From Budapest With Love

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If you didn't know, I'm 1/4 Hungarian (hence my very Hungarian name), so when I saw Korean skincare brand Belif's Hungarian Water Essence, I had to support the motherland.  I purchased this while using the May Coop Raw Saw (which I was so over), and quickly switched to solely using.  A little back story, for centuries the Hungarian springs have been used for their healing purposes and even by Queen Elizabeth of Hungary.  There's another skincare brand, Omorovicza, that has based its entire brand on the healing waters, but that's another post.  Now due to the low price point and minimal ingredients, I wasn't expecting a whole lot, but I was very surprised.  When I first felt the texture, I thought it was very lightweight, but again didn't expect much.  Let me tell you, this essence provides so much hydration!! I have combo skin, but tend to get dehydrated in the dry LA weather, this gave my skin such a comfortable and lost lasting boost of hydration that I never wanted it to end, and it didn't.  The bottle lasted 4 months using it morning and night, after toner.  This is a definite must have.

I recommend this to anyone who needs a little more moisture in their skin, be it oily, dry, or combo, this won't make you greasy, it will just add hydration.  At $42 it's an easy addition to any skincare routine.  5/5 Stars, available at Sephora and Sephora.com

Tang

 

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Natura BissÄ“ has been a favorite skincare brand of mine since I worked at Barneys New York in 2008.  I remember the compliments I received on my glowing skin the first time I used the C+C cream and how I sold Donatella Versace the Diamond Extreme Eye Cream after becoming obsessed from using it for 3 months.  So when I saw they were launching a C+C Oil-Free MacroAntioxidant Sun Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 30 (longest name ever), it went to the top of my must have list.  Being someone who had a tanning membership as a teenager and refused to wear sunscreen until a few years ago, my fight to reverse sun damage has been a new obsession.  

I'm very sensitive to sunscreens, most mineral sunscreens make my skin itch and most chemical sunscreens give me blemishes.  This magical little number does neither.  Up until I lost it in Ibiza, I was using it every day over top of my day moisturizer.  It has a beautiful creamy texture that doesn't have a heavy weight to it.  My skin was protected and glowing every time I use it.  The Tang-like smell it very reminiscent of my childhood, and since I won't touch that sugary poison every again, this will subdue the cravings.  

I would recommend this to any combo-dry skin needing some extra radiance and a fantastic SPF 30. 

5/5 Stars $60 Available Here