Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Foundation Stick Review

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Henna

July 4
I’ve worn this new Charlotte Tilbury skin tint enough to figure it out. This is a sheer, extremely creamy skin tint that really is meant to be quick and easy. It’s best for parched skin and can be blended in with your fingertips. The finish is glowy – no amount of powder or setting spray will be able to take this one. Trust me, I already tried. I wouldn’t wear this to work, but I don’t mind throwing it on when running to the neighbourhood coffee shop and want to look more pulled together. It doesn’t set, so if you’re someone who touches their face a lot, be prepared to get it on to your clothes. This tint is best used lightly, maybe with some concealer to help with coverage in areas that need it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

It comes in a range of colours, but they’re all medium-toned. Because it’s so sheer, you might find that more than one shade works for you. I found 6M to be too peachy, and 7m to be warm enough but too dark, enough that it looked a bit muddy. I could blend them, but there’s not enough yellow to really be a match so I’d rather wear my concealer mixed with moisturizer, or just another product completely. Still, I’ll throw this into my purse just in case. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Watier Official Body Sprays

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Henna

July 4
We have reached peak body mist era, and scented body mists are not just for the kids at Bath and Bodyworks. Lise Watier now has body mists scented like their perfumes. Don’t be fooled. These are not lighter versions of their scents, instead they are moisturizing formulas that have a decent amount of scent to them. What’s interesting is that everything you read about kids being into skincare and fragrance says that they’re trying to be more like the adults around them, but now we have a brand that’s more marketed to the moms in the world out with a body mist version of their perfumes. These are perfect to layer with or to use after the shower in place of perfume. A scented body mist is usually going to have a lower concentration of fragrance than even and eau de cologne (usually the lowest concentration available) and so you can mist on a bit more generously than you would your regular perfume. I did find that these are very heavily scented and a handful of sprays was more than enough for me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Sunset Vent du Sud is a fruity floral. It’s sweeter and more fun than the others in the line.

Desirable is a floral that’s more serious. The freesia in the blend is almost shampoo-like and if you like the scent of Pantene, then you would like this one. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Vent du Sud has jasmine, rose, and vanilla. I like it better for cooler days. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Vent du Sud Azure is the aquatic one of the line and it’s the one that’s my favourite. It had kind of a clean musk that the base that reminded me of Light Blue so if that’s a scent that you love, you might like this body mist as well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Practically speaking, these would work great thrown into a camping bag or backpack for the summer, and they’ll get used. Plus, misting oneself to keep cool is a summer ritual that’s highly underrated. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Affordable Tubing Mascara

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Henna

Mascara is the longest part of my getting ready routine every day, but I sped this up x5 to save you the time. Yes, that’s how many coats it takes to get the most major lashes. I’m using the Lottie London Super Fake Mascara and it is smudge proof. The wand is tiny but it does a great job at separating every lash. I might never use another mascara again.

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Violet Ida by Miller Harris

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Henna

For the days that you want to be enveloped in a cozy fluffy powder, there Violet Ida by Miller Harris.  Now discontinued, if you like vanilla powder perfumes, make sure you snap this up.

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Guerlain Lui Perfume Find

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Henna

 

Sometimes I wake up with a scent in my nose and I know exactly the perfume I’m going to wear that day. Today it was Guerlain Lui.


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I had given up on finding a bottle of Guerlain Lui but then came across one and I had to have it. Yes, the bottle mimics a 1920’s art deco design (one of Guerlain’s own) but the scent is a 2017 creation. I can see why Guerlain discontinued it. Bottle one-offs are expensive to make and financially, it makes more sense to bottle all the scents in the same packaging.
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The opening reminds of candy – slightly sweet pear and vanilla, but maybe I’m smelling a herbal candy cough drop because there’s a menthol in here that’s still likable. It’s the cloves and the carnation together, and they add balance to the other notes which would make this a gourmand. Maybe this unique tiny bottle (a wee 50ml) didn’t get enough love when it came out because it’s pretty sedate but it’s got that Guerlain class that’s irresistible.

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Santa Maria Novella L’Iris Perfume Review

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Henna

Here’s the thing: as gorgeous as the packaging for Santa Maria Novella is, and as much as I love collecting pretty bottles, once a get a whiff of a white musk accord, I can’t not smell it, and that’s what I get when I wear L’Iris.

The top notes are gorgeous – green and grassy, fresh, and slightly sweet.

But I was also reminded of Hiris by Hermes and if you want a reference Iris that smells fresh and outdoorsy, that one is easier to find.

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Diptyque L’Eau Trois

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Henna

April 28
So you want to smell like a pine forest…L’Eau Trois was the third Diptyque scent to launch – in 1975. It’s one that’s only available at Diptyque boutiques and is a fresh woody incense scent. There’s pine and cedar and replicates the experience of walking in a pine forest but without the mud or the experience of earth. Light and fresh, it’s akin to wearing an incense and having it follow you around.

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Molinard Habanita

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Henna

Beautiful perfume bottle hall of fame: Habanita by @molinardparfums

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Hima Jomo Loon

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Henna

My choice for my scent of the day is Loon by @hima.jomo. The mineral rosy perfume is inspired by the pink salt of the Himalayas.

I tried this perfume in Milan and had to get a bottle when I got back home. Loon means salt in Punjabi and the Himalayas straddle the Punjabi region in many countries like a thread that ties sutures everything together, like the scents that pull us all together all over the world.

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Prada Infusion d’Iris edt

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Henna

Here are the last of my neighbour’s irises and the edt version of Prada’s Infusion d’Iris.

The scent profiles that we associate with soap or baby powder were actually first found in perfume. For example, the blend of florals in Chanel No. 5 were such a hit that brands started trying to replicate that scent for their soaps, and now we have this scent that we, collectively, think of as soapy. Think of your basic ivory soap and you’ve got the scent in your head.

I bright this up because today I’m wearing Prada Infusion d’Iris edt and the easiest way to describe it is a powdery soap. I called Infusion de Tuberose soapy too, but this perfume has a real powdery facet to it too and it makes me feel as if I’ve dusted myself in fine baby powder.

I love that Prada wanted to create a softer version of their Infusion d’Iris eau de parfum, but instead of just creating a weaker version, they decided to give it a lighter texture. This perfume feels feathery and light, softer in texture rather than weaker in performance. It’s fresher and without the hard edges, and the iris is turned way up. If you like powdery perfumes (and I do) then this is the one to go for instead of the edp. If you like the edp but want a version that smells more iris-like then the edt might be what you’re looking for.

I’ll be smelling like this powdery soap this summer.

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