This Winter’s Lip Saviours: Omorovicza, By Terry and Dior

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This month was all about some amazing lip products here on annie’s beauty… The Tom Ford Lips&Boys, the Charlotte Tilbury MATTE Revolution Lipsticks, another of my Perfect Nudes discoveries also from Charlotte Tilbury, my favourite lip liners at the moment… And some new ones that are yet to be published, which I’m so excited about!

As you’ll might anticipate, a lot of lip swatches were envolved in the process so my lips kind of had to suffer too! That corroborated with “the Mother of all Colds” => my lips were almost an absolute mess!

What I used to put them back on track were: my holy grail lip treatment By Terry Baume de Rose, in pot form and for when I’m on the go I also used the By Terry Baume de Rose Crystal. When I didn’t used those, I turned to my second best the lip treatment of choice the Omorovicza Perfecting Lip Balm, an amazing product I recently discovered. The last but not the least was my Dior Addict Lip Glow Colour Reviver Balm and the Dior Addict Lip Maximizer Collagen Active, which are permanent “inhabitants” of my bag and I take them with me wherever I go. How many lip products do I currently have in my bag?! You don’t wanna know!

The By Terry Baume de Rose is until now the best lip treatment I have ever used. It’s a thick, rose scented lip balm that I use mainly as an overnight treatment!

Of course, like all very hyped products the Baume de Rose has both positive and negative reviews… That it’s too thick ( what would you expect from a lip treatment though!? ), that the rose scent is overpovering… I really love it and I feel that after using it at night, the following day my lips feel amazing! Plus it’s such a versatile product! It can be used on your nails and cuticles, on your elbows or any dry patches! Be careful with how much you sladder on because it’s not the cheapest thing ever! But the 10g little jar lasts me for a good couple of months! I’m On my 3rd one already!

Last year By Terry launched her iconic Baume de Rose in 6 tinted versions ( read more about that here ).

The one in lip gloss form, the By Terry Baume de Rose Crystal comes with me in my bag, everywhere. It’s more of a day-use friendly product, easy to apply when you’re on the go and your lips need a bit of a pick me up!

The Omorovicza Perfecting Lip Balm is the most recent lip care product I got! I got it with this amazing offer. But don’t worry! Omorovicza periodically comes up with amazing offers and discounts! You only need a subscription to their website to be the first to know… Or, you can keep reading or subscribe to annie’s beauty…! Haha!

This lip treatment is the perfect  product to revive and nourish dry lips. With shea butter, eucalyptus and hyaluronic spheres, the gently tingling balm leaves lips fuller, softer and smoother. It has as main ingredients: hyaluronic filling spheres, omega 6 ceramide, virgin plum oil. It’s minty and delicious, and highly effective! Already a favourite of mine!

The Dior Addict Lip Glow Colour Reviver Balm is another long time love of mine, but I’m sure everybody knows and loves it as well! This is a  sensationally sheer lip balm that responds to the color chemistry of your own lips to create a shade uniquely yours by enhancing your own natural lip color. It also makes your lips look more plumped, moisturized, and most important because I mainly use it during the day due to the easy application, adds in a bit of a sun protection factor!

Dior Addict Lip Maximizer Collagen Active is a revolutionary lip treatment that stimulates collagen synthesis and restructures lips within 15 days. The incredible volume effect due to the key ingredient in its formula – the collagen, can be easily seen from the first application though, and gives a long-term freshness to the lips.

That’s why the Dior Addict Lip Glow Colour Reviver Balm and the Dior Addict Lip Maximizer Collagen Active are the backstage essential beauty secret for the sensual lips, the Dior models rocked in the presentations where Peter Philips– the creative and image director of Christian Dior Makeup worked his magic ( see here, here ).

Recently Charlotte Tilbury launched two lip care products too, a lip scrub ( the Lip Love Lip Renewing Honeybee Scrub ) and a lip treatment ( the Lip Magic Rejuvenating, Smoothing Propolis Balm ) which I’m dying to try! Definitely will be on my order summary of my next purchase!

What are your lip saviours for the colder months, or in general?

Lots of xx,

Annie

 

 

 

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Burberry Prorsum A/W 2015-2016 Ready-to-wear Makeup Look and NEW exciting Makeup Launches

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Milan, 25th February 2015

Actually I’m writing this post while I’m in Milan for my business trip, which luckily this time coincided with Milan Fashion Week. And I’m telling you this: it is a real pleasure to be surrounded by so many fashionable people and to experience at least from afar, the amazing roller coaster of sensations a fasion week gives you!

