Refresh your makeup for Spring – Bring “the glow” back on!

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Balance Me Eye Cream, Burberry Sheer Eyeshadow #22 Pale Barley, By Terry Baume de Rose, Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow Face Sculpt & Highlight, Dior Addict Lip Glow Colour Reviver Balm, DIOR DIORSKIN AIR NUDE HEALTHY GLOW ULTRA-FLUID Foundation, Elemis Gentle Rose Exfoliator, Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm Anti-Ageing, Elemis Pro-Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm Anti-Ageing, First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream, Guerlain Météorites Compact Light-Revealing Powder #4 Doré, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette, Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate, NARS Eyeshadow Duo Alhambra, Omorovicza Complexion Corrector SPF20, Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Mist, Tom Ford Lip Colour Shine #05 Bare

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a good while now because this is the time of the year when I feel my skin is suffering the most from dryness, dullness and irritations due to all those “goodies” I’ve treated myself to during the holidays but also the crisp and often windy transitional weather…

So, if  for whatever reason you suffer from lack-lustre skin as well, stay with me until the end of this post for some suggestions to repair that.

You might know by now that I’m all about that natural, glowing, healthy looking skin and the key to achieve that “canvas” is a good skincare routine. A good cleanser to get rid of all the impurities with an amazing toner over that, and THE moisturiser! You can never have enough of that during this time of the year!…

My favourites at the moment:

– Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm Anti-Ageing doubled by a gentle exfoliator like this one also from Elemis Gentle Rose Exfoliator ( both recently reviewed here )

– Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Face Mist

– Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate ( already reviewed here )

– Balance Me Eye Cream

– First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream 

Skincare done, the most obvious for a healthy, glowing-looking skin is a simple yet effective makeup…

I love:

– to apply the Elemis Pro-Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm Anti-Ageing which has the correcting properties of a makeup product and doubles as a moisturizer as well ( what did I told you? Moisturiser is never enough this time of the year!!! ). I already spoke about this one in this post here. Before falling in love with this, I used almost every day even on my days when I didn’t put actual makeup on, my Omorovicza Complexion Corrector SPF20, previously reviewed here

– then to use a lightweight foundation, like the new release from Dior, the Diorskin Nude Air Serum Foundation; full review here

– then I go nuts with the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette ( review here ) and, because that’s not enough glow for my liking I add a bit more with this amazing Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze and Glow Palette ( review on that here )

– I might as well skip blush, but ever since I got this amazing Guerlain Météorites Pressed Powder in #4 Doré, there’s nothing else on mt cheeks but this one. I know what you’re going to say… “Hey Annie, that’s a highlighting powder as well! And it’s not the right shade for you!” Really?! Who said that you’re only meant to use a product only for what it says on the pan?! I especially bought it in the darkest colour to use it as a blusher/light bronzer and I’m so happy with my choice! I have a review on this coming soon. here.

– to keep my eyes simple with simple eyeshadow like the Burberry Sheer Eyeshadow in #22 Pale Barley, I have this one in the old formula and it’s still a favourite or the NARS Eyeshadow Duo in Alhambra ( review here )

– the lips sheer as well with an easy going shade like one of my sheer shades – my Tom Ford Lip Colour Shine in #05 Bare or simply a lip balm like the Dior Addict Lip Glow Colour Reviver Balm or my beloved By Terry Baume de Rose ( both previously reviewed here ).

The result is a fresh, healthy look easy to achieve and to be transformed from a day to night simply by adding a black eyeliner or by smoking the eye a bit and changing the lip colour with a more daring one like some of my favourite reds ( here and here… and here… and here… ) or a good nude ( review here ) or even a bold dark lip ( here ) if you feel like.

What do you do to refresh your makeup? How do you get ready for the warmer months?

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

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Kabuki and Manga inspired Graphic Makeup for the ESPRIT DIOR TOKIO 2015 Fasion Show and NEW PRODUCT RELEASE for next year!

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dior, Dior Diorshow Pro Liner, DIOR DIORSKIN AIR NUDE HEALTHY GLOW ULTRA-FLUID Foundation, DIOR LIP BALM TREATMENT Lipsticks, ESPRIT DIOR TOKYO 2015 fashion show, graphic makeup, kabuki manga, new release

I’m breaking the festive vibe of the past few posts to bring you the latest amazing news from our favourite brand, Dior!

Centered on a reinvented in a futuristic and street-wear style BAR Jacket,  designer Raf Simons’ latest collection, ESPRIT DIOR TOKYO 2015 Fashion Show was inspired by the beautiful city of Tokyo and the way people here think their liberty and think their freedom to express themselves through high-fashion, right there on the streets. All that to create a new Dior Femme very, very strong and emancipated.

It was Peter Philips‘ job to translate all these concepts into a makeup look. The final look was a minimal makeup, with graphic elements inspired from the Japanese culture Manga mixed with the more traditional elements of the graphic Kabuki makeup, focused on the eyes.

The main attraction of the eye look is this graphic black square drawn on the upper lid with a new product yet to be released next year: the DIORSHOW PRO LINER. The new eyeliner is based on the concept of calligraphy, it has a specific shape and form, which makes the drawing of fine, precise lines easier. ( With such promise, that little one HAS to be mine!!! ). Note the Mathematical symmetry of the look, which continues on the lower lid with the same drawing!

You might be happy to find out that mascara was used this time and the one Peter Philips prefered this time is an old favourite of mine, the DIORSHOW Mascara, but only a few feathery strokes of that because it goes on very black easily. I can confirm! 

The eye look was finished with some jumbo glitters placed strategically at the base of the lashes, in the middle of the graphic drawing, to act like a little flash of light every time the models blink. These are also elements we find in the actual clothes.

To create the perfect neutral complexion Peter Philips used this new(?) DIOR DIORSKIN AIR NUDE HEALTHY GLOW ULTRA-FLUID Foundation for a fresh, not powdery at all look. Don’t they remind you of the Armani Maestro Fusion?

For blush he used these two peachy and pink Dior blushes also to accentuate the fresh radiance of the complexion. Same goes for the lips on which he used this year’s release DIOR LIP BALM TREATMENT Lipsticks ( previously announced here ). 

A great makeup look, for an amazing collection! Just the way Dior had us used with! 

What are your favourite elements of this look beautiful?

See you soon!

xx, Annie

 

 

The photographic material used in this post is courtesy of Dior.

Here you have more photos from the ESPRIT DIOR TOKYO 2015 Fashion Show.