My Collections

AORA, a Mexico City-born brand founded to celebrate Mexican culture and plastic-free luxury beauty, both of these earned a permanent spot in my rotation. The Inicia 12HR Illuminating Primer gives me a lit-from-within glow without turning my T-zone into an oil slick. I wear it under foundation, mixed in, and sometimes both. The Acaríciame Solid Lip Serum in Vanta.02 reads lavender-sheer on my medium olive skin, glossy and light, and it actually conditions while you wear it. This is the kind of brand I couldn’t find anyone talking about when I started. Now I’m talking about it🇲🇽 Mexico City beauty brand haul, illuminating primer combo skin, solid lip serum mature skin, AORA makeup review, glow primer olive skin over 50 #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40 #LTKSaleAlert
Mexican Brands
CurrentBody Eye Microneedling Patches are worth it, officially added to my routine #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40 #LTKgrwm
Eye Patches
Kulfi Glow Mist Available at Sephora on June 12th #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40 #LTKgrwm
Setting Spray
MAED Beauty at Sephora and I have doubles of two of them. The Reveal Exfoliating Lip Polish and the Revive Lip Balm in Vow. That is the only review you need. The exfoliator actually works on mature lips without being harsh, and Vow is the shade that looks like your lips but better on medium and olive skin #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40 #LTKMothersDay
Lippies
Makeup and other empties, all the verdicts. Kosas Dreambeam and L'Oreal Panorama Mascara are both multi-restocks. Naked Sundays SPF 50 is amazing. The Ordinary Lash Curl Finisher is a forever product. Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter in 5.5 Tan is coming back. Allies of Skin is a loved formula I'm not buying right now for personal reasons. Everything else is linked and restocked. #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40 #LTKgrwm
Rapid fire hair and body empties. Restock or no, no fluff. One is on subscription. One I tried as a 100-point Sephora perk and I'm buying the full size now. One is a hard no and I'll tell you why. Combination skin, gray hair transition, 50-plus. This is what I actually use. #grayhair #ltkcreator hair empties 2026, body care empties, K18 hair review, dry shampoo for fine hair, gray hair transition products, epres bond repair review #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40 #LTKselfcare
Skincare Empties- ✅ Repurchase forever—— Byoma Balancing Face Mist Tri-ceramide complex, probiotics, allantoin. Lost count of how many I have bought. Barrier support that actually shows up every single time ❌ Pass—- Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum Gave it a real shot. PDRN, 5 types of peptides, sounds great on paper. Did not see a difference on my skin. Not worth the price for me #LTKBeauty #LTKgrwm #LTKOver40
Empties
Can’t wait to tell you all about this surprise package I received from @violette_fr today 👀 Full review coming soon — stay tuned! #LTKOver40 #LTKBeauty #LTKgrwm
New Arrivals
Blush with SPF built in. A setting powder with SPF 30. A complexion stick at SPF 50. This is the brand I didn’t know I needed — every product pulls double duty as sun protection AND color. For those of us managing melasma, this is not a gimmick. SPF in your makeup is not a replacement for sunscreen, but layering it on top? That’s the move. Linking everything in the flat lay + other Ciele products I use—- #LTKgrwm #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40
Sephora Haul
Obsessed 🤩 #LTKOver40 #LTKBeauty #LTKSaleAlert
Fragrances
I don’t do fragrance content. I do skincare. But I picked this up a while back because it’s Fenty and it was calling my name. Clean formula. Amber, freesia, sandalwood. Warm florals with a little depth. It’s not a perfume, it’s a finishing mist. You spray it on your hair and your body after your routine and you just smell like you fresh & clean 🧼 It’s in my Sephora Sale Picks collection #FentyHair #SephoraSale #FragranceMist #BodyMist #Over50Beauty Fenty Beauty The Mista review, Fenty Hair Body Fragrance Mist, best body mist Sephora 2026, Fenty Beauty fragrance mist mature skin, Sephora sale fragrance picks #LTKBeauty #LTKSaleAlert #LTKOver40
💄 Sephora Sale must-have and restock. ✨ The Caffeine Reset Sculpting Cream Mask is new to me and I am already a fan. First rinse-off mask from Rhode and my skin looked plump and sculpted after. ✨ The Peptide Eye Prep Depuffing Eye Patches are a permanent fixture in my routine. These will always be in my Sephora cart, sale or no sale. Both linked. #LTKSaleAlert #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40
