I asked the wife on this one as she is not an online poster (don't ask) but she managed to trim great deal of money off of her budget after she was diagnosed with skin cancer on her beautiful face (all better now) but it made here change her habits immediately. Through that we had some interesting learnings for both of us. First and foremost, watch out for the dirty 5 or 7 chemicals that you should never put on our skin - you can look this up online but Parabens are number 1 and she said to watch out for the name paraben being hidden in the middle of many longer names that are impossible to understand. Then anything that has phthalates in it, usually at the end of a long word and hidden in between.
There are three products she buys and subscribes to on amazon as the prices are great, she can bundle them together in one trip, and receive on schedule. First is an 11.00, organic moisturizer that is fantastic. She did not like the smell at first but has come to love it because it has good stuff in it and works as well as the expensive things she used to buy from the (cough cough - Mall or Sephora - I have nightmares from the credit card bills we used to have). It's called Alba Botanica hawaiian moisturizer. She also gets the body oil, smells yummy, and then we both use Kiss My Face SPF Suncreen in the orange spray bottle. Our Derm has said that he can really tell a difference on both of us since we have been using this product after her diagnosis.
For make up, she uses none of that liquid junk. Uses bare minerals that also has an spf in it. She said you have to get used to how to use it but w/practice you can get the hang of it. It last forever - powder in little containers w/a brush. They also have eye shadows and she buys like 2 neutral colors she said and uses those all the time and never seems to run out - little tubs with powder in them. She doesn't do much else, maybe a little mascara I think - let me ask...;). ok, she uses Tart because they produce in more sustainable packaging and formulas or something like that. Good luck. I will say, after the skin cancer scare, none of this junk matters to us much other than the sunscreen. She puts on make up now more for others than herself. It makes others feel more comfortable but we understand as we are corporate drones too until we FIRE in the next year or so.
