THE BODY SHOP Adjusting Drops Lightening Finally, something that's actually works great at making the foundation shade lighter. As someone whose skin tone can be described as milky, I struggle to find a shade match for me, but finding a great shade and a great formula is even more difficult - though I have some, they have just a bit more coverage than...

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I'm about a year too late to the party when it comes to this concealer, but it's one of the most hyped-up budget concealers in Europe. Well at least in countries where it's easy to get. I've heard so many good things about this it, almost all my favourite fellow bloggers like it, while I've been using Collection's and Nars' Radiant Creamy Concealer...

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As much as paleness is promoted to be embraced, there is one little hitch when it comes to deciding to stay pale and not invest the time in either sunbathing or self-tanning - there are only a handful of foundation shades on the market that are actually very light. The companies themselves are almost completely ignoring us pale ladies, so I can only...

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Most of the lip products I have from BeYu are described matte, but none impressed me as this one and that's because it actually is their only properly matte product. I have several such jumbo lip pencils and these are my favourites because they do everything I want: they have an excellent matte finish, great pigmentation and good lasting power. There are several...

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Cosmetic companies sure love to reinvent the most basic products in a million ways. I didn't even notice this among the new Catrice lip products, as anything with shine in the name I usually just skip, but this Lip Dresser lipstick is basically Catrice's Supreme Fusion lipstick (which I again didn't even notice got discontinued. I'm already bored with constant changes), except this...

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BeYu has several matte lip products in their selection, like Color Biggies (my favourite) and regular mat lipsticks, but these are their version of liquid lipsticks. I wouldn't call these completely classical for their category, but you still get a very pigmented lip colour that's comfortable to wear.  Texture: Formula is quite literally a mousse and similar to Bourjois' Nude-ist (just that shade...

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