This month has been all about fragrances for me. Particularly the sweet, fruity cocktails like fragrances by Escada. They are just perfect for this time of year. I have most of their summer LE, the small bottles (which contain 4 ml) are Pacific Paradise, Rockin' Rio, Sunset Heat, Ocean Lounge and Moon Sparkle, the big purple one is last years' Marine Groove and...

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I love wearing blushes. A touch of blush just ties everything together. I have a very pale skin tone (NC 15) and without anything on the cheeks I often look unhealthily pale. I find that coral shades look most natural on me, however bubble gum pink shades give me that ''I just came from the cold'' flush I love so much. So here...

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Lavender started to bloom in our little garden. I just love the scent of lavender. I found my last year's bottle of lavender oil that I bought when I was on a holiday. I put a drop on my pillow and a drop on a cotton pad, which I put in my wardrobe. I can't stop opening my wardrobe doors now. It smells...

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Lipsticks are my favourite make up items. They are the easiest way to change your look. Mostly I wear light neutral pinks (hence the amount of them in my top 6), but I also love wearing a bit brighter colours (paired with very neutral eyes).  And here are all six of them. From left to right they are Oriflame Pure Color 00012, E.l.f....

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Just a small haul featuring mostly sunscreen and other sun protection items. I bought a small size bottle of SunDance sun protection cream SPF 30 for sensitive skin, which I'm currently using for my face. It's quite a greasy sunscreen, so I have to powder at least my T-zone to avoid looking like a disco ball. It's also handy to carry it in...

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I own a reasonable amount of eyeshadows, however I tend to use only a few and mostly it's neutral colours that complement my eye colour (which is grey, you can see it in this post). These are all single eyeshadows, I might feature my palettes separately, but I don't even own that much palettes anyway. So here are my chosen 10: 1. Row:...

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And then there were three. L'Oreal's Infaillible eyeshadows that is. After 012 Endless Chocolate and 002 Hourglass Beige, 005 Purple Obsession joined my collection. Purple Obsession is a purple (what a shocker!) with blue shimmer. As the other two, this one is also extremely pigmented and long lasting. The texture of it is like a  pressed  pigment and it's very smooth. Color Infaillible...

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So here are my current top 10 products. It's ridiculously difficult to pick only 10, I could easy add at least 10 more products, but that would be just too much. 1. Dove Beauty Body Milk for dry skin - My absolute favourite body moisturiser  I use it regularly every day. I love the thick, creamy consistency that just feels so moisturising (I don't like very runny moisturisers . But...

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Shampaigh 21L is one of the four shades from the Luxopolis LE by Manhattan. It's a light gold shade with a lot of shimmer. It's a nice eyeshadow and that's all that it is, just nice. It's not as soft as I'd like and I wish it was more pigmented. In DM it looked so promising, I really though I struck gold, but...

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Just a mini haul I made this week. I bought ArtDeco Perfect Teint Illuminator in shade 8 and Manhattan nail polish in 51T. ArtDeco Perfect Teint Illuminator is the ArtDeco version of the famous Touche Eclat by YSL, just half cheaper (it's around 9-10€). It comes in two shades, one is more pink and 8 is more yellow. 8 suits me perfectly, right...

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S-he completely revamped their line and I already raved about their single eyeshadows here (which I still love). However, the quattro eyeshadows do not live up to the singles. The quad I have in called 152/205 (at least I think it is, the naming is a bit odd) and it contains a pearly white, very light lilac, dusty pink and a bright blue-violet...

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I already wrote in the previous post how my new top inspired my recent lipstick purchase, so when I came home I searched my make up collection for other coral shades I have. Consequently, I've been wearing corals a lot in the past week. So here are they (colored text is a link to the swatch): Benefit Coralista - a beautiful coral shade...

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