Benefit Total Moisture Facial Cream - Review

Hi everyone! When I was in Paris I went into the highly brilliant Sephora. (Please someone make a Sephora in Britain!) I bought Benefit's Total Moisture Facial Cream moisturiser after getting a sample of it back in the beginning of summer and I thought it was pretty good! 

What Benefit says - Say good-bye to dry skin and hello to "total moisture." This facial cream provides concentrated immediate & long-term hydration for a radiantly refreshed complexion. Our exclusive tri-radiance complex helps develop the skin's reserves of water & reinforce skin's moisture barrier. Contains mango butter, a natural plant-based emollient known to provide moisture. For normal to dry skin.In consumer testing, 100% of people tested felt that their skin was immediately and intensely quenched.

It really does give you that extra moisture in your skin! It's feels cool when applying it in the morning and gives your skin a fresh feeling to it throughout the day. 

I'll give it a 9/10 and would defiantly be buying it again!  

- Anna xoxo

Bonjour Paris!

Hi everyone! Hope you had a very nice christmas! A week before christmas me and my mother decided to go for a little trip to Paris for the weekend. 3 nights stay before christmas? Ideal! I have to say it was one of the best decision of our life because christmas time for us means stress! So it was nice to have a relaxing time before the stress kicks in. 

I even went to Disneyland because how could you not go to Disneyland right before christmas?! It was so so magical! I would LOVE to go back there next christmas and stay for more than one day because it was an experience to live! 

As you can see me in the picture, it was bloody cold!! 

I think it might be an annual thing to go on a weekend trip before christmas from now on ;)

Do you stay or go away for christmas? Let me know in the comments! 

-Anna oxox

Christmas/Winter Wish List 2013!

Hello everyone! Here's my christmas/winter wish list of 2013! These are my number 1 top things that I want to have before 2013 ends. So hopefully with the christmas coming up and my savings that i've been saving up hopefully I can get these things! 

Mac - All That Glitters. Heard amazing things about this eyeshadow and plus I don't have any mac eyeshadows so this will be a great first mac eyeshadow! 

Michael Kors Wallet - I've had my eye on this for a long time! I think everybody should get a good nice wallet sometime in their lifetime! 

Michael Kors Bag - I haven't decided what Michael Kors bag I really want, but I've decided that I want a good long lasting bag that I will use for college! 

Tarten Scarf - EVERYBODY WANTS A TARTEN SCARF FOR WINTER RIGHT?! Yup and i'm one of them! 

-Anna oxox

My favorite nude lipstick! - L'oreal Paris Colour Riche Collection Privée

Hi everyone! 

Hasn't it been long since I last updated?! I've just been so busy with college and other personal things that I haven't got the time to wright a post! I have so much things to review/ tell you guys about so watch this space! ;

Anyway, resonantly L'oreal released a nude lipstick range for every skin colour. This collection is provided by celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Doutzen Kroes. I picked up the Julianne Moore shade is ''Barely peach'' 

As you can see it's not really a peach colour but more of a true pink colour. Which i'm not complaining about because I love pink colour lipsticks! 

I love this packaging! For a drugstore lipstick they made it look really classy and expensive! 10/10 L'oreal! 

Top - Without lipstick

Bottom - With lipstick

It's the perfect shade for me as it's like the colour of my lips but better! 

Pros - Creamy 

Smooth

Lovely packaging

Gives great colour

Cons - Horrible, old ''fashioned'' lipstick smell  

Long very long lasting 

Smudge off easily

Overall - 8/10

-Anna oxox

Good as Bioderma? - L'Oréal Paris Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution

Hi everyone!

Water makeup removers? Yes. They are totally in right now! As all of you must know Bioderma is basically the ''main'' and ''the one that started'' this whole water solution makeup remover. I love Bioderma. I've repurchased it many times and it's my go to makeup remover! 

Other brands have started selling these makeup removers such a clique and L'oreal. But are they as good? 

I've been trying out the L'oreal Paris skin perfection 3 in 1 purifying micellar solution since my bioderma ran out. And i can say it does work but not as good. 

Pros:

-Takes makeup off easily. 

-Takes eye makeup amazingly off! 

-Makes your skin soft and feels refreshing 

Cons:

-Need at least 2-5 cotton wool pads of the solution to completely take of makeup  

-Stings your eyes if you get to much in

-Hate the bottle. Goes everywhere if not poured the right way

This retails at £4.99 and I would defiantly recommend for you to try out since Bioderma is kinda hard to get hold of in the UK. 

Let me know in the comments if you have tried Bioderma or L'oreal and if you like them! 

