natural beauty

I started a YouTube Channel!

Hello lovelies! Last week I started a YouTube channel! Be sure to subscribe here. It’s something I’ve thought about doing for a while now but held off because I don’t have a fancy camera for filming. I still don’t. I’m filming on my ipad mini, but just wanted to get started! Life won’t wait until […] Read more…

Alima Pure Lip Tints New Formula

There’s nothing quite like a good lip tint! I love lip tints so much because unlike a gloss or a lipstick they can be worn anywhere at anytime…I can’t think of a situation where they wouldn’t be appropriate – they’re like white t-shirts and stud earrings in the way that you could literally wear them […] Read more…

2nd Annual Sweet Violet Natural Beauty Guide & Editor’s Choice Awards

Violet beauties, Issue 3 of Sweet Violet Bride has just been released and in it is the 2nd annual Natural Beauty Guide and Editor’s Choice Awards (tested and chosen by yours truly). This section of the magazine ended up being a whopping 10 pages this year! It includes a curated selection of more than 50 […] Read more…

Review: Miraculous Maracuja Oil

As someone who has combination skin (oily/dry) I was very apprehensive about trying a face oil. Last year Tarte Cosmetics sent me their beautifully bottled pure Maracuja Oil ($46) to be considered for Sweet Violet Bride’s natural beauty guide and so I gave it a try. I feared it would make me break out and hesitantly patted […] Read more…

Beauty in Bloom: The Beginning

Hello! And Welcome! I’m very excited to finally get this natural beauty blog underway. As soon as I began trying out products / considering them for the natural beauty guide in Sweet Violet Bride’s premier issue, I knew I wanted to create a place where I could review them in more depth than the magazine […] Read more…