My one True match

 

I caved in. I bought the uber-hyped, very well loved, « True match » foundation by l'Oréal. I'm the last person to belive in astrolgy/signs/god/fate and all the rest, but I'm going to defend myself by telling you it was meant to be. I saw my shade (the lightest, obviously) available in store for the first time, the same day I started to realise I was running out of my beloved « match perfection » foundation by rimmel. This used to be my staple « Not risky, not dewy, not matt, medium coverage, last a good amount of time foundation . Let me tell you it has been dethroned.

First of all, l'Oréal true match's packaging is flawless. Not beautiful, not luxurious, but practical (thanks to the pump) and sturdy . The foudation has a medium but buildable coverage, and one pump tends to be enough for me to cover my entire face, hiding everything that needs hiding, whithout giving a cakey finish at all. The product is quite liquidy, which makes it very light-weight and comfortable on the skin. But what surprised me the most was the drugstore gem's lasting power : I wore it for over fifteen hours the other day (yeah, I know, not good) , and at the end of that, it still looked pretty damn decent ; not fresh (come on, which foundation would look fresh after all that sweaty time?), but not all over the place either. Bear in mind that I have normal skin though, I don't know what it would look like on an oilier skin-type.

Now I believe this foundation comes in 13 shades in France, R1-C1  « rose Ivory » being the lightest and my perfect color match (pink toned, super fair) and retails for 15,50€ here (but I actually found it a lot cheaper in store). It's worth every single penny, as I think the quality of this product lives up to many high end foundations.

I'm still open for any good foundation subjection though, feel free to leave some in the comments.

See you soon,

Maddy

Beautifully unaffordable products

I think you can all agree with me on the fact that january is depressing. You're broke after the sales, it rains/freezes (damn you californians) and you realize you are never going to stick to your resolutions (being more positive in my case... oops) . In my grey day boredom, I made a list of beautiful makeup products I desperately want but know I'll never own because they're extremely expensive/not available in France. And again, I'm so broke (thanks to my makeup haul) that I think I'll need to wait until my next birthday (4^th of november) before I can buy anything ! You can either take this post as an « unaffordable products » or a « beautiful products » one, depending on your mood, hope you enjoy though !

Base makeup :

1: Nars sheer glow (in Deauville) 

2: Nars radiant creamy concealer (in chantilly)

3: Gorgio Armani Luminous Silk (in 3 Ivory)

4: Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer broad spectrum (in porcelain)

5: Jouer matte moisture tint (in porcelain)

6: Make Up For Ever HD powder

Contour/highlight/blush:

1: BECCA shimmering skin perfector (in white pearl)

2: YSL Touche éclat highlighter (in n°01)

3: Clinique Cheek pop (in Berry pop)

4: Tarte amazonian clay 12h blush (all of them!!!)

5: Nars Orgasm/Laguna duo

6: Tarte park avenue princess,

7: Nars Virtual domination cheek palette (limited edition)

8: Hourglass Ambiant lighting palette

Eyebrows:

1: Anastasia brow powder duo (no idea of the shade)
2: Burberry effortless eyebrow definer (in sepia)

3: Benefit gimme brow (in light/medium)

Eyes:

1: Bobbi Brown warm glow palette
2: Burberry eyeshadow in Pale barley

3: Charlotte Tilbury luxury palette (the glamour muse)
4: Nars the NARSissiste eyeshadow palette,

5: Stila eyeshadow in kitten
6: Kat Von D Tatoo liner,

7: Marc Jacob « the night owl »eyeshadow palette
8: Tarte lights, camera, lashes mascara

9: Too faced better than sex mascara

Lips:

1: NARS Audacious lipstick (in Raquel)

2: Tom Ford lip color (in crimson noir)

3: Charlotte Tilbury matte revolution lipstick (in glastonberry)

4: Buxom full on lip cream (any of them)

5: Mac lipstick (in velvet teddy, please me or cyber)

6: Bite beauty high pigment pencil (in rhubarb)

That's it! Obviously, everything I said in the intro of this blogpost isn't to be taken litterally. Makeup is far from being the most important thing in my life, it doesn't actually makes me depressed to know  I won't be able to afford these expensive powders and pretty packagings. 

Have a lovely day,

Maddy