Beauty Favourites July 2013

I know I am a little bit late with my beauty favourites for the month of July. The weather here has been so nice lately so that we decided to spent more time outside. Today we just returned from a trip to the Baltic Sea :)

 

I am wearing my new asymetric dress from Michael Kors with coral and dark blue stripes.

 

Anyways...

At first I would like to mention my new 3-phase skin care from Clinique. It consists of the liquid facial soap mild, the clarifying lotion no. 2 (skin type for dry combination skin) and the dramatically different moisturizing lotion. 

I think this stuff is amazing, it makes my skin smoother, softer and healthier! I have also done a full review of this on my blog here and if you're interested you can also see my video here.

Another skin care product that I loved in July is the birch shower peeling from Weleda which is a natural cosmetic brand. I am using this on my upper legs only, it is for purify and smoothening the skin. It`s very creamy and has soft wax peeling balls in it. During the summer months I am finishing it up with the matching birch cellulite oil.

Another all time favorite product is the décolleté cream from Mary Kay. It´s actually a hand and décolleté cream but I am using it only for my décolleté every morning. At a certain stage I thought I should extend my daily care to my neck and décolleté as well. This creme has spf 15 which I also think is helpful.

My little 'life saver' of the month is the Hidro Fugal anti-transpirant forte. This stuff is amazing and holds all day long, even when I spent some time in the direct sunshine. Though I have to admit it feels a little bit pushy on the skin, but definitely a product that I will go to for the next high summer season again!

When it comes to make up items I have re-found (or found again) my blush from L'Oreal in the color candy cane pink. It´s a shimmering rose tone. I love theses tones and will watch out for this blush color in shops, as I know it is already really old, haha.. but it looks so nice! :)
I also loved my Mary Kay mineral powder foundation that I am using in shade ivory 2. As it has been so hot and nice here over the last weeks I have been applying it without any BB-cream or make up foundation below. I covers enough and holds the whole day. Love it! And will buy it again!!

A new thing in July was the NYX eye shadow palette from their Runway Collection. I chose the one with lilac and nude/brown tones. These colors suit me most and this palette was totally inexpensive, I paid around 9,- Euros. I also like that they hold the whole day which is basically one of the most important things to me when it comes to eye shadows. With these I don't need to touch up, because I am not really a touch-up-person - I want to hold my make up until the evening! 


Then I tried out a new nail polish from essie in the color 'allure'. I loved it right away and wore it on my nails for two full weeks without a change! :) It looks so delicate and fine... *sigh* <3

And last but not least also a new item, a lipstick from Clinique in the color 'runway coral'. I discovered the coral tones more and more for me in the last days and this color is just so into-the-face but in a nice and happy way! ;) I simply love it.

I hope you liked my beauty favorites, if you're interested you can also see my video here. Please feel free to let me know your beauty favourites in the comments below.

I wish you a wonderful sunday evening!

Sani <3

beauty favourites june 2013

These are my beauty favourites that I loved the most in the last month! :)

From bottom to top:

1. Estée Lauder artist´s brow pencil / double groomer in 03-black brown. 
This eye brow pencil is in fact one of my all time favorite products. I have dark brown hair and pale skin and I don´t like it when the contrast of the brows is too strong, cause I think it looks a little bit evil ;) This pencil has the perfect warm mid to dark brown tone for that combination of hair and skin and it also has this small brush on the other side so it´s at hand immediately. Very convenient! I´m also using this brush when I cut and style my brows.

2. stila smudge stick waterproof eye liner in black (stingray). 
Using this eye liner on my inner water lines while giving a little pressure against the upper line this outlines my eye form very nicely.

3. Estée Lauder artist´s eye pencil in 09 plum writer. 
I love it so much because I think it´s a beautiful color and a nice difference to the mostly worn black and brown tones. Just drawing a short line below my waterline from mid to the corner of my eye.

4. Clinique all about eyes rich eye cream.
After having reacted badly (dry and crinkled eye skin) to the wrong products I searched for a new eye cream and finally got to this wonderful product that gives enough moisture throughout the whole day. My eye skin doesn´t look so dry and crinkled anymore already! And a plus is that it is 100% fragrance free and allergy tested.

5. Mary Kay mineral powder foundation in ivory 2.
This powder is also one of my all time favourites. Applying it in layers, normally on the weekends one layer is enough, it covers very well for a powder, looks natural and holds all day long. For working days I would apply 1-2 layers. One package is enough for at least 6 month and therefore it is a steal!

6. John Frieda full repair hair mask.
It softens and fills my hair with moisture while at the same time it´s not heavy on the hair at all! To the contrary it also gives volume to it! I´ve never experienced this effect on a hair mask before!

7. Emporio Armani ...lei/elle/she/ella... fragrance.
Whenever I am smelling this smooth scent I get carried away by thinking of a sunny day at the beach or a red sunset in summertime. It reminds me so much of holiday and that´s always a good thing! :)

I hope you liked this post, if you´re interested you can also see my video here.

Sani <3

blush!

Recently I ordered the NARS blush in the color orgasm for the first time and it is absolutely georgeous! :)

It is a peachy rosy tone with golden shimmering particles. It fits very well into my pallet of blushes.
In former times it never appeared any important to me, if I used different colors of blush or not. I basically had one color that I went with until it was empty. I used to go with the MAC cubic satin which is a rose tone and I thought it suits my skin type and color best. I have pale skin with an olive undertone. However, one day I discovered the Artdeco bronzing glow blusher and I liked the color and pattern so much and as it has a big rose toned department I decided to try another shade for once! This was winner! It made me more open to experiment with new color combinations! :)
 

And this is the result... here you can see my blush collection so far and how I would describe them on my skin! 

From left to right:
NARS orgasm - a more peachy-pinky tone with golden shimmer
MAC cubic satin - a rose with a slight natural brownish undertone
ARTDECO bronzing glow blusher - a more pinky-peachy tone with slight bronzing shimmer
Mary Kay sunny spice - a very decent, natural brownish tone
Terra del Sol sand - bronzer without shimmer

I am very happy that I have a small variety to choose from, but I also think these colors are enough, as I tend to seek for nudish or more decent make up looks! For the time being the NARS orgasm is defo my favourite! :)

What are your favourite blushes?

Sani <3