Hello dolls! It's a lovely and sunny Sunday afternoon and I decided I should make a new post today! *ahem, trying to keep up with the tag posts!* This tag, is one of my favourites and has been around for a couple of months now and it seems like everyone is doing it. Several people have tagged me and I can't give credit to just one so...
let's start!
Questions: 1.GREED: What is your most inexpensive beauty item? What is your most expensive? My most inexpensive beauty item should probably be my HnM eyebrow gel. I got it in a rush, it's nothing special, it's just clear gel, and does the job. That's my 1E spend wisely ;) Most expensive item goes to my Dior Jazzclub Palette.
2.WRATH: What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? What product has been the hardest to get? I always am a bit skeptical about MAC's mineralize eyeshadows. Some of them are great! When applied wet, they give the most gorgeous, intense pay off, but others seem just so so bad. Payoff sucks, far too glittery and chalky too much fall out, make my life a living hell when applying make up. The product that has been the hardest to get is my St.Moriz fake tanner. It's not pictured here, but it has given me the hardest of times to get it because it's not sold here in Greece and I don't particularly like purchasing from Ebay. Fleur from Fleur De Force sent me one a few years ago and and I'm still thankful!
3.GLUTTONY: What are your most delicious beauty products? The Korres lip butters definitely! They smell and taste gorgeous! You should get one to know what I'm talking about. I have Jasmine, Mango Quince and Pomegranate and I am addicted!
4.SLOTH: What beauty product do you neglect, due to laziness? It has to be primer. I just always forget to apply it before my foundation. When it's 6 o'clock in the morning and you're running late but haven't quite woken up yet, you can't just remember to put primer before foundation, can you? :P
5.PRIDE: What beauty product gives you the most self confidence? Mascara. If I had to choose just ONE beauty product to apply for the rest of my life, it would be mascara. This is due to the fact that I have extremely light eyelashes and look like I have none when I'm bare faced *aka, like an alien* I wish I was a lucky girl and had dark eyelashes, that would make my life so much easier! If I wasn't thinking about my eyelashes' lightness, then I would choose blush. I think blush gives life to any face, it can make you look fresh and awake. I just adore blush, end of.
6.LUST: What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex? I have these weird interests that I find the most attractive...First it's the voice, ? like it to be heavy, but soft, captivating...and then it's the hands, I always look at the hands... I'm weird I tell you.
7.ENVY: What items would you most like to receive as a gift? I'm just so hard at this. I'm always thankful for the presents I receive even though I may not always like them. Hmm, let's see...classy and/or cute jewellery, MAKE UP of course and because I'm a nerd, I really like books. Now that I'm thinking about it, I never disliked any books I received as gifts! *NERD*
And, 'cause I'm in SUCH a good mood today, I tag everyone who reads this post to do the tag, and let me know about it! I'd love to read it!
I think it was about time that I did a review about the new Korres face cream with Magnolia Bark. I got two of these a couple of days before Christmas, one for me and one for my mum, so I reckon I can fully review it after two and a half months of using it.
The first thing that I noticed about it is the scent. It�s got a strong Magnolia scent(hence the name), which I absolutely love, even though I usually prefer my moisturisers to be a bit more neutral on the scent department and not overpowering. But this one is different. It�s refreshing and calming. There�s almost something luxurious when I put in on. It�s aimed at all skin types which is something that put me off at first as, I believe, every skin type is different and therefore should be treated accordingly. Its texture is quite light which makes it ideal for both dry and oily skin types. It absorbs into the skin fairly quickly although I find that it leaves a greasy residue for a bit before it completely disappears, thus I have to wait for a good ten minutes before I start applying make-up.
It claims that the Magnolia bark active extract helps repair fine lines and first wrinkles. Now, at 20, I don�t particularly have any wrinkles,except for when I�m smiling, at the corners of my mouth, otherwise known as �laughter wrinkles� which I don�t mind at all. But what I can see is that, overall, it leaves my skin feeling very healthy and plumped and creates a really good base for make-up when it�s completely dried up.
Big plus the fact that it�s got SPF15, it helps me big time �cause I don�t have to use sunscreen AND moisturizer on top. It leaves the skin looking natural, not too glowy, nor too matte.
One negative that I have to mention is that during these 2,5 months of using it, my skin went through a phase where it was extremely dry and the moisturiser didn�t provide all the hydration that I needed. But it was expected from a moisturiser that�s aimed at all skin types anyway.
Overall, if you do not have problematic skin and just want a fairly good moisturizer, this should do the job. And for a pharmacy brand, at 25E a piece, it�s affordable too.
Pros: Smells divine SPF15 Light Texture Plumps skin Healthy and natural finish Fairly good hydration
Cons: Leaves a greasy residue for a bit before completely disappearing Not for extremely dry skin types Scent may be too overpowering for some people
Ok, I admit it, I have quite a few tags waiting to be posted on here for quite some time now. I take the pledge, I'm gonna do all of them. But first, here's a fun little tag that I absolutely LOVE reading about in other blogs as I love discovering new music. You have to list your 5 favourite songs of all time and give the awards to 10 fellow bloggers! I've been tagged by the lovely Sofia from Beauty in crisis, so here goes:
*I couldn't possibly pick 5 favourite songs of all time, 'cause music takes such a a huge part of my life, and I find that one of the hardest things to do, so instead, I'm gonna list my 5 favourite songs I've been listening to non-stop recently.
1. Mr Woodnote & Lil Rhys ft. Eva Lazarus - Diamonds In The Dirt
2. Belleruche - Alice
3. Parov Stelar ft. Lilja Bloom - Shine
4. Dirty Goods ft. feat. Fernquest - Know No Other
5. MC Xander - Message in the Rose
NOTABLE MENTION:(Because I'm so very bad at doing 'top favourite' things)
Everything Nina Simone will do but I'm currently listening like crazy to this.
