September Favourites | 2016

Oh, another month has gone by and blah blah blah, you know the drill. We're in October! Yay! No more sweat, no more heat! Woo-ooh.

I haven't updated you with my favourites in a long time, but the day has finally come.

April Favourites | 2016

NYX HD Studio Photogenic Translucent Finishing Powder ‣ This translucent powder is pure gold. It keeps me matte for hours and I love how it makes my skin look - especially in photos. 

7 Beauty Things

‣ Mac "Cork" Lip Pencil: I express the love I feel for this lip pencil here. Soft beige-brown, enough said;

‣ Kiko Long-Lasting Stick Eyeshadow in 05: Kiko's not one of my favourite brands, but these eyeshadow sticks I think are quite incredible. This one I'm loving at the moment is number 05, a beautiful rosy brown. These eyeshadows are creamy, easy to blend and they actually last 8 hours as they promise;

‣ L'Oréal Mega Volume Miss Manga Mascara: L'Oréal never fails with mascaras. The Miss Manga is famous for its 360° flexor brush, which has a conical shape to catch all the lashes. It gives amazing volume and that wide-eyed Manga look;

‣ Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer: Alix from I Covet Thee raves about this little guy, so I decided to give it a go. I'd never expected to love it as much as I do. It conceals dark circles like heaven, and illuminates the eye area. All this stuff for 6€!

‣ Essie "Bobbing for Baubles": On Essie's website, they describe it as a "deepest darkest sapphire" shade. I think it's a perfect description;

‣ Benefit Hoola Matte Bronzer: This little guy is well known in the beauty world. It's a matte powder and you can either contour or bronze up your skin with it;

‣ Nars "Orgasm" blush: Nars. One of his most famous products. Peachy pink with golden shimmer. Natural, healthy-looking color. What else do you need to know?

Wednesday FOUR: 4 Beauty Products I'm Loving

The title speaks itself: here are four beauty products that I'm currently loving.

Urban Decay Naked Palette
Old but gold. I mean, just look at it. Isn't it perfect? The eyeshadows are super pigmented and buttery - a pleasure to apply. Before any eyeshadow application, I use the Too Faced Shadow Insurance primer which helps everything to stay in place.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara
The curved brush shape helps to lift and curl lashes, which is great if you, like me, are scared of eyelashes curlers. I love this mascara, maybe as much as my beloved L'Oréal Telescopic Faux Cils one.

Sephora Pro Brush n°10
I like to use this brush with a soft brown to define the crease, or all clean so I can blend any eyeshadows already applied and soften up harsh lines. 

Essie 'Carry On'
A deep burgundy nail polish - what else do you need?

5 Things

First thing, I haven't posted in awhile and, if you're a blogger, you know that times where you don't have inspiration and everything you do sucks, happen. So, if I dissapear for a long time, that is the reason. 

But, now I'm here, ready to share with you some of the beauty (and food) things I'm currently loving.

May Favourites | 2015

Here we are, another month, another favourites...

BEAUTY/SKINCARE & CO.

Naked Basics Palette - I think this palette doesn't need any introduction. However, the shade that I used the most this month is Venus which is described as 'demi-matte shade with the tiniest touch of satin'. I like to use it in the inner corners of my eyes for highlighting, I love how it makes stand out my eyes.

Vichy Aqualia Thermal Dynamic Serum - I've had this for a week, but I'm genuinely in love with it. It's liquid gold. 

My skin is luminous and hrydrated and sometimes I don't even use moisturizer because it's quite moisturizing itself. 

Essie's "Fiji" - Well... I didn't think I'd be so addicted to it when I bought it! 

Lycia deo nature with Echinacea and Vitamin E - I know, deodorants are not a 'blog thing', but I want to share with you the love (yes, we're talking about love) I feel for it. Aside from the fact that it smells like heaven and lasts all day, it has no aluminium salts in it. Which is a rare thing for deodorants. 

TV  SHOWS

iZombie

MUSIC

Stitches; Imagination; Aftertaste // Shawn Mendes 

Outside // Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding

King // Years & Years

April Favourites | 2015

And here I am, writing another 'favourites'...

BEAUTY/SKINCARE

Vichy Normaderm Purifying Astringent Lotion - I've talked about this green lotion in my 4 Products I Can't Live Without post. I loved it then, and I still do (I also bought a new one - that says a lot!)

