We have gotten so many questions about beauty topics recently, so in addition to our posts on skincare and makeup, we had been asked to share our go-to hair products.
SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, MASKS:
Amika Triple RX Shampoo: Our hair stylist recommended this shampoo, and once we started using it, we were hooked! It smells amazing and is sulfate-free!
Amika Triple RX Conditioner: This conditioner really goes deep and nourishes your hair, leaving it super silky and soft.
Kevin Murphy Blonde Angel Wash: Our hair stylist recommended this to help with brassy color (esp if you have balayage or blonde hair)
Amika The Wizard Multi-Benefit Primer: This one of our top products because it smells amazing, cuts down on blow dry time, and also protects against heat products!
Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum: This one is a great buy because it is affordable and makes your hair silky, shiny and frizz-free. It also adds shine! We like to apply it to our ends!
T3 Twirl Convertible Curling Iron: hands own our most used hair tools. You can change out the barrel with other thicknesses, and it leaves your hair super soft!
T3 Whirl Trio Wand: similar to the iron above, this one is more of a wand to get beachy waves.
Nylon Paddle Brush: We use this paddle brush for brushing out our hair, or just drying to get an even, straight dry.
Ceramic + Ion Thermal Round Brush: We love this brush for blowing out our hair! It helps with drying your hair quicker and it also helps to smooth and shine hair.
We are finalllyyy sharing a much-needed skincare routine + our favorite products! A lot of these we have been using them forever, so we are really excited to share them! We have pretty normal skin (as far as dryness to oiliness, but obviously in the winter, it gets more dry, etc.)
CLEANSER:
Neutrogena Makeup Remover Wipes: These are our go to for removing makeup (especially on late nights when we are too lazy to take our makeup off). These take your makeup off in one step and they even get off stubborn waterproof makeup or long-wear lipsticks.
Dermalogica Pre-Cleanse: This product is a great first step to get rid of excess oil, sunscreen, waterproof makeup, and build-up on your skin. You just add water and it turns into a milky texture to get pre-cleanse before your cleanser. It also leaves your skin super soft! You can use it around your eye for waterproof mascara, too!
CosMedix Purity Clean: This cleanser is one of our favorites because it leaves our skin super soft and it is gentle and has a great, natural scent.
Clarisonic Mia 1: This is the Clarisonic but a little smaller, so it is great for traveling! It deeply cleanses your pores, without being too harsh. It really does remove a lot more makeup than just your hands or washrag. Our skin feels SO clean when we use it!
EXFOLIANT:
Kate Somerville Intensive Exfoliating Treatment: We suggest exfoliating at least 2-3 times a week. It helps to deep clean clogged pores, and then the lactic acid and fruit enzymes leave your skin smooth and brighter. It really leaves your skin feeling like your just got a facial!
Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant: This one is another one we love and is gentle to use daily. It is also gentle for sensitive skin.
TONER:
Dermalogica Multi-Active Toner: We use this after cleansing before moisturizing to hydrate and refresh. You can also spray it on any time of day.
SERUMS:
SkinCeuticals Hyaluronic Acid Intensifier: We use this serum after the toner above. It is a blend of blend of pure hyaluronic acid, proxylane, licorice root and purple rice work that boost skin’s hyaluronic acid levels, improving skin texture and restoring elasticity. It really does leave our skin more plump and smooth.
SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF: This serum is a mixture of vitamin C, Ferulic acid and phloretin. It helps to improve damaged skin and look more even overall. Encourages cell turnover, allowing damaged skin to regain a healthy look and have an even tone. We love how it helps to fade our breakout scars.
iS Clinical Clearing Travel Kit: This pack includes all of our fave iS Clinical products in a travel set (also great to try them out and see if you love them as much as we do!) The Active Serum is a must!
Tea Tree Oil: This is our must have product for those deep blemishes (cystic acne). Normal zit cream doesn’t get rid of these, so this is our go to. You just dab a little bit on your blemishes, and it really does help!
End Zit: Besides the tea tree oil, we use this on top of our breakouts. It really doses work SO fast. We love that it conceals your skin, too, so you can use it under your makeup.
We haven’t shared an updated makeup routine in forever, so we are back today sharing our go-to makeup products that we use on a daily basis! We shared some of these in our original makeup must-have post here.
To be honest, we both don’t wear a ton of makeup day-to-day, but we do have products that we have been using for years. We like a more neutral, every day look. If we are wanting to do a little more, we will add some eyeshadow and a brighter lip.
FOUNDATION AND CONCEALER:
As far as foundation, we switch between liquid and powder foundations. It all depends on how much coverage you are looking for. For light coverage (going to the gym, or a more bare-faced look, we like this Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer. It gives you a natural, dewy look and it has SPF in it.
For more of a coverage, we like NARS All Day Weightless Liquid Foundation. It gives you full, natural-looking coverage, without feeling too heavy! We love how smooth it goes on.
We honestly use this bareMinerals Original Foundation most days. We have been using it for years, and honestly just love how light it is, and how it doesn’t rub off on your clothes, etc. The only thing about it is that it is not super high coverage. It is also great for traveling because it isn’t heavy and wont leak everywhere.
A good bronzer, blush, and highlighter are super important. Without them, you look pale and washed out! Our favorite bronzer is Bobbi Brown Illuminating Bronzing Powder in “Aruba” . This one gives you a shimmering, sun-kissed glow, without being too “glittery”.
As far as blush, we have two favorites: Bobbi Brown Blush in “Desert Rose”and NARS Blush in “Orgasm” . We have been using both of these forever, and love the shades of both of these. They are super flattering on any skin tone, and they really last all day.
We started using Charlotte Tilbury ‘Filmstar Bronze & Glow’ Face Sculpt & Highlight only recently, but have become obsessed! The bronzer gives you definition, and the highlighter illuminates your cheekbones, nose, eyes, and cupid’s bow. You just apply the bronzer to the areas of your ace you want to slim and define (cheekbones, temples, jawline, sides and tip of your nose), and then use the highlighter for areas you want to illuminate such as the top of your cheekbones and down the center of your nose, brow bone, etc.
We have tried a ton of mascaras, but this one leaves your lashes long and defined, without being too clumpy.
Having defined brows that are shaped and filled-in is key! We love this eyebrow pencil for filling in and shaping!
LIPS:
For every day lip color, we love this Clinique ‘Chubby Stick’ Moisturizing Lip Color Balm. What we love about it is that it is super moisturizing, and doesn’t leave your lips feeling all dry. It gives you sheer to moderate coverage, depending on how many layers you apply. Our favorite shades are “Pudgy Peony” and “Super Strawberry”
As we mentioned, we don’t wear a ton of eye makeup, but if we do, we love this eyeshadow palette and this MAC Eyeshadow Palette. It has so many good shades for any skin tone! This Urban Decay Naked Palette is also a great one!
As far as eyeliner, this Clinque Quickliner is one of our favorites because it is super silky and glides on so well, and it stays on all day. You also never have to sharpen it, which we love!
OTHER PRODUCTS:
This Best of Sigma Beauty Brush Kit brush set is a great set that we use all of the time. It has a really good variety of brushes!
We use this This Sigma Express Brush Cleaning Mat is awesome for cleaning brushes. We are so bad about cleaning them, but this makes it so much easier!
Can’t believe we are heading into the end of October! We love this transitional look for those of y’all who live in Texas or Cali, where it is still a little too warm to pull out those jeans and big sweaters. You could also wear this with OTK boots, too! This dress has to be one of our favorite dress of ALL time. It is super comfy and comes in a long-sleeved version! We paired it with one of our favorite booties (also own these in tan) and so comfy, too! You could wear this dress with so many things, and you can totally dress it up or down! We love it with this black bag, which goes with literally everything! This outfit is perfect for running errands and then grabbing dinner or drinks with your girlfriends or man in your life;) Speaking of errands, we wanted to share some of our Dallas must have spots for beauty. Before we get into our spots, we want to highlight these booties. They are so comfy! They do run a little small, so we recommend sizing up a half size. Highly, highly recommend these!Now, about this dress: it hugs you in all the right places and it has ruching in the front, so it hides your food baby;) We have it in the long-sleeved version, too, and just can’t get enough of it! The bag is a great staple bag because it fits a lot and can be worn cross-body or on your shoulder, too!