But that’s the subject of another post!

As always the one collection I’m most interested to see every season during Fashion Weeks is the one that happened in London Fashion Week, a few days ago – the glorious Burberry Prorsum Fall 2015 Ready-to-wear fashion show. I love the traditional British style the Creative Designer of Burberry, Christopher Bailey always manages to bring in his shows and the fresh, modern twist he always imprints into his creattions! 

This time the Collection is very bohemian and 1970s inspired, with English fringed suede, Durham quilts and sheer English printed lace as materials, patchwork prints, mirrored textiles and whipstitched suede in colours of indigo, red, burgundy, teal and ochre. As for accessories, the fringed bucket bags stole the show!

But the shearling coats and the burgundy fringed suede bucket bags aren’t the only ones to covet next season!

 

Inspired by the main characteristics of this collection “patchwork, pattern and prints”, Andy Rowe – the Beauty Colsultant and the person “responsible” for the last Burberry looks, created this amazing runway makeup look with an earthy, sun-kissed palette of smoky colours, matte nude lips and warm skin.

The look was centered on this amazing and easy to achieve, wearable, modern smokey eye, with a sheer lid and very defined defined lashline… “Don’t be afraid to go a bit overboard with your smudged black liner…”, Andy Rowe said, as long as it’s very well blended, I shall add.

She came up with this look a just couple of hours before an event that always takes place at the Burberry HQ in London on the day before the actual fashion show in Kensington Garden, where a few selected beauty bloggers were lucky enough to preview the new look! How amazing was that!?

Here are the products she used to create this look; some new exciting launches and some old goodies as well:

EYES:

– Burberry Effortless Kohl Eyeliner in Jet Black NO. 01 and Storm Grey NO. 03

– Burberry Effortless Kohl Poppy Black NO. 01

– these were the new cream eyeshadows Andy Rowe used for the presentation and they will be launched at the end of April – the beginning of May. But because they were only for the presentation she gave those present to the makeup preview an amazing tip on how to obtain them: by mixing a bit of the Burberry Fresh Glow Luminous Fluid in Golden Radiance NO. 02 with something like the Eye Colour Wet & Dry Eyeshadow Eye Colour Silk Jet Black NO. 308, for a sultry, smokey eye look.

– the Burberry Bold Lash Mascara in Ebony NO.1 ( review here )

– the Burberry Effortless Eyebrow Definer in Sepia NO.02 ( review here )

FACE:

– Burberry Fresh Glow Luminous Fluid in Golden Radiance NO. 02

– Burberry Fresh Glow Luminous Fluid

– a mix of the Burberry Sheer Concealer in Soft Beige NO.02 and Rosy Beige NO. 03

– Burberry Light Glow Blush Earthy NO. 07

LIPS:

– Burberry Kisses Lipstick in Nude Beige NO.01 ( launches in March )

NAILS:

– Cadet Green* from the AW 2015 Collection.

* Cadet Green, Khaki Green and Poppy Black from the A/W 15 range doesn’t launch until August 2015, but there’s good news: the three-piece set is available to order exclusively online until 9 March. So hurry up!

– Burberry Nail Polish Cadet Green

This is such a wearable look, minimal I dare to say, that I will definitely wear this upcoming Autumn/Winter.

How about you? Did you liked it?

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

INTERESTING FACTS:

See the entire show here – Burberry Prorsum A/W 2015 Women Fashion Show

See the show with testimonials

 

The entire photographic and video material is property of Burberry and Style.com.

 

#anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway series! Happy Anniversary with… Sarah Chapman and Odacité!

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So, this is it! The final giveaway of annie’s beauty… 1 year anniversary series it’s finally here! It’s been a lovely month and a lovely year and that’s because you made it possible my lovelies!

But enough with the soppy stuff; let’s get down to my last giveaway!

I did a Chanel makeup giveaway, I did a Diptyque body care giveaway, so I think it was only normal to squeeze in a skincare giveaway too!

Now… This was the most difficult one, because this past year it’s been like an amazing journey for my skin, where I got to try so many amazing skincare products! And if you’re curious to see what I mean, simply check out my first photos here on annie’s beauty… and you’ll notice the dramatic difference!

