The Best Beauty Products to Try this Fall

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I love trying new beauty products! I don't need a theme park with roller coasters for a thrill; just give me a bag of makeup. This summer, I tried a few products that I believe are must-haves in any beauty arsenal, regardless of your age: eye cream, skin exfoliator, a hair threader and pure, raw shea butter.

Eye Cream 

The skin around your eyes is thin and sensitive. At any age, you can experience dark circles, bags, dryness and puffiness. Using an eye cream twice a day -- in the morning and at night -- will help keep your eyes looking healthy and bright.

I recently tried the Age Defense Eye Cream by Body Merry. The cream has natural and organic ingredients, as well all peptides like Matrixyl-3000 and Tripeptide-5. In addition to helping prevent fine lines and wrinkles, it helps reduce their appearance.

The eye cream smells like Dr. Pepper. I liked that it contains natural ingredients and the formula was gentle enough that it didn't irritate my eyes. My skin absorbed the cream quickly, too.

Skin Exfoliator

I recently wrote about how and why to exfoliate your skin. Australian company Exfolimate brings you two exfoliators (one for your body and one for your face) that are unlike others offered on the market. Instead of scratchy sponges or lotions, the Exfolimate uses a thin piece of metal with micro-grooves that scrape away dead skin cells, dirt, oil and bacteria away from your skin. I use it in the shower, after I rinse off my soap and face wash.

Of all the exfoliators I've tried, the Exfolimate is the best. I use the larger exfoliator under my arms to remove deoderant and on my legs before shaving. The large exfoliator is also great on my feet!

The smaller exfoliator that comes in the Exfolimate kit is the best I've ever used on my face. It is the only exfoliator that has reduced the size of my pores and eliminated blackheads. The curves on the Exfolimate are small enough to fit along the tight spaces around my nose, making it better than a pore strip.

Hair Threader

Hair threader

One of the fastest ways to remove unwanted facial hair is with a hair threader, like the kind sold in the Facial Hair Remover Kit by Bella and Bear. The kit comes with a hair threader that's a tightly wound, flexible metallic spring and a set of tweezers.

To use the threader, you press the coil lightly against your skin and twist it. If you're not used to using such a contraption, it will hurt the first few time. But, just like your eyebrows and tweezers, your skin will get used to feeling. (You shouldn't try to use the hair threader on your eyebrows...unless you don't want any.)

The threader in the Bella and Bear kit works well, as do the tweezers. I like that the tweezers aren't dull, so they get some of the more stubborn hairs.

The only hesitation I have about the product is the "engrish" on the packaging: "People will stare, make it work [sic] their while." Just ignore it and you'll be fine.

Raw Shea Butter

Raw shea butter

I've always seen shea butter promoted on various products, but never appreciated its benefits until I tried the Raw Shea Butter from Cleopatra's Choice. Women in Ghana, Africa, produce this shea butter from the nuts of a shea tree.

Raw shea butter has similar benefits as coconut oil, but it is less likely to clog your pores. In my opinion, it feels less greasy. Shea butter's melting point is higher than coconut oil, so it stays hard until you rub it between your hands.

Raw Shea Butter is better than any other oil or lotion that I've tried on my feet. It absorbs into my skin quickly and lasts all day. My feet also don't feel slippery after I apply the shea butter, so they don't slide around in my sandals.

Stop buying lotions that have a tiny bit of shea butter. Go for the real thing and save money in the long-run with pure, raw shea butter.


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