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That's what a reader asked me a few months ago: Which 5 beauty essentials would you choose if you were stranded on a deserted island? Remember, you want to look great for the rescue team that's bound to arrive!
And then I freaked out because I did know what I would bring! Wait, I don't know what I would bring! Oh my god, the hot lifeguard! Promptly discard all rational thought and worry my trusted Infusium 23 (the leave in I totally believe in) won't make it to shore. Also fret about the state of my eyebrows because no one looks good with a unibrow. But of course Puja - the woman who threads my eyebrows - wouldn't be there either and I can see myself turning away from the lifeguard all dramatic like and screaming, "No! You musn't look at me!"
Clearly I've spent some time pondering this and coming up with a somewhat comprehensive and cohesive list of my five favorite products. Will I look like Kate and catch myself a Sawyer or a Jack? Probably not but at least I won't look like I shoved my head in a leaf blower.
1) Miss Jessie's Curly Pudding: Once upon a time I cut off all of my hair because I was moving to Spain. While in Spain I went to H&M every three days to purchase new giant headbands because I didn't know what the hell to do with my hair and the headbands made me look festive even though my hair was DREADING. It was almost as bad as that time I wanted to get rid of my widow's peak and so I used Nair. Enter Miss Jessie's Curly Pudding. I still don't remember how I found it but one day I was ashamed of my hair and how little I felt I could do with it and the next day I embraced the natural look. It literally is the 'best darn curl cream period'. This stuff has done wonders for my hair and if I'm trapped on an island, all I would have to do is wet my hair, plop some of this stuff on, comb through, and be on my merry way.
2) Palmer's Cocoa Butter with SPF 15: I don't care how expensive stuff is, if it has SPF 15 in it, I'm buying it. When I discovered this stuff it put a little spring in my step each morning knowing that I smelled like chocolate, I didn't have dry skin and I was decreasing my chances of skin cancer. Yes, it's true that the more melanin one has in their skin the better protected that person is from the sun's rays, but why risk it at all? Especially after that one time I laid out in Vegas for five days and returned home with sun poisoning. Now I'm uber careful and I love the original version but this stuff is even better. And on an island I feel like I'd need the extra sun protection.
3) Murad Energizing Pomegranate Lip Therapy with SPF 15: Again with the SPF 15 and again with my anal retentiveness when it comes to protecting my skin and again with paying an arm and a leg for lip stuff but my god, my lips feel amazing after I put this stuff on. It's not gross and greasy and it tastes good and I'll be on an island and I don't want to greet the lifeguard with dry, flaky, burned lips.
4) MAC Select Tint SPF 15: Ok, so there's a theme to my product choices but I swear I didn't plan this! I seriously use all of these products every. single. day and so don't kill the messenger. That said, I am not a big foundation girl. I would always use tinted moisturizer. Everyday for the last 7 years and from MAC. That is until the day I went to get more of my beloved tinted moisturizer and found that it had been discontinued. What was I to do? How was I to proceed? The woman at the counter turned me onto this stuff which is light and natural looking. It gives enough coverage that it evens out my skin as opposed to making me look like I'm about to sit under hot studio lights for 9 hours.
5) Revlon ColorStay eyeliner: Imagine a girl who is