I had to chose the absolute best products that made a significant change in the aspect of my skin! Luckily, I managed to narrow it down to two serums!…

So here is YOUR PRIZE:

– one Sarah Chapman Skinesis Morning Facial Serum

– one Odacité Jo+L Jojoba Lavender Facial Serum Concentrate

The first one is maybe the best face serum I’ve tried this far that it will completely revolutionize whatever you might be thinking about serums! It’s one of the most famous Sarah Chapman skincare products – the Skinesis Morning Facial. Still using it, still loving it! But more about this precious serum here.

The Odacité Jo+L Jojoba Lavender Facial Serum Concentrate is more of a nighttime serum that aims to combat sebum blockages and clean skin impurities, helping me clean those unaesthetic clogged and enlarged pores and combat redness at the same time. It’s one of those underrated products that actually do what they claim. A review on this product will be up soon!

Then you have MY GIVEAWAY RULES:

– the giveaway starts the moment this post will be up, which is Tuesday, 24 February 2015 midnight, EET and it will end on Sunday, 1st March 2015, EET.

– you can enter this giveaway if you’re a subscriber of annie’s beauty… blog ( if not you can subscribe by clicking the Follow button on my main page or via email ) and write me a comment about whatever you like, as long as it’s decent. Also by following annie0ne on Instagram and by re-posting the giveaway official image and tag it with the #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway. Or if you follow me on Bloglovin but make sure you like this post! Or if you like my Facebook page, like and share the official giveaway photo with the official tag. Or if you follow my Twitter account and also re-post the same giveaway image under the same hashtag, #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway

– strictly ONE ( 1 ) entry per person will count

– NO business accounts, NO private profiles, NO fake accounts or giveaway accounts, PLEASE! Such entries will be immediately disqualified. This is only for personal, active accounts!

– giveaway opened internationally

– strictly ONE ( 1 ) Winner will be picked using random.org and announced no later than Monday, 2nd March 2015 .

– MY decision will be final. MY giveaway, MY rules!

– PLEASE FOLLOW THE GIVEAWAY RULES IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR IT

Good luck, beautiful and see you soon!

xx, Annie

 

#anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway series! Happy Anniversary with… Diptyque! WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

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It’s with extreme pleasure that I’m announcing the winner of my second anniversary giveaway of the series! Congratulations to my lovely Katie from Plus+ Beauty here on WordPress!

You, my lovely are one of my bestest friends in this blogging world who brought so many like us together! You always manage to comfort me with your lovely comments and your support! So for that I will be forever thankful!

Now, please make sure you contact me until Friday, 28 February 2015 midnight, EET to establish all the details I need to send you your prize as soon as possible!

If not, another winner will be picked via random.org!

  

Also, a huuuge thank you to everyone else who entered this and my previous giveaway!

And remember all! Tomorrow is the day of my last anniversary giveaway series, where you can win some amazing products which have easily became staples in my daily routine!

So, let’s party on!

 

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

UPDATE :

Giveaway winner confirmed by email Monday, 23 February 2015, at 18.34 EET!

Current favourite lip liners: CHARLOTTE TILBURY Pillowtalk and Pink Venus, BURBERRY #02 Dusty Rose and DIOR Universal Lip Liner

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For such a long time I’ve considered using a lip liner before applying the lipstick an extra, useless and rather annoying step in my makeup routine. For sheer laziness, to be honest!

That’s why having your makeup done by a professional it’s the best thing to do! You discover that the minimal step you always underrate makes a whole lot of a difference in how your makeup looks and how long it lasts on your face.

Now that I’ve found some amazing lip liners that are truly staples in my makeup routine I want to share them with you.

For me a good lip liner has to be the perfect balance between a creamy consistency and a “hard” one, to glide on the contour of your lips, to have enough pigmentation to be worn under a lipstick without altering its colour but also to be worn easily by itself and to be long lasting for the lipstick to also last longer on the lips.

I was lucky enough to find quite a few lip liners that respond to all the criteria and those are: Charlotte Tilbury’s Lip Cheat Re-Shape & Re-Size Lip Liner Pillowtalk and Pink Venus, the Burberry Lip Definer #02 Dusty Rose and the one that goes with everything, at any time – the Dior Universal Lip Liner.

I will start with my most recent discoveries the Charlotte Tilbury’s Lip Cheat Re-Shape & Re-Size Lip Liner Pillowtalk and Pink Venus, because these are fairly recent launches in the beauty world and they still have a lot of hype around them. And for such good reasons!

