Too Faced Full Bloom Lip & Cheek Creme Color Review

I'm here with another review and this time it's a product that turned out to be a spring/summer essential!!

Spring and summer are undoubtedly the seasons of coral! Coral nails, cheeks, lips, coral everything - and with good reason! It just puts you to the perfect summer mood and brings a little bit of warmth to your complexion. Which brings us to the product at hand.. Prim & Poppy (link) - oh yes that's the shade's name!! - is and ever will be the perfect coral!!

The consistency of it, is very smooth and creamy, without it being sticky at all. Although it looks shiny in the pot, it leaves a satin/matte finish and then it's up to each person's complexion on whether it will produce some shine throughout the day. I myself have combination to oily skin and it works perfectly every time, even if applied after I've powdered - with patience and good blending, everything can happen!
As to the pigmentation, depending to the application this can go from a sheer flush of colour - as I'm wearing it above - to an in-your-face coral - as it is in the swatch!

Now as you can expect from Too Faced, this isn't the most affordable cream blush you can find out there, but if you can afford it then you will be rewarded from the good quality of this product. Also, even if you wear it every day for all the spring and summer months, in the end it will still seem barely used. Or to put it plainly, it will last for ever!!

The Elephant and The Hat

photography : Bill Bar

SHOP THE LOOK

dress : H&M

hat : Vans (similar)

lipstick : Golden Rose no.6

It was one of those days, that no piece of clothing can seem to fit right or properly. All I wanted was some comfort, something that was airy and simple. Being though a girly girl deep down inside, I couldn't just go for sweatpants. So here is my solution for a look that combines casual and cool, sporty and chic!!

The star of the show is of course the hat - mostly because I'm totally in love with it! I bought it in a recent Asos sale and it was something I wanted for a long time, without having something similar with it in my closet, like, ever!! In other words, I never had a baseball kind of hat and I really wanted one! 

It must have been a week ago when I saw this dress at H&M, and though it doesn't seem like something to wear with a hat so sporty, it kind of clicked in my mind and I decided to go with it! It's just a simple maxi black dress and its simplicity is what makes it so great. It appears to be the perfect blank - and black! - canvas for any look. A pair of high heels and a clutch and it's ready for a night out, or some simple flat sandals and an orange hat and you're perfect to stand in front of an elephant on a windy day!!

+ here's a gif of me getting all "Gone with the Wind"

Eat - Shop - Repeat

Eat - Shop - Repeat is back and this time there are no baking failures.. this time it worked!! On the Shop part of the post, I tried out H&M's makeup line and it also worked! It's a win-win for today's post, so let's get to it..

EAT : Since I first saw people eating pancakes in all those lovely American movies, where the Sunday breakfast table is full with stacks of them, I made it my life's goal to make them myself! Through trial and error I found the perfect recipe - simple, quick, efficient and above all yummy!! I know it's no news for most of you, but if anyone hasn't tried them.. please, give them a go!

RECIPE

3/4 cup milk

2 tbs. melted butter

1 egg

1 cup self-rising flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tbs. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

And that's it.. just put them in a bowl, combine well and then pour 2 tablespoons of the mixture for each pancake in a small pan over medium heat, after covering the pan with the thinnest film of seed or sunflower oil you can manage - even better if you wipe the pan with a paper towel after you pour the oil. When you see little bubbles on the pancake, it's time to flip!!

SHOP : All those times I've been to H&M and I haven't tried their makeup line... Shame!! I bought this liquid eyeliner mainly because of the colour. It has an olive green base but has a strong metallic - almost aluminum foil - gold effect. It's just gorgeous and as you can imagine, there's a full review coming up!!

Avon Perfectly Flesh Nailwear Pro Review

There is something in the quest for finding the perfect nude that deems it completely never ending! Whether it is a lipstick or a nailpolish, we will always be on the look for the perfect nude shade that compliments each skin tone.

This one by Avon, together with this from a previous post, are my favourites! It's called Perfectly Flesh and in my case it's completely justified! It matches my skin tone perfectly and gives an effortless but also polished look to my nails. Perfectly Flesh is a perfectly good (puns everywhere) choice for when you want the attention drawn to something else and definitely not your nails!

As far as the quality goes, I'm very pleased by Avon. The nail polishes have great lasting power even without a topcoat and they go completely opaque with two coats - or three if you have humungus nails like me! The brush is wide enough to make the application easier and the formula dries really quick - which is always a plus!!