Winter Beauty Favorites

Every season comes with new challenges when it comes to making your skin look and feel its best so I thought I would share my Winter Beauty Favorites with you! These are products that have been keeping my skin happy, healthy, glowing, and colors I’ve been loving in makeup as well.

If you’re on the hunt for affordable organic, vegan skincare, Derma E is one of the best around!

Their Peptide and Collagen Moisturizer has been really helpful to keep dry patches at bay during cold weather months! It helps to hydrate, soften skin, reduce the appearance of fine lines, and smooth skin texture. It’s infused with various peptides, plant derived collagen, vitamins A, E & C, and plant antioxidants. ⁠⠀

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I wanted to share some of my favorite certified organic, eco-friendly, and sustainable high performance cosmetics from Antonym Cosmetics! ⁠⠀

My personal favorites include their eye shadow quattros and highlighting blushes! If you love super pigmented eyeshadows and prefer powder based highlighting blushes, these are PERFECT! The highlighting blushes really do take guess work out of giving your skin a glow with both blush and highlight all in one fell swoop.

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I’m loving this stunning Habit Cosmetics shimmery iridescent silvery lilac shade – 37 Phantom ♥⁠⠀

It’s so pretty and perfect for wintry or even early spring nails, especially upcoming Valentine’s Day :)⁠⠀
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All Habit polishes are formulated with clean ingredients including a non-toxic nail strengthening ingredient – myrrh extract – which helps to keep your nails healthy + happy. They’re PETA-certified vegan, CF, GF, made in USA, and Free of Toluene, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Camphor, TPP, DBP, Isobutylphenoxy Epoxy Resin, Xylene and Parabens.⁠

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I think it goes without saying that I am a MASSIVE fan of these Aether Beauty zero waste eye shadow palettes, but I wanted to highlight the amazing qualities of these for those who are new here 🙂 ⁠⠀
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Not only are these palettes amazing, but I use them all the time! I have the Rose Quartz + Crystal Grid palettes and they’re both so different, but really wearable and unique.⁠⠀
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The Rose Quartz palette is ideal for those who love mauve and blush tones with beautiful metallics thrown in for more glam looks. The Crystal Grid palette has earth rust and gold colors alongside beautiful shades of indigo and earthy greens. ⁠⠀
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If you asked me to choose, I definitely wouldn’t be able to! Aside from these palettes, there is a Summer Solstice and Amethyst palette with even more gorgeous colors. Plus, they’ve just released 3 stunning highlighters!⁠⠀
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These zero waste, clean beauty palette that include mostly natural (some synthetics) and crushed gemstones infused into it are the PERFECT choice for makeup lovers who want a non-toxic, eco-friendly option! ⁠⠀

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I’m a massive fan of EVOLVH hair products for many reasons, but the big standouts are that their products are all natural, nontoxic, cruelty-free, vegan, gluten free, color safe, sulfate free, and made in the USA. ⁠⠀

I once read an article featuring their products where a chemo patient reported that her hair began growing back after using EVOLVH and that led me to trying them for the first time. That was like 7 years ago and, guess what? STILL A FAN!!⁠⠀
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Their UltraShine line focuses on repairing, improving shine and smoothness, and making hair soft and youthful again. ⁠⠀

UltraShine Shampoo is great for all hair types, balances pH and cleanses hair and scalp without drying it out. The nourishing blend of botanicals, antioxidants, and amino and fatty acids boosts shine, health, and manageability. It doesn’t leave a weird film like a lot of natural shampoos, truly hydrates, and cleanses really well without making it feel dry.⁠⠀
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UltraShine Conditioner works wonderfully to detangle, add shine, smooths and reduces frizz, protects, and softens. It’s great for curly hair gals like me who have easily damaged hair that needs extra TLC. It helps smooth and detangle hair so much! ⁠⠀
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The UltraRepair Hair Mask is an awesome silicone free hair mask that functions as an intensive treatment to restore dry, dull or compromised hair from over styling or coloring. This mask softens my hair SO much! I love using it on my wild ends for smoothing, softening, and protecting my hair from heat before a blow dry or styling. ⁠⠀

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Good Medicine Beauty Lab products are certainly some of my favorites for any time!

ASHES Cleansing Grains MUST be on this list. It’s my favorite product from GMBL and for good reason! It functions as a cleanser, mask, face scrub, and scalp scrub. It’s amazing! I’ve used it on its own, mixed with other cleansers, shampoo, and mixed into face masks. It’s wonderful; just try it out :)⠀
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It comes in a powder that you mix with water and gently exfoliates, softens encourages collagen production, and detoxifies without irritating or drying skin out. The powder is a blend of unique dessert botanicals, minerals, and organic potato powder (potato is known for its skin-brightening properties). ⠀

Next, the Youth Dew Serum is incredible for hydrating skin with a light, gelatinous consistency that’s sooo easily absorbed into the skin.

It’s wonderful to calm, tighten pores, heal acne, moisturize skin, and diminish dark spots and fine lines. The serum is infused with organic, freshly juiced cucumber, grapefruit, lime, aloe, wild raw honey, prickly pear oil, CO2 calendula extract and various herbs, minerals, and essences. I love using this serum to calm redness, soothe and hydrate my skin, and especially right after dermarolling my skin as it helps my skin to heal up REALLY FAST. It’s incredible and it smells like cucumbers. Need I say more?⠀
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Last, but not least is a new love of mine: Electric Sky Universal Elixir which is a FABULOUS face oil that’s loaded with activated oxygen!

The formula is meant to increase circulation and cellular function within the skin to clear stagnation, lighten dark circles, even out skin tone, infuse glow, and protect skin from environmental aggressors. You only need a few drops of this and its PURE magic!

