Brighter, healthier and glowy skin

Recently with the whole wedding preparation I have started to be obsessed with having glowy skin. As, after few reads I found out is the main thing your skin should be doing while having the big day, I just had to dig more and find the perfect products, makeup items that will help achieve the perfect bridal skin. 

And let me start with, thank God there is makeup and we can help fake some of it. 

As a constant biggest judge of my skin, I sometimes feel it can get closer to my desired finish, but when, oh, when? 

I have inserted few products into my skincare and as well makeup routine that I believe are helping with me going the path I am currently desiring.

1. Skincare

The best is definitely to start with your skincare routine and making sure that either chemical exfoliation or the manual on is part of it. I personally prefer to use exfoliating toners on an everyday basis and then help with masks a little as well. There is Ren Glycolactic radiance renewal mask, Liquid Gold smoothing & Perfecting mask, but my all time favourite is Clinique turnaround instant facial as it gives the results of brighter, smoother skin, but is very gentle (and plus I look like smurf when I wear it;))

Having a moisturiser or a serum that helps brighten skin is always amazing plus, I like to have a night treat that gives me smooth and healthy skin in the morning. I am currently using Clinique Turnaround (from the same line) overnight moisturiser. I would really like to try the Bodyshop vitamin E serum-in-oil which sounds amazing (and when tried on hand in the store, I feel very tempted).

2. Primer

Shall we come to faking the glow now?:) I absolutely adore illuminating primers because they really work. Well, plus some other amazing products, but trust me, people will tell that you are glowing, well, at least the ones around me can always tell when I try to give extra glow or not. Anywas, my all time favourite is L'oreal lump magique which I talked about for ages, but currently I wanted to treat myself for wedding and go for something more luxurious and got Tom Ford Illuminating primer. So far tried it few times and really like, but proper review will be coming your way soon. 

3. Powder

If you are going all glowy and then set all of your base with a matte powder, all of the work was for nothing. Therefore I love to set my foundation with illuminating powder. I currently made a review of Bourjois Java rice powder which I love, but when I finished it and checked that it lasted for 4 months, I wanted to check if there is anything that might be a better value. And I did. Bourjois java rice powder is  £9.99 for 3.5g and Bare minerals Illuminating mineral veil is £20 for 9g. 

4. Highlighter

If you are not a fan of highlighting powder and you like to highlight only certain part of the skin, there are liquids, cream and powders. For example I have here Smashbox artificial light (liquid), Tom Ford Shade and illuminate (cream) and Mac Soft and gentle mineralise skin finish. My favourite is Probably Mac one as it is the easiest to apply on an everyday basis.

Are any of you ladies into glowy skin as well? Any tips or products that work for you? Share, please, I would love to hear your recommendations:)

Have a great day everyone:)

November favourites

I know November is quite behind, but just wanted to quickly share my favourites that I had thorough the month.


L'oreal lumi magique primer

Primer that makes the skin looking glowy and even when I didn't have enough sleep at night, my skin can still look good:)

Chanel Chance Eau tendre
Definitely my favourite Chanel perfume being sweet, but mature fragrance. Amazing.

Clinique superbalanced makeup
Foundation that gives medium coverage with natural finish and helps to give moisture to dry areas on face and control oil on oilier. I love this one for everyday working days:)

Smashbox Halo powder
I mentioned this babe in my perfect under-eye post here. It is hydrating powder that brightens and sets your concealer. Perfect for those dark under-eyes.

 Korres Jasmine lip balm
Amazingly smelling lipbalm that gives slight tint hydrates the lips without feeling too greasy. (but still on the greasier side;))

Bleach London Rose hair non-permanent hair colour
 Since I did a video I had proper chance to try it out, so I might do a separate blogpost as I have heard mixed reviews about these. But just quickly, I really loved this one, giving a little bit of colour without going too crazy, damaging your hair and changing your style dramatically:)

Perfect under-eye makeup

I am always conscious of my eyes. The first area in which you can see tiredness, getting old, being on party last night, well, just everything. My eyes are seriously the entry to my soul. For that reason I try my best to make it look great. I am always trying new, better eye treatments and masks, but today I want to talk about how I am perfecting it by makeup. 

