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• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 51 (with Transcript): Marissa Bethoney, Precious Skin Elixirs: Skin as a Portal to Another Realm & Beauty as Truth
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 50 (with Transcript): Intimate Wedding Day Recounting + Reflections
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 49 (with Transcript): November Eco Beauty + Lifestyle + Media FAVORITES
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 48 (with Transcript): All the New Skincare I’m Testing and Using (and Loving): Biophile, Earthwise, In Fiore, Agent Nateur, et plus
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 47 (with Transcript): Clearing Out My Makeup Bags (and some skincare too)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 46 (with Transcript): Busy Life Update | November Wedding, Baby L’Amour’s 2nd Birthday (!), Home Improvements, Beauty Shopping
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 45 (with Transcript): October Boxwalla Beauty Box: The Logic of Finding Fine Things feat. Fine Cosmetics & Naturallogic + A Limited Edition Box (from a fellow sociologist)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 44 (with Transcript): Pamela Friedman, CV Skinlabs: Products for the Most Sensitive, Compromised and Fragile Skin + Understanding Medically Treated Skin
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 43 (with Transcript): Childhood Immunization: My Story, Tdap during Pregnancy, Asking Questions, Homeoprophylaxis as a “Third Way”
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 42 (with Transcript): What’s in the Cup + On My Mind: Where to Start with In Fiore, Reflections on Breaking Up with Bravo/The Real Housewives, and New Beauty Segment (Essential | Extra | Exiting)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 41 (with Transcript): An Ode to Autumn: Seasonal Energetics, Fall Eco Beauty Favorites, Nourishing Food + Tea, Astrology & Cozy Healing
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 40: Another Empty Eco/Organic Empty Skincare Review: Disposable Makeup Wipes, First Earthwise Empty, 5Yina, Cleansing Balms + Tons More
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 39: Taking Questions from Instagram Part II: Acupuncture Benefits, Journaling, May Lindstrom, Toddler Favorites, Tea as Medicine!
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 38: Lin Chen, Pink Moon: Elevating Women Through Mission-Driven, Eco, and Ethical Beauty & Wellness
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 37: Taking Questions from Instagram #2 (Part I): How to Find an Acupuncturist, My First YouTube Video in 2014, Visual Artists, Educational Philosophy, et plus!
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 36: August Boxwalla Box(es!) Review + EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor) Discussion (feat. Lovinah and Votary)
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 35: The Story/Stories Behind My Connection to France, the Cathars of Medieval Southern France + Haplogroups
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 34: What’s in the Cup + On My Mind: Liver/Gallbladder Flush FAQ, Parabens, and (Eco) Beauty Shopping Plans
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 33: Orion Brown, BlackTravelBox: Clean Beauty Essentials to #TravelinColor + An Ongoing Race and Beauty Industry Discussion
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 32: Ava Zhan, Earthwise Beauty + Pacific Northwest Essences: Potent and Healing Organic Beauty
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 31: When Your Relationship to Ancestry/Ancestral Healing is Complicated (+ Ancestral DNA test regrets)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 30: Summer 2020 Face and Body (Eco) SPF Line Up (+ musings on healthy sun exposure, physical v. chemical sunscreen & toddler-approved sun care)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 29: (Eco) Beauty News // Recent Favorites, Some Misses, What’s in the Mail & Huge Health Inspiration
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 28: Taking A Moment From Beauty: Imperfect Reflections on Inequality and Race in America, Urban Soc, and Self-Reliance as Anti-Racism Practice
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 27: Taking A Moment For Beauty: June Boxwalla feat. Nini Organics, Pai & African Botanics (Box Review + Additional Product Recs)
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 26: Discussing (the energetics of) Drugs: From Plant Medicine to Club Drugs
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 25: Most Repurchased Eco/Organic Beauty: Beauty Heroes (Novato, CA)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 24: What’s in the Cup + On My Mind: Beauty Catch Up, Should Healing Be Trademarked & Experience with Zach Bush’s Restore Supplement
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 23: Jess Lafleur, Stark Skincare: Herbal Products for Urban People/Love + Rebellion
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 22: Answering All Your Questions From Patreon ❤
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 21: Jeannie Jarnot, Beauty Heroes: Living Lighter + Loving More in the Time of COVID
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 20: Discovering Resonant Skincare Combinations + Favorite AM/PM Routines Lately
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 19: Eco/Organic Disappointing Beauty Products Over the Past Year
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 18: A Day in the Life (Under Quarantine) (A Vlog as a Pod!)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 17: March Eco/Organic Beauty + Lifestyle Favorites! Skincare, Makeup, Body Care & Holistic Health
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 16: Khulan Davaadorj, Lhamour Mongolia: Nomadic Beauty from the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 15: How Traditional and Nourishing Foods Saved My Health & How We Eat as a Family Today
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 14: Marie Doctorchik, And the Color Green: The Intersection of Intuition and Science in Green Beauty Blogging
• Your Purpose is Beauty (Exclusive) Episode 13: When Beauty PR Falls Short: Case Study of the Recent Detox Market Bliss Bundle (& other musings)
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 12: What’s New & Intriguing (to me) in Eco/Organic/Luxury Beauty: Skincare, Makeup and Holistic Beauty
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 11: Michelle Ranavat, Ranavat Botanics: Your Royal Ritual
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 10: Why Valentine’s Day is the Best Holiday, More Things I Love that (Most) Other People Don’t, & Valentine’s Day (Eco) Beauty Ideas
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 9: Exclusive Episode for February // My Personal Goals in 2020 + Beyond
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 8: Reviewing Empty Eco/Organic Skincare: What I’ve Used Up & Will It Be Repurchased?
