Hidden gem.

One evening I had this dry lips feeling and I was looking through my glosses to see if I could find something nice to sooth this problem. I found a little forgotten gem in my drawer!

It's Bare Escentuals Natural Lip Gloss in colour Chiffon. I purchased it a while ago and intended to use it in my kit but I totally forgot about it. What came to mind is that this company only uses natural products and so I though it would be a great idea to put it on dry lips. It has sesame and sunflower oil, also cupuacu butter. Pomegranate oil and natural vanilla to sooth. All ingredients are 100% natural, minerals that are pure and from the Earth. Now it aslo claims to be non-stick and non-tacky witch I don't agree with. The gloss has a sticky texture but it's not bad, although I do prefer wearing my hair up wile having this gloss smothered on my lips. I do love the smell. So gentle and soothing vanilla breeze, reminds me of home baked cookies.

I am loving the fact that it has a brush instead of a sponge applicator. As I've been putting it on with my finger it's so much easier to get the product out. For some reason I always found the brushes being more hygienic, even if it's inside the tube theres no harm in cleaning them sometimes.   

This colour is rather nude with a golden undertone and has shimmers. Lips look shiny, not shimmery, and full! The effect wears off after a while but with a scent like this I love to reapply.

I am planning to get some more actually, at least one, as this one was ment for my kit I might get one in a more everyday kind of colour and see if I like it as a part of my make-up for the day. It's a nice and tasty gloss!

I'm having a bumpy problem.

For about 10 days now I have been battling some sort of strange acne explosion on my face. I seriously don't know if it's the new moisturiser I'm wearing, the weather making it worse, hormones, the fact that I left a stressful job or all of these together.

I seriously have been trying to stay away from make-up and only keeping myself to good skincare routine. Exfoliating without scrubbing and I even got a cream against spots with salicylic acid. It works well, I must say, but it takes time and I really don't like to show my red, bumpy face in public.

To the rescue I had 3 trusty products that I've been using for my days when I had to go outside. I really wanted to use as few products as possible and I'm very pleased.

This is what's been in my cosmetic bag for the passed week:

1. Face. Thank goodness for BB creams! These are so amazing, not only will it cover the blemishes and even out your skin tone like a foundation but also calm any blemishes, moisturise, keep sebum at bay and not clog your pores. I have been using the Dr Jart Black Label Blemish Base Detox Healing with SPF25, whitening properties to brighten old scars and with an anti ageing formula. I opted out from the Silver  Label for oily skin because it's winter, I need the moisture.

2. Eyes. With no eyeshadow I want to feel natural but still have the blackness and fullness of a fluttery lash. I have been using my trusty Ellis Faas mascara as it feels so soft on the lashes, even when you put many coats. I find mascara important when wearing nothing on the eye. It makes any eyes look more rested and awake!

3. Lips. Now I don't want to look bland and boring even with almost no make-up on. In this case I rather pull the attention to the lips as it distracts from any bumps that might show from underneath the BB cream or foundation. My choice is Eyeko's Liptastik lip gloss pen in Loud Mouth. This colour is pink and bold but not bright and over powering at all. It's rather long lasting, moisturising, fun and easy to apply. It's also cute and something I like to take out to reapply when I'm on the go.

It looks like I'll be stuck with this routine for a while, thank goodness I have all 3 colours of the Liptastik pens so I can change from day to day. I actually like the simplicity of the routine and I'm now scared to be lazy of going back to many more product a day. Hahaha!