Monday, July 8, 2013

June Favorites.

Apparently I must be the last person to post my monthly favorites this time, I'm sorry I know, I've been so lazy the past few days, it must be the summer's heat.
I'm so happy that this time in my monthly favorites post I can show you some new stuff that I've been really enjoying using these past few weeks!
Revlon Nearly Naked foundation + powder
I got these two a little over a month ago when I was in London, and I've been loving them since. The foundation is very lightweight, with sheer to medium coverage, which i think it's perfect for summertime. It can be a little oily sometimes, especially now that it's summer and here in Greece it's super hot, it gets oily mostly around my nose and chin, but I always blot with a powder or blotting papers. I'm pretty sure a primer would help but I don't own any primers right now, it's something I really want to invest to in the near future. The powder really compliments the foundation, it gives a really beautiful dewy look, I love that it makes my cheeks look flawless. The best part is that the powder is a little darker than the foundation and more beige toned, which neutralizes the yellow shade of the foundation.

Benefit Hello Flawless powder
Last summer this powder foundation was the only thing I was using the whole time, and as you can see I'm almost done, but I got a back up last fall while it was on sale. Now whenever it's super hot and I can't stand anything on my face, I skip the Revlon Nearly Naked foundation and I only wear this with some concealer underneath. It provides amazing coverage, it's super easy to use, I apply it with ELF's Powder Brush, which is a flat top kabuki brush but not with synthetic hair, this powder doesn't apply well when you do it with a synthetic brush. I only wish I had the next-darker shade, just because I find this shade to be a little too light and yellow for me right now, this one is in the shade Champagne.

Benefit Dallas
Dallas is a versalite face powder, it can be used  as a bronzer and as a blush. Right now I've been using it as a bronzer, it's not my favorite bronzer but it looks good, I really like the soft texture it has. I prefer my bronzers to have strong brown undertones, they look better with my skintone, Dallas has more of a plum-rose undertone, and that's what makes it good as a bronzer and as a blush too.

Benefit Coralista
I got Coralista in a mini size as a part of the Go TropiCoral make up set last summer, and I haven't used it that much, just because it's too sheer, for some weird reason Coralista doesn't show up on my cheeks at all, and I'm only a NC25. But I tried to layer it on top of other peachy blushes and it works really good, it adds a very beautiful peachy sheen to them, so that's why I have been using it as a subtle highlighter. Plus it has an amazing smell, very fruity, like mangoes.

Artdeco Blusher in #05
A true peachy blush in summer for me it's an essential! One of the best peachy blushes I've tried is Artdeco's 05, it has an orange-peachy shade with matte texture and it costs only 7 euros, what more could I ask? I don't know if it's in their permanent line because I got it last summer with their summer collection, but if you can find it, grab it!

Here are swatches for all three products:
from left to right: Benefit Dallas, Artdeco #05, Benefit Coralista


Benefit Coralista Ultra Plush lipgloss
I have the mini size of this lipgloss, I also got this in the Go TropiCoral make up set. For almost a year I rarely wear lipglosses, I like glossy balms, glossy lipsticks but glosses....no, not so much. But this one is just perfect, it's like a balm, super smooth on the lips and not sticky at all. I love using it under bright lipsticks to make them look more sheer, the shade is a very sheer coral one. I'm really considering trying more of their Ultra Plush glosses in the future, especially Hoola.

L'oreal Glam Shine Balmy Gloss in 910 Bite The Maracuja
I got this a few weeks ago, and it's already been my HG lip product for this summer. It's an orangey-coral, glossy-balmy lipstick (I hope I didn't confuse you with this description) with some gold glitters. The shade it's perfect for summertime, and it's super easy to use. 
Here are swatches of both:
from left to right: Benefit Coralista, L'oreal Balmy Gloss in 910 Bite The Maracuja


Sunsilk Nourishing Oil Spray with Moroccan, Argan and Almond Oils
This is propably the one product that I enjoyed using the most this month, and I'm still loving it. It's a duo-phase hair oil and conditioner, I'm using it right before I comb my hair as a detangler, and then I do a few more spritzes all over the hair and using it as I do with a hair oil. It makes my hair incredibly soft, and helps with the whole process of blow drying. If it's available to you, because I know Sunsilk is not available in many countries, please try it!



Non Beauty Favorites

Even though Awkward is a teen TV series, for some weird reason (as if I don't watch Teen Wolf already) I was hooked on this show. I started watching at the beginning of June, and within 2 weeks I watched all 3 seasons. I really like it, it's funny and I think it's a really good choice for the summer. But now I have to wait until next summer for the fourth season.


And for my music choice this month, I've been loving Rihanna's Unapologetic album. I know this album was out in November, but I just started listening it to it, and I'm so hooked, propably my HG album for this year, along with Justin Timberlake's the 20/20 Experience. My favorites songs are: Loveeeeeee Song , Nobody's Business, Get It Over With and Jump.




So these were my beauty and non beauty favorites for June. What were your favorites? Beauty and non beauty related. I wanna know!

15 comments:

  1. Τέλεια Σοφία,όπως πάντα!!
    Καλά ,και νόμιζα πως είμαι η μόνη που βλέπει akward!Μας αφήσαν και σε καλό σημείο! Αυτή outsider ,outsider αλλά δεν τη βλέπω να πτοείται!!

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    1. Ευτυχως το βλεπει κ καποιος αλλος, δεν νοιωθω τοσο μονη χαχαχα! Ναι ναι, μακαρι να ειμασταν ετσι ολοι οι outsider στο λυκειο :)

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  2. Τέλεια προϊόντα και υπέροχο review!

    xx
    FashionEvELand | FEEL

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  3. Το προϊόν της Sunsilk θέλω πολύ να το δοκιμάσω..

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  4. πολύ ωραία φαίνονται μόνο την πούδρα της Revlon έχω και συμφωνώ, αλλά δε θα μπω και σε άλλους πειρασμούς χαχα

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  5. θελω να δοκιμασω το sunsilk!φαινονται τελεια!

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    1. Ειναι πολυ καλο, δεν εχω ξανανοιωσει τα μαλλια μου πιο μαλακα!

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  6. Dallas looks like a really nice bronzer :)

    Hayley
    Water Painted Dreams
    xxx

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    1. It does, not many people know that Dallas can be used as a bronzer, Hoola is the most popular one.

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  7. polu omorfa ta agapimena sou!!!!!!!
    ta revlon (make up kai powder) prepei na einai teleia!gia na doume,tha ta dokimasw??? :) :)

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  8. I love the Artdeco blush. It's been one of my favs too. :)


    Sarah from
    PrettyGloss | Bloglovin | Twitter

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  9. i can see why these are your favs theres a lot of gerat products there, i really like the look of teh dallas by benefit, i might have to give it a whirl.

    great post hunny

    beautiesunlocked.blogspot.co.uk

    Lx

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  10. Εντάξει, όλα μοναδικά! Τέλεια προϊόντα!

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