They are Charlotte Tilbury‘s most appreciated “cheating” backstage weapons. Velvety and rich, they glide on well without tugging your lips and you can create an amazing long wearing base for other lip products. There are five colours in the range Pillow Talk ( pink nude ), Pink Venus ( peachy nude ), Iconic Nude ( true nude ), Savage Rose ( rosy red ) and Kiss ‘n’ Tell ( true red ).

I only own these two, for now…

Pillowtalk – a beautiful neutral pink colour that would work for so many lips. Great for retouching uneven lips ( hence the name Re-Shape & Re-Size ), amazing to create a true nude lip look. It’s not the most unique of colours but the long lasting formula and the pigmentation are amazing! There is a drugstore dupe for it, the Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in East End Snob, which is pretty close but obviously not the same!

And…

Pink Venus – a nude pinky peach and less pink than the name suggests. This will definitely be “the one” I’ll be using on my lips in the warmer months when I will wear more coraly, bright lipsticks.

Like all the lip liners I’ve tried these aren’t too moisturizing so keep in mind to prepare you lips before the application, as I advised you to do in my previous post Red Lips, Dark Lips – DO’s and DONT’S…

– wearing Charlotte Tilbury’s Lip Cheat Re-Shape & Re-Size Lip Liner Pillowtalk on it’s own

– wearing Pillow Talk under the Charlotte Tilbury’s K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Lipstick in Stoned Rose ( see post here )

The Burberry Lip Definer in #02 Dusty Rose is pretty similar to Pillow Talk, only that it’s a bit rosier and the formula is a bit dryer, I find. This was the lip liner that changed my whole lipstick game, when a makeup artist used it to do my makeup on a Burberry counter in Milan, a few years ago. I went through a couple of these already and I have a few more shades, but I picked this one because this is still a favourite after all this time!

I already used it in a post, in a summery lip combination with the Burberry Lip Glow in #19 Mallow Pink ( see full post here ).

In the picture below you can see swatches of all my favourite lip liners including…

… the Dior Universal Lip Liner. I saved “the best for last” as they say!

This is a creamy, soft, colourless lip liner which truly goes with everything you want to wear on your lips. It’s my favourite to use with red and dark lipsticks, because applying a richly coloured lip liner can be as tricky as applying the lipstick itself! To avoid all that struggle you take this one, you go swish! swish! and your contour is done flawlessly! This lip liner is the one I used in my every single red, bright or dark lipstick swatch I did this far on annie’s beauty….

– wearing the Dior Universal Lip Liner under Tom Ford’s Lips&Boys Patrick ( see post here )

– wearing the Dior Universal Lip Liner under the Tom Ford Crimson Noir ( see post here )

 – wearing the Dior Universal Lip Liner under the Dior Addict Fluid Stick in Pandore ( see post here and here )

You’ll see no traces of bleeding or a wrong application… And I already told you I’m not a pro! It “behaves” so well with all the different formulas of lipstick I’ve tried it with! This is my most used lip liner and I go through these as if they were Maltesers Mini Chocolate Bunnies. I hope you can see it in the swatches too even though there’s no much to see!

Are you using lip liners? Please share your favourites!

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

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Red Lips, Dark Lips – DO’s and DONT’s…

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As many of you might know by now, I am a self-acknowledged and confessed lipstick addict. Who’s with me on this one too?

The obvious pattern when it comes to getting a new lip product – either I go for the reds or the nudes, with slight variations of darks and peachy pinks! Way to go Annie! Such original colour choices!

So today I decided again, to go for a different post than the usual reviews! Still a lip/lipstick related kind of post, since little by little this month is turning into a lip dedicated month, here on annie’s beauty… . And if you’re curious to verify that, simply take a look at my previous posts and you’ll see Tom Ford Lips&Boys lipstick reviews, Charlotte Tilbury MATTE Revolution lipsticks… We’re only halfway through this month and I still have quite a few lip-related posts scheduled!

