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Last year, right before we went into lockdown, I started using Colleen Rothschild skin care and hair care products. I absolutely loved them (and still do) but for most of the past year talking about beauty products for readers to buy has felt a bit tone deaf. But now we seem to be getting to the other side of the pandemic, the world is opening back up to travel and I just received an order of travel sized products from Colleen Rothschild. And I got a Colleen Rothschild discount code for you! (Jump to the bottom of this post)
But first lets talk about the products themselves.
Colleen Rothschild Quench and Shine Restorative Mask
For the past year I have been using the Colleen Rothschild Quench and Shine Restorative Hair Mask every time I wash my hair. This is a high performance yet lightweight conditioning treatment that doesn’t weigh the hair down. Instead it keeps your hair nourished and shiny and bouncy. It’s quite concentrated (like all her products) so a little goes a long way. I wrote a blog post about it here.
I would go as far as saying this is a hero product – that killer product that makes all the difference in the world, in this case to your hair. An added bonus is it smells really fabulous! I am addicted to the smell of really good haircare products. On photoshoots and commercials when I’m working my day job (makeup artist) I always get downwind of the hair stylist when they start spraying hairspray, if it’s a nice smelling one. Colleeen Rothschild doesn’t have a hairspray yet but I’m hoping they will before long, just because I love the smell of their hair products so much!
I have also been faithfully using the Colleen Rothschild Smooth and Shine Hair Serum for more than a year. This is a really concentrated serum that I run a pump or two through my hair prior to blow drying. The product is just gorgeous, and it makes thick, unruly, difficult hair like mine really manageable, soft and shiny. I swear by it.
When I wrote about the products last year I hadn’t yet tried the shampoo. In the interim time I have started using it too, and like all CR products, I love it.
I also wrote about wanting the Colleen Rothschild travel sized hair products for when I start traveling again post pandemic. At the time there was no sign of travel on the horizon so I didn’t order the travel set, but now I am booked to head back overseas next month (fingers crossed), so I got my hands on one for the trip. Since last year a new product has been added to the travel set, and it’s a product I haven’t yet tried, the Protect and Perfect Styling Cream.
Being that over the past year I have tried almost all of the Colleen Rothschild products I know it is going to be of that same super high standard. As a consumer I am fiercely loyal to the brands I use, right across the board. If something is working really well for me I like to stick with it, whether it’s a shoe brand, laundry detergent, jeans, coffee or in this case skin care and hair care. As a makeup artist over the past 30 years I have learned it is really bad for your skin to keep changing brands, be it with skin care or makeup products. So I find something that works, and I stick with it. And this is how I became so devoted to a brand I hadn’t even heard of 18 months ago.
I reached out to the company and asked if I could have a discount code for my blog readers and for my newsletter members. (Do you belong to the newsletter? It’s fabulous. You can join it here) They gave me the code CORINNA20 which gets you 20% off any and all products that are not part of a sale, or promotion priced. This month, May 2021, Colleen Rothschild Beauty has a Friends and Family 25% discount happening, which of course is a better deal than my CORINNA20 code, so of course you should use that one. But as you reorder products and try new things, if there is no other Colleen Rothschild discount code available at a better rate, use the CORINNA20 and save yourself some money!
I have been enthralled with skincare, and in particular really good skin care for as long as I can remember. For 30 years my career has been based in creating really incredible skin. I am a makeup artist, primarily working in the entertainment industry and fashion, magazine beauty director, on camera beauty specialist, and for a time I was taught a pro makeup artistry program. The key to makeup looking fantastic is to use really fantastic skincare.
On set with Sadie Robertson for Luca Magazine
Most of us aren’t living our lives on camera, but still want our skin to look beautiful and to slow down the aging process. This post is a breakdown of products I am using from the award winning Colleen Rothschild Skincare line. I’ve been using them since March of this year and love them. Most people don’t want to use as many products as I do, and that’s fine. If this list feels overwhelming to you just look at the essentials, which I will list below. I am including my discount code for all Colleen Rothschild Beauty products at the bottom of this post.
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Skincare Basics: The Essentials
Everyone needs a really good cleanser (definitely read what I have written below about cleansers) a moisturizerthat meets their skin’s needs, and an eye cream. Those are your most basic skincare products. To these we add ancillary products that boost the efficacy of the basics and also deal with some very specific skin needs and conditions. These products include exfoliators, masks, serums, oils and other deep treatment products.