Nuxe Comforting Cleansing Milk for Face, Eyes and Lips - I LOVE LOVE LOVE Nuxe. I discovered this brand last summer and there's no product that I've tried from them that I didn't enjoy. I use this cleansing milk when I have to take make-up off - it really works well for eye make-up: I'm currently using the L'Oréal Miss Manga Punky mascara and it is quite challenging to take off. The micellar water does absolutely nothing, instead, this cleansing milk removes everything from my eyes/eyelashes! 

Avène Hydrance Optimale UV Légère - I have never thought that I would ever like/use a moisturizer with SPF, but here I am, loving this one from Avène. The thing that I like the most about it, is that within 10 seconds, it's completely absorbed. 10 points to Avène.

Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate - I gave this to my mom for her birthday and I couldn't not try it. We both love it, it's super creamy and moisturizing. 
I also gave her the Mango one, but we didn't try it yet.

Dior Hypnotic Poison Eau de Parfum - the sample is almost over, now I need the 50ml in my life. 

Last but not least, there are the Real Techniques Expert Face Brush (click), which I am loving way too much, and the Maybelline Eraser Eye Concealer, that kindly covers up my dark circles.

JEWELRY

The necklace is from Accessorize, and let's have a big round of applause for me that for the first time, I didn't buy a long necklace.

MUSIC

Broken // Elisa

Hold Back the River // James Bay

Let it Go // James Bay

See You Again // Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth

Me Minus You // The Kolors

Lay Me Down // Sam Smith

March Favourites | 2015

Where's March gone? Oh God, time is flying by...

Since this month has come to its end, it means it's time for another month favourites! 

BEAUTY

Actually, there's nothing really new here. I've talked about the Clinique Chubby Stick here and the Maybelline ColorTattoo 24hr here. I'm still enjoying them, and still using them!

L'Oréal Hair Expertise Ultra Rich Shampoo - It's so hard to find a shampoo able to discipline my hair, but I think I'm on the right way. This L'Oréal one is doing a great job and I think I'll probably buy the hair mask.

Maybelline BrowDrama Dark Brown - FINALLY. I wanted this gel for so long, but I couldn't find it in my shade. I really really like this one, since now I've been using the Rimmel one but I don't like it at all. With this one my brows are in heaven.

L'Oréal Mega Volume Miss Manga Punky - I've been testing this mascara for almost two weeks now, and if you asked me, two weeks ago, if I did like it I would probably have said a big no to you. But now, I do. It does what the tv advertising says: it makes your lashes look bold and quite spiky (don't worry, not the Barbara Palvin's spiky) and voluminous. If you like this effect, then it's the right one for you. But if you're looking for something more girly, this is not the one. 

This mascara makes my eyes look five times bigger and I love it. The only negative thing is that is quite tricky to take off.

FOOD

Kellogg's Choco Krave - I just- oh, I love these cereals. They're so good, and what makes them taste this nice is their chocolate heart. Mmmh...

MUSIC & MOVIES

Those are mine 'I'm obsessed with these songs and I'm gonna listen 'em until I'll hate them' songs.  

Cinderella and Maleficent are definitely the best movies I've seen in awhile.

HOME

L'Erbolaio Lodi candle White Tea - This is definitely my spring candle. It smells of fresh and clean.

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February Favourites | 2015

Surprise! Look who's here! Yes, me. I'm still here. Breathing. This week's been... pretty busy. One of my pets didn't feel really good and this influenced my mood, and a friend of mine came here from London, so we were pretty excited to see each other. Anyway! That's enough talk, here are my favs of this month.

December Favourites | 2014

♦ BEAUTY

Maybelline The Rocket Volum' Express Mascara & La Roche-Posay Hydreane BB Cream Light - I have already talked about these two products here. I loved them at that time and I still do!

Barry M Natural Glow Palette - I don't think they sell Barry M's products here in Italy, so I bought it on ASOS. However, the shade that I most used is the darkest one, right next to the blush. Clearly, once it's applied it looks much lighter than how it looks in the palette, but that's fine, I don't think I could manage highly pigmented eyehshadows. 

Clinians Moisturizing Cleansing Milk with Mallow Extract (click) - I've been using Clinians cleasing milks for ages. I usually apply it in the evening and I remove it using a wet sponge (better with warm water) doing a gentle massage in circular motions. It leaves my skin much smoother and after using it I feel clean, if you what I mean. After this, I use a tonic and then a moisturizer.

