Do you get to call it "Spring Break" when you're 32?
I think so.
What I'm bringing with me to Florida:
Easy separates, a few glam extras, and products that make traveling easy. (For more, check out my post on the Simple Skincare blog.)
My husband isn't a big face-products guy. I've tried to convince him that moisturizing actually just feels really nice and doesn't need to result in him smelling like a mango, but still: no.
Remember when I said a few weeks ago that the Simple Sense tool had recommended that I amp up my exfoliation efforts, and that my plan was to pick up Simple Skincare's Smoothing Facial Scrub and put it right there on the sink next to my toothbrush so that I would a) remember to exfoliate in the first place and b) be able to cleanse and exfoliate in a single step? Well, I happen to already know that I like this product and that it's a great way to get your exfoliating and cleansing done all at once. I know this because I used to have a full tube of the stuff sitting right there on my sink, all ready to go.
And my husband used the whole thing.
Now that the cold weather is finally here, it’s time to switch up your skincare routine accordingly.
I've gotten a bunch of questions about how to wear floral denim, and the answer is that there are tons of fun ways - it's not as tricky a piece as you might think.
During Fashion Week - because hey, I don't get out of the woods all that often these days, so I have to take every opportunity I get to do it up - I went big, and even switched up my regular brown-and-black look with some serious color
Here are the things you’ll always find on or in my bedside table.
Little factoid: I’m relatively new to the world of vitamins.
So this is what I’m wearing lately.
Summer is great for lots of things. Like hanging your feet over the edges of speedboats. Picnics involving things like brie and prosciutto. Mini golf.
What summer is not always great for is your skin: each season arrives toting along a new set of exciting challenges for your pretty face. I was going to say that the winter is the worst for me, because my skin is terribly dry and flaky…but I actually think it’s the summer months that make me craziest, because sometimes it feels that my skin has a panic attack in response to virtually anything I put on it.
Heat and humidity can trigger all sorts of lovely reactions, from rashes to breakouts, and while I enjoy the summer because my armadillo-ness takes a temporary leave of absence (and because I get to pretend that nothing in my closet exists except for my jean shorts), my sensitive skin does not like having stuff on it when over-90 degree temperatures are involved. At all. And it lets me know that it does not like this in very decisive ways, such as bestowing me with very large, uncoverup-able pimples in fabulously attractive places like the sides of my nose.
Of course I still want to moisturize, even in the summer. But the key, for me at least, is finding facial skincare products that accommodate needs that change with the seasons. Heavy moisturizers are just a terrible idea for me during the summer – I need something light and breezy, and that I don’t feel sliding off my face the second I step out the door and the heat hits me.
