Duo Chrome shadows are my everything at the moment! I love how they shift colours in a matter of light and how vibrant and sparkly they are! I've always wanted to try them in a dark cream base and since I got a few shadow sticks from Kiko, I went for this look.

Must say that I really went out after this look, and that's why the pictures look like taken in a rush, because they were. Apologies for that! 

Face

Working with food means no makeup, which is totally right but when the time comes and after work I want to go somewhere I certainly want to look my best.

Giving some luminosity to my skin is now easy with the Bourjois City Radiance Foundation with SPF 30! This  handy tube of wonder is the perfect base for an after work makeup, it gives me light coverage which can be built to a medium, it is moisturizing but not too much to the point I get oily in a hour and it also gives the most beautiful dewy finish! I love the fact it applies really well with my fingers sparing the space of a brush for the matter!

It all started by the need of experimenting more with palettes that are not so new to my collection... I have this thing, when I get new eyeshadows I work with them once or twice and sometimes after that I go months without touching them. It is one of those things you can't really control when you own so many eyeshadows and keep getting more! 

As a way to change things a bit I went for the Enchanted Forest palette by Sleek, and as always followed my instinct when it came to shades and final look.

Daphne is all over the lid topped with Happily Ever After to create a more dimensional look! On the crease and inner corner I mixed Grand Duke and Drizella. To my lower lash line I added Anastasia and completed my waterline with the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil in Vice plus a little bit of Gosh Velvet Touch Eye Pencil in Renascence Gold! 

Glass Slipper is on my brow bone to highlight the Inglot AMC Brow Liner Gel (21) that filled them in! 

To complete the entire look I used L'oreal Super Liner So Couture in a thin line following the lashes and ending in a barely noticeable wing. On my lashes I used the Catrice Jet Lash Speed Volume Mascara. 

In the end it turned out to be one of my favourite looks yet where I pair purple, that I love on brown eyes, and green that makes the whole look stand out! 

P.S. Sleek does not sponsor me in any shape or form, I simply love their eyeshadows and tend to create a look with just one palette as they usually are so complete. I feel the need to say this due to the amount of people that actually think every good review or focus post you write is sponsored by the brand or was given to you for the purpose.

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Seasons change and so our makeup routines! The vampy lips come into scene, the illuminated skin and a new shade of foundation makes the way to the first spot in the makeup drawer! 

There were a few products that I was curious to try and quickly they became my winter staples! Starting with a radiant skin I find hard to stop using the Sleek Barekissed Illuminator in Monaco as it gives the most stunning glow from within effect on my skin and gives me the confidence to walk in the rainy days knowing I won't be looking dull! 

To add up to the party I went for the Even Skin Tone Beautifying Foundation by Catrice that is amazing, lightweight but providing enough coverage for my needs, it definitely evens out my skin and takes away all the redness and I love it alone or even with its mate Miracle Match from Max Factor! After hearing so many good things about this particular foundation I decided it was time to try something from Max Factor, I know I know why wouldn't I in the first place!! It is without a doubt one of my favourite foundations but the smell puts me a bit off, maybe I just need to get used to it! The shade is one of the best matching my skin this winter and coverage provided is good enough for a fairly good skin day! In a sum of words I often go for either one of the two foundations, or mix them together plus the Sleek illuminator and that gives me the perfect base to start with! 

On a not so great skin day I rely on my Clarins Instant Concealer to cover all the blemishes and lift up my under eye area and even thou shade 1 is a bit too light for spot concealing I can manage to blend it perfectly in my base and create the look I'm aiming for! Radiant and flawless!

These have been my favourite products for the winter base and won't go away anytime soon! 

Which products have you been using this winter?

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One thing I know, there shouldn't exist a back up box... but it does! As surprising as it sounds it may only contain 1 or 2 back ups of products I'm using up and love, the rest is all different but still they will back up a finished mascara or concealer!

Today I decided to bring here what I have in my back up box and what you can expect for future reviews! I don't like to have too many of the same products open but when I get the chance to have a new mascara at a good deal why not? If it's not open it won't expire right?! If that's not a good excuse I can't see what it is so let's get into it!

Well, another lipstick post! Guess what... I've been obsessed with Fall Lipsticks lately, and as if it was not reason enough Boots also came up with NYX online!! I had to get my hands on 2 lip creams I've been wanting for the longest time!!

Where do I start? If you're looking for the perfect Fall shade you sure can find it here! From Urban Decay After Dark to Wet N Wild Cherry Bomb my Fall Lipstick wardrobe is full of burgundies, plums and violets! 

Since early teens I struggle with acne, till some point in life I had no idea concealer was everything I needed to cover that. For the first years I tried to forget the pimples were there but when you're 14 you can't really help it but feel not so good looking. At this stage I went to dermatologist and got on skincare routines and pills to clear all out.

While those days are gone I still get some pimples here and there and if I can't face the day with those on my face I cover them!

My concealer collection has been growing for the past months as I finally seem to find something attractive in them, if you know what I mean. When you can't decide what to get you end up with both so this was the case. 

You're looking at the swatches and asking why I'm so disappointed as they all seem to perform fairly good, well they don't, in a way. If you're about to use a brush with the paler shades you can forget as you'll see nothing even after 3 minutes of packing colour on the lid! Fingers are the only tool that work for the first 4 shades in the palette, the remain 2 are the best out of them all working great with blending brushes and giving subtle colour to the crease giving a soft smoky look if you will. 

This palette has everything to be amazing it's just the formulas and pigmentation need improvement so we can get the most out of them without having the face full of eyeshadow after endless time of application. 

It's not a complete loss as I love the shades and still can make them work out with a bit more of time and patience. The price was merely 5€ or so but still I'm sad that it doesn't live up to what I was expecting from one of my favourite brands.