A new foundation by Revlon, or at least new here. I think I got all the shades we have in our drugstores, which is a total of 12 colours (16 exists). Revlon promises full coverage, a matte finish, light-weight feel, 24h staying power and that's it's heat & sweat-resistant. I am not a big fan of the original Colorstay, I was in the past and I still consider it a very similar formula to Nars Sheer Glow on my skin, but by now the normal-dry formula is too dry for my skin, so honestly, I was fully prepared for the possibility I'll hate this, but surprisingly it's ok. 

Texture: This has one those mousse type of textures, which is deceptively thick when you squeeze it out of the tube, but then it feels light on the skin due to the whipped, silicone texture. I've had several such formulas before and all tend to be very dry and can look flaky on me. However, this one is not as dry and I've never had a single flake emphasized by this even without a rich base. It blends well with all methods I've tried, but I mostly use those sponges you get in cushion foundations.

Coverage and finish: It promises a full coverage and it definitely is there, though in the amount I apply it I get medium-full coverage. I've seen a lot of IG videos with girls trying this foundation and I saw they all apply double the amount as me (I just don't like to use a lot and it's a waste) and they got full coverage even on strong redness (Tina has a great picture with half-half). Finish is very matte, in fact way too much for me, so my skin starts to feel tight and I need to use a rich base to wear this. I would say this likely suits oily skin best, but with a rich cream under it, it's fine all day on my dry skin. Due to my dry skin, this is an obvious foundation and despite the mousse texture, I don't notice any smoothing or blurring, though it doesn't additionally emphasize the texture.

Staying power: This is one of the most long lasting formulas. It lasts at least 16h on the skin, which is not surprising given my excellent experience with Candid concealer (my big love) and Colorstay foundation normal/dry skin, but also my skin is dry and this is a matte formula with a lot of coverage, so such formulas tend to last on me.

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One of my favourite lip colours. I used to have (well, still do) several shades of these, but by now they are all very old, so I don't use them, but this one I had to repurchase. It's one of the first matte liquid lipsticks I've tried and it's sheerer than formulas that started appearing on the market later. It has a mousse type of texture that takes a while to fully set to a matte finish and it doesn't apply fully opaque in the first coat, but it ends ups a lot more natural looking than opaque liquid formulas. Nude-ist is a medium muted warm pink.

I think this is discontinued because I can't find it on the website, so there's no point in talking about it much. I had this in my bag as a backup lip colour for many years and it was a nice lipstick/lip balm hybrid in a pretty rosy shade. Mine is too old now to use, so it was replaced in my bag by Catrice Plumping Lip Liner 020 What a Doll.

Repurchase: it's discontinued, but MF has some other great balmy lip products. 

Lip Smackers are one of few lip balms I like, I'm just not always in the mood for their sweet scents, which are all inspired by drinks (Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite,…), fruit, desserts and candy. It's more stuff for kids and those young at heart. This was also in my bag for far too long and is expired, so it's being replaced by Bee Natural lip balm. I think this precise version isn't sold anymore, though we have Elsa in DM. 

PALMER'S Cocoa Butter Formula Swivel Stick 

My favourite lip balm, I've talked a lot about it recently. It may look dumb because of its size and resemblance to a glue stick, but that's because it's not a lip balm, but an emergency balm for dry areas. I've been using it for years.

My favourite cleansing oil, this is a bag from a refill. These refills don't actually have enough to fill the whole bottle, which is very odd. I think it was only 3/4 or 4/5 full. Anyway, it's a great cleansing oil that emulsifies, cleans well, doesn't make my vision foggy and washes off completely. There also no scent, which is a nice extra. 

Another oil I loved and it's very similar to Hada Labo, however, this one needs to be used up quickly. I had three oils opened and this one was on the shelf for a few months (it was less than a year old for sure) because I had to use up those older ones and it changed a lot. It started to irritate my eyes, not in a sense that they were burning, but I was tearing up for a while after cleansing and the scents became even more rancid. Usually oils don't go bad as fast, but Biobaza, my trusted cheapest oil that doesn't break me out and was available in our drugstore, has been discontinued, so this is now the only oil for that I can still get for cheap (when it has a discount) that I can get within a few days. HL needs to be ordered from Japan. 

