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favorite skin care products

favorite skin care items!

These are some of my skin care items I use on a regular basis. I always use EWG skin deep website before buying a new product because it rates the product and tells you how safe it is and any harmful ingredients it might have. All of these items have really good ratings and are very safe for your skin.

COq10 Avalon organics face wash
-hands down the best face wash I have found. I love it because I also use it as a makeup remover. It gets off almost all of my makeup just by washing my face.

alba botanica mineral protection facial spf 20 sunscreen
refer to this post to see different safe sunscreen options for this Summer!

my own oil serum (to the right of the sunscreen)
I buy these containers at sprouts and add a combination of vitamin e oil, sweet almond oil, and sesame oil. I usually only wear my oil mixture to bed. I just put a couple drops in my hand and rub all over my face. This really helps when I break out and want to control my face.

kiss my face fragrance free moisturizer
This is is the cheapest, safest face lotion I have found so far. It was less than 10 dollars at sprouts. The back of the container says it is meant to be a face lotion too.

100% pure red wine resveratrol nourishing cream and eye cream
I'm kind of a 100% pure snob! I love everything on their website. I wish I could afford all of their face stuff. Their items are pretty pricey, but very high quality. I got all of my skin care stuff from them when they had a huge black friday sale.

100% pure red wine resveratrol scrub and mask
I love using this scrub once a week to get rid of the dead skin cells on my face. My face is always baby bum smooth after I use this. You can also make your own natural face scrub to use with olive oil and brown sugar. There are a lot of different recipes out there.

My body lotion combo
To make my body lotion I buy a container at walgreens or walmart and fill it almost to the top with avalon organics aloe unscented body lotion and then I put in a couple tablespoons of sesame oil. I shake it all up and then you have the best lotion for your skin.

Yerba Prima skin brush
This skin brush is used all over your body to get rid of the dead skin cells. It really helps with circulation. I try to use mine twice a week really quick before I get in the shower.

Almost all of the items can be found at sprouts/whole foods. 100 percent pure is only an online shop

Products I am dying to try:

I love the honest company! I have tried a couple of their items and have really liked it. I am tempted to sign up for a monthly subscription of their items!

lumin minerals

This past weekend I had so much fun selling my mineral makeup at a boutique. It ended up doing really well and gave me enough motivation to do another one. They are a lot of work, but really fun at the same time. The next one I will be at is Peppermint lane boutique. I will have a big tent with LOTS of makeup. I am going to have over ten different colors of eyeshadows, I'm also adding blush, bronzer, and a mineral veil. I love making my own makeup because I can guarantee that everything in my makeup is safe!

On December 14th I'm going to be doing my last boutique for the year. I will be at my booth the entire time. Come stop by!

Come follow me on instagram at luminminerals for upcoming deals. My online shop will be up and running after Christmas. Can't wait!

natural teething remedies for Allie

This past week I decided to start training for the turkey trot. So far I can barely run three miles. I have been running with Allie, pushing her in the jogging stroller. I want to do the 6 mile race, but I don't know if that will happen. I can't believe I ran a marathon and can't even run 3 miles now! Getting out of running shape is so easy! Just stop running for two weeks and you pretty much lose it. I love doing the turkey trot every year. It's so nice to wake up and run before you eat a yummy meal that pretty much lasts all day long! I'm not a big fan of turkey and stuffing so Thanksgiving food isn't really my thing. Pumpkin pie is though! I pretty much would rather just eat the pumpkin pie for dinner. This year I'm going to make a vegan pumpkin pie from the blog Oh She Glows. I love all of her recipes, they always taste good no matter what I make. I can't wait until her cookbook comes out!

Lately Allie has been such a stinker! She wakes up a couple times a night crying and eating her hands and anything she can get her mouth on. I feel so bad for her so I can't just let her cry because I know her mouth is hurting her. Orajel shouldn't be used on babies because it has benzocaine in it and has been linked to a disease called methemoglobinemia. The FDA has warned people not to use this on babies. You can read the CNN article here, I'm not making this stuff up people. You would think that they would stop selling it, but no they still do. So I became desperate to find something that would work for my baby. I wanted my happy Allie back so bad! I also really like sleeping!

Allie's teething routine!

Her teeth usually don't bother her that much during the day. It starts around 6 that she gets really angry and starts doing but thrusts in the air and chews on anything she can find. This can go on for hours and hours. At night this is what I have been doing for her and ever since she has been using all this stuff she has slept 8 hours or more.

2 doses of camilia

Camilia is a natural medicine that has chamomilla to relieve teething pain, phytolacca decandra which relieves painful gums, and rheum which relieves minor digestive disorders associated with teething. All natural and safe ingredients.

I rub coconut oil and lavender oil on her jaw and around her nose.

I mix 1 tbsp coconut oil to 2 drops lavender oil and put them in these containers that I bought at the dollar store. It smells so good, helps her sleep, and helps sooth her sore jaw.

I also rub coconut oil and clove oil on her sore gums.

