**This post is written in partnership with Pantene. All thoughts and opinions are my own! Have you ever had a traumatic hair experience? Mine was back in college when I went to a local beautician, desperate to restore the volume in my hair after months of battling with my fine hair.  When I sat down in the chair, I rattled off a list of cut and style options I had read about to help my limp hair. The stylist politely stopped me on my roll and said “Honey, your hair isn’t the problem, the products you’ve been using are!” I sat there dumbstruck as she took her scissors to my hair and started…

Thanks to Rodan + Fields for sponsoring this post on how to soothe sensitive skin. All thoughts and opinions are my own. For as long as I can remember I’ve had “sensitive skin.” No matter the season, the day, the year, my skin is prone to unpredictable temper tantrums (as I like to call them.) One moment I can be having the perfect, clear skin day only to find itchy red patches appearing out of thin air the next. I can even recall being made fun of growing up because as soon as the weather got slightly cold my hands and cheeks would turn bright red and scaly. Needless to say, it wasn’t…