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The Absolute Best Time-Saving Beauty Hacks

January 3, 2024

Some days, I enjoy doing my skincare routine and the careful application of my makeup. And some days, it makes me want to throw a temper tantrum. Can anyone else relate? If your beauty routine starts feeling like a chore, here are the best time-saving beauty hacks that every girl should know!

Dry Shampoo

Let’s face it: sometimes, there just is no time for the rigmarole of washing, conditioning, drying, and styling hair. Plus, too much washing can leave you with dried out locks, which is a problem all of its own. As someone who highlights but has an oilier scalp, dry shampoo has been a time-saving beauty hack that I can’t live without.

On mornings that I *just can’t*, I throw on a shower cap, do a quick scrub of my body, then let dry shampoo handle my hair. Just be sure not to overuse it because it can cause other problems like itching, flaking, and irritation.

Protect Your Hair Overnight

Curly and wavy girls are no strangers to sleeping caps and buffs, but even girls with straight hair can benefit from sleep protection to preserve a blowout. If you prefer to be unrestricted, a loose braid or pineapple can work well, too.

Simplify Your Skincare

At one point, I was using a cleanser, toner, serum, eye cream, and moisturizer in the mornings. What can I say? I’m a product junkie. However, one visit to my trusty aesthetician later, and I had simplified my morning routine down to just cleanser and sunscreen. I did add in a serum to my nighttime regimen, but that wasn’t too much of a bother.

We are inundated with product recommendations from everywhere these days: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, ads, magazines, and on and on. Make sure that you’re not just using a product because your fave beauty guru swears by it.

This is one of my favorite time-saving beauty hacks, simply because it gave me a ton of time back in my mornings. I would, however, recommend talking to your dermatologist or aesthetician (if you have one) before making any major changes to your routine.

Do a Quick Smoky Eye

No time for applying and blending and applying and blending until you’ve got the perfect smoky eye? No problem. For a quick smoky eye, apply eyeliner, then use an eyeliner brush or your finger to smudge the liner upwards (concentrating on the outer corner).

Keep Makeup Wipes by Your Bed

Listen, I highly recommend that everyone wash their face before bed. As someone who has always struggled with my skin, sleeping in makeup was never an option. Plus, it gets your bedsheets all gross and, more seriously, can cause eye infections.

So if you’re someone who finds yourself frequently waking up in last night’s makeup, try keeping wipes by your bed. Even if you’re super exhausted, it doesn’t take too much effort to give everything a good wipe down. While this shouldn’t be substituted for actually washing your face, it’ll do in a pinch.

Let Your Lipstick Do Double Duty

When you’re trying to get out the door, your lipstick can serve two (or even three purposes). Swipe a little bit on your cheeks as a blush, and even dot a little bit on your eyelids for a bit of subtle color. Be sure to blend well!

Only Use What You Need

As in, only apply makeup where you really need it. For me, this is usually concealer and mascara, but do what works for you!

Use Concealer As an Eyeshadow Primer

Are primers magical? Yes. Do I always have time to put on under eye primer, face primer, and eyeshadow primer? Hell, no. Another of my time-saving beauty hacks is to use concealer as an eyeshadow primer. Or if I don’t feel like putting on a full shadow, I’ll use the concealer to just brighten up the skin on my eyelids. As I’ve aged and my skin has thinned, everything around my eyes has become darker, so this little lift can make a huge difference.

Use Your Sunscreen as Moisturizer

There are plenty of great sunscreens out there, like Coola’s Classic Face Sunscreen, does a great job of hydrating while providing an SPF of 50. My combination skin loves this oil-free formula, especially in the summer, but it works in the winter as well.

Moisturize in the Shower

Finding a great body oil can be a huge time-saving beauty hack, especially if it can be used in the shower. The Shea Shower Oil by L’Occitane is a favorite of mine. There are in-shower lotions that will also do the trick! They also smell amazing.

Apply Masks in the Bath

If you’re partial to baths, why not make your soaking time productive? Apply a good hair mask like Moroccanoil’s Intense Hydrating Mask and a face mask (I like the Peter Thomas Roth Pumpkin Enzyme Mask) and make your relaxing soak into a spa treatment.

Don’t Wait on Your Conditioner

As someone who doesn’t like to linger in the shower, I find that waiting the requisite three to five minutes on some conditioners feels like an eternity. However, I’ve also found that those three to five minutes aren’t always necessary, especially if I’m using a weekly hair mask.