My Colleen Rothschild Skincare Products
The following are products from the Colleen Rothschild Skincare line that I have been using since March 2020. I have found them to be very high performance, which means you see results very quickly. They are also very concentrated, so a little goes a very long way. It is easy to see why this line is award winning. I’m pretty sure if you try them you will fall in love with them too.
My current Colleen Rothschild products. I will be adding in more with my next order.
Why The Right Cleanser Is Crucial
After decades working as a makeup artist I can tell you unequivocally that the main reason I see with problem skin issues is using the wrong cleanser. Mostly I see people stripping their skin with cleansers that are too drying. When your cleanser is too drying, like many foaming or soap-like cleansers, it creates a cycle of stripping away too many of the skin’s essential oils followed by the skin panicking and creating more oil or sebum to correct the problem. As this goes on you see dry surface, too much oil and often excess congestion and break outs.
The drying of the skin also causes breakouts as the pores get blocked by dead skin cells. On top of that cleansers that are too drying often make the skin irritated. Then the situation gets compounded because we start adding in anti-irritant products, products for removing excess oil, clarifying products to treat the blackheads and break outs, and on it goes.
I always find that when I get a client to change her cleanser, be it a celebrity, a business woman or a bride, like magic the skin clears up.
Use my discount code CORINNA20 for 20% discount at Colleen Rothschild Beauty
Radiant Cleansing Balm
What I really love about this cleanser is that it does multiple things all at once and is extra gentle on the skin. It dissolves makeup and cleanses your skin in one step. You rub a small amount of balm in your (dry) hands to warm it up, then massage into the skin. You’ll notice it feels really lovely and is nice and emollient, so it glides over the skin nicely without rubbing or pulling.
Once you’ve worked it through the skin you rinse the muslin cloth it comes with in hot water, and either lay it over the face for a moment for a spa like treatment or just go directly to gently lifting away the cleanser with the cloth. Your skin immediately feels soft and supple.
One of the keys to radiant, youthful skin is your choice of treatment products. These are typically serums and oils, mostly specific to your skincare concerns. I tend to mix these up a bit, layer them when I feel like it or sometimes even use them alone without a moisturizer, depending on how my skin is that day. Just remember dry skin looks like aged skin. The fountain of youth is directly linked to the serums, oils and moisturizers you use on a daily basis.
I use the treatment products specific to my skin concerns – aging and looking dry and dull. You can see the full line of treatment products available here.
Age Renewal Super Serum
Age Renewal Super Serum goes on before moisturizer, morning and night. You only need one small pump (about the size of a pea), massaged into your face and neck. It fights the six main signs of aging: dehydration, loss of elasticity, loss of radiance and tone as well as the texture becoming less supple and fine lines and wrinkles appearing.
The Age Renewal Super Serum has plant extracts, collagen boosters, vitamins, amino acids and peptides, all designed to make your complexion radiant and youthful.
Bottom line, you instantly feel your skin soften. This product is just glorious for anyone wanting to stave off signs of aging and/or keep their skin beautifully hydrated. It is very concentrated so you don’t need much at all. If you feel that you don’t want to use a serum because you have a shiny or oily t-zone just use this on your cheeks, neck and decolletage. See the serum here.
Face Oil Number 9
I am a huge fan of facial oils and use them every day. I use Face Oil Number 9 every morning, before moisturizer. It has an almost dry finish to it so you don’t look shiny/oily. A great makeup artist trick is to apply a drop of oil prior to applying foundation so the skin has that really creamy, radiant look to it.
This is a combination of 9 transformative oils that work together to boost moisture and make your skin extra radiant. It also protects the skin from oxidation and pollutants and the appearance of age spots and wrinkles, Face Oil Number 9 gives extra nourishment, supports hydration and has no greasy residue. You can see the product here.
Once again this is a very concentrated product so you only need a drop. If I am using both the serum and an oil I apply the serum first.
When you see the word retinol always think night time. Retinols neutralize free radicals, diminish fine lines and wrinkles, blur imperfections like acne scars, stimulate collagen and accelerate the turnover of cells. When we can help out the cell renewal process we get smoother, lovelier skin, more quickly.