My cleansing gel for many years, but I've since switched to the Balea's pink foam and I also use Mixa's Baby Cleansing oil (which is a gel despite the name) and Babylove Kopf bis Fuss gel. All three are more suited for my dry skin long term, but Balea's gel is still a wonderful product in our drugstores - cheap, effective and non-irritating.   

I'm finally throwing this away. It was so useless on my skin when it came to the exfoliating effect. It never stung my skin despite the strength, but it also never left me with an effect that everyone is describing, so no feeling of fresh, renewed skin, no glow, no smoothness or softness. It didn't even help my blemish marks to fade faster, which was the original reason I got this. Just nothing. But my skin is just like that will acids, nothing really happens. The only reason I still kept this one was the BHA because the salicylic was helping when I had spots. 

Repurchase: I don't know. I got their 7% glycolic toner, which we had a bad start with and 10% lactic acid which is finally something potentially promising, but not outstanding. 

I had four of these and they lasted me forever because I'm terrible when it comes to these occasional treatments and I just do my regular routine by default. I think this version is discontinued and it was my favourites, but their Glow version is still available. These are still my second favourite, but they were beaten my Glam Glow Supermud, which combines a clay mask with AHAs. 

This is nothing special, but the fact it's so light and has nice ingredients make me want to use this every day. It's mostly a moisturising toner with a small amount of retinol, peptides and vitamin C. It's a light, simple product that I can easily include in any combination of skin care routine.  

I only had a sample of this, but a generous one that lasted me a fair amount of uses. This is a super thick, rich moisturiser that sits on the skin for a long time before it absorbs. As rich as it is and with amazing ingredients, when my skin was super, super dry, this didn't help. What did was Mixa's Cica cream, which basically performed a miracle. For the body it's a nice one because I like such thick creams, but for the face I prefer their PM version that I got a sample of too. 

I used this every day as hand soap and occasionally as a face cleanser. It's a simple, very gentle creamy formula that didn't leave my hands dry despite many washings in a day. The pump is kind of terrible because it spritzes too far, especially when it clogs just a tiny bit.  

This has such a wonderful lavender scent, I really enjoy it. Formula is nothing special, but this is worth it for the scent alone, even if it lasts only a few seconds. 

It's a good peach scent from the start, but has a cheap soapy note at the end. Nivea's apricot is nicer, though after using the whole bottle I've determined this is ok too. Formula is thin and nothing special.

Too expensive for what it was. Just a regular shower gel and it didn't even smell that Christmasy. It smelled more like oranges than spices.

A basic shower gel with a floral scent, I think it's a mix of rose or peony with some citrus. I'm not sure if this is still sold, but I buy Balea shower gels often.

My standard shower gel. I've been buying these for over a decade and have tried many of the LE versions. I wasn't a big fan of this coconut, it was too synthetic.

The fragrance mist is one of my favourite scents ever, but this was a different one, a lot more fruity and not that woody. However, if it got on clothes, those smelled like the mist. Texture is great, this is a nice, rich and thick moisturizer that's made for dry skin. 

L'Occitane has some of the best hands creams in their Shea line, but these that are from fragrance lines are more often than not thin formula that aren't that special. They smell great and strong, but I'll always stick to the 20% versions. I had this mini for a long time in my bag and it expired. It had a great floral scent, the same as the rest of the line. 

These are a much lighter version of Nivea cream in pan. They absorb so quickly that for a while I used these as hand creams. I've has many versions since these first launched quite a few years ago and these two had a fresh rosy scent (Let's be Magical) and a vanilla cookie scent. The main bad thing about these is that they need to be used up fast, otherwise they turn glassy-yellow and change texture. 

This is similar to Curl Nourishment, but not as good. There was little silky feeling at this one and the formula felt somewhat stranger. 

One of my favourite shampoos. It's similar to L'Oreal's Extraordinary oil in a sense that it feels like a shampoo/conditioner hybrid. It's great stuff for very dry hair, just like the conditioner. 

