Empties #10 - Part 1

Καλό μήνα και καλό φθινόπωρο να έχουμε όλοι! Επιτέλους μετά από ένα αρκετά μεγάλο καλοκαιρινό διάλειμμα επέστρεψα στο blog με καινούργιο post, και μάλιστα με ένα empties post. Θεώρησα πως ένα empties post είναι ότι καλύτερο για ένα come back μιας και συνειδητοποίησα πως δεν έχω κάνει ένα από τον περασμένο Γενάρη…. ναι μάλιστα καλά ακούσατε Γενάρη! Οπότε όπως θα έχετε ήδη καταλάβει επειδή μάζευα αυτές τις άδειες συσκευασίες για πάρα πολύ καιρό ήρθε επιτέλους η ώρα να τις ξεφορτωθώ, και ακριβώς για το λόγο του ότι είναι πολλά τα προϊόντα, θα χωριστούν σε δύο posts. Σήμερα θα σας δείξω τα προϊόντα μακιγιάζ, και με ένα αρωματάκι μέσα, και στο επόμενο post τα υπόλοιπα τα οποία είναι προϊόντα περιποίησης προσώπου και σώματος. Ας ξεκινήσουμε λοιπόν.

Best of Beauty 2015 - Top 15.

Τελευταίο post για το 2015 και τι θα άλλο μπορούσε να είναι παρά από το τι προϊόντα ομορφιάς αγάπησα περισσότερο μέσα στο χρόνο, για την ακρίβεια τα 15 αγαπημένα μου προϊόντα για το 2015. Μπορώ να πω ότι δυσκολεύτηκα να βρω ποια προϊόντα θα έφταναν στο top 15 γιατί τον περασμένο χρόνο δοκίμασα πολλά και διάφορα προϊόντα ομορφιάς αλλά μπορώ να πω ότι είμαι αρκετά ευχαριστημένη με τις επιλογές μου. Τι λέτε λοιπόν πάμε να τα δούμε?

My Current Foundation Routine.

Hello my lovelies! I think it was about time to do a whole post about what face products I'm using and loving right now. These past few months I've been testing out lots of new foundations, concealers and powders and not only for my makeup, I've been testing out lots of new skincare products, but this is going to be a whole different post in the future. My main reason is because lately my face became more oily, so I've started a new foundation routine. I'm still trying to figure out which products are right for me but for my now this routine seems to work pretty well with my skin. 

January Favorites.

It's been such a long time since I've done a monthly favorites post, and that's because I wasn't trying any new products so I didn't have anything new to show you. But the past few months I've tried lots of new beauty products, and some of them are already HGs of mine! Not all the products are new though, some of them are staple HG products that I use all the time, and some are rediscoveries! I promise you there will be more monthly favorites posts this year!

March Favorites.

Yep it's official, March is over, and I was thinking what should I include in my monthly favorites this time, and honestly it was so hard for me to find products to show you because I didn't have that many favorites this past month! So you will only see six products this time, but for sure these six are the ones that I really enjoyed using within March. So let's begin!

La Roche Posay Physiological Micellar Solution

I only got this a few weeks ago but it became my favorite already! Its formula is very similar to my other HG, Vichy's Purete Thermal Micellar Lotion. I think it's perfect for oily skintypes like mine, whenever I use this to remove my face make up there's no need to cleanse my face right afterwards, because it doesn't leave my skin sticky, like the Vichy one does. I think it's the perfect micellar lotion for the summertime!

The Body Shop Shea Body Butter

Shea Body Butter from The Body Shop was actually the first body butter I've ever tried from them when I was still a teenager, and many years after it's still my favorite scent from all the ones I've tried. It has a warm buttery scent, that sometimes makes you want to eat it, and not that vanilla-buttery scent but more of a nutty-buttery one, which is mush better because it's more mature and less nauseous. I opened the jar at the beginning of March and I've already used 1/3 of it. I seriously love it, even though it's very thick, I don't mind that!