Unline While You Dine

Okay, “unline” isn’t a word. What I’m talking about here is using eye gel patches while you have breakfast. You’ll get in the most important meal of the day, while prepping your eyes to look great (whether you’re using makeup or not).

Set Your Nails in Ice Water

If you enjoy home manicures but hate waiting for your nails to dry, try dipping your hands in ice water. I was skeptical about this one, and while it doesn’t fully “set” your nails, it does speed up the process. Use this trick after you apply your top coat. Don’t have time for a soak? Some people swear by spraying aerosol hairspray on their fresh manis for a quicker alternative.

What are your favorite time-saving beauty hacks? Leave a comment or drop me a note and let me know!

Beauty, Hair Care

Current Obsessions: Hair Edition

December 5, 2023

There are few things I love more than finding a new hair product that I love. These are the products that I will *literally* take a spatula to and make sure I get every drop out of the jar/bottle/tube. Here are my current hair obsessions.

Plaine Products Rosemary Mint Vanilla Shampoo and Conditioner

Plaine Products is dedicated to trying to help solve the plastic crisis that is happening on our planet. Their hair products come in aluminum containers, which can be rinsed out and shipped back with a return label that they provide.

In addition to being planet-friendly, their products work beautifully. My hair is incredibly healthy because of the gentleness of their shampoo and the light, yet moisturizing conditioner. Their products are on the pricey side ($32), but you get a discount if you subscribe. And honestly, I would pay that much for hair products anyway, so not using plastic is a win-win for me.

Plaine Products also offers hair gel, body wash, lotion (which I have in several rooms of my house), travel sizes, and more.

Moroccanoil Treatment Hair Oil

For me, this is an oldie but a goodie. I started using Moroccanoil Treatment Hair Oil years ago, then stopped for a while. Once I started highlighting my hair again, this stuff became one of my current hair obsessions again.

I use Moroccanoil every time I wash my hair, whether I’m going to do a blowout or not, just to prevent split ends. It makes a huge difference when I blow dry, though. Before I started using it again, my hair would get super tangly during the blow dry process. Now, I can get a brush through easily.

Moroccanoil Root Boost

My hair has its unique challenges, one of them being that the individual strands are fine, but I have a lot of them. Therefore, I struggle with volume. Moroccanoil’s Root Boost offers an easy solution to this problem.

Before drying, I spray the root boost on just my roots. In addition to pumping up the volume, the spray also prolongs the life of my blowout for about a day more than usual (I wash my hair every two to three days).

Olaplex No. 3 Hair Repair Perfector

If ever there was a hair obsession for me, this is it. The Olaplex No. 3 Hair Repair Perfector is a pre-shampoo treatment that builds the bonds in hair and helps reduce breakage and improve hair health.

The instructions say to use the treatment weekly, but I use it every other week and alternate with a moisturizing hair mask on the off weeks. I can’t use both on the same day or my hair gets super limp. You can leave the mask on for as long as you like, but I usually do between 15 minutes and an hour for optimum results.

Bumble & Bumble Thickening Spray

Bumble & Bumble’s Thickening Spray has been a favorite of mine since I was in college 150 years ago. You can pick this up at Sephora, Ulta, or even drugstores (I believe).

As I’ve mentioned, my hair is fine, so a volumizer is an absolute must. I apply this after I put on the Root Boost and work it through the length of my hair before blow drying. Bumble & Bumble stylists call this their “secret weapon” because it gives volume without feeling sticky, and I 100% agree.

I will also use this spray if I’m going to put some waves in my hair with a curling iron on day two, and it helps my hair hold the curl.

Beauty, Cosmetics, Hair Care, Skincare

Sephora September Play! Box

August 24, 2017

Greetings! Happy Sephora September Play! Box Day! The happiest day of the month. It’s kind of like Rex Manning Day, only for adults…and about makeup…and not sucky. Okay, it’s nothing like Rex Manning Day. And if you don’t know what Rex Manning Day is, please go watch ’90s classic Empire Records immediately and report back.

This month is doubly exciting because I made a video to accompany the post! It was nerve wracking, so I hope it’s not terrible. It accompanies the launch of the new YouTube channel, and I welcome feedback. Just not too harsh, please!

So what do we have in the Sephora September Play! Box?

