Pixi Rose Caviar Essence is quite expensive at $24 for 1.51 oz but if you can get past that price you’re in for a rather delightful treat for your face. This hydrating essence contains a host of floral oils that will restore moisture to your face while easing dullness and prepping for other products in your routine.

I happen to be a very, very strong supporter of facial essence and feel that it is a very important step in anyone’s skincare routine. No matter if your cleansing ritual includes a double-cleanse or a single one using a balm, oil, foam, or gel you’re likely stripping some of the important moisture from your skin during the process. After you wash your face the most important step to follow up with is adding moisture back into your skin and you’ll do by applying a moisturizing essence. I tend to to do this twice myself! Once by misting myself madly with Sana Hadanomy Collagen Mist and secondly I apply my favorite essence, Dr Jart Ceramidin Liquid, Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Hyaluronic Acid Lotion, or I switch it up and go with any number of other essences I love. But all that matters is I’m restoring any moisture I lost during the cleansing process.

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I picked up the new Milani Make It Last Setting Powder ($11) which is a new silky loose facial powder that launched in four shades for Spring 2018 in the shade Banana. Milani has had a variety of different powders that launched over the years like The Multitasker Face Powder, Prep + Set + Go Transparent, Prep + Set + Glow Powder, and others but to my knowledge this is the first time they launched a loose setting powder.

As per my original post about Make It Last Setting Powder, I decided to purchase this for use under my eyes to set my concealer since they had a nice banana shade available. I already have a few holy grail banana powders from Ben Nye and Hard Candy but I thought I’d give this a whirl even though I had a feeling I wouldn’t like it. Why? because it’s a silica and I really dislike how silica looks under my eyes. It creases terribly and falls into my finer lines giving me an aged look. I tend to like powders that have a finely milled powdery texture with a talc-like consistency. Those seem to have a smoother finish for me.

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Becca Medium to Deep Under Eye Brightening Corrector ($32) is a new shade for medium to darker skin tones that was sadly lacking from the original launch. I actually didn’t like this product at all when I originally purchased and tried it but I thought I’d revisit it now that they have a new shade as I was curious if that might somehow change my mind. You see, the original shade was not very flattering on me. It’s a pale pink shade that reminded me of calamine lotion. It looked quite frosty and odd under my eyes. A lot of that is redeemed with the medium to deep shade so, there’s a good deal improvement here in the shade.

Let’s take a look!

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Sephora Cleansing Oil-in-Balm is new cleansing balm that promises to transform into an oil upon contact with skin to remove makeup easily. This isn’t any great innovation by any means as you’ve likely tried plenty of cleansing balms already from a variety of different brands both mid-range and budget friendly with popular picks from Clinique’s Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm to Korean’s cult favorite Banila Co Clean It Zero.

I actually don’t really need a new cleansing balm since I found two holy grail cleansing balms that I really love and use daily in my routine those being the Nooni Snowflake Jelly Cleansing Oil and Farmacy Beauty Green Clean Makeup Meltaway Cleansing Balm. Both are great at removing my makeup, don’t strip my skin, and wash clean away.

However, like any good skincare junkie when something new pops up I have to try it to make sure that I’m not missing out on something awesome thus that lead to my purchase of Sephora Cleansing Oil-in-Balm.

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Just a heads up there’s a coupon circulating for Ulta for 20% off your total (prestigious brands and fragrances too) in stores and online at ulta.com! Each e-mail has a unique code that can be used now until 02/03.

I imagine they’ll be sending out cards via regular mail as well!

Happy hauling!

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