August 2018 Favorites!

Better late than never, right? Life has been busy, and I took photos for my August favorites but never wrote the post!

iUNIK Centella Calming Gel Cream - I love a good, lightweight gel cream, and this one was lifesaving through the hot and humid month of August. Centella Asiatica (aka cica!) is the hot K-Beauty ingredient right now, known for soothing and redness relief. I found that this gel cream absorbed quickly and was light on the skin, but still left my skin feeling hydrated. It played nicely underneath my sunscreen, which is key for a daytime moisturizer. It was a bit too light for nighttime use, but it was great during the day! iUNIK sent me this product in exchange for an honest review.

Purito Centella Green Level Buffet Serum - Might as well move on to the other centella  product I've been loving. I picked this one up from Beautytap as a way to incorporate more cica products into my routine. It's a lightweight serum that I've been using morning and evening. I've found that it's really been helping soothe redness, especially when I happen to have a pimple or two.

Bite Beauty French Press gloss in Dirty Chai - I obsessed over this shade the second Bite teased it. I purchased it at the beginning of August and have been wearing it constantly since! It's got a coffee scent that does fade, but the shade is a perfect MLBB for me. It's non sticky, pigmented, and lightly hydrating. I bought a second shade, and with these two and Fenty Gloss Bomb, all of my gloss prayers have been answered. (For now, at least.)

YSL Touche Eclat All-in-One Glow - I get really gross in the summer, and although I love makeup, I wanted something lighter for my foundation. I fell in love with this formula after getting a sample of Sephora. Not only is it lightweight with a wonderful natural finish, it has that Touche Eclat fragrance that I CANNOT get enough of. Unfortunately, this doesn't play well with some sunscreen/primer combinations, but I've been making it work with Too Faced Hangover Rx and setting with Laura Mercier Translucent powder. It isn't the best in terms of oil control, but it looks very dewy and fresh.

Glossier Lash Slick - I hate when I get sucked into Glossier's cool girl aesthetic. It happens a lot. Sometimes it doesn't work out (looking at you, Solution!) but then with Lash Slick...it works out too well. This separates and defines my lashes while adding length. I have short lashes that need more length than volume, and this delivers. It takes a bit of work to remove (specifically targeting the lashes with remover and a cotton pad) but it looks really good, and that's what matters!