Fall Cozy Challenge: Tag a holy-grail self-care product that you're thankful for!

[TeamBIC]

Autumn is approaching! We’re getting cozy in the Beauty Insider Community, and what better way to channel the spirit of the season than with a beauty challenge? For the next few months, we’re calling on you to respond to weekly beauty-related prompts inspired by ✨fall✨. We’re doubling down on self-care and autumnal glam right in time for colder weather and spooky season, and we hope you’ll join us for the fun!

Check out our weekly prompts below:

• Week 1 (9/1 - 9/7): Tag your fave fall lip product (plus any selfies or swatches!) 💋
• Week 2 (9/8 - 9/14): Share a fragrance that gives you cozy vibes 🍂
• Week 3 (9/15 -9/21): Shout-out your go-to self-care masks 🧖🏼
• Week 4 (9/22 - 9/28): List your bath & body routine for colder months 🛁
• Week 5 (9/29 - 10/5): Post a photo of a fall-inspired eye look 👀
• Week 6 (10/6 – 10/12): Tag your current hair care routine 💇🏾
• Week 7 (10/13 – 10/19): Name a seasonal home scent you’ve been loving 🕯️
• Week 8 (10/20 – 10/26): Show us your amazing autumn-inspired nail designs 💅
• Week 9 (10/27 – 11/2): Happy Halloween! Name a beauty product or trend you were scared to try but ended up loving 🎃
• Week 10: (11/3 – 11/9): Tag your skincare routine of the season 💆
• Week 11 (11/10 – 11/16): Name a hair tool you would use to get glam during the holidays 🔥
• Week 12 (11/17 – 11/23): Tag a holy-grail self-care product that you’re thankful for 🦃

Hit the "Reply" button below and use the "#" symbol to tag a standout product in your self-care routine. The Beauty Insider Community can't wait to hear your recommendation!

[lmaster]

@itsfi I still stay away from it unless I have plenty of time 🤣

[Buootiful]

Oh my, yes! Like 2 hrs more time 🤣

[CarolBT]

It still scares me @lmaster! My eyelids have become more and more hooded as the years tick by, so I'm still struggling to figure out what kind of changes I need to make. For now I'm sticking with my basics: mascara and brow gels/tints.

[Ispend2much6]

@CarolBT  I'm having the same problem.  I've never been very adept at liner, but I discovered two ways of using it that don't make me look like my eyes are squinting like I'm angry:  applying liquid or gel liner before eye shadow (this also helps cover up mistakes!) and pulling my eyelids up and dotting it right between lashes.

I haven't figured out the answer to my eyelids drooping more (except the obvious cosmetic surgery.)  I couldn't figure out why my favorite mascaras didn't make my lashes look long anymore, and then I figured out it's because my lids are pushing them downwards so they have more work to do to be visible!

[CarolBT]

Yes @Ispend2much6! That is happening to me too. 

[heavyhedon]

Totally with you @CarolBT. I had no issues when I was younger. Wings were only for retro-lovers so most people weren't really wearing them then; now everyone's wearing wings and I literally have to do each eye in a different shape to a) fight the droop and b) match them up!

[Charlynnx]

I don’t necessarily LOVE it, but I am now more open-minded to oil makeup cleansers, like Tatcha The Camellia Oil 2-in-1 Makeup Remover & Cleanser . I always thought this would leave my face feeling greasy but it washes off nicely in the shower and pairs well with Tatcha The Rice Polish Foaming Enzyme Powder . It doesn’t remove my mascara well, or at all, but it melts away my eyebrow products, sunscreen, and Dr. Jart+ Mini Cicapair™ Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment 0.5 oz/ 15 mL, which was the main reason why I wanted to try the cleanser. Would I repurchase? I’m not quite sure, to be honest.

[Ispend2much6]

@Charlynnx  Those two Tatcha products are great together.

[CarolBT]

Yesss @Charlynnx I hear you on this! I wasn't too sure either about oil-based (or balm) cleansers, but once I faced the fact that my skin was super dry and that it in fact, loved the oil based cleansers, I'm more open minded about them too. Also, I used to have oily skin, so it's been interesting to realize that is just not the case anymore for me. 

[Buootiful]

Believe it or not, any kind of eyeshadow scared the hell out if me @TeamBIC !

I never thought I would get the hang of it and now I own more than 10 eyeshadow palettes. I will not count how many I have cuz Im too scared to know the # 🤣.

[Ispend2much6]

@Buootiful  You're an expert now!

[Buootiful]

Thanks so much @Ispend2much6 😘 . Not even close, I still struggle getting each eye the same shape in the crease 🤣.

[Ispend2much6]

@Buootiful  I've given up on that ideal since one of my eyes has a lot of astigmatism and it pokes out too much. 🙂

[itsfi]

@Buootiful, I would not have guessed this, especially given the pretty eye looks you put together! 😍

[Buootiful]

Aww, you are too kind, my lovely @itsfi 😘😘😘. Back then, I didn't even know there's a certain way to put it on based on your eye space. Or, a monolid, as one SIJCP SA told me, lol.

[heavyhedon]

I can't say I love every brand I've tried-- at first I was leery of the whole makeup-removing oil cleanser trend, thinking it would make my skin and hairline greasy. Tried a couple that didn't do it for me, like Boscia's; then I got a sample of #AMOREPACIFIC Treatment Cleansing Oil Makeup Remover 6.8 oz/ 200 mL and I suddenly understood the hype. 

[Ispend2much6]

@heavyhedon   Does Amore Pacific's have a scent?  Thanks!  I have Biossance Squalane + Antioxidant Makeup Removing Cleansing Oil 6.76 oz / 200 mL  and it does a pretty good job of not leaving an oily mess, but I'm always looking for better. 🙂

[heavyhedon]

@Ispend2much6 -- it does, a soft, fluffy floral scent. I don't find that irritating or that the scent clings to my face, and this oil rinses away so well; but some reviewers really dislike the scent, so if that's an issue, I'd try to sample before committing to a bottle. Not to lie, I'd rather have all my makeup removers be unscented (except for fresh Soy Makeup Removing Face Wash 6.7 oz/ 200 mL, I love that smell), but this never bothered me.

[itsfi]

Ahhhh, AmorePacific @heavyhedon! 😍 What a lovely cleansing oil. 💖

[greeneyedgirl107]

@TeamBIC Believe it or not, I was initially scared to try ALTERNA Haircare CAVIAR Anti-Aging® Smoothing Anti-Frizz Blowout Butter .  I was frightened that it would be too heavy on my hair and make it greasy.  I was wrong!  It's given me softer more supple hair.  And to think I normally wouldn't have tried it but for the DS I got a while back.  And a BICer's rec, of course!

[Ispend2much6]

@greeneyedgirl107  I have a tube of that doing nothing in my cabinet; I'll have to pull it out and try it.