-Anna oxox

September Favorites!

Hello everyone!

Wait? What?! September has gone?! I swear to god every month goes faster and faster! 1 month ago I was worried sick about starting college and 1 month later I am loving it! 

Anyway I decided to make a post on my september favorites! 

First on my list for September favorites is 2 Benefit's blushers in ''Coralista'' and ''Dandelion'' 

These colours are so beautiful! ''Dandelion'' is the perfect everyday, simple, give colour if my face blush. It goes perfect with my fair complexion. '''Coralista'' is more of a summer go to blush and has a bit of sparkle in them but I would still wear it in the winter! It gives such a nice warm glow.

Foundations. My everyday go to foundations I have been wearing last month. I actually mix these two in because Mac Studio Fix Fluid in NC15 is to yellow for me and Max Factor All Day Flawless in the lightest shade is way to pink for me! So by mixing them in it gives more of neutral colour which is perfect for me! It also gives a flawless finish! Absolute adore it! 

My favorite moisturiser goes to La Rochie-Posay Hydraphase UV Intense! What a mouthful! This is a french brand moisturiser they also have other things that I might check out! Anyway long story short I realised I had dehydrated skin and needed a intense moisturiser! And this works wonders! My skin looks glowing because of this! 

I'm sure you all know what this is! If not it's called Collection or Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer. I first tried this about 2 years ago and didn't really thought what the hype of it was. But I tried it again this months and wow! It really it good! I use this to conceal my acne scarring and it's so good! Plus it's cheap! I would defiantly recommend it to you! 

This is sleek's face palette. It has a bronzer for contouring, highlighter and a blush. I really like using the highlighter and bronzer! It has been in my everyday makeup back everyday last month and has been good for contouring my face and giving me a nice glow! 

For my lips i've been loving Maybelline's baby lips and color whisper and Revlon's just bitten kissable lip stain/balm. Now you will most probably find every british blogger rave about the baby lips because they just realised them over here! I've been to America last year and bought some baby lips while over there and loved them so I was over the moon when they arrived here

Revlon's just bitten kissable lip stain/balm is my go to winter lip product. It's my perfect red lip for winter. i bought Maybelline's color whisper when I went to America this year and unfortunately are not available in the UK. But it just gives your lips such a nice moisturising feeling and is such a great colour! 

I was never really into soap and glory products until I got these two. I use the sugar crush every morning when i'm taking a shower and it gives you such an energising feeling! It also smells so good! Pulp Friction (I see what you did there soap and glory) is now my favorite exfoliator! I hate using exfoliator that's in a tub it just messy for me and water get's into it so when I saw this exfoliator is a tube! I obviously bought it and it works wonders! I adore it so much!  

My favorite songs of the month is - 

Katy Perry - Roar 

Miley Cyrus - Wreaking ball and 23

Rizzle Kicks - Lost generation 

The Beatles - A Hard day's night

Robbie Williams - Angles 

Ellie Goulding - Anything can happen 

Favorite TV shows - 

Dexter 

Supernatural 

Dance moms

Favorite movies -

The bling ring 

We're the millers 

The Great Gatsby 

Other favorites - 

Ynakee Candle - Slated Caramel and Vanilla Chai 

Gold the biscuit

Some granola and greek yogurt 

-Anna

oxox 

Giorgio Armani Si Eau de Parfum

Hi everyone!

I needed a new perfume for A/W this year because that's how I buy my perfumes. By perfumes with the seasons. Anyway i'm sure that you might of seen Giorgio Armani ''Si'' perfume advert (if you live in the UK that is) resonantly on out TV's and instantly I took a liking to it. 

I really like the name ''Si'' it's simple but yet effective! Maybe a french brand should do a perfume called ''Oui'' haha. 

According to ''the perfume shop'' it's heart notes are - Rose, Neroli Absolute and Egyptian Jasmine Absolute. 

Top notes - Sicilian Bergamot, Mandarin Oil and Liquer de Cassis.

Base notes - Patchouli Oil, Blond Woods, Amber, Orcanox and Vanille Absolute.

It's a different sent to what other perfumes I have smelt before. It's got it fruity smell but also woody. You get this toned down fruity smell that is perfect for A/W. 

It's also kinda musky, like Thierry Mugler ''Alien'' perfume and Jimmy Choo original perfume. They have the musky notes in them. 

I would also say it's more of a night time perfume but can easily get away with in the day like what I use it for! 

It price range is 30ml - 100ml £43.00 - £84.00 

I really like this perfume and I would defiantly advise you to get a sample of this if you want a new perfume for the winter! :)

-Anna oxox