Empties: Boscia, Cerave, Fenty Skin, Lancome, Biotherm

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Finished this Boscia Cica Repair body cream – I’ve been taking it to the pool and it was great because it was light enough to use on my face too. I would use this again, it smells light and fresh, like a spa and it was so easy to use.

 

Cerave Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser. I liked this as much as the regular Cerave, which is a non-foaming cream. This made for an excellent hand wash because it wasn’t as drying as what I would normally use. I’d totally get this again.

Mini Monsieur Big mascara from Lancome. This was a freebie with my Sephora order. Yes, I’d use it again. But you know me… always on to the next thing when it comes to mascara.

Biotherm Body Butter. I adore this – 20% Shea Butter?! Yes! The best stuff for the winter and basically melted into oil when I wanted to use it.

Fenty Skin Niacinamide Serum. This is a 5% niacinamide, which is an ingredient that is great for pigmentation, and at 5% this is such a gentle product that it was easy to layer with pretty much anything. Honestly, though, it seems that everything has niacinamide in it these days and at 5% this wasn’t making a major difference to my skin, so I don’t know if I’d want to use it again. I do love that all the Fenty skincare has something active in it and is easy to use with makeup. The formulas are very nice.

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Glossier You Perfume Review

Casual, inoffensive, work hard, plays harder.

Glossier You.

What’s the tag line? It’s You but better? Or is it just you? You? Perfume that smells like You. Today it smells like ME.

This is clean, soapy perfume. A bit of neroli, a bit of iris, but mostly a clean warm shower finish. It’s very subtle, easy to wear, and a very affordable scent if you don’t mind buying it online. Ambrette in its finest form. Do you have this? Have you tried it?

Now a Glossier classic. Perfumer: Frank Voelkl.

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Serge Lutens Perfume Collection

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My Lutens via outfits.

Datura Noir – white linen, beachy vibes.

La Fille de Berlin – all black, no frills.

Santal Majuscule – soft slippers, paisley silks.

Tubereuse Criminelle – sharp shoulders, pointy toes.

What would you wear?

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Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia Perfume Review


Gorgeous Gardenia builds on the Gucci Flora white floral with the addition of sweet juicy pear as a top note, and gardenia added to the jasmine. It really is on the sweet side and I think you have to enjoy pear to enjoy this perfume.

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Ilia Beauty Limitless Lash Mascara Review

This Ilia Beauty Limitless Lash mascara is very long-wearing but it doesn’t really build volume. Great for long lashes but it does leave them looking kind of spidery. Not my favourite look but points for it lasting a long time and no smudging whatsoever.

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Serge Lutens Santal Majuscule


Scent of the night: Serge Lutens Santal Majuscule. I had a busy day today, I had some friends over, we smelled perfume, chatted, and now that I’ve had some distance from all that other perfume in the air, the day is done, I am wearing something for myself, and Santal Majuscule is perfect. It’s a Rose Sandalwood, and I don’t think it can get any better. It’s such a calming but vibrant scent, the rose sweet and mouth-watering, the sandalwood is creamy.

This morning I opened a mask my mom gave me, and immediately the air was filled with the scent of sandalwood. I hadn’t read what the mask was, but it turns out that the main ingredient in it is actual ground-up sandalwood and it smells just like the sandalwood in Santal Majuscule. The word “chandan” means sandalwood, and the reddish colour of the mask is the colour of some kinds of sandalwood.

I’m on a Lutens kick right now, so tell me what your favourite from the brand is.

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Gucci A Winter Tale Review

Under a spell with Gucci A Winter Melody.

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Even though I’m not a winter person, I can’t help but find brightness in the dark, like warmer temperatures when it’s been bitterly cold, the treats someone left next to the I love the crispness in the air, the feeling of freshness, a new start just around the corner. The burying of the hatchet, forgiveness of the tiny hurts, being in a cloud of my own perfume.

Cypress and rose in an apothecary bottle and a fine mist.

It’s almost all I need right now.

 

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5 Perfume Samples I Finished Recently

https://youtu.be/FD-E6FMDESo

Scents mentioned:

Belle Ame by Les Abstraits

Diaghilev by Roja Perfumes

Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle

Meharees by L’Erbolario

Iris de Gris by L’Artisan Parfumeur

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Charlotte Tilbury Brightening Finishing Powder

The Charlotte Tilbury Brightening Finishing Powder is new. I have it in the shade fair/medium and as you can see it looks white in the pan. It does apply clear but it definitely brightens skin. I like it under my eyes.

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Prada Amber vs. Chanel Coromandel

In my search for a cheaper dupe of Chanel Coromandel, I came across Prada Amber as a comparison, and from far away, I can see it, but close up, it’s not true, not even in the slightest.

Have you smelled these?

I’ve had Prada Amber forever, and I’m so familiar with its scent that it’s hard for me to describe it. It’s a soft sandalwood-dominant amber that’s not sweet. It’s comforting and calm.

 

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