It’s All About Simple, Eco-Friendly, Clean Ingredients
1. By-Product Beauty
Waste not, want not! Just like it sounds… By-Product beauty is all about repurposing the waste from other processes in order to create brand new products! Think coffee-grounds as face and body scrubs or the use of unsellable fruits and veggies for extracted actives.
This is one of my favorite new trends, simply because wastefulness is a personal pet peeve. I love, love, love the idea of repurposing waste into something new and useful.
LOLI Beauty
Food-grade ingredients + Organic + Ethically Sourced
One of my favorite By-Product brands is LOLI Beauty, an ethically sourced Plant-Based line of beauty products made with Superfood-ingredients that are food-grade, organic, ethically sourced and earth-friendly. One of their most popular products, the Plum Elixir is made with the pit of the French Ente Plum which is usually thrown-away, but is actually full of antioxidant, skin-brightening properties. Best of all – it’s a 2-for-1 product for both skin and hair!
3 BY-PRODUCT FAVORITES:
LOLI Plum Elixir for Skin and Hair
Double duty, both skin and hair. Instantly soothes & hydrates dry, chapped skin & lips. Pat 2-3 drops into damp skin, or rub 2-3 drops into hair for healthy shine and sheen!
LOLI Chia Carrot Brûlée
Ultimate Hydration. Soothes and smooths fine lines around the eyes, décolletage and hands! You can use it in place of moisturizer and as an overnight mask for serious hydration. Plus it smells amazing – a mix of coriander and carrot from the essential oils.
LOLI Purple Corn Grain Polishing Scrub
Exfoliate & Polish Skin. Mix into a paste with a little water or vinegar, and gently buff away dry, flakey skin. Rinse with warm water and finish with the Chia Carott Brûlée Moisturizer for the ultimate in silky, summer-smooth skin!
2. Plant-Based Beauty
A few years ago, the term “Vegan Beauty” may have drawn a blank look on most of our faces, but nowadays the Vegan-Beauty trend (under the umbrella of the Clean Beauty movement) has gone totally mainstream! This falls into total alignment with our shift towards Clean-Living, Plant-Based Diets and Plant-Based Products.
Now more than ever, we are focused on what we put
into and onto our bodies, and that includes our
Beauty Products. Enter the emergence of Plant-Based
beauty products, free of sulfates, phthalates, parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oil, silicone and talc…..
and best of all, cruelty free.
PLANT-BASED FAVORITES:
HERBIVORE Moisture-Glow Beauty Oil
Calming, hydrating glow. A Beauty Oil formulated with hemp seed oil, shiitake mushroom and ashwagandha root to protect skin from environmental stressors, hydrate and give that lit from within glow! Use morning and night – just wash your face, then gently massage a few drops into your skin. Let it soak up the goodness. If you haven’t yet tried Beauty Oils – you must! Every woman should have at least 1 favorite in her beauty cabinet, IMO.
AESOP Parsley-Seed Clay Mask
Clay-based Cleansing Mask. Made with high-quality botanical ingredients, this refreshing mask will gently deep-clean your skin, extract impurities that may be clogging skin – and leave it smooth and refreshed! Use 2x a week. Cleanse your face first, then apply the mask – leave on 15-minutes, rinse with warm water and pat dry. That’s it!
3. Electrolyte Infused Beauty Products
No – we’re not talkin’ Gatorade – we’re talking electrolytes in our skin-care products! Namely electrolytes like magnesium, calcium, and potassium which help maintain our skin’s hydration levels. So, not only do electrolytes help hydrate us on the inside – they’re just as beneficial to our skin. Who’da thunk? The most beneficial of the bunch? Magnesium. Magnesium helps with blood flow and cell function, helping our skin to be more supple & glowy!
ELECTROLYTE-INFUSED FAVORITES:
Drunk Elephant F-Balm Electrolyte Mask
Overnight Hydrating Mask. Use as the last step before bedtime, to plump and rehydrate your skin with an electrolyte cocktail! Ingredients like niacinamide, omega fatty acids and supercharged antioxidants work to restore hungover, parched skin – leaving you supple and glowing 😉
Hello FAB Coconut Water Cream
Light, Oil-Free Hydrating Cream. First, who doesn’t love the smell of coconut? It feels like vacation! Infused with coconut water, antioxidants, amino acids and a burst of quenching Electrolytes Hello FAB’s Coconut Water Cream absorbs into your skin lickety-split, hydro-charging it with moisture to leave it lookin’ plump and dewy! Use after washing your face.
4. Lip Treatments
Truth be told, I’ve never given much thought to “lip care” in the same way I’ve babied and cared for the skin on my face, neck and chest. I mean, do lips really get wrinkly and saggy? IDK, the jury’s still out on that one, IMO. That being said, Lip Treatments in the form of Lip Masks, Balms, Gels and Sheets give lips a little extra love and pampering.
Personally, I see Lip Treatments as more of an inexpensive way to indulge and pamper yourself when you want to have a mini spa-night! Think robe, fuzzy socks, a cooling mask and nourishing lip mask with your favorite binge TV. Can I get an Amen?!
3 LIP TREATMENTS I love:
Exfoliant + Balm + Mask
