Layna Marie

Sunday, 13 July 2014

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Riche

All through my teenage years I've been quite lucky in the way that my skins never done anything too extreme. By extreme I mean acne, or eczema and Its never been overly sensitive to which products I use. My main problems were always unevenness and redness, and how pale and dull my skin looked without any foundation to even things out. But in the last year I've had to pay quite a lot more attention to my skincare routine, as I've started getting the odd breakout, and most recently some pretty severe dry patches on my face.

I woke up one morning with a bumpy rash covering my eyelids and the surrounding area, which through the day turned dry, sore, red and itchy. As I'm sure you can imagine, it really was very painful as the skin of your eyelids is so thin and sensitive anyway. I own a couple of products from La Roche Posay and they are definitely one of my favorite affordable skin care brands. I particularly love how focused they are on targeting problems like sensitivity, break outs etc. I picked up this up in Boots, after hearing that the Toleriane range was good for sensitive, angry skin. What can I say, its worked miracles. I slathered this on every chance I got, and within two days my painful rash was no where to be seen. The redness was compleatly deminished and I had normal, non scaly looking eyelids again. Thank god for that. The consistency of this is a thick cream, and it felt soothing and almost cooling the second I applied it. Due to the thick consistency, I wouldn't reccomend using it all over your face under make up, but for my eyelids it worked just fine. Definitely one to keep in your stash for those times when your skin just has an absolute mare!

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Clarins Radiance Plus Golden Glow Booster

I picked this up on a whim in Debenhams when I had a £5 off voucher. I'd heard good things from other beauty bloggers, and as much as I love the glow that the Clarins liquid bronze gives me, I do find it hard to fit into my routine. Before your face oil? After your moisturiser? It all gets a little bit confusing, and can feel like your just sanwiching one too many products onto your skin. Thats where this comes in.. A tiny little bottle of concentrated tan, you just add up to three drops to your regular moisturiser. Sorted. You wake up with the same subtle glow that the liquid bronze gives you, and you can leave it at that if you want. The great thing about this is you can taylor it to suit you. Personally I add three drops every other night, to keep my pale skin looking a little less lifeless. Although its a tiny little thing, you use such a small anount of product that I actually think this would last a while. Beats the liquid bronze for me, and I'd definitely repurchace.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused Light

The hype around these powders when they were released was ridiculous, especially on blogs + YouTube. I have never been much of a setting powder girl, having dry skin, and favoring dewy foundation finishes. I have tried a few setting powders over the years, but I just found they would ruin the glow my foundation gave and leave me looking dull. So naturally these powders really really excited me. Hourglass claims 'Each powder captures, diffuses and softens surrounding light'. And if that means add a gorgeous glow and soft focus finish then right they are. I got my hands on the shade 'Diffused Light' back in November last year, and what can I say? Its the best setting powder ever. The powder itself is slightly yellow toned and fairly translucent, so I think it could be suitable for most skin tones. It just leaves your skin with the most beautiful glow, keeps your make up on all day (although I can't vouch for oily skins) and helps cancel out redness, without a hint of a powdery finish. I'm in love. Hourglass have just released a collection of 'Ambient Lighting Blushes' to accompany the powders, and I couldn't be more excited to get my hands on them. Go buy go buy go buy!

£38.00 at SpaceNK

Current wants/needs

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush-

As a huuuge lover of the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders, (Diffused light is my daily setting powder of choice) I am so excited to give these a go. I have been experimenting with darker more plummy blush shades recently, and actually really loving it, so I'm being drawn to this shade at the moment! Heartbreakingly these aren't available in the UK just yet, but when they are, I'm sure to be picking one up!

Kevin Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhanser-

I've heard so many people rave about this super pigmented product, it sounds so versitaile, from being used as a concealer to mixed with moisturiser to create a sheer foundation type formula, or even used in a lighter shade than your skin tone as a Kim K style highlighter. I think I've put off getting this little gem for long enough, so when I do, I'll write up a review about wether or not it lives up to my high expectations!

Nars Blush in Sin-

Again with the plummy blush shades here! My head is clearly still stuck in winter, but I've heard great things about this blush, and think it would look gorgeous on a pale skin tone, if I can stay away from the fake tan for long enough!

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Native-

I have to say I can't really explain myself with this one, I just see another pretty neutral shade to add to my collection and I waaant. Simple as that. Although I love the look of the creamy formula and pinky nude shade with this baby in particular.

Clinique Neutral Territory 2 Palette-

The packaging of this palette is so sleek and gorgeous, far nicer to look at and travel friendly than any of the Naked Palettes! The colours in this palette look stunning, and I love the inclusion of the red toned brown, it really pulls the palette together and gives it originality but at the same time remains wearable, and could be easily paired with any of the other shadows.

By Terry Baume de Rose-

I have been lusting after this balm for years. As if the fragrence, packaging, and look on the lips weren't enough (yes, excessive use every time I enter a SpaceNK has happened) apparently this is also a winner when It comes actually nourishing your lips, which is a nessessity for me as I have seeerious problems with dry chapped lips. I just love everything about this balm, but will It be enough for me to part with £38 real pounds of my hard earned dolla? We'll see!

Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturiser-

I had a sample of this knocking around for ages, but as a girl that is a teeeny bit scared of anything with less coverage than the YSL Touche eclat foundation, I didn't think this was for me. Then I woke up on one of those magical 'good skin days' and thought I'd give this stuff a go. Wow. This product is called illuminating for a reason. The finish is gorgeous, it gives that convincing lit from within glow that everyone is searching for, without looking oily at all. With a dab of concealer, I find the coverage to be perfect. Bronzer looks better over this, all my blushes look better over this, I need to buy this now.

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed-

I love a good contour, and this blush looks like the perfect shade to accompany a contoured cheek, as well as being a great neutral shade to pair with a bold lip or smokey eye.