YouTube saw it first… do you have fragrance FOMO? I don’t anymore… most of the time …and here’s why. Tell me what you think… is there one that got away? Or one you wish you had? There are lots of new good smells out there. #discontinuedperfume
Fenty Beauty Double Cheek’d Up Cream Blush Duo
This is my favourite blush right now – the Fenty Beauty Double Cheek’d Up Cream Blush Duo. It’s very blendable and the perfect pop of bright colour. Try it. Limited edition – only out for the holidays.
Charlotte Tilbury Walk of No Shame Kit
Charlotte Tilbury Walk of No Shame kit. I love the coppery browns in this kit and I think it would be most flattering on someone with blue eyes. These kids are very cute and perfect for a secret Santa gift exchange or to have on hand when gifting is maybe a little unexpected.
Did you know that the Charlotte Tilbury Walk of No Shame lipstick is pretty close to the Nars Satin Matte lip pencil in Dolce Vita? I prefer lipstick over a lip pencil, so I’m happy.
Eau de Jane Perfume Review
Dewy and luminous, Eau de Jane from my friend Jane Daly. A bit of freshness is my favourite kind of smell, unless I’m in the mood for something different, depending on the weather and whatever else is going on, but floral freshness is definitely one of my favourites. Eau de Jane gives me all of this. I dipped into my warm wintery fragrances too early, and needed respite, so it gives me that. I can see myself wearing it lots in the spring and summer too because it’s so fresh but not fresh citrus. It’s kind of a spritzer because it has sparking qualities. Light and easy with lots of green but none of the sharpness of some other chypres. An opening of violet and galbanum rose blended with carnations, and ylang-ylang, eventually a woodsy smooth dry down. Easy to wear from beginning to end. It’s a green silk bouquet, fresh and clean, with no thorns, drops of water splashed on white tile. The reset button when you need it most.
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Alterna Renewing Scalp Care Collection
Salt scrubs for your hair have been around for a little bit, and they’re a great way to get a really deep clean if that’s what you’re looking for. Unlike traditional body scrubs, these are foaming so they’re breaking down oils and product residue while they exfoliate your scalp.
Alterna’s new Renewing Scalp Care collection has a scalp scrub and a moisturizing leave-on treatment. The Leave-On Treatment immediately wins points for having the best applicator I’ve seen of any scalp treatment. You can part your hair and use the nozzle to put a few drops of the serum in. Unlike other scalp serums, this one is moisturizing and slightly thicker. You massage it in with your fingers and then go about your day. It doesn’t seem to mess up my blow-dry and it’s not oily or greasy either, but it’s a step more moisturizing than the ordinary scalp treatment. It also smells like coconut, which I kind of enjoy.
At the end of the day, is it my massage that’s helping my scalp or this treatment? I’ll never know, but I do like that the treatment gives me a reason to do the massage and I’m keeping it around for that.
Riddle Perfume Oils
I’ve been working my way through the Riddle Oil discovery set. It would make a great Christmas present, but if you know you like musk, go with the Original and order a body oil in that scent, or the Santal version if that’s more you. Ex is more refreshing and Sphinx has a bit of sandalwood in it.
Muse has a yummy coconut note and I’m not mad about that (I would layer it with Datura Noir), and Voyeur is fruity, maybe for turning up that pineapple note in Aventus. But the original is my favourite. I’ve been wearing it to bed every night and now even my pillow smells like it and I love that.
The sample kit in the pictures above is $40 and available from their website.
Have you smelled these? Would you want them for the holidays?
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Coral Makeup from Guerlain and Charlotte Tilbury
A coral makeup moment thanks to Guerlain Terracotta Bronze Light in the colour Medium Warm. Blended together, this shows up as a warm coral in my skin and works well as a bronzer or blush.
Paired it with the Charlotte Tilbury HappiKiss in HappiCoral. This is a super moisturizing but long-wearing gloss. This colour isn’t available at Sephora but it is on the Charlotte Tilbury website.
Makeup Empties: Charlotte Tilbury, Nars, Dior, Bare Minerals
Some makeup empties, and there aren’t very many because makeup seems to take longer to finish. Except for glosses… those finish rather quickly.
The Charlotte Tilbury HappiKiss lipgloss is the one from my selfie yesterday and I started using it in the summer. This was my car lipgloss for a while.
Dior Lip Glow, which I’ve finished a few of this year, and I always love. This one lived on my desk and now it’s done.
Did I finish a Nars Satin Matte lippie, or did the crayon fall out and get crushed by the lid? Ugh. I wouldn’t say I like a lippie that I have to sharpen because you waste so much product every time you sharpen it, but the colours and formula are among my favourite.
Nars Sarah Moon eyeliner in dark brown from a million years ago. This was the perfect dark brown liner in a formula that wasn’t too smudgy, and I may have been gate-keeping ti because I know that it’s discontinued and you can’t find it anymore. I’ll be looking for another dark brown but not black eyeliner.
Finally – the BareMinerals translucent pressed powder. This just blurred all imperfections and was so easy to use. I did find another pressed powder that I like better, but clearly, this one is a winner and I would repurchase.
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Tagged Bare Minerals, Charlotte tilbury, Dior, empties, Nars, Pressed Setting Powder, Setting Powder
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Frederic Malle Carnal Flower
I spent too long looking for something that was like Carnal Flower because I didn’t want to pay Carnal Flower prices. I even stopped myself from enjoying this perfume that I love, just to realize that there will never be anything as good, so I’m just letting myself enjoy what I love today.
I just had to learn my lesson the hard way, and no, I don’t want to know any other tuberoses, because this one will always be my favourite.
Carnal flower is a lightly mentholated tuberose, slightly lactonic but not too coconutty, and feels cool and verdant. It’s perfection on a warm day but if you love it and want to feel like you’re walking through a lush cool misty tuberose garden, there’s never a wrong time to wear it.
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Prada Infusion de Tuberose
Watery florals by way of soap or linen spray or maybe even bathroom freshener, the colour of lavender just to mess with your head. More petitgrain than anything else, and then an mildly indolic tuberose makes its appearance.
You make coffee, breakfast, almost forget it’s there if not for the persistent fresh laundry smell that follows you all day.
That’s Prada Infusion de Tubéreuse.
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