Beauty Products

Fall Beauty Essentials

It’s never a wrong time for a beauty refresh, but we find the start of the school year and the beginning of fall to be the perfect time to settle into a new routine—that includes your fall beauty essentials routine! Around here, we’re always finding and trying new products. Sometimes, they make the cut and get a spot in our beauty routine; sometimes, they don’t. In this post, you’ll find some of our newest beauty essential discoveries and some of our tried and true favorites!

Our Picks from Sephora’s Biggest Sale

Shopping at Sephora is like wandering around a candy store…a very expensive candy store. Sephora shopping trips can add up fast. That’s why I stock up on my favorite products during this very special event. During the Sephora VIB Sale, everything in the store and online is 20% off. In the past, this sale was … Read more

Cruelty-Free Make-Up Brands to Know

We’re all for being conscious consumers here at Real Life Style, so I finally caved to the nagging of my boyfriend a few months ago and decided to experiment with only cruelty-free makeup. I was surprised to find that only a few of the products I was using were from non-cruelty-free brands. Goodbye Make-Up Forever … Read more

Lani’s New Lashes

Sometimes I get soooo excited about a new product I’m using, that I tell you about it a bit too soon. Therefore, I’ve waited to tell you about my most recent beauty obsession until I was 100% sure that it was as good as it claimed to be. But before we get into it, I … Read more

Get Good Brows

Have you heard about Glossier makeup and skincare? Their tag line is that they are “A beauty brand inspired by Real Life.” We love that here at Real Life Style! The product line was born from the beauty blog Into the Gloss, which gained a following by interviewing celebrities about their beauty routines. I mean, … Read more

Spring 2017 Nail Polish Trends

Come on people, you know this weather is not going to last. This is why we are giving you the Spring Trend blogs in a very particular order this year.  First up is nails, because you can take advantage of these trends regardless of the weather. Next up is accessories, because it always takes a while … Read more

Sephora’s Once A Year Sale!

Oh Sephora, how we love thee. Our favorite time of year is here, when Sephora releases their gift sets for the holidays. This is also the time for their VIB and VIB Rouge sale! To obtain this specialty status, you must spend $350 (VIB) or $1000 (VIB Rouge) in one calendar year. These frequent shoppers get … Read more

Get Ready for OPI’s Fall 2016 Line

Every season, OPI releases a new line of colors inspired by and named after a city or region. I’ve been following their seasonal lines religiously since Fall 2012, when the Germany collection released some of my favorite colors: “Don’t Pretzel My Buttons,” “Unfor-greta-bly Blue,” and “Every Month is Oktoberfest.” Since OPI Germany, we’ve seen Central Europe, San … Read more