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September Favorites


This month was me trying desperately to get my skin to look better. I don't have too many favorites this month, but the ones that I did pick out were really the best of the best!



First off, my glasses from Warby Parker. The Holocomb frame (www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses) is just my everything! I had it for over a month now, and I love it more and more each day. I don't mind wearing these frames outside and it gives my outfit such an edge!

I've also been loving the Burberry Sheer Glow foundation. It gives the face such a glowing look without it being slippery. It doesn't break me out either, which is always of my utmost importance. When I find that it isn't covering enough, I mix it with my Estee Lauder maximum cover foundation.

That reminds me of the Hourglass Primer I picked out. If you didn't know, I once raved about this product... then, I found the Benefit Primer and totally transferred over to them. But nowadays, I'm back on the wagon with my Hourglass Mineral Veil primer. It's been working better than the Benefit for some strange reason!

For blusher, I've picked up the Benefit Rockateur blush. I bought this last year, and I didn't like the color, but for some reason, this shade has been looking good on my skin. I also love how the Benefit blushes give you that gleam on the cheeks. It's really so pretty! Oh, and I forgot to mention that the shade is a rose-gold kind of shade.

Lipsticks! I've been loving two. The first is a recent purchase from Tom Ford. I love their lipsticks so much. Unlike the previous shade I had from Tom Ford, which was Violet Fatale, this natural shade called Spanish Rose is a perfect everyday pink shade.

The other lipstick is from MAC. The shade is Syrup, and it is seriously one of a kind. It's a plum, but a muted kind. It's everyday, with something different. I'm going to be posting my "Interview Makeup" post, where I share with you some of the products that I recommend for interviews. This is one of them! Absolutely love!

I'm almost done with the Josie Maran hand cream. This might very well be a repurchase because nothing makes me cuticles disappear as well as this one. The smell isn't all that beautiful, nor the packaging... but the actual substance of this lotion is GOOD.

Finally, fragrance. I used my Sephora points to get a decent travel size of the Nest Midnight Fleur fragrance. I've heard about it so much, I thought I'd give it a try. Not only do I love the packaging, but I love the smell for sure! It is a warm and encompassing scent. It's sweet and it feels like someone is wrapping you with a cozy blanket. I've been wearing it everyday, and it fits really well especially with the Fall here now!

Reminder: search up the brand into the search bar to read the previous reviews on the products!

Whipped Argan Oil Hand Cream by Josie Maran

I didn't want to make my previous Josie Maran post super long, so I've cut it into two. You can read the other product review here. This time though, I'm going to be talking about a hand cream. I featured this both in a favorites and a haul post.




The Josie Maran product I tried and fell in love with was their "Whipped Argan Oil Intensive Cream" for the hands. Now this, I am quite decided on! I talk about it in my May Favorites here *(you can watch it right down below), but I find this hand cream to be very very unlike the other hand creams I've tried. I mean, what more can be different?


Well first of all, when you put it on, it feel as though you are coating your hands with these super soft gloves. They neither feel entirely like butter-cream, or like water-infused gel type. It's somewhere in the middle. And, I have often found that hand creams have a way for DULLING my nail polishes which really annoys me! But because this is made with "whipped argan oil", I find it helps my nails remain shiny.

At first, you do feel a bit of residue, but as you continuously lather it in, your hands are feeling so super soft I find myself asking everyone I meet to touch my hands! Also, I found this to be great for cuticles. It feels like you have applied cuticle oil on your nails in cream form so that it doesn't just disappear!

The smell isn't all that great or bad. There is a slight scent of apricot, so it reminds me a little of the Essie Apricot cuticle oil. Other than that though, this is a very unique formulation of a hand cream I haven't tried before, and that I am currently loving!

REVIEW. Josie Maran Argan Love Your Lips Hydrating Lipsticks




I would sometimes dwindle around the Josie Maran counters at Sephora but nothing had really triggered me for some reason. That was, until the past few months when I tried out their Argan Love your Lips Hydrating Lipsticks. I, both fortunately and unfortunately, work next to a Sephora and that means popping into that store every chance I get. It must have been both the professional setting and the dry office air that made me want to pick these lipsticks up, because soon, I found myself picking out two of these lipstick shades. One in "Happy Honey" and the other in "Playful Pink". Quite the simple names I must say!

