What are your must-have "holy grail" products or pieces?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sort of confused why everyone is so excited about "publicist PP" posting a bunch of expensive shit. there are so many things wrong with her list, particularly the skin care.

glamglow is irritating to the skin and overpriced. excerpt from beautypedia: "Despite the hype, GlamGlow does not have exceptional, or even mediocre, products worth considering. Their primary two masks are overpriced and offer a mix of ordinary clays, potent fragrance and irritating plant extracts with a few beneficial antioxidants present but they are rendered useless because of the jar packaging."

here's what beautypedia says about la mer eye concentrate: "The Eye Concentrate contains some incredibly helpful, state-of-the-art ingredients for creating and maintaining healthy skin. What a shame so many of them are subject to reduced potency because of jar packaging! Moreover, how depressing that La Mer included a troubling amount of eucalyptus oil, which only serves to irritate skin. Without that and in better packaging, this really would have been an “ultraluxe eye treatment.”

glossier balm dot com is most just petroleum jelly in cute packaging.

I take good care of my skin and use effective products (not all natural, but definitely NONTOXIC) and I don't waste money on makeup to cover the skin. people get into a vicious cycle of layering crap onto their skin in the name of "skin care" and then covering it with makeup, which just perpetuates the problem.

I'm not sure why everyone would listen to someone who claims to be a publicist and take her word as gospel. She's not trained in skin care or beauty-- I'd rather take advice from a dermatologist, aesthetician, or makeup artist. Not impressed by bragging about an enormous collection of manolos, an insane collection of expensive sneakers, or heirloom hermes bags.

Yet you extensively quote from a website run by a woman who uses it as a vehicle to publicize her own products, and you apparently take her word as gospel.

It's true that beautypedia is run by paula begoun, who does have her own line of products that obviously get high ratings on her site. I actually don't use any of her products, but the products that I do use get high ratings on her site. I trust beautypedia because the products are evaluated by beauty and skincare experts. I'm not a car mechanic, wouldn't tell anyone how to fix their car.

The products she recommended were expensive and caused my skin to break out. Never again.

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Anonymous wrote:I LOVE LOVE LOVE Publicist PP! Keep on girlfriend! Your posts make me so happy! Thanks!

Hi Publicist PP! Nice try.

OMG Jeff, please tell people that I am not Publicst PP. I sure WISH I was, but I am sitting here at my low rent desk in Baltimore.

I like publicist pp too. I haven't posted on this thread, but read when she posts. I don't take all of her recommendations, but I do buy a few products or read the reviews on them each time. Stop hating on her.

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I'm the previous poster that quoted beautypedia and I just want to add that physical appearance is important to my line of work too. I have a less is more philosophy and I'm willing to spend $$ for effective, high quality skincare products so that I can buy less of them/spend next to nothing on makeup. I have no problem with "publicist PP"'s routine if it works for her, but most people don't need to spend $200 on a la mer eye cream that is packaged in a way that is certain to degrade the active ingredients and formulated with irritating ingredients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sort of confused why everyone is so excited about "publicist PP" posting a bunch of expensive shit. there are so many things wrong with her list, particularly the skin care.

glamglow is irritating to the skin and overpriced. excerpt from beautypedia: "Despite the hype, GlamGlow does not have exceptional, or even mediocre, products worth considering. Their primary two masks are overpriced and offer a mix of ordinary clays, potent fragrance and irritating plant extracts with a few beneficial antioxidants present but they are rendered useless because of the jar packaging."

here's what beautypedia says about la mer eye concentrate: "The Eye Concentrate contains some incredibly helpful, state-of-the-art ingredients for creating and maintaining healthy skin. What a shame so many of them are subject to reduced potency because of jar packaging! Moreover, how depressing that La Mer included a troubling amount of eucalyptus oil, which only serves to irritate skin. Without that and in better packaging, this really would have been an “ultraluxe eye treatment.”

glossier balm dot com is most just petroleum jelly in cute packaging.

I take good care of my skin and use effective products (not all natural, but definitely NONTOXIC) and I don't waste money on makeup to cover the skin. people get into a vicious cycle of layering crap onto their skin in the name of "skin care" and then covering it with makeup, which just perpetuates the problem.

I'm not sure why everyone would listen to someone who claims to be a publicist and take her word as gospel. She's not trained in skin care or beauty-- I'd rather take advice from a dermatologist, aesthetician, or makeup artist. Not impressed by bragging about an enormous collection of manolos, an insane collection of expensive sneakers, or heirloom hermes bags.

Yet you extensively quote from a website run by a woman who uses it as a vehicle to publicize her own products, and you apparently take her word as gospel.

It's true that beautypedia is run by paula begoun, who does have her own line of products that obviously get high ratings on her site. I actually don't use any of her products, but the products that I do use get high ratings on her site. I trust beautypedia because the products are evaluated by beauty and skincare experts. I'm not a car mechanic, wouldn't tell anyone how to fix their car.