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This OSEA Hyaluronic Sea Serum is my holy grail serum for getting that dose of hydration with hyaluronic acid!

A true serum, the Hyaluronic Sea Serum has a thick gel consistency that feels like thick, goopy watery gel. ⁠⠀
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It harnesses the power of hyaluronic acid (attracts 1,000x its weight in water!) alongside 3 potent varieties of organic seaweed to soothe, hydrate and repair dry skin and keep skin looking plump, firm, glowing, + smooth.⁠⠀
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I absolutely LOVE this serum as it works wonderfully to help keep my skin hydrated. I use it after applying face mist and before applying any oils or balms. It is truly phenomenal at improving skin hydration over time!⁠

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One of my favorite eyeshadow palettes for romantic eye makeup is the ILIA Necessary Palette in Cool Nude.

There are 6 stunning shades in this palette: Undo (Nude Blush Matte), Infinity (Taupe Bronze), Teardrop (Soft Grey Lavender Matte), Just (Slate Brown Matte) Overcome (Deep Burgundy Matte), and Unravel (Dark Violet with Tonal Shift).⁠⠀
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It’s surprisingly versatile as there are some shimmer, satin, metallic, and matte shades so it’s great as an everyday palette you can keep in your purse to transition day makeup to night looks. ⁠⠀
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I think this would be brilliant on any skin tone because the colors are very pigmented! It’s also talc free, gluten free, vegan + comes with a very handy mirror for ease of use. ⁠⠀

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These wallets are gorgeous, extremely high quality, sustainably and ethically made, AND carefully crafted from their specially trademarked Suberhide – cork-infused vegan leather. ⁠
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This wallet is sooo pretty AND it’s also scratch and tear resistant, water resistant, hypoallergenic, flame retardant, anti-static, maintains shape over time, stain resistant, and easy to clean with mild soap and water!⁠
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Why cork? The cork tree is really unique because it can be sustainably harvested once every 9 years, stripped of its bark and still able to thrive, AND harvesting the cork pulls tons of carbon dioxide from the air thereby reducing greenhouse gases. How amazing is that?!⁠
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This is the PERFECT gift to give this Valentine’s Day to someone special or, honestly, to treat yourself to! It’s stunning and is an accessory you can pick up – guilt free. ⁠

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I’m seriously loving my gorgeous Harper Series timepiece I was sent as a Jord Partner ♥⁠⠀

The JORD Watches brand creates my favorite artisanal + consciously made, sustainable, + luxury wood watches, apple watch bands, sunglasses, and other stunning fashion accessories ♥⁠⠀⁠⠀
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I’m not really a fan of wearing watches everyday, but I love wearing this one because it’s so beautiful, unique, and classy! It really adds something special to outfits and looks 🙂 ⁠⠀
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These watches come standard with 2 different watch bands that you can change out for a variety of looks. It also comes with replacement links and other little odds and ends to care for and clean your watch. I love their dedication to quality, care, and style without compromising the planet. ⁠⠀
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Not only are these watches made with sustainable, high quality materials, but they’re gorgeous and unique timepieces that support small business while also gifting someone a one of a kind fashion item.⁠⠀⁠⠀

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I feel like I can’t go very long without gushing about how much I love True Botanicals, but it’s for a good reason!

Their products are in my top 5 favorite brands of all time. These 2 masks, in particular, work really well together. The Resurfacing Moisture Mask is like a 5 minute lactic acid peel that you can use a day or 2 before an event and wake up with luminous, youthful skin. It makes your skin SO SOFT and fresh. ⁠
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I like to use the Resurfacing Moisture Mask followed by the Renew Face Mist + Overnight Hydrating Mask just before bed. When I wake up, my skin is incredibly soft, smooth, hydrated, and even. ⁠⠀

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Rituel de Fille create organic cosmetics with minimal ingredients and they’re SO FREAKING PIGMENTED!

Their lipsticks have the most fun + magical names like Conjurer and Fortune Teller, plus they’re incredibly pigmented and made with seriously limited ingredients to keep the formulas as clean as possible. ⁠⠀
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The same goes for their Ash + Ember Eye Soots which are basically massively pigmented satin cream eye shadows. 🥰I have 3 shown here which I reach for the most – Viscera (sparkly bright red), Love Spell (copper bronze), and Divinus (soft champagne). They make wonderful base colors to create hyper pigmented eye looks or just to wear on their own.

From left to Right: Blackthorn, Fortune Teller, Carnal and Conjurer.

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I wanted to showcase some of the lovely products from Zyderma because they truly are incredible if you have sensitive and reactive skin!

I’ve been a LONGTIME fan of their Clarifying Cream, especially for those struggling with stubborn acne breakouts. It’s incredibly gentle, infused with antibacterial and skin-healing silver. It’s genius for hydrating, balancing and soothing any and all skin types, including teens, and it’s naturally formulated.⁠⠀
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They’ve recently released the Foaming Cleanser and Tourmaline infused konjac sponge shown here and so far so good! ⁠
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The gentle foaming cleanser is great for soothing all skin types and preserving/restoring the delicate skin barrier. Gentle surfactants derived from oat lipoamino acids cleanse skin without stripping it while aloe soothes. It’s not show-stopping for me, but it’s definitely gentle and if you have sensitive skin, this could definitely be a winner for you, especially when used with their award-winning Clarifying Cream.⁠⠀
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The Tourmaline infused Konjac Sponge is biodegradable and handmade on Jeju Island in Korea. It’s super softening to skin and provides daily skin exfoliation that’s gentle enough for sensitive skin types. The tourmaline offers essential minerals to your skin such as skin soothing magnesium and smoothing silicon. Ya’ll know I love konjac sponges and this one is WELL MADE so I’m a fan!⁠⠀

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