favorite skincare products💦

Happy October! 🎃🍂 🧡 I hope that you all are having a lovely start to your fall!

Today I have compiled a list of my go-to holy grail skincare products!! As an esthetician student, I have tried literally hundreds of skincare products, but these are by far my all-time favs!

I think it’s super important to think of skincare as an investment, instead of an expense. Good skincare is expensive, but so so worth it. Invest in your skin – it’s going to represent you for a very long time.

1) Kate Somerville💦

ExfoliKate® Cleanser Daily Foaming Wash

This Kate Somerville cleanser is a luxe, daily foaming face wash for all skin types that effectively cleanses away dirt, oil, makeup, and other impurities while gently exfoliating to reveal softer, smoother, glowing skin.

This Kate Somerville cleanser is just unbeatable. As with any cleanser, I always make sure to double cleanse. This cleanser leaves my skin feeling so clean without feeling stripped. It has such a fresh scent and will leave your skin feeling soft, moisturized, and glowing! ✨

2) Glow Recipe🍌

Banana Soufflé Moisture Cream

The Glow Recipe Banana Soufflé Moisture Cream is a soothing, lightweight moisturizer that resets, replenishes, and seals in a boost of lasting hydration without clogging pores, for all skin types, even acne-prone skin. It is non-comedogenic and non-acnegenic, making it especially good for sensitive skin. Blended with banana, chia seed, magnesium, turmeric, and cica, this sweet soufflé is your recipe for calmer, hydrated healthy-looking skin.

I can’t even begin to describe how yummy the scent is – absolutely amazing! It leaves your skin feeling SO fresh & soft. This is the last step of my skincare routine and my skin always wakes up glowing! ✨

3) Drunk Elephant🍊

C-Firma™ Day Serum

This Drunk Elephant product is a super-potent vitamin C day serum packed with a powerful antioxidant complex, essential nutrients, and fruit enzymes, all working together to firm and brighten the appearance of skin, while improving the signs of photoaging. 🍊

Main benefits of Vitamin C: Protects against free radical damage, evens skin tone, brightens complexion, firms skin, & promotes collagen production

4) May Coop✨

Raw Sauce

May Coop Raw Sauce is a gentle toner, emulsion and essence in one that intensively hydrates and nourishes the skin. What makes Raw Sauce special is that it is made with 93% maple tree sap, skin-nourishing fructan powder (eco-cert certified), and Asian herbal and fruit extracts to achieve the appearance of more hydrated and dewier skin. Perfect for all skin types.

This product soothes your skin and leaves it feeling so hydrated and dewy! 💦

5) BLAQ🌞

Eye Mask + Hyaluronic Acid

Late nights, too many cheeky wines and let’s not forget those carb-on-carb delights, can have our peepers looking, well, not so fresh. Leave the evidence of last night behind, and pop on our activated charcoal eye mask to de-puff, detox, and get back to your shiny, gorgeous self. 🌞

I have tried so many eye masks over the years and these are by far the best ones I have ever tried. They get rid of all your morning puffiness & leave your under eyes feeling so hydrated, refreshed, and looking like you just got an 8-hour sleep!

6) Fourth Ray Beauty🥥

Coconut Face Milk

Fourth Ray Beauty’s Coconut Face Milk is a deeply nourishing drop of moisture to relieve dry skin. Formulated with Coconut Milk, Marshmallow Root, and Aloe, this formula delivers intensive nourishing, softening, and balancing properties.

This product smells like coconut which is amazing! sIt is a super lightweight product that leaves your skin feeling so hydrated, fresh, soft, smooth, and moisturized!

My skincare routine has become a very important part of my morning and nighttime routines!

I would LOVE to know your favorite skincare products below and definitely let me know if you try any of these products yourself!

I hope you all are having a lovely weekend! XO

my favorite small shops✨

I have been dyyyyying to share my favorite small shops with you guys. These small shops all have not only adorable products but fantastic prices and great customer service. From clothing to accessories to stickers these 5 small shops will be your brand new favs!

Shop ANDi (www.shopandi.com/ @shopandi_)

Shop ANDi is my absolute go-to small shop for all of my hair accessory needs! The quality of their products is just impossible to beat – especially at their incredibly affordable price. The owner, Andi, is truly the nicest and her customer service is outstanding! Super fast shipping and great quality products!

Fav shop products: -athletic scrunchies, -apple watch bands, -bright orange bandana

Sunkissed Coconut (https://sunkissedcoconut.com/, @sunkissedcoconut)

Sunkissed Coconut is a one-stop clothing and accessory store for all of your favorite beach bum vintage items! They sell designer tees, sweatshirts, handmade jewelry, and more! Their merch will make all of your summer dreams come true – with their bright colors and dreamy destinations!

