PEACH & LILY

This is my favorite type of ingredient. If you’re looking for anti-aging, hyperpigmentation help, or even just prevention this is it! Antioxidants: You can find these in things around and even inside you. Vitamins such as A, C, and E have such a role in your life it’s crazy. Antioxidant main enemy is FREE RADICALS This free radicals are natural occurring and environment related stressors. They can be caused by the body’s metabolism or found in drugs, pesticides, cigarette smoke, and other pollutants. They over time damage cells and cause that portion of your body to not function properly. They are the most known for accelerating the aging process (mostly by diminishing collagen production). I love this chart because it lists the needs and skin types for each! My favorite is Vitamin C best to use during the daytime comes in many different forms helps the immune system (internal) Some of my faves 👇🏾 ORGANYS - ORGANYS Vitamin C Serum Seoul Ceuticals - 20% Vitamin C Hyaluronic Acid Serum Mad Hippie - Vitamin C Serum Resveratol : anti microbial produced by mostly fruits plants to protect from air pollution also cancer fighting expensive The Ordinary - Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3% SKINCEUTICALS - RESVERATROL B E Nighttime Antioxidant Serum for face Vitamin E: needed by many organs helps quicken the skin healing process reduces stretch marks I like to get vitamin E in a oil form JĀSON - Vitamin E 5,000 I.U. Pure Natural Skin Oil NATURE'S BOUNTY - Vitamin E-Oil, 30,000 IU Green tea: If you’ve been following me you know I love green tea best for soothing quicken skin healing great for aging, rosacea, and my acne pickers TONYMOLY - I'm Real Green Tea Sheet Mask PEACH & LILY - Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream innisfree - Green Tea Balancing Cream EX Niacinamide: great for hyperpigmentation great for oil control helps diminish pores repairs skin barrier The Ordinary - Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% GOOD MOLECULES - Niacinamide Brightening TonerTHE inkey LIST - Niacinamide Oil Control Serum COQ10: AKA ubiquinone. Is a natural enzyme produced by our bodies. slows down aging reverses sun damage natural energy booster Eucerin - Q10 Active Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream for Sensitive Dry Skin INDIE LEE - CoQ-10 Toner Antioxidants is the key to youth what are some products you have that have antioxidants? (Photo Cred: Hello AVA on IG)

So I’ll start with explaining the glass skin concept. Glass skin is an Asian beauty standard of looking 100% poreless. Peach and Lily is Korean skin care line created by a Korean Dermatologist. She believes Americans use to many harsh products on our skin making it irritating and therefore more reactive and need to understand that gentle is powerful. The line is based on that idea. I’ll start this review with each product in the set. Note: if you have acne prone skin I highly recommend using mild acne medicine to balance out the oils of your skin otherwise this system will make you break out. But this is easily avoided by using salicylic acid after the face wash step but before the essence step. I also personally use a pore toner before the salicylic acid. Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser: This is the cheapest product in the line. If you want to make it last more than a month make sure to wet you’re face before applying it helps spread it out. It does not foam much so don’t expect it to. I purchase this step generally each month. It smells like peaches and chamomile and is very gentle, leaving my skin clean and soft. I swear you can both see and feel the clean. It has never dried out my skin and it never makes it red. Wild Dew Treatment Essence: This step is unique to Asian skin care. It’s ingredients include lotus, bamboo, radish leaf, eucalyptus leaf, etc. extracts with niacinamide. I recommended applying with cotton balls. It’s definitely an oil (though a mild one) so it drips out slowly. It smells really good but if you’re skin is currently irritated you might find it stings a little but it will indeed help. Otherwise it doesn’t sting. I purchase this step every 2 months. Glass Skin Refining Serum: The main component of this step is a peptic complex. It also contains peach extract, wild yam, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and madecassoside. It’s intention is to hydrate and firm skin without irritation. In fact that’s what this whole kit is meant to do. Because that how you get pores out of sight. I purchase this product every 2 1/2 months It’s kinda greasy feeling but also refreshing. As I mentioned in the above note this whole set will break out oily-combination skin types so consider mixing acne products with it or you will certainly break out. You need to balance out the oils on your skin if you want to keep it healthy. Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream: For oily-combination skin types use this sparingly. Very sparingly. A tiny smear has a powerful impact. I manage to make this stuff last 3 months at a time. But dryer skin types feel free to experiment. This cream is green as you would expect with matcha in the title. Matcha powder is known in Asia to brighten dull skin and give a healthy glow. It also has niacinamide and lilac extract in it. Although many creams feel heavy on your skin this one definitely does not and it’s does exactly what it promises-makes you bright and glowing. This line definitely made a difference.

