12/04/2014

What Beauty Products Does Mila Kunis Use? Create her signature look!

Ask anyone, male or female, who their celebrity crush is and the name Mila Kunis will probably crop up as one of, if not the, top answer. She's been in some great films, has an amazing style and just always look so effortlessly gorgeous on the red carpet. Her signature makeup look features a subtle smokey eye and black liner paired with a neutral lip. Here's what she uses.


Base
Mila's make-up artist, Tracey Levy, typically primes her skin with the Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer helping to minimise pores and smooth the complexion. To follow, she either uses Lancôme Teint Mineral foundation or the Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk UV foundation. Mila typically mixes 4.5 Sand with 6.5 Tawny to create the perfect shade. For concealer, her favourite is Bobbi Brown's Creamy Concealer in Light Peach and, to set everything, she uses the Make Up For Ever HD Microfinish Powder.

Colour
For blush, she uses the Dior Diorblush in Passionfruit - a duo of peachy/pink cheek colours that once swirled together create a healthy glow. To create a bronzed complexion on the red carpet make-up artists use either the Dior Diorskin Nude Tan Sun Glow Powder in Honey 001 or Lancôme Tar Bronzer in Solaire. She is also known to use the Make Up For Ever Sculpting Kit in 02 Neutral Light to contour herself. As for highlight, Dior Skinflash Primer is lightly dabbed on her cheekbones for a highlighting, radiant effect.

Eyes
Most times she prefers using dark grey's instead of blacks. She uses kohl pencil (Yves Saint Laurent Dessin Du Regard Haute Tenue Long Lasting Eye Pencil) for lining up the eyes. For a bronze smokey eye on the red carpet, her make-up artist uses Lanôme Color Design 5 Pan Palette in Bronze Amour or the Hourglass Visionaire Eyeshadow Duo. On herself, Mila uses the shimmery bronze and dark brown shades from the Lorac Reveal Make Up Palette. To finish and complete the eye makeup, she generously applies Lancôme's Hypnose Drama Instant Full Body Volume Mascara in Excessive Black. Fake lashes are applied on most red carpet looks - she uses Ardel Duralash Flare Lashes in Medium Black.

Lips
For a natural coloured lip, Mila prefers using the Christian Dior Lip Balm. On the red carpet she either sports a nude/beige lip or a brick red lip. For the nude lip it is a combination of the Vani-T Mineral Lipstick in Enchantress with Juicy Tubes Gloss in Ticked Pink. Whilst, for a red lip she pairs NARS Lipliner in Amazon with the MAC Lipstick in Dubonnet.

So, there you have it. I hope you enjoyed. Don't forget to check out the beauty products that Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Megan Fox use! Xxx

12/02/2014

Holy grail skin products



Introducing my most repurchased skin/body items. Definitely a signal of holy grail status.

First up is a vanilla body butter from The Body Shop. Despite loving the strawberry and shea butter versions, I seem to always have the vanilla one in my stash. I adore the scent, it is luxuriously thick in consistency, it melts into the skin instantly and makes the skin so bloody soft.

Tea tree water by bath-bomb mavericks Lush is a holy grail skincare product of mine. It is classified as a toner and is targeted towards oily or blemish prone skin. I am the latter and I can 100% vouch for this product and claim it has helped clear and improve my skin. I spritz a little onto a cotton pad each morning and evening and it is incredibly cooling and refreshing, does not leave any tacky residue and most importantly it does not irritate or break me out. Hallelujah!

Lastly is a rather pricy moisturiser in the form of Clinique moisture surge. This little pot of goodness is perfect at hydrating dry skin. On the average day I would say I have combination skin - by midday my t-zone gets a little shiny with the rest of my face staying relatively matte. Recently, however, my skin has done a complete u-turn and has become incredibly dry and flakey (not easy to work with!) and this moisturiser has helped so much. I am going through these like there is no tomorrow, but I am partial to slather layers on before bed which is not cost effective. I blame the English weather.

I am definitely getting better at making my reviews more concise and less rambly. After all, I prefer short and to the point reviews. Have a great week - and I hope everyone effected by the flooding is safe.

