If there is an afterlife and it has Internet access, then my mom is about to be either really amused or really annoyed when she finds out it’s her fault I’m a skincare fanatic who can’t sleep if I don’t at least remove my makeup and moisturize every night and cleanse and wear sunscreen in the morning. I still remember exactly what products she used in her evening skincare routine from when I was a little kid of five or six or seven, all the way back in the Stone Age: Pond’s cold cream, Clinique yellow bar soap in the green plastic case (double cleansing in the mid-80s!), and either Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion or the classic pink Olay moisturizer to finish.
Over the years, other products from the likes of Estee Lauder and Merle Norman spent time in her massive, room-spanning vanity, but the foundational elements of her routine never changed. Now, over twenty years after she passed away, I still think of her every time I pick up my lotions and potions. So when Jen at Beautibi sent me a few of her newly curated boxes to consider for a big Mother’s Day SNS Saturday giveaway, I chose to give away the box I would have picked for my mom (and that I do pick for me, because I am a mom, too, apparently). Check out the Miracles in May Box with me! (more…)
Fifty Shades of Snail 