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Osmosis Skincare: Clean Beauty for Scars
After my accident in 2011, it has been an ongoing process to heal the scar on my face. Fraxel lasers and filler specifically on my scar both made a significant difference, but as time goes on, and as I get more protected sun exposure (hello LA sunshine and beach obsession!), it still needs some lovin’.If you follow my social media and my blog, you know how I am a user of only toxin-free products, especially clean beauty products! Enter Osmosis. I was getting the most lovely facial by Camille Fields, and she suggested these specific products for further scar healing.I couldn’t wait to start this regimen! First, I put on the Catalyst AC-11 Level 3 DNA Repair Serum. Then I spray on the Clear Plus+ Activating Mist, and I finalize it with Rescue Epidermal Repair Serum After a week, I have noticed a significant difference in not only my scar but also my skin. It has been glowing and looks extra plump, smooth, and healthy.
Osmosis products create permanent change by using clinical ingredients with a holistic, non inflammatory approach + they are completely free of toxic chemicals, SLS, phthalates, parabens, gluten, artificial colors and fragrances.Their philosophy is based on analyzing the skin and body as a whole to treat skin conditions at their source, restoring beauty and wellness.All of this to say, I couldn’t recommend this brand more to improve aging, diminish scars, and and feed the health of your skin!
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MY OUTFIT:
My Clean Makeup Routine
I could talk about clean beauty and toxin-free products every single day! Who's with me?
I could talk about clean beauty and toxin-free products every single day! Who's with me? To catch up on all clean beauty posts, just click here and also check out @thecleanstuff on IG- it is my second Instagram account to serve as a library of all clean beauty and skincare products that I love, as are the clean stuff edits here on LSK. Today I am sharing my clean makeup routine for a simple, everyday, minimalist makeup kind of look. Enjoy!
First off, I love to sit down in front of a large standup mirror where there is the best natural light. This makes for simple and successful application, as well as comfort! I always throw on this robe, too, post-shower and pre-makeup. Keep scrolling for the products that I use on makeup days! I am definitely a fan of going makeup-free some days, too. Gotta let that skin breathe :)
For the eyes: ere perez brow gel, antonym cosmetics brow pencil, w3ll people mascara, and ilia shadow stickFor the face: w3ll people tinted moisturizer, rms uncover-up, vapour foundation, rms bronzer, and kosas blush/highlight duo
I am so passionate about clean makeup as you know...putting pure ingredients on my face gives me such peace of mind throughout the day. Keeping my makeup routine simple brings me joy as well- quality over quantity! I also like the natural look, so keeping the products minimal and the ingredients pure helps with that.
What about you guys? Would love to hear your beauty routine in a comment below + share with us any of your go-to clean products! xo
Clean Stuff Edit | No. 4
Hey clean stuff fans! Below is edit number full with five clean beauty products that we are big believers in. [show_shopthepost_widget id="3200859"]
Hey clean stuff fans! Below is edit number full with five clean beauty products that we are big believers in. As always, follow along on @thecleanstuff and check out edits one, two, and three. Also, as mentioned here, we will be rolling out exclusive content via email newsletters soon, so make sure you are signed up for those! xo
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Three Bath Soaks We Love
Here at LSK, we are BIG fans of evening baths. There is truly not much more relaxing that a warm bath after a busy day. Who agrees!? [show_shopthepost_widget id="3182437"]
Here at LSK, we are BIG fans of evening baths. There is truly not much more relaxing that a warm bath after a busy day. Who agrees!? Below are three baths soaks that we love- complete with salts and clean ingredients that are refreshing and relaxing to our bodies. Bathing before bedtime is extra special, as it leads to a wonderful night's sleep. Check out the short list below and be inspired to light a candle, pour a big glass of water with slices of fresh cucumber, and turn on your favorite relaxing playlist.
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*goop recovery bath soak
recover from a long day with this relaxing soak, full of clean ingredients that are good for your body and provide peace of mind.
*pursoma resurrection bath soak
a deeply purifying bath that removes the body of toxins and restores it to a hydrated and cleansed state, unburdened and relaxed.
