Jen has an aesthetician’s license in skincare, which was her first license even before she started doing nails. So skin and skincare has been important to her for….forever.

Harper, on the other hand? Her first facial moisturizer was Jergen’s, which remained her primary moisturizer into college. Beyond that, she rarely - if ever - had a face washing routine. And never had any fancy face wash, just good old soap and water.

But as with so many things since starting this podcast nearly 4 years ago, I have learned a TON about how to care for myself, and this year I finally started implementing a better face care routine. I’ve been religiously cleansing my face nearly every night for several months now, and recently I even added in an actual face wash instead of just soap. I’ll be honest, it’s still not a totally natural thing for me, but I’m sticking to it because Jen says it’s good for me.

Talking with Kaitlyn Schneider, founder of AestonWest in this episode reinforced two things - One, that most women struggle with a skincare routine…and Two, it’s ok for it to be easy. There are so many products on the shelves at the store, it’s overwhelming to try to figure out what to buy, and we loved Kaitlyn’s philosophy of making products that serve the needs of all skintypes in a way that is beautiful, sustainable, and well-engineered. You can find it at aestonwest.com.

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When it comes to health topics, we’ve spent a fair amount of time talking about perimenopause and menopause, but we haven’t spent a lot of time talking specifically about breasts, even though they seem to be just as complicated and frustrating and confusing. October was breast cancer awareness month and we’ve had two breast cancer survivors on our show, so we didn’t want to do another full episode on breast cancer specifically, but we did want to talk about breasts - how we feel about them, figuring out how to find a good bra, breast reductions, random boob pain, and so much more.

Every boob is different from every other boob, including the one right next to it. The shape, the form, the density, the sizes, the colors, and how we feel about our breasts varies from person to person too. They can be the source of pain, pleasure, shame, confidence, fear, courage, comfort, and failure. Sometimes they make us mad and sometimes they make us laugh.

They are part of the female experience, and during this episode, we are going to talk about ours. And we would love to hear yours! What is your journey with your breasts that you have never shared? You can share it with us!

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In this episode, we are talking about birth order. Why? Because Harper's older sister and Jen were talking a few weeks ago and suggested it. Harper is a middle sister between two girls, and it’s a topic of conversation that tends to come up between them somewhat regularly. According to her sister, that’s because Harper brings up how much she was ignored and forgotten as a child as often as possible.

It’s all in good fun, and we laugh about it a lot, but it’s actually a good topic, because birth order is one of those things that can add a lot of context to our life story, and help us understand ourselves and our partners and friends more fully.

Harper even has a bit of background related to this topic, which you will hear more about in the episode, but we would love to hear your real life stories as well! Email us at salonconfessionpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on the socials and salon confessions podcast.

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