Evening Skincare Routine

Left-right: Sephora Triple action cleansing water here, Physiological Soothing Toner here, Phyiological Cleansing Gel here. 

Left-right: Avéne Soothing eye contour cream here, Avéne Skin recovery cream here, Origins Drink Up-Intensive Overnigt mask here. 

I got into skincare a while ago before I use to wash my face with water, put creme on and I'm done. Now I have a skincare routine that I do every evening and I've seen how much
better my skin has gotten, its not perfect but we're getting there hopefully. My evening skincare routine contains of five steps.

Sephora Eau micellaire démaquillante: Triple action cleansing water. This is the first step in my routine. It removes my makeup including eye makeup. I put it on a cotton pad and press it lightly on my eyes for a few seconds and then gently remove the eye makeup then I take another cotton pad and remove the rest of my makeup. What I like about the Sephora cleansing water is the bottle, you press the cotton pad onto the pump and the water comes out. You get the right amount out and the cleansing water doesn't go to waste.

La Roche-Posay Physiological Cleansing Gel.The second step is cleansing my skin with this gel. If there still some makeup left that the Sephora cleansing water hasn't gotten rid of, then this will remove whats left of it. This is for normal to combination skin and also for sensitive skin. Gently massage on to your skin and then rinse it of with water. After you've rinsed it of, you instantly feel refreshed.

La Roche-Posay Physiological Soothing Toner. The third step is applying toner. It unclogs your pores and restores the balance to your skin after cleansing. I pore a little on a cotton pad and wipe it over my face and neck.

Avéne Skin recovery Cream or Origins Drink Up-Intensive Overnight mask. Five evenings during the week I use the Avéne recovery cream, this helps if your skin has been irritated from makeup and ads moisture to your skin after cleansing. I use the Origins mask two nights a week and I've written a review of it here. 

Avéne Soothing eye contour cream. The Avéne Soothing eye contour cream I use every evening and morning. Its soothing and cooling on the eyes, if your eyes tends to get puffy in the mornings when you wake or if the skin around your eyes is irritated then this is good for you. Its ads moisture to eyes and its quickly absorbed so you don't have greasy skin around you eyes.

Have you tried any of these products and what is your evening skincare routine?

Sleek Face Contour Kit

Sleek Face Contour Kit in medium

After reading many great reviews about the contour kit, I decided to give it a try and I'm glad I did. The packaging is matte, has a mirror and is quite small so its fits right in your makeup bag.

The kit includes two powders, a contour and a highlighter. The contour kit comes in three different shades; light, medium and dark. I got it in medium and that works for my skintone. 

The contour powder is matte and is not that pigmented but you can build it up so you can get you desired contour without going overboard. I'm quite new to contouring and if you're a newbie like me then this is great! I don't use the highlighter in this kit, I find it to glittery and I don't like that in highlighters. 

I've been using the e.l.f angled brush to contour with but I need a new brush because its quite small. When I do the contouring I do what I've learnt from Youtube! Suck in your cheeks so you look like a little fish and apply the powder to the hollows of you cheeks till you get your desired look.     

This is a great product and it is not that expensive at all. Sleek makeup make great products, I have the 

i-Divine eye shadow palette in Ultra Matts V2 which are super pigmented! 

What is your favourite product to contour with?

My foundation story + Review - Estée Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation

Estée Lauder Double Wear Light

I've had a lot of troubles with finding foundations because here in Denmark, the drugstores don't cater to darker skintones and unfortunately Mac foundations break me out. I remember when I was younger, wondering why big beauty companies like L'oreal, Maybelline etc. didn't make foundations for those with a darker skintone. I also remember being told by those work at the drugstores that the beauty companies didn't make foundations for those with darker skintones. It made me sad and angry because why didn't my skintone matter? But then one day I saw an advert for a L'oreal foundation that included both light and dark toned foundations. I went online to read more about the foundation and after some research found out the both L'oreal, Maybelline and other beauty companies did make darker shade foundations.
This was great news for me because as I said before I didn't know and I had been told that it wasn't something that was made. I then went back to the drugstore to see if they did have some dark shades of the L'oreal foundation and if they didn't, maybe they could order it. But sadly the drugstore didn't stock the foundation in darker shades and they can't order them. The reason that was given to me was that darker shades foundation wasn't in stock was because it doesn't sell (meaning there is no money to be earned in it!). This annoyed me so much, how can you say that there is no market for it when you haven't had it in market in the first place?
The high-end brands such as Chanel, Bobbi Brown, Estée Lauder, Lancome etc. the darker foundation shades are available so its not all bad but those brands are expensive. I hope that some day drugstore foundations in darker shades will be available here but until then I will be purchasing the high-end brands (which can be a very expensive affair!).

Wow that was a long story! Lets get to the review! I had this foundation for quite some time now and I love it. Its comes in a little tube (30 ml), which makes it easy to travel with.
The shade is a perfect match for me (5.0), at first I applied the foundation with a Real Techniques stippling brush but then I switched it and used the Real techniques buffing brush instead, the finish I got was more matte, felt very smooth and looked much better. When finding my shade I took the shades 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0, swatched them on my jawline, went outside with a little mirror and the 5.0 was the one that matched me the best.
This foundation is great to use in the daytime as its a sheer to medium coverage and covers all blemishes. It says that it last 15 hours but when I'm at work or out running errands I find that its about eight hours which I still think is great. The foundation does not oxidize when applied and also has SPF 10. I've used this foundation on its own, I haven't yet tried it with a primer.

At the time being this is my favourite foundation, if you haven't tried it and you're looking for a light to medium coverage, I recommend that you give Estée Lauder Double Wear Light a try.

Whats your foundation story and whats your favourite foundation?
   

Urban Decay - Lush Lash Mascara

Urban Decay Lush Lash Mascara

The first time I purchased the Urban Decay Lush Lash Mascara was over two years ago and its the only mascara I've ever repurchased. I was in London with my sister (I can't remember which store it was) and I was looking for a new mascara to try. At that time I didn't have a favourite mascara (I just purchased the ones that were on sale!).
This time around I asked someone who was working at the store, which mascara she would recommend and she said the Urban Decay Lush Lash Mascara.

The first time I tried it, I knew that this was the one for me. The brush is made of plastic and the bristles are small so that you can get every lash. This mascara gives your eyelashes length and volume.
This first time I purchased the mascara I noticed that after a few weeks use, my eyelashes were much longer and thicker. I didn't know what it was that made them longer and thicker but after reading the small print on the mascara, I saw that the mascara is Growth Serum-Infused. If you suffer from weak eyelashes then this is a mascara you should defiantly try!

The Urban Decay Lush Lash Mascara is my all time favourite mascara and if you haven't tried it yet, I recommend that you do.

What is your favourite mascara?

Origins Drink Up-Intensive

Origins Drink Up-Intensive Overnight Mask

I have been using this mask for over a year now and its one of my favourites masks. In the summer I use it once a week and at winters I use it twice a week. My skin tends to get dry at winters and this is great for it because it gives a ton of moisture to the skin.
I apply it before I go to bed and in the morning I cleanse as usual. This mask has an amazing smell because of the apricot kennel oil.
I bought this at the airport so I got it duty free! I thought that it was quite expensive but I have had the tube for a while and a little goes a long way so for me its worth the price. When it runs out I will for sure be repurchasing it.

Do you have the Origins Drink Up-intensive and what do you think of it?

Wishlist

Wishlist:

1. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Dim Light: Here
2. Hourglass Arch Sculpting Brow Pencil in Dark Brunette: Here
3. Alpha H Liquid Gold: Here
4. Mac Lipstick in Media: Here
5. H&M Quilted Flats: Here
6. Daniel Wellington Watch Classic Sheffield Lady: Here

Whats on your wishlist?