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First impressions: L’oreal Nude Magique Eau De Teint

On 30th October 2013

Today I have been trying out the new foundation from L’oreal. The Nude Magique Eau De Teint* (say it out loud in a French accent it makes you feel all fancy!) And I wanted to pop a quick first impressions/mini review type of thing up!

Instead of a waffly review I want to keep it short and sweet.So I’m going to break it down into digestable pieces of info. That’s how I like to read reviews anyway…

Packaging

Teeny tiny frosted glass bottle which makes it look quite chic. The “in your face” print and lavender metallic lid kind of ruin that.

But it’s what’s on the inside that counts right?

Price/size

£9.99 for a 20 ml bottle. 10 ml less than your average size. At around the same price as your average high street foundation. If this was a high coverage foundation and you were needing to use less product I could understand the drop in ml however it is the opposite. That is a tad disappointing.

What L’oreal say/What I think

“OUR LIGHTEST FORMULA EVER“-

Agreed. This is an ultra-light, water-based foundation. Which when applied feels like you are literally putting water on your face. Weird, in a good way!

“Instantly fuses with the skin , blending seamlessly to leave a silky second skin effect“-

I slightly disagree. In terms of it instantly fusing with my skin, I used my fingers to apply the foundation. But found that I had to work the product into my face almost as much as I would normally to get it to blend completely.

“Naturally even, shine free look.”-

There’s no denying this! It does give you a “my skin but better” look! With a satin finish. The coverage is super light, its basically one small step up from a tinted moisturiser. And although I doubt it would cake if you were to try and build it up. I’m pretty sure that you wouldn’t be able to achieve even a medium coverage.

“Undetectable coverage“-

Absolutely! Even in a magnified mirror!!Around the areas that foundation tends to cling to (eyebrows, nostrils etc.) There was no way that you could tell I had foundation on which is very impressive!!

Buy it if….

You have many a good skin day!

This is the perfect foundation for days when your skin is on its very best behaviour. I’m talking no breakouts or dry skin. which as light as the formula is, the satin finish would most likely cling to. The same goes for fine lines. Any blemishes that you have, because of the light coverage this will not cover them up. So a good concealer is recommended to use along side it.Which will definitely give a gorgeous “no make-up, make-up” skin finish!

Have you tried this? What did you think?

xxx

escentric 01 By escentric molecules~Thoughts

By Natalie

On 14th March 2013

In Beauty, Life, Reviews

To say that I am picky when it comes to perfume is an understatement.I can name on one hand the amount of perfumes that I like. And would actually hand over my own money for! I am a creature of habit where fragrance is concerned. Mainly I wear Thierry Mugler’s Alien for all occasions. Perfume repurchases are a rare occurrence. Even when I find something I like I will generally become bored halfway through the bottle. Then revert back to my old faithful. So to purchase a scent on the internet without smelling it first is weird for anyone. But that is how the new addition to my small collection came about.

escentric 01 by escentric molecules is somewhat different. Most of you are probably aware that it has been given beyond rave reviews by those that wear it. (My favourite is from someone who was let off paying a taxi fare because the driver liked the smell so much!)

The blurb behind this scent is that compared to your standard perfumes which contain thousands of molecules, this contains just 1. I’m not going to pretend that I understand what this means! Science was always my least favourite subject at school. Basically, it is supposed to smell so amazing that it stops people in their tracks.Sold! When it arrived, I tore into the packaging like a woman possessed. This is how the scene played out…

Literally.can’t.wait.to.smell.like.a.goddess!!

*spritz*

“Hmm, did I buy CK one by mistake?”

*Double check*

…No…

So it wasn’t love at first sniff! To me, it smelled just like the musky older sibling of CK one. I liked it though and was interested in what my family and friends had to say.And in 3 weeks the feedback I have received has been….

Me…”Do you like my perfume?”

Boyfriend…”It’s OK”…

Best friend… “It’s OK”…

Friend…”Are you wearing D&G Light Blue?”

While I didn’t expect them to pick me up and rub me on themselves like a magazine sample (ok I did!) These were not the responses I had expected to get from a perfume that has had such amazing reviews.Anyway, I feel like I’m going off on a tangent. So cutting to the chase. At £30 for a 30ml bottle, I think that it’s a steal! Especially since it seems to be building up quite a cult following. The packaging is nothing special.The packaging is nothing special.I describe the scent as a citrusy musk, it’s almost manly if that makes any sense.

I wouldn’t recommend buying perfume online. I don’t dislike it by any means, but it’s not love.

So far I have not been asked by any random strangers what delightful scent I am wearing. Tragically, not been let off paying for anything! And if you happen to bump into me in the street and ask what perfume I am wearing I can safely say my reply will be, “Alien.”

Have you tried escentric 01?

Review: Garnier Moisture match for dry/very dry skin

By Natalie

On 12th March 2013

In Beauty, Reviews

So after four weeks of using the same moisturiser, this morning my tube of Garnier moisture match became impossible to squeeze any more product out of and so in beauty blogger land what better time to pop up a quick review?

Firstly a quick bit of blurb

Garnier have quite recently released a range of five moisturisers with different formulations which are tailor made to suit each individual skin type/complaint, they are…

‘Goodbye dry’ (the one I have)

for dry to very dry skin

‘Protect and glow’

for normal skin

‘Start afresh’

for normal/dry skin

‘Wake me up’

for dull skin

‘Shine be gone’

combination/oily skin

I stumbled across this range while I was on the lookout for a new high street moisturiser (the only one I have ever really liked is the oilatum dry skin repair) to try out and immediately thought how this was a great little niche for the high street, the packaging looked bright and fresh and it was the sort of thing that draws me straight in!

I picked up ‘Goodbye dry’ even though my skin for the most part is normal to dry, last month I really felt like I wanted to give myself an extra moisture boost! The first thing I noticed was that it didn’t disappoint in being lusciously rich and creamy in texture, however it glides onto the skin and absorbs perfectly quick enough to make a fantastic base for foundation.

Another thing to point out is the smell…mmmmmm…smells like fresh apples!!

Initially, being an impulsive shopper I picked up two out of the range the ‘Goodbye dry’ and the ‘Wake me up’ (gel formula) which I did end up putting back, but I will definitely be grabbing a tube to try when I tootle off to Superdrug for a repurchase of this!

Yes after four weeks of daily use I can safely say that I am most definitely in love with this moisturiser, it didn’t break the bank at £4.99 for a 50ml tube, it didn’t break me out once and my skin has felt like a ripe peach all month long, I even included it in my February favourites video <3

When I clicked on the Garnier website to check out the range I noticed that they are giving out free samples click here to get yours

Have you tried any of these moisturisers?
I’d love to know how well the other formula’s perform!

xxx