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A Luxury French Gift Subscription Box- My Beautiful French Collection Box

Imagine traveling to another country without even leaving your couch. The smell of a handmade lavender wand and the wonderful honey lavender aroma of a beautiful rich hand cream. This dream can indeed come true my Francophiles! My Beautiful French Collection Box is created by French lifestyle blogger, Annette Charlton of A French Collection. Living part time in France for the last ten years Annette hand picks authentic French artisan and quality French inspired items to create luxury French gift boxes. And my Francophile heart simply is just in awe of everything Annette does!

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Handmade Goods Inspired by Bees-Featuring Eight Hands Farm & Bee Co.

Becoming more intentional with my alone time is a huge goal of mine in April! (How is it April already BTW?) I am really needing to shift my focus to using my alone time more productively. Each week it looks different—whether it’s meditation or yoga or even just. warm intentional mindful bath or a nap. Anything where I can truly recharge and come back refreshed……

Taking a holistic approach to restoring our spaces, minds, bodies, and hearts in small but powerful ways is so important! I am currently dealing with major obstacles with my health and really just want to hold space for myself. I want this season to bloom a healthier and happier me.

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Balanced Skin During That Pesky Time Of The Month ➰

Payot My Period The Cure is a case of 9 serums with 3 specific formulas, tailor-made to rebalance the skin of women during the female cycle.

Day 1 to 3: purifying serums with mint extract that purify and cleanse the skin to eliminate imperfections due to the hormonal peak at the start of menstruation.
Day 4 to 6: Soothing serums with jasmine extract that soothe, comfort and nourish skin sensitized by stress hormone fluctuations during periods.

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Story Telling- Chanel No. 5.

This vintage bag with an even more beautiful perfect lining given to me by Jan ( Lin’s mom) is so special. Nothing says "sophistication" like a beautiful bag from a more elegant era -

And Chanel No. 5. It’s one rite of passage every woman should experience. From the iconic black and white box and the weight of the rectangular glass bottle to the complex scent of florals and amber ..

So fascinated with the history behind it..

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Self Care Tips For A Pisces Featuring Purely Northwest Tea Tree Products

Often very lithe on their feet with quick, graceful movements, Pisces seems to swim easily both with and against the tide, adapting their position as they weave their way through life. Overall, however, they are not the most physically robust of signs, they lack raw energy and can be prone to water retention. Their emotional health can also fluctuate as they are so sensitive to the currents of feelings around them, that it can overwhelm them. Pisces really need to be around upbeat people who can inspire them and promote a more realistic and secure attitude.

The feet, the soles of the body, are ruled by Pisces and it’s here that problems might arise.

TOP TIPS FOR PISCES SELF CAR

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Hair TLC At Home With Alfaparf Milano

A new year and not much has changed so here I am forced me to take my beauty routine into my own hands. I have been in desperate need of a haircut but with the variants out there, I need to just wait. If you are in the same boat, you are going to really appreciate these two hair tips I am sharing today that will keep your hair healthy and shiny!

I have been avoiding heat styling whenever possible! And when I do need some I am just doing a quick blow at the roots for volume, then I let my hair finish air drying naturally. I have also been using a The Alfaparf Milano Semi Di Lino Sublime Cristalli Liquidi Hair Oil Serum Treatment! It’s an instant hair make-over that provides immediate gloss!

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OSEA President Day Sale

Having a moment of pampering with OSEA MALIBU today! Completely soaking in this stress-relieving precious moment to myself. 💆🏻‍♀️

You know I have been a huge fan of OSEA for half a decade! Not only does the company’s commitment to powerful natural skin care shine through in everything from their natural derived ingredients, and highly concentrated formulations - but the products look so darn beautiful in my bathroom.

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Officine Universelle Buly 1803 Review

Originally founded in 1803, it was known in the olden days as a perfume and scented-vinegar brand. Its founder, Jean-Vincent Buly, was the inspiration for a Balzac character. After a “century of sleep,” per the brand’s website, the old beauty brand received a slight revamp from a husband-and-wife pair with a fragrance background, Ramdane Touhami (a former co-owner of Cire Trudon) and Victoire de Taillac.

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Oil Free Serum To Reduce Wrinkles- Caudalie

If you are looking for an oil-free serum to help visibly firm, lift and reduce the look of wrinkles.. look no further. Caudalie gifted me their new Resveratrol Lift Instant Firming Serum and I am loving how my skin looks!

This serum has the highest concentration of Caudalie’s ‘s exclusive patent Resveratrol + Hyaluronic acid + Vegan collagen alternative. This patented blend is a clean and non-irritating retinol alternative, proven to be 2X more effective than retinol to visibly firm skin.

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December Beauty Product Round-Up

A new year is approaching and I made it a personal goal to keep blogging consistently this year…but still trying to simplify the process and not allowing it to take up too much of my time (as I’ve been known to spend hours writing blogs). Over the last few years, I’ve noticed there’s been an increase in people abandoning their blogs altogether but for me, I want to still have this space to talk as much as I do if you were to meet me in person. Instagram is great, of course, but there’s only so much information people can take on a daily basis, it can become so overwhelming and we can end up feeling our brains being oversaturated and close to exploding!

For me, I love talking about beauty products: I love testing products! I love the branding element of the industry; I love finding products that work and telling others!

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Gifts For The Beauty Lover 2020

Hey ladies and gentlemen, I’m back with another gift guide today - this time for beauty lovers. I rounded up the best of my favorite things from 2020 from gorgeous clean lipsticks to winter skincare essentials to the most raved about tools out there - all perfect for any beauty fanatic.

Happy shopping!

P.S. Don’t forget to check out more of my gift guide posts for more gift ideas for The Francophile and your darling furry companions!!!

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The Dry Shampoo I Cannot Live Without

It’s been a while since I’ve shared my favorite beauty products of the month! Mainly because I haven’t changed many things in my beauty routine but I am trying out a few new things that I will be posting about soon! Today, I wanted to share my absolute favorite dry shampoo I cannot live without! I shared it on stories a few weeks ago but wanted to dedicate today’s post on why I’m loving this dry shampoo and how I use it!

First off..I cannot live without dry shampoo!

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