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Corinna B November 24, 2024

Best Black Friday Skincare Deals: Must-Have Products at Unbeatable Prices

It’s Black Friday week already, which means it’s time to load up your shopping carts with year-round fantastic skin care products. There’s no better time to rack up huge savings on your favorite skin care products.

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CLEANSERS

I have two absolute favorite cleansers that I use year round and that I’m stocking up on now.

Colleen Rothschild Radiant Cleansing Balm

I use this cleanser year round, but it is also the best travel cleanser ever. Colleen Rothschild Radiant Cleansing Balm comes in a balm form. I depot this into a travel sized container (I still use the original travel container from the Colleen Rothschild travel set). What makes this so great for travel is it’s not liquid so there are no leaks in your suitcase. The formulation dissolves makeup (even waterproof mascara!) and deep cleanses your skin. It is super gentle and leaves the skin feeling nourished and nourished. Throughout he year you can use my code CORINNA20 for a 20% discount site wide, but for Black Friday/Cyber Monday Colleen Rothschild is giving 30% discount on everything. Check it out here.

HaruHaru Wonder Black Rice Cleansing Oil

HaruHaru Wonder Cleansing Oil is my other mainstay cleanser. I keep bottles of it (and all my skin care) both at my home in America and at my home in Italy. Cleansing oil (when you’re not traveling) is amazing for dissolving makeup and deep cleansing skin. Like the balm above, it leaves your skin feeling smooth and soft, rather than stripped and taut like most cleansers do. This product like most Korean skin care products is super inexpensive but highly effective. Check it out here on Amazon.

SERUMS

I have three serum/treatment products in my Amazon cart:

TruSkin Vitamin C Serum

Don’t just take my word for it, this vitamin C serum is a cult favorite with more than 147,000 5-star ratings on Amazon. TruSkin Vitamin C Serum is a skin brightening, anti-aging serum that helps even out skin tone while fighting free radicals. Vitamin C is a day time product that protects your skin from environmental pollutants and everything else it comes in contact with during the day. Truskin’s formula is considered one of the most highly effective Vitamin C serums on the market – hence the cult following. It is surprisingly inexpensive too. Check it out at Black Friday sale price here on Amazon.

CosRX Snail Mucin 96% Power Repairing Essence

CosRx Snail Mucin 96% Power Repairing Essence is another cult favorite. It has more than 74,000 5-star reviews on Amazon, and Amazon sold more than 100,000 units already this month. This product is fantastic. If you’ve been around here for a while you’ll know I’ve been using it for years and absolutely swear by it. This powerhouse product repairs and rejuvenates skin but has a lightweight, non greasy formula. It works wonders on every skin type, including acne prone skin and sensitive skin. Of course normal skin types and dry skin love it too. It’s magic. It has been written up in every major beauty and fashion magazine – just read the reviews on Amazon to see how loved this product is! Right now it has 48% discount for Balck Friday. Buy it today, here.

IOPE BIO CAFFEINE SERUM

I tried the IOPE Bio Caffeine Serum last Black Friday after seeing it recommended by a Korean beauty influencer. The company claims you’ll see a difference in your skin in 2 weeks, and surprisingly, you do! It is hydrating, firming, rejuvenating and nourishing, and the shot of caffeine wakes and lifts the skin. Right now there is a 30% discount for Black Friday, and I recommend jumping on it. Check it out here on Amazon.

MOISTURIZERS

In the winter I like to use heavier moisturizers to really boost and protect my skin, but in the summer, especially when I’m in Italy’s humidity, I prefer something more lightweight.

Mizon Collagen Power Lifting Emulsion

My Amazon cart says I have reordered this one 9 times already. Before I started buying Mizon Collagen Power Lifting Emulsion on Amazon I was buying it from a Korean website, for years. It has been around a long time and is extremely good. This is a fantastic paraben free moisturizer with marine collagen. It balances your skin’s moisture equation, has a non-greasy feel, and is great under makeup. I use it as my daytime moisturizer and when I’m somewhere humid I use it at night as well. It is on sale right now for Black Friday shopping at Amazon. Check price here

lliyoon Ceramide Concentrate Cream

I am still on my first tube of this wonder cream but am ordering another while it is in the Black Friday sale. I learned about Illiyoon Ceramide Ato Cream from Korean beauty influencer Chriselle Lim, who in turn had learned about it during a trip back to Korea. I was mostly using it at night for extra hydration, but lately have been using it during the day too for gorgeous, glowy, hydrated skin. I think this product was originally intended to be a body product, but Korean girls known to have the most extraordinary skin in the world, started using it on their faces too and had fantastic results. When I ordered mine the first time I accidentally ordered a giant tube, which is why it is still going strong. It comes in 3 sizes, so take your pick. On sale right now for Black Friday, here on Amazon.