There are 3 steps to get perfect under eye area:

STEP 1

After you hydrated the area with your favourite eye cream, sometimes just concealer that you put over can either dry it out back or crease as there is just too much moisture. So either your concealer will be gone by the end of the day or creases like hell.

I discovered amazing Smashbox photo finish hydrating under eye primer. We all know Smashbox has got amazing primers, but this my is my favourite one. It is just so smart. Apply your eye cream, this primer and problem solved. And it works.

STEP 2

As the eye area is perfectly prepped you can go with your favourite concealer. If it is just something highlighting (if you are so lucky not having dark circles) or proper hiding anything over there, make sure that everything is nice and blended.

I started to love my MAC prolongwear concealer with Real Techniques miracle complexion sponge which is quicker than my fingers or any brushes. Just apply concealer in triangle shape to brighten (if applied just underneath your eye, it can create REVERSE panda eye look). Just work it into the skin, so there is no visible concealer line, just perfectly smooth and even.

STEP 3

The last step is setting this whole thing. Depending on your dryness, you can set it with rosewater, or going for a powder. I personally like Smashbox Halo yellow color correcting hydrating powder as it is hydrating, colour correcting and setting at the same time. You can't go wrong with this one. The only down side is that it is zoo small. Only 7.1g as your regular powder is roughly 12 g. I suppose you will use it around the eyes only, it is worth it. If you have though redness, I would highly recommend Clinique redness solutions powder with 11.6g in it:)

Get ready with me...:)

My first get ready with me video, I hope you enjoy:

Lucia

xox

FOTD-Glowy coral

L'oreal Lumi magique primer
DiorSkinNude BB creme (002)
Origins Plantscription concealer (01 Light)
Chanel natural finish pressed powder (20 clair)
Real Techniques expert face brush
MAC 129 brush

Maybelline Anti-age The eraser eye (light)
Clinique airbrush concealer (04 neutral fair)
Smashbox Halo yellow colour correcting hydrating powder

Benefit Coralista blush
MAC Soft and gentle mineralize skinfinish highlighter
Real techniques Blush brush

Clinique Superfine liner (Soft blonde)
Soap and glory The double crayon liner (using the lidshadow under the brows)
Elif C eyeshadow bruh (blending the highlighter colour )

base: MAC Bare study paint pot
allover lid: MAC Phloof!
middle of the lid till crease: MAC Satin taupe
crease: MAC Cranberry
eyeliner: L'oreal Superliner (Black)
Shu eumura eyelash curler
Clinique High lengths mascara (Black)
MAC 217 brush
MAC 239 brush

YSL lipstick rouge volupte 13 Revlon Lipgloss (170 Coral Reef)

Lucia

xox

Today's makeup look 28/May/2013

I like to change up my makeup looks sometimes. The most I like to play with eyes and lips. Today when I was rushing to work I wanted something easy but not to go too natural, so I came up with slight smokey brown eye. The easiest thing ever.

Čas od času rada mením svoje makeup looky Najradšej sa hrám s očami a perami. Dnes zatiaľ čo som sa ponáhľala do práce, chtiac jednoduchý makeup ale nie iba prirodzený, prišla som na veľmi jednoduché dymové hnedé líčenie. Najjednoduchšia vec. 

Just take blending brush (MAC 217), dip to brown darker shade of your choice (satin taupe MAC), first start applying from the crease coming to the inner corner and back....and make this movement a lot, blending while you apply the colour. Then just apply more colour to the crease, under eye with thinner brush and lighter shade (my favourite: PHLOOF! MAC) in the inner corner and under the brow. Black liquid eyeliner (The best one on the whole world is L'oreal Superliner. Trust me on this one.). Mascara. Quite a bit of mascara. Eyes done.

