use an Hourglass foundation brush No1 or their Retractable Foundation Brush to apply, or, your favorite brush, beauty blender, etc.
Alima Pure Lip Tint in “Paprika”
Alima Pure Lip Tint in shade “Paprika”
WHY I LOVE IT: Alima Pure Lip Tints are like beneficial lip balms transformed into rich lip tints. This lip tint is like a skincare makeup hybrid. I love the lip benefitting ingredients in this formula, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, pumpkin seed oil, camellia seed oil, olive oil, punica oil, coconut oil, and more. It’s also preservative free.
HOW TO APPLY IT: I apply this tint with my finger for a lip color enhancing shade. The shades of the lip tints are very rich, and depending how you apply it, it can be worn as a lipstick or a lip enhancing tint.
Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils #04 Fascinating Violet
Yves Saint Laurent’s Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils in shade #04 Fascinating Violet
WHY I LOVE IT: Most of the time when I wear this mascara, someone compliments the color and asks me where I got my mascara. Yves Saint Laurent’s formula in Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils is buildable to create a dramatic lash or can be applied lightweight with one or 2 coats. HOWEVER—the deep violet purple shade is what keeps me loyal and so excited for this mascara year after year. It’s such a deep beautiful shade. It’s a dark deep purple, so the color purple is only noticeable if someone stares closely at your eyelashes in direct sunlight. (This happened a few times while I was wearing this, and in a good way, ends in compliments and asking “what mascara is that?”)
I also mention Yves Saint Laurent’s Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils in shade #04 Fascinating Violet in my blog post “Packing Light for a Girls Trip! Which Essential Products I Picked!”
HOW TO APPLY IT: If you have blue or green eyes you will LOVE this shade. The purple shade enhances blue eye colors. If you have brown eyes, try the burgundy shade. It will enhance your brown eyes.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
Enjoy these makeup finds! These beauty products are all timeless, classic, and you will be happy with them!
Xx,
Laura
INSTAGRAM: @ooohlalastone
How to Rock a Dark Lip a la Julie Hewett
Dark lips are a sure way to amp up any night out with a sexy, seductive tone. What other shades will help accentuate a dark-lipped-look? Really, makeup application is supposed to be….
Coco Noir lipstick by Julie Hewett Los Angeles
Dark lips are a sure way to amp up any night out with a sexy, seductive tone.
What shades will help accentuate a dark-lipped-look on your other features? Makeup application is supposed to be fun and about the exploration of your own style– wear what works for you and you feel most confident and beautiful! However, Julie Hewett does have a few pointers and tips if you would like to reference.
In the picture of Julie Hewett’s gorgeous Tiah, she is wearing the Coco Noir lipstick in the Luxe Creamy Matte Lipstick collection.
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She pairs this dark shade with a rose color blush shade with a brown undertone. Shop this exact shade in “Destiny” cheekie pot by Julie Hewett. Shop it HERE.
Hewett then used her Breathless Palette to accentuate her eyes with a burgundy/wine color mix. Shop this palette HERE.
Finally, Hewett topped the lid with a shimmer along Tia’s brow bone with a light colored shimmer using Julie Hewett’s very own shimmer in her Shimmy line in shade “Goldie.“ Shop “Goldie” HERE.
So, where are you going to rock this dark lip seduction?
*This* Ruby Balm Still Woos Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore mentions one of her all time favorites. Camellia Ruby Balm by Julie Hewett, in a Refinery29 interview, even 10 years after Moore discovered the Camellia Ruby Balm on the “Because I said so!” set! Camellia Ruby Balm has a sheer red tint…..Multi-Use Beauty Product Ruby Balm is Still a Favorite of Mandy Moore’s!
Golden Globes, 2017
Mandy Moore mentions her love for Julie Hewett’s Camellia Ruby Balm in an interview with Refinery 29 on January 9th, 2017. In the interview with MI-Anne Chan, “The Weird Thing That Makes Mandy Moore Break Out– & How She Deals,” Moore says that Julie Hewett’s Camellia Ruby Balm is a product that she discovered on the “Because I said so!” set in 2007, and that she likes so much, that she has kept it for herself and mentions it in the Refinery29 interview 10 years later!
“I am obsessed with Julie Hewett’s Camellia Ruby Balm. It looks bright pink, but gives the perfect tint on the lips and it’s pretty much all I wear for my character in 1988, but now I use it in my day-to-day life, too.”
Moore’s favorite—shop it here ->Camellia Ruby Balm by Julie Hewett
Camellia Ruby Balm has a sheer red tint that is perfect for every day casual use, or natural enhancement of the lips. At the same time, the main ingredient base of this balm is camellia oil and makes up 70% of the tinted balm stick. Camellia oil is touted for its high content of vitamins A, B, C & E and other minerals like Potassium, Zinc, Calcium, Iron, Manganese and Magnesium. It’s non pore clogging and the molecule of Camellia oil is small enough to penetrate the deepest layers of the skin, more so than other plant oils.
Camellia Ruby Balm also contains rose oil and grape seed oil and orange oil. This balm promotes healing of imperfections, contains natural UVA protection is rich in anti-oxidants and anti-aging polyphenols.
The Julie Hewett team is ecstatic that Mandy Moore still continues to use their Camellia Ruby Balm as a staple in her beauty arsenal since she discovered it on the movie set “Because I said so!” back in 2007.
Mandy Moore looked astounding at the 2017 Golden Globes on January 8th. Clearly, she is doing something right!
OXO
Laura