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TLC Skincare Routine

Sometimes I think I’m pretty well adjusted to Michigan weather and then it gets super cold out of seemingly no where leaving my skin feeling really dry, dull, and unhappy. Also, I’m human and as much as I want to keep up with my multi-step routine, sometimes it just doesn’t happen. And here’s where some of my favorite ingredient-conscious TLC skincare products come in to soothe, rehydrate, and protect my skin during times of stress and cold, drying weather. They help to bring my skin back to normal and they

Delightful Duos No. 1: Zabana Essentials + One Love Organics

Today’s Delightful Duo are two products from my Petit Voir boxes: Zabana Essentials Glow Stick in Bare Beauty and One Love Organics Healthy Locks Dry Shampoo Powder. Let me be totally honest, today was dreary and not pretty, and my hair was equally drab looking. But I didn’t have time to wash my hair as that’s at least a three hour ordeal from start to dry enough to go out in the cold weather and I don’t have the powers to fix the weather. So I thought today would be

DelilaSophia Chikyu Brand Review

Brand Review: Chikyu

DelilaSophia Chikyu Brand Review

My favorite products from this brand are the Vita Plus Eye Cream and the Balanced Skin Toner (which was included as a sample with my order), both of which I plan to purchase full sizes of. I tried these two along with the Facial Cleansing Oil, Face Polish Exfoliator, Restoration Overnight Face Cream, and Radiance Skin Booster. Here are my thoughts on each one…

Chikyu Skincare

New Goodies: Chikyu Skincare

Chikyu Skincare

*All products shown here were purchased by me or included as samples in my order* I’m having so much fun finding new ingredient-conscious brands to try and I discovered Chikyu Skincare on Etsy while on a search for some all natural skin brightening solutions. I’ll be trying all of these out over the next month or so, but I wanted to share a bit about the brand and my first impressions now. Chikyu is focused on simple, pure ingredients without GMO’s, sulfates, parabens, phthalates, or petrochemicals. One of the things

Ingredient Concious

How to: Be Ingredient-Conscious

Ingredient Concious

One of the biggest changes I’ve made to my beauty routine is being more ingredient-conscious and I’d like to share a few of my tips with you so you can learn to take more control of what you put on your face. Being “ingredient-conscious” means being mindful of what ingredients are in the products you are using. This includes things like reading labels and learning what some of the common ingredients are and where they come from. I think of this as a learning process and something that is specific