By Request: Lola's Secret Luxury Face Oils Stash Revealed!

When wefadetogray said, "Continuing with the theme of beauty products fetishism, I was wondering if you can take some pictures of your whole face oils collection for our voyeurism. I am going to enjoy them vicariously"- it was clearly incumbent upon me to deliver.

Those of us, as you all know, who are fanatical about face oils find it difficult to have just one or two. I realize that I have passed in number anything even remotely reasonable, but you may rest assured that I really do use all of them. I generally choose based upon need and desire, but sometimes I simply grab the one that is the easiest to get to. You would think given the number of face oils in my possession that I would have no desire to add more to my collection, and while a reasonable assumption for a reasonable person-- it simply isn't true for me. I am on the continual hunt to see what new blends hit the market, and frankly try as many as I can so that I can help you weed through the vast number of beauty oils on the market today.

All Oils Shown (I included a few multipurpose oils that I use on my face periodically, and a lip oil):

Face:

African Botanics Pure Marula Oil (review forthcoming)

African Botanics Neroli Infused Marula Oil

Aftelier Perfumes Jasmine Face Elixir with Geranium and Ylang Ylang

Aftelier Perfumes Rose Face Elixir with Sandalwood and Frankincense

Aftelier Perfumes Lavender Face Elixir with Clary Sage and Cistus

Aftelier Perfumes Wild Orange Face Elixir with Geranium and Ylang Ylang

Aftelier Perfumes Ylang Face Elixir (review forthcoming)

Aroma M Camellia Face Oil

Bare Love Face-Luxury Skin Fuel Night-Time Recovery Treatment

By Terry Huile de Rose (review forthcoming)

Colbert MD. Illumino Face Oil (review forthcoming)

Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate

Osmia Organics Facial Calibration Serum

Osmia Organics Facial Restoration Serum 

Rodin Olio Lusso Luxury Face Oil

Sponge Ladi Avokanto

The Organic Pharmacy Antioxidant Face Firming Serum

The Organic Pharmacy Virgin Cold Pressed Rose Hip Seed Serum

Lip Oils:

Hourglass N° 28 Lip Treatment Oil (Review forthcoming)

Miscellaneous Oils (multipurpose):

Cleopatra's Choice 100% Pure Argan Oil

Cosmedica Skincare Moroccan Argan Oil (review forthcoming)

NUXE Huile Prodigieuse (review forthcoming)

Pure Argan Oil (no name brand)

Be sure to click on the photos for a close up view. Most of these oils are already listed and reviewed in my dedicated "Luxury Oils" tab at the top of the website (or click here).

What are your favorite luxury face oils? Do tell!

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Cabinet Confessions: A Closer Look at My Stash Part I

I received an email from one of my readers requesting  a voyeuristic gaze inside of my skincare stash. I did include a single (very messy) drawer of makeup of some makeup that I'm either testing out, or that is in rotation at the moment. I didn't include pictures of my far more organized makeup stash, the items in my desk drawer waiting to be photographed, or the drawers filled with other skincare products. Also the contents of my shower and my beloved Clarisonic are not shown.

The cabinet that you see in these shots is an old built-in in my bathroom that is from the 1920s when the house was built. It is very deep, and was intended for linens- so it isn't the most efficient space for the bulk of my skincare products- but until I come up with a better solution it will have to do.

You thought that I was joking when I said I had every single Sunday Riley skincare item- didn't you?! I'm completely obsessed. While I do test out other things periodically, Sunday Riley is my go to line for skincare. I have repurchased every Sunday Riley skincare item shown numerous times over the years that I have been using the line.

Cleansers, primers and some of my finishing products.

I try to keep things organized by type- so my body care products are grouped together.

A closer look at my finishing products. I keep them in here for ease of use after applying my skincare products.

A few backups, and a few things that need to get a little more attention.

And my brushes live here too. The large bamboo container in the back holds most of my brushes. The first two-thirds from left to right is exclusively Hakuhodo. The final third on the right is a mishmash of Rouge Bunny Rouge, Bobbi Brown, Guerlain, MAC, La Prairie, Eco Tools, Chanel, Alan Goolman, MUFE and a few other random brushes. The shallow bamboo tray in front holds Hakuhodo, MUFE, Eco Tools, and Chanel brushes as well as my metal makeup mixing palette and a small Hakuhodo brush cleaner.
This disorganized nightmare represents the things that I was either testing out, or reaching for often when I took this picture about a week ago. I think of this as Grand Central Station-- things are in here for a while, and then are put back into my very organized drawers where things are very easy to find. This is located right below the cabinet shown above. I have got to find a way to harness this chaos- because once it is over a layer deep it becomes very difficult to find what I am looking for! I'm open to suggestions!

Don't be shy- ask, if you have questions! I welcome and enjoy your comments! How do you store your skincare & makeup?