Peach and Lily’s The Good Acids Pore Toner helps exfoliate dead skin cells and balance skin oils using alpha hydroxy acids, turmeric, cape lilac, and eggplant. It’s watery consistency means it comes out very fast which sucks but it helps to prepare my skin for the next step. It has no smell and can be used up to twice a day. Warning: This product may increase sensitivity to sunlight. Stop use if irritation occurs. Yes to Tomatoes: Acne Fighting Wipes contain only 1% salicylic acid as oppose to the general 2% used in most acne treatments. It also contains witch hazel which is a rumored astringent. One wipe works for my whole face so the 40 wipes in a bag last me exactly 40 days. It helps me maintain the balance of oils in my skin care routine while subtly preventing pimples from developing. The wipes are biodegradable so use them guilt free! Though when full sized pimples have already appeared this method will not be much help.

🥇GEORGETTE KLINGER - Vitamin C Toner $26 This is the toner that I've been using lately, I love the results of Georgette Klinger's Vitamin C line. I had a chance to try it thanks Georgette Klinger and Cherie. Leaves skin fresh and clean, helps diminish dark spots, calms redness, purifies pores and brightens dull skin tone. Its main ingredients: kakadu plum, aloe, withc hazel, watercress and elderflower. It is a lightweight liquid that absorbs quickly and doesn’t leave sticky. It definitely decreased the redness on my skin and has helped decrease dark spots. 🥈 PEACH & LILY - The Good Acids Pore Toner It is a gentle formula even with sensitive skin. Contains AHAs, salicylic acid, cape lilac, eggplant, turmeric extracts, aloe and allantoin. I had the opportunity to try it thanks to a BoxyCharm box. I have used it a few times but I liked it, it doesn’t cause irritation and absorbs quickly, its texture is liquid and it has no odor. It is ideal for oily and combination skin. It is definitely a gentle exfoliating toner that doesn’t cause irritation, making it ideal for even the most sensitive skin. ❌ YOUTH TO THE PEOPLE - Kombucha + 11% AHA Exfoliation Power Toner $38 Long ago I did a review of this toner, I had used it for two weeks and my first impression was that it didn’t absorb well, since it leaves sticky feeling. In fact they mention it on their website, but for me that feeling is unbearable. I found it as a new product at Sephora and bought it to try it out as I had a good experience with the cleanser. I still have the same opinion of that time, the truth is that I wouldn’t buy it again. Its main ingredients: kombucha black tea fermented, tree bark ferment, ginger, lactic acid, glycolic acid, citrus bioflavonoids and lemons water extract. Its texture is liquid, they say "liquid, lightweight", it has no added fragrance. Every time I use it, it causes a little irritation that goes away the next morning, but I think the Peach & Lily is gentler than this toner. It is used 3-5 times a week, at night. I definitely prefer the first two options as they don't irritate me. But I think it depends on your skin type, since many people do very well with YTTP toner.

