Revlon Photoready Foundation

Hi there everybody!

Today I´m back with a review of one of the latest foundations I´ve been using during this last month and a half.

The foundation, as you can guess by the title is the Revlon Photoready Foundation. I was really looking forward to try this foundation, because everybody talk great things about it and there are great reviews all over the internet. I didn´t get it before because on Spain we don´t have Revlon. So when I finished my Studio Fix by MAC, I decided to give it a try and see how it was this foundation.

They have like MAC, a few tones with more pink undertone and another few with yellow undertone. I got mine in 002 Vanilla. It really matches my skin color almost totally, which is very surprising for me, I´ve never found before a drugstore foundation that matches my skin color in that way. The foundation is suposed to be medium coverage, and for me, is near to the full coverage if you apply two layers on the skin.

I´ve been applying it with my Real Tecniques Stippling Brush, and the only thing you must be careful when you are applying it is that you have to be fast, because if you let it dry, it would leave a line impossible to blend. Once I have it on, I always apply my Collection Pressed Podwer in 18 Ivory, that matchs very good the shade of the foundation.

The foundation really last longer without any touch up, almost 6 hours looking good! And that for my skin (I have a very sensitive, oily skin and acne... ) is a total challenge, believe me.

I was really happy, but a few weeks ago we have here in the UK a very hot summer days. I apply the foundations and those days it was horrible the result on the skin. The foundation literally melts on my skin, and with the podwer on top looks very caky. And the worst thing was that felt incredibly heavy on my skin.

Out of that, I am very happy with this foundation, and one of the things I like the most of this foundation is that on photo looks amazing! And everybody had a lot of compliments about the shade and how it looks so natural on my skin.

So if you´re looking for a long lasting foundation that have a very high SPF (20!) and that doesn´t flash back in photos I really recommend you this one, I´m sure you will love it =).

Hope you like the post, and see you on the next one!

Lor.

Lady Danger

Hi everyone!

Just a tiny update to tell you about my new favourite lipstick right now, and finally I got it, after a very long time.

Today I went to MAC Pro Store in Westfield mall here in London, to make a "Back to MAC". For those who don´t know what it is, is like a returning sistem, you bring your empty products (like foundation, eyeshadow, mascara, etc obviously from the brand, cause´ there are people who thinks that you can bring from any brand...) and you receive in exchange of six empty products a lipstick from the regular line (the new collection of the moment you do this, the Sheen Supreme, the Mineralize Rich and the Viva Glam are excluded from this process) a lipstick.

I was not sure about which one to get this time... I have my eyes in Candy Yum Yum, Dark Side, Myth and New York Apple. Very different colors, I know, but I love to change everyday of lipstick and don´t use similar colors. But then I remember about the one that I got, and here, in England is ver popular, Lady Danger. I tried it on my hand and I really love the color, so finally, after all that ones that I told you before, I took Lady Danger.

Before I talk about the color, I want to tell you that all the ladies in the store were super nice and kind, so lovely!

Lady Danger for me is the orangy red par excellence. It has the right amount of red on it, but the right amount of orange too. When you see it from the bullet, it looks like red, but once you put it on it´s totally turns into that orangy red color that looks nice on everybody. For me, on summer it´s totally the time to wear orangy colors and let the cold reds (with blue undertones) for autumn. I get obsessed with any color that has any orange tone on it.

I have a very fair skin and looks so good, but on tanned skin looks even better!

This evening I wore it, and everybody did compliments about my lip color, so tomorrow I will be wearing it again, for sure.

I leave you here some photos of the lipstick and when I got a proper photo of  myself with it, I will upload it for you to see the color on my skin.

See you on the next post!
Lor.

Nails!

Hi everyone!

Today I am here with a long post about nails, with all my favourite products and all the stuff that I´ve used all over the years.

A lot of people had asked me what are my favourite products, brands... So today I´m going to make you like a "Top Ten" of all of the products.

I will start in order, from the first product you use when you start doing your nails, to the last one.

When you do your nails, it´s always recommended (if not necessary) apply previously a layer of base coat to protect your nail and avoid that later when you take off the polish your nails still having the color of the polish you´ve got before. There are even base coats with vitamins, and another ones with different treatments, you have to choose the one that adjust best to yourself.

One of my favourite base coats is the O2M Breathable Base Coat from Inglot. I´ve been using it during a year and my nails always look perfect after taking off the polish (and I always have my nails done, it´s so weird that I don´t wear any polish). Even that in the bottle it looks white, once applied it looks clear. Any nail polish on top of this base coat last between 4-6 days in perfect conditions. One of the special feature in this product, is that is designed to let your nail breath while you have the polish on. (This product is not tested in animals, the brand is against animal tests).

Another one with a great quality is the Natural Nail Base Coat from OPI. They usually sell it with the top coat, but you can find it for itself if you don´t want to buy both. The color of this one looks pink on the bottle but once applied looks again clear. It´s a long lasting one too, your manicure will last between 4-6 days perfectly.

Now let´s go to the Top Coats.