– wearing Dior Rouge #999 ( review here )

– wearing Estée Lauder Pure Colour Envy Lipstick #450 Insolent Plum ( review here )

 – wearing Tom Ford lipstick in #11 Crimson Noir ( review here )

– wearing Burberry Lip Cover #18 Ruby ( review here )

 – wearing Charlotte Tilbury MATTE Revolution Walk of Shame ( review here )

Getting back to today’s post ( finally! ), let me add just one more thing I firmly believe in… The time to wear bold and bright reds or deep dark lip colours is… well, whenever you feel like! They say wear bright, glossy lips in summertime, dark plummy tones in autumn and “virgin”-like pinks in spring! I say wear your reds, and brights, and plums and pinks whenever your heart desires, if not for anything else just to break “the rules”! Ha!

For such a long time I used to be one of those women that thought they couldn’t wear a richly pigmented lip without looking ridiculous, but as long as you know what you’re doing these kind of lipsticks can look remarkably chic and be really empowering! So I’m not shy anymore when it comes to colour and I hope this post will be your guidance and inspiration to embrace the statement-making side of the beauty. Because a beautifully depicted lip can really make a statement!

Here is what to do to achieve such gorgeous lips!

DO make sure you prepare your lips before the application. As you take care of your skin before you apply your makeup, you have to make sure the canvas for your lipsticks is as well taken care of. Like this the colour will go on smoothly and it will last longer. So remember! Exfoliate and moisturize your lips before application!

DON’T by any mean, apply a beautiful red or a dark lipstick on a dry, chapped, peeling off lip! The color will “crack”/gather anaesthetically in all your lip lines and flake off, which will only accentuate the poor condition your lips are in.

DO use a lip liner to draw the contour of your lips. The pencil helps hold the lipstick colour in place, stopping it from “bleeding”.

DON’T go for a darker contour than your lipstick! It will make you look cheap! Keep in mind that we’re not in the ’90 anymore! So use a lip pencil similar in color to your lipstick or use an universal lip colour like this one from Dior I’m loving!

DON’T apply your lipstick directly from the bullet! Not even Pat McGrath, Andy Rowe, Charlotte Tilbury or Peter Philips do that, so why should you?! Invest in a good lip brush which will definitely make easier to apply the trickiest lipstick colour. Read about my favourite Tom Ford lip brush here.

DO retouch any mistakes with a bit of concealer! You’re not a pro remember!? And any smearing on such lip colours tend to ruin the dramatic effect these impact on a look!

DON’T exaggerate with the makeup on the rest of your face and keep the focus on your lips! Keep your eyeshadows subtle, pair them with a winged liner and lots of mascara! Don’t forget to also define your brows! This will confer symmetry to the entire look.

DON’T leave the house without checking your teeth… You know what I’m talking about, right?!

And DO always use the shade of lipstick you love!

Here you have it, my/everyone’s DO’s and DON’Ts when it comes to wearing a bold lip… Be it a classy red or a daring dark lip!

If you have other tricks you want to share, please feel free to do it in the comments below!

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

Don’t forget that this month I’m celebrating One Year of annie’s beauty…, so I’m having a giveaway every Tuesday; the current one is with Diptyque. So check it out here!

 

 

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#anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway series! Happy Anniversary with… Diptyque!

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And the celebrations continue as promised, this time with two of my favourite Diptyque skin care gems I discovered on my first year of blogging.

I guess you already realized that all my giveaway prizes contain and will always contain my favourite products… These Diptyque ones are no exception!

Actually, if you need more convincing material, I already reviewed this enchanting hand cream on a blog post and you can read more about it, by clicking here.

First of all here is YOUR PRIZE:

– one Diptyque Eau Rose Hand Lotion

– one Diptyque Eau Rose Body Lotion

Then you have MY GIVEAWAY RULES:

– the giveaway starts the moment this post will be up, which is Tuesday, 17 February 2015 midnight, EET and it will end on Sunday, 22 Ferbruary 2015, EET.

– you can enter this giveaway if you’re a subscriber of annie’s beauty… blog ( if not you can subscribe by clicking the Follow button on my main page or via email ) and write me a comment about whatever you like, as long as it’s decent. Also by following annie0ne on Instagram and by re-posting the giveaway official image and tag it with the #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway. Or if you follow me on Bloglovin but make sure you like this post! Or if you like my Facebook page, like and share the official giveaway photo with the official tag. Or if you follow my Twitter account and also re-post the same giveaway image under the same hashtag, #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway.

– strictly ONE ( 1 ) entry per person will count

– NO business accounts, NO private profiles, NO fake accounts or giveaway accounts, PLEASE! Such entries will be immediately disqualified. This is only for personal, active accounts!