Here are my October Favorites. These were in heavy rotation. Mamonde - Micro Deep Cleansing Foam Mamonde - Hydrating Beauty Water Rose MISSHA - Essence Sun SPF 45 PA+++ PEACH & LILY - Wild Dew Treatment Essence FILORGA - Time-Filler Absolute Wrinkle Correction Cream FILORGA - OPTIM-EYES e.l.f. - Keep Your Balance Toner N°7 - Advanced Retinol 1.5% Complex Night Concentrate Sulwhasoo - Concentrated Ginseng Renewing CreamELEMIS - Pro-Collagen Marine Cream SPF 30 TruSkin - Vitamin C Serum VERSED - DEW POINT Moisturizing Gel-Cream VERSED - VACATION EYES Brightening Eye Gel TruSkin Rentinol 2.5% I try to have a few products alternate and these are working wonders. See any goodies?!?!?🥰

So I’ll start with explaining the glass skin concept. Glass skin is an Asian beauty standard of looking 100% poreless. Peach and Lily is Korean skin care line created by a Korean Dermatologist. She believes Americans use to many harsh products on our skin making it irritating and therefore more reactive and need to understand that gentle is powerful. The line is based on that idea. I’ll start this review with each product in the set. Note: if you have acne prone skin I highly recommend using mild acne medicine to balance out the oils of your skin otherwise this system will make you break out. But this is easily avoided by using salicylic acid after the face wash step but before the essence step. I also personally use a pore toner before the salicylic acid. Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser: This is the cheapest product in the line. If you want to make it last more than a month make sure to wet you’re face before applying it helps spread it out. It does not foam much so don’t expect it to. I purchase this step generally each month. It smells like peaches and chamomile and is very gentle, leaving my skin clean and soft. I swear you can both see and feel the clean. It has never dried out my skin and it never makes it red. Wild Dew Treatment Essence: This step is unique to Asian skin care. It’s ingredients include lotus, bamboo, radish leaf, eucalyptus leaf, etc. extracts with niacinamide. I recommended applying with cotton balls. It’s definitely an oil (though a mild one) so it drips out slowly. It smells really good but if you’re skin is currently irritated you might find it stings a little but it will indeed help. Otherwise it doesn’t sting. I purchase this step every 2 months. Glass Skin Refining Serum: The main component of this step is a peptic complex. It also contains peach extract, wild yam, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and madecassoside. It’s intention is to hydrate and firm skin without irritation. In fact that’s what this whole kit is meant to do. Because that how you get pores out of sight. I purchase this product every 2 1/2 months It’s kinda greasy feeling but also refreshing. As I mentioned in the above note this whole set will break out oily-combination skin types so consider mixing acne products with it or you will certainly break out. You need to balance out the oils on your skin if you want to keep it healthy. Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream: For oily-combination skin types use this sparingly. Very sparingly. A tiny smear has a powerful impact. I manage to make this stuff last 3 months at a time. But dryer skin types feel free to experiment. This cream is green as you would expect with matcha in the title. Matcha powder is known in Asia to brighten dull skin and give a healthy glow. It also has niacinamide and lilac extract in it. Although many creams feel heavy on your skin this one definitely does not and it’s does exactly what it promises-makes you bright and glowing. This line definitely made a difference.

Lately my skin has been inflamed and an angry red basically outlining my mask. It has calmed down some after switching up my routine a bit and doing lots and lots of research combined with trial and error. Right now my morning routine includes the following steps and products to combat the irritation while also trying to prevent further flare ups: PEACH & LILY - Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser My skin is very oily in the morning so I do like to use a gentle cleanser. I’ve been sticking with Peach and Lily’s cleanser since it doesn’t irritate or completely dry out my skin and overall I just love using it which helps with stressful mornings. GLOW RECIPE - Watermelon Glow PHA+BHA Pore-Tight Toner Then I move Onto a toner step. When my skin really flared up (multiple cystic acne spots and the whole bit) I stuck to a gentle toner like, Benton - Deep Green Tea Toner , but since my skin has calmed down a bit I’ve added Glow Recipe’s toner with PHA and BHA to help with some of the enlarged pores around my nose and to help prevent future breakouts from mask wearing. íUNIK - Tea Tree Relief Serum This serum really seems to help with my red, irritated skin. I’ve been using it for over a month now and can see a marked difference. It contains centella Asiatica for soothing and calming and tea tree leaf water for helping with inflammation along with other helpful ingredients and no added fragrance. GLOW RECIPE - Banana Soufflé Moisture Cream To lock all the goodness of the previous products in I top it off with the banana soufflé moisturize cream. My face is super oily and I have a tough time finding moisturizers that don’t leave my face sticky feeling afterwards. This moisture cream leaves my face soft and silky feeling. It’s a fairly light cream and is the best replacement I’ve found for the neutrogena hydroboost gel cream so far. Centella asiatica is also an ingredient in this cream. It does smell like bananas, which personally I adore! Questions, comments, recommendations?? Thanks for reading ❤️

