My Favorite Beauty Products This Week (Because I Be Glowing, Darling)
From buttery skin tints to bougie fragrances, here are the products that had me feeling flawless, fragrant, and fine all week long.
Okay wait… should I make this a series? Like a regular thing? “Larry’s Weekly Glow Report” or “That Moisturized B*tch”? We’ll workshop the title later. For now, I just need to tell you what’s been giving face, body, glow, and vibes lately.
Let’s get into these beauty baddies:
Maed Beauty Revive Day + Night Lip Balm — $32
This balm? Oh, she gets it. Maed Beauty said “we’re not just moisturizing lips, we’re reviving personalities.” I use the lightweight layer during the day for that soft, healthy sheen (she’s cute but casual), and then slather it on like a lip mask before bed because baby, I snore with my mouth open and still wake up soft.
Doc & Glo Big Money Glo Cooling Body Scrub – $30
This scrub? Baby, it’s not playing with y’all. It’s a physical and chemical exfoliant, meaning it’ll snatch the dead skin off your body and your soul. I use it before I shave, and let me tell you—smooth like silk sheets at a rich auntie’s summer home. Peppermint, pumice, bamboo, seven kinds of hyaluronic acid (seven!!)... it’s giving rich spa day after a pickup game.
Provence Beauty Daydream Crème Daily Lightweight Moisturizer – $20
This moisturizer is light as a whisper but hydrating like a hug from your grandma. Ashwagandha, vegan collagen, immortal flower extract... I don’t know what that flower saw, but she’s been through it and now she’s healing my skin. Glides under makeup like a dream. She understood the assignment.
Noble Panacea The Brilliant Overnight Recharge Cream – $244
Okay, she’s expensive—but hear me out. This cream is like flying first class for your face. It hydrates, nourishes, and gets your skin trip-ready. If you're about to be jet-lagged and still wanna serve “well-rested and unbothered,” this is the one.
Valentino Beauty Behind the Seen Parfum – $330
The girls who get it... get it. This is the scent for the bride at the garden party who drinks champagne at noon and doesn’t text back until next week. Vetiver, hazelnut, turmeric leaf oil—yes, ma’am, she’s mysterious and moisturized.
Borghese Advanced Fango Active Mud Mask – $25
This mask had me in the mirror like, “Who is she??” It detoxifies, purifies, and gives me main character skin. I even use it on my chest when I want to feel expensive. Volcanic mud? Yes. Drama? Also yes.
Manuela Picard Exosome Lash & Brow Serum — $110
I don’t play about my lashes. And this serum has them GROWING. Like, giving spider-leg realness without mascara. Brows too? She multitasks.
NYX Buttermelt Glaze Soft Glow Skin Tint SPF 30 — $16
Y’all. BUTTER. MELT. This skin tint? Radiant. Breezy. It blurs just enough, gives SPF 30, and comes in melanin-loving shades. I wear it when I want to trick people into thinking my skin is naturally flawless. Which, like, it kinda is.
Papatui Ageless Action Facial Exfoliating Scrub — $13
Volcanic ash? In my skincare? YES. This scrub is gentle enough for my sensitive skin but still leaves me baby-smooth. Papatui is for the fellas, but honestly—everyone needs to get in on this.
The INKEY List Hydro-Surge Dewy Face Mist – $13
Glow on the go, baby. This mist gives me glass skin realness. I keep one in my gym bag, my work tote, and beside my bed. No shame.
Krigler Ostave Aurum 25 (50ml) – $855
Okay, if Beyoncé had a scent specifically for sitting in the box at the Paris Opera, this would be it. Notes of satin gloves, velvet curtains, and generational wealth. I only wear it on special days when I’m feeling elite.
Sol de Janeiro Body Badalada Vitamin Infused Lotion — $32
She said Cheirosa 62 and I ran. This is summer in a bottle—pistachio, caramel, and vanilla in a lightweight lotion that makes your skin feel like a soft serve cone. Glazed and glowing.
Should I keep this going every week? Comment below or DM me your current beauty obsessions. We stay glowing in this house, okay?
Until next time—stay moisturized, stay shady, and drink your damn water.
xo,
Larry 💅🏾✨