#TOWER 28 SKIN#
I chalked it up to a sales gimmick, but the burnt orange color dubbed "Golden Hour" is ideal for my skin tone. If it works really well on my lips, it can't be that good on my cheeks. My thought is that it's important to master one product. I'm usually a bit skeptical of products that have multiple purposes. Though the coral and dusty rose aren't the best on my skin tone, the burnt orange and clear balms have become a daily staple for me. The balms come in four colors: clear, coral pink, burnt orange, and dusty rose. Rather, it gives my lips a slick, thin coating that makes them feel hydrated - and tasting like candy. Because of the clean ingredients, it doesn't go on tacky or sticky. I typically wear this gloss on its own, but when I put it over a nude pink lipstick, it adds just a small bit of orange without looking too bright or aggressive. On my tan skin, the orange hue "Fire" is perfect to bring out the pink in my lips and balance out the brown in them. But when I tried them out, I loved that the pigmentation was extremely light. I own about a hundred nude glosses and lipsticks, and I like it that way. The colors in the tubes were extremely bright, which is not my style. Honestly, my first reaction to these was that I would never wear the ones with hues. The gloss comes in four colors: clear, purple, pink, and orange.
I almost exclusively prime my lipstick with lip balms that have SPF in them, so I appreciate the natural protection from the raspberry seed oil and hydration from castor oil. Every time I open the tube, I'm reminded of the fruity candies I used to enjoy as a child, and it's no wonder - the gloss is made of nurturing apricot kernel oil, raspberry seed oil which naturally protects from sun damage, and rosehip oil which promotes cell regeneration.Īs an Indian woman, I'm predisposed to my lips getting darker when I'm out in the sun a lot, summer or winter. The ingredient list on these lip glosses is one of the most impressive I've seen on any lip product ever, including the hydrating lip balms I swear by. Without fail, I end my day with less oil on my skin and less dirt in my pores. After washing my face in the morning, I put on a serum and eye cream, then spritz this over my face and neck generously. While I think I could wear this over makeup, I use it almost like a moisturizer. When I wear this, I don't feel that way at all. Given the fact that I live in Manhattan, I walk a lot, and often end the day with my face feeling like it has a thin layer of dirt on it. For the first time in a while, I didn't come home looking like I just ran my face through a car wash. A couple of hours later, when I came home, my skin was far less oily than it normally would have been. I washed my face with water and spritzed it on generously.
I first tried this out when I threw it in my gym bag to use in between a sweaty yoga session and brunch with a girlfriend of mine. Zeichner about hypochlorous acid's antimicrobial benefits). That said, as a beauty junkie, I'll try anything new, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous to try a product that helped someone neutralize their extra-dry skin (this was before I spoke to Dr.
Adding any irritating ingredients tends to turn that grease into acne. I personally have eczema on my back, but my face is its greasy foil - I can practically feel my large pores filling with oil the second I walk out my door every morning. Though I only use this on my face, Liu says she even uses it on her legs to keep her eczema at bay. We know that hypochlorus acid may be beneficial to reducing breakouts in people who are acne-prone," Dr. "It has been shown to disinfect, reduce itch, and even improve acne. Joshua Zeichner, a New York dermatologist, attributes this to hypochlorous acid's anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits. While I don't have eczema on my face, I do have large pores that get easily clogged with New York City pollution, and my skin more often than not has a new pimple on it by the end of the day.
#TOWER 28 FULL#
Liu gave me a chance to try out the entire collection.īelow you'll find my review of the full collection, but I'll preface with this: One of the key ingredients across the board is hypochlorous acid, an ingredient Liu attributes to completely transforming her own skin. Enter Tower 28 Beauty: a collection of three vegan, cruelty-free products ranging from a facial spray, lip glosses, and lip/cheek balms, all featuring ingredients that do double duty to support skin health. After working in the beauty industry for 15 years at L'Oréal, Smashbox, Kate Somerville, and Josie Maran, Amy Liu had yet to find natural-looking makeup that was gentle enough on her sensitive, eczematous skin.Īs entrepreneurs are wont to do, she set out to develop it herself.
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