So I’ll start with explaining the glass skin concept. Glass skin is an Asian beauty standard of looking 100% poreless. Peach and Lily is Korean skin care line created by a Korean Dermatologist. She believes Americans use to many harsh products on our skin making it irritating and therefore more reactive and need to understand that gentle is powerful. The line is based on that idea. I’ll start this review with each product in the set. Note: if you have acne prone skin I highly recommend using mild acne medicine to balance out the oils of your skin otherwise this system will make you break out. But this is easily avoided by using salicylic acid after the face wash step but before the essence step. I also personally use a pore toner before the salicylic acid. Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser: This is the cheapest product in the line. If you want to make it last more than a month make sure to wet you’re face before applying it helps spread it out. It does not foam much so don’t expect it to. I purchase this step generally each month. It smells like peaches and chamomile and is very gentle, leaving my skin clean and soft. I swear you can both see and feel the clean. It has never dried out my skin and it never makes it red. Wild Dew Treatment Essence: This step is unique to Asian skin care. It’s ingredients include lotus, bamboo, radish leaf, eucalyptus leaf, etc. extracts with niacinamide. I recommended applying with cotton balls. It’s definitely an oil (though a mild one) so it drips out slowly. It smells really good but if you’re skin is currently irritated you might find it stings a little but it will indeed help. Otherwise it doesn’t sting. I purchase this step every 2 months. Glass Skin Refining Serum: The main component of this step is a peptic complex. It also contains peach extract, wild yam, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and madecassoside. It’s intention is to hydrate and firm skin without irritation. In fact that’s what this whole kit is meant to do. Because that how you get pores out of sight. I purchase this product every 2 1/2 months It’s kinda greasy feeling but also refreshing. As I mentioned in the above note this whole set will break out oily-combination skin types so consider mixing acne products with it or you will certainly break out. You need to balance out the oils on your skin if you want to keep it healthy. Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream: For oily-combination skin types use this sparingly. Very sparingly. A tiny smear has a powerful impact. I manage to make this stuff last 3 months at a time. But dryer skin types feel free to experiment. This cream is green as you would expect with matcha in the title. Matcha powder is known in Asia to brighten dull skin and give a healthy glow. It also has niacinamide and lilac extract in it. Although many creams feel heavy on your skin this one definitely does not and it’s does exactly what it promises-makes you bright and glowing. This line definitely made a difference.

