Monthly Favorites: April 2025 Edition!

[AlexBT]

Monthly Faves: April 2025!

Hiya, BIC! I hope spring shopping szn has been treating you well. 🌷🛍 It’s been busy over here at Sephora HQ – but don’t worry, I’ve still found time to walk over to the closest Sephora store on my lunch break to swatch all the latest beauty goodies IRL. Me? Obsessed? Yes, yes I am.

Even with all the fun store newness and Sephora Savings Event hauls to keep me entertained here on the BIC and on social, I found myself reaching more for my existing collection this month – and my April faves reflect that! Hydrated, sun-shielded skin, a simple slick-back, and a fool-proof blush have been the keys to my low-maintenance spring look. (Don’t ask me why it still takes me so long to get ready, though).

Here are some of my trusty April favorites:

• dae Cactus Fruit 3-in-1 Styling Cream with Taming Wand Taming Wand 
• innisfree Green Tea Caffeine Bright-Eye Serum with Niacinamide 0.33 oz / 10 ml 
• Kosas DreamBeam Silicone-Free Mineral Sunscreen SPF 40 with Ceramides and Peptides Sunlit 
• Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench® Hyaluronic Cloud Cream Hydrating Refillable Moisturizer 
• Westman Atelier Mini Petite Baby Cheeks Lip + Cheek Cream Blush Stick Petal 

You’re up, Community! Use the reply button below to share your own April favorites! Be sure to tag any products you mention with the “#” symbol (hair, makeup, fragrance, wellness, skincare, etc.)!

[PrettyPaint]

@caitbird Thanks so much. It's pricey, but it's the best texturizing spray I've tried. 

[SportyGirly125]

@PrettyPaint @The Oribe texturing spray is so good. 

[PrettyPaint]

@SportyGirly125 100% agree! 🙂

[Titian06]

Here are my April faves:

- Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Rich One Moisture Repair Shampoo 10 oz / 300 ml 

- Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Rich One Moisture Repair Conditioner for Fine to Medium Hair 10 oz / 300... 

- Dieux Baptism Gentle Foaming Facial Gel Cleanser with Glycerin Fragrance-Free 

- BURBERRY Her Eau de Parfum with Berries and Amber Travel Spray 0.33 oz / 10 mL eau de parfum spray 

- NYM Activating Mousse

[ather]

@Titian06  Great favs! Didn't the Fenty hair line just launch?? It must be sooo good if it made it to your favs list! I will keep it on my radar!

[Titian06]

@ather - I think it launched last year. 🎉

[ather]

@Titian06  Oh wow I am so behind!!!

[AlexBT]

@Titian06 Oohh I too am in need of a new shampoo! But not sure I can commit to being a 2-wash girl. Has that been the culprit of my dry-feeling hair all along??? 😲

Thanks for sharing your faves!

[Titian06]

@AlexBT - Well, shampoos are so gentle, it may take two shampoos to get your hair clean.  Just a thought. 😁

[Buootiful]

Oh, I'm gonna need shampoo soon, are these really good? I love Burberry Her and have BURBERRY Her Elixir Eau de Parfum Intense and the OG BURBERRY Mini Her Collection Perfume Trio  It sounds like it would smell delicious! 😍 @Titian06 

[Titian06]

@Buootiful - Honestly, I'm in love with the Fenty shampoo & conditioner.  I've been using them twice a week for the past four or five weeks.  Normally I rotate among my many S&Cs.  Aside from Verb, they're not bad enough to toss, but not good enough to use regularly. 

I will point out that if you are scent sensitive or averse to masculine-leaning scents, you may want to avoid.  The scent is pretty strong and masculine-leaning, though it doesn't linger.  I breathe through my mouth in the shower because my nose runs so badly so it doesn't bother me.  Plus I like the scent.

[caitbird]

@Titian06  great faves! That Dieux cleanser sounds very nice.

[Titian06]

Thanks, @caitbird ! 💖💖💖  It's exactly what I was looking for.

[CynthieLu]

I'm curious to hear a little bit about your thoughts on the Shampoo and Conditioner from Fenty @Titian06 They've been good to you? 🩷🔎

[Titian06]

@CynthieLu - I've been using the shampoo and conditioner twice a week for about a month.  My hair feels more moisturized and my waves are more defined.  It cleans very well if you lather rinse and repeat.  If you only shampoo once, it will leave you with dry-feeling hair.  The conditioner does not leave my hair feeling weighed down.

[CynthieLu]

That sounds really nice @Titian06 Can I ask what made you give it a try?

[Titian06]

LOL, @CynthieLu !  My fave shampoo and conditioner are Verb Ghost Weightless Shampoo for Fine Hair and Verb Ghost Conditioner for Fine Hair .  For the past 5-ish years, I've been trying different products:   shampoos, conditioners, scrubs, detox, deep/masks, serums, to see if I could improve my fine, thin, wavy (and dry) unprocessed hair and dry, itchy scalp.  I always read the ingredients and was curious about a shampoo and conditioner with skin-identical ingredients and uses minimal, butters, oils, and essential oils.  Plus, they're vegan.

[CynthieLu]

Thank you for indulging my curiousness @Titian06 🙏🩷 I have been a little intrigued by Fenty's hair care line, but not enough to stray from my current go to's. I'm ngl your description's are making me more curious. Do I remember you were trying out Vegamour a little while back ? 

[Titian06]

@CynthieLu - You're welcome!  I tried a foil sample of Vegamore shampoo and conditioner and have been using a deluxe sample of the leave-in.  I have been using amika The Kure Strength Repair Shampoo​, amika The Kure Strength Repair Conditioner​ 9.2 oz / 275 mL , adwoa beauty Baomint™ Moisturizing Shampoo , and adwoa beauty Melonberry Hair Milk Leave-In Conditioner 6.8 oz / 200 mL in addition to the Verb I mentioned earlier.

[CynthieLu]

This month was kind of a whirl wind, wasn't it? And starting off with the Spring Sale too, it was a rush for sure. 🛍️🌪️ Some new goodness landed in my life. I'm taking about the gentle sweet scent of PHLUR Mini Heavy Cream Body and Hair Fragrance Mist 3 oz / 88.7 mL. It might not have a far reach but I love how sweet it is and that I can wear it out without it overpowering any sensitive noses I run into during the day. 

What else I've been reaching for this month: 

StriVectin Intensive Eye Cream Concentrate for Wrinkles PLUS 1 oz / 30 mL I've actually been using this for my dark circles and I feel like it's working well 💜

Peter Thomas Roth Peptide Skinjection Hydra-Gel Patches 60 patches / pack 

Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One AHA Lactic Acid TreatmentNow this is a definite skin smoother.👌A++

How are you enjoying that SPF @AlexBT? I was seriously window shopping it for awhile during the sale. 🔎 Also, is that a custom lid I spy? 😍

[ather]

@CynthieLu  Great favs! That eye cream looks awesome, I am in the market for a new eye cream very soon! I forgot about those PTR patches. They are so good!