Back in the day (high school) my goal was to be as tan and blonde as possible. The contrast between the color of my hair and skin in the summer was laughable… and not natural at all. My friends and I would slather ourselves in tanning oil before going to the beach. There we’d bake in the sun all day, rinse and repeat. It makes me cringe thinking about the amount of damage I inflicted on my poor skin! Ahh if I could turn back time…

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Over the years my hair has taken quite a beating. I used to bleach the crap out of it in high school and college. For some reason I thought since I was a “natural” blonde I needed to be platinum. Ugh. Then came the days of frying my naturally stick straight hair with a hair straightener… I’m still not sure why I thought it needed to be even straighter than it air dries.

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Around the time I got pregnant I started really paying attention to the ingredients in my beauty products. There are so many things you have to be on the lookout for while expecting but aside from that I was eager to take on a more natural approach. Over the past couple of years I’ve found a handful of natural products (and a few hacks) that I actually love and wanted to share.

Continuing on the skin care train from last week, I wanted to do a post on my favorite facial oils. Kind of like cleansing balms, I’m relatively new to them… I’ve only been using them for the past year or so. At first it seemed really counter productive – I mean, electively using an oil on your face? I thought for sure it would cause breakouts and clogged pores, but I’m here to tell you it really doesn’t.

I’m a huge advocate to double cleansing your face at the end of the day. If you do it right, you remove all makeup and dirt without doing anything to irritate your skin. The key product you need to do this is a cleansing balm.