Happy new week love! I’m so excited to share with you today the first Holiday Gift Guide of the year. This year I am taking my gift guide to the next level because I am now paying more attention to what I choose to put on my skin and yours. So this gift guide will be about clean and cruelty free makeup products. Either you want to gift yourself or start introducing all clean makeup to your loved ones, this post will be a perfect place to start your clean beauty adventure.
I have put together this DIY Clean gift box that includes my favorites filled with all things clean and cruelty free from primer to vegan cosmetic cases, 15 products in total.
If you are ready, let’s dive into it!
Illuminator
The first product I put in this gift box is the Vapour’s HALO ILLUMINATOR. It is formulated with Vapour’s Herbal Enlightenment Complex of Frankincense, Tulsi and Lotus to support healthy glowing skin. Made with 70% organic ingredients, non-toxic and cruelty-free. What I love about this illuminator are that it’s so easy to apply with its silky smooth, lightweight and blend-able texture.
Also, this illumination stick will not clog pores which is why I love it so much. It gives such a beautiful healthy glow which you can use it day or night, at work or a night out.
I always apply it on the center of my forehead, under the brow, top of cheekbone, along the nose and on cupid’s bow. But you can actually apply it on the inner corner of your eyes, center of chin and use it to add some glow to your shoulders, collarbones and décolletage.
This Vapour’s HALO ILLUMINATOR will be a perfect gift for this upcoming holiday for those who seek for clean, cruelty free and glowy skin.
Two in one balm for perfect lips and cheeks. I love these balms a lot because they give such pretty colors and help to moisturize your skin and lips at the same time. They smell so good!
Vegan Cosmetic Case
I’ve picked a few transparent vegan makeup cases for you here. The reason why I choose transparent bags is because you can see through the bag which makes it a lot easier for you to find your products.
I hope you get some ideas on what products to put in your own holiday clean makeup gift box this year. I made this box for my sister so I hope she will enjoy all of the products!
Thank you for stopping by allaboutgoodvibes.com today. I will be posting more clean beauty products and holiday gift guides here soon. So make sure you stop by.
Have a wonderful week, love!
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” — Mark Twain
Trying to treat my skin with all cruelty free and vegan skincare products lately and you know I love face oils a lot, so I thought I would share with you 10 must try vegan face oils I found at Nordstrom.com.
Today I have teamed up with a group of bloggers to give you a chance to win a $1,000 Nordstrom Gift Card. This giveaway runs until Tuesday, November 20th at 12:00 am PST. Make sure you enter at the end of this post. 🙂
I had a chance to try one of the ten, it’s the PAI Rosehip BioRegenerate® Oil that I’m super in love and happy with how it has treated my skin.
With lots of face oils that are popping up on the skincare market recently, it’s quite hard to point your finger on the best one if you don’t have a chance to try them all. I really would love to try the rest of the vegan face oils I’ve put together on my list because each one of them have good ratings and their benefits are to great to ignore.
I have linked each vegan face oil below for you to take a look at, plus I’ve included a short description on what it claims to help your skin with as well.
Helps calm irritation, seal in moisture without clogging pores,
protect the skin from damaging free radicals and assists with healing and hydration.
To make your holiday shopping a little bit easier, I’ve teamed up with a group of bloggers to give you
a chance to win a $1,000 Nordstrom Gift Card!
To enter:complete the steps in the rafflecopter below. The more steps you complete, the more entries you receive, and the better your chance at winning! This giveaway runs until Tuesday, November 20th at 12am PST
Winner will be announced here. Good Luck! *this giveaway is in no way sponsored by Nordstrom.
My recent recovery for my glowing skin has to do with these two new products from Dear, Klairs.
I’ve been using these two K-Skincare products together for a few weeks and have seen an immediate glow every time I use them. I thought you might be interested in knowing what they are and where you can get them from. No, you don’t need to fly to Korea. 🙂 But If you plan to visit Korea now you know what you should buy when visiting there.
Face Oil
The first product is a facial oil from Dear, Klairs, Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop. I had an impression of this product as a concentrated serum at first but once I tried it I realized it’s an oil.
I have been experiencing a lot of face oils lately and this Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop is considered one of my favorites. It absorbs into my skin quickly and it doesn’t irritate my skin. I don’t breakout using this oil. I only see my skin glowing.
