July Favourites

I can´t believe tomorrow is already going to be August! Time goes by so fast!

This month for my base I have been loving the Nars Tinted Moisturizer in Alaska, since I have had a few breakouts the Makeup Forever Full Cover concealer in 06 was a must, this stuff is amazing it covers everything! In July most days I skipped blush, Say What?!? I used mainly Nars Laguna Bronzer, but in the days I did use blush I used Nars Gina. 

When it comes to eye makeup I used the Bobbi Brown Sand Palette ( review here) and Mac Teddy eyeliner. For lips I have been obsessed with Mac Patisserie not a very summery colour I know! But when I´m feeling something bright I reached for Mac Lustering or Ysl Gloss Volupté in 206.

Currently Loving # 1

Now that the sun is coming out more and we are getting ready for Summer, even though the rain has come out a few times, NOT ACCEPTABLE it´s JUNE!!!! I have been craving the bronze Goddess look with a pop of colour on the lips.
So here is a few products I have been loving, The Ysl Touche Eclat foundation because it gives me a little bit of colour without making me look orange, I just slightly blend it into my neck (my shade is B40), this is a dewy foundation so soon enough I will have to stop wearing it because during the Summer my skin gets very oily so I have to use more matte foundations or Say Goodbye Dewy look and Hello Oily Hot Mess, and yes there is a Difference!!! One looks amazing, fresh and healthy and the second looks gross not a good look! But for now while is not super hot I can still wear it, I love this foundation!
Next we move on into bronzer I´m obsessed with this bronzer from the Clarins summer collection ( review here), I have been using it a lot. For blush I feel back in love with my Nars Blush in Gina its a beautiful matte peach blush I love it it has hardly left my cheeks this past few weeks and for highlighter I have been loving Betty-Lou Manizer from The Balm that just adds a beautiful bronzey glow.
Now onto eyes I could do a post just about my favourite eyeshadows but one in particular that I have been loving is Indianwood paint pot from Mac, it´s a gold-bronze eyeshadow to me is like mac woodwinked in cream form, I have been wearing this look with  my new favourite lipstick Mac Flat Out Fabulous, I´m obsessed with this amazing Hot Pink colour, it´s a retro matte formula so I would advise you to exfoliated and moisturiser your lips very well before you use it. And finally another favourite is a Mac Lustering its a beautiful pink-straberry-berry colour?? I´m terrible at describing things! Iam in Love with it so pretty for Summer. So here are a few of may favourites products at the moment.

What have you been loving?What are your Summer must haves?

New In from: Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Multi-Colour Nº 02 and Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet

When I saw that Chanel had release a new Les Beige Powder I knew I had to try it, I choose shade Nº02 so I could use it as a bronzer, I only wore it a couple times but so far so good. I really like it, it adds colour to my face and also a subtle glow, you could use the shades separately or like me swirl the brush in all of them, it just gives such a pretty effect.

I also picked up their newest foundation release, Perfection Lumière Velvet, I don´t own the original Perfection Lumière so I can´t give you a comparison, the packaging is similar to Vitalumière Aqua but in black. I wore a couple times, and I really liked it, I think is going to be great for Summer, when it gets really hot and my skin gets very oily, I think this is going to come in handy, since this foundation gives a more matte, velvet finish than I´m used to, during the Winter my skin is more combination than oily, so I always go for a more dewy foundation.
I have to say I read in someone´s blog that the foundation oxidized on them and I think I have to agree I bought mine in shade 20 Beige and at first I thought it was a touch too light, but after I finish the rest of my makeup it looked darker, it matched much better, I don´t think it was because of the bronzer since I don´t put it all over my face. So I think when I doubt with this foundation go lighter.

Have you tried any of these products? 