*primally pure sea soak
made with salts, clays, and seaweeds meant to relax your body and restore it with healthy minerals- a soak that feels good and does good.
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My Favorite Curling Iron
You guys! I am so excited about this post because finding hair tools that you love, work well, and last is a big deal. When HAI offered to send us their new curling iron to try, I was so excited, but was even more excited when I tried it and realized that it was SO. GOOD. Hands down, this is now my favorite curling iron. It heats up so fast, you can change the heat settings, and it works in no time. You barely have to keep the hair on before you have a perfect curl.
HAI's curling iron makes it extra easy to do my hair on the daily since it’s so easy and quick to use. I never have to fret about how long it will take or how my hair will turn out- the results are consistently great every single time! Such a big win for daily hair styling. PLUS, do you see that price? Under $60, so a very good deal! If you know anyone else that is need of a new curling iron, send this link! They won't be disappointed :)
Five Primally Pure Items I Use Every Day
Do you know those beauty items that you are so attached to that they actually cause you anxiety when they start to get low? When their quantity is at a disconcerting level that you start to wonder if panic should ensue or if you need to take a few deep breaths because you still have a few days left? That is how we feel about our primally pure collection. Below are five items I use every day from primally pure and am totally dependent on. And guess what? Use the code LSK10 to receive 10% off your primally pure purchase...! Enjoy. We love PP for their clean skincare philosophy- crafted with the most pure, most natural, most wonderful ingredients. xo
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I never go anywhere without this! This lip balm keeps my lips moisturized all day long and I use it before bed as well.
Moisturizing my skin with this beauty cream morning and night is crucial! It gives my skin a dewy look during the day and works overnight so I wake up fresh-faced.
Want soft, moisturized skin 24/7? Use this. My skin soaks this body butter right up! It is great to use right after the shower.
We have talked about this deodorant many times on LSK because it is THAT GOOD and good for you- totally free of harsh and dangerous chemicals that many deodorants on the market sadly contain.
I spray this mist on my face each morning post-wash and pre- makeup. It is the perfect extra-dose of natural ingredients!
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Q&A with goop's senior beauty editor
We are thrilled to introduce you to Megan O'Neill- goop's senior beauty editor. We are forever goop fans here at LSK. [show_shopthepost_widget id="3165876"]
We are thrilled to introduce you to Megan O'Neill- goop's senior beauty editor. We are forever goop fans here at LSK. We are signed up for their emails, follow them on all social, check their site regularly, and always look to them for wellness lifestyle tips, healthy recipes, and clean, toxin-free beauty product recommendations. Megan has a column called Megan Tries It, where she tries new products and then gives goop readers the 411 on them. Read the Q&A to get to know Megan as we pick her brain on all things clean beauty and healthy living!-It is no secret that we are goop super fans! Can you share a little bit about work life @ goop? The vibe here really thrills me; it’s laid back yet hyper-focused. We produce a ton of content—really informed, smart, engaging, thoughtful content—and so a tremendous amount of work goes into creating it and getting it into shape and making sure everything is meticulously researched. I love that we don’t just fling things up onto the Internet. So yes, work life at goop is definitely rigorous, but the flip side of late nights are the office Transcendental Meditation sessions or that Susan Miller—she’s a beyond-legit astrologist—will come read us our horoscopes for an hour one day. And there’s also humor. We all get stressed, but it’s definitely a team that likes to laugh and so there’s a lot of jokes and asides and silliness throughout the day.-We are loving your Megan Tries It column- you have tried a lot! To-date, what is your favorite wellness practice that you have tried for the column? Thank you so much! I really enjoy writing Megan Tries It—and trying all manner of things. God, so many things I’ve fallen in love with but there’s a sleep potion that really is just next level. It’s called Sleep Inner Beauty Powder and it’s from this Australian brand The Beauty Chef. It’s a powder made of turmeric and natural sedatives like sour cherry, passionflower and lemon balm-and it’s the most soothing, soul-warming, incredibly tasty before-bed drink!! You dump the powder into warm almond milk, add honey, and omg—it puts me into a coma. My husband is an insomniac, a bad one, and even he says it’s helped him relax and ease that racing mind of his.Something I’ve tried that I loved that was a little more out there was a chakra healing crystal treatment. I lay sprawled on a massage table, bathed in lights beamed through crystals suspended over me. The point was to balance and stimulate my chakras, which can get out of whack from things like stress or too much sitting. I am absolutely down to try anything that may help me feel more soothed throughout the day. Why on earth not? And I can attest that it is soothing and fantastical to be bathed in crystal light.
