CLARINS Everlasting Foundation+

   It's been a while since I reviewed anything! I must say, I kinda' missed it. For today, I chose the foundation that I am currently using most of the time: Clarins Everlasting Foundation + . 

   As some of you might have noticed, when it comes to personal use, I don't mind using the extremely affordable brands that, despite the low price, do not lack in quality or quantity. I love experimenting and playing with make-up of all price ranges! I sometimes grab pigments, glitters and highlighters from random little corner shops or even aliexpress! I would never use them on my customers, but my own room is full of nick-nacks.

    However, when it comes to something that stays on the whole face for hours, like skincare products, primers and foundation, they have to be good in all ways. This is why I have purchased this product a few months ago, so I had some time to test it even for full workdays.

Pros:

- has medium towards high coverage

- feels lightweight

- SPF 15, which made it good for winter

- a little goes a long way

- stays put throughout the whole day if set

- packaging feels luxurious and sturdy

- comes with a pump, which is a plus for hygiene

Cons:

- the surface is kinda' dewy/sticky if not set with a finishing powder

 - the price: 44$

- if you have the slightest bits of dead skin, it makes it look more obvious (eventhough most foundations can do that, so I'll go easy on this little guy)

This is one of the looks I did using this foundation, but it is of course a full-face make-up:

It is a good product for sure, however, I think I'll try another one from the same price range after finishing this one. Anything you would recommend? :D

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Review & Swatches: Lucy Minerals foundation and bronzer

I promised to come back with the  Lucy Minerals  foundation and bronzer, two products that I love so much.  To show you how great the coverage really is, I will first show you some pics without any make-up (just some liquid liner done in a rush). I have to specify that I picked this time of the month for this because these are those days when my skin seems to have a mind of it's own, turning red  with big pores and gets oily fast, occasional breakouts. Plus, I took the pics during morning after a pretty much sleepless night, aka dark circles and all that. Haven't even done my morning ritual yet with mattifying lotion etc. so my skin looks it's worst. Let's see what the foundation can do!

Am promis că voi reveni cu fondul de ten şi bronzerul de la Lucy Minerals, două produse pe care le iubesc mult. Ca să puteţi vedea ce putere bună de acoperire are, prima dată vă voi arăta nişte poze cu pielea nemachiată (doar cu puţin tuş aplicat în grabă pe pleoape). Simt nevoia de a specifica faptul că am ales perioada asta a lunii pentru că e perioada în care mă urăşte pielea cel mai tare, devenind roşiatică şi cu porii mari, se îngraşă repede şi tinde să mă surprindă şi cu câte-un coş de toată frumuseţea. În plus, am făcut pozele după ce m-am trezit şi nu am dormit prea mult, ca să am şi cearcăne, şi înainte de ritualul de îngrijire, înainte să mă dau cu loţiune matifiantă sau orice altceva, ca să-mi fie pielea cât se poate de plină de imperfecţiuni. Să vedem ce poate acest fond de ten!

No foundation!/ fără fond de ten =>

Bronzer: Sunny Bronze, Foundation: Light

<= left: Lucy Minerals Light foundation, right: nothing => 

<= bronzer applied over the foundation side of the face

<= pretty flawless skin vs. blemishes and dark circles => 

NOTE: I haven't used any other product like concealer, primer or so, only the loose foundation!

NU am folosit nici un alt produs gen corector, primer sau ceva, doar fondul de ten pulbere!

Bronzer swatch (close-up):

 

Lasts very nicely and fades out evenly, without spots. Mineral make-up having all the well-known benefits on the skin, adheres to the skin quickly, leaving it looking natural and the coverage is perfect. Mousse foundation was my favourite foundation formula, but it's been recently replaced with loose mineral foundation. 

What is your favourite foundation?

Rezistă foarte bine pe piele iar după un timp îndelungat şi dacă trece prin mai multe, se "evaporă" uniform, nu lasă pete urâte. Machiajul mineral având binecunoscutele beneficii asupra pielii, aderă foarte repede pe suprafaţa acesteia, cu un finish natural, acoperire perfectă în acelaşi timp. Fondul de ten spumă era formula mea preferată în materie de fonduri de ten, însă de curând, fondul de ten mineral pulbere l-a cam înlocuit. 

Care e fondul vostru de ten preferat?

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By the way! I updated last night's post with more pics on Lucy Minerals pigments here!

Am mai adăugat poze la postarea de ieri cu pigmenţii Lucy Minerals aici!

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Review: GOSH Smokey Eyes Palette

   Happy holidays, everyone! 

Frankly, I am not such a big fan of holidays and stuff, so I didn't make a huge fuss out of it, but I did enjoy the parties, family, boyfriend and friends so far!

Now I will finally review the palette GOSH were nice enough to send me, along with other amazing products. Eventhough they chose the products and colors for me, they nailed it pretty well, this is 03 Plum! Along with blacks and greys, I use natural shades mostly, especially at the moment. More like, I combine black with natural shades.

Now, the name of the palette is 'smokey eyes'. To be honest, the shades don't really satisfy my expectation of smokey eyes, since I mostly use much darker tones to be more or less 'smokey'. But this palette is enough for those who seek for a less bold and more subtle smokey eyes look. Though I love the darkest shade, and combined with black eyeliner and/ or black eyeshadow in the outer corners/ crease, it works very well! I use the rest of them as highlighters, which they are amazing for.

Pros:

- natural-looking, no excess of shimmer

- beautiful colors; the lightest ones work as awesome highlighters for me, and the darkest one works for a smokey look, especially 'tuned up' with some black (this is subjective though, since when we talk 'smokey' I prefer something very intense)

- easy to blend, didn't experience much fallout either.

