Hey, guys, it's Mi-Anne, and this is Beauty With Mi.
The other day I was at Whole Foods just doing some light grocery shopping,
and I noticed that there are a ton of beauty products...
like an entire hair care aisle, conditioners, a lot of makeup,
skincare... So I thought it would be really interesting to try to challenge myself
to only use products from Whole Foods for seven days. So that's everything from
makeup, to my skincare, to my shampoo. So, I am going to go to Whole Foods,
I'm going to shop for everything that I need this week...
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All right so, without further ado, let's go to Whole Foods.
So I am back, and I have two big ol' bags of Whole Foods stuff with me.
I'm not gonna lie... It was much more expensive than I anticipated.
Three hundred and 76 dollars and 25 cents.
The lip balm was the cheapest item...
This one's only two dollars!
The most expensive item was for $34.99, and that was the
Dr. Hauschka foundation, so everything else kind of fell in between.
I definitely went ham and got a ton of stuff, but what was so cool about being in the
Whole Foods was that there are so many brands I had never heard of before.
So I'm gonna be using these items, and these items alone, for the next seven days, and I will
check in with you at the end of the week and let you know how it all went.
See you then, bye!
So it has been seven days since I ditched all my usual makeup,
hair, and skincare in favor of all Whole Foods buys,
and I've gotta say,
I'm thoroughly impressed.
So, starting off with my morning skincare routine, I would
cleanse and then use a toner. So this Thayer's witch hazel toner in
the coconut water formulation is new. I liked it. I thought it was a nice
hydrating toner, but it's very scented. It actually has coconut added fragrance to
this. I don't tend to love things that are very, very fragranced, but if you can
get over the smell, it's a good toner.
So after toning, I'll move on to my
sunscreen step, and I chose this Babo clear zinc sunscreen because it has a
bunch of really common moisturizing ingredients in it.
So Shea Butter,
sunflower seed oil, glycerin... I was thinking that I could use it as a daily
moisturizer and in my SPF step, and I gotta say it did work, it was hydrating.
It gave my skin a nice matte finish which was great for applying makeup on
top. Because this is a mineral sunscreen, it is loaded with zinc oxide, so it does
have that pasty, almost white cast-y look to it when you rub it in. But it does go
away if you rub it in enough.
After sunscreen, I'll just follow up with a
little bit of lip balm. This is the Whole Foods organic peppermint lip balm.
Super cheap, smells really good... So, after my skincare is done, I'll move on to makeup,
and I've been using this foundation by Dr. Hauschka.
Pros: it basically, it feels like a tinted moisturizer.
It's so lightweight, creamy, it blends
really beautifully. It doesn't have a ton of coverage. I would say it's like sheer-
buildable. It's smells. It just, it's so fragranced; it has a floral scent.
If they made us a fragrance-free version of this...
After foundation, I move on to concealer, and I have the
W3ll People Bio Correct concealer.
I love this concealer.
It is so beautiful, it's so lightweight, it does cover well. I would say it has
medium coverage. You do have to shake it a bit before you use it, but it has just a
beautiful brightening effect. I will say, though, with this concealer and the
foundation, the shade range is like, abysmal.
Please come out with more shades! This concealer is so good, and everyone
should be able to experience it!
Once my face has been evened out, I'll use some powder, and this is, again, another product
from W3ll People. It's called the Bio Brightener invisible powder. So this is a
very finely-milled powder that has kind of a luminous quality on the skin. It is
supposed to help make your face a little bit more long wearing. I don't think that
this powder has as much oil control as I would like. I have pretty oily skin, but
if you have drier skin, I think you would love this.
So, for my blush and my bronzer and my highlighter and then my eye shadow step,
I actually used all the stuff from this palette.
So this is the Pacifica Solar palette, and it has pretty
much everything you'd need. The bronzer is really nice, it has a very nice cool tone
to it, so it doesn't look too muddy on the skin, doesn't look too orange,
it blends really nicely. The blush is nice. I think it's a little bit deep for my
complexion but I was able to make it work. Highlighters I wasn't a huge fan of.
They are very natural-looking, so they'll give you a nice sheen to the face, but I
like a highlighter that's a little bit more substantial. Eyeshadows are really nice.
They're really nicely pigmented; they're really easy to blend. My favorite shade
was this blue one.
So for the week, it was totally fine, I think that it would be
amazing for travel, although it doesn't have a mirror.
Next up is eyeliner, and I had this liquid eyeliner by ZuZu Luxe in the shade Azure,
and this was hands-down my favorite makeup product that I used all week.
It is such a beautiful eyeliner...
Vegan, cruelty-free, has the most beautiful like, opaque formula,
gorgeous bright blue color, and really, really long-wearing.
Would highly recommend.
After eyeliner, I'll move on to mascara. Now, I have two of these, actually, because
I mistakenly picked up the non- waterproof version of the Mineral Fusion
mascara, but I have the waterproof version here. And this mascara is really
great if you're looking for a more natural look. You can definitely build up
the volume. It's pretty waterproof. I got a little bit of smudging throughout
the day. But, it's great for sensitive eyes.
And last but not least for the
makeup, was this lipstick. Now, this is a Hemp Originals lipstick,
had never heard of that brand before,
it was in the shade Red Shine. I don't know why it was called
Red Shine because it is pink.
It feels like a tinted lip balm, so it's very hydrating,
it feels really nice, but it doesn't have a lot of color payoff. Being limited to
one lipstick and also having it not be very pigmented was a little bit of a
downer, although the lipstick did feel really good.
So, that is all the makeup. I think the general consensus for the whole like,
makeup experience was that I actually really liked a lot of the products.
I would just want like, more of them.
So then it comes to taking it off. Taking it off at night,
I was using the Mineral Fusion makeup removing oil cleanser.
This stuff gets waterproof makeup off really well. It does melt away lipstick,
foundation. It does sting a little bit, so keep your eyes closed!
I always double-cleanse after I cleanse with an oil, just because I don't like to have that oily
residue on my skin, although you do not have to. But I used this Evan Healey tea tree
gel cleanser. Probably my favorite skincare product that I used this week.
It's a really good gel cleanser. It has tea tree oil in it, so it's antibacterial.
It doesn't strip the skin, doesn't foam too much. It's very gentle, it smells good, it
feels good... I love it!
So, once my makeup is thoroughly off my face, I will hop in the
shower. So I've been using two products from the John Masters Organics line.
The evening primrose shampoo and the lavender avocado conditioner. I really
liked both products. The shampoo itself I think could be a little bit more
hydrating, but I loved the conditioner. It made my hair feel really silky and smooth after.
So when it comes to my nighttime skincare after the cleansing step, I'll
go back to tone with the same toner, and then I'll go in with a serum.
Now I love exfoliating serums, and I just started using the Mad Hippie exfoliating
serum. It has alpha hydroxy acids in it, and it's really nice. It feels very light
on the skin. It doesn't burn or sting. It doesn't smell weird. It does, I think, make
my skin look brighter. And, finally, is the moisturizing step. I really love facial
oils. I use them pretty much every single night, and this brand Trilogy is one of
my favorites. It is a beautiful lightweight oil. Absorbs really fast. It
doesn't feel like it's sitting on top of your skin; it doesn't it feel like it's
suffocating you.
That was the whole routine for the week. If there's one
thing I really took away from this experience, it's that there are a ton of
really cool indie brands at Whole Foods that are really accessible just because
of the sheer ubiquity of the store.
So that is the entire seven days of Whole Foods beauty challenge done.
Let me know if there are any other stores that you
think that I should check out in the comments below, and I will see you guys
next week, bye!
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