SELF LOVE - VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT GUIDE
Whether you are prepping for a Valentine's Day with your sweetie, a GNO with your besties, buying a gift for your ❤︎ or pampering for some quality me-time in, here are our top V-Day products to try. Obviously, they are all pink or red!
Company: MAI COUTURE
Product pick: Rose Hip Oil Blotting Paper
What it is: Hypoallergenic blotting papers infused with rose hip oil.
Solution for: Remove dirt buildup, unwanted oil, shine, and perspiration from skin for a more clear, matte complexion. Rose Hip Oil helps improve skin tone and texture. The oil contains antioxidants which fight free radicals responsible for aging. A great way to freshen up without disturbing your makeup.
Price: $10
Company: ILIA Beauty
Product pick: Multi-Stick featured in Tenderly
What it is: Soft and demure multi-stick, carries light pink as a base with a touch of blue undertones and works wonders for those seeking to look freshly blushed.
Solution for: A versatile tint for lips, cheeks, and eyes that is conveniently packaged for on-the-go application. Organic ingredients of shea butter, avocado oil, and Vitamin E meld together into a soft, buttery texture that melts into the skin.
Price: $34
Company: Osmia Organics
Product pick: Adzuki Nourishing Mask
What it is: Adzuki beans have been used for centuries by Japanese women to exfoliate their skin. In this mask, Osmia Organics combines Adzuki beans with organic quinoa to give the skin a gentle exfoliation, while moisturizing deeper layers of the skin. Wild-harvested red sandalwood powder tones and smoothes the skin, and essential oils of sandalwood, lavender, and rose geranium create a heavenly aroma. But the real secret? Osmia Organics mills the beans and quinoa themselves, providing a "fresh-pressed" effect - like a protein bath for the skin. If you're in a rush, this powder can also be used as a cleansing and exfoliating paste. If you have time to spare, leave it on as a mask for the most potent effects - providing the skin with fortifying proteins, and a tightening action that leaves skin feeling both firm and soft, and smelling of earth and lavender.
Solution for: Normal, dry, or mature skin. Use as a gentle exfoliant in a cleansing paste or as a mask.
Price: $40
Company: Konjac Sponge Company
Product pick: Heart Sponge With Pink French Clay
What it is: The Konjac Potato or Konnyaku is a perennial plant native to Asia, and can be found growing wild at very high altitudes. A totally natural food source, Konjac is 97% water, rich in mineral goodness and low in calories. Naturally alkaline, Konjac is pH neutral which leaves skin perfectly balanced.
Solution for: Infused with pink French clay, this will treat and delicately soothe tired or devitalised skin. It is just what you need after too much sun exposure or any temperature extremes (including air conditioning and central heating). It soothes irritated & tired skin, is suitable for eczema & sensitive complexions, refines pores, cleanses & exfoliates the delicate eye area and leaves skin radiant & rejuvenated.
Price: $13
Company: Kani Botanicals
Product pick: Rose Tone - Hibiscus & Rose Face Mist
What it is: This face mist is made with roses and aloe to hydrate, soothe, and leave you feeling fresh and awake.
Solution for: Excellent as a makeup refresher and midday pick-me-up, this beauty purifies as it combats signs of aging and soothes tired, irritated skin. The spray is also loaded with rose petals’ vitamin C and anti-aging power!
Price: $21