Darphynia's Diary

About the Brand  OZ Naturals is one of of Amazon's top-selling skin care brands.  Co-created by certified esthetician Angela Irish, OZ Naturals focuses on creating & producing the highest-quality products using the latest technology and natural ingredients.  "Our products are cruelty-free, paraben free, sulfate free, mineral oil free, lanolin free and gluten free," ( oznaturals.com , 2015).   Product Review Image courtesy of OZ Naturals I was given the opportunity to try OZ Naturals Ultra Ageless Eye Creme.  This light-weight, hydrating cream is a wonderful addition to my skin routine.  After cleansing and toning, I apply this product in the morning and at night, under my eyes and on top of my eyelids.  Its formula absorbs fast into my skin without leaving any sort of greasy film.  The product has smoothed out my skin over the time I have been using it (about a month), but I have not yet noticed a change i...

I am always on the lookout for a high quality SPF brand, and I really love COOLA .  COOLA is an organic suncare company that focuses on quality suncare free of phthalates, parabens, petroleum, and paba.  COOLA also donates to the Melanoma Research Alliance and Healthy Child Healthy World .  To learn more about the company, click here .     They were amazing, and sent me a couple of products to try out.  One has the scent of plumeria (body), and the other is unscented (face).  Plumeria reminds me of strolling up and down the beach in Waikiki when my family and I went a few years ago.  Don't you just love when scents bring back happy memories?  The unscented face suncare is great because it absorbs fast and is not sticky.  Because it is unscented, it does not irritate my nostrils.  Sometimes, scented face products can be a bit nauseating, don't you think?     Plumeria SPF 30 for Body Unscented SPF 30 for Fac...

Image courtesy of Facekins.com I was sent a sample of Facekins to try out, and I am in L-O-V-E!  For those of you who don't know, Facekins are washable, reusable fabric facial pads.  I took these with me while I worked camp, and they were such a blessing!  I didn't have to gauge the amount of cotton facial pads and cotton balls I would need, and the Facekins took up far less room in my kit!  Since I wash my face at least twice a day (morning, night, and in the shower of course!) and always use makeup remover and toner, I go through a ton of cotton.  Okay, not literally a ton, but you know what I mean.  It is one of the softest products to ever touch my face!  It reminded me of something that would be used during a luxury spa treatment.  I also found myself using less product.  At first, I thought it was too good to be true Facekins, but no.  I tested out how far one spray of toner would go on a cotton pad versus the Facekins....