Monthly Favorites: September 2023 Edition!

[GeorginaBT]

Bye-bye, summer! 👋🍂 I’m welcoming fall, BIC – who’s with me? Ready for warm baths and vampy lips to make their annual return to my routine. The weather is getting colder already and I’m all about hydration; my hair is feeling particularly dry at the moment, so I’ve been trying to show it some extra TLC! I also got my hands on a couple new makeup products that I tried for the first time this month and instantly fell for – after a summer of dewy, barely-there makeup, I’m challenging myself to revisit more dramatic looks this season. ✨

Here are some of the products I reached for most this month:

• amika Soulfood Nourishing Hair Mask 
• Benefit Cosmetics Fan Fest Fanning & Volumizing Mascara Hyper Black 
• MAKEUP BY MARIO Master Mattes® Eyeshadow Palette: The Original 12 x 0.03 oz/ 1 g 
• Shiseido Clarifying Cleansing Foam 4.6 oz / 125 ml 
• Youth To The People Polypeptide-121 Future Firming + Hydrating Moisturizer 2 oz / 59 mL 

Let’s hear from you, Beauty Insider Community! 😊 Use the “#” symbol to tag your favorite makeup, skincare, hair, fragrance, and wellness faves from the past month. Can’t wait to hear everyone’s recos!

[Loretta55]

My favorite products from September are due to my limited mobility.

Touchland Power Mist Hydrating Hand Sanitizer Vanilla Blossom 

Josie Maran Mini Bear Naked Wipes 30 Wipes 

Biossance Squalane + Omega Repair Deep Hydration Moisturizer with Ceramides and Hyaluronic Acid 

yuni shower cloths 

Too Faced Hangover Pillow Balm Ultra-Hydrating Lip Balm Banana Kiss 

[missaa8]

Splurging on a few items from SEPHORA COLLECTION ✨

$7.00 (USD) for the full size body lotion😱

[Mellmars1185]

@missaa8 Lovely faves! I am curious about the scent of the argan lotion.

[missaa8]

It's my first time trying, @Mellmars1185. I am pleasantly surprised.

[ather]

@missaa8  Great favs!  Can’t go wrong with SC!! 

[itsfi]

The argan is my favorite within that bath and body collection @missaa8. I really like pairing the lotion with the shower oil. ♥️

[heartsmyface]

This months favourites are mostly new to me this month.  I love thé TF Soleil neige!!  I love me some subtle glitters!!!  
The Inna beauty lip glazes feel similar but slightly less oily than Dior lip oils.  Maybe I just love large doe foot applicators.  
Gucci lip liners are beautifully creamy and opague and the colours are just spot on and so flattering!  I regret buying this one cause it puts most my lip liners to shame. I still have a special place in my heart for the MUFE liners though;) 

 

[Mellmars1185]

@heartsmyface Fun faves! I am really looking forward to trying out the Inna Beauty lip oils. How do you like the scent of the TF Soliel Neige?

[ather]

@heartsmyface  Oooo I can say I haven’t tried many of your favs! I’ve got some shopping to do! It’s nice to hear good things about inna beauty I’ve been looking at the line! 

[itsfi]

Politely butting into the convo … the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Slushy Serum Moisturizer Crush Infused with Bakuchiol is fabulous @ather ❣️

As is the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Bright & Tight Dark Circle Firming Eye Cream with Vitamin C & Peptides 0.5 oz / 15... 👍🏼 

[ather]

@itsfi  I’ll have to test these out. For science! I was looking at iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Green Machine Vitamin C Dark Spot & Hyperpigmentation Serum 1 oz/ 30 mL  sounds great. I may need to add to my cart to test it out! 

[itsfi]

Definitely keep me in the loop on how you are finding their products @ather! They had a mini set of some of their bestsellers - gel cleanser, Slushy bakuchiol serum, the vitamin C serum and their 10 + 10 moisturizer. Cocktailing that moisturizer and the bakuchiol serum makes for a really great well-aging / anti-aging skin care routine. 👍🏼 

[ather]

@itsfi  I saw this kit in the October haul thread and I meant to check it out! Good to know! Maybe I’ll add that set first! 

[itsfi]

Oh good, iNNBEAUTY PROJECT The Healthy Skin Edit Bestsellers Kit has been restocked@ather! It went in and out of stock during the last sale. It has some great products.

[ather]

@itsfi  Yay! Now to wait till the sale or not!! 

[itsfi]

That's always the big internal debate, isn't it @ather?!

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, if this photo was going to start a conversation, it'd sound an awful lot like this - 

My wallet: Greeeaaattt, now she's gonna want Gucci lip liners. Grrrr! 😫

Me: Oooh, Gucci lip liners? 😍 On par with or better than your beloved MUFE liners, hearts? Looks up Gucci lip liners.

My wallet: I knew this would happen. Grrrrrrr!!!!! 😤 💸💸💸

One more thing to add to the list! 🗒 Maybe two - making a note of the Apres towelettes. Are they scented?

You've tried the #TOM FORD Mini Soleil Neige Shimmering Body Oil 1.5 oz/ 45 mL oil?  It looks so pretty. 

[ather]

@itsfi  I love the conversation your having with your wallet! Simply the best! 

[itsfi]

Heehee @ather! It’s usually womp, womp, womp from the wallet 😂 But I do try to listen from time to time. Lol

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi Ha I’m so sorry!  It was going to happen eventually.  I made it this far without ever searching them and HAD to have one after how easily it glided on!  They don’t tug, they’re lightweight on to the point you can’t tell the colour is there without looking in a mirror.  They don’t bleed, there’s slight transfer in sheer stain form but somehow that makes them more appealing.  It’s like how your lips have a gentle fade naturally.  You can diffuse them if you act quickly and crate beautiful rosebud lips. they make great lipstick on their own… They also have a subtle sheen.   My only complaints (if I can call them that, are that they need to be sharpened (how spoiled are we nowadays?) and that they don’t have more of a shade range.   oh and the price point for a lipliner with no mechanical anything is a little steep.  I have Rouge.  I needed it cause when I swatched it it looked like I had scratched myself!  If that’s not an indicator of the perfect red I don’t know what is!  
Hmmm they’re not the same as the mufe.  The mufe are more budge proof.  These are thinner, almost act more as a solid stain?  Better?  No just different.  
Gucci hasn’t disappointed me with anything and I’m mad about it.  I knew better than to try these. 😅

 

  Gucci Long Lasting Bold Lip Liner Rouge 

Yes, the Âpres are scented.  They have a spa like willowbark herbally scent.  Think classic spa fragrance.  I actually don’t use them on my face and use them as body refreshers if I’ve been sweaty and need a quick cleanup and and then deodorant reapplication.    They’re my buddies and have done me good post gym and travelling.