Hey every­one! I want to update you on a few things I’ve been using for the last 2+ months, with which I have fallen in love/lurrrrve.

In no par­tic­u­lar order, I give to you…

Kukui Sensitive Facial Oil Review

1. Lily Organ­ics Kukui Sen­si­tive Facial Oil Treat­ment (Unscented), $28.99. I can sum this one up eas­ily: WOW. I received this luxe oil to try out about 2–3 months ago and noticed a dif­fer­ence after the first night. The area around my eyes gets dehy­drated eas­ily, and I want to keep it free of fine lines (no wrin­kles, thank you). The oil feels light and silky, and has no dis­cernible scent. I like that it absorbs quickly, so as not leave any marks on my pil­low­case. It com­pletely hydrated and smoothed out my dehy­dra­tion lines – I have zero now. Zero. I love that the ingre­di­ents are “clean” and sim­ple, and they make use of the nat­ural form of vit­a­min E (d-alpha, not dl-), which is a potent antiox­i­dant and skin lovin’ hydra­tor. I have a sneak­ing sus­pi­cion this one will end up on next year’s Epic Beauty Awards.

Skin Apotheke Wild Rose and Sandalwood Mask Review

2. Skin Apotheke Wild Rose and San­dal­wood Mask, $15.50. You may be won­der­ing why Skin Apotheke keeps pop­ping up in my “favorite” prod­ucts lists and in my skin care rou­tines over the past sev­eral years. Well, ask Ria (SA’s owner and skin care magi­cian). I just can’t help that this woman keeps churn­ing out mirac­u­lous hand­made for­mu­las. This mask is no excep­tion. One, I love the incred­i­ble deep red color of this mask. Two, I love the deli­cious, earthy rose smell. And three, I love that it does a great job of bal­anc­ing my oilier T-zone, and how quickly and thor­oughly it com­pletely elim­i­nates any red­ness, irri­ta­tion, and…blackheads (a wel­come result). All gone! I do a lit­tle mini-facial for myself about once a week, and this has been a per­fect final step to my sim­ple facial.

Sprout Skin Care Toner Review

3. Sprout Skin Care Cleanser and Toner, $24 each. Two new tools in my beauty arse­nal that I will not go with­out. At first I was sent sam­ples to review but loved them so much I repur­chased on my own. The Sprout Cleanser is a watery, toner-like con­sis­tency, which I apply with a cot­ton ball at night­time. First, I do my usual warm-filtered-water-towel-on-the-face thing for a few min­utes, swipe the cleanser on using a cot­ton ball, and then give a quick rinse with fil­tered water. The sim­ple, all nat­ural glyc­erin and rose­wa­ter (yes, it smells like roses) mix­ture does an excel­lent job of remov­ing any dirt or oil rem­nants. Some­times I’ll swipe some on my hands to elim­i­nate any dry­ness. Some nights, I’ll just wash my face with water like usual and swipe some Sprout-Toner–soaked cot­ton balls on my face, skip­ping the glyc­erin cleanser alto­gether. The toner is a sim­ple mix of apple cider vine­gar, witch hazel, and essen­tial oils, which does a won­der­ful job of bal­anc­ing the skin’s pH and pre­vent­ing pim­ples. While being a bit expen­sive for being so sim­ple (their catch­phrase, after all, is “sim­plic­ity is the essence of awe­some”), I love that they use qual­ity ingre­di­ents and have so care­fully for­mu­lated their prod­ucts. Another plus is the prod­ucts are so long-lasting (I have another 1–2 months to go in order to fin­ish ‘em off). Their blends work amaz­ingly well, are non-drying, and leave a beau­ti­ful glow to the skin.

JumpSport 250 Review

4. Jump­Sport Fit­ness Tram­po­line Model 250, $239. It may seem silly, but I have wanted a tram­po­line sooo badly, since I was a wee lass. My dad never let us have one because he deemed it unsafe for soft, break­able kid bod­ies. But my dream never died. For the past few years, “rebound­ing” for exer­cise has caught my atten­tion – for some rea­son, I never thought of jump­ing glee­fully on a tram­po­line to be a work­out. Alas, it is, and a very effec­tive, NASA-endorsed one at that. So after my typ­i­cal obses­sive research period, I finally bit the bul­let and bought this “fit­ness tram­po­line” (a.k.a. rebounder) by Jump­Sport. There was no way in hell I was going to spend $800 on a Bel­li­con, nor did I want to spend $50-$80 to replace cheapo spring-based rebound­ers every few months. Not a day goes by where I don’t jump on this lit­tle beast (it sits in the mid­dle of my liv­ing room). I love it. It’s silent (no squeaky springs, it has bungees instead), it’s easy on the joints, and best of all, it’s an easy, super fun way for me to some quick car­dio in and get the blood/lymph moving.

Hope you enjoyed this post. Leave a com­ment let­ting me know your lat­est must-haves! Seri­ously, I wanna know. ;)
~Steph  x

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