DM already discontinued this. I don't know why I ever bother with German brands like Balea, Essence, Catrice,...,  they discontinue everything and consistently launch new products like it's a competition. Anyway, this was a nice scalp conditioner that helped with my itchy scalp. It did nothing for my dandruff, which I hoped, but it was a nice product. I still have the scalp moisturizer from this line.

A useless mask when it comes to my very dry, coarse, super frizzy hair. Ingredients are nice, but it's too light and not nourishing enough for me. For not as dry hair though, I think this will be just fine. 

I've tried this now that I got a fresh hair cut too (the first time it didn't help my dried up ends) and it still didn't really stand out to me as much as I hoped. Ingredients are fantastic and formula super thick, so in theory I should love it, but I didn't get the wow factor, maybe because I've tried so many things already. La Croa Repair is so similar (I think also better) and sold in my local Müller. 

A super thick, balmy mask just like Repair version that I regularly repurchase, but I wasn't as impressed by this one. It felt less intense on my very dry, thick hair. I'm sticking to buying Repair ones. I'm losing hope we'll get the pot version here, as in my local Müller the amount of their products shrunk. 

A primer designed for sensitive skin. It contains no fragrance, alcohol, silicones, parabens and mineral oil, while it does have the goodies glycerine, lactobacillus ferment, vitamin E and aloe vera. It's a medium thick, creamy moisturising primer that applies easily, doesn't feel greasy, most of it absorbs fast (on my dry skin) and is a nice base, but it's only hydrating/nourishing and that's it. There's no blurring and I also don't notice any prolonged staying power. It's just a simple face moisturiser called a primer, but a nice one, it might also be for all skin types, since it doesn't feel heavy on the skin, but for oily skin that Milky Face Moisturizer below will feel nicer.

AQUA (WATER), COCO-CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE, C13-15 ALKANE, PROPANEDIOL, BETAINE, GLYCERIN, CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE, SORBITAN OLIVATE, BORON NITRIDE, CETYL ALCOHOL, LACTOBACILLUS FERMENT, GLYCERYL STEARATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE POWDER, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, XANTHAN GUM, HYDROLYZED JOJOBA ESTERS, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE.

This promises to blur the skin and a matte finish, it's also talc free. This is softer than your average powder, so you can grab a lot at once. When I applied a ton on my face because I wanted to see if it has any coverage (it is translucent, but there is a tiny bit. Only this shade exists), this never looked too much or cakey. So this is a powder you can really go to town with and not worry about over application or a fake powdery finish. Blurring is minimal, more a consequence of mattifying and reducing shine that can emphasize pores, but that's it and it doesn't make you skin look like a you used a filter. As far as mattifying goes, though my skin isn't oily, this didn't hold up that well. After 6 hours mat finish was gone, so I have serious doubts this will hold well on very oily skin, but it's hard for me to say, you'll have to find other reviewers. It's a nice powder for dry skin and for those who hate very flat, matte and obvious looking powders because it's one of the most natural powders I've tried, but staying power is not impressive.

MICA, ZINC STEARATE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, SILICA, TAPIOCA STARCH, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF EXTRACT, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT, KAOLIN, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, PHENOXYETHANOL, CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77492 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE).

There are two versions of these palettes, the other is a in a green packaging, but also with natural hues. There are 12 eyeshadows ranging from matte to glittery, more specifically 3 glitters, 3 mattes and the rest are shimmery/frosts. Like usual for Essence they vary in quality. Like we've seen in the Witch Side palette, they make fantastic creamy matte shades and their shimmery/frosts are also excellent, a little bit on the too dense, but still very pigmented and easy to pick up with a brush. You get a lot of colour payoff quickly, usually no more than two coats are needed and I don't use a primer. It's the glitters that are again problematic and I don't know why exactly they insist at using this formula in both Catrice and Essence palettes. It's too creamy and too hard, so very difficult to pick up with a brush and unless you want sparse glitter, it takes a while to get the intensity going to the eyelids. They aren't useless, but they could be a lot better. Overall though, it's nice palette, especially if you love neutrals and rosy shades, thought this one is mostly neutral and it has a nice range of depth of shades.

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