No wonder why this mask has a 4.8/5 ⭐ rating & Why is it called the best of Korean beauty! I actually used and literally felt obsessed with this! Let's begin with the texture & ingredients of this mask! I honestly loved the way this wash off mask looks but once i put the applicator in it, the gel texture was too slippery that it slipped down from the applicator, so i hated the way it felt & the washing off was a task too (as i don't use lukewarm water, and the directions included washing off with lukewarm water 🤷🏻‍♀️) This mask contains 10% AHA, 0.5%BHA, and some great ingredients such as Blue agave (helps to deeply redefine skin by removing all the dead skin cells &diminishing the look of blemishes) Hyaluronic acid (Helps to reduce the visibility of fine lines and dehydration by retaining skin's moisture) Centella asiatica (also known as Cica fir healing soothing which is antibacterial & inflammatory properties great for skin conditions such as eczema, scarring, cellulite Incredibly moisturizing) Chamomile (Anti inflammatory, Anti fungal, Anti septic which helps to reduce skin irritations by neutralizing free radicals) Aloe vera (contains anti oxidants Enzymes Vitamin A & C and its highly effective for cystic and deeper acne) and so much more! (please refer to the website for full ingredients list) After applying this gentle yet powerful Blue mask with glycolic acid balanced with super soothing ingredients, i felt something really strong on my skin, a slight burning which is normal with AHA/BHA masks! I did post in my story how happy this mask made my skin. My skin was literally Glowing with deep clean pores, even looking skin, plump, radiant & very smooth like a professional facial day. All the gunk off my skin with super dewy glow I fell in love with this mask ❤ Also, I love the fact that this mask contains salicylic acid which is amazing for acne prone & oily skin & all skin types, my skin feels Rebooted 😉 Formulated without synthetic fragrance, sulfates, formaldehyde, phthalates, synthetic dyes, parabens, mineral oil Silicone etc! Cruelty free ♥️

We all know the traditional clay mask sourced from Wyoming, USA. It dries, hardens, and irritates skin. This clay mask is different. It used a special kind of clay called Kaolin Clay mixed with wild cherry, strawberry, and licorice extracts. As it dries it does not harden or cause any discomfort while still giving you equal results to the traditional clay masks without all the irritation and damage. Plus it’s pink and smells like cherries haha.

Halloween is usually the time of year where we do the most - face paint and heavy makeup, sweating it out at a party (although not this year 😅) or wearing an actual mask. Whatever the case may be, I find that preparing your skin in advance is a great way to block post-Halloween breakouts! PEACH & LILY - Pore Proof Perfecting Clay Mask This clay mask formula uses kaolin clay and bentonite to help draw out even the deepest impurities, skin-soothing wild cherry, strawberry, and licorice extracts. What I like about it is that it doesn’t dry on hard, but stays soft so your skin is left hydrated and not stripped. This will be also perfect for use post-Halloween because pores get a deep-clean! I use it once a week after my usual cleanser and before moisturizer. It’s $43 on the peach and lily website

I have recently fell in love with nail polish and nail care! I look forward to doing my nails every week. I was a nail biter all my life until this year. I am always focused on strengthening my nails. I’ve been loving Essie’s gel couture line! This nail look is a shimmery champagne color—“Last Nightie” First I always start by doing my cuticles. I never realized how important taking care of your cuticles is and the benefit it does to your overall nail health. I remove my cuticles/push them back once a week using BLUE CROSS - Cuticle Remover This makes removing the cuticles SO easy. Within a few seconds they basically soften up/dissolve so they are easily pushed around the sides of the nail and top of the nail. I use a metal cuticle pusher but I make sure to be extremely gentle when using this! (I got mine from amazon) but this is basically the same thing!ULTA BEAUTY - Cuticle Pusher Next, I file my nails to create a shape I want, then I wash my hands. Finally I use GOLD BOND - Ultimate Intensive Healing Hand Cream and PEACH & LILY - Pure Beam Luxe Oil before painting my nails. Now I apply my base coat and recently I’ve been using#Pink Armor - Nail Gel[products]#[FiveStars] I got mine from amazon. It basically acts as a strengthening bond on your nails. This may not be the best option for nail health, but like I have stated. I needed all the help I could get since my nails were SO flimsy and thin at first. I do think this stuff has helped significantly! Finally I apply 2-3 coats of my polish and apply my gel couture top coat! This polish line is SO good. Happy nail care 💅