– giveaway opened internationally

– strictly ONE ( 1 ) Winner will be picked using random.org and announced no later than Monday, 23 February 2015 .

– MY decision will be final. MY giveaway, MY rules!

Good luck, beautiful and let’s go on with the celebrations until the end of the month!

See you soon!

xx, Annie

#anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway series! Happy Anniversary with… Chanel! WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

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Congratulations Cherry from HiIamCherry here on WordPress!

You, my lovely are the winner of #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway, the first of the series – the Chanel giveaway!

Thank you for entering my lovely Cherry and most of all thank you for being next to me when I reached this very important milestone, with annie’s beauty…!

Now, please make sure you contact me until Friday, 20 February 2015 midnight, EET to establish all the details I need to send you your prize as soon as possible!

If not, another winner will be picked via random.org!

Also, a huuuge thank you to everyone else who entered my first giveaway!

And remember all! This is only the beginning the party continues with two more giveaways in the following weeks!

So, let’s party on!

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

UPDATE :

Giveaway winner confirmed by email Monday, 16 February 2015, at 22.29 EET!

Congratulations once more my lovely Cherry!

UPDATE :

I’m Happy to announce that Cherry, my Chanel giveaway winner, has confirmed that the prize arrived safely to its destination today, Tuesday 24 February 2015! Enjoy everything lovely!

CHARLOTTE TILBURY MATTE Revolution lipsticks Lost Cherry, Amazing Grace and Walk of Shame

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Lately, you might have seen featured in a lot of my Instagram posts these perfect Charlotte Tilbury MATTE Revolution lipsticks and today I’m back with another Charlotte Tilbury sweet treat – a full review! I hope you don’t mind it! Haha!…

That is simply because I love them so much. The formula on these is well… just different than anything I have tried before, different than any matte lipstick in my collection.

First of all they’re matte and long lasting on the lips but not at all drying. Even if they are matte they still manage somehow to look luminous and feel lightweight on the lips.

All the colours are incredibly pigmented and they literally glide on the lips thanks to the amazing blend of hydrating and nourishing oils in the formula ( orchid and lipstick tree extract, that is! ). One swipe will actually be enough to pack on the right amount colour to make for a right application.

Today I have for you three new shades: Lost Cherry, Amazing Grace and Walk of Shame. But before I start reviewing these gorgeous colours I have to let you know that these are not my first Charlotte Tilbury MATTE Revolution lipsticks. Everything started with the shade Sexy Sienna, previously reviewed here, and I knew I had to go back and get these other shades too… That much I love the formula, the application and the lasting power of these gorgeous lipsticks.

Lost Cherry ( swatched in the picture above ) is a bright and happy, fresh cherry pink red. This pastel fuchsia is the “happiest” colour of the entire range, and with the upcoming Spring I thought it will make a great option for a simple, girly look!

Amazing Grace is a vintage tea rose, which I imagined to be a bit more pale from the swatches I saw online, and a bit more on the nude side than rosy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful everyday shade that I’m sure it will look flattering on ladies of any age and so many different skin types! And I equally love it!

In the picture above you can see Amazing Grace which I used to create a look with the Charlotte Tilbury The Uptown Girl Eyeshadow Palette a while ago! See post here! 

 

Walk of Shame is a berry tinted rose which I mainly got because it’s complimentary to my beloved The Dolce Vita Eyeshadow Palette, also from Charlotte Tilbury. But I’m so happy I did because the colour is gorgeous on my lips and it’s like nothing else in my collection!

 – here you have some hand swatches too!

One more thing that I really like is the square shape of the actual lipstick which makes defining your lips so accessible, makes drawing the cupid bow on your upper lash with high accuracy and also fits perfectly into the corners of the lips which we all know how difficult is to do without messing up! That’s why using a lip liner with these lipsticks is absolutely optional!

I absolutely love the retro, beautiful and feminine, rose gold packaging with the Charlotte Tilbury logo embossed on the lid. The closure is “étanche” which will definitely prevent the lipstick from going bad before time.

Here you have my MATTE Revolution picks! Which one are you lusting after?

See you soon beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

INTERESTING FACT:

– the Charlotte Tilbury MATTE Revolution Lipsticks are colour coordinated with her amazing Luxury Colour-Coded Eyeshadow Palettes ( reviews here, here and here ) but more about that matter here.