♦ HOME

Yankee Candle, Snow In Love - I LOVE Yankee Candles so much, and for this Christmas I've received this one, which is the medium size, and a Christmas set with three little candles. 0 to 4, great! I've never bought one of them because I thought that 27€ (big ones) for a candle was way too much. But then, when I first lighted up Snow In Love and I didn't feel a weight on my chest, as the Ikea candles usually do to me, I thought that 27€ or 22€ or whatever it is, for a GOOD candle is not that much. 

♦ MUSIC

For this month, I've been obsessed with: 

The Kids Aren't Alright // Fall Out Boy

Baby Don't Lie // Gwen Stefani

Blame It On Me // George Ezra

I Lived // One Republic

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November Favourites | 2014

♦ BEAUTY

Rimmel ScandalEyes Eyeshadow Stick (003 - blackmail) - I purchased this product three months ago, but I didn't really like it on the first try. Now, I can say that I'm addicted to it. Even though is black, when you blend it, it tends to become grey and if you want the black you should put layers and layers of eyeshadow on your eyelid. But I like it anyway: it's easy to blend and it lasts 2/3 hours.

Recently, I've been watching/reading so much about lipliner pencils, and I said to myself 'buy one! Try one and see if it really makes that big lips effect' - and it does. I bought the Deborah Milano Lipliner Pencil 01 and O-M-G my lips change completely. It's a baby pink colour and it's easy to apply, but it has one flaw: it tends to dry your lips. That is why I use it with the Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish Lipstick 03, which is kind of a vintage pink, and this helps to maitain my lips moisturized. Anyway, this two are a great combo! 

♦ ACCESSORIES 

H&M Black Bag with Studs - I purchased this bag more than a year ago, when I was in Florence. I used it for awhile, until I get bored of it and I wanted a bigger bag. Then, a few months ago, I was looking at this beautiful black bag with gold studs and I said to myself 'why did I abandoned you?'. And yes, now we are inseparable. 

♦ MUSIC

Okay, I'm sure that those who regularly read my blog, know that I love love love Taylor Swift. At the end of October, her album, 1989, came out and my brother gave it to me for my birthday. Needless to say how obsessed I was for the past three weeks with this album (and still am).

♦ HOME 

Ikea Candle, Green Apple Scented - aah, this candle is heaven. The second later you've turned it on, you can immediatly smell that green apple scent.

The Lipton Vanilla Caramel Tea screams autumn! I'm not a huge fan of black teas, but I really like this one. I was looking for the Twinings Salted Caramel Tea but then I remembered that I live in Italy and it's impossible to find something that it's out of the ordinary (lemon tea, green tea, ...). BUT this is a great alternative! And the tea sachets are pyramid-shaped.

Hannah Maggs

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October Favourites | 2014

♦ BEAUTY

The Rimmel Salon Pro Urban Purple Nail Polish is by far the best nail polish I have ever had. It's easy to apply, it lasts pretty long and the colour is just gorgeous. 

Deborah Definitive Volume Mascara is THE mascara. The pipe cleaner is made of elastomer and it's easy to apply. It's probably the first mascara that doesn't stick my lashes and really gives volume. 

I've heard so many good opinions about the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation and that's why I bought it! First thing first, I'm not a huge fan of foundation, I do prefer to have no make up on my skin, especially because I'm a glass wearer (yep, I'm pretty blind) and I have oily skin and let me say it's pretty annoying that feeling of foundation and oil on your nose, when you have glasses on. So, I like this foundation, a lot - it lasts for hours, it doesn't irritate my skin (also have sensitive skin) and it's good even if you have oily skin. That's great, isn't it?

I have this one in 'True Ivory'.

Needless to say how much I love my Tangle Teezer. It's my hair saviour, seriously! It detangles your hair beautifully and I have noticed that it rips off less much hair than other hair brushes do.

Last but not least, the Miss Broadway Eyeliner. I think it's the best eyeliner I've ever had. It lasts for so long, it's waterproof and most important it's easy and quick to apply.

♦ CLOTHES

I've been wearin' this H&M Jersey Top for all this passed month. It's just a basic top but I really like it. I often wear it with this Flannel Shirt which I LOVE. Everybody needs of a flannel shirt in their wardrobe. 

♦ MUSIC

X by the talented Ed Sheeran has been the soundtrack of my October. I love him and if you don't, you should.

Oh, since I like to listen what people of the world have to say, I will share with you some of the YouTubers that I have enjoyed to listen/watch this month:

 

sunbeamsjess and extrasumbeamsjess (vlog channel - she's so gorgeous, I can't even) 

Mackenzie Johnson

ZOE LDN

Lily Melrose and Lily (vlog channel)

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