my new favorite thing: Beautycounter

All about my new favorite thing: Beautycounter, a beauty company dedicated to getting safe products into the hands of everyone

Disclosure: I am a Beautycounter consultant, and the links below are affiliate links. I was not compensated to write this post. Opinions are 100% my own. This post was written in 2014, so some of packages are different but links should be up to date.

My love of Beautycounter all started a few months ago with a simple email. My sister's friend, Louise, sent me a sweet email about her new passion Beautycounter and suggested I check it out.

Next thing I know I am rummaging through all my beauty products, reading labels, and filling my Beautycounter shopping cart with products.

After talking to Louise for almost 2 hours about Beautycounter - the fabulous products, the philosophy of the brand, and all about the growing company dedicated to getting safe beauty products into the hands of everyone, I immediately fell in love and decided to try a few things.

A few days later, I purchased a few more things. And then a few days later I ordered a few more things.

Long story short, I am seriously obsessed with everything I've tried.

It's funny that I am just now really investigating what is in beauty products. I mean I spend hours at the grocery store analyzing every single item that goes into my grocery cart which eventually goes into my body, but I've never given much thought to what I put on my body.

The skin is the body's largest organ, so you obviously absorb what you put on it. If you take nothing else away from this post, I encourage you to remember to think not just about what goes in your body but also about what goes on your body.

Do you know what some of those words in your lotion's ingredients even mean? Most people don't. I didn't until I started doing some exploring into that subject.

Something that I found to be incredibly upsetting is that over 80% of cosmetic ingredients have not been tested for safety... um, what?!

Or that the last year federal law was passed to govern cosmetics safety was in 1938 -- over 75 years ago!

Seriously, this disturbs me to no end. Needless to say, I was immediately drawn to Beautycounter's mission to get safe products into the hands of everyone.

Yes, there are lots of options for safe beauty products. But, truth be told, I don't know that I have the brain capacity to remember or the time to figure out every ingredient that I should avoid.

This is why I love Beautycounter so much! They've done the work for me. Beautycounter restricts over 1500 ingredients in their products [compared to the measly 11 restricted in the US], so I don't have to worry about what I'm putting onto my body. Plus, the price point is really nice (no $60 face wash here; the face wash I like from Beautycounter is $26).

If you're like me and you can't bear to throw out all your current products, don't stress. I am not writing this post to stress you out. That is certainly not my intention! However, I am encouraging you to take a look at your beauty products and learn more about what's in them. Start with the products that you use the most and pick safer choices. You can wait until you run out of shampoo to replace them but don't sacrifice your health just because it's in your routine or it's a little less expensive.

I thought it would be fun to show you a few of my favorite Beautycounter things [Note: this list took me about 10 days to make because I had the absolute hardest time picking favorites]

Touchup Skin Concealer Pen: this was the first thing I bought and it continues to be the thing I rave about the most. It's the best concealer pen I've ever used. I can wear it all day long and it is still on at night. It doesn't make my uber-sensitive eyes hurt {yay!}. It's the best!

Rosewater Uplifting Spray: I like to spray this on my face in the middle of the day. A quick spritz wakes me up a little bit and revives my make-up. It's super refreshing and smells wonderful. Rosewater is beneficial for soothing and calming skin.

Countertime Rejuvenating Eye Cream: I have the most sensitive eyes ever. I have tried countless eye creams but inevitably after a few weeks they start to irritate my eyes. It's upsetting how expensive eye creams are and then to have them make your eyes hurt, ugh. But I've used this eye cream for two months {much longer than I've ever been able to use any other} and love that it doesn't cause irritation. I can't say that my dark circles have been diminished because I haven't been watching out for that. I've had dark circles since I was little {strong genes} so I don't know if any eye cream would ever be able to get rid of them...

Lustro Face Oil 3 - Ylang Ylang & Wild Chamomile: I honestly never thought I would put an oil on my face. That sounds so counterintuitive - I don't want an oily face so I'm not going to put oil on it, right? Wrong! This face oil balances out oil production. It keeps my face smooth and soft but doesn't break out my skin. I know it's going to be a life saver when the cold weather is here to stay for a few months and my skin gets dry. You use a teeny tiny amount, so it lasts for a long time. I'm officially a face oil convert!

Just a note: there are three face oil options. The one I have {Lustro Face Oil 3} is for combination skin. Update: it is now called the Balancing Face Oil

Lip Sheers: oh my gosh y'all these are the best things ever. They go on light but you can layer for a darker, more impactful color. The vanilla scent is amazing.

Lipstick usually dries out my lips and lip balm can be boring, but these lips sheers keep lips nice and smooth with a pop {or a lot} of color. My two favorite colors {currently} are Petal and Raisin.

Color Sweep Blush Duo - Tawny/Whisper: I can't describe how much I love this blush. There are three options and I really like all of them. But if I have to pick a favorite, this one is it. It's almost like a blush and bronzer in one. It's really natural looking on your skin and it feels amazing on your face.

The Flamingo/Apricot one is pretty fun, too 🙂

Color Shade Eye Duo - Pearl/Champagne: I wear this eyeshadow every single day. I love that it brightens my eyes {even after only 6 hours of sleep}. It's subtle but buildable so you can make the colors more evident if desired.

There are three other eye shadow options but in the spirit of including just my favorites {and not overwhelming you with every single thing}, this one is my most beloved color in my makeup bag right now. Oyster/Amethyst is my other fave

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