So this Dear, Klairs, Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop is a pure vitamin C, Yuzu, Grapefruit and Centella Asiatica extract designed with a hybrid of 5% L-Ascorbic acid that helps stimulate collagen production and improves skin tones and texture without harsh irritation.
I use it twice a day after cleaning my face and applying my essences on. It’s a third step of my everyday routine. If you’re not sure about this face oil, you can start with a few drops in your regular moisturizer.
The texture of this mask is very interesting. It is a jelly like texture that will bounce back after you take some out of the container. You will notice the top surface of the mask will bounce back together. It looks smooth making it seem as if you never used it before.
Even though the texture is very interesting I found it’s a little hard to apply. I have to be super quick when applying the mask on because it tends to drop and not stick on my face until I really massage it onto my skin. One tip is to warm the cream up in your hands for a few seconds before applying.
Thismask helps with hydration and helps to enhance the effects of vitamin C products. It also helps boost radiance and glow. It’s formulated with Niacinamide and Adenosine, which gives various skin-improving effects.
If you’re looking for some new skincare products to help boost your radiance and get that healthy glow, make sure to try these two Dear, Klairs, Freshly Juiced products.
I have seen a lot of shaggy cardigans this fall and thought it would be a good idea to share with you how I would wear it.
At first I was hesitant to give this shaggy a go because my husband keeps calling it a rug! Lol! But I decided to get one and that was the right decision. I’d definitely get a few more in different colors.
Let’s drive into the 3 tips to style this cardigan. Here are 3 ways I would wear this shaggy cardigan.
3 Tips to Style A Shaggy Cardigan
Keep it simple
I would say to keep it simple because the shaggy cardigan itself is already a stament piece. You don’t want to overwhelm yourself, your outfit and people around you with too many statement items. Just keep it simple with color and cut.
Chic Shades
I love that this shaggy cardigan is a chic piece. Wearing it with some chic shades will make your look even more chic.
Matching Color Boots
I don’t want your shoes to steal the scene of your cardigan, so wearing the same color shoes helps to keep the attention on the shaggy cardigan with its texture. I wore these Sole Society boots (#ad) that were so comfortable, cute and really completed the whole look. There’s no rules here, if you want to show of your bright brand new shoes, then go ahead, and have fun!
I hope you got some fun ideas to dress up your shaggy cardigan this fall. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my latest Fall Style | Plaid x Corduroy post. I will be back with more fall styles soon.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope to see you again soon!
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P.S.S. My $1,000 Nordstrom gift card giveaway is still live, but not for long. Make sure you enter! Good luck! 🙂
“The joy of dressing is an art.” —John Galliano
xoxo,
To make your Fall shopping a little bit easier, I’ve teamed up with a group of bloggers to give you
a chance to win a $1,000 Nordstrom Gift Card!
To enter:complete the steps in the rafflecopter below. The more steps you complete, the more entries you receive, and the better your chance at winning! This giveaway runs until Tuesday, October 2nd at 12am PST
Winner will be announced here. Good Luck! *this giveaway is in no way sponsored by Nordstrom.
How to make money blogging? This might be the first question that popped up in your mind when you decided to start a blog. There are so many ways to monetize your blog and make money from the start. It took me quite some time (about 1 year) to start earning money. I know that sounds pretty long, but what if you want to start earning your income today, what are the ways to make money online? Below, I have included the best ways to do it in a short period of time in this post and how I did it. I am sure you can do it too.
First off, you will need to have a blog and set up some social media accounts. Only start with one social media channel. I highly recommend signing up for Instagram because there are plenty of opportunities that you can make money from. Instagram is actually my main source of income. But if you’re more of a video person, get your YouTube channel set up and have it as your main social media channel. Even though Instagram has a lot of opportunities, YouTube can pay you more with the same number of followers/ subscribers.
Offer Service/ Product
If you are just starting out, the best way to make your first income is to offer your service. Think about why you’re starting your blog and what content you are planning to share or have already shared. Turn those ideas, content, into your service or an E- Course. Bring traffic to your blog and service by using Pinterest, Facebook/ Instagram Ads to help promote your service. I saw so many successful bloggers turn their ideas into courses and make tons of money out of it.
Recommending you to taking this class “Blog to Biz Hive” to get the step by step guide on how to create your course. I just finished this course and might do a review about it here to share my results with you.
Because I’m focusing my time more on my blog and Instagram, these are the two sources I make money from. I have shared below on where and how I get my deals.