Clarins Colours of Brazil Summer Collection

Last Summer I fell in Love with the Clarins Splendours Collection, and now I´m in Love with their new collection Colours of Brazil, a while back I saw a preview of this collection on someones blog ( sorry I can´t remember who's) I knew I had buy the Eyeshadow Palette, so when last week I went to Sephora and saw they already had the collection, I was very excited,specially because that day they had 20% off! So I thought I was just going to buy the palette, but like always I ended up buying the bronzer as well, which I didn´t need since I still have one from last Summer, I just couldn´t resist! If you have the bronzer from the Splendours collection you don´t need this one they are pretty much the same except this one is a little bit less orange, so if you are very fair and you didn´t buy it last year because you thought it was too orange, this one is for you, although I have to say I don´t think it looks orange on. 

Since I bought them I haven´t stopped using them. The Eyeshadow Palette I´m obsessed with, I haven´t stopped using the top brown shimmery shade all over the lid and the bottom dark brown shade in the outer v, this has been my eyeshadow look all week. The Bronzer is beautiful as well, just adds a subtle warmth to the face, it´s matte with just a little square of gold shimmer that you can use for highlight.

What can I say I´m in Love.

Kiko Boulevard Rock- Spring 2014 Collection

Kiko is becoming one of my favourite affordable brands, I specially love their limited edition collections.
When I first spotted this collection, the first thing I was drawn to where the eyeshadow palettes, I ended up buying 2 if theres one thing I need more of is eyeshadow palettes NOT! But I couldn't help myself they just looked so darn pretty!
In the end I left with 5 things:
- Street Fashion eyeshadow Palette in 02 Addictive Song and 03 Grounge Couture 14.90£
- Skinny fit Kajal in 03 Progressive Turquoise and 04 Symphonic Blue  6.90£
- Rock Attraction Bronzer in 01 Steady Honey  15.90£

I wanted to get the face skin glow as well but they were sold out, I´m still hoping I´m going to find it.

So far I have tried the Eyeshadow Palette in Addictive song , I love the matte brown shade but I have to say they are quite sheer,so if you like an intense shadow look I would say to skip buying this palette.The other 3 shades I haven´t tried yet but maybe if you keep building the colour the colour payoff will be better, but like I said I LOVE the matt brown shade!
The Grounge Couture Palette I was so drawn to it, it has beautiful shades that coming summer time I´m going to be rocking but I have to say I´m a neutral shadow lover so the blues are only going to be underneath the lash line I´m afraid i´m not going to be rocking blue eyeshadow, which takes me to the eyeliners I think in the summer are going to be great to add a pop of colour to my makeup, again only underneath the lash line. And finally the bronzer I just had to have it, I´m getting into wearing bronzer again and I just loved the look of it, this shade is more orangey than the other one, but when I swatched in store I preferred this one, I wore it once and it just added a little bit of warmth to my face it didn´t look orange on me but if you are very fair you should swatch it and try to see if you like it.
This are only first impressions I just bought them a couple days ago.

Have you bought anything from this collection? Let me know in the comments.

Charlotte Tilbury Makeup

A few months back I posted about my Charlotte Tilbury makeup wish list. This post is way overdue since I got these products just before Christmas, so I had plenty of time to play with them.
I placed a order from the Selfridges website and paid 15£ for shipping but I came in less than 4 days, it came so fast it was worth it!
I did not order everything that I wanted but I still made a little dent on my bank account. I have no regrets! Haha

In the end I ended up ordering:
- The Colour Coded Eyeshadow Palette in Dolce Vita - 38£
This palette is beautiful, the shadows are so buttery and the pigmentation is amazing.
- The FilmStar Bronze & Glow- 49£
The packaging is stunning takes you back to the Old Hollywood Era when everything was just so Glamorous and Fabulous! I love the Bronzer and the Highlighter,again the pigmentation is amazing. I´m Obsessed!!
- The Colour Chameleon Colour Morphing Eyeshadow Pencil in Amber Haze - 19£
Another winner, I love the colour and pigmentation.
- Make up Bag - 15£
I just had to have it!! It´s so cute.
( I couldn´t  find it in the website anymore, sorry)

This is what I bought, and I couldn´t be happier with it and I can´t wait to make another order so I can pick up the other bits that I still want. It´s not the cheapest but is totally worth it!!