Best of 2015: Hair & Body

The second installment of my Best of 2015 is finally up on YouTube. This time I'm talking about my favorite hair and body care products that I've discovered over the last year. Surprisingly, there was actually only one body care item and there rest is all haircare.

There aren't that many products in this latest installment, but these have become "holy grail" constant repurchases. Let me know what your top haircare and body care products over the last year were!

I hope you enjoy the video!

Love,

Claire

2013 Favorites: Hair, Body, & Tools

Finally, the last installment of my overdue 2013 Favorites featuring haircare, body care, and tools (including brushes). There were a surprisingly large amount of items in this category, and many extremes (i.e. mentions of Bath & Body Works items while also Oribe). I've found myself over the last year really getting into makeup brushes and starting to appreciate the art of a well manufactured brush and that affects it can have on your makeup application. I've even already made a few more brush investments in 2014 that I'm excited to share and review! Let me know what you think of the video in the comments below and I hope you enjoy!

Products Mentioned

Korres Body Butter Guava

Origins Ginger Souffle Whipped Body Cream

Origins Ginger Burst Savory Body Wash

Bath & Body Works Cashmere Glow Shower Gel

Bath & Body Works True Blue Spa Malibu Smooth Body Scrub

Kiehl's Creme de Corps Soy Milk & Honey Body Polish

L'Occitane Almond Delicious Hand Cream

Beauty Blender

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

Real Techniques Contour Brush

Real Techniques Multi Task Brush

Real Techniques Stippling Brush

Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush

Sephora Classic Mineral Powder Brush #45

Sephora Pro Flawless Airbrush #56

Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki

Sonia Kashuk Domed Blusher Brush No. 29

Sonia Kashuk Blusher Brush No. 2

MAC 150 Large Powder Brush

MAC 109 Small Contour Brush

Kevyn Aucoin Concealer Brush

Bobbi Brown Ultrafine Eye Liner Brush

MAC 217 Blending Brush

MAC 219 Pencil Brush

MAC 286 Duo Fibre Blending Brush

MAC 239 Eye Shading Brush

Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray

Living Proof Flex Shaping Hairspray

Love,
Claire

Favorites: October 2013

As the seasons change I turn back to favorites that have been my tried and true moisturizing and exfoliating products. Colder weather means it's time to hydrate the skin, slap on darker nail polish, and pamper time in the shower/bath. Oils, glycolic acid, and black nail polish galore, check out my October Favorites in the video below!

Products Mentioned:

Carol's Daughter Monoi Repairing Conditioner
L'Occitane Cleansing & Softening Shower Oil with Almond Oil
Bobbi Brown 'Soothing' Cleansing Oil
Skin 79 Rose Moisture Mask
Alpha-H Liquid Gold
Estee Lauder 'Idealist' Even Skintone Illuminator
MAC Mineralize Blush Lured to Love (Divine Night Collection)
Burberry Sheer Luminous Pressed Powder No. 2 Porcelain
Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils - Luxurious Mascara No. 5 Burgundy
Julep Cleopatra

In the video I mentioned that the L'Occitane Almond Oil 500 mL bottle is only available during the holidays. This is no longer the case and it can be purchased all year. However a great deal is rather than repurchasing the larger size, but getting refills for $12 cheaper for the same amount of product!

Hope  you enjoyed!

Claire

Empties: March 2013

You would think that after months and months of doing these empties posts/videos there would come a point where the sheer quantity would slow down. Apparently not. I won't lie, I love collecting the products and watching my bag of empties grow more full as the month progresses. It's a sick satisfaction. I am a consumer. It's that simple.

Anyway, as far as the products go, I finished a few interesting skincare bits (yes, cleanser is interesting to me) and a few makeup items that always seem to shock the masses that I get through (the masses being my one friend who reads this, HI DIANA). Regardless, I hope you guys enjoyed the video and snazzy empty-product-porn.

Products Mentioned:

Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar Golden Sugar Scrub*

Lush Christmas Eve Bubble Bar*

Lush Santa's Sack Bubble Bar*

EOS Lavender Jasmine Shave Cream*

h20+ Seaweed Mud Treatment*

REN Moroccan Rose Otto Body Wash*

Lush Hair Doctor*
DevaCurl One Condition
DevaCurl No-Poo
Bumble & Bumble Classic Hairspray*
Lush R&B*
Carol's Daughter Hair Milk Lite Leave-In Moisterizer*
Lush The Sacred Truth*
Caudalie Beauty Elixer*
Klorane Soothing Eye Make-Up Remover with Cornflower Water
Avene Cleanance Gel*
REN Hydra-Calm Cleansing Gel*
This Works Super Moisture
Jemma Kidd Mineral Skin Tint SPF 20*
Tarte MultiplEYE Clinically-Proven Natural Lash Enhancing Primer*

Travel/Sample Sizes:

Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Milk Scrub*

Caudalie Crushed Cabernet Scrub*

Love + Toast Clementine Crush Sugar Scrub*

Sundari Gotu Kola & Walnut Body Exfoliator (x2)*
Kiehl's Nashi Blossom & Pink Grapefruit Hand & Body Lotion (2)*
Kiehl's Olive Fruit Oil Nourishing Conditioner*
Kiehl's Amino Acid Conditioner*
Kiehl's Amino Acid Shampoo*
Bumble & Bumble Color Minded Shampoo*
Macadamia Natural Oil Deep Repair Masque*
Matrix Biolage Exquisite Oil*
GLAMGLOW Tingling & Exfoliating Mud Mask*
Caudalie Cleansing Water*
ShuUemura Cleansing Beauty Oil Premium a/o Advanced Formula*
Lancome Creme Mousse Confort Creamy Foaming Cleanser*
Clarins 'UV Plus HP' Multi-Protection Day Screen SPF 40*
Bobbi Brown Hydrating Eye Cream*
Laura Mercier Flawless Skin Repair Eye Serum*
bareMinerals Multi-Wrinkle Repair
Love + Toast Gin Blossom Shea Butter Hand Creme*
Narciso Rodriguez for her Eau de Parfum
Betsey Johnson Too Too Pretty Eau de Parfum
Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Lash Building Mascara
Hourglass No. 28 Primer Serum
bareMinerals Stroke of Light Eye Brightener

* = products i would repurchase

Love,
Claire