10/02/2014

Clinique Discolorations Superprimer review

When Clinique launched their new range of Superprimers I was super excited. I adore Clinique skincare so I wasn't sceptical at all with trying them. Released in six variations, each primer is targeted towards a specific skin concern. From covering redness to brightening the skin there is a primer for every skin need.

In all honesty, I could have bought any of the variations (perhaps not the one for deeper skin tones!) and they would have helped. However for trial purpose, I opted for the Discolouration version. It is designed to even out the skin tone whilst helping cover up any blemish or acne scars. And so far I am really happy. I find this primer does help cover up any current spots or old acne scarring marks by evening the skins overall colour. It also makes the skin feel extremely soft making foundation application much quicker and smoother. The product is a bright orange, yet doesn't transfer orange onto the skin. It quickly blends and feels super lightweight. 

My only criticism…it contains a lot of silicone ingredients. My skin is extremely sensitive to silicones, yet I wanted to try the product as I read many reviews of people with a similar skin tone as myself having found no problems. But, for me, I'm not so sure. I have broken out recently but this could be due to hormones, so I will report back. 

If you are lucky enough to be okay with silicones, then this primer is absoultely amazing. If you are sensitive to silica properties, I would suggest you stay clear.

06/02/2014

New drugstore purchases



As if I didn't need any more products to try.

For the past few months I have been using Mac charcoal brown eyeshadow to fill in my brows. It's the perfect neutral medium brown, however since dying my hair dark (almost black) brown, I needed something new to use and after reading numerous positive to pick up the Sleek Brow Kit in dark. It comes with mini tweezers, two mini brushes, a dark brown wax and a dark brown powder making it perfect for on the go.

I bought a new mascara in the form of L'Oreal Miss Manga. I normally hate drugstore mascaras, but yet again, I got swayed by good reviews.

After watching this video, Kate spoke highly of the newly re-promoted Revlon Photoready Skinlights. They are marketed as face illuminators, yet can be used under foundation as a primer or over foundation to create a glowy appearance. I chose Bare Light - a beige, warm tone shade.

L'Oreal lumi magique is one of my favourite foundations, so I had to buy the new L'Oreal Lumi Magique powder. It appears to be a highly pigmented highlighting powder with a strong pink undertone.

New eyeliners! Rimmel Scandaleyes are one of my favourites in general and I use the nude colour religiously. Brown eyeliners are more subtle for daytime so I bought Taupe, a light brown. I also picked up a new liquid liner, L'Oreal Super Slim as I have been obsessed with a thin line of liquid liner on the upper lash line recently.

Xo

27/01/2014

Benefit Hello Flawless! Oxygen Wow Foundation in Ivory (I'm Pure 4 Sure) Review



It seems as though I have gone on a foundation purchasing spree. First I bought (and have already reviewed) the Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation, then in the same outing I picked up both NARS Sheer Glow and Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow. Today I'll be reviewing the Benefit offering and will most likely follow up with a review of the Sheer Glow.

First and foremost, I huge Benefit fan and I use their face products on an everyday basis - Hoola bronzer is my absolute must have and I am never without a tube of They're Real mascara. So I was excited to try out their first liquid foundation.

And so far I really do like it. The formula is super light-weight - more so than L'Oreal True Match which is very thin in consistency - which makes application so easy as it just blends into the skin. In my opinion the coverage is fairly light, but you can layer it up for a medium coverage and just use a little extra concealer on any imperfections. Hello Flawless evens out the skin and reduces redness all whilst creating a luminous and healthy looking complexion - and thankfully it does not cling to any dry patches, making it the perfect winter/spring foundation. I love to use it with either a Sigma F80 or Real Techniques buffing brush as it gives slightly more coverage, or if I want a light coverage using your fingers or a sponge makes it look super natural.

The foundation does contain an SPF of 25 so I would avoid using it in the evenings in case of major flashback. Also, it is only available in 9 shades - I have mine in the shade Ivory (I'm Pure 4 Sure) and, currently, it is way too light for me.

Overall, I really do recommend this foundation if you're in the market for something that is lightweight, provides light to medium coverage and creates a luminous, light-reflecting glow. I can see this being my go-to foundation during the summer, as well.