2024 Empties Part 2: Toners and Essences

Is this an egregious amount of toner and essence to go through in a year? Possibly. Am I in my late 30s living in a dry climate? Also yes. The seven skin method has been a great boon to my skin, and in every routine I use two layers of a fermented essence, followed byContinue reading “2024 Empties Part 2: Toners and Essences”

Q4 2023 Openeds

As referenced in a previous post, October, November and December of 2023 were pretty wild. On top of everything happening at work and at home, I also managed to get a pretty awful case of eczema around my right eye that shrank and flared throughout the last two months of the quarter, leading me toContinue reading “Q4 2023 Openeds”

September Empties Reviews

Oh September. What a month. We were in Japan for 1.5 weeks to celebrate our 6 year wedding anniversary, and before that I was grinding my way through my first weeks of being a Director of Engineering. Notably, the work has not let up since our return, ergo the truly latest batch of reviews IContinue reading “September Empties Reviews”

August Empties Reviews

A post with empties, relatively on time? Well clutch my pearls and say it ain’t so. Openeds were last week, with August and July combined. These, being empties, will have my rating out of 10 on how they did for me and my dry skin. Toner/Essence 🍃 Barr Centella Calming Ampoule Toner I honestly hadContinue reading “August Empties Reviews”

July & August Openeds Reviews

You know how I’ve been talking about how wild life’s been? Well, imagine me gesturing broadly right now. Given how truly off-the-rails things have been, I’m doing my July and August openeds in one post (it was the way to get them out before September, so it’s a win, right?). And yes, that is aContinue reading “July & August Openeds Reviews”

May Empties Reviews

I thought this month would be different: I was doing really good at writing reviews as I emptied products, at the beginning of the month. Then my life fell apart a bit, so this is coming to you a week late, after days of me trying to have the energy and focus to sit downContinue reading “May Empties Reviews”

April Openeds Reviews

It feels a bit like I wound up with a whole new routine this month, but given how I’ve renewed my skincare practice with new vigor, I suppose that makes sense. My skin has gotten even thirstier than usual with the shift towards spring in Colorado (though leaves are only hitting the trees now, inContinue reading “April Openeds Reviews”

April Empties Reviews

It feels like I was back to my old tricks in April, with over 10 empties. You would think that would mean a complete routine overhaul, but my routine is so long that you would be wrong. That said, while I spent April focusing on getting back into skincare (sometimes work wears me down, andContinue reading “April Empties Reviews”

February Empties Reviews

February went by quickly, as it is wont to do. My face largely returned to normal, after January’s upset, but an eczema/psoriasis/I’m-secretly-allergic-to-my-dogs patch on the back of my neck caused problems. My empties tend to come in waves, with some months being all about serums, others about toners — this is a serum one. Here’sContinue reading “February Empties Reviews”

December Empties and Openeds Reviews

I usually break empties and openeds into separate posts, but there were fairly few products going into and coming out of my routine in December — the focus of the month was definitely on my Sheet Mask Skincare Challenge, wherein I did a sheet mask, well, every day. Grouping these posts together will also helpContinue reading “December Empties and Openeds Reviews”