Must Have Beauty Products That Every Skincare Routine Needs

We all know the struggle of finding good products that work great with our skin. Whether you have oily, dry, or combination skin it’s really hard to find products that work right with your skin that don’t cost a fortune. Honestly, I think we’ve all been down this road of just trying to find our perfect products and get the perfect routine down. It’s a great idea as well to switch it up every few months too, your skin gets pretty used to using the same products and then you end up back at square one. Over the years I have found the best products that I can keep using or just change up my routine a little and they still work great with my combination skin. I figured why not share them with you! Links are also provided so you can check out the ingredients and other reviews and see about trying them out for yourself. 

PSA I’d never share anything on my site, I haven’t tried myself or wouldn’t.

1. A Good Moisturizer 

This by far is my favorite moisturizer, 24/7 moisturizing, anti-aging, and it works better than any I’ve tried so far. Like I mentioned I have combination skin, so one day my skin could be oily the next dry as the sahara desert. This moisturizer works for the in between by moisturizing the dry skin but not over moisturizing and bringing out the oily skin again. Which is great because my oily skin makes me break out SO bad, so anytime I used any other moisturizer I ended up broken out within a week or so of using it. I HIGHLY recommend this product to use in your skincare routine. You can purchase it on Amazon as well and it’s super affordable! Here’s where you can check it out, Tula Moisturizer

2. A Good Jade Roller + Gua Sha Combo

I had NO clue about these until my Mom actually bought one and I was like what in the world is that thing? And she showed me and I was AMAZED not only at how good it felt but what it done after a few times of using them. These are great for shaping, yes shaping, your face. You know how when you wake up and have all of that puffiness in your face? These help tremendously with that issue. They are also really great at helping apply moisturizer and serums. I HIGHLY recommend trying these out and looking more into getting them. Here’s the link to the one my Mom purchased if you’re wanting to learn more or grab a set of your own! Gua Sha and Jade Roller Combo

3. A Great Serum

We all love a great serum, not only do they help aid moisturizer but they are the key to avoiding breakouts and helping brighten your skin to give you that glowy look. The Ordinary is a GREAT brand that has a ton of great products and especially serums. I highly recommend these because it comes with the three and they have saved my skin from breakouts so much. The Ordinary Serums

4.Cute Face Masks!

My favorite part of skincare is getting these super cute character face masks and having a good time! Especially if you have kids, nephews/nieces, or younger siblings to do them with. Not only are these cute and fun but these really do help my skin bounce back when it’s super dry/dull. They give a lot of moisturizing without making you too oily. They help give you that glow I mentioned earlier, plus they are super cute and fun.. Who wouldn’t want them?! You can grab yours here… Epielle Character Face Masks

5. Best Makeup Remover

By far my favorite makeup remover, especially since it doesn’t even burn your eyes! I used to be obsessed with buying those wipes and just scrubbing off my face but they either hardly got any off or burned when it got in my eye. I read up on micellar water and tried it out for myself and never went back! It’s GREAT at removing makeup and it actually makes your skin feel very refreshed/clean when you get done removing all your makeup. To take it off I got some of those cotton rounds, apply a generous amount, and start removing and I don’t even have to scrub to get my makeup off. Glides right off. Can’t recommend this one enough, here’s where you can grab it off amazon.. Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

6. Best Under Eye Cream

I know what you’re thinking… Cetaphil… really? REALLY! This stuff works wonders on dark circles and really works wonders on smoothing underneath your eyes. If you have creases from puffiness and dark circles like me, you NEED this. Not only do I recommend it, so does Amazon. Cetaphil Under Eye Cream

So those are all of my recommendations for this post but I have plenty more where that came from, these are just my daily products and favorites. I hope you enjoyed reading this post and be sure to follow the blog for more great recommendations, reviews, and routines! Comment below what your favorite products are or your routine. :) 