-Have you always been interested in mindfulness, self care, and overall well-being? Share a little bit about your wellness journey.I have! My mom has always been someone who chose natural remedies over store-bought over-the-counter things. She’s someone who’s been juicing for something like 40 years, long before it was cool. When my older brother was little, my mom has his bottle filled with sea kelp, and there was no having refined sugar for him. She had bone broth simmering frequently. We drank castor oil when we needed a “clean out,” which is something I think she grew up doing in Jamaica, where she’s from. She relaxed a little by the time I came around and I was allowed to have Doritos and Gushers and awesome kid snacks because total deprivation is definitely not the way. But we never took aspirin or Tylenol for headaches. If I had a headache my mom would say, “Just sit quietly, and it will pass” or “Drink some water.” It made me furious that I couldn’t just take a Tylenol, for God’s sake! But now that’s my mentality, too.-What are your 3 must-have skincare items? Vintner’s Daughter is the most beautiful, healing face oil that makes my skin so insanely glowy. It’s a blend of nourishing essential oils like hazelnut, bergamot, evening primrose, sea buckthorn…it feels stupendous on your skin, too. I’ll never not use it. Then I’m also in love with the Replenishing Night Cream from goop. It’s rich and intensely hydrating, and I smooth it on before plane rides, and it really holds up against the stale air plane air. I’m always preposterously dewy when I disembark. I definitely wear it during the day, too, when it’s frigid out. And I’ve just discovered the Essential Serum from Modicum. It’s filled with antioxidants, sea buckthorn, black cumin, and helichrysum oils. (It’s called a serum but it feels like a luxurious face oil and hydrates like one, too.) Helichrysum is an ingredient I hunt for in skincare, it’s so therapeutic and it smells herbaceous and heavenly. I massage the Modicum serum into my face before Vintner’s some mornings, and it just supercharges things and makes my glow last all day.
-Is your daily beauty routine simple or complex? Give us some details! I relish it my routine. And it’s not just a routine, it’s a soothing ritual that makes me feel prepared and put together and calm and beautiful. In the morning, I wash my face—I’m into the cleansing balm from goop and the Black Mint Cleanser from Odacite—then I press in my oils (Vintner’s always; or Modicum first and then Vintner’s). I choose my outfit and during that time all the goodness in the face oils seep into my skin. Then I smooth on SPF—loving Vive Sana Serum Crema right now; it’s zinc and if your skin is dark like mine, you need just a little, not a lot, or else it doesn’t melt in as invisibly.) And then I glutinously pump Tata Harper Hydrating Floral Essence on top for the prettiest, verging-on-sweaty sheen. That is my vibe right there.-What is on your radar when it comes to wellness trends? What is looking like "the wellness practice" of 2018 from your perspective?The thing about wellness is it’s not trendy—it’s boundless, and you write your own rules, and that’s the beauty of it. Wellness is cooking your own food and being in charge of what you’re putting into your body that way. Or it’s walking aimlessly after a long day of being hunched over your computer to clear your head. Or it’s dabbing essential oils at your temples before bed or sipping a cozy sleepy powder drink. I just started using goop’s rose quartz roller in the mornings and after long plane rides to LA because it truly wakes my skin up and feels like a massage. It’s an ancient Chinese skincare tool—you roll the beautifully smooth rose quartz across your cheeks, forehead, chin, under-eye area. I swear you look better and your skin more vibrant immediately after.-Besides goop of course, where do you find toxin-free, clean living inspiration, information, plus tips and tricks? Any favorite blogs or Instagram influencers that you follow? My mom is definitely my greatest, most authentic wellness inspiration. And I love going to Integral Yoga Natural Foods and Apothecary on 13th street and seeing what tinctures and potions and coconut-sugar snacks they have. Sauntering down the aisles and peering into the nut bins there always inspires me. And there are always a lot of great looking people shopping in there, who I think might be ancient but look smooth and shiny and spry. That place makes me want to live a long, healthy life.
