[MOST PLAYED] 2015 Most Played [FACE]

Hello everybody!

Today I wanted to show you my most used face products of 2015. Base products are my favourites, I love trying out new foundations, new bronzers and especially new blushes, but I managed to narrow it down to my very favourites of the year. Thanks to goldenvi0let for the amazing idea of #TeamMostPlayed!

Makeup Forever Hydrating Primer (36,00€)

In 2015 I discovered the amazing world of primers. I didn't like them because I tried the wrong ones, so after finding out that Makeup Forever was coming out with a whole range of primers and after hearing Jaclyn Hill raving about them, I had to give them a chance. I decided to buy the Hydrating version because my skin was acting up and was a lot drier than usual. This primer is amazing and I still use it a lot, especially with long lasting foundations: it helps making the product stick to the skin without enphasizing the dry patches on the face. It also helps giving the foundation a nice and healthy look throughout the day. It's totally worth the money if you have dry skin or need an extra boost of hydration, especially during winter.

Max Factor Facefinity Primer 

This is my budget-friendly pick for this cathegory. This primer was part of my collection since the beginning of the year, but I only started using it in Spring. The Facefinity Primer is completely different from the MUFE one: as the name suggests, this helps the longevity of the makeup and it also provides SPF20, which is always a bonus, especially if your moisturizer doesn't have SPF. It's totally comparable to the more expensive primers like the Smashbox ones in terms of performance, so if you're looking for a good primer definitely try this one.

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray (26,50€)

I think I've gone through at least 10 bottles of this setting spray in the past years, no kidding. This is the perfect ending to every makeup: it keeps your makeup looking fresh and flawless all day (or all night), it gets rid of the powdery look and makes everything blend better together. I tried other ones but this is still the best one. 

Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Foundation (34,90€)

This has been my favourite since the day it launched: it's a light and weightless foundation perfect for everyday use if your skin doesn't need a lot of coverage. It gives a natural and radiant finish that looks like skin and makes people wonder if you've just returned from a vacation. I usually set my T-zone with powder when I use this foundation, but if your skin is dry you'll be able to wear it even without powder.

Benefit Hello Flawless Foundation (36,00€)

You'll see a pattern in my foundation picks, I'm sure. My skin is pretty good even without makeup but I'm pale and sometimes I look a little bit dull, so what I look for the most is radiance and luminosity. This Benefit foundation gives a medium coverage with a radiant finish that lasts all day. It also has SPF so I can skip the extra step in my morning routine. 

Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue (28,90€)

My holy grail, my top favourite of 2015. This is my perfect base, people always compliment me for my skin whenever I wear it. Again we're talking about a medium coverage base that gives a natural and healthy look. It's a gel formula so it also provides hydration and it's perfect for people with dry or combination skin. I have combination skin and the Complexion Rescue always lasts all day on me with just a bit of powder on my T-zone, so you should be safe. Definitely try it if you're looking for a new base, you wont regret it!

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer (19,20€)

Another all time favourite of mine, I love this concealer. It doesn't crease on my undereye area and it provides a full coverage, perfect for dark circles but also for random spots on your face. Sometimes I use it as a foundation -kind of making my own tinted moisturizer- especially when I only have 10 minutes in the morning to get ready.

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer

Towards the end of the year I discovered other concealers that I've been really liking a lot, even more than this one, but I've used the Fit Me Concealer almost all year long, so I had to mention it in this post. The formula is a little bit drier than the MAC one, but the lasting power is just as good. It's a nice concealer both for the undereye area and the rest of the face.

Too Faced Primed and Poreless Loose Powder (29,00€)

I heard so many good things about this powder from fellow bloggers, so I decided to try it and I'm glad I did. I don't particularly like loose powders but this one is worth the extra time I need to apply it. It keeps my skin matte but not flat and powdery, locking in foundation and concealer all day long. I didn't notice a big difference on my pores but to be honest it's not my main concern. 

I bought the Soap and Glory Solar Powder (£11.00) when I was in London in December 2014 and I've used it for at least 8 months straight. I'm pretty fair and it's not easy for me to find the perfect shade of bronzer that doesn't make me look like I'm an orange alien. This is perfect to bronze up the skin. It has two different shades, so you can customise your perfect bronzer. I've used the Solar Powder until I found the Kiko Perfecting Bronzer. This product was part of the Rebel Romantic collection (in my opinion one of the best collections Kiko has ever made). I like this product for the same reasons as the Solar Powder: the shade is perfect for my light complexion, the product is really blendable and it lasts all day on the skin.

