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…
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…