Fav shop products: (-latte rainbow cozy sweatshirt, -sunkissed terracotta sweatshirt, -malibu pink barbi tee)

shopgoldenstars (www.etsy.com/shop/shopgoldenstars, @shop.goldenstars)

shopgoldenstars is an etsy shop that makes beautiful handmade jewelry for a great price! their beautifully made earrings, necklaces, and bracelets will put you in jewelry heaven! you can also find some disney inspired pieces to rock while in the parks! I am obsessed with my kyndal earrings from here!

Fav shop products: (-marie earrings, -miami choker, -kyndal earrings)

SERENITYproject (www.etsy.com/shop/serenityproject, @the_serenityproject)

SERENITYproject is a United Kingdom based etsy shop. Their jewelry features stunning gemstones for your happiness and healing. Their jewelry is dainty, delicate, and perfect for everyday wear. From necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and rings – they have all of your gemstone dreams covered!

Fav shop products: (-aquamarine bracelet, -amethyst bracelet, -rose quartz beaded gold necklace)

AllyBlaireCo (www.etsy.com/shop/AllyBlaireCo, @allyblaireco)

AllyBlaireCo is a San Diego based etsy shop featuring die-cut stickers, planner stickers, custom cups, and more! This shop is run by Ally, a Pre-K teacher who hopes to one day turn her shop into her full-time career! Her custom designs feature a warm-toned boho theme and are what all of your aesthetically pleasing dreams are made of!

Fav shop products: (-custom designed glass mason style jar, -boho aesthetic quote stickers, -self love stickers)

Let me know if you guys check out any of these shops and let me know what you think! I would LOVE to know YOUR favorite small shops – leave them in the comments! 🙂

#shopsmall

5 Morning Yoga Practices to Wake Up Your Mind & Body🌞🧘🏼‍♀️

The beautiful thing about yoga is that it calms the mind🧠 AND strengthens the body💪🏼

I have compiled a list of five of my favorite morning yoga practices for you to help clear your mind and get your body ready for the day! 🙏🏼

Set some time aside this week to take care of YOURSELF💛 It is SO important that we are still taking the time to be mindful & give our minds and bodies the attention they deserve✨

Challenge yourself to practice yoga as many times as you can this week! These yoga practices are all 20 minutes or shorter in length. Try to wake up 20 minutes earlier or skip that tv episode – if you want to practice, set aside the time to make it possible!

Check out my Yoga Tracker below to hold yourself accountable for your practice this week!

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1) Sunrise Yoga | Yoga With Adriene 🌅

Nourishing and revitalizing – Morning Yoga is the perfect way to wake up the mind and body! Here is a beautiful 15 minute Sunrise Morning Yoga practice to help you start your day! Stretch and strengthen! Bring energy to the body and rejuvenate the nervous system!

2) Morning Mantra Yoga | Tone It Up 🦋

This workout is a beautiful morning mantra yoga routine, all about setting your intentions for the day. It’ll tone and strengthen your entire body and lengthen those gorgeous muscles! As you come to your mat, create a soothing environment for yourself – set up candles, dim the lights, or maybe take your practice outside. Take a moment to turn inward and feel your heartbeat. Focus on your breath as you set your intentions for the day! Think of three words — two words for yourself and one word for someone else in your life. These words could be love, courage, compassion, creativity, vitality, energy, nourishment, acceptance, or patience.

3) Morning Yoga In Bed | Boho Beautiful 💭

This 15 minute morning in bed yoga class is perfect for beginner & experienced yogis to wake up the body and mind while setting up a perfect day to come. Through a series of gentle asanas you will stimulate blood flow through the muscles, wake up the nervous system, and find a positive grounding for the mind and body to realign. Give yourself the gift of yoga before you even roll out of bed and you will see how much easier your day will unfold before you.

4) Morning Yoga Stretch | Yoga with Kassandra 🤸🏼‍♀️

Enjoy this energy-boosting morning yoga flow which is great for beginners! This practice is great to do when you’ve just gotten out of bed. It includes some strengthening yoga poses to give you the boost of energy you need most in the early hours of the day. No props are necessary for this class, but if you have a block at home you can always grab it to make some poses more accessible! This is a full-body morning yoga stretch that will target all the aches and pains you may have accumulated during the night.

5) 20 Minute Morning Yoga Class with Ally Maz | lululemon 🍋

Rise and shine with lululemon global ambassador and founder of Girlvana, Ally Maz. This 20 minute morning yoga class is intended to ensure you start your day off on the right foot. It will ease you into your morning with some deep stretching and easy flows.

NAMASTE. 🙏🏼

xoxo. Kenna