First, the cute makeup pouch with “A Change of Face” on it. I love these little pouches. They’re so handy when you need to just throw a bunch of stuff together and go. As I apply my makeup, I throw it into one of these bags and then just tuck the bag into my purse for the night. Easy peasy.

Sephora Contour Eye Pencil 12HR Wear Waterproof

Guys, it’s like Sephora knows exactly what I want. I would say they’ve bugged my house, but I don’t think I’ve said this out loud, so perhaps they’ve bugged my brain. The thing is, I’m incapable of wearing black eyeliner without it getting all over my under eye area and making me look a) incredibly tired and b) kind of old. I chalk it up to having oily skin. But I’ve never tried a waterproof eyeliner, so I’m very excited to give this one a go.

Algenist POWER Recharging Night Pressed Serum

I had to go to the Sephora website to look up what a pressed serum was, and discovered that this stuff goes for $95 a pot. See, the Sephora box is awesome. I never would have purchased a full sized container of this because, what if I didn’t like it? Then I’m out a hundred bucks. This way, I get to try before I buy.

Serums have seriously become one of my favorite skincare products. They do so much with so little. This one promises a radiant and smooth complexion in 10 days, so I’m hoping there’s enough in this lil’ guy to get me to 10.

IGK Hot Girls Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner

I have to admit, I find this packaging odd. There are photos of girls whipping their hair around and swimming. And yes, while I would like to look like these girls, this packaging looks like it’s targeting men, TBH. On the plus side, it is vegan and cruelty free, and promises to revive stressed hair. Since my hair constantly takes a beating from hot styling tools, I welcome any product that can restore its shine and softness.

Belif – The True Cream Aqua Bomb

This one I had to look up as well, just because I’m unfamiliar with the company. So this stuff is cool because it’s oil free, which is great for skin like mine which is oily and has large pores. According to the Sephora website, in clinical tests subjects experienced a 70% increase in their skin’s hydration levels. I wonder how they test that…

Urban Decay Vice Liquid Lipstick in Amulet

Another waterproof wonder, this lipstick shade is described as a matte brick rose. While I love the brick rose color, I’m personally nervous about a matte lipstick. I don’t wear it very often, as it usually dries out my lips and leaves that weird rim around the edges when I eat or drink anything. Still, the reviews are great, so I’m happy to try it out.

Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow

Y’all, I’m very, very happy to get this one. Benefit’s big thing is brows these days, and although I haven’t visited their brow bar yet, I have been eyeing Gimme Brow for a while. The packaging promises that it will volumize and tame brows while staying natural looking. I’ve seen some pretty messed up brows before, and I usually stay away from any kind of fillers for that reason. It would be just my luck that I’d leave the house thinking my brows looked amazing, then getting out into natural light and realizing I look like a mental patient.

That’s it for this month’s haul. If you liked the review, please share it! What do you guys think is the most promising product in here? Leave me a comment or message me here!

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Madam CJ Walker Beauty Culture Wonderful Deep Conditioning Mask

August 10, 2017

In the immortal words of Eugene Levy as he sits in the dentist chair in “Splash,” what a week I’m having. I will get into it more later, but first, a review of Madam CJ Walker Beauty Culture Wonderful Deep Conditioning Mask. What is with these products and their titles lately? I feel like everything is a novel.

In all seriousness, between the Sephora Play! boxes and my Influenster box, I’ve tried some great products in the last couple of weeks.

The Madam CJ Walker Deep Conditioning Mask came in my Sephora July Play! box, and I have used it a couple of times. As a side note, as I write this the mama foster cat, Kiki, is sitting next to me on the couch purring and staring adoringly at me. It’s too precious.

Kiki - Beauty Chaos — How do you not just put that in a pita pocket?

Back to the Madam CJ Walker Beauty Culture Wonderful Deep Conditioning Mask.

This mask promises to deep condition and rehydrate dry, damaged, and/or color treated hair. It has notes of white flower and warm vanilla listed in the scent description and I have to say, it does smell delicious. It is free of all the parabens, sulfates and phthalates that clog up a lot of other hair products. But seriously, I have no idea what those things do. I just know that they’re bad.

For optimal results, the mask is to be used once a week. You’re supposed to section towel dried hair and saturate it from roots to ends. Then, you wait 15 minutes, rinse out, and voila! Perfect hair. I followed these instructions to a T and also applied some light heat from my hairdryer for deeper conditioning.

Afterwards, my hair felt amazing.