-Are you an essential oils fan? If so, how do you incorporate them in your daily life?I go for essential oils before I go for fragrance. Most mornings I dab either frankincense or lemon essential oil on my wrists and behind my ears. Lemon is incredible, and studies show citrus scents help wake up your mind. -If you had to name your top 5 favorite clean beauty/skincare brands, what would they be at the moment?goop, Vintner’s Daughter, de Mamiel (face, body, and aromatherapy oils that are chanted over and energetically charged that make your skin look fantastic), Sangra de Fruta (their body serums and creams are to die for), Balmyard (the blackberry cheek and lip tint—gorgeous).-What does living a clean lifestyle mean to you? Can you describe the peace of mind and/or joy that using safe products brings you?I just want to feel fantastic and age gracefully. I rarely get sick—I really take pains to eat wholesomely and take care of myself, and I think that has a lot to do with it—but I did get sick maybe a year ago with a mild flu, and it freaked me out. I lay on the couch for two days and had no energy and it felt like a death sentence to not be able to move and gallivant and cook and laugh. It occurred to me that maybe that’s what being old and decrepit is like. And old and decrepit do not go hand in hand. I think maybe they used to. I want to be old and vibrant, and I think that’s attainable if I care about what I eat and what goes onto my skin. I feel beautiful knowing that what I’m eating and slathering on is pure and mindfully sourced. And it feels incredible to feel beautiful.
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Clean Stuff Edit | No. 3
Clean edit #3 is here! Scroll down for five products that we are loving right now. [show_shopthepost_widget id="3143291"]
Clean edit #3 is here! Scroll down for five products that we are loving right now. As always, follow @thecleanstuff for constant product updates + read clean edits one and two for more! xo
Our friends at pursoma were so kind and sent us each this bath to try and both Lauren and I can confirm it is AMAZING- powerfully rejuvenating, extremely relaxing, and resulted in the best sleep of our lives! The ingredients are pure, raw, and vegan and the purpose is to rid the body of toxins, resulting in relaxation and then restored energy.
This is a must-have for moisturized skin! As you know by now, we are mega fans of primally pure. Their products are made with the purest ingredients and all serve to nourish your skin deeply.
Toxin-free chapstick is so important!! Applying cocokind to your lips will be good for your lips, but also good for your peace of mind, knowing that the ingredient are clean and safe.
We are forever fans of branch basics and are so thankful for their clean, safe concentrate formula. Different amounts of concentrate + water result in all purpose spray, bathroom cleaner, foaming wash and so much more. The foaming wash is extra-special because not only does it clean your hands (and we no how important that is) but it can also double as dish wash soap.
Toxin-free sunscreen that is also mess-free? Sign us up! Spraying on sunscreen is so convenient and using SPF protection that is crafted with clean ingredients is vital to our health!
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Clean Stuff Edit | No. 2
Scroll down for round 2 of the Clean Stuff Edit! Here is the link to the first round-up if you missed it, and as always, follow @thecleanstuff on IG to stay up-to-date with our latest clean finds and forever favorites. [show_shopthepost_widget id="3129314"]
Scroll down for round 2 of the Clean Stuff Edit! Here is the link to the first round-up if you missed it, and as always, follow @thecleanstuff on IG to stay up-to-date with our latest clean finds and forever favorites.
primally pure charcoal deodorant
*toxin-free and so effective...this is definitely our favorite clean deodorant that we've tried.
*a beautiful and safe way to get a little glow minus the sun...perfect to use before a beach trip, too!
*totally hooked on this bronzer...get a beautiful bronzed look with just a swipe of this bronzer.
*I was on the search for a light yet protective face moisturizer with SPF and thankfully discovered this.
*this powder blush and highlighter duo is incredible...a little goes a long way; it feels light and airy on your face, yet is full of color.
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