FOTD: A Natural Winter Look Featuring Cream Products

 

During the cold and dry winter days, I prefer to reach for my hydrating cream products. For today's post, I'm sharing a recent (natural) Face of the Day featuring items I recommend for those blustery winter days. 

Lipstick Review and Swatches: Rimmel Moisture Renew Dazzling Duchess Collection

The other day I picked up three shades from Rimmel London's Dazzling Duchess Collection, which came out in early June. I had wanted to try the revamped formula of this line and was even more excited that the lipsticks now had SPF20.

See what I think of these lipsticks after the jump!

Review and Swatches Part Two: Rimmel Apocalips/Show Off Lip Lacquers

 

 Since I've been absolutely loving the Apocalips lip lacquers that I picked up from asos.com a few months ago (see original post), I decided to pick up some more now that they're more readily available in the US, where they're going by the name Show Off. 

This Month's Drugstore Haul: Jordana liners, Wet n Wild Fergie Lipsticks and Rimmel and Revlon Lip Glosses

A couple weeks ago, I picked up some new items at the drugstore and wanted to share what I got!

Review and Swatches: Rimmel Apocalips/Show Off Lip Lacquers

 

A little over a month ago, I heard all my favorite UK YouTubers rave about the new Rimmel Apocalips lip lacquers.  As Rimmel London products obviously get to the UK first, I scoured the internet and figured out that I didn't have to wait for their US arrival because Asos sold them! 

FOTD: Baby Pink Lips, Cheeks, and Lashes!

Products

Face: Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in Light 44, which is light with a beige undertone * 

I applied this with a damp Beauty Blender to not look overly made up

Cheeks: The Balm Down Boy, a baby pink blush *

Eyes: MAC Soft Brown and Texture (the lighter warm browns in the quad)

Mascara: Lancôme Hypnôse Star Mascara in 01 Noir Midnight *

Lips: Rimmel Lasting Finish Kate Moss Matte lipstick in 101 and Rimmel Stay Glossy Lipgloss in  Non-Stop Glamour (I think, the name came off with the plastic packaging, grr)

Parabens in Foundations

Bye Bye, Paraben-filled Foundations!

April 2015 Update: This post has been updated with new purchases.

Lately I've been reading a lot of articles about the terrible effects of parabens in beauty products. Parabens have been used for decades as very effective preservatives in moisturizers, cosmetics, sunscreens, and deodorants, but in recent years, scientific studies have shown that parabens are absorbed into the skin and contribute to abnormal estrogen levels. So I went through all my foundations (most are drugstore) and checked the ingredients, either by looking on the back label or with some expert googling. Pro tip: Drugstore.com and Paula's Choice Beautypedia list most makeup products' ingredients.

One important thing to note is the order in which ingredients are listed. Most of these foundations list either Methylparaben, Butylparaben or other parabens towards the end of the ingredient list, which means there's very little percentage of those ingredients, compared with the things listed at the beginning of the list. Still, I thought this list would be useful.

Review: Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation

 

Long time no blog — but I'm back!

I've been reading so many good things about Rimmel London's Wake Me Up foundation from British beauty gurus, yet Rimmel doesn't sell this particular product in the U.S. so I hadn't been able to try it. Lo and behold, Asos sells a bunch of Rimmel products that aren't sold here! Of course I had to get it. The only bad thing is that on Asos, it is definitely a lot more expensive than Rimmel products usually are (this cost me $15.24). I just received this in the mail, and tried it for the first time today.