I mix 1 tbsp of coconut oil to 2 drops clove oil and put them in a container and mix it. Then I just use a qtip or my finger and rub her mouth where it is bothering her the most. Clove oil helps numb the mouth and relieve the pain. These three things have been helping out a lot.

Sometimes I just give her a cold carrot to chew on :)

Here is a video of my thruster girl! She does this A LOT!

and here is what my happy girl looks like

Being a mom is so hard sometimes, but it is worth it!

I have so much fun dressing this girl

I have been working really hard to get all of my eyeshadows done in time for this boutique. There are going to be over 80 venders, so come get your holiday shopping done early! I've never sold my mineral makeup at a boutique before so I'm kind of nervous, but if no one buys it at least Christmas is coming up and I can use them for presents, right?

These are some of the pictures my sisters let me take of them. Aren't they gorgeous? I used my mineral makeup on them to get some pretty shots.

Top pictures are amber glaze with maroon matte.

bottom pictures are silver with black..

how to choose safe sunscreens for Summer

Now that it is really getting hotter here, its time to use sunscreen every day! There are so many different sunscreens out there and its hard to know which ones are the safest and work the best.

What to look for

active ingredients: zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, Mexoryl SX or abobenzone (3%)
SPF 15 to 50 depending on your skin tone
Lotions, not sprays or powders
water-resistant

What to avoid

vitamin A (reginyl palmitate) causes skin cancer in laboratory tests
oxybenzone, a hormone disrupter and skin allergen
High SPF, it misleads people and offers no additional benefit

best beach sunscreens

aveeno baby natural protection mineral block face stick spf 50

adorable baby, clear baby sunscreen spf 30

alba botanica very emollient sunblock, kids mineral protection spf 30

alba botanica very emollient sunblock, fragrance free spf 30

babyganics cover up baby sunscreen for face and body, fragrance free spf 50

best sunscren lip balms

alba botanica natural very emollient sunscreen lip care spf 25

babyganics cover up kisses lip balm, orange cream spf 20

badger unscented lip balm stick spf 15

best moisturizers with SPF

100% pure hydration organic pomegranate antioxidant, SPF 20

I have been wanting to try this out for a while. Their lotions are so great!

Desert essence gentle nourishing day cream, SPF 15

Juice beauty tinted mineral moisturizer, ivory, SPF 30

johnson's baby daily face and body lotion spf 40

Here is a complete list of safe sunscreens on EWG's skin base website.

EWG's hall of shame sunscreen list. These are the worst sunscreens out there

banana boat ids quik blok sunblock spray lotion, spf 35-4% oxybenzone

coppertone water babies sunscreen lotion, spf 70+ -6% oxybenzone

banana boat baby tear free sunscreen lotion, SPF 50+

Arbonne baby care sunscreen lotion SPF 30

Australian gold baby formula lotion sunscreen, SPF 50+

Neutrogena wet skin kids beach and pool sunblock stick, SPF 70

There are 100s of sunscreens that are unsafe. These are just a few that are bad. Be sure to research if a sunscreen is safe on EWG's website before buying any.

new eyeshadows

Benefits of using natural mineral makeup

Many dermatologists recommend using mineral makeup
It does not have any preservatives, chemical dyes, or fragrance.
A lot of makeup helps cover up skin imperfections, but it can clog the pores and make a skin condition worse. Mineral makeup is much better because it is oil free and is made of natural minerals. They do not clog the skin and do not support the growth of bacteria, so this is helpful for people with acne prone skin.
Mineral makeup contains zinc oxide and titanium oxide, which are sunscreens that protect the skin against UVA and UVB rays.
Mineral makeup is better for people with sensitive skin who may have allergies to certain makeup

If you haven't guessed already, I want to go into dermatology after Physician Assistant school.

Here are some of my new colors I just made. I made a lot of matte colors and a couple of colors that I wanted to use for eyeliner. You can look at more pictures on my etsy shop.

I am about to burst any day now! Can't wait for my baby girl to be here. Also, I am sick to death of this whole pregnancy thing.

mineral foundation, blush, and bronzer now on my etsy shop

I just added three colors of foundation, a blush, a bronzer, a vanilla eyeshadow color, and an ivory eyeshadow color. I'm going to eventually add more foundation colors and I have a lot more eyeshadows to add, but it probably won't be for another couple of weeks until I have this baby. Three more weeks, I can do this! It takes all of my effort to do the simplest things these days. Here are some pictures of my latest colors.

ivory mineral eyeshadow

I made it for highlighting underneath the eyebrow and the tear duct.

Peachy bliss mineral blush

I wear this blush everyday and love it! It blends really well.

mineral bronzer

This bronzer blends perfectly with foundation and looks very natural. I made a bronzer that wasn't too dark and has a slight shimmer to it.

vanilla mineral eyeshadow

This eyeshadow is perfect highlighting.

foundation

light mineral foundation

This color will match almost all lighter skin types. It blends really well and covers up skin blemishes.

medium mineral foundation

This foundation is the color that I wear. I have light to medium colored skin. It can really work for a lot of different skin types. This is my favorite color of foundation I have made so far.