Clay masks are one of those subcategories of skincare that have always appealed to me, as a person of oily/combo skin. After rinsing off a clay mask, I feel like I know, if only for a few minutes, what it’s like to have nice skin without any excess oil. The problem is that some clay masks (ahem, Aztec Clay Mask, I’m lookin' at you) can be overly drying and messy. So when Sand and Sky first reached out to me to see if I’d be interested in trying their Australian Pink Clay Mask,…

One of my guilty pleasures is browsing through TJ Maxx’s skincare section, just for the heck of it. About 95 percent of the time, I find something new to try, even when I don’t need something new. I spotted today’s product, Quinn’s Alcohol-Free Witch Hazel Unscented Aloe Vera Toner, at my local TJ Maxx (hopefully it’s at yours, too). The only problem I have with buying skincare at TJ Maxx is that if you actually like it, there’s no guarantee that you will be…

I’ve always been intrigued by Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap’s packaging—it’s crammed with a bunch of text, and not unlike baking soda, you can use it in so many ways, from washing your hair to mopping floors to washing your dog (see this example label for the full details). In the quote above, the narrator recognizes the familiar scent of Dr. Bronner’s on an old friend. From reading this, we can gather that Neel no longer lives in the apartment that smelled like…