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The Costs of Cleansing (And What Makes It Worth It For Me) + a New Favorite Cleanser
Washing my face in the morning and evening is, as it is for many, a highlight of my day. I love the refresh and reset of a good cleanse,...
May 10, 20246 min read
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I'm Breaking Up With Synthetic Vitamin C
Vitamin C (scientifically known as L'acorbic acid) is widely touted in the skincare for its uses in neutralizing environmental damage...
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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Product Review: Apis Apotheca Bounce House Vitality Reboot Mask
Springtime is often my skin's finickiest time of year. Between seasonal allergies creating more inflammation, skin shedding more as it...
Apr 2, 20243 min read
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Beauty Buzz Spotlight: Style Theory Video "Skincare is a SCAM!"
Style Theorists is a fun and informative YouTube channel I have dabbled in watching on occasion that makes videos encompassing a lot of...
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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Beauty Opinion: Making up for the Impossible
Before and after images have been something rife in the beauty and wellness industries for decades. Suddenly, a face splotched with...
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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My Favorite Product Discoveries of Late 2023
As always, 2023 was a year filled with the enjoyment of the indulgence of beauty products. Being in mid-January of 2024 now, I've taken...
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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Reviewing 3 Products from Blissoma Skin
St. Louis-born holistic skincare brand has risen to the top of my skincare affections latel. Similar in ethos and aesthetic to brands...
Dec 11, 20234 min read
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Product Review: Jones Road Beauty Miracle Balm
Famed makeup artist, book author, and beauty entrepreneur Bobbi Brown shocked the beauty world when she stepped down from her...
Nov 17, 20235 min read
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6 Scents of Henry Rose
Actress Michelle Pfieffer found she missed wearing fragrance during her pregnancies and raising her young children, during which time...
Aug 31, 20237 min read
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Product Review: Summer Fridays CC Me Vitamin C Serum
Summer Fridays has charmed my heart (and my skin) with another gorgeous product. This time, it is their CC Me Vitamin C serum. While I...
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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Blush Basics 101
Blush has become a makeup item I've been loving recently. After trying testing quite a few over the years, I thought I'd compile some...
Aug 10, 20232 min read
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If I Could Only Use One... (Makeup Edition)
Both for this blog and just throughout my life, I have tried many a different makeup item and have many of the same types of products...
Jul 22, 20233 min read
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Beauty Opinion: Innuendo in Beauty
It is no secret. Sex sells. We know how it saturates movies, television, stories, and sensually-posed models in all manner of...
May 30, 20235 min read
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Gushing About Skincare (Random Products I've Been Loving Recently)
One of the joys of writing La Petite Rose is simply just sharing my passion for the little random beauty finds that I happen to discover....
May 17, 20234 min read
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Why I Choose to Invest in Skincare Before Makeup (The Advantages of Investing in Skincare)
I think you can tell from reading my blog, or just by the fact that La Petite Rose even exists that I love all things in the realm of...
Apr 25, 20233 min read
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Product Review: Live Botanical Nourishing Cleansing Oil
Live Botanical is the Green Beauty brand to most recently capture my imagination (and my heart). They are a small-batched, wildcrafted,...
Apr 15, 20234 min read
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Product Review: Jones Road Beauty The Mascara
As I have mentioned before in other articles and reviews here on La Petite Rose, mascaras marketed as being either "clean" or "Green"...
Mar 11, 20233 min read
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The Best of Beauty 2022 (Your Holiday Gift Guide)
Well, everyone it is that time of year again! It's time to share with you some of my very favorite beauty products either discovered or...
Dec 1, 20225 min read
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Product Review: Flower Beauty Chill Out Smoothing Lip Glaze
We are starting to think about Christmas shopping in my world and on La Petite Rose, so I am here to announce that the dedicating...
Nov 26, 20223 min read
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How to Buy Beauty For Someone Else
If you are someone (like me) who loves makeup and beauty products, it can be really exciting to share the love and joy of beauty products...
Nov 5, 20223 min read
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