I must preface this review by saying that I absolutely detest coconut. I hate eating it and I also hate smelling it. One time I made the mistake of buying shampoo without smelling it first; I realized that it smelled like coconut while I was already using it, so I had to smell the coconut scent on my hair all day long. I never made that mistake again. I’ll try to put aside my bias for the sake of this review, since today I’m focusing on a coconut-heavy lotion: Palmer’s Coconut…

Does anyone else think that “rose hips” are weird? If roses have hips, do they also have their own version of the Shakira song, because their hips don’t lie? All jokes aside, I had no idea that rose hips were actually used for so many things before I first heard about them on /r/SkincareAddiction. People raved about rose hip seed oil’s benefits for acne-prone skin, so I decided to give The Ordinary Rose Hip Seed Oil a try. It has quickly become one of my favorite go-to…

Traveling to a foreign country exposes you to so many new sights, sounds…and skincare products. Since I started this blog, skincare products have become some of my favorite souvenirs to bring back—especially face masks, since they travel light and they don’t take up space in my TSA-approved quart-size bag of liquids. Today I’m going to introduce you to a skincare product that actually relies on a food that many Asians (including me) already know and love: soy! I picked up this…