Sephora sale favorites- Westman Atelier ✨ ROUGE 20% OFF 4/10-4/20 VIB 20% OFF 4/14-4/20 INSIDER 20% OFF 4/14-4/20 #LTKSaleAlert #LTKOver40 #LTKBeauty
Sephora Sale
If you’re using tretinoin or actives, your cleanser matters more than you think. The Cocokind Milky-Soft Face and Body Cleanser is a fragrance-free milky gel that cleans without disrupting your barrier — perfect for combo, sensitive, and melanin-rich mature skin #LTKBeauty #LTKOver40
this @merit Great Skin Double Cleanse is basically my “lazy girl double cleanse.” it removes sunscreen + makeup, but it doesn’t have that squeaky-tight feeling after. the oat-derived surfactants do the heavy lifting, PHA gives a tiny exfoliating bump, and the humectants keep my barrier from feeling crispy in this dry climate. #meritbeauty #meritgreatskin #doublecleanse #over40skincare #over50skincare #genxskin #menopauseskin #combooilyskin #sensitiveskinfriendly
Cleansers
Mature combo skin + melasma means I’m picky with vitamin C… because if it stings or irritates me, my pigmentation will literally act up. 😅 @officialmedik8 C-Tetra Luxe is one of the few I can use consistently🎉 It gives me that brighter, more even-looking tone + glow, and it layers beautifully under moisturizer/SPF and makeup! How I use it: 3–4 drops in the AM BEFORE toner, then moisturizer + SPF (non-negotiable for melasma). Save this if you’re building an “even tone + glow” routine for 40/50+ skin. #MatureSkin #MelasmaSkin #VitaminCSerum #Hyperpigmentation #Medik8 Comment ‘VITC’ and I’ll tell you how I layer it with azelaic/TXA #LTKOver40 #LTKselfcare #LTKBeauty
After my vitamin C and melasma treatments, I go in with @merit Great Skin as my last serum. The bi-phase texture gives me hydration and a little oil so all those watery layers don’t just evaporate in my dry climate, but it still feels lightweight on my combo/oily, over-50 skin. #meritgreatskin #meritbeauty #over50skincare #over40beauty #comboskincare #dryclimateskin #realtextureskin #melasmaroutine #glowskincare #skincarelayers #genxbeauty #LTKmorningroutine #LTKOver40 #LTKBeauty
🩵New: Tatcha The Longevity Serum🩵 I was lucky enough to receive @tatcha The Longevity Serum early, and it’s quickly become the highlight of my PM routine. I use 1–2 pumps after cleansing, my combo mature skin feels smoother and more supple. After just days, I noticed a change to the firmness of my skin, and every morning, my skin looks refreshed and balanced. Let me know if you’d like a deeper breakdown of how this fits into my PM routine, or drop your skincare questions in the comments. #TatchaLongevitySerum #EarlyAccessBeauty #MatureSkinCare #CombinationSkin #SkinFirming #SkincareRoutine #DailyGlow #LuxurySerum #SkincareReview For my Spanish speakers- 🩵Nuevo: Tatcha The Longevity Serum🩵 Tuve la suerte de recibir @tatcha The Longevity Serum antes de su lanzamiento, y rápidamente se ha convertido en el momento más esperado de mi rutina nocturna. Aplico 1–2 pumps después de la limpieza, y mi piel mixta y madura se siente más suave y flexible. En solo unos días noté un cambio en la firmeza de mi piel, y cada mañana luce fresca y equilibrada. Cuéntame si quieres que te explique con más detalle cómo encaja en mi rutina PM, o deja tus preguntas de cuidado de la piel en los comentarios. #TatchaLongevitySerum #BellezaExclusiva #CuidadoPielMadura #PielMixta #FirmezaFacial #RutinaDeCuidado #BrilloDiario #SueroDeLujo #ReseñaDeSkincare
50+ Serums
I already have @merit Great Skin serum on under here 👀 but this is the step that actually locks it in for my combo, menopause skin. Great Skin Priming Moisturizer is like skincare + primer in one: it keeps the glow from the serum but adds just enough cushion so my makeup doesn’t cling to dry patches or slide off my T-zone by lunch. I’m 51, in a dry climate, still oily-adjacent 🤝 and this feels lightweight, comfy, and not like I’ve stacked 10 layers. Just soft, bouncy skin that takes makeup really well. If you’re “thirsty but shiny” like me, this kind of moisturizer over Great Skin is the move. Save this if you’re building a Merit base routine, and comment GREAT SKIN if you want me to link the duo. 🤎 #meritbeauty #meritgreatskin #maturebeauty #over40skincare #over50beauty #menopauseskin #comboskin #dryclimateskin #makeupprep #primingmoisturizer #genxbeauty #latinamidlife #realtextureskin #sephorafinds #LTKBeauty #LTKmorningroutine #LTKOver40
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Eadem Cloud Cushion Dewy Plumping Cream #LTKmorningroutine #LTKOver40 #LTKBeauty
Moisturizer