My hair isn’t in really bad condition, but I do blow dry it every other day because when I don’t I look like the Fear the Walking Dead kid (see Carol’s Daughter Leave In Conditioner Spray for an explanation). That coupled with the fact that I haven’t had a haircut since … I can’t remember the last time I had my hair cut. So it’s been a long time.

Needless to say, my hair needs some care and this mask does the trick. My hair felt silky and smooth even after a blowout, and that softness lasted all week. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up.

Cost and Where to Buy

Madam CJ Walker Beauty Culture Wonderful Deep Conditioning Mask can be purchased at Sephora for $32. I got the little bottle in my Play! box, but I think the product is worth it and will definitely purchase a full-sized bottle when I’m ready. I also found the conditioner on Amazon, but it’s listed for $52.99 so, yeah, go to Sephora. I’m also interested in trying Madam Walker’s Pre-Wash Protein Treatment.

Now, onto my week.

Or I should say, last couple of weeks. Husband and I decided to rent out our guest room, which was always the plan when we bought the house. We didn’t want to get a permanent roommate, so we decided to rent out the room for temporary stints through a website. Let’s call it LandCoC.

These guests were supposed to be here for a month. However, we had to evict them after just under two weeks. They were awful. Two guys, they never left the house, didn’t follow our “House Rules” (which are not unreasonable. Just, you know, don’t eat our groceries and try not to die in the pool which means no diving because it’s shallow, dummies.) and were just generally rude.

I’ve been feeling kind of depressed as a result of being in the house with them. Since I work from home, there was no escape from the madness. Although it did get me back to Cardio Barre, so I suppose I owe them a thank you for that. Seriously, best workout ever.

The final straw came on Sunday.

One of the men left for a while and came back really drunk. He hit on me and was trying to get me to go in the pool with him. Husband was at work, but he was not pleased when I told him about this. We went out for dinner and frozen yogurt, and when we came home we discovered that the same man was running around our house in his underpants. Not modest ones, either.

I don’t know about you ladies (or gentlemen), but the thought of being in a house with someone who gets drunk, hits on me, and strips down to his underwear every day while my husband isn’t home does not sound pleasant. So I contacted AirBNB, who advised that they were going to remove him.

But did they go gently into that good night?

No. No, indeed. They had to be threatened with police intervention. Can’t make this stuff up, people. Finally we got them out, but that was a huge problem as well.

So yes, I missed Monday’s post. I also need all the wine. I’m still reeling from the experience as it was, you know, our first one. Not sure if we’re going to do it again.

Aaand that’s my story for the week! Got any horror stories of your own? Leave me a comment or message me here!

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Phyto Secret De Nuit

June 26, 2017

As I sit here with my wet head of hair waiting for it to dry, I am concerned. Fortunately, I have a bottle of Phyto Secret De Nuit in my medicine cabinet.

Let Me Explain

I have been sick with this horrible bronchitis-cold hybrid for three weeks. Three full weeks of coughing and wheezing, telling myself that it would just go away and that was normal. It wasn’t normal. I ended up at urgent care two days ago, finally, where they prescribed some lovely inhalers and an antibiotic.

Funnily enough, they also forgot about me while I was there.

This normally would have really frosted my cookies, but I was trying to finish “American Gods” for my book club and had brought it along. So two hours at the doctor’s office waiting for a breathing treatment was not all for naught (see what I did there? ;)).

What being asthmatically challenged for three weeks has meant is that I can’t work out. While this might be perfectly okay for some, I do not cope well with this. And it’s not for purely aesthetic reasons. Having struggled with depression for a lot of my life, a daily dose of exercise really helps with keeping me level.

Why don’t you walk, you ask? That’s a perfectly reasonable question. California is in the middle of a heat wave, and in the valley it feels like it’s 120 degrees. Fortunately I have a solution: I have a pool.

In a lot of the country, having a pool in your yard is a luxury. In the San Fernando Valley, it’s less rare, and if you’re ever flying over the Los Angeles area, I’d suggest you look out the window and observe the landscape dotted with little turquoise puddles.

So I’ve been doing a lot of swimming. I’ll either put on some music and take myself through a bitchin’ water aerobics routine (not just for senior citizens, I’ve discovered), or I’ll swim breaststroke laps back and forth. The pool isn’t big, but as long as I’m moving I feel like I’m doing well.

