Tata Harper: Limited Edition Night Out Essentials Collection

I rarely find a set available featuring the products I'd cherry pick myself, if I could create my own set. Happily, I struck gold with this one!

Tata Harper's Beautifying Face Oil is one of the more reasonably priced products from her line, as well as the most versatile one. I mix a few drops in with my Gressa foundation and blend it in only where needed -- as a concealer. Or I use it underneath/in lieu of a moisturizer or pat a few drops over my makeup to freshen up mid-day. It's fragranced, but not overtly so. It absorbs in about 10 minutes and feels wonderful onwards.

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The Resurfacing Mask is highly lauded for it's instant benefits. It's a gentle exfoliator, and the immediate results are remarkable. Skin feels smoother and fresher and any excess oiliness is mopped up. It's a translucent pink, florally scented gel, and dries within 5-10 mins, but you're advised to keep it on to 20 mins. I'll mist my face with water to prolong the dewy stage before rinsing it off. Before I had a jar of my own, I used to save my sample packs of this for hotel rooms, to offset the effects of dry cabin air. Be warned though, people advise storing this away from bathroom humidity which can compromise the preservation of the product.

The Love Potion is a heavenly, mood-boosting, lady-like scent. Both the initial top notes and dry down stay powdery, (thanks to the ylang ylang), very romantic (jasmine), yet not too girly (sandalwood). While there's no violet in the concoction, that's what my mind instantly conjures on first whiff. A heady, complex posy of violets. 

Very Vivacious Lip and Cheek is one I reviewed earlier. It's a wearable, flattering coral that can be blended out to a muted peach or applied in thin layers for a bright coral statement.

Consonant Skincare DHE Mask

There's a spa adjacent to my barre class that smells the way a spa should—aromatic and clean, comforting and refined, something like Aveda's classic Shampure scent. Somehow this mask also captures this olfactory impression.

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Generally speaking, masks are meant to detoxify, hydrate, or exfoliate. And this one lives up to the acronym in it's name by somehow accomplishing all three. It's not just that the ingredient list boasts Manicouagan clay—said to be extracted from the site of a 215 million year old asteroid crash in Central Quebec—to mop up impurities. Or that it clarifies the skin with willow bark (a natural form of salicylic acid) and tea tree extract. Or its cocktail of alpha hydroxy acid fruit enzymes to slough off dead skin cells and allow the complexion to breath. Or the slew of minerals, sea algae, and oils (grape seed and olive) to feed the skin.

It's that for once, I've found a mask worth its salt. Upon rinse off, the skin is noticeably healthier, taut, and glowing. A high performing workaholic facial in a tube, this is definitely a must-try. 

$45 / consonantskincare.com