The products she recommended were expensive and caused my skin to break out. Never again.

What products did you try? Paula's Choice brand or something else?

[Anonymous]

I'm reading through this thread, enjoying the posts and have to comment on how hilarious it is when Bitter Betty, crunchy granola grey haired posters come on here to ding a 30-something who posts their beauty regimen in response to requests to weigh in from others.

We get it - you are "all natural"...aka you don't want to be bothered taking care of yourself and investing in your appearance. Somehow you think this makes you special and above it all. Knock yourself out, but knocking down others about what they like just makes you sound envious and cheap (even if that's not what was intended).

I'm a 45 yo professional woman and I think it's absolutely interesting to hear what other women do and find value in for themselves - even if I don't feel the need to try it all. I can't for the life of me understand all the whiny posts about how expensive some things used by others are - why do you care. Get your stuff at CVS if that floats your boat.

The thread was clearly started for people to share what they each like. If you don't have anything nice to say, zip it.

[Anonymous]

All that said....a friend of mine started this company to aggregate non-toxic beauty products. It's pretty awesome, so I thought I'd post it as a resource to those who post here.

https://aillea.com/

[Anonymous]

Cannabis is a must have

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Anonymous wrote:Cannabis is a must have

Yes - to relax those worry lines, ensure good sleep, and help focus on workouts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading through this thread, enjoying the posts and have to comment on how hilarious it is when Bitter Betty, crunchy granola grey haired posters come on here to ding a 30-something who posts their beauty regimen in response to requests to weigh in from others.

We get it - you are "all natural"...aka you don't want to be bothered taking care of yourself and investing in your appearance. Somehow you think this makes you special and above it all. Knock yourself out, but knocking down others about what they like just makes you sound envious and cheap (even if that's not what was intended).

I'm a 45 yo professional woman and I think it's absolutely interesting to hear what other women do and find value in for themselves - even if I don't feel the need to try it all. I can't for the life of me understand all the whiny posts about how expensive some things used by others are - why do you care. Get your stuff at CVS if that floats your boat.

The thread was clearly started for people to share what they each like. If you don't have anything nice to say, zip it.

I'm the first poster that was critical of "publicist PP"'s recommendations in this thread, and I am 27 and absolutely invest in my appearance. Nontoxic is different than all natural

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading through this thread, enjoying the posts and have to comment on how hilarious it is when Bitter Betty, crunchy granola grey haired posters come on here to ding a 30-something who posts their beauty regimen in response to requests to weigh in from others.

We get it - you are "all natural"...aka you don't want to be bothered taking care of yourself and investing in your appearance. Somehow you think this makes you special and above it all. Knock yourself out, but knocking down others about what they like just makes you sound envious and cheap (even if that's not what was intended).

I'm a 45 yo professional woman and I think it's absolutely interesting to hear what other women do and find value in for themselves - even if I don't feel the need to try it all. I can't for the life of me understand all the whiny posts about how expensive some things used by others are - why do you care. Get your stuff at CVS if that floats your boat.

The thread was clearly started for people to share what they each like. If you don't have anything nice to say, zip it.

I'm the first poster that was critical of "publicist PP"'s recommendations in this thread, and I am 27 and absolutely invest in my appearance. Nontoxic is different than all natural

Again, instead of being a preachy bore, why not just dazzle us with your own list of products that you use and love.

[Anonymous]

I swear by Korean sheet masks. They really make me look more well rested and fresh. I get cheap ones by The Face Shop on Amazon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading through this thread, enjoying the posts and have to comment on how hilarious it is when Bitter Betty, crunchy granola grey haired posters come on here to ding a 30-something who posts their beauty regimen in response to requests to weigh in from others.

We get it - you are "all natural"...aka you don't want to be bothered taking care of yourself and investing in your appearance. Somehow you think this makes you special and above it all. Knock yourself out, but knocking down others about what they like just makes you sound envious and cheap (even if that's not what was intended).

I'm a 45 yo professional woman and I think it's absolutely interesting to hear what other women do and find value in for themselves - even if I don't feel the need to try it all. I can't for the life of me understand all the whiny posts about how expensive some things used by others are - why do you care. Get your stuff at CVS if that floats your boat.

The thread was clearly started for people to share what they each like. If you don't have anything nice to say, zip it.

I'm the first poster that was critical of "publicist PP"'s recommendations in this thread, and I am 27 and absolutely invest in my appearance. Nontoxic is different than all natural

Again, instead of being a preachy bore, why not just dazzle us with your own list of products that you use and love.

Fair enough.