I got my first paid campaign through BrandBacker, they mostly offer gifting products to review on my blog, but they also have paid campaigns available for you to apply. I started with a gifting campaign, once the brands saw my work and loved what I created, they privately reach out to me and signed me up for their paid partnership.
You can apply for paid campaigns here and put your rate down. If you get accepted, you will get the rate you ask for. They have opportunities for blog, Instagram, YouTube and twitter.
Signing up for fohrcard will help you know your audience demographics, your suggested charging rates and opportunity to work with brands. They don’t have a page for you to apply for brand partnership, but they will reach out to you when they find the right fit between you and brands they represent.
If you have 10k followers on Instagram, I recommend applying for campaigns here. You can put your rate and once the brands want to work with you, they will send an offer with campaign details. You can adjust the price and details before you accept any campaigns. They also offer gifting campaign, if you decide to go with it make sure at the end of the campaign you ask the brands to give you a rating. If you receive 4-5 start rating, you will be able to apply to unlimited campaigns.
With this platform you need to have 5K+ followers on Instagram or 1K+ subscribers on YouTube. Even though you will only receive free products in exchange of a post/ video but again, if the brands loves your work and you drive traffic or sales to them, they will personally reach out to you with their paid opportunities.
Affiliate/ Ambassador program
Joining affiliate and/or ambassadorship programs will benefit you when you’re writing about products or services on your blog. Hyperlink brand, specific products on your post. When your readers click and purchase those products you will earn cash commissions on all sales. You can even put the ads on your side bar to gain more attention and traffic. These type of payments won’t give you a lot of money and mostly take longer time to get paid. Most affiliate companies will wait until you reach $100 to send you your check.
rewardStyle : You will need to have at least 4 months of consistent content that contains the following attributes: Engaged and Growing Audience, Consistency, Quality and Original Content and Clean Editorial Design) If you are ready to apply or get referred by me, feel free to send your name, last name, email and your blog URL with the subject of “rewardStyle Referral” to blogger@allaboutgoodvibes.com. No guarantee of accepting but I am happy to help! 🙂
ShopStyle Collevtive : They have two options, either you will get paid when someone buys products via your link or you can get paid per click, no need to make sales. I got into this right at the beginning of blogging.
Pop and Suki is the latest brand I joined their ambassador program.
Banners/ Ads on your sidebar
Google Ads
I remember my first check I got was from Google ads I had on my YouTube Channel. But like an affiliate program, you will get paid after you hit at least a $100. In my case because I’m not active there, it took me several months to get my $100 check.
Banners
I don’t do this myself but have seen people making steady income from having banners on their site. I got offeres from brands to put their ads on my site and they would pay me per month, for three months for the space. If you have higher traffic you will be able to negotiate higher prices.
Reach out to brands
This is one of the tough topics and ways to try to make money from your blog. But other people can do it and I am sure you can do it too. To be able to get a deal from brands, you have to make sure your content and demographics are aligned with the brands’ target market. If you’re a food blogger but reaching out to a handbag company, you might not get a deal with that brand. They might be happy to gift you their bag to share with your food lover audience but with the paid opportunity will be less than reaching out to food company. I talked about “A MUST READ BOOK TO UP YOUR INFLUENCER MARKETING GAME” last week on my blog, you can check it out to see what book I recommend, if you want to pursue as an influencer side and to be able to get paid and work with brands.
Get noticed and let brands contact you
It’s definitely not easy if you want to get noticed right at the start. Ways to do it is to have high quality content, have good presence for both blog and your social site. Start engaging on other bloggers and influencers who have been blogging for a longer period of time. Your profile will catch brands and agencies’ eyes by doing that. Most importantly, you have to be consistent and professional.
I hope you got some helpful tips on how to make money blogging, that you can start implementing on your blogging business today. Feel free to let me know what works and doesn’t work for you in the comments below. You can also share your experience with me on my Instagram @TheVibesCloset. Happy to chat!
Thank you for stopping by All About Good Vibes today. Hope to see you again soon.
“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” —Edmund Burke
Mollie Larsen is the creator of All About Good Vibes—a feel-good destination that inspires women to love, care and be themselves. Growing up she loved dressing up, taking care of her skin and helped supporting others. She believes in positivity and seeing good in all situations. Her biggest achievement of the day is putting her babies to sleep early, relaxing and watching her favorite shows with her husband.