Our bodies do most of their cell renewal work while we sleep, which is the main reason we need to use retinols at bedtime. The other night time reason is that they make our skin more sensitive to UV rays.
In the old days using Retin-A was like taking a sandblaster to your skin. It was way too aggressive for most of us mere mortals, leaving skin looking raw.
The newer generation of retinols are much more gentle. Retinol Supreme Night Oil takes all the benefits of retinols and combines them with a soft, gentle, moisturizing plant based oil.
This beauty sleep essential takes the highest concentration of stabilized retinol (healthy skin renewal) and mixes it with highly potent Vitamin C to counteract the chaos caused by free radicals and environmental toxins (pollutants = super aging) and nine plant based oils that combat the irritation and flaking normally associated with retinols.
In other words you wake up with gorgeous, soft, radiant skin rather than the parched, irritated skin normally associated with retinols. It’s like magic.
After cleansing apply 1 mini pump to face, neck and décolletage, avoiding the eye area. See Retinol Supreme Night Oil here.
Retinol Supreme Eye Serum
I’ll let you in on a little secret. The first place you see signs of aging is the delicate area around your eyes. This is also the first area on your face to show signs of dehydration. This night time eye serum counteracts the look of stressed, tired, wrinkled eyes and rejuvenates the skin around the eye area. It has an ingredient called Saloprine 8 thatincreases moisture levels 6000% if used nightly for 28 consecutive nights.
You really only need one drop per night put on your ring fingers and dabbed along the orbital bone. (Your ring fingers have the least amount of tension, so are the gentlest to apply eye serums and eye creams with. Always start at the outer corner of the orbital bone and gently tap inward toward your nose.)
Complete Eye Cream
This one addresses the most common enemies of eye aging: wrinkles, fine lines, under-eye circles, puffiness and loss of elasticity. What I love is that it feels lightweight, so it isn’t dragging the skin below your eyes. It absorbs nicely too so your concealer won’t go sliding off. Read more about it here.
You can’t have glowing, radiant, dried out skin. If you want your skin to look gorgeous it has to be really well hydrated and moisturized. My skin tends to get really dry and I live in the desert which makes it worse, so for me radiant skin takes work.
I use the treatment products listed above paired with really great moisturizers. In the winter I like to use a heavier moisturizer, in the summer one that is more lightweight.
Sheer Renewal Cream
I actually got this one to take to Italy with me this summer. It is the perfect travel companion, lightweight enough to not look greasy on hot, humid days but still powerful enough to keep skin looking gorgeous. I always think your best accessory for summer is glowing, beautiful skin. The plan was to be flashing said skin under Italian skies right now, but here we are instead in the super-furnace also known as the Arizona summer.
And here is where it gets interesting. Sheer Renewal Cream is a very weightless product, not something you would normally associate with an intense, dry heat. And yet it gives my skin ample hydration and moisture. It has a slightly powdery finish to it, so if you’re not in the mood for foundation (I’m not in the mood for foundation) your skin doesn’t have that bare, slimy look to it. I really love this moisturizer.
Extreme Recovery Cream
As far as product names go this one may put you off, but stay with me here. Extreme Recovery Cream is fantastic for skin that needs some major hydration help but is also just gorgeous for regular/normal skin. I’ve been using it at night – it’s really concentrated so you only need a tiny amount.
I have also used it on photoshoots for really luscious looking skin. It definitely gives maximum hydration but as with all of the Colleen Rothschild products I have tried it doesn’t leave the skin feeling greasy. The finish on this one is quite velvety, so it is lovely under makeup if you’re wearing it during the day.
I love intense night time moisturizers but hate anything that leaves a film on the skin and then gets on your pillowcase. Extreme Recovery Cream absorbs into your skin and leaves no residue on your pillows. This is another really beautiful product that you all in love with immediately.
The Discovery Collection
If you’re not sure where to start you can always try the Discovery Collection. The collection gives you travel sizes of 6 major products: Radiant Cleansing Balm, Dual Enzyme Polish, Clarifying Detox Mask, Sheer Renewal Cream, Extreme Recovery Cream and Face Oil Number 9. This way you can try a variety of products without making a huge financial commitment.
