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Latest BB Obsession -- Smashbox Camera Ready BB

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My philosophy is tinted moisturizer/BB cream for daytime, and a medium to full coverage foundation sans SPF for nighttime and special occasions. Lately, I have been completely obsessed with trying every tinted moisturizer and BB cream I could get in my makeup addicted hands. I love how easily I can slather tinted moisturizers and BBs with my hands for a quick FOTD. The ease of going from light to medium coverage is also a perk. The Smashbox Camera Ready BB came as a sample in a recent Sephora haul. Smashbox's BB provides SPF 35, and is available in 8 different shades. Generally, for a no makeup makeup look, I only need about a pea-size for my entire face. I think the 1 oz. size would last me quite a while, probably 3 or 4 months. Sephora offers two shades in .5 oz travel sizes -- "Light" and "Light/Medium". Although, I was sent 'Light" instead of "Light/Medium", I was still able to make it work after bronzing and blush. *For reference...

Liquid Gold: Skin Dressing's REALLY GOOD™ Rose Skin Butter

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I discovered Los Angeles -based Skin Dressing through Instagram and fell in love with the brand's mission -- to deliver all natural, non-toxic skin care at an affordable price, while still remaining cruelty-free and vegan-friendly.  I asked, and Skin Dressing generously agreed to send me the REALLY GOOD™ Ulti mate Rose Skin Butter . This luxurious and silky heaven in a gold jar is made naturally fragrant with 100% USDA certified organic rose essential oil. NO TOXINS whatsoever.   The gaudy, and totally my style, gold jar obviously caught my attention, but the rose scent made me down-right obsessed.  You can smell the beautiful rose oil from the outside of the jar, which isn't too surprising because a ccording to Skin Dressing, "it takes TWENTY DOZEN organic roses to distill enough oil for just one jar."   The Skin Butter is the consistency of a thick clarified butter, but completely smooth, and not at all greasy.  The REALLY GOOD Ult imate ...