The downside of all this swimming is that: a) I have to wash my hair every day; and b) I’m concerned that, as a result, my hair is getting damaged.

Fortunately, I found Phyto Secret De Nuit

This nighttime hair treatment is designed to work on your hair while you sleep, leaving it “supple and hydrated.” Now, there’s conflicting instructions on how to use Phyto Secret De Nuit. The bottle says to apply a small amount, the size of a hazelnut, through hair before bed. In the morning, style as usual. The Ulta website says to use Phyto Secret De Nuit three times per week.

When I first got the Phyto Secret De Nuit, I was using it every night. While my hair didn’t seem particularly over-moisturized, I did find that putting it in my hair and trying to “style as usual” in the morning was a challenge. My hair felt greasy and, well, like I had put conditioner in it and slept.

However, when I began using the product as the Ulta website instructed, it worked really well. I feel like my hair is getting the extra boost that it needs after being depleted by chlorine and washing too much, but I don’t think I’m overdoing it.

Cost and Where to Buy

I bought my Phyto Secret De Nuit while I was out shopping at Sephora for around $40. However, when I was surfing around trying to find it, I discovered that Phyto Secret De Nuit is not listed on the Sephora website anymore. Ulta has it listed for $19.97 (obviously where I should have gone to get it). The next best price I could find was Walmart, which listed it for $21.99.

Summing Up

I think I’ll be doing away with my 1 to 10 rating system. But I love this product, especially at a $20 price point. For $40, it felt a little on the expensive side for my taste, especially when I was using it every night. All in all, Phyto Secret De Nuit is a great buy to help replenish and repair your hair.

Want me to keep the numerical rating system? Have another overnight treatment I should try? Leave me a comment or message me here!

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Redken Diamond Oil

June 2, 2017

As I sit here, I am on day 6 of a terrible cold. My plan had been to start my Physique 57 Challenge last week and be a week into it by now. But I got one workout into the challenge and caught a terrible cold. Thwarted by germs, I attempted to stay in bed all weekend to get rid of this disaster. I failed.

So I decided, in the meantime, to review some of my new buys. First is Redken Diamond Oil Shatterproof Shine. I was introduced to this product while reading an Elle magazine a year or so ago. One writer decided to examine what “taking care of your hair” truly entails by consulting experts.

Apparently, a lot is required to simply care for your hair in the correct way, according to the article. This was the same article that introduced me to Dr. Dennis Gross’ Anti-Aging Scalp Serum. The experts (the names escape me now) recommend all kinds of elaborate treatments, as well as carefully brushing hair in the manner of Disney princesses (brushing with one hand very, very gently while holding the other hand flat on the other side of the brush). They also adamantly recommend only using a brush with boar bristles and heat styling only when your life depends on it.

While this is all well and good, I learned early that my unruly hair tangles, and the way to get those tangles out is a good old-fashioned paddle brush. I also know that I look like a drowned rat (or better yet, the survivor of the zombie apocalypse) when I don’t blow dry my hair, so air drying is usually not an option. However, I have managed to wean myself down to only washing my hair every other day instead of every day, so at least I’m doing something right.

First Impressions

I found the Redken Diamond Oil at Frends Beauty Supply, during the same trip that I bought the Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation Illuminator. Being a beauty junkie, it is absolutely impossible for me to enter a beauty supply store and only purchase one item. So after I found the illuminator, I wandered the aisles and found the Redken Diamond Oil. I remembered seeing a photo of it in the Elle article, so I decided to give it a go.

The bottle is a little smaller than I expected, but you need so little of the product for everyday use that I’m sure it will last for a long time.

Experience

Aside from using the Redken Diamond Oil for everyday use, the Elle article recommended using it as a hair mask, in addition to a scalp mask that I’ll discuss in a different review. The oil has a light consistency and a delicate scent. The websites I’ve consulted herald this as an all purpose oil, for use pre-shampoo, mixed with a hair mask, pre-blowout, post-blowout, and even on hands and skin.

As a Hair Mask. Because the oil is so light, I find myself applying a lot of it as a hair mask. The site recommends leaving on for 5 to 15 minutes, but I leave the treatment on for at least an hour. Although with some oils I feel like I need to shampoo more than once, a single shampoo feels sufficient. Post-blowout, my hair is soft and smooth.

As a Pre-Blowout Styler. Again, the oil is super light, so the first time I use it I end up using too much. My hair turns out greasy and kind of flat. Next time, I stick to only three to four drops as directed, and the Redken Diamond Oil works as promised. My hair is shiny but not weighed down, and I’m confident the oil is protecting it.

I’ve not tried the other uses recommended by the website, save for kind of rubbing the oil into my hands after applying it to my hair. As I enjoy a lighter lotion on my hands, I didn’t like the oily feeling on my hands and tend to wipe it off. I haven’t felt the need to apply any styling oil post-blowout recently, as my hair is pretty oily to begin with and I want to prolong my blowout as long as I can. What I may try, however, is mixing a little bit of the oil in with my regular conditioner. I’ve tried this with other hair oils and loved the result, so I look forward to seeing how Redken fares against MoroccanOil and Enjoy.

Cost and Where to Buy

As I said earlier, I bought my Redken Diamond Oil at a beauty supply store, the likes of which are abundant in Los Angeles. You can find it online at Target for $28 or Overstock for $30.99. As per usual, eBay lists it for a steeply discounted $9.88, but who knows what you’ll get :).

Summing Up

I’d give Redken Diamond Oil Shatterproof Shine a 7 out of 10. It’s pretty well priced, more expensive than some oils I’ve seen but less expensive than others. The oil works well, smells nice, and is a good value for what you pay.

Random Thoughts

Redken Diamond Oil - Big and Mini — Big and mini!

Changing things up a bit here, I’m putting the weirdness at the end of the post instead of the beginning. The kitten, Petunia, is flourishing. She has befriended her twin, Mack, the only boy in our house, and they are just the cutest together. I mean, could you just die?

Also, I booked my ticket today for my semi-annual trip to Ohio. My grandmother is turning 100 years old this summer, y’all. 100. She’s amazing and I can’t wait to see her and celebrate her incredible life. I’ll post photos!

Want me to try a different hair oil? Like my kitties? Want to wish my grandmother happy birthday? Comment below or message me here!

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Dr. Dennis Gross Anti-Aging Scalp Serum

May 1, 2017

As most women of any age can understand, I am slightly obsessed with keeping my hair looking nice. This has become even more true as I have left my 20s and entered my 30s, finding my first gray hairs and battling a general unruliness that I don’t remember having all my life. Of course, this could just be perspective. I remember thinking my hair was terrible when I was a teenager.

Looking at photos from that period of my life, I wish my hair looked as effortlessly good when I threw it up into a messy ponytail now as it did back then.

Fortunately, the hair care industry has a category solely designed to deal with aging hair. I have done a lot of reading recently regarding this niche, and how it is very important to care for not just your hair, but your scalp as well.

Enter Dr. Dennis Gross Root Resilience Anti-Aging Scalp Serum. Wow, that is a mouthful. This serum promises to “reinvigorate the scalp.” It is designed for anyone with aging hair, wanting fuller hair, and wanting more shine. Dr. Gross Anti-Aging Serum contains amino acids, peptides, and vitamins that are supposed to “nourish hair follicle and root” so the hair can resist breakage and counteract damage from heat styling.

First Impressions

Although Dr. Dennis Gross’ website had nothing but glowing reviews for this product, Amazon’s customers were a bit more discerning. Many complained about the scent of the serum, which didn’t bother me.

The instructions are to use three to five pumps on wet or dry scalp (ideally after using Root Resilience Shampoo and Conditioner, of course). The serum is nice and light, and does give my hair a bit of a boost when I massage the serum into my scalp. But this could also be from the scalp massage.

Experience

After using Dr. Dennis Gross Anti-Aging Scalp Serum for a few weeks, I’m not all that impressed. Although it does give my hair a bit of a boost right after application, that lift fades quickly. I have not seen a big difference in the condition of my hair. The serum is nice and light, so that’s a plus. It doesn’t weigh down my already oily roots.

Cost and Where to Buy

The serum can be found on the Dr. Dennis Gross website, on LovelySkin.com for $54. Overstock has it a little cheaper at $43.49 plus $4.95 shipping. There are several bottles listed on eBay as well at much cheaper prices, usually under $20.

Summing Up

I’d give Dr. Dennis Gross Anti-Aging Scalp Serum a 6 out of 10. The company is cruelty free and vegan, which is always a plus, but the product didn’t wow me. I expected more based on what was promised. At $54, I’d like to be impressed, and I wasn’t.

Got a product or beauty treatment you’d like me to try? Contact me here!