LASH SERUM

I first received Babe Lash Essential Lash Serum in a subscription box a few years ago. At the time I was ordering generic Latisse through a Canadian pharmacy (and still paying a small fortune) to coax length and growth into my naturally stubby lashes. I had exactly zero faith in a product called Lash Babe, but when my lashes became thin and short after my Canadian supply ended, I decided to give it a go.

You cannot imagine how surprised I was that this funny little product out performs Latisse! At full price it is only $29 but is now on sale on Amazon for Black Friday. Be prepared to be fabulously surprised with this lash serum. Your lashes grow quickly and stay that way for a long time. This one is a winner – check it out here on Amazon.

HAIR PRODUCTS

I rotate between two favorite brands of hair products. The first brand was the creation of a former hairdresser – now influencer from Arizona. I love buying from owner operated businesses and also from female owned and run businesses, especially when the product is fantastic.

Dae Hair Products.

Dae is owned and operated by beauty influencer Amber Fillerup. Her entire product line is fabulous, but I started with the Signature Shampoo and Conditioner. I have linked it here on Amazon but frequently buy it through Sephora, routing it through one of the airline shopping portals to get extra frequent flier miles. Dae does good Black Friday deals, but you may want to check both Sephora and the Dae website to find your best deal. I also love their 3 in 1 Styling Cream, the Cactus Hair Oil, Monsoon Moisture Mask and the Wave Spray. They have other products I haven’t yet tried.

All Dae products are responsibly made – Vegan, sulfate-free, cruelty-free, no synthetic colors, and comes in recyclable packaging.

AG Care

The other hair product line I use is AG Care. They’ve been around for a while and their products are tremendous. I’ve used their Re-Coil curl product for several years, as well as their leave in conditioner. I rotate through their shampoo and conditioner and Dae’s.

My current favorite product is this Vitamin C Hair Serum. I run it through towel dried damp hair before blow drying, and it gives me glossy, bouncy, well groomed hair. Check prices on Amazon here.

One of the great things now is you can buy super high performing skin care and hair care products like the ones on this list at incredibly affordable prices. Korean skin care is a fantastic example – considered the very best skin care in the world (South Korea is the world capital of skin care research and development) it is generally quite inexpensive. You can buy it affordably through Korean apps like JOLSE or on Amazon, at a much better price than in shops.

I hope you will take this chance to try some of these products, or restock them if you already use them, while they are on Black Friday sale. Let me know how much you love them!

Corinna B April 10, 2017

Ouidad Product Launch And Giveaway!

Hey there curly girls this one’s for you!!

I am super excited to tell you about FOUR new products that curly hair company Ouidad has just released to make your spring and summer perfectly curl-iscious!

Ouidad Advanced Climate Control For Curly Hair

Win all four Ouidad Advanced Climate Control products!

If you were following me last year you will have seen that I used the travel sized Ouidad products to make my life easier (and retain the glam!) while I was on my Glam Italia Tours. We were diving off of chartered boats of the coasts of both Capri and Puglia, and swimming in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, which was absolutely amazing, but could have been fraught with hair anxiety for me if not for Ouidad! My once wavy hair has become super curly, but not pretty curly. I always say that when left to it’s own devices my hair looks like a really bad home perm gone drastically wrong. If you are a curly girl then you already know how something as simple as swimming, or being in humidity can be a glamour buzzkill. Having Ouidad with me meant that I could swim as much as I wanted. The combination of the Advanced Climate Control Heat And Humidity Gel to let my hair air dry into perfect curls, casually done without a mirror while sailing around the coast of Capri, and their Moisture Lock Leave In Conditioner, which was my favorite beauty product of the summer and possibly of the year, meant that I could swim and still have pretty hair.

On April 3rd Ouidad launched four Advanced Climate Control products designed to keep the frizz at bay while you rock your curly girl glam.

Curl and frizz control start in the shower, so the first product is the new Advanced Climate Control Defrizzing Shampoo. This sulphate free cleanser maintains your curl’s protective barrier, has silk proteins to seal the cuticle, holding in moisture and preventing frizz, and also contains UV Protectants.

Read more about Advanced Climate Control Defrizzing Shampoo here.

Curls crave moisture, so without very specific help that keeps moisture balanced and doesn’t weight the hair down, your hair will try to grab it from the atmosphere, which raises the cuticle and creates the dreaded frizz. Advanced Climate Control Defrizzing Conditioner prevents frizz and unwanted (and uncontrolled) volume, balances moisture to keep your curl defined and bouncy, while silk proteins and nano technology smooths the cuticle so you maintain glorious shine.

