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Seasonal Favourites Spring 2015

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup, perfume, skincare

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#narsissist, Charlotte Tilbury KISSING Fallen From The Lipstick Tree lipstick, Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Pink Venus, Dolce and Gabbana Rosebud, First Aid Beauty Face Cleanser, First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream, Hakuhodo Eye Brush, Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate, NARS, NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation, NARS Audacious Lipsticks, Rancé Rose de Rose, seasonal favourites, Spring 2015

We’re almost mid summer already and it’s just about the right moment to bring you my most loved/modt used items, this past season. So here you have my Spring 2015 Favourites!

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My most loved makeup products were my lipsticks, this season as well! No surprise there, right!

The ones that had the most impact on me were the NARS Audacious Lipsticks which I adore and I wore almost every day for the past couple of months! My favourites were Juliette, Natalie and Michyio!

[ Well, I loved them this much that I had a marathon week of posts featuring a NARS Audacious Lipstick, every day of the week! Start reading about that here, with Monday of course! ]

When I wasn’t wearing any of these, the one I had on my lips was the Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Lipstick in Coachella Coral, a lovely Spring colour, amazing all by itself or over another Charlotte Tilbury favourite of mine – the Lip-Cheat Lip Liner in Pink Venus!

My base of choice was another one from NARS! The new and gorgeous All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation, a surprising discovery that has become a staple in my makeup routine in the shortest time!

Another makeup item and one I came back to this Spring as well was the Dolce and Gabbana blush in #33 Rosebud! This is such a lovely natural flush of colour, excellent for a natural, fresh look!

To take care of my skin I really enjoyed the First Aid Beauty Face Cleanser and the combination of the Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate as a serum and the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream.

My perfume of choice was Rancé’s Rose de Rose, a “mature” rose scented perfume.

My makeup tools I enjoyed the most were, another no surprise, my Hakuhodo Eye Brushes especially my J5523 and J142.

This is it for this post lovelies! Make sure you check my other Seasonal Favourites here and here!

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

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

19 Thursday Mar 2015

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, makeup, skincare

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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!…

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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…

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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 ).

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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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Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate* – courtesy of Debemhams UK

05 Thursday Mar 2015

Posted by Mami și Zâna in beauty, skincare

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Debenhams UK, Kiehl's, Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate, night serum, skincare

This particular skincare item has been on my wish list ever since I can’t even remember. So, when the lovely Alina from Debenhams UK contacted me via email, with the kind offer to send me a couple of skincare products to try, I was over the Moon as expected!

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But what is it?

The Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate is “a replenishing elixir of pure essential oils and distilled botanicals, to visibly restore the appearance of skin by morning. So it is an overnight treatment serum meant to give you a facelift by morning”.

Does it work?

Let me put it like this: even if you are skeptical about using serum oils on your skin yet your skin shows signs of dullness, enlarged pores and shows signs of aging, this is the perfect weapon for an overnight skin renewal.

You’ll instantly see signs of improvement on your skin thanks to the high concentration of essential oils, Squalane and Evening Primerose that are readily absorbed by the skin and work on it the entire night.

At night, I usually use a serum and a cream, but this concentrate serum is moisturising enough to use on its own and does not leave any oily residue. Love the calming lavender scent too, since I often have troubles sleeping.

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It comes in this elegant, apothecary-looking glass bottle provided with a pipette, which deposits in one drop the right amount of product. I use 3-4 drops depending on the needs of my skin that night.

I’ve been using the Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate for almost two months now and I barely made a dent in it! And I can say that my skin has never felt and looked better, rested, softer, plumper than it does now! I’m not ready to swear on the “reducing the lines” claim yet, but I will definitely use it all and absolutely repurchase it!

My man also loves it, especially after he shaves! He said that the serum made his skin feel soft without any irritation or undesirable ingrown hairs!

This “hard-working” 99,8% natural concentrate is intensely moisturizing and nourishing and it is the perfect step in your skincare routine to say “Good night!” to dull, dry, irritated skin and to minimize those pesky fine signs of aging!

Shop now your own Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate here.

Have you tried this product yet? What else would you recommend to get from Kiehl’s?

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

INTERESTING FACT:

– Debenhams UK has occasionally 10% off this product so make sure you check www.debenhams.com periodically not to miss the offer and restock

– for more information about my skin type and other questions related to that, you can find here.

 

 

*PR Sample. Opinions expressed here are my own. (No affiliate links)

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