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Now this post... Its a little different considering the name of my blog is "Makeup by Dawn Craven" the thing is, I want this blog to be about a couple other things that help others and you enjoy this post and think the same please let me know below! I wanted to share something that I see others in my Facebook groups and everywhere else asking... How do I make money with my blog? Now the number one thing I and every other blogger can tell you is that if you are blogging just for the money, you won't make it. That sounds harsh I know... But it takes time to make money blogging and you have to love what you do. When I first started blogging, it was a hobby. Honestly, I just loved the feeling of writing because it made me feel so great and helpful and productive. If you think though that money comes quick when you start a blog, you're wrong. It takes a while to build up an audience and to figure out how the ropes work running a website. The only way you'll make an income blogging is if you are patient, love writing or whatever you write about, and you are willing to put in the work. Just because its an at home job, doesnt mean its not as much of a job it just depends on how you treat it but if you put in the time and effort and a positive mindset, you'll be on the road to a full-time career in blogging in no time. 

So, what are the ways to make money exactly you ask? I'll list them out for you below because there are quite a few. 

1. Ads. Ads are one of the most common and easiest ways to make money through your site. Its something I dont take part in, because I hate going to a site and pop ups coming up everywhere and making the site super annoying and spammy but it is a great way to make an income from your site. You do have to sign up though and it takes a while for some people to get approved and some never even do. If you want to try it out though, go for it! Just remember to read all of the rules first and how to set them up, be careful because Google will nitpick your site during the process of deciding if theyll accept you or not and can turn you down or ban your site overall. As long as you've been a good sport though, you should be fine. 
2. Affiliate marketing. This is my absolute favorite way of making an income through blogging. It's easy, gives you tons of great products to post about, and you can actually make a full-time income just from affiliate marketing itself and all you have to do is find an affiliate program, sign up, and start promoting products you love through your site or social media. If you want to learn more about affiliate marketing and how I actually made $2,000 in the past two months just by selling Amazon products, I used an affiliate bootcamp. The price is reasonable and it taught me a lot, i.e. one little bootcamp helped me start my career in blogging. If you want to join our bootcamp to start making as much as if not more than me, here is the link as well as a link to the social media kit to help you get engaging leads through social media for even more sales! > Affiliate Bootcamp Bundle, Affiliate Blueprint, Social Media Bootcamp  , Audience Toolkit . These are all really great training programs that I would highly recommend to anyone because they helped me out so much and really it taught me how to fully grow my business to its full potential which continues to grow daily. 
3. Ebooks, courses, etc. This is another great way to make money blogging, if you have the time and patience to create your own products. You can make your own courses, printables, or write eBooks and sell them to your audience! Just make sure that you write or make something of great value to them that will help your audience learn something great or new from your work. This is where you'll probably want to start building up an audience so you can start amping them up for your product release! A great tool for growing your audience and engagement is what I used to grow my social channels as well as my site and email list and that is from simple social tools. They have a ton of great programs but I used the Audience tool kit to grow my audience so I could start selling my blogging printables! You can check out the kit here > Audience Toolkit. I HIGHLY recommend it to increase your audience and your sales, get your product out there and start helping others with it! 
4. Sponsored posts. This is the last and final tip I have for you to start making money with your site. Sponsored posts are great because they work in a variety of different ways from free product exchange, cash, or sometimes even both. All you have to do is promote the brand and you'll get to try new free things or get paid for it. Just make sure you loved the product before you write a review, if you had any issues with it be honest in your post because your readers shouldn't be lied to. I recommend going with a brand you love or like, do your research before promoting a new brand as well. 

If you guys are interested in checking out my favorite audience toolkit to help you gain traffic as well, here is the link again > Audience Toolkit!! Those were all of my tips and ways to make money on your blog and I hope you enjoyed reading this post! Comment below if you did and where you're from! Would love to get to know my audience. Well, I'll see you all in the next post. 

P.S. One more quick recommendation for affiliate marketing or growing your business. I started reading this book about a week ago and so far it has changed my whole mentality and look on myself and business. I HIGHLY recommend checking it out and giving it a read it's called Think and Grow Rich .