Urban Decay Buck Eyeshadow

Buck it has become my HG crease eyeshadow, it totally replaced my love for Mac Cork. Buck is a little darker and warmer, and goes well with all my neutral eye looks. This and Smog are definetely the only eyeshadows I'll definetely purchase in full sizes when I'll hit pan on my Naked palette.

Foltene Eyelash and Eyebrow Treatment

This product is a pure miracle! I noticed the good results even only one month of using it. My eyebrows look definetely fuller, and it fixed my problematic left eyebrow, which has always been the weakest one, now it looks way more fuller and I cannot tell a difference between my left and right brow. Love it!

Clarins Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector in 02 Apricot Shimmer

I never thought that I would ever include this product in one of my monthly favorites, and that's because when I bought it last year I immediately hated it! I didn't like it at all, I thought it was sticky and nothing too special! I don't know what got into me and when I saw it in my make up stash I decided to give it a second chance. I was using it for a few days until I decided that I really like it, and now I can't stop using it. Most of the times I use it alone with a neutral pink lipliner. But I'm not sure if I'll repurchase it again because it's very expensive!

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat

This has totally replaced the fast drying top coat I was using from Poshe. It does the exact same job as the Poshe one, but it's thinner and also doesn't shrink my nail varnishes. I'll definitely repurchase it but only if I'll be able to find it in a reasonable price here in Greece. 

Non Beauty Favorites

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience

This is my only non beauty favorite for this month. I love Justin Timberlake's songs since I was a teenager, and I was waiting for him to release a new album for seven whole years! Overall I don't think this is his best album so far, but it definitely has a more mature sound and  I really love 3 songs from it, the Tunnel Vision, Don't Hold The Wall and Mirrors, I can't stop listening to them for days!

I hope you enjoyed my monthly favorites this time, even though they were only a few!
Have you tried any of them? Do you like Justin Timberlake's new album?
Let me know!

Collective Haul (Urban Decay, Clinique, Clarins, Moroccanoil)

This is a collective haul I did in the past two weeks, and I have to say I did some damage!

So here's what I hauled:

• Urban Decay Naked Palette
• Moroccanoil Treatment
• Clinique City Block SPF25
• Clinique High Impact mascara
• Clarins Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector #2 Apricot Shimmer

  Urban Decay's Naked Palette is a product that I wanted for such a long time, from the first moment it was released but I always avoid buying it because I have so many neutral eyeshadows. But I had a 10% coupon code at BeautyBay,  and I told myself, why not? So I got it. It's so pretty, seriously!! I chose the first Naked palette over the 2 because it has warm tones and they suit me the most. I still haven't used it or swatched any of the eyeshadows, but I'm pretty sure this palette will be in one of my next month's favorites!

 Also lookfantastic a few weeks back had a 10% off of all the Moroccanoil range, so I decided to try for the first time the Moroccanoil treatment, in the small size. I've already used it 3 times, and I have to say it does an amazing job, specially for blow drying and straightening your hair, but I think it's a little too heavy for my fine hair. I have to try it a few more times to be sure.

At the Clinique counter I got the High impact mascara, an old favorite, and I decided to try a new sunscreen, the City Block SPF25 since I think the one from La Roche Posay I have it's breaking me out. I hope this one won't break me out too, it seems like every susncreen I try breaks me out! This has also a light tint, but it doesn't show up on my face.

And from Clarins I got the famous Natural Lip Perfector in #2 Apricot Shimmer. It seems like everyone had this already, and I really wanted to try it. Even though it says apricot, it's mostly a light milky pink shade, it reminds me so much of Korres cherry lipgloss in light pink, an exact dupe I would say, but I like Korres texture way more. The thing that I don't like in the Clarins Lip Perfector is that after a few hours it creates that milky ring on my lips, which I hate! But I have to say that I love the vanilla cake taste it has, way better than the artificial one that Mac has.

Have you try any of these products?? Do you like them? Let me know!!