Makeup Style

CLINIQUE Even Better All-Over Concealer + Eraser I didn't love this from the start, but I still included it in my regular routine and it's so far always worked with other makeup I usually wear. On its own or applied first before other makeup I feel it's not smooth enough or at least it wasn't when I was trying it first (the cause may have been my skin). But over foundations it looks ok. It covers my under eye circles, redness around the nose and my old red blemish marks. Finish is natural and it doesn't dry fast, which suits my dry skin. What I like most about it is that is combines skin care with makeup. It contains niacinamide, vitamin C, caffeine, resveratrol, hyaluronic acid, peptides, salicylic acid and a couple of extracts, so it's a nice looking list of anti-ageing & brightening ingredients. I have shade Flax, which is a match for my skin. NUXE Very Rose Delicate Cleansing Oil I think I found my new favourite cleansing oil. I still like Hada Labo , my...

ANNY has a large selection of shades, so when I was on a search for a new nude shade that I can wear every day, I found a good candidate on their stand. Their most popular nude shade is called Like a 244.30 Virgin, but I found it too pale for the look I wanted. Unlike many brands they have testers on their stands, which made the choice a lot easier. I was picking between this and 293 So West Coast, which is a more beige, classic nude shade. 300 Makeup is a light, powder pink nude shade that is the closest in terms of depth to my skin tone, but it's pinker than my skin. Formula is lovely for such a shade, meaning not too thick, it applies smoothly and is not problematic. It at times feels a little bit too liquid and can spill, but it doesn't bother me that much. In terms of formula is reminds me of Essie's Spin the Bottle which is my other favourite nude shade. I use Seche Vite with this and I get about a week and a half of wear on my nails, which is pretty standard for me....

BOURJOIS Always Fabulous Long Lasting Stick Foundcealer 100 Rose Ivory I got this once as a part of a PR package and like most of the times it was in a shade that was much too dark for me, but I liked the formula and format of it, so I now ordered the lightest shade. The only other stick foundation I have is from Revolution , which is a heavy-looking foundation, while this is so different and a lot more like you'd put a liquid foundation in such a format. Bourjois has some very natural looking formulas, though their Always Fabulous liquid formula is not one of them, but this stick version is a good medium coverage, non-heavy looking formula with a dewy finish. I need to swipe it quite a few times on the face because it doesn't release a lot of pigment at once, but I can get a decent level of coverage without feeling like I have a ton of product on the face. It's not as nice as I remember, but I reach for it often because it's so easy to just swipe it on the skin and bl...

Big Bad Lash is the second mascara in the So Fierce! line. I haven't tried the first one, but I'm a fan of this one. When I got it I was afraid it's going to be too messy, since volume mascaras tend to have heavier, thicker formulas, but this one has such a nice effect from the moment it's opened. In long term it proved itself to be a reliable formula that consistently performs well and doesn't dry out completely fast. Revlon says that with frequent use it tints your lashes in 7 days, but my lashes are naturally dark and I didn't see if it does. This is also available in waterproof. Formula is more on the dry side and it doesn't deposit too much at once, so it's particularly great at definition and coating every lash without them starting to stick together, but it also gives volume. I like the effect it creates, a type of volume that doesn't look like there is a ton of mascara on because the lashes are still defined. Since it's a regular formula,...

Like the name says these are scented, which is something that appeals to me as a fan of fragrances. There are three versions of fragrance in the nail polishes: pink, red and black. Nude collection of shades have a pink fragrance, red shades a red one and deep, vampy shades have a black fragrance. Each collection has 5 shades, but we have a more limited selection here. Pupa recently released a selection of pastel shades, which I don't know whether it has a special fragrance or one of the three. The Base and Top Coat exists in all three versions of scents to compliment the coloured nail polish. They also come in three colours of bottles, so you know which is the right one (I think we only have this pink fragrance one here). Nail polishes are free from toluene, formaldehyde, DBP (dibutyl phthalate) and camphor. My Scented Transparent Base & Top Coat is the "pink fragrance" version so best used with shade 104 from the two I have. When I used it the first time I was disap...

These are my first and so far only Colourpop palettes. There are so many raves about their eyeshadows, but when I tried their Super Shock singles I was not that impressed. Still I wanted to try at least one of their palettes, but for a long time they stuck to their warm and bright combinations despite their many launches. In the last years, they made these two that are more up to my taste, especially That's Taupe. Quality of eyeshadows varies, but Going Coconuts is overall better - it is however, warmer when swatched than what you see in the pans. I originally wasn't that happy with these, but I've had them for several months and along the way, after I broke through the top layer, they got better.  That's Taupe That's Taupe is a collection of matte taupes and shimmery metallic shades. This one fits my taste most out of Colourpop palettes that were available when I was buying it, so I was not happy when it arrived with one of the shades (Cold Blooded) shattered. Luc...