- lasts pretty well, didn't crease (and I wore it just with concealer, no primer).

Cons: 

- the colors are a bit sheer, which is not necessarily bad, but I need more layers for good coverage

- the two darker colors are a little bit dusty, as you can see below and in the swatches

- as I said, the resistence is pretty good, though I need to find a new primer since I am out of primer, and then I can judge more fairly if the lasting will get from ok to amazing. :D

All in all, I really like it and would try their grey-black version of this palette too. I am thankful to GOSH for allowing me to review this product! Soon I'll review the last two of the GOSH package, the mascaras, which are my favourites from what they have sent me! 

Did you try this palette or any GOSH palette? 

p.s. As I said, I need to get a new primer, and I've got my eyes set on the one by Avon, does anyone have an opinion about that one yet? Please tell me! x

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   Now I'll leave you with a song that I love, from a band that I love, and the title of the song is the same as a movie that I love (even if I am not really into vampire stories, but the old Lost Boys is great).

Aaaand...GOSH HAUL + Velvet Touch Lipstick Review!

   Hello, dears! I am behind on everything....EVERYTHING! This humble beauty-blog is just one of them, still I need to recover with a storm of posts and try to make up for the lost time. Let me tell you a few words about my absence; I attended an international theatre festival for about two weeks, from the end of November until the 7th of December, in another city (Cluj). It would have lasted a few days more, but I came home earlier for my boyfriend's birthday, which I wouldn't have missed for anything in the world. That lasted almost 4 days, in a warm cottage with some friends, food and drinks, and of course loud music! Then, I have tons and tons of work to get done on a huge pile of texts, which kind of takes up all my time, trying to improve my Swedish (alone) for a potential job, plus boyfriend-time. See, he was another one of life's extreme surprises. I was really stubborn about not getting involved with anyone for a while, and mind my own business which I have plenty of. We've known eachother for many years, at least 5-6. We've always had something going on and I always drooled over him and cared about him, but didn't think we'd work, for certain reasons. But now we found eachother again and I am happier than ever! 

   Ok, enough girl talk and gossip! Just wanted to update you girls. A few weeks ago, I received some products from GOSH Denmark. Needless to say, I love each and every one of them with all my heart!! 

I was more than satisfied with the packaging, details can change a lot when it comes to forming an opinion, in my case! All the products were individually wrapped in beautiful black paper, and there was also a handwritten greeting card, cute! Here's what I got:

- GOSH Smokey Eyes Palette in 03 Plum

- GOSH Boombastic XXL Volume Mascara, black

- GOSH Catchy Eyes Mascara, black

- GOSH Velvet Touch Lipstick in 150 Kitten Pink

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Review - GOSH Velvet Touch Lipstick

   So, one of the four GOSH products I got is this lipstick, I've decided to include the review of one of the products in this post, because it will be raining posts on this blog these days, hopefully. First of all, I must say that if I would've been asked to choose the products I want, I never would have chosen a pink lipstick. I don't use lipsticks too much, pink ones even less, since I am not really the pinkie type. But surprise! I actually like this one! There is one light pink shade that I can pull off, the warm-toned pink. I mostly apply only a little bit, dab it on a balm for just a tint of color and it's an amazing effect, especially with brownish smokey eyes. However, wearing it 'full-on' is also neat, let me tell you why;

The shade is nr. 150 Kitten Pink.

Pros:

- eventhough it's a matte, bright color, it doesn't make fine wrinkles or cracks obvious (cracked lips being very possible this season). On the contrary, I have the feeling it hides them

- nourishing and moisturizing, unlike most matte lipsticks I've tried

- it's creamy, yet it lasts very well!

- the packaging; it is simple and classy, matte black in combination with shiny black, and there's the GOSH logo engraved in the lipstick itself, which is an extra cute detail!

Cons:

- I am usually a bit disappointed when companies don't ask us to pick out the products they are about to send for testing, so in the beginning I thought I won't have much use of this lipstick, but I've discovered it's great pluses, so this was a con just initially, now I don't have any complaints! 

Thank you, GOSH!

Have you tried this lipstick or any other GOSH products? x

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Review: Two blushes by Rimmel London

   See, I am in a posting frenzy today! But fair enough, since I've got a LOT of absence to make up for...Now I thought of reviewing two blushes I've had for a few weeks, by Rimmel. I can say Rimmel never disappoints me. I think their cosmetics usually give a natural look. Well, I rarely have a natural look, including face contouring/ blush, especially in evening make-up looks, so after applying foundation, I apply cream blush (at the moment I have a homemade one that I LOVE, more about that later) and then powder blushes on top of that, this way it will obviously have much more intensity, and then a thin layer of the powder you apply on the rest of the face as well, so that the shades blend a bit. I will try to explain this with pictures. So anyway, sorry for babbling so much but I've missed this blog! :P

  Here are these two beauties ( <= 131 Madeira and 101 Pink Sugar=> ):

   I can't say I have pro's and con's in this case, it's a question of the occasion you use them for and how you use them. As I said, if I want something very natural (which is rare), I will apply them only on foundation and they will not have that much intensity, but will give a subtle color with very discrete satin shimmer. That is a plus for me, since I don't like very shimmery stuff on my cheeks, and since I want to make my face look more slim, too much shimmer will just puff it more from certain angles, bleah. As said above, I personally apply them over a base of cream blush <3 and I mostly use them both: the darker one right in the lip-ear line, and the lighter one above it, on the cheekbone. I hope you understood something from all this :P Aaaaaand some poorly photographed swatches:

   Sucky quality pictures, but eh! 

Would I buy them again? Yes definitely, and I will probably buy more shades. The price was around 23-24 Ron/ around 5 Eur.

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