Spread the Love

My dearest husband surprised me for my birthday last year by going to a beauty store in Korea Town, Los Angeles to buy me skin care. He says he finally figured it out. Skincare for me is like records and CDs are to him. I feel seen. Thanks to the advice of some clearly knowledgeable sales clerks in Korea Town, he got me some truly delightful products. But for me to blog about a product I have to be madly in love. For the record I am currently out of my Huxley Oil Essence and it is frankly affecting my self esteem. This is not an exaggeration. Therefore it occurs to me that I really do need to spread the love on this one. From what I understand Huxley is a favorite among flight attendants. Air travel is very dehydrating, I can see why they love it. Is it an oil? Is it an essence? Is it a serum? I don't know. What is called a lotion in the US is not what is called a lotion in Korea. I have found that what I call a serum may or may not be described as an ampoule by someone el...

It's about time I revealed my best kept secret product.  I honestly have mixed feelings about sharing this because I don't want the price to change or for Essential Wholesale to run out! My all time favorite serum is called Ultimate Facial Serum from Essential Wholesale.  I've been sharing it with my close friends for years and they swear by it.  It started with me sharing it with them because the smallest batch you can order is 16 ounces.  Which is really more than anyone can use on their own before the batch expires.  We're talking about a serum here.  So if you do buy a batch of Ultimate Facial Serum, by all means, share it with your friends.  Literally spread the love. That said, the ingredients in this serum are absolute top notch.  Vitamins A, B, C, E and DMAE are just a few of the amazing ingredients.  Coenzyme Q10, tons of fruit extracts, and niacinamide are in there as well kids.  It's just packed with good, strong stuff....

Birthday No. 42, gulp. Products come and go.  Especially for a skincare/makeup obsessive like me.  Some products are so tried and true though I continue to use them regularly, if not daily.  I may cheat on them a bit now and then but I always return to products that work.  These are the absolute gold standard of my regime.  Follow the links to my original blog postings. Purity Made Simple Face Wash - Philosophy There simply is no better face wash.  It is gentle, dissolves makeup, and doesn't sting my eyes.  I buy 32 ounce sizes so that I never run out. Purity Made Simple Clarisonic Face Brush This brush is amazing.  It's worth the money.  Your skin just gets cleaner.  Your pores look better.  Just remember to REGULARLY replace that brush. Clarisonic UN-Wrinkle Peel Pads - Peter Thomas Roth I don't take the time to use these enough.  When I do though (and I always do), I s...

My newest skincare obsession has been the wealth of products and methods the Japanese have to offer.   Thanks to the internet, I have been able to try popular Japanese products normally sold only in Japan.   It’s all very exciting.   For this post however I would like to introduce you to a remarkable method for which you can use the products you already have in your drawer.   It’s called the lotion mask. The concept is simple.   By applying product via thin saturated cotton and leaving it on your skin for 3 to 15 minutes, your skin somehow absorbs the product more deeply into its epidermis than it would if you simply applied to your skin directly.   Osmosis perhaps; I’m not sure.   The Japanese have a product category they call lotion which is somewhere in between toner and serum here in the US.   This is the consistency you need for this mask.   They have products for sale with this consistency, very good ones in fact.  ...