5 Years of Favorite Products: Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

I fully admit, I ordered the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette during the first release on-line. I didn't post a review, because by the time I received mine, all the bloggers with early releases had posted their swatches and reviews... and I felt like I was just jumping on the band wagon at that point?

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But, when it came time to post about my favorite products, I really couldn't avoid the fact that I have never had a palette alter my morning routine to this extent.

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I reach for this palette every morning. Every single day I use this thing. I've become much more daring with color because of this palette. Yes, I know the colors are "Naked", but with my pale skin they are more mid-tone neutrals. The result? I'm wearing a variant of a smokey eye almost every day. Even if I'm just at home playing with my 1 year old.

No other palette has ever been my "go-to" for such a long time, nor changed things up for me like this. Get one if you can!

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5 Years of Favorite Products: Kiehl's Photo-Age High Potency Spot Treatment

I suppose that you could go back and look at my original Kiehl's Photo-Age High Potency Spot Treatment review, though really all that you need to see is this little picture trio.



The first picture is really a "before", I didn't start using this product until I was a few weeks post-partum, so about February 10th. There's a little difference after 4 weeks of use, but 6 weeks after that you can see that everything is nearly gone!

Do keep in mind that you'll need to keep using this product if things are still a bit out of whack. I stopped (I was testing other products) and recently noticed that my melasma was coming back a bit. But, my hormones are still a bit jumpy because I'm nursing my 11 month old (I've made it a long time! Yeah me!). I was *about* to start using this product again when Kiehl's sent me a different hyperpigmentation product to try out, so I'll once again subject myself to a series of pics like this.

But, this product has had amazing results. I have recommended it to a ton of friends.

Kiehl's Photo-Age High Potency Spot Treatment

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5 Years! My Favorite Products and a Blog Celebration

So, today marks my 5 year "Blogiversary". Really. I can't believe I've been typing away randomly on my sofa about skin care, eye shadow and hair removal (such pressing world shattering topics, I know) for 5 years now! Last year on this day I was giving birth to my daughter (yup, on my blogiversary), but since I'm not bearing a tiny human this year, I thought I needed to do something else to step up my game.

So, I've decided to go back through all of my product reviews, informational posts and things stuffed into my bathroom vanity, and come up with a list. This list is my all time favorite products list. These are the items that I would happily use every day for the rest of my life if I was never allowed to try out something new. These are items that I love. I return to them between product testings, if something is going wonky, I repurchase them with my own money and sometimes I'll even hoard them for future use.

So, stayed tuned! Over the next month or so I'll reveal the products that made the cut. There may even be a few giveaways!

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