First off, I would like to pay myself on the back. I am 24 years old and have been a nail biter since my childhood. This year I made a New Years resolution to stop biting my nails. Since having short nails from biting my whole life my main objective was to create strength in my nails because they were so thin & flimsy from not ever being grown out before. First thing I did. Started taking biotin! This not only helps strengthen nails, but helps my skin & hair as well. This is a 5,000 mcg dose so it is significant to your daily intake. Always check for dosage and make sure you are consistent! Since I’ve been a nail biter seeing the “white” part of my nail growth is triggering. So when I see it, I want to bite them. For this reason for the first few months I constantly had polish on my nails to help break my obsession with biting. Now that my habit is virtually gone (YAY ME) I take week long breaks in between my polish!! It helps give your nails time to breath and to take the time to give your nails/nail bed some extra nourishment. For nourishing my nails I use GOLD BOND - Ultimate Intensive Healing Hand Cream and LUSH - Lemony Flutter every night before bed. The hand cream is thick but not too thick, it absorbs nicely and doesn’t leave any stickiness or heaviness on the hands. The cuticle butter is VERY rich and thick. A very small amount is needed for each nail/cuticles and I focus/massage it in for a few minutes each night. It has beeswax, Shea butter, and avocado oil in it for growing healthy nails! Remember cuticle care is important! I’ve also been using the PEACH & LILY - Pure Beam Luxe Oil for a cuticle oil each night and throughout the day sometimes to give my cuticles some extra love. This oil has squalane, jojoba, camellia, grapeseed, and sea buckthorn oils. It is surprising easily absorbed! I really love this oil for my cuticles. (I have oily acne prone skin so I don’t typically use face oils very much—so I repurposed and used it for my cuticles instead). If you have been/are a nail biter, you know how hard it is to quit! You just have to get in the right mindset and continue working to break your habit. 👏🏻🤍

Superfoods (sometimes called super greens) are a hot topic in skincare right now. Lots of clean beauty brands are incorporating these ingredients in their products. Superfoods are nutritionally dense foods that supply skin with a mix of antioxidants. Peach and Lily is a Korean skincare brand that prides itself on incorporating yummy ingredients into their skincare. I finally got my hands on these moisture pads and was excited to see super greens as a top ingredient! These pads have spinach, broccoli and carrot extract 🥕🥦🥬✨ PEACH & LILY - Lazy Day All-In-One Moisture Pads These moisture pads deliver the effects of a toner, essence and moisturizer in just one swipe. These pads are SOAKED y’all! 💦 I was so glad that they didn’t skimp on the product. I can’t wait to travel with these because they truly do eliminate steps from my routine. I typically wash my face, then swipe one pad across my face and neck and I’m done!

Peach and Lily’s most fave product of mine. PEACH & LILY - Lazy Day All-In-One Moisture Pads When you are lazy and just need less than 3 steps this is it! This is a toner essence light moisturizer. I would still double cleanse to help get rid of dead skin cells and any impurities!

The first thing I noticed when using this was.... it doesn’t ever dry. So prepare to wake up to a mess haha. The second thing was how amazingly soft and vibrant my skin was the following morning! You use this instead of your usual moisturizer at night. It’s ingredients include açaí berry, black ginseng, niacinamide, and peptides. I’ve used plenty of masks. But this one both feels good and works! You will not regret the purchase!

If you suffer from any of the above then you MUST try this! The PEACH & LILY - Overnight Star Sleeping Mask is one of my favorite products of 2019 🙌🏻 because it focuses on restoring your skins barrier when you sleep. Redness and Irritation is often due to a damaged skin barrier function and this product has so many amazing ingredients meant to combat these issues. In turn, your redness and irritation goes down and allows dryness to disappear. Hallelujah 🙌🏻 Therefore this is going to be amazing for all skin types but especially sensitive, irritated and dry skin. The texture as you can see is thick and rich and a little goes a LONG way - and no - it doesn’t turn your face blue 😂 At $43 I think it is well worth it considering this jar will last you easily 7 to 8 months or longer with nightly use. I love the minimal and clear packaging so you can see that beautiful blue color shine through. If I could give this 6 stars I would 💙