St Ives Exfoliate & Nourish Coconut Oil Scrub ($6.99) is a new coconut oil scrub created with coconut shell powder to exfoliate your face and reveal a brighter, smoother complexion.

I picked up St Ives Coconut Oil Scrub as well as St Ives Exfoliate & Nourish Apricot Oil Scrub at a Super Walmart in the Catskills at the end of November. I was somewhat shocked to find it on the shelves as I had never heard about it and later when I was Googling info I couldn’t find a word about these anywhere.

These are quite an interesting and unique product as they combine the formulation of a cleansing oil with tiny grains that act to exfoliate skin. It’s an interesting combination that effectively exfoliates skin.

Let’s take a look at my review.

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Skinfood Black Sugar Honey Wash Off Mask ($11.50) is an organic black sugar and manuka honey mask that exfoliates, softens, and hydrates skin. I thought I’d review a few of my favorite Skinfood masks this week because Ulta recently started carrying a small collection of this Korean brand plus it’s on sale for Buy 1, Get 1 40% off as well as an extra 20% off using the Ulta coupon code 400295.

I’ve mentioned quite a few times in the past that I’m obsessed with sheet masks but lately I’ve been using a lot more cream and liquid masks. I blame it on the beauty industry as most brands have been force feeding me the joys of regular old traditional masks and all of a sudden I’m finding some new love in them.

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Beautifully Bare and Tolerance are three, new limited edition shades of MAC Caitlyn Jenner Cremesheen Glass that launched with the Caitlyn Jenner collaboration with MAC. I’m a fond fan of natural shades like these so I was excited when I saw the shades in person were just as lovely as the promo images that MAC released.

Here’s a look at my review and swatches.

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Urban Decay Nocturnal Shadow Box ($29) is a new, Ulta exclusive eyeshadow palette that launched for Spring 2017 which includes 8 permanent Urban Decay Eyeshadows and 4 which have been released in prior palettes.

Here’s my review and swatches.

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