June Favorites

It's been really great getting back to blogging and I hope you guys have been enjoying my posts. If you ever have any questions, comments or suggestions please let me know!

With that aside, I'm excited to show you guys my favorite products for June.

Sunscreen: The single most important thing you could ever need for the summer. A personal cautionary horror story (that's a bit funny.)

With the rising temperatures and spring quickly blurring into summer, it’s safe to assume no ones staying home all day avoiding the sun. Instead, you’re making plans with friends, going to the beach, and making up for the horrid winter. However, though the sun and warmth is a nice change, it’s also important to change around some of your skincare routine for your face and body. Different cleansers, lighter moisturizers, lighter body lotions and more importantly incorporating sunscreen. 

I was never that great about using sunscreen when I was younger, this was very foolish and obviously led to a vast amount of very unfortunate situations. One in particular, which I will be sharing as a horror story and an explanation on how I quickly became the biggest advocate for sunscreen.

Review: LUSH Lip Scrub "Sweet Lips"

With the wicked winter comes colder, drier air. Which can damage hair, cause irritation on the face and body and cause flakes on the lips. None of which is cute and all of which that sucks. I am a huge believer in scrubbing everything; hands, body, face, and lips. Since exfoliating does help speed skin cell turn-over, and create smoother and brighter skin it's something that should be done regularly but the difference between our face, body and hands compared to our lips are that the lips can't remove dry, dead skin. By exfoliating the lips, your lips look plumper, take moisture in better and lip color applies smoother too! 

Monthly Box: BeautyBox- December

Today's post is dedicated to another beauty box, Vegan Cuts Beauty Box. 
Vegan Cuts has its own food subscription box, which I have yet to have the pleasure of trying. They recently added the Beauty Box, which I have been ordering since September. 

So what can you expect from the Beauty Box subscription? For $19.99 per month, a box has 4-7 vegan and cruelty-free products ranging in sample to full sized items. None of the products have any animal products and don't contain palm oil. 

Lets take a look at my December box!

Monthly Box: Petit Vour- December

Hope everyones holiday season has gone off without a hitch.
Of course, I have left holiday shopping until the very very last minute but it isn't too bad.
Partly because I decided on making some DIY gifts for my friends and coworkers. I most likely won't post it until very late this week but it can come handy for any hostess or birthday gifts you might have.

Continuing from my last post, this is Petit Vour's December box. I promise other product reviews will be posted as soon as I finish with finals. I also have more reasons to buy all the make-up in the world because the holidays...and stuff because I most definitely do not have a problem or an addiction. 

Anyways, we don't want to hear me talk anymore. Lets take a look at what I got this month.

Monthly Box: Petit Vour--November

Nothing brings me more joy then the arrival of beautiful things. Subscription boxes have been all the range the last few years and I have tried them all, I'm what you call an expert in this field ;) Birchbox, Glossybox, EcoEmi, Ipsy, Julep and Goodebox are a few that I've used in the last few years, however it narrowed down to Birchbox and Glossybox. When I decided to go cruelty-free I stopped them both and researched what was out there. I ended up trailing Petit Vour and Beauty Cuts, both vegan boxes, and I cannot be happier with the quality and selection of products in these boxes. 

Here's a bit about Petit Vour from their founder, Madelina Alcott.

"At Petit Vour we have a strong belief that kindness should be precedent to luxury and beauty. No animal should suffer for the sake of beauty.

As a beauty enthusiast myself, I found it frustrating that there wasn't a collective online source where I could get products that met my standards, both ethically and structurally. I wanted to be able to see all of the top cruelty-free brands laid out in front of me. Instead I'd spend hours scouring through forums and various sites to find all of my options. Many of the animal-free products weren't easily accessible except for online, which made shopping risky and money draining for the disappointments along the way. I'm a shopper who likes to get a feel for what I'm purchasing. Petit Vour is risk-free, exciting and allows you to try before you buy. You decide if the product is right for you and worth the upgrade.

I'm thrilled to share my years of research and application with you. Our goal at Petit Vour is to make your shopping fun and effortless and to let you sample new cruelty-free products -- hidden gems, makeup artist-approved and everything in between. We want to be a helpful service, to consumers as well as business owners and we also want to promote our way of living, because we believe compassion enhances all of our passions, whether it be teaching, composing, cooking or walking the runway. Be bold. Be kind."

Now lets take a look on this months box!

Look how pprreeetttyyy!

Fall Trends: Coconut Oil

Fall is among us and I can’t be more excited for the crisp city air, cardigans, scarfs, and chai lattes! However, I am sure the incoming September issues (which I must add are more like weights then actual magazines- InStyle has 716 pages, while Vogue weighs 4 pounds) have given that away.

So what’s in store for this Fall in the world of beauty? Plenty. But it’s more the ingredients then the actually looks this season. The last few years olive oil and argan oil have dominated and rocked the beauty industry. Gradually, Coconut oil has been gaining more attention not only in beauty but health as well, making it fantastic to add into any part of your lifestyle. 

Coconut oil is the most nutrient dense part of the coconut. The oil is over 90% saturated fat and has antimicrobial, antibacterial and antifungal properties. Using coconut oil on the skin leaves it moisturized because the skin absorbs it slowly. It also has antioxidant properties that help in the absorption of other minerals and building cells making them ideal for younger looking skin. Pretty cool, right?

It’s definitely overwhelming seeking coconut oil specific products (or any ingredient specific product.) So I have selected a few of my favorite true and tried LUSH products that are jam-packed with this beneficial oil.