 

NEW SKINCARE PRODUCTS in the L’Occitane Shea Butter range!

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dry skin, intense hydration, L'Occitane, L'Occitane Cleansing Milk, L'Occitane Cleansing Oil 5% Shea Butter, L'Occitane Gentle Toner, L'Occitane Ultra Rich 25% Shea Butter Comforting Cream, natural ingredients, review, sensitive skin, shea butter

NEW products in the L’Occitane Shea Butter skincare range! The same old me who’s always eager to try them, especially at this time of the year!

 

Before starting this review, I would like to throw in a little DISCLAIMER!

My skin type is overall normal but tends to get a little dry at this time of the year! I too deal with occasional breakouts and clogged, enlarged pores and blackheads on my nose and forehead.

The really messed up part is that my skin is highly sensitive to certain minerals and oils also, which could mean that the skincare products I might use and work for my skin not to offer the right results for your skin type.

We have to agree on one more fact: skincare is a personal matter and as much as I love a product it might just not work for you! So I’d rather recommend to get to really know your skin and its issues and then try some products made specifically for your skin type.

Sensitive skin skincare is commonly known to be generally tolerate by all skins, but you never know!

If you have the curiosity to check, one of my first posts on annies beauty… was about this L’Occitane Shea Butter Serum. I also wrote in detail what shea butter is and how is made ( read review here ). I remember this light serum helped me improve the poor condition my skin was in at the time. Now, a year later, I’m in the same place writing again about this skincare range… I have to admit though that my skin is nowhere close to as bad as it was last year because I’ve learned a lot about it and what products work better with it!

Now let’s move on with the actual review…

The L’Occitane Shea Butter line addresses dry and very dry skins and it’s meant to be tolerate by all skin types, sensitive skins included. It’s an affordable and highly effective line of products which my sensitive skin seem to approve with ( or maybe my skin had recovered in the past year and stopped being so sensitive after all ) and which I’m gladly revisiting whenever I feel the need to! 

This skincare has now in the range: a makeup remover ( new in the line ), an oil cleanser ( new ), a toning lotion ( also new ) a light and more dense moisturizer, an ultra rich eye cream and a lip balm. I was more excited to try the new products, as I’ve used a couple of the old ones and really liked them.

The new L’Occitane Cleansing Milk is an excellent first step in cleansing your face daily routine. It’s a soft cleansing product enriched with shea butter and liquorice, which is known for its calming effects on the skin. It will gently cleanse your skin even of your most suborn makeup, maintaining its natural hydration.

The new L’Occitane Cleansing Oil 5% Shea Butter is a silky soft oil which works the same way all the cleansing oils do. Applied on the dry face, in contact with water it emulsifies and help you clean your face keeping it hydrated and nourished.

The new L’Occitane Gentle Toner contains no alcohol and it’s also enriched with shea butter extract and floral waters ( orange blossoms and cornflower ). It completes the makeup removing ritual, with a toning effect on the skin.

The last product I will show you in this post is the final step in any skincare routine: the face cream. This is the L’Occitane Ultra Rich 25% Shea Butter Comforting Cream. This is more of a treatment cream and it is advised to be used only for “emergencies”, when your skin is extra-dry.

It contains the highest concentration of shea butter and it was proven that it will manage to keep your skin hydrated, supple and nourished for a whole period of 72 hours. It also acts like a barrier against harsh environmental factors which might damage your skin.

Though, if you have a certain sensitivity to your skin or it’s prone to acne, keep in mind that you’d better AVOID MOISTURIZERS CONTAINING SHEA BUTTER. Yes, shea butter is a natural oil but it’s harder than most oils for the skin to break down, therefore tends to clog pores and give unesthetic whiteheads.

Overall thoughts:

I’m pleased, yet not wowed with the cleansing products. The Gentle toner tends to dry my skin a bit – so I might go back to my beloved and flawless Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Face Mist! The Comforting Cream I find it to be a bit too much at times, as I feel it just sits on my skin which might clogg my pores and cause makeup to slide. So it is definitely the one product to be used overnight! 

They do not contain alcohol, minerail oil or parabens, but they do contain PEGs, fragrance  and obviously Shea Butter which can definitely act as allergens for some sensitive skins! 

They use natural ingredients ( see more about that here ) and they also do not test on animals! 

Have you tried any of these products yet? What are your most loved L’Occitane products?

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie