When it comes to fall beauty, there are two aspects: changing needs from a hot and humid summer and the cultural sensory memories we want to re-live. We want to get a fresh start for school or sports: improve things, try new trends. But we also want those scents and colors that are unique to the season. You can explore both with Fragrance.com! I was happy to be hosted to experience it.
The cult indie fragrance favorite line, Juliette has a gun, has created the perfect transitional scent: Vanilla Vibes. It was created by Romano Ricci, great-grandson of Nina Ricci – renowned for very romantic mid-century perfumes. Vanilla Vibes is an unusual juxtaposition of two concepts: natural, “aphrodisiacal” and gourmand vanilla with bright sea salt. It’s like summer and fall rolled in one! Vanilla Vibes isn’t sweet or frilly. Rather, it draws you in with its unpredictability. It’s available in a convenient travel size.
Keeping up that vanilla note can now be done in haircare! After a summer of sun and fun, it wouldn’t be surprising if the ends of your hair have taken a beating. Keratin Complex is a line that includes the keratin treatments, as well as haircare. Fragrance.com has a Big Daddy 1,000 ml size of Vanilla Bean Deep Conditioner that’ll get you through the season, to be sure! Keratin is a building block of protein and if you hair keratin isn’t what it needs to be, you’re gonna have cotton candy or a scouring pad as a hairdo. Keratin, wheat and soy proteins help with strength and shine. Jojoba oil adds moisture; it’s said that oil is the closest to human sebum. Vanilla fruit – as deliciously baking and fall-like as it smells – also conditions and smooths. Unlike most deep conditioners, it doesn’t leave your hair lank and slick. They advise you to keep it in for 10-20 minutes, so keep that fluffy robe handy and make it a spa night!
Origins Ginger Body Scrub is one of the line’s bestsellers and it’s easy to understand why. It’s very moist and oil-rich – not dry and rough. It has sea salt, “warming” ginger zest, macadamia, soybean and sweet olive oil. It doesn’t have a candied fragrance. Rather, it’s got that fresh, bright living ginger plant scent. It saves you time, too, because you don’t need to apply moisturizer after your shower!
Here’s a minimalist’s beauty/health slay: get yourself a steam humidifier with spot to put essential oils. Fragrance.com has essential oils! NOW is a well-regarded brand and has a pre-diluted (with jojoba oil) Vanilla oil. Different oils have both proscribed and prescribed uses, so they recommend that you consult an essential oils book for appropriate use for you. Vanilla oil in a steam humidifier gives a delicious, comforting scent to your room, along with helping your complexion hold water.
So, complexions can also use some help at the change of seasons, too. With hot going into cool, thickened tans acting sluggish and less outdoor activity, you might be experiencing problems. Rough patches, uneven tone, breakouts can all take their toll. PeterThomasRoth Clinical Skin Care is renowned by the Beautiful People! Its Pumpkin Enzyme Mask resurfaces with 3 types of exfoliation: manual, chemical and enzymatic. Pumpkin is well-known to contain lots of Vitamin A, the beautiful skin vitamin. You gently polish your face for 3 to 7 minutes and the mask smells like the most delicious pumpkin pie!
OPI is the standard bearer when it comes to innovative nail polish colors. Its seasonal collections with the clever names set the fashion, probably as much as Pantone. If you have the fine color eye that I do, you can pick out popular colors and even brands. For fall, when darker polishes feel more, well, “polished,” fashionistas can analyze the slightest difference in undertones. It’s the difference between today and yesterday! A Grape Affair is excellent for now! In order for a dark polish to feel elegant and versatile, it has to have a finish (usually shiny but not pearlized) that takes it away from the Goth world. Too much black or blue looks too Allison Reynolds, if you get that reference. Too much red looks dated, like you’re afraid to break away from the pack. This is a deep plum-purple with brown and a touch of blue. It’ll look great with your fall clothes!
Christian Dior 5 Color Eyeshadow Palettes keep getting better and better! With a mix of finishes and tones, each palette grabs the zeitgeist of the season, offering shadows that actually do all play well together, as well as work for a number of skin tones. The palettes have a mix of warm and cool colors, as well as finishes that work for night or day. This season, 689 Mitzah has those covetable coppery colors. Blue eyes will really stand out!
When the weather turns cooler, lighting candles feels good again. Northern Lights is a USA candle brand that uses a blend of natural and synthetic oils for “superior fragrance throw”. Are you working from home? Start your morning with the limited release of Seasonal Essentials Jar – Caramel Macchiato! It comes with a heavy bottom, so you can feel more confident lighting it, as long as you’re careful. It will lend a super-fancy café scent to your room. One of Northern Lights’ other very attractive collections includes the dark glass with a cork stopper Spirit Jar. Bourbon & Spice has a sweet scent without being candy-like or cloying. It’s that cocktail combination that the hottest mixologists are working with this time of year.
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