Inside Charty's Purse: A Peek at Her Skincare and Makeup Must-Haves

Helloooo friends and lovers,

Welcome to my purse! Other than no cash, old lip-gloss, receipts, and cigarettes (KIDDING!), I wanted to share what I always keep on me. As we all know I’m overly fixated with my skin care and looking 20 years old forever, so I figured I’d drop the routine. I also recently started getting facials at Glow Bar in Chestnut Hill, MA and was instantly in love. If you have one in your city- go! They’re 30-minute facials for half the price of a med spa, and the recommendations are amazing. I got a few of their recommended products, so I wanted to share those as well as some of my other favorite products.

Now that I’m in an office every day, my routine has changed a bit. I need a tinted moisturizer, so I don’t look like a gremlin, and have to take more care of my skin now. I used to wear a lot of makeup a couple years ago daily but hated how I broke out from it, and it dried my skin out. Now during the week, I try to keep it light and airy, and then on the weekends I’ll do makeup to look like an absolute smoke show. Here is the routine for AM:

Toner: Any Paula’s toner is my favorite. Thayer’s is also a great choice. Target or Amazon are your besties for these!!!

Tinted Moisturizer: This is a must have for me on office days. I find that full coverage foundation makes me greasy and break out if I wear it daily, so a tinted moisturizer feels more on brand.

1. I love Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint {WITH HYALURONIC ACID + SQUALANE

2. ilia foundation stick- this is one of my new favorites. It feels less aggressive than a full-coverage foundation.

3. Laura Mercier Tinited Moisturizer with SPF is a good one too.

Some days I’ll just use a Vitamin C brightening serum and throw a regular moisturizer on top. Here are my all-time Vitamin C brightening serum faves:

1.      Tula Brightening Treatment Drops

2.      iS Clinical Active Serum (I’m a snob but this is one of the best)

3.      The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin 2% + HA

4.      For my dark eye bags- I like to use Tula Brightening Eye stick. It’s life changing.

5.      For under eyes- you can also use The Ordinary Caffeine solution 5%.

AM moisturizer picks:

1.      Laneige: Water Bank Line. I love any of the water bank moisturizers, whether gel or cream. You can't go wrong!!

2.     Dermologica Intense Moisture Balance

3.     Summer Fridays Cloud Dew Gel Cream

4.     Clinique Moisture Surge

AM Makeup Picks: (Charty prefers a natural make up look so these products are very light and simple)

1.      Lancome Monsuier Big Mascara

2.      Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara (for a natural look).

3.      I swear by Benefit Eyebrow Gel Hold daily to fluff my brows up as well.

4.     Glossier Futuredew Facial Serum: If you take nothing else from this article, Glossier’s futuredew is my SAVING GRACE. It gives me a subtle glow, isn’t greasy, and makes me just look brighter in the mornings. I love this product. (Does Glossier want to sponsor me?)

The nighttime routine is more intense if you will. I need my skin and products to marinate every night, so I wake up looking like a newborn baby.

Cleanser! My recommendations are either:

1.      Tula Cleanser

2.      Sofie Pavitt Clean Clean Cleanser

3.      iS Clinicals’ Cleansing Complex is also great.

Nighttime Serum Picks:

1. Sunday Riley Good Genes Serum

2.   Lancome Advanced Genifique Serum

3. Claudalie VinoHydra Hydrating Serum

4.  iS Clinical Hydra-Cool Serum (this one is chefs kiss)

5. Sofie Pavitt Mandelic Clearing Serum (don't overuse this one since it's an exfoliant)

   
   

Nighttime Moisturizer:

1. Anything from morning moisturizers can be used at night. I try to do a cream-based moisturizer for extra hydration overnight.

2.  Estee Lauder NightWear Plus

 

Extra Credit! (Oils and Balm)

I finish off the nighttime routine with an oil serum to really get that soft, glowy look.

1.      Sunday Riley Luna Night Oil

2.      The Ordinary 100% Cold Pressed Rose Hip Oil

3.      The Ordinary Plant Derived Squalane

4.      Coconut Oil Serum

5.      Beef Tallow Balm: Okay I just factored this into my routine and I’m LOVING IT. I wake up looking like I just came home from being born at the hospital. Any brand/kind works, I found it on Amazon for a cheap amount!

Charty’s Makeup Picks (for fun!)

Here’s a few of my favorite makeup brands and some products I can’t live without. (Disclaimer: I don’t wear eye shadow or eye liner lol)

1.        ilia: They are one of the best, clean makeup brands. You can’t go wrong with any of their products! Foundations are the best as is the blush/gloss stick.

2.      Saie: I just started using their products this summer and I really like them. Vegan, non-toxic, clean makeup! It’s not too expensive, and I love the highlighter as well as bronzer stick.

3.      Laura Mercier Foundation: Real Flawless Foundation

4.      Concealer: ilia True Skin Serum or Laura Mercier Weightless Flawless Foundation

5.      Eyebrows: Anything Benefit brand or Anastasia. I used to be too aggressive with my brows back in 2017, but now I just use a pencil sometimes if I’m feeling wild. Other than that- just a classic brow hold gel.

6.      Mascara: Rare Beauty, Lancome Monsieur Big, Clinique Mascara, or Benefit BADgal Bang! Mascara.

7.      Bronzer: Saie stick or Becca bronzing palette!

8.      Highlighter (personal favorite): Becca Shimmering Skin Pressed Highlighter or Anastasia Loose Highlighter. I also use my Glossier Dew Drops sometimes to go out!

9.      Lipsticks: Anything BareMinerals, Clinque gloss, etc.

Here's a lookbook of me slaying. Massive kiss for me. Any and all skin or makeup questions, just put me on the horn! (that means phone)

X,

Charty