Wow, has it been a minute (nearly 525,600 of them). My last Empties post was the Empties & Openeds for January 2024. Well, here we are in January 2025, and I have nearly a year of empties to go through, which I’ll be breaking into three parts: toners, serums, and then this — cleansers, masks,Continue reading “2024 Empties Part 1: Mostly Just The Basics”
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November Openeds Reviews
Is it halfway through December? Yes. Was I delayed in posting due to birthday and work shenanigans? Also yes. My seborrheic dermatitis flared up again in a big way last month, so I brought some old favorites come back into my routine while busting out some new heavy hitters. About two weeks out from whenContinue reading “November Openeds Reviews”
November Empties Reviews
November was supposed to be chill, but it was not. It’s one of the more stressful months of my life, thanks to my job, and my seborrheic dermatitis flared accordingly. It likes to hang out around my nose, and was red and itchy and ouchy. I did not love that, and it was super frustratingContinue reading “November Empties Reviews”
May Empties Reviews
Colorado decided to mostly skip spring and my skincare routine seems to have done the same — May feels more like I’ve been emptying winter products than working my way through seasonal products. May has thankfully been more rainy and less windy, so my skin has been feeling a lot less dehydrated and uncomfortable. CheckContinue reading “May Empties Reviews”
February Openeds Reviews
Oh February. You were wild. As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I continued battling a rash and I think it’s finally subsided for real, but it really wrecked me this month. That resulted in me having (comparatively) fewer opened products, since I didn’t want to introduce too many new variables to my routine after itContinue reading “February Openeds Reviews”
Best K-Beauty Products for Redness Reduction
Redness. There’s a good chance, if you’re a human of a particular shade, that you’ve been troubled by it. Redness can have a multitude of causes, and sometimes it feels impossible to know WHY you’re red, and target skin concerns accordingly. This is why I love k-beauty products: because of the focus, generally, on hydrationContinue reading “Best K-Beauty Products for Redness Reduction”
Face Off of the Cica Creams: COSRX vs Isntree
So you want a cica cream. Maybe you have persistent sensitive skin and you want some relief, maybe you’re hoping to tone down some redness from rosacea and inflammation, or maybe you just spent too much time out in the sun. Because of cica’s powerhouse soothing and wound-healing benefits, it can be handy to haveContinue reading “Face Off of the Cica Creams: COSRX vs Isntree”
June Openeds Review
It’s summer! And summer means sun, and heat, and trips. I’ve been mountain biking multiple times a week, hitting up the farmers’ market and melting in 90+ degree heat. I also went to Telluride for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, which you’ll read many references to below. Through it all, my skincare had to keepContinue reading “June Openeds Review”
April Openeds Reviews
This month’s opened products were really about getting ready for warmer weather as Colorado continues to waffle about what season we’re in. But as I think about all of these products the big thing that stands out to me, rather than transitional, is sensorial! For almost all of these products, the texture is possibly theContinue reading “April Openeds Reviews”
April Empties Review
Sometimes I worry about how much skincare I buy, then I see how much skincare I go through and I think “nope, seems fine.” Here’s what I emptied in April! Cosrx Cica Serum I won this serum (and the rest of Cosrx’s cica line) back in late November/early December. This serum isn’t as immediately calmingContinue reading “April Empties Review”
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