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COOLA BB+ Cream Tinted Sunscreen Review

This BB cream provides a dewy finish and doubles as a tinted sunscreen. But keep in mind that it doesn't provide full protection against UVA rays.

What do you think of when you picture California? When I was a kid in Maryland, I told my classmates that my family was moving to California, and they were in awe. They said that people in California only ate yogurt, so I should prepare myself for a drastic change in my diet. And they told me that the people were all golden tan there. They probably got this information from movies and books—after all, before I moved to the West Coast, I thought that all Californians were like Dawn from The…

Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Lotion Review

This body lotion contains lots of different types of oil, shea butter, cocoa seed butter, and even some food-like ingredients. But it may be too oily for some people.

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…

The Ordinary Rose Hip Seed Oil Review

If you have acne-prone skin, try mixing a few drops of this oil into your nighttime moisturizer—you won't regret it.

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…