Iba vezmite štetec, ktorý používate na zjednotenie tieňov, naneste tmavší hnedý odtieň podľa vášho výberu, začnite vo vonkajšom rohu a potom prechádzajte štetcom do vnútornej časti viečka a naspäť. Popritom ako nanášate farbu, ju aj zjednocujete. Po jednodnej aplikácii naneste viacej farby do vonkajšieho viečka, jemnú linku hnedého tieňa pod oko a jemnejší rozňasňujúci odtieň do vnútorného viečka a pod obočie. Čierna tekutá očná linka (Najlepšia je L'oreal Superliner. Skutočne, v tomto mi môžete veriť). Maskara. Celkom veľa maskary. Oči hotové. 

As you can see at the picture I added white eyeliner (collection 2000) in the waterline. I like it. Look at my tired red eyes. They need it. NO matter white eyeliner opinions out there:)

Ako môžete vidieť na fotke, ja som pridala aj bielu ceruzku. Mne sa to páči. Pozrite sa aké mám unavené červené oči. Ja to potrebujem. NERIEŠIM svetový názor na biele ceruzky na očiach:)

I got some new babies- MAC eyeshadows in the colourful mode, I will show you them in next post:)

Kúpila som si nové MAC očné tiene v trošku farebnejšom duchu, ukážem v ďalšom príspevku:)

Anyways, back to the look: / 

Mimochodom, naspäť k looku:

Mascara: Clinique High lengths mascara (makes lashes nice and long:))

Clinique High lengths maskara  (robí mihalnice pekné a dlhé:))

Foundation: Double wear in 1N1 Ivory Nude 72 (stress at work made me break out badly, luckily I have this super covering foundation. Thanks for that:))

Makeup: Double wear odtieň 1N1 Ivory Nude 72 (stres v práci zanechal stopy na mojej tvári a som sa vyhádzala :(, našťastie mám super zakrívací makeup. Chvala Bohu:))



Other bits and bobs:

Ďalšie dôležité vecičky:

Lips I left very soft with Revlon lip butter in Strawberry shortcake.

Pery som nechala veľmi jemné s Revlon maslom na pery v odtieni Strawberry shortcake. 

Which is your favourite everyday look?

Aký look je váš najoblúbenejší denný look ?:)

Thank you for stopping by:)

Ďakujem za návštevu:)

Lucia

xox

Instagram #1

http://instagram.com/luciaknowsbeauty/

So I am proudly a member of instagram profile as I (after a long journey with my blackberry) finally decided to get iPhone and oh man, that was a GOOD decision. I love to check out other people on instagram and made few pictures myself:)

Takže som sa stala hrdou majiteľkou instagramového profilu keďže (po dlhej ceste s mojou blackberry) som sa konečne rozhodla kúpiť si iPhone a uf uf, bolo to veľmi DOBRÉ rozhodnutie. Zbožňujem pozeranie ostatných ľudí na instagrame a sama som už urobila zopár fotiek.

Lucia

xox

My everyday work make-up

I always love to know what products are people using for their everyday makeup, so I thought why not share mine:)

I need my makeup stay put for whole day, that's why I use setting spray and primer afterwards. I found that it helps even around my nose area which can can greasy the most.

I like to go for a full coverage foundation, but I am trying to use more concealer where I need it and going for a foundation where it is very necessary.                      I always set my foundation with powder, currently I am trying out the bare minerals Mineral veil. 

Sometimes I like to go for a little bit of bronzer as it gives me nice colour to the face and the Sleek one works perfectly for my skin as it is not too dark. I wouldn't apply too much, but it gives nice warm, brownish colour. My orgasm blush from Nars is my favourite as it give me nice glow and healthy look to my skin, which is always a plus;)

I love having winged eyeliner for everyday, but I found that when I apply black eyeshadow on the top of my eyeliner, it looks more interesting and not that harsh for a day use. 

As a eyeprimer I am using Origins cream shadow and after that I am playing these days with Naked palette 2, which my lovely friend Lauren gave me (how sweet of her:)). And I absolutely love it. I have the original Naked palette so I never thought about picking this up, but it is truly amazing. Love the colours. 

These days I am using wearing the same products on my lips as I like the finish and colour (as seen on the picture)

Thank you so much for reading my today's post and hopefully soon I will send my days off make-up for you as it is quite different;)

Lucia

xox