Gorgeous model, beautiful clothes and great music, what more can you ask for in an advert. Perfect!
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Review: Dead Sea Natural Black Mud Mask Soap
Having a very oily and acne prone skin I always struggled to find a cleanser that would clear my spots without drying my skin. I have tried probably every single brand out the; Clinique, Liz Earl, Clarins, Witch, Vichy, La Roche Posay, Garnier, Neutrogena and so on.
About two weeks ago I was at my local Boots looking for a new cleanser since I run out of my La Roche Posay Effaclar cleanser. Somehow I ended up in soaps section and then I remembered that few weeks ago I read somewhere about Dead Sea products and how good they are for acne prone skin. There were two soaps, the first one was just a dead seen cleaning soap and the second one was the Natural Black Mud Mask Soap. I decided to go for the second one because I liked the idea of using it as a mask to. So I picked it up and went to the tills and then want back home. Obviously I had to use right away. On the box it said to leave it on a face for 3 mins and then rinse it off with WARM water, (its really important that you use warm water because otherwise it will leave a weird sticky film on your skin) Even that it said to leave it for 3mins I decided to leave it on for much much longer, about 3 hours. After 3 hours I rinsed it of and I have to say that my skin never felt so soft, also my spots appeared so much smaller just after one use. I was just shocked how good this is.
I have been using this for over 3 weeks now and Im loving it. I use it twice a day, leave it on for 3mins. My skin is so clear now, its just amazing. Also when I use this at night, I don't use a moisturizer after rinsing it off because the soap its slightly moisturizing, but doesn't make your skin greasy.
Price: £3.49
Available from: Boots
Available from: Boots
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Long lasting make up
It's 2pm, you are on your lunch break and you off to meet your friends which you haven't seen for a long time, you want to make a good impression on them so before leaving you have a last quick look in the mirror to make sure that you look flawless and then you see your foundation gone from your chin and your shiny nose, dark patches on the forehead and concealer settled in the fine lines under your eyes.
I'm pretty sure that this kind of scenario has happened to every person that wears make up at least once in their life. The fist think that probably comes to your mind (right after having a mini heart attack) is that you need to get that long lasting 25hour wear foundation that you saw an advert of on tv. You couldn't be more wrong.
Here are my 5 top tips to make even the crapiest foundation last all day.
1. Like for like. By this I mean that you should use silicon based products with silicon base products, water based with water based an so on, no mix and match. If your foundation is silicon based(to check if it's silicon based look at the ingredients list and look for dimethicone) then you want to use a silicon base primer to go under your foundation.
2. Primer is a must if you want your make up to last all day. There are all sorts of different primers out the this days, from smoothing to colour correcting. My three favourite primers of all times are; Mac Prep+Prime, Loreal Studio Secrets and that's not really a primer but works amazing as a primer, Lanacame Anti Chafing Gel.
3. When choosing your foundation make sure that it doesn't oxidises on your skin, specially if you have an oily skin.
4. Setting/Finishing powder is a must. This will set your foundation an make it last much longer, but also will give you a smooth surface to apply your blush/bronzer/highlighter, but remember if you are using cream, gel, liquid or mousse blush/bronzer/highlighter apply them before the setting powder. Ideally setting powder should be transparent or translucent because you don't want to be adding more coverage or colour.
5. Last but not least, the setting spray. Just like with primers, there is a ton of them on the market. My favourite one is Mac Fix+.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Lancome Teint Miracle foundation review
Today I be reviewing one of my favourite foundation of all times; Lancome Teint Miracle. I have been using this foundation for about 6 months now and I'm loving it. Here is what it claims to do:
"Lancôme invents its 1st foundation that helps to recreate the aura of perfect looking skin. Instantly complexion appears flawless and luminous, as if lit-from-within."
I have to say that I agree with the above 110%. For me this foundation is like a perfect skin in a lovely looking bottle. When I was buying this foundation the make up artist at the Lancome counter said that the coverage is medium, but I don't agree with it, its definitely almost full coverage, but without looking cakey or unnatural at all.
The almost full coverage can be achieved if used with a right type of brush, I tried to apply it with a standard foundation brush, duo fibre brush and flat top brush. I have to say that I achieved best results when I was using standard foundation brush. When applying with the duo fibre brush and a flat top brush I felt like I was applying the foundation, but then rubbing it of and just wasting it.
When it comes to the luminosity I can't say much about it because I always apply lots of mattifying powder on top of my foundation as I like my foundation matt.
Since I have a oily t-zone, most foundations just disappear of my t-zone throughout the day, but this stayed on flawless, flawless!! throughout the whole day and when I say whole day I mean 12-16 hours without touch ups.
Price: £25.55
Available from: All major department stores, large Boots stores and online.
I will rate this foundation 4.5 / 5 because of the price.
"Lancôme invents its 1st foundation that helps to recreate the aura of perfect looking skin. Instantly complexion appears flawless and luminous, as if lit-from-within."
I have to say that I agree with the above 110%. For me this foundation is like a perfect skin in a lovely looking bottle. When I was buying this foundation the make up artist at the Lancome counter said that the coverage is medium, but I don't agree with it, its definitely almost full coverage, but without looking cakey or unnatural at all.
The almost full coverage can be achieved if used with a right type of brush, I tried to apply it with a standard foundation brush, duo fibre brush and flat top brush. I have to say that I achieved best results when I was using standard foundation brush. When applying with the duo fibre brush and a flat top brush I felt like I was applying the foundation, but then rubbing it of and just wasting it.
When it comes to the luminosity I can't say much about it because I always apply lots of mattifying powder on top of my foundation as I like my foundation matt.
Since I have a oily t-zone, most foundations just disappear of my t-zone throughout the day, but this stayed on flawless, flawless!! throughout the whole day and when I say whole day I mean 12-16 hours without touch ups.
Price: £25.55
Available from: All major department stores, large Boots stores and online.
I will rate this foundation 4.5 / 5 because of the price.
Burberry Beauty - Natural Nude Look
Burberry "Natural Nude Look" collection to me is what natural and beauty from with-in is about. The collection is very feminine with pastel pinks, beiges and browns. As you can see from the campaign pictures below the main look for this collection is the" no make up make up look" ; perfect glowing complexion, brown/beiges eyes and nude pink or light brown lips. To top it off the packaging is so chick and modern and would look lovely on a vanity.
Monday, 26 September 2011
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