I picked up Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Facial Wash & Scrub ($9.99) earlier last month in the hopes this would be a moisturizing way to exfoliate my dry face. Everyone tells you how important exfoliating your face is but what they don’t tell you is that it happens to be a chore for those of us with drier skin.

I’d say exfoliating once every two weeks is plenty enough for dry skin. Why? Because over exfoliating actually causes your skin to become drier. So, you might be busy sloughing away dead skin with your favorite exfoliating treatment but that formula might be stripping your skin of much needed oil therefore resulting in further dryness.

It’s always a challenge finding an exfoliating facial scrub that’s creamy, hydrating, and grainy enough to actually buff away drier skin. I knew that going into my purchase of Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Facial Wash & Scrub it was likely going to give me two out of the three of those benefits and I was right assuming that.

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The new Stila Lips Are Sealed Set is a great way to try the Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick formula. I’m a fond fan of this long lasting matte liquid lipstick which is saying something considering I am so not into longer wearing liquid lipsticks!

This set contains deluxe sizes of two shades of Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso (as see below on my lips) and Bella (0.05 oz each) for $16.

Stila Beso Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick

It’s available now at Ulta.com.

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Gagging to try Lancome’s new Miracle CC Cushion Color Correcting Primer but not loving the $39.50 price? Save some cash and purchase the Dot Art CC Cushion instead. These are $22 each (plus snag 10% off your purchase using promo code 101smiles) so you’ll save yourself over $17 bucks!

They are available in three shade selections of purple (dull or swallow skin), pink (brightens), and green (redness) to treat imperfections such as darkness, redness, and dullness! They also contain an SPF 50 which is something Lancome’s formula does not have!

Get them now at Memebox.com.

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The Target May Beauty Box is now available for $10 at Target.com and includes:

• L�Oréal Paris Colour Riche Le Matte Lip Pen
• Hair Food Sulfate-Free Kiwi Dry Shampoo
• Laneige Water Bank Moisture Cream
• Andalou Naturals Age-Defying Resveratrol Q10 Night Repair Cream
• CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
• Burt’s Bees Facial Cleansing Oil
• Egyptian Magic All-Purpose Skin Cream
• Derma E Firming DMAE Moisturizer with Alpha Lipoic and C-Ester
• L�Oreal Paris Sublime Bronze Body Towelettes

Also, for any $20 beauty purchase you’ll receive a $5 gift card back!

Get the box now at Target.com.

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Tarte Tarteist Lash Paint Mascara ($23) is the a new jet black lash mascara that promises to increase lash volume by 2700%. Damn, that’s a lot. As a fond fan girl of Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara, I’m always on board to try anything and everything new they decide to create in the mascara world.

I try many, many different mascara both budget friendly and higher end and I ALWAYS come back to Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara! It’s one of my favorite mascaras that adds volume and excellent length to my lashes. I just love it.

So, when Tarte creates a new formula of mascara, I listen!

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