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 7: Time to Anti-Haul: Telling You the (Mostly Eco/Beauty) Products I’m Not Going to Buy & Why
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 6: My Current Skincare Philosophy: Discussing Skin Integrity, Retinol, Facial Massage and More
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 5: First Patron-Exclusive Episode, My Feelings 2 1/2 years post-Medical Intuitive Experience
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 4: A New Category of Beauty Product Reviewing/Archiving: The Product Crit
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 3: Diane Read, Mo Mi + Modern Minerals: Inner Alchemy for Outer Beauty
• Your Purpose is Beauty Episode 2: Taking Questions from Instagram: Why I’m Not an Influencer, New Motherhood Work-Life Balance, Ride or Die Beauty Products, et plus!
• Newly Launched Podcast! Your Purpose is Beauty, Episode 1 (listen + show notes + links)
• Protected: August 2019 Patron-Exclusive PLAYLIST
• L’Amour et la Musique moves to Patreon!
• New L’Amour Website is Here!
• 2017 Best in Beauty + Lifestyle, with Music Selections (Top 5 Tracks, Top 5 Albums)
• October/November Favorites Playlist + Upcoming website changes
• One Year of Beauty Heroes: A Retrospective Review (September 2016 – September 2017)
• A Mini Mercedes Shops // Sephora, Neiman Marcus, Credo
• Empty Skincare + What’s Nouveau In My Routine (Minimalist/Eco)
• September Favorites // (Eco)Beauty, New Yorker Article Recs, Astrology & Popovich on Race in America [+ Playlist]
• A Video Marathon! | Collab deux with Hitchcock Madrona, Beauty Heroes x Gressa Review AND Demo
• GRWM // Vapour Foundation, Dramatic Lashes, Italian Lipstick
• How I fell in love with house music
• August Favorites // Beauty, Astrology & Lush Beats
• What’s your fashion personality? Hitchcock Madrona x L’Amour et la Musique
• Easing into le week-end
• June & July Favorites // Beauty, What I’m Reading, Astrology, Esoterica, Musique
• Dr. Mauro Zappaterra on Cerebrospinal Fluid, Medium of the Spirit
• Co-authored blog post/article on Savoir Faire Beauty
• [ Belated ] April Favorites // Beauty + Lifestyle (and playlist)
• March Favorites and playlists
• Articulating action points
• Three beauty/lifestyle subscription boxes I recently tried // Art of Organics, Boxwalla, & Craftly
• February Favorites and why do I have such a hard time posting regularly here
• January Eco-Beauty + Lifestyle Favorites and some very ethereal beats
• 2016 Best in Eco/Luxury Beauty + Lifestyle and Top 10 tracks playlist
• Updated AM/PM Skincare Routines (Eco/Luxe) + Giveaway!
• November Eco-Beauty + Lifestyle Favorites and musique bien sûr
• Updates on Recent Beauty Products
• October Favorites and a playlist of really good beats
• Here’s to Cloudy Rainy Fall Days/September Favorites Video!
• My perpetual striving…again revisited!
• Minimal Summer Makeup Look For Work (Daytime Bold Lip)
• Be Kind To Your Skin // July Beauty Heroes with Kari Gran Skincare REVIEW [Video]
• June Eco Beauty + Lifestyle Favorites and a playlist of recent musique loves
• EcoLuxe Dupes For Conventional Makeup + My Favorite Things This Sunday
• New Empty Products (& Reviews) Video and Some New Body Care In My Life (Therapie + Tierra Mia Organics)
• Evolution in Personal Adornment // Recent Jewelry Acquisitions [Video]
• Previse Nutrify Tonic Level 1-6 + Beauty Heroes Gift With Purchase
• Friday Things: Recent Beauty Heroes June Box Review Video + Boston’s Sephora at the Prudential
• May Eco/Luxe Beauty + Lifestyle Faves et La Musique du Moment
• An evening skincare lineup too good to not share
• Effortless Minimal Weekend Makeup Look
• Currently Lusting // Beauty + some other mid-week notables
• NOURISH Inspiration Of Late
• Nude Lipstick/Everyday Lip Product Collection AND a Mother’s Day Giveaway on Instagram!
• On Esteé Lauder/Brand Subsidiaries, Testing Cosmetics on Animals, and China…
• April Eco/Luxe Beauty + Lifestyle Favorites, and a playlist of influential l’amour tracks
• Eco Perfume Collection + Fragrance Musings
• Eco-Beauty With A Cause: Mahalo’s Red My Lips Tint // Campaign Details + First Impression/Demo