Awake

Hi friends!!! I have been super busy recently and didn’t realize how much I have emptied this month already! This isn’t even HALF but these are the empties I feel comfortable reviewing at the moment! Please keep in mind I have fair skin that is sensitive, acne-prone, and prone to rosacea flare ups. I would consider myself combination dry with oily t zone. Here are my quick thoughts on each product: ORIGINS - Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash this face was is OK. It’s definitely affordable but it gives your skin the same feeling as if you were using a bar of soap—very slippy and tight. If my skin were oily I would probably like this, but I can’t recommend it for dry or sensitive skin. Allies of Skin - Triple Hyaluronic Antioxidant Hydration Serum OOF! I won this in a giveaway on Instagram. I had heard such amazing things about it but it ended up wrecking my skin. It contains some fruit acids as well as fragrance so it burned up my skin. This was the only thing I changed in my routine and I went from minimal redness and acne to a full face of irritation and breakouts. You can’t pay me to use another allies of skin product. FARMACY - Honey Butter Beeswax Lip Balm this literally made my lips PEEL. I just needed to declutter it for my own sake!! It seems Farmacy’s ingredients are all just a no from me dawg. Awake - Lip Therapy Lip Mask if you hate the goopy, stickiness of the laneige lip mask you will hate this one too...it’s even worse! I will say that it does a great job of hydrating my lips but I can’t get over the stickiness. INDIE LEE - CoQ-10 Toner I loved this toner!! Until I was 7/8ths through the bottle. It started immediately pilling and irritating my skin. Super disappointing. I also no longer support this brand. I used it as a hydrating step in my routine after cleansing but before serums. BIOSSANCE - Squalane + Probiotic Gel Moisturizer I really love Biossance products but this one was a miss. You would probably like it if you have oily skin! But it just gave me a weird affect like my skin just drank it up and left nothing to actually moisturize my skin after. Supergoop! - Defense Refresh (Re)setting Mist SPF 40 * THE DEVIL SPRAY! It smells like straight up chemicals. Not even sunscreen. Just chemicals. It burned my skin!! I would even shake it up for a good 30-60 seconds before applying but my skin was not having it. *gifted by the brand PEACE OUT - Acne Healing Dots These are worth every penny. Hands down the best pimple patches I have ever used! They’re a little pricey but worth it. COSRX - Cosrx Acne Pimple Master Patch These are my favorite drugstore pimple patches. Not as effective as the Peace Out dots but I highly recommend them to everyone!! Any questions about these products? #CheriePartner

I give this product a 3 out of 5 ⭐️ I don’t hate it but I don’t love it. I’ve used this for the past week at night before I go to bed. But when I wake up my lips don’t feel hydrated and it’s like I didn’t even put on the lip mask the night before. it doesn’t really do much as an overnight lip mask if that’s what you’re looking for. Honestly, putting on a chapstick before going to bed will do the same thing this lip mask can do. But, what I do like about this lip mask is how it feels on your lips when you apply it. It looks super sticky and thick but once you put it on your lips it hydrates your lips and doesn’t give it that sticky feeling. But, I would say the hydration feeling last for about 1.5-3ish hours depending on how much you put on. It retails at $20 so not horrible, but in my opinion I think regular chapstick does just as good of a job as this mask. Since I haven’t noticed results when using this as an overnight lip mask I use this in the morning. I apply my Sun Bum Piña Colada chap stick and then put the the awake lip mask on over it and my lips have felt super hydrated throughout the day. I love all of the Sun Bum chapsticks—you can get them at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc. for about $3.99.