Hello, hi! Today's podcast is all about the Skin Care Olympics awarded by me and my dear friend Sarah Rich from @getnormal on Instagram. Sarah and I are very old and dear friends who love nerding out on all things beauty together, and we figured the recent Tokyo Olympics provided us with a great theme to chat about some of our most (and least) loved products.

Before the conversation with Sarah, I also experiment with some less refined, more spontaneous chat about my thoughts regarding the conversation, my friendship with Sarah and the idea of not taking yourself too seriously. I hope you love this episode as much as I do! If you'd prefer the video version, it can be found on my Instagram IGTV page @medium.lady.

PRODUCTS THAT STUCK THE LANDING

Sarah: Isle of Paradise Self Tanning Drops

Erin: E.L.F Holy Hydration Face Cream

REPEAT MEDALIST 

Sarah: Lush Eau Roma Water Toner

Erin: Cerave PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion

BEST ALL AROUND ATHLETE

Sarah: Weleda Skin Food Light Nourishing Cream

Erin: Pixi Glow Tonic

DID NOT FINISH

Sarah: Cerave Skin Renewing Cream Serum

Erin: the general category of Face Masks

OBSCURE SPORT

Sarah: Paula’s Choice Tranexamic Acid 

Erin: Dieux Forever Eye Masks, Silver Medal to the general category of Oil Cleansers

PERSONAL BEST

Sarah: Northlore Rosehip Seed Facial Serum

Erin: Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser with 2% Salicylic Acid

LAST PLACE

Sarah: The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil

Erin: any Chemical Sunscreen 

ALSO MENTIONED:

~Charlotte Palermino @charlotteparler on Instagram - skin care influencer

~Dermatologist Dr. Dray on YouTube - real talk about ingredients from a doctor

~Clara Hughes is a multi medalist from Canada who I incorrectly name as a skier - she is infact a Speed Skater and hellur badass. 

~Paula Begoun the “Cosmetics Cop” and beauty mogul behind Paula’s Choice skin care and unfortunate moniker

~Sarah and I continue to experiment with sunscreen - Physical sunscreens including Coppertone Pure and Simple Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 and Sun Bum Clear Zinc Oxide Face Cream 50 SPF

~Gwenyth Paltrow’s shenanigans with sunscreen - come on Gwennie tell us you're kidding...

Music is Climb by Ghost in the Piano, as always I'm extremely grateful for it's free use under creative commons licensing.