EPISODE 22: Dominique’s Favorites 2022 / Gift Guide

In lieu of a transcript, we have a brief rundown slash shopping list as your episode companion… HERE WE GO MY BROTHER IN CHRIST!

The Dominique Edit: My Favorite Things From 2022 

Travel

• Book a trip

• Spend a week next summer in the Mediterranean

• Eat pasta and drink spritzes

• Max out your credit card, who cares, live it up

Duolingo

• We’re having a duo renaissance; get someone you like a premium membership. Maybe that someone you like is you. #SelfLove. (Edit: I think you can do this with an Apple gift card so they can get it through their own iCloud account)

French Pharmacie Haul

• A313 retinol ointment and Ialuset hyaluronic cream

• Sunscreen (France only) La Roche Posay Anthelios, Avène (all types), Vichy body SPF 50, Nuxe 

• Avène DermAbsolu night cream (can’t find online but here’s the day cream)

• SVR Sensifine AR Micellar Water

• ErgyStress Sommeil natural nighttime supplements for sleep

• Avène Cold Cream Lip Balm, Eau Thermale Mineral Water Facial Spray, and Cicalfate restorative reparative cream 

• Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse (any of the fragrances) for hair and body, and Rêve de Miel lip balm

• Biafine burn cream

• Homeoplasmine calendula oil ointment

• Embryolisse lait crème concentré (low key this might be cheaper via amazon subscribe & save than it is in france)

• Klorane hair products... any of them! 

• Bioderma micellar water (or Avène's!)

• Caudalie — EVERYTHING. 

  • VinoPerfect serum

  • Body wash

  • Glycolic peel

  • VinoSculpt Crushed Cabernet Scrub or Sculpting Body Cream

• La Roche Posay Cicaplast B5 Baume — get it!!!

• Nuxe after-sun cream (so inexpensive and smells like heaven)

• Embryolisse lait crème fluide 

• CicaBiafine fragrance-free products

• Vichy deodorant, 96h (or aluminum free!)

• Le Petit Marseillais body wash

Perfume

• Parfums de Marly Delina, Safanad, and Sedley

• Diptyque Eau Duelle and L’eau de Néroli

• Chanel Coromandel Eau de Parfum

Body Care

• Versed Body Retinol 

• Nécessaire Body Lotion (unscented)

Top 5 Beauty Favorites of 2022

• La Mer (sorry)

• Chantecaille Future Skin Cushion Foundation

• Dermalogica Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF50 Moisturizer

• Dior Lip Glow Oil

• Davines Oi Liquid Luster Hair Treatment

Fitness and Wellness

• Hoka Clifton Sneakers

• Bala Weights (Bala Beam, Ring, Bangles)

• Acupuncture — this is not a specific item but you could get a gift certificate as a gift for someone! Or yourself yay!

• Elix — TCM tincture for menstrual health

Home/Life/Misc.

• Astrology School with Shannon Aganza (moongathering.com)

• Papinelle machine-washable silk pajamas

• Slip pillowcases, sleep masks, scrunchies

• Le Labo Petitgrain candle

• Biologique Recherche Facial at Rancho Valencia 

• Accurate AF Tarot from Smudge Wellness

• Waterpik water flosser

• Brava (use code DOMINIQUE200 at checkout for $200 off — hell yeah get that Brava discount)

“Culture” lol

• Elton John — “play Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding on repeat for like 6 hours.”

• Catharine Cohen, The Twist… She’s Gorgeous (Netflix)

• Hasan Minhaj (both specials) (Netflix)

• Nick Kroll, Little Big Boy (Netflix)

• Chani Nicholas, You Were Born For This (book)

• James Clear, Atomic Habits (book)

• Lalah Delia, Vibrate Higher Daily (book) 

• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

• I’m sorry about this section

Dominique’s 2022 Wish List For No One In Particular to Shop From

• Ice Roller — maybe The Skinny Confidential? Is it all hype? Who can say.

• Everything from Rouje, Sézane, and Maje 

• New down or down alternative comforter

• “Those earrings that are like small gold hoops with a natural-shape pearl kind of hanging off the bottom?”  (Kind of like these)

• A FRAME for my Samsung Frame TV

• A trip to Capri, casual

• Rimowa or Tumi Suitcase set, also casual

• Classic Chanel cap toe flats, and a vintage Louis Vuitton duffle (keepall 50), the casualness continues

• ANISSA KERMICHE gold, pink sapphire and diamond ring, I am the queen of casual choices