Another year has passed, and it's time for a yearly favorites post! Both in my general life and my beauty consumption, 2022 brought some old, some new. Read on to see what stood out for me in the worlds of makeup, skincare, and nail polish this past year.
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1/29/2022 0 Comments 2021 Best in Beauty: My Favorite Makeup, Skincare, and Nail Products from the Past Year
Hey, it's been a while, beauty people! Turns out I do indeed have a life outside of my small corner of the internet. Nonetheless, let's go on to my 2021 best in beauty: my makeup, skincare, and nail favorites from the last year!
Just as I did with last year's favorites, I won't be listing a product for every single category, and this won't be a "most used" list. Instead, I'll only be including the products that truly ~sparked joy~. As such, I'll be omitting many categories from this compilation, and some categories will have multiple products. For each product, I will be indicating what year I bought it and if it was a repeat favorite from 2020. I think this is always interesting to see when I read/watch other people's yearly favorites. The online beauty space -- consumers, brands, and our consumerist culture as a whole -- has a tendency to latch onto new releases and immediately discard older products: with what's considered "old" becoming younger and younger with each no release. I'm no minimalist by any stretch of the imagination, but I hope to combat that crow brain, "ooh new shiny thing" mentality just a little bit. Click here for my 2020 favorites All prices listed are in USD at the time of writing. They are not affiliate links, only for your own convenience, because I am but a common man. 2/23/2021 0 Comments Morning & Nighttime Skincare Routine for Dry Skin 2021 (Mostly Cruelty-free & Affordable)I'm sure that many of you out there are deciding to get started with a skincare routine (or maybe just want some ~inspiration~ on new products to try). However, with the wealth of information (including pseudoscience misinformation!), it can be incredibly overwhelming to try to figure out what you do and don't "need" to include in your own skincare routine.
Ultimately, every single person's skin is different, so everybody's "perfect" skincare routine will be different. Plus, your skin's needs naturally vary with the changing weather, your surrounding environment, alterations to your lifestyle, etc., so even your "perfect" skincare routine won't always be "perfect" for you. Nonetheless, as someone with dry skin as my primary skin concern (and acne as my secondary concern), I hope to give you a place to start by sharing my personal skincare routine of mostly cruelty-free and drugstore products. I do these routines each morning and evening. EXTRA DISCLAIMER: A true basic skincare routine is cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen (in the mornings). I have a pretty extensive routine, but I've been on this ~skincare journey~ for several years now. So, I know my skin's needs, and I know my willingness to spend a lot of time on my routine every morning and night. This amount of product really isn't "necessary" for everybody. Ultimately, the best skincare routine is the one that you'll do every day! 1/12/2021 0 Comments 2020 Best in Beauty: My Favorite Makeup, Skincare, and Nail Products from the Year
Hello, everyone, and welcome to 2021!
As we enter this brand new year, I wanted to reflect on the previous one and all of the makeup, skincare, and nail Stuff that I used -- specifically my favorites of this Stuff. You may notice that several categories are missing, and some categories have multiple products. To choose these products, I didn't go category to category -- primer to foundation to concealer, etc. -- but rather chose the products from my collection that truly sparked joy for me in 2020. As such, I didn't select from categories where I didn't have a product that truly wowed me like the rest of the things on this list do, even for categories that I use almost every single day like brow gel. Consequently, this is a "beauty favorites of 2020" and not a "most used products of 2020." I also included what year I first got the product. A majority of these 2020 favorites weren't purchased in 2020; 2020 purchases make up 30% (7/23) of this list, 2019 makes up 43% (10/23), and 2018 -- the first year I got into makeup -- makes up 26% (6/23)*. One could argue that this means the 2020 additions to my collection were not wise investments, but I like to see it as my past purchases standing up to the test of time -- and not treating my beauty products as disposables, only fun while they're still shiny and new. Unless otherwise specified, all of these products are cruelty free! *These percentages are all rounded to the nearest whole number, which is why they don't add up to 100%, haha. |
about @glowyminoI have dry skin and very dry and textured lips. I also have a medium-light skintone (somewhere in the realm of NC25-30) with strong warm yellow/olive undertones. I have a tendency to prefer a glowy, lightweight base and color cosmetics in shades of a warm undertone. Read more about me in the about page! Archives
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