I originally wanted to go for only the nude, but I found that the pink was also a very nice everyday kind of pink. Pricing at $22, I was spilt between whether these sheer lipsticks were worth it or whether they were a bit too sheer and high maintanence. They felt really hydrating, and the color was really nice, but they were really quite sheer. You have to rub these against your lips for a good five or more times to get color on your lips. But when you did, the color was quite sheer and it just gave you a nice flush of the color of the lipstick. Sometimes, you need that sheer shade for places you don't want to make obvious something is on your lips!

The color of the lipstick is surrounded by the signature Josie Maran argan oil balm. It hydrates your lips all over, and it really does feel great. However, what I did find was that, perhaps because it was argan oil based, the oil did evaporate very quickly leaving with just the color on the lips and less of that shine you first get when you apply it on. If you love lip tints, this one is for you.

I did find that I had to reapply it a bit often because one, I found that I liked that creaminess of the argan balm on my lips, and two, because I found that I am more of a definite color lipstick-gal than a sheer-tint-of-color kind of gal.


I can't say these lipsticks are my fave yet, but if you do love a balmy lipstick with a tint of pretty colors for an everyday kind of thing, you might love this. It really is hydrating, and I'd imagine makeup beginners or the not-so-huge makeup wearers would enjoy these very much. I especially love the "Happy Honey" shade since I find it to be such a nice nude shade.


May Favorites


I filmed a May Favorites on my Youtube channel. Although I wanted to feature a lot more skincare products I've fallen in love with the past month, I thought it'd end up being a very long video. So, instead I've decided to do a separate skincare routine.



Watch the video and don't forget to give it a thumbs up if you've enjoyed it! Also, I love reading your comments. Do tell me what you've been loving or really anything :)

Products mentioned:

  • Rose of Bulgaria Body Balsam *forgot to take a picture of this one
  • Josie Maran Whipped argan oil intensive hand cream
  • Benefit Pore-fessional primer
  • MAC Soba eyeshadow
  • Milani Baked blush in luminoso 05
  • Collection concealer in light 02
  • Maybelline clear eyebrow gel + Perfekt eyebrow gel
  • Essie Topless & Barefoot
  • Kiehl's in-flight refreshing face mist
  • Kiehl's midnight recovery concentrate
  • Missha Cell Renewal Snail Cream


Sephora + Kiehl's Haul




I did me some shopping, but only a small one. I bought a few Sephora bits online, which came with three awesome deluxe samples because they were doing some kind of promotion. The brand that I mainly picked up was Josie Maran, a kind of new brand for me still. I'll talk more about it in my May Favorites video coming up soon.

From Sephora I picked up: Josie Maran Argan Love Your Lips Hydrating Lipsticks in shades "Happy Honey" and "Playful Pink". Picked them up because the amount of balm-y-ness of these lipsticks were instantly obvious and the colors were just so neutral and easy. Another Josie Maran I picked up was their "Whipped Argan Oil" Intensive Hand cream. You'll see the in my May Favorites but it's quickly becoming my favorite!


I also picked up the Benefit Pore-fessional Primer. I am a committed user of the Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer, but this Benefit one is really quickly becoming my go-to primer.

With these purchases, I got a First Aid "Skin Rescue Deep Cleanser". I've been wanting to try some First Aid skincare products. I have yet to try this. I also received a deluxe sample of the Urban Decay all-nighter. Nothing new, just their staple finishing makeup spray. I also added in my favorite mascara, Benefit's "They're Real" mascara, and also their "Fake up" concealer in the shade medium.


From Kiehl's I ordered just two products, although I was so tempted to get their primer, but I kept it simple. What I really wanted to try was their "Avocado" Creamy eye cream people have raved on about. I still feel I'm not in the stage where I need eye creams, and because I haven't tried all that many, I couldn't quite compare it to anything really. But it seems nice so far. Plenty of hydration!

Then, I got their face mist which smells really herbally but really refreshing. It's their "In-Flight Refreshing Face Mist", supposed to help with skin respiration.

Wishlist #3




Some things I want but not necessarily need. I've come to a point where I feel I have enough and that pretty much scares me haha. Either I have too much or I'm growing old. Still yet, here are some things I'd love to try!
  1. Josie Maran "Happy Honey"
  2. Clinique "Take the day off" balm cleanser
  3. Nars Velvet Lip in "Damned"
  4. Laura Mercier mineral foundation
  5. Bobbi Brown blush in "Apricot"
  6. Byredo Parfum "Inflorescence"
Anyone want to recommend any of them? x
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