{"id":112848,"date":"2018-05-08T14:44:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/?p=112848"},"modified":"2018-05-08T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:45:59","slug":"mom-approved-beauty-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/beauty\/mom-approved-beauty-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty Advice I Got From My Mom (&#038; The Products We Both Obsess Over)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mother\u2019s Day is right around the corner, so I thought I\u2019d dedicate a beauty story to my favourite lady. I should start off by explaining my mom\u2019s beauty philosophy: Less is more (a typical mom thing to say). Yeah, there\u2019s not much to it. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But growing up in an Asian household with my mom as the King (yes, the king not the queen) of the family, this less-is-more philosophy caused a lot of arguments. You see, for the longest time in grade school, I was the only Asian girl in my classes; but not like the typical Asian girl you saw on TV. No. I had tan skin, a flat nose, and big, frizzy curly hair. So it was really hard for me to feel beautiful, and because of this, I was SUPER experimental with my looks. Breaking all of my mom\u2019s rules (and the law), I\u2019d buy and steal the prettiest palettes, eyeliners and powders to try to hide my features and complexion. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the age of fourteen, before I even knew contouring was a thing, I had that down, plucked all my eyebrows off and saved enough of my allowance to relax my hair twice. While all this was happening, my mom was very vocal about her opinion of my looks. She definitely wasn\u2019t too afraid to hurt my feelings to tell me I looked like a fool (which I did, BTW). While she was judging me, I couldn\u2019t help but judge her beauty looks and products. I remember lying down on her bed every Saturday morning and watching her get ready for work. After showering, she\u2019d apply mousse to her damp hair and while her hair was air-drying, she\u2019d move on to her face. Instead of makeup, she\u2019d gravitate to the same old ugly brown bottles of &#8220;whatever&#8221; and pat the products into her skin. \u201cYou should wear foundation or something,\u201d I\u2019d suggest. \u201cSha, sha, sha,\u201d she\u2019d always say, and in pissed off Filipino-mom terms, that means \u2018Shut up, you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\u2019 She\u2019d then spot-apply pressed powder between her brows and forehead and complete the look with reddish brown lipstick. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember telling myself, \u201cI\u2019ll never leave the house looking like that.\u201d More makeup was never enough for me.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking back on it now, I find it really funny because these days, I actually look forward to the days that require very little to no makeup. After testing out so many different looks and trying every possible makeup technique and hair treatment, I became exhausted by always trying to change my appearance. I recently dyed my hair back to black and removed my non-traditional ear piercings. My mom was thrilled! I now think I look best when I&#8217;m looking like my natural self. Instead of foundation, you can find me wearing tinted moisturizer (and if you listen closely, you can hear my mom saying, &#8220;I told you so.&#8221;). So yeah, I guess she was right, less is more. But as much as I\u2019d like to say my mom inspired my beauty philosophy, she didn\u2019t. I&#8217;m taking all the credit here because since becoming a beauty writer, I\u2019ve become a real skincare pro. So pro in fact, that she&#8217;s now taking beauty advice from me. Instead of judging my beauty looks and products, my mom and I fight over the beauty products that come across my desk. I&#8217;d never thought she&#8217;d ever approve of any of my products, or that I&#8217;d become skincare crazy, but here we are sharing them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in the spirit of Mother&#8217;s Day, I&#8217;m sharing the beauty products we can both agree on &#8212; and obsess over.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112850\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-2.54.23-PM-e1524855336748.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-2.54.23-PM-e1524855336748.png 446w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-2.54.23-PM-e1524855336748-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-2.54.23-PM-e1524855336748-127x150.png 127w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-2.54.23-PM-e1524855336748-395x468.png 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was one of the ugly brown bottles I was referring to. My mom has been using Est\u00e9e Lauder skincare for as long as I can remember. We both go crazy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sephora.com\/product\/advanced-night-repair-synchronized-recovery-complex-ii-P379994\">Est\u00e9e Lauder Advanced Night Repair<\/a>. She uses it every night to fight fine lines and wrinkles, while I only using it after a long night of Netflix binging. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112851\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-396x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-396x850.jpg 396w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-70x150.jpg 70w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-768x1648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-716x1536.jpg 716w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-954x2048.jpg 954w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-1255x2693.jpg 1255w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-825x1771.jpg 825w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-395x848.jpg 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-600x1288.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Different_Lipstick-scaled.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you know me, you know I\u2019m not the biggest fan of applying anything onto my lips if it isn\u2019t lip balm. But I always carry lipstick in my purse for when it\u2019s necessary or when I\u2019m feeling extra glowy. My mom is the same. Her go-to lipstick? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinique.ca\/product\/1605\/5887\/makeup\/lipsticks\/different-lipstick#\/shade\/Tenderheart\">Clinique Different Lipstick<\/a>, because it\u2019s super comfortable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112852\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-850x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1255x1255.jpg 1255w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-825x825.jpg 825w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-395x395.jpg 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mom loves going to the hair salon. She likes to get her hair coloured every eight weeks or so. She can\u2019t always find the time to go, so to hide greys in between appointments, she loves using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairol.com\/en-CA\/products\/hair-color\/product\/nice-n-easy?shadeSKU=070018117892\">Clairol Nice \u2018n Easy<\/a>. I introduced her to it when I initially made the switch back to my natural hair colour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112853 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.02.37-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.02.37-PM.png 636w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.02.37-PM-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.02.37-PM-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.02.37-PM-395x243.png 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.02.37-PM-600x370.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with my mom\u2019s beauty philosophy, comes a whole bunch of beauty rules. Her number one rule? Never skip eye cream. Because of this, eye cream has become my biggest skincare obsession. We\u2019re both currently loving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itcosmetics.ca\/en\/confidence-collection\/confidence-in-an-eye-cream\/ITC_676.html#start=4&amp;cgid=skincare\">It Cosmetics Confidence in an Eye Cream<\/a>. Believe me, the name doesn\u2019t lie. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112854\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-1255x1255.jpg 1255w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-825x825.jpg 825w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-395x395.jpg 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Olay-TE-Whip-Out-of-Packaging-SPF-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every time I receive a package of products from a PR person, my mom always asks, \u201cIs that Olay?\u201d She\u2019s been obsessed with Olay\u2019s Total Effects Moisturizer for years and stocks up every time it&#8217;s on sale. But when I introduced her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Olay-Whip-Face-Moisturizer\/dp\/B075X2767L?th=1\">Olay Whips Total Effects<\/a>, she\u2019s never looked back. She says she gets the same results but with a more weightless feel on her skin. I love it too! I think it\u2019s perfect for oily skin types. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112856\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.06.32-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.06.32-PM.png 516w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.06.32-PM-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.06.32-PM-123x150.png 123w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.06.32-PM-395x483.png 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since my mom loves colouring her hair, she\u2019s handsy over colour-treated haircare products catered from my product shelves. She\u2019s not that picky when it comes to hair products, but she\u2019s currently loving the hydrating properties of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phyto-canada.ca\/phytomillesime-beauty-concentrate-colored-hair.html\">Phytomillesime<\/a>\u00a0hair mist! Not only is it colour-protecting, but it also detangles and helps control frizziness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112857\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--850x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--1255x837.jpg 1255w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--825x551.jpg 825w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--395x264.jpg 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cura-Luxe--600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mom and I had been sharing the same Conair hair dryer for 11 years before she broke it. Our replacement: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beautyboutique.ca\/Brands\/T3\/T3-Cura-LUXE-Dryer\/p\/BB_883349768400?variantCode=883349768400\">T3 Cura Luxe<\/a>. We both love this dryer because unlike our previous one, it dries hair quickly without frizz. I use it for smooth blowouts, while my mom uses it with the diffuser head to shape her loose coils. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112858\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-850x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-1255x1255.jpg 1255w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-825x825.jpg 825w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-395x395.jpg 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/eps_jpg_1052106-1052107-Tea-Tree-Oil-20ml_INTREPS024.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mom first introduced me to tea tree oil as a child. Instead of using rubbing alcohol, she\u2019d drop a few drops of tea tree oil onto my cuts and scrapes. Today, she uses tea tree as a salve for just about everything, while I use it to treat my acne and whiteheads. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodyshop.com\/en-ca\/face\/face-oil\/tea-tree-oil\/p\/p000326\">Body Shop Tea Tree Oil<\/a>, $20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112859\" src=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b_pdp-colorpinchcreamblusher-hibiscus_selling-shot_528x962-467x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b_pdp-colorpinchcreamblusher-hibiscus_selling-shot_528x962-467x850.jpg 467w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b_pdp-colorpinchcreamblusher-hibiscus_selling-shot_528x962-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b_pdp-colorpinchcreamblusher-hibiscus_selling-shot_528x962-82x150.jpg 82w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b_pdp-colorpinchcreamblusher-hibiscus_selling-shot_528x962-395x720.jpg 395w, https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/b_pdp-colorpinchcreamblusher-hibiscus_selling-shot_528x962.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m currently obsessed with cream blushes. This blush (or blush-on, as my mom likes to call it), melts and blends perfectly into the skin. My mom loves it when I wear this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beautycounter.com\/en-ca\/cosmetics\/face\/cream-blush.html\">Beautycounter Color Pinch Cream Blush<\/a>\u00a0because she says it looks just like skin. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Main image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barelytherebeauty\/\">@barelytherebeauty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother\u2019s Day is right around the corner, so I thought I\u2019d dedicate a beauty story to my favourite lady. I should start off by explaining my mom\u2019s beauty philosophy: Less is more (a typical mom thing to say). Yeah, there\u2019s not much to it. 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