As for blushes, I feel like I've been using so many different ones this year, but I always go back to the same shades. My perfect everyday blush is Urban Decay 8 hours Afterglow Blush in the shade Fetish (29.90€). I've discovered this product in the second half of 2015 but I've used it a lot. When I don't know which shade I want to wear, or when I have heavy makeup on my eyes, I always go for this blush that gives my cheeks a natural flush. Another favorite of mine is MAC Blush in Peaches (23.00€). As the name suggests, this blush is a nice peachy shade. It's intense and long lasting, but do not be scared, you can build the intensity so you can both have a natural look or a more intense one. Last blush I loved and used a lot this year is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Radiant Magenta (35.00€). The thing I like the most about this blush is that it lasts all day without fading. Even after 10 hours my blush is still perfect and I am planning on buying more shades of this formulation.

And that's it for face products! In the next days I will show you my faves lip and eye products, so keep an eye on the blog :)

Let me know which were your favorites face products of 2015, if there's something I definitely need to try, I can't wait to read your comments :)

[FACE OF THE DAY] Feelin' Dandy

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Oggi vi propongo un look che sto sfruttando tantissimo nell'ultimo periodo, un look semplice e anche abbastanza veloce da realizzare. Sto continuando ad utilizzare e ad amare i Crème Shadow di Nabla che mi permettono di realizzare trucchi rapidi ma d'effetto e soprattutto che non vanno a finire nelle pieghette col passare delle ore. In questo caso ho utilizzato Dandy su tutta la palpebra mobile e per dare un tocco più caldo, più dorato, ci ho tamponato sopra con un pennellino asciutto l'ombretto Glitz, sempre di Nabla. Nella piega dell'occhio ho usato Narciso per creare profondità. I Crème Shadow hanno una resa fantastica anche se usati da soli, quindi non c'è assolutamente bisogno di fissarli con un ombretto in polvere. Io non lo faccio mai, se non per modificare leggermente il colore dell'ombretto, come in questo caso. 

Sul viso ho usato una base leggera - la Complexion Rescue di Bare Minerals, una delle scoperte del 2015 - e ho scaldato l'incarnato con il Perfecting Bronzer di Kiko. Sulle guance ho utilizzato il Mineralize Blush di Mac nella tonalità Gleeful.

Sulle labbra, un altro preferito dell'ultimo periodo, ossia il rossetto liquido di Stila nella tonalità Aria. Sebbene sia un colore un po' "cupo", trovo che dia il meglo di sè se utilizzato con colori luminosi sugli occhi.

Cosa ne pensate di questo look? Avete acquistato i Crème Shadow di Nabla? Come li utilizzate?

Face:

Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue (02 Vanilla)

Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer

Deborah Milano Radiance Creator concealer

Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder
MAC Prep+Prime CC Powder

Kiko Perfecting Bronzer

MAC Mineralize Blush in Gleeful

Eyes:

Nabla Crème Shadow in Dandy

Nabla Glitz & Narciso Eyeshadows

Deborah Milano matita 2in1 Kajal&Eyeliner

Deborah Milano 0% Eyeliner Puro

L'oreal False Lash Telescopic Mascara

Nabla Brow Divine (shade Venus)

Lips:

Stila Liquid Lipstick in Aria

May Most Played

Ciao a tutti!
Riprendo l'attività del blog con i preferiti del mese, entrando a far parte del #teammostplayed, fantastica iniziativa di goldenvi0let.

Hello everybody!

I am trying to go back on track with this post. Today I am going to show you my most used products of May by joining goldenvi0let's #teammostplayed.

 

La maggior parte dei prodotti presenti in questo post riguardano la base viso, e questo perché ultimamente purtroppo ho poco tempo per truccare gli occhi e fare makeup elaborati. Di uscire di casa senza neanche un filo di trucco, però, non se ne parla. 

 

Most of the products I will show you are base products, and that's because lately I've had so little time to do my eye makeup or to have fun creating crazy makeup, but I've always had time to do my base in the morning.

A maggio ho scoperto dei prodotti molto interessanti, che spero di non dover abbandonare mai più. Inizio dal primer idratante di Make Up For Ever, che fa parte di una molto più ampia collezione di primer per ogni esigenza. Io ho una pelle mista con alcune zone molto secche (il naso) e questo primer mi permette di applicare qualsiasi fondotinta senza che queste zone siano in alcun modo evidenziate. Non ho notato che prolunghi la durata del makeup, ma sicuramente prolunga il tempo in cui il trucco sembra fresco e perfetto, come appena applicato.

La Complexion Rescue di Bare Minerals è un prodotto fenomenale, probabilmente la migliore scoperta dell'anno, almeno fino a questo momento. E' un gel/crema idratante con SPF 30 che dona al viso un colorito sano e molto naturale. Ho intenzione di dedicare a questo prodotto un intero post, quindi per ora mi limito a dire che è fantastico e che merita davvero tanto.