Read more about Advanced Climate Control Defrizzing Conditioner here

Spritz, prime, protect, The Advanced Climate Control Detangling Heat Spray needs to be a permanent fixture in your beach bag! Not only does it prevent frizz and flyaways and unwanted volume, not only does it help detangle and make curls manageable, not only does it have UV filters to protect your hair from environmental aggressors, but it also contains natural oils to nourish and moisturize your curls. Spritz it into your hair before you hit the water and it protects your hair while you’re swimming, use it as a primer before you start styling – curly girl meet your new best friend! And it smells amazing!

Read more about Advanced Climate Control Detangling Heat Spray here

Advanced Climate Control Heat And Humidity Gel is the ultimate curl styler. Trust me curly girl, this product will give you life! When you have curls you know that gels can make your hair look crunchy, kill any chance of movement in the hair, kill any natural bounce. But without a styling aid your curl, whether it be wavy or kinky, can take on a life of it’s own and give you too much volume with zero discipline. The Advanced Climate Control Heat and Humidity Gel changes everything.

You don’t use this product like a regular gel, instead you divide your hair into four sections, run the gel through one section at a time, rake through it with your fingers, and then holding pieces of the section at the ends shake the curl up into the hair. Ouidad’s Rake and Shake technique is brilliant! It’s also super easy to do, easy enough that you can whip out fabulous curls without a mirror, on the deck of a boat, with no drama and no one knowing what you’re up to! Ouidad’s award winning Heat and Humidity Gel was upgraded with the Anti Frizz Nano Technology, so it’s even better than before!

Read more about Advance Climate Control Heat and Humidity Gel here

Ouidad make all manner of hair products for hair that is anywhere from wavy to curly to full blown kinky. These new products are designed for all curl types, so wherever you are on the curly spectrum, this set is for you! They are not just for beach days and vacations, this is a product range for every day in the life of a curly girl.

Read about 5 Curly Hair Trends For 2017 here

Now you have two options. You can order these products here on the Ouidad website, or you can enter to win a set of all four products.

I’m keeping it super simple for you! Make sure you enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. The Rafflecopter computer makes sure everything is legit and it picks the winner.

Good luck curly girl!!

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Corinna B November 29, 2016

5 Essential Beauty Products For Winter

The barometer has finally dropped here in Phoenix, and our endless days of temperatures in the 80’s have disappeared for a while leaaving us with bone chilling highs in the 60’s.

You may laugh but I’m sitting in my house freezing, with thick socks, sweats and a fleece on!

The change in temperature means skin, hair and scalp need extra lovin, so I’ve been clicking away on Amazon.com (how did we ever survive without it???), re-ordering my winter staples.

5 Essential Beauty Products For Winter

Nioxin hair Dermabrasion Treatment 75 ml / 2.5 oz ANTI-AGING TREATMENT

Just as the skin on your face needs exfoliating, so does the skin on your scalp. I’ve written about this magic product several times before – I use it at the beginning of each season. When you clear your scalp your hair grows in thicker and shinier. I always see a big difference in mine, it gets glossier, fuller and bouncier. And there’s no time quite like the holidays to get bouncy hair!

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Malin and Goetz Recovery Treatment Oil

Winter skin needs a booster product, and nothing beats a good facial oil. The Malin and Goetz Recovery Treatment Oil instantly makes skin look and feel smoother, softer, more supple and its proprietary blend of 9 natural oils and powerful antioxidants help combat signs of aging while making your complexion radiant.
You can buy it online at Space NK

Weleda Skin Food, 2.5 Ounce

I learned about this one a few years back when my friend Nico moved back from Milan. When your skin is dry, when it has to battle cold weather, when it’s just feeling tired out, lacking luster, looking dull, Weleda Skin Food is the most amazing balm like moisturizer that is the best rescue product ever!
Find it at Target or at Amazon

Ouai Treatment Mask

cold weather, wind, central heating and hats all rough your hair up and dry it out. These deep treatment masks (there are 8 in the box)
repair hair and leave it smooth and shiny after just one treatment.
Fabulous.
Available online at Space NK

Dr Lipp Original Nipple Balm For Lips

It’s no secret that one of the most effective products for cracked, chapped or dry lips is good old nipple cream. Anyone who has breast fed a baby will know all about nipple creams, and how healing and soothing they are both to sore nipples and to lips in need!
You can also use this to groom brows, add shine to cheeks, and even as a cuticle cream.
Find it online at Space NK.com

Best Black Friday Skincare Deals: Must-Have Products at Unbeatable Prices

CLEANSERS