AM:
splash face with cold water, dry with clean cotton wash cloth to dislodge any dead skin cells or sebum loosened overnight
drunk elephant c-firma vitamin c serum and drunk elephant b-hydra serum
moisturize with drunk elephant lala retro whipped cream
1 pump of burberry fresh glow fluid for added radiance
always sunscreen- my favorite is la roche posay anthelios 50 mineral sunscreen. I apply this every morning and reapply if I'm outside for long periods of time, which I often am.
hourglass and yves st laurent make my favorite mascaras
I almost always do a sheer lip color: generatation g, bite beauty, or clinique almost lipstick in black honey
glossier boy brow

PM:
cleanse with la roche posay toleraine cleanser, or if I'm not doing a chemical exfoliant, I use the drunk elephant juju bar for a light physical exfoliation
exfoliate with drunk elephant TLC framboos serum 2-3 times a week
facial oil-- marula, rosehip, or argan are my favorites

I obviously love drunk elephant-- it has completely transformed my skin from dehydrated/dull/sensitive to glowy and even-toned. nothing in my routine is particularly cheap but I save money with a simple routine and no foundation or concealer.

[Anonymous]

eve lom and omorovicza cleansing balms, THREE cleansing oil

natura bisse glycol 50

moisturizer- tried tons but no holy grail

SKII sheet masks, ilcsi stonecrop masks, sulwhasoo night masks

cle de peau base products (concealer, foundation and base), it beauty cc cream is another favorite..

chanel lip products work great for me and I also love neosporin lip balm

I cannot live without my caudalie beauty mist..

for hair I like kerastase and kevin murphy products , the oribe spray that was recommended did not work for me and left it sticky with residue, not sure if I am using it right. oscar blandi is another brand that does not work for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sort of confused why everyone is so excited about "publicist PP" posting a bunch of expensive shit. there are so many things wrong with her list, particularly the skin care.

glamglow is irritating to the skin and overpriced. excerpt from beautypedia: "Despite the hype, GlamGlow does not have exceptional, or even mediocre, products worth considering. Their primary two masks are overpriced and offer a mix of ordinary clays, potent fragrance and irritating plant extracts with a few beneficial antioxidants present but they are rendered useless because of the jar packaging."

here's what beautypedia says about la mer eye concentrate: "The Eye Concentrate contains some incredibly helpful, state-of-the-art ingredients for creating and maintaining healthy skin. What a shame so many of them are subject to reduced potency because of jar packaging! Moreover, how depressing that La Mer included a troubling amount of eucalyptus oil, which only serves to irritate skin. Without that and in better packaging, this really would have been an “ultraluxe eye treatment.”

glossier balm dot com is most just petroleum jelly in cute packaging.

I take good care of my skin and use effective products (not all natural, but definitely NONTOXIC) and I don't waste money on makeup to cover the skin. people get into a vicious cycle of layering crap onto their skin in the name of "skin care" and then covering it with makeup, which just perpetuates the problem.

I'm not sure why everyone would listen to someone who claims to be a publicist and take her word as gospel. She's not trained in skin care or beauty-- I'd rather take advice from a dermatologist, aesthetician, or makeup artist. Not impressed by bragging about an enormous collection of manolos, an insane collection of expensive sneakers, or heirloom hermes bags.

Yet you extensively quote from a website run by a woman who uses it as a vehicle to publicize her own products, and you apparently take her word as gospel.

It's true that beautypedia is run by paula begoun, who does have her own line of products that obviously get high ratings on her site. I actually don't use any of her products, but the products that I do use get high ratings on her site. I trust beautypedia because the products are evaluated by beauty and skincare experts. I'm not a car mechanic, wouldn't tell anyone how to fix their car.

The products she recommended were expensive and caused my skin to break out. Never again.

What products did you try? Paula's Choice brand or something else?

Glam glow and esteee serum.

[Anonymous]

Publicist PP here. FWIW, nothing I say or do here drives anyone to my site. I've never once given a link to my website or shared my personal information. Nothing I've ever posted here has ever even been an affiliate link. I make ZERO money from posting the products that I use here - you can verify it by looking at the links I post. You can also verify that I am not here driving traffic to my site because not once have I identified myself, my site, or anything like that. I don't even represent any of the brands that I've shared in any of my posts, so any insinuation that I am gaining anything out of taking the time to share info is entirely inaccurate.

And if any of you have even an ounce of suspicion of sock-puppeting, go to website feedback, post a thread, and ask Jeff. I assure you that not even ONCE have I sock-puppeted. As a matter of fact, just to shut you all up, as I have done in the past, I'll do it myself. Because I know all of you rather live in your alternative facts world instead of reality. Here's the thread, check it later, once Jeff has had a chance to respond, and he'll set you straight.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/0/636219.page#10759993

Also, to whoever asked about Dr. Schoenfeld, he isn't just a talented ENT! https://www.renudc.com/about