Il correttore Wake Me Up di Rimmel l'ho acquistato un bel po' di tempo fa ma non l'ho mai usato più di tanto perché lo ritenevo un po' troppo poco coprente per i miei gusti. In realtà è ancora così, ma a maggio penso di averlo usato quasi tutti i giorni. Non mi evidenzia le rughette d'espressione attorno agli occhi e tutto sommato copre abbastanza bene l'indecenza causata dalle poche ore di sonno.  Inoltre, quando uso basi poco coprenti -ad esempio la Complexion Rescue- necessito di un correttore che sia altrettanto poco coprente.

E' stato recuperato dal passato anche il pennello Red Amplify di Neve Cosmetics. Questo pennello è perfetto per un sacco di prodotti: personalmente lo uso per applicare tutti i prodotti di cui ho parlato prima. E' perfetto anche per la cipria.

During this past month I discovered some pretty amazing products that I will continue to use -hopefully- forever. The first one I wanted to talk about is Make Up For Ever's new hydrating primer. This product is part of a much larger collection of primers for different skin types and for different issues. My skin is combination and my nose gets really dry but somewhat oily -don't ask me how-. With this primer I can wear every foundation without my nose acting all weird and dehydrated. I don't find that this product increases the longevity of my makeup, but it makes my makeup look on point all day.

Bare Mineral's Complexion rescue is amazing, probably the best discovery of the year -at least so far-. It's a tinted hydrating gel cream with SPF30 that gives your skin a natural and healthy look. I am going to write a whole post about this product, so right now I'll only say that's really good and that you should give it a go.

I bought Rimmel's Wake Me Up Concealer a long time ago, but I've always thought that the coverage that it gives is a little bit too light for me. Right now I still have the same opinion, but last month I found myself using it almost everyday. It doesn't get into the fine lines I have around my eyes and the coverage is not that bad at all. Plus, every single time I use light coverage products for my base -for example the Complexion Rescue- I find it best to use a concealer that gives a light coverage as well.

 

I also recovered from my past the Red Amplify brush by Neve Cosmetics. It's perfect when you're in a hurry 'cause you can use it to apply multiple products, such as all the products I mentioned before. It's also really good for powder. 

Il blush Peaches di Mac è una bomba. L'ho acquistato all'inizio del mese dopo averlo visto su Essie Button e da allora lo metto ogni giorno. E' molto pigmentato e bisogna applicarlo con attenzione. I primi giorni sono spesso uscita di casa assomigliando ad Heidi, ma vabbè. Sulla pelle dura tantissimo, molto più di ogni altro blush Mac che ho. Anche questo è stato decisamente un ottimo acquisto. 

Mac's Peaches is the bomb.com. I bought it at the beginning of the month after seeing it on Essie Button and I've been wearing it everyday. It's really pigmented, so you have to be careful when you use it: I often found myself applying too much blush and going out looking like a clown... Not good, I guarantee. This blush is also really long-lasting, even more than all the other blushes from Mac that I own.

Questo rossetto fa parte della collezione base di Sephora. Trovo che sia un colore estremamente facile da indossare e perfetto con tutto, una sorta di "My lips but better" comodo da indossare tutti i giorni. E' il giusto mix tra rosa e corallo e dura moltissimo sulle labbra e non va via se parlate, mangiate o bevete. E' insomma perfetto se anche voi, come me, non amate controllare e ritoccare il trucco durante la giornata.

This lipstick is part of the Sephora collection. It's really wearable, kind of "my lips but better" color, the perfect mix of pink and peach/coral, suitable for everyday wear. It' also really long lasting and it doesn't fade during the day, which is perfect if you don't like to check on your makeup too often after eating or talking too much.

Ultimo prodotto di cui voglio parlare è questo profumo Deborah Milano. L'ho trovato per caso da OVS dopo Pasqua e l'ho praticamente utilizzato tutti i giorni. Non sono molto brava a descrivere i profumi, quindi non ci proverò neanche. Vi basti sapere che è un profumo che tende -a mio parere- verso l'unisex con i toni più caldi e seducenti del cuoio.

 

Last product I want to talk about is this Vetiver & Black Leather perfume by Deborah Milano. O bought this one just after Easter and I'm almost out of it, I love it that much. I'm not good at describing scents, so I'm not going to try. You only need to know that this perfume is - in my opinion - perfect both for males and females, with the sexy leather notes.

Per questo mese è tutto! Fatemi sapere quali sono i prodotti che avete preferito questo mese, se avete scoperto qualcosa di nuovo o riscoperto qualcosa che giaceva da tempo immemore nella vostra collezione!

And that's it! Let me know the products you enjoyed most during May or if you found something new worth trying or rediscovered something old from your collection!

Giulia