AUGUST 2025
After my annual summer reset in my favorite place, Coronado, I’m feeling deeply recharged and grateful for the beautiful season I’ve shared with my daughter and family. Escaping the Arizona desert heat to soak in the ocean air and truly unplug was exactly what my soul needed. These trips always remind me what matters most.
Now that August is in full swing, I can feel the season beginning to wind down. My daughter heads back to school soon, and while I’ll miss our slow, unhurried days together, I’m also ready for a little more structure, fresh creative energy, and the golden transition into late summer. This time of year brings a softness I love and I wanted my August picks to reflect that.
These products feel grounding, luxurious, brightening, and sensorial. There’s a bit of everything here: calming mists, cooling tools, sensual fragrance, and radiant skin essentials. I hope they bring the same joy to your rituals that they’ve brought to mine.
This aromatic mist feels like walking through a blooming garden at dusk. It’s hydrating, calming, and deeply uplifting. I’ve fallen completely back in love with it this summer. I use it after cleansing, during meditation, or anytime I want to soften my skin and center my energy.
With notes of jasmine, vanilla, and cacao flower, this is more than a mist. It’s a sensorial experience. If you’ve ever tried May’s line, you know it’s skincare as ceremony. My skin has been drinking this in after all the heat and sun exposure lately. It’s one of those quiet essentials that becomes a non-negotiable.
This tool has been saving my skin after travel and long beach days. It’s cooling, depuffing, and gives an instant refresh, especially around the eyes and jawline. The temperature-controlled ceramic feels so soothing, it’s like a mini lymphatic facial at home in under ten minutes.
I’ve been using it daily since returning from vacation. It boosts circulation, sculpts without pulling, and gives me that fresh, contoured glow even when I feel tired or puffy. A total game changer for summer and beyond.
These new blushes are absolute perfection. They are airy, buildable, and flattering on every skin tone. I’ve been loving the shades Flutter (a warm peach) and Closer (a soft baby pink) for that effortless, beachy flush.
They blend beautifully, even on bare skin, and give the most natural lit-from-within glow without any chalkiness or shimmer. I’m a blush girl through and through, and this one has completely won me over. It’s a clean swap for powder blush lovers and sets like a dream.
This is your skin reset in a bottle. It’s been my go-to for refinement and firmness, giving that just had a facial glow without any irritation. It mimics microneedling using a gentle bio-tech spicule system to refine pores, boost cell turnover, and strengthen the skin’s architecture.
I’ve noticed smoother texture, less congestion, and more lifted contours since using it. There’s a subtle tingling upon application that reminds you it’s working. If you’re looking to refine and renew your skin ahead of fall, this is a high-performance piece you’ll want in your rotation.
This scent is my current obsession. It’s soft, sensual, and addictive. Its the kind of fragrance that reminds you of warm summer nights. It opens light and radiant, then melts into something creamy and hypnotic with banana flower, jasmine, and soft woods.
Heretic’s fragrances evolve on the skin and feel personal, never overpowering, always wearable. I’ve received so many compliments while wearing this one and all the girls at the store love it. It’s sultry without trying too hard and perfect for layering or wearing solo.
These are the products I’m reaching for daily right now. Whether you’re savoring the final stretch of summer or already feeling the call of fall, I hope this inspires you to create rituals that ground, uplift, and glow with intention. Thank you for being part of this beautiful community and for supporting the brands we truly believe in.
With love and gratitude,
Melissa
