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2018-03-02 Makeup, Reviews

IsaDora Twist-Up Gloss Sticks – Bare & Beautiful

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Nude, glossy and moisturizing. That sums up these beautiful gloss sticks, which I’ve been loving lately.

I was so excited, when I heard that IsaDora was coming up with new shades for their Twist-Up Gloss Sticks. I was even more excited, when I heard that the Bare & Beautiful collection was all about nude colors. Who doesn’t love nude lipsticks? Nowadays it’s more of a classic rather than a trend. A sheer color close to your own lip colour looks good on anyone.

And I don’t know about you, but right now I’m all about that glossy and shiny look.

These products were kindly sent to me as pr-samples 

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Isadora Twist-Up Gloss Stick swatches & review

I got four beautiful nude shades: Toffee Pop, Bare Belle, Boho Beige and Milk ‘N Chocolate. There’s some warmer colors, one that is quite neutral and one, that is very cool-toned. Here are some swatches. Which one is your favorite?

Three of these colors were totally new to me, but one of these I’ve had before. Milk ‘N Chocolate was the color, that I’ve used before and it’s one of the very rare lipsticks that I managed to use up totally. It was and now is again one of my favorite nude lipsticks. Another favorite of mine is now Bare Belle – it’s a beautiful neutral, almost a bit cool-toned nude. It’s not as warm as Milk ‘N Chocolate.

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The consistency in the *Twist-Up Gloss Sticks is for my taste, because they combine the shine of a lip gloss and the creamy feel of a lipstick. They contain ingredients such as hyaluronic acid and collagen pre-peptides, which hydrate, firm and plump your lips. And obviously whenever you’re putting something shiny on your lips, they are gonna look bigger and plumper.

One thing that is great with nude lipsticks, is that they wear off beautifully. Since these are not matte and the colors are muted, they look natural wearing off. And finally I have to note that these have a delicious vanilla-chocolate scent, that is still quite mild.

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Wearing Toffee Pop & Bare Belle.
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Wearing Boho Beige & Milk ‘n Chocolate.

I’m definitely gonna rock these glossy lips throughout the spring and summer!

 

Shop:

*IsaDora Twist-Up Gloss Sticks (amazon)

 

What do you think of these? What is your favorite nude lipstick?

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2018-02-05 Reviews

The foundation for oily skin – Clarins Everlasting Foundation+

If I’m going through my fourth bottle of the same foundation, I think it’s safe to say it’s amazing. Clarins Everlasting Foundation is one of my all-time favorite foundations – and even though I have briefly mentioned it on my blog before, it needs a bigger spotlight.

This foundation is good in every way: it offers a great coverage, it’s easily blendable and buildable, it lasts the whole day, it looks natural and beautiful on the skin and it comes in a beautiful packaging.

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Clarins Everlasting Foundation+ Review

My skin has always been a bit problematic, when it comes to foundations. I’ve found that when you put a little extra money into your foundation, it usually pays back in quality. If I compare this foundation to some drugstore foundations I have, I find that the consistency and longevity is better. I still use other foundations too, but when I want the best possible result, I grab this.

The coverage in this foundation is really good. It’s not necessarily a full-coverage, but it does hide redness, blemishes and imperfections. It doesn’t hide all of my acne scarring, but to be fair, my acne scarring is pretty bad. Even the most full-coverage foundation that I have, doesn’t hide that and even though I pack concealer on the scarring, it somehow always shows through.

The foundation comes out as a fluid. Not too thick, but not too watery either. I like to apply it with a damp sponge, that also thins it out a bit. I always apply thin layers and build it up from there. Obviously if you wanted a heavier coverage, you could use a foundation brush and pat it on. The finish of this foundation is semi-matte. It’s very natural looking and beautiful on the skin.

Even though it covers so well and lasts all day – it doesn’t dry out the skin. Besides the mattifying properties of bamboo extract, it also contains nourishing quinoa.

To sum it all up together, Clarins Everlasting Foundation is definitely made for normal to oily skin. It’s perfect for anyone, whose problems are oiliness, impurities or even acne. Or for someone with normal skin, who wants a bomb foundation.

And since we’re on the acne-topic once again, we get to the next great thing about this foundation: it doesn’t clog pores! Having mixed/oily skin, some foundations – especially full-coverage and long-lasting ones – tend to break me out. This suits my skin perfectly and I don’t have to worry about making my skin worse wearing this. So I would definitely recommend this foundation for problematic skin.

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Before & after of the Clarins Everlasting Foundation+ in the shade 108 sand. This is my skin situation at the moment.

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Here is an older picture of me wearing the foundation.

So there is one of my favorite foundations – I think we can say it’s a holy grail product for me.

Shop the foundation:

*Clarins Everlasting Foundation in the shade Sand

What is your holy grail foundation? Have you tried this one?

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