And, now for our Dallas Beauty Spots:
We have gotten so many questions about our eyebrows, and if you want to read all about that service, you can refer to this post and this podcast episode. Enlighten is amazing!
After going to reflexology, we will probably never get another massage again. For $35-$45, you can get a full-body and foot massage that feels amazing!
We love Enlighten for laser hair removal. We have gotten both our underarms and bikini done (still in the process), but absolutely LOVE the results! Nordstrom is our favorite spot to shop for fall transitional pieces like these. They have a great selection of dresses and booties for fall like this cute outfit, and great accessories like bags and scarfs. We love that they offer free shipping and returns (MAJOR plus!) and that the have in-store pickup!
We are sure by now y’all have definitely heard of coconut oil, and how great it is for you! We had actually gotten introduced Kopari a few years ago when they launched, and recently had the opportunity to meet one of their co-founders, Kiana, in Dallas a few weeks ago. It was truly inspiring to hear her story, and since we are entrepreneurs as well, it was very relatable.
First off, not only are these products incredible for SO many reasons, they smell incredible, too! They have a range of products from skincare to body care, and they are all made with 100% pure, organic coconut oil sourced from the Philippines. We have definitely tried using the regular coconut oil from our local grocery store, but those don’t even come close to these products. Store-bought coconut oil may be great for cooking, but these products are completely different for your skin. All of Kopari’s products are completely natural, and contain no sulfates, silicones, parabens, and GMOs. Not going to lie, when we first read about putting coconut oil on our skin and our hair, we were thinking that it was totally weird, and that we would be left with greasy, broken-out skin, but we were so wrong! We actually used some of these products, specifically the coconut melt after our spray tan to keep our skin moisturized, without stripping the color. The coconut melt is multifunctional, meaning you can use it from head-to-toe. We love using it as a hair mask, makeup remover, body moisturizer, and shave oil, but the possibilities are endless!We tried their coconut body milk, coconut body oil, coconut crush scrub, and their coconut melt. We seriously LOVED them all. They left our skin feeling SO incredibly soft and glowy. As we mentioned above, if we had to pick one item that is our top favorite, we would definitely go with the coconut melt because it its versatility. We even got our mom hooked on the coconut body milk because it is easy to pack and travel with and we are currently using it post-beach on our trip right now in the Caymans! If y’all are in the market for a good moisturizer, or a new beauty addition, we highly recommend their products! We are all about knowing exactly what we are putting in our bodies, and what we put on our bodies, and love that these products align with that. If you have any other questions about their products, they have a very detailed Q&A here!{ Lace Nightie | Kopari Coconut Body Milk |Kopari Coconut Body Oil | Kopari Coconut Crush Scrub | Kopari Coconut Melt | BRACELETS: David Yurman Cable Bracelets here, here, and hereand Cartier Love Bracelet | NECKLACES: Initial Necklace and Diamond Dainty Necklace | RINGS: David Yurman Ring here and here | WATCH: Michele Deco Watch }
These gifts go out to all the makeup + beauty queens out there! I think that describes almost every girl, but there are some of those people that you know are literally OBSESSED with trying the latest glosses and hair tools!
We are Drybar addicts and swear by their dry shampoo! We would take a gift card any day to get a blowout, and if you’re a girl, you know how much of a pain it is to wash your hair!
We love this perfume! The smell is amazing and it lasts all day long!
This Bobbi Brown makeup set is a great gift, and we lover her stuff! It is natural looking, but also gives great coverage!