It’s the first day of 2019! I thought it would be fitting to review something that’s meant to wash away makeup, sunscreen, and impurities—including the kind that come from boarding a long flight back home after visiting your family for the holidays. Today I’m focusing on Innisfree Refreshing Cleansing Wipes with Apple Seed. I picked up this 15-pack on a whim when I wandered into Innisfree’s new-ish Midtown East location in NYC.
As we prepare to head into the holiday season, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on how far this blog has come since I launched it in March (about nine months ago already!). I’ve published 145 articles in that time. I can’t stop browsing skincare products at the drugstore, at TJ Maxx, at the dollar store, at Urban Outfitters…you name it. I never thought I’d be scanning through ingredient lists and recognizing “phenoxyethanol” as a preservative, and…
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…