I planned on taking this kit with me to Italy this summer – it is the perfect travel kit.
What’s Next?
In my next order I will add the Brightening Mask, Dual Enzyme Polish (to exfoliate) and the shampoo. If you go on the website and find an item you want is out of stock, hang in there! They seem to restock relatively quickly. The line has an absolute cult following so the most popular products do run out of stock from time to time but the company is really good about getting them back in in a timely manner. Once you have used any of these products you will see why their fans are so incredibly loyal.
Try any Colleen Rothschild Beauty Skin Care and Hair Care products at a discount! Use code CORINNA20 for 20% off all products. This promo code can be used on all products that are not part of another discounted promotion.
Normally right now I would be posting travel based product stories to align with spending the summer in Italy leading Glam Italia Tours.
This is the first summer in the past decade spent here in the U.S.and I had forgotten just how hot and dry the weather is here in Arizona! I wish I was frolicking around the Italian beaches – I was supposed to be in Puglia (the Italian Maldives) as well as multiple trips up and down the Amalfi Coast with my tour groups, but now I doubt I will even see the ocean this summer.
Last summer at the beach in Southern Basilicata. The Greek Islands are somewhere out there in the distance
Hot sunny days, sea water, chlorine and just being out and about in the sunshine all strip moisture from your hair and your skin, so masques become an essential part of your summer routine.
I normally do a hair mask and a face mask once each week, more if my skin needs extra help. I had bought the following two masks with a view to taking them with me to Italy. Instead this summer they are getting used here at home.
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Intense Hydrating Mask
Your best accessory for summer is a glowing, gorgeous complexion. That means keeping your skin exfoliated and hydrated.
I am so excited about the award winning Colleen Rothschild products. I have used them for 3 months now, so have a good idea of their quality and efficacy. At this time I haven’t used the exfoliating products but plan on trying them with my next order. You can check out the Colleen Rothschild exfoliating products here.
Colleen Rothschild Intense Hydrating Mask
I have however been using the Intense Hydrating Mask every week, and consider it a summer skincare essential. Here’s why: it is like a long, cool drink of water for your skin. It gives amazing hydration, relieves tired/dry/rough skin and gives you a radiant glow.
Unlike hydration masks that leave your skin feeling slimy or sticky, this one soaks in and leaves the surface of the skin feeling supple. Which brings me to my next point: were I traveling this summer I would wear the Colleen Rothschild Intense Hydrating Mask on the plane. I never wear foundation on long flights, opting instead for a moisturizing mask or reapplying moisturizer during the flight. Many hydration masks are not viable because they either don’t provide enough moisture or they are just too sticky and make your skin feel dirty.
Another reason I consider this a summer essential is that it’s a great rescue product. If you accidentally spend too much time in the sun, if wind or salt water or chlorine have sucked the life out of your skin and have left it feeling parched and/or irritated (which happened to me last week) this mask works wonders, instantly soothing and re-hydrating your skin.
It applies like a moisturizer, so you can put it on and go to the store – you don’t have to stay in hiding while it is working. You can leave it on for 15 minutes or do my favorite which is leave it on all night. It is very concentrated too, so a little goes a long way.
I actually discovered this entire line because of this hair mask/restorative deep treatment. You can use it weekly or every time you shampoo. Quench and Shine Restorative Mask is my absolute favorite hair treatment product.
This mask is good for all hair types as it doesn’t weigh your hair down. It gives you a really nourishing deep conditioning treatment and makes your hair really shiny and bouncy. It also helps frizzy hair. My hair gets really frizzy in humidity so this mask is a godsend. On top of all the benefits it does for your hair (you can read about them here on the website) it smells heavenly.
I find the more I use it the more I love it. It makes my hair really soft and super shiny.
Pro Tip: before you swim, especially in salt water or chlorine, wet your hair with tap or bottled water then comb through some Quench and Shine Restorative Mask. It fills the cuticles of your hair, protects your color and stops your hair getting dry or crunchy. At the end of the day you will be amazed at how gorgeous your hair feels!
Colleen Rothschild has a fabulous hair travel kit with travel sizes of their shampoo, Quench and Shine Restorative Mask and the Smooth and Shine Hair Serum. If you are not traveling or going to the beach this summer it is a great way to try the products out!
