Posted the above pic to Instagram stories! That's my light box and I shoot product photos inside of it. 

If I’ve learned anything in my lifetime of owning cats, getting them to do what you want is pretty much out of the question. So as you can see, Darla saw that I was setting up my photo box to shoot this next product and just had to insert herself in the way! Eh, what can you do?

Anyway, I seem to be covering a lot of face products lately but I guess I’m feeling the need to shed my summer skin and get on with the new season! The latest one to cross my path is FARMAESTHETICS Vassar Rose Perfecting Polish ($30/1.8oz @ farmaesthetics.com, nordstrom.com) and like this one that also highlights rose, it’s made up of very few ingredient that reads easy: powdered rose petals, dried sweet milk, kaolin clay, and ultrafine volcanic pumice powder. That’s it! I love a product with very few ingredients. And because this one comes in a dry form, it will last longer than your average face product as nothing will active it until you add it to water.

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What fabric do we love next to our bodies in the hot sticky summer? Breathable cotton, of course. I’ve found two products that bring that freshly dried linen smell of cotton right to your nose.

CLEAN PERFUME Warm Cotton Eau de Parfum ($76/2.14oz @ sephora.com) captures  the fresh feeling of a fluffy, warm towel just pulled from the dryer or slipping into soft clean sheets at night. Notes of citrus, lilac and jasmine over a blend of amber and musk make this fragrance so uniquely say summer.

I love using an absorbing powder in the summer and here comes High Cotton Body Dust ($22.50/3.5oz @ farmaesthetics.com) from FARMAESTHETICS, organically made with love from Texas’ Brenda Brock. Good for you natural and herbal ingredients make this perfect for cooling off after a shower on a hot summer day. I even sprinkle some on my bed sheets for an absolutely dry, fresh smell of cotton, which is mixed with lavender and white thyme flowers. The ingredients work together to absorb moisture without drying out your skin. Live it up in cotton this summer! ~Lisa