I had this little gem on my skincare stock drawer, just discretely standing there, waiting to be used and blow me away.
Review | Avon Anew Anti-Wrinkle Smoothing Serum (with 0.1% Retinol)
Before you start reading this review, if you want to know my stance on MLMs (anti, in short) and why I still buy from Avon, I’ll direct you to this post.
Avon products can be hit or miss, but some of the greatest hits really knock it out of the park. I’m not (nor have I ever been) an Avon consultant (nor do I have anyone to direct you to), but I’ve tried my share of Avon products and the Anew line seems to be consistently good, so when I saw they had a retinol specific serum, I had to try it.
Brand Review | Biossance (Copper Peptide Serum, Vitamin C Rose Oil, Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum, Elderberry Cleanser)
There are so many skincare lines out there that in order for a new brand to find its niche, they have to be about a specific ingredient. Glow Recipe is about fruit, Verso is about Retinol, Caudelie is about grapes, Biossance is about squalane. Out of everything that Biossance could be about, squalane is not bad at all. It’s a great ingredient.
Brand Review | Verso (Daily Glow, Night Cream, Super Eye Serum, Eye Cream)
Last year, when I was pregnant, I was barred from using retinol. Now I’m making up for lost time. That’s why I’m reviewing Verso, a brand that revolves around promoting the use of retinol in every skincare routine.
Brand Review | Paula’s Choice (Moisturizing Sunscreens, 1% Retinol Booster, 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant)
I’m going to give spoilers right off the bat: this brand is fantastic. Whatever the product, you can always rely on Paula’s Choice. And I’m not saying this because this is a hidden sponsored post (honestly, I wish) or because I’m trying to grab the brand’s attention (I’m aware of my irrelevancy), I’m saying this because Paula’s Choice is that good.
Brand Review | Medik8 (Pore Refining Scrub, Intelligent Retinol 3TR, Hydr8 B5 and B5 Intense Serum, C-Tetra and C-Tetra Luxe Serum)
Medik8. Here’s a brand that I came to know and instantly related to their branding, their mission and their marketing. Also, the name is sort of pun-ny, so obviously they started off on the right foot with me.
Brand Review | JUNOCO (Clean 10 Cleansing Balm, Clarifying Cleansing Powder, Cleansing Cookie and 2% Hyaluronic Acid + Peptides Serum)
Junoco is a Californian cosmetics brand that started in 2018 and has made sustainability and simplicity their main missions. They would fall into the spectrum of “clean beauty” brands, and I haven’t been shy about what I think of that term (usually just a marketing expression profiting off of fear mongering) but I have been proven wrong in the past with brands that market themselves as being “clean” while still caring about scientifically proven efficacy and ingredients being beneficial rather than just “natural”.
So when I was contacted by Junoco about trying a few of their products, and did a little research on the brand to learn what they were about and mostly, about their formulas, I got excited.
Brand Review | Dr. Barbara Sturm (Face Cream, Face Cream Rich, Clarifying Mask, Enzyme Cleanser, Glow Drops)
After La Mer, La Prairie, and other nicely smelling and heavily user-experience focused brands, there is a new type of luxury skincare in town: the one created by doctors. But the question remains: are they more effective? Scientific? Justified in being more expensive?… and are they made by doctors at all?
Brand Review | Avant (Ultimate Hyaluronic Acid DUO Moisturiser, Pro-Radiance Brightening Eye cream, Glycolic Acid Exfoliator, Harmonious Rose Quartz Mask, Pink Orchid Serum)
If you know about Avant, you’re probably a subscriber of a monthly beauty box. I don’t know anyone who has purchased directly from Avant, mainly due to the absurd price, but in case you’re considering getting a beauty box with an Avant product in it and you’re wondering if t’s any good, this post is for you. Avant: the luxury skincare brand that nobody ever paid full price for.
Skincare Empties – Tried, Tested… But Trusted? #2
I’m very overdue with my empties. I need to take out the trash though, I’m in the middle of moving, and if I bring empty plastic bottles into the new apartment that’ll be the last nail in my hoarder coffin. It’s getting comfy in there. Seriously, it’s scary.