hi crunchies! today i'm so super excited to have annie on the AE blog! she is a real life, super educated, Certified Clinical Master Herbalist, CCMH™ , Certified Clinical Master Aromatherapist, CCMA™ , aaaaand Certified Nutrition Consultant, CNC™. you can find her blog here and her instagram here. please show her love by following her [...]
DIY “the cleansing putty”
yes, you read that correctly. there's NOTHING* on the market like this, so i'm absolutely over the moon to bring it to you. if you haven't noticed, i've really been trying to push the boundaries of the DIY game the last few months. we're taking our at-home formulations seriously around here. SO - do you [...]
diy face mask – vitamin c & beta carotene
hello beauties! i should stop saying i'm on a blogging break, right? i thought i'd pop in real quick to share a nice face mask with you that's quick to make. it has a high ORAC value, is high in vitamin c, is rich in exfoliating fruit acids, and has a nice dose of beta [...]
green beauty review VIDEO – makeup!
hi loves! today we interrupt this blogging break (again) to bring you a video review of two mexican clean makeup brands - AHAL and KONE. my review isn't the best because i'm not a beautuber. links are below embedded video in this post. enjoy! XO, ALEXRAYE https://youtu.be/s0jtQscoaMM AHAL KONE
green-washed & relabeled products are on the market!
i know, i know.... i'm on a break, but this lit a fire to my heart in the worst of ways. there is a source company, Onoxa, that blends and sells cheap products that are completely green-washed to be private labeled and marketed as someone else's skincare products. that's my bomb DIY hair serum does [...]
top 5 DIYs and top 5 BUYS (+goodbye; +giveaway winner)
GOODBYE FOR NOW... each picture below represents the ~6 years this blog has been truly active (2013 in the top left to 2018 in the bottom right). i thought it was a really cute way to reflect back on everything i've shared, what YOU have taught me, how YOU have supported me, and the reasons [...]
DIY hydrating mists
we're almost done with 2018, which means this blog is getting closer to going on a hiatus. dang. ALSO - don't forget to enter in the giveaway before the winner is announced on 12/31. and now the post you were promised - hydrosols, steams, and mists have been pivotal to my skincare routine. today i'm [...]
reviewing the sunflower sweets serum (ayele&co)
EDIT (5/2/19): it has been brought to my attention that ayele & co has completely reformulated this serum since i published this post, and they also have deleted the claims i presented below. i will add bits throughout the original post that was written 12/2018. this is a nice WIN 🙂 this was another requested [...]