Again, one of my favourites is the O2M Breathable Top Coat. It´s totally clear and let your manicure with a very lovely shine, almost gel finish. During the time you have your manicure it doesn´t loose any shine at all. The only bad thing about it is that is not a fast drying one.

Another one with the same bad thing like the Inglot one is the Top Coat from The Edge, a very nice shine but it dries so slow.

The Fast Forward Top Coat from China Glaze, that apart of give you an amazing shine for your manicure, it helps to dry the polish faster. All the times that I´ve used it I´ve been totally in love with the final result and most of all because it helps to dry faster, it´s one of my favourites ones now.

One of the classics, and everybody has tried it at least once is the top coat from Seche Vite. I tried this one 2 years ago, and it really gave to the manicure a lovely shine and helped to dry faster.

Now let´s go to the dryers!

One that absolutely left me speechless is a Top Coat from Sally Hansen called “Dry Kwik”, and in less than a minute your nails are totally dried! The system is that with the brush you let fall a drop on top of your nail and let it expand all over the nail. Then you wait a minute (maybe 2, just in case) you take off the excess of oil that the product leaves (but if you use it for your cuticles is so moisturizing) and your nails are perfectly dry with an incredible shine. It´s my favourite of all the list.

Another dryer is the Quick-e from Essie. This one comes with a dropper, and you just have to let fall a drop on top of each nail and in one minute your nail is totally dry. The only bad thing is that it´s so hard to find (maybe on line you can find it).

OPI has drop dryer too, it´s called Drip Dry, but if you put more than two layers of nail polish, probably it won´t dry so fast.

One that have gel finish and shine is the Base and Top Coat from OPI, it has an amazing finish, but you have to seal the nail, if you don´t, it won´t work at all. It dries fast too, like 2 minutes. The only bad thing about is that it´s a little bit expensive.

Hope you like the post, see you on the next one!

Lor.

Lia Stoner

Hi there, guys!

Just a short blog, to tell you that my friend Lia has started her YouTube channel, I´m gonna leave you the link to give it a look and subscribe! I´m sure you would love her channel =)

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHTXawzyHWPxPYvn4SVf4VQ

See you soon!!

Lor.

One Direction and MUA Makeup

Hi everybody!

Well, we all know or maybe hear about this, but I still very shocked about the news of a makeup line by One Direction in collaboration with MUA.
By the moment I haven´t tried nothing, but I´m very curious about the lipsticks. I want to try them, but by the moment I didn´t find it on any store.
The collection has nail polishes, lipsticks, lip polish and cheek tints. All of the colors are suposed to be chosen by the guys of the band, or at least inspired by them. The lip polishes are the favourite flavours of the guys and the lipsticks are named with their song´s names.
For me it´s so funny, because I remember that one of their songs says "no need makeup to cover up, being the way that you are is enough" and now they have makeup products. It´s very confusing.
Well, here are all the products:

Promotional image of the makeup line:

Nail polishes, I´m sorry I can´t find all the names, just the one by Liam Payne that is "Everything Emerald" and the one by Niall Horan that is "Gold & Gorgeous"

The lip polishes: Harry loves Strawberry, Zayn loves Watermelon, Louis loves Vanilla, Niall loves Cherry and Liam loves Blueberry.

The cheek tints: Coral Cutie, Pink Explosion and Rose Riot

The lipsticks: all signed by the guys from left to right, Moments, I Wish, I Want, Rock Me and Be Mine.

Well, this is all guys. What are your thoughts on this collection? I think it has a lot of great products, even it´s like merchandising for the fans.

See you on the next post!

Lor.

SOS Rescue!

Hi there!!

Well, since I came here top the UK, my hair is a little bit dry and destroyed, let´s gonna be realistic. I dyed my hair twice purple, and after that I went to a brownie color, which has caused that my hair get so damaged.

I have used a lot of different shampoos and conditioners, John Frieda, Pantene, and all the rest of the big brands. But looking for something new I found the Paul Smith line of SOS Rescue for damaged hair. I decided to give it a try to the shampoo and the conditioner and see how it works with my hair.

The first thing that I loved about it was the scent, so sweet but no so intense. The packaging is a red bottle with white letters that catch so easily your attention. 

I usually wash my hair every 2-3 days, and I used both, shampoo and conditioner. After the third time I used it, I felt that my hair was going better. It felt smooth, less dry and easy to brush. And after two months, my hair looks so healthy! Not as much as I would like to, but my endings look so much better and nice.

What I like the most it was the shine that leaves to the hair after styling it, it was so lovely!

So if you´re looking for a treatment for damaged hair, I hardly recommend to you this one, the SOS Rescue Line by Paul Smith. It also has more products on the line, so I guess the must be as good as the shampoo and conditioner!

See you very soon on the next post!

Lor.

Sorry guys!!

Sorry guys!
I know I´ve been off for so long, but I promise I´m going to comeback so soon with new post! I´ve been testing a lot of new products and I want to tell you everything, so stay tuned for new stuff very soon!
Thanks for waiting =)
Lor.