What I am currently loving

Hello there, 

just a quick post about products I am in love right now. They work, makes my life easier, so let me share the goodies with you.

Clinique All about shadow 8-pan palette 

This is perfect compact palette that I bring with me to the GYM, it has got 8 different shades from very pale to the darkest so I can create different looks every day if I wanted to (I am creature of a habit, so mostly my eye look stays very similar). The colours are nicely pigmented and you can easily blend them as well. 

Origins Clean energy Gentle cleansing oil

Recently I have been doing cleaning in my skincare stash and I found this cleansing oil. I haven't used it for a while and now I love it. It is so easy to remove makeup with this. Just pump up few times into palms of my hands, massage into the skin (with the scent it feels very aromatherapeutic and spa like) and then you just wash with your normal cleanser. It was a life saver in my lazy evenings when I just didn't feel bothered to do anything:)

Organic forest honey

I still swear by honey as a cleanser. It just really works for me. It is really funny at first as it doesn't feel like any other cleanser, but whenever I don't use it, I can see my skin doesn't like it. I just put a little on dry skin, massage for up to a minute and then wash off. Skin is soft afterwards and this organic one is so smooth and not sticky at all, I just love it. (I have bought mine in Holland&Barrett)

And last but not least a toothpaste everyone talks about and there is a good reason for it. I haven't been whitening my teeth for few months now, but still have compliments about my white teeth. 
What are YOU currently loving? 

Urban Decay Naked Basics palette

Swatches on Naked basics palette (as you can see, all the pigmentation is very good except for w.o.s. which was quite difficult to swatch)

Ladies, as promised I am bringing you another review of the Naked palette family. Today it is the baby one, the naked basics palette. From all the palettes this was the one I never thought of purchasing, but once while flying, I thought, let me jus buy it on the plane and since then I absolutely adore this. 

It is definitely palette that doesn't contain as much shimmer and pearl finish, but in my opinion it is one that is mostly appropriate for those girls that really love natural eye makeup that is matte and almost unseen. 

You can create very simple and beautiful looks applying lighter shades allover lid, having my favourite crease colour (faint) and even black, so you can transform your day look into a night one. 

I am very impressed by this palette and really enjoy taking it to the gym as it is so tiny, easy to carry around and still you can create whole look without being of a need of different eye shadows. 

If you have someone in your life who wants to start with makeup or is liking very neutral one, I would say this would be my first choice, definitely (after that naked1, then naked2 and naked3 as last just to finish the collection:))

This palette retails for £22.

Urban Decay Naked 3 palette | Review & swatches

I know everyone was talking about this palette ages ago, but to be honest, I wanted to give myself time to really play around with it and see if I like it or not. I was very hesitant if I should get it or not as first of all I have a lot of palettes and second of all, I wasn't sure about how the colours will be great for my complexion.  (luckily I got it from my sister for Christmas, so to quilt there:))

The palette is definitely beautiful, going more into pinky tones, which are rather not your everyday choice. I personally enjoy most of the colours as you are having mattes, shimmers and pearly finishes mixed in, which makes it versatile. The most disappointing colour for me was Dust as it is extremely chalky, there is a lot of fallout and even when freshly new, it just look like a trouble maker. So staying away from Dust if you can:)

Otherwise, colours are gorgeous, I absolutely adore the mattes: Strange, Limit, Nooner. 

I prefer lighter colours for everyday use, so I will rarely touch Factory, Darkside and Blackheart, but they are gorgeous colours to have in your collection. 

If I should say overall judgement: If you are not an owner of Naked palette, I don't think I would recommend to start with this one, Naked1 and Naked2 palette are more everyday makeup friendly (I am planning to do swatches and reviews of those as well), but if you own the others, it is gorgeous palette to own to create different looks and make your daily makeup more fun without going with too much colour (as most of us still love our neutrals anyway).

You can get Naked3 palette in Debenhams and it retails for £37.

Do you own Naked3 palette or any Naked palette? Which one is your favourite?:)

Thank you so much for reading and I will talk to you later.

Lancome Hypnose Doll eyes Fraicheur rosée 5 colour palette

I think I will ever have enough of eyeshadows. And I will definitely always go for very similar ones. 

What I love about this palette though is that it is nude palette with having a little bit baby pink and very dark purple shade, which makes it perfect for transformations from day to night looks. 

I had my eye on these for quite a while as the palettes look amazing and I am so pleased with this one. All of the shades are shimmery so if you don't like shimmer, then this will not be for you, but as I am all for shimmer for the eyes this satisfies my needs completely. 

Contains 2 brushes: a double-ended sponge applicator and brush applicator. Both of the applicators actually feel nice, which is surprising for me to even look at them. Normally I don't, I just DON'T use applicators that come with the palettes, but these ones feel very good on the eye and pick up good amount of product to work with. I am impressed buy that:)

You can use the eyeshadow wet or dry, but I like to go dry for a day-time look. If you are after deeper intensity in colour, definitely wet the applicators or brushes first.

Fraicheur rosee Lancome

I created a look only using these shades, eyeliner and mascara. It is quite intense day-time look, but it could be yours evening look if you are more a natural makeup type of person. 

The colours blend easily together, I just have to say that the lightest pink (no.1) doesn't highlight and is not pigmented as I would like, but the champagne and all other shades are giving very nice colour-pay-off. 

Oh, I just love a little bit of sparkle on the eyes:)

The palette is £33.30 here.
Do you like shimmery eyeshadows for daytime looks? Leave the comments down below:)

Lucia

xox