Saturday impressions

Today has been a lovely day and I went to a pool to get some sun. Somehow it does seem that at the moment the weather is always nicer on the weekends than during the week, which I find to be a huge plus.

NOTD

I have spotted an absolutely incredible manicure on Pinterest and just had to recreate it. Since I am a nail varnish junky, I have picked up the varnish by Essie in Chinchilly. It is an absolutely beautiful greyish purply colour. Basically you take a matte polish, or alternatively just use a matte topcoat. Once everything is dry, you just go back in with a glossy one and just paint the french tips.

OOTD and new in

I have been naughty and spending money. But then again, what do we live for...

Dress Primark • Wedges Primark • Belt own • Bracelet H&M

I ended up absolutely hating the Dior foundation I mentioned in my previous post. Apart from the horrible smell, it really made me break out and made my skin really oily throughout the day, and bare in mind I that I have combination skin, that is not very oily though. 
Anyways, I ended up buying the Clarins Skin Illusion foundation, which I absolutely love. This shade is 103, however I have already bought 108 previously, it is too dark for me though and will be used in summer.
I then bought the YSL Touche Éclat. It was on my wish list far too long and I decided to go for it. While I was at it I also purchased the YSL Rouge Velupté in the shade 01, beige nude. It is very similar to MAC cream cup and rather looks like a milky pink on my lips, which I love.
It will be no news for you that I have not been entirely happy with my Clinique dramatically different moisturising gel. The Elisabeth Arden creme for a waste of money and I have also returned it. Instead I have bought a cream by Lancaster from their AquaMilk series. I really like it so far and will see how this is going.

I have also treated myself to new shades. I am absolutely in love with them. I love the cat-eyed shape and I really wanted black shades to complete my collection.

Since I have not bought a bikini last year I decided that this year a new bikini is definitely a must and since I have already been to the beach on Saturday I went and bought this baby from H&M. I think the colour is stunning and it actually looks like my OPI You don't know Jacques.

OOTD

The weather is getting warmer and it is a pleasure to have to put less clothes on.

 Shirt Mango • Jeans 7 for all mankind • Ballet slippers Zara • Nails OPI Mermaid's tears • Ring bijou brigitte

New in

I have been in real shopping mood lately and spent quite a lot of my hard earned money. What can I say, retail therapy just works a treat.

I have finally bought the Maroccanoil and just let me say that it does deliver. I love how soft my hair feels the next morning (I go to sleep with wet hair). The smell is not very strong so it does not take over from my perfume.Then I have purchased 2 OPI polishes in "You don't know Jacques" and "Mermaid's tears". The latter is a wonderful colour for spring and the former I just love and think it works throughout the year. I have also bought the Diorskin Eclat Satin foundation in the shade 202. Now the smell is really off-putting which I haven't noticed in the store. It does smell of old perfume. The foundation itself is very nice though. It is moisturising and glides well on the skin after moisturiser. An in-depth review will however follow. I have also treated myself to the Creamcup lipsick by MAC, however I am not loving it too much so far. On me the colour is really pink and it seems to be drying on the lips. I need to find a good way of wearing it. I also acquired this little card holder. It is silvery and great for going out so I don't have to bring my whole purse.

In a separate haul a few days later I then strolled into the MAC store again. Obviously a huge mistake. I bought the eye pensil in Teddy, which is a shimmery brown colour and I really like it. I also purchased a small palette for eye shadows and so far filled it with All that glitters and Satin Tope. Of course the lovely assistant also managed to sell me some blush, which I didn't really need. I got the colour Desert rose. It is more pigmented then Blushbaby so I am still working on the application.

Last but not lease I have also bought these lovely pastel pink jeans from Mango. They are very skinny and just perfect for spring. 

Saturday impressions

Yesterday has been a lovely lovely day. Naturally I decided to enjoy myself and had yummy pancakes for lunch followed by a walk on the seaside.

OOTD and New In

Today I have really tried filming a video but unfortunately the quality of my camera really is bad the sound was just awful so unfortunately there will be no video any time soon. 

Instead I decided to have an outfit of the day post and also share the new products that I have.

 Shirt Bershka • Jeans Mango • Shoes Buffalo • Ring Primark

As you may or may not know, I have had really dry skin, particularly on my forehead and it was/is really hard to apply foundation and thus I have ventured into completely new territory of tinted moisturisers and BB creams. However, this is now what this post is about. When I was buying my Clarins facial oil the lady also gave me a sample their cleansing milk for dry and sensitive skin. I have been using it every morning and please bear in mind that I NEVER used to wash my face in the morning. Anyway, I really loved it although the consistency was really strange to me in the beginning and it obviously was not foaming. 

So I went into my drug store determined to buy the Clarins cleanser and of course went out with the Lancaster one. It is called "Comforting Cleansing Milk". Supposedly they are dupes for each other and after using it for a few days I am really really pleased. My skin feels really soft and nice to the touch.  I bough a set which came with a toner because it was an offer and strangely enough cheaper than the individual bottle. They are both 400ml and will last me forever. 

I also picked up a sun cream for the face because I have to use it here in Israel. The sun is just brutal and shines most of the year. It does not stick and can be used on top of your daily moisturised and underneath the foundation or powder. I had bought the regular sun cream by Lancaster last summer and was very pleased. 

Good morning

Today is such a beautiful day and I actually have a piknick planned later on today but so far I have been taking it slow and enjoying my Saturday by watching beauty videos on Youtube and having breakfast. 

I really like Anna's channel and always await new post from her blog with anticipation. 

Back to nails

Today's post is super lazy, but the only thing I accomplished on this weekend, other than going out is painting my nails.

I have never really been into nude nail polishes and always liked more of a sheer-pinky tone but this weekend it did come over me so badly that I had to run to the store and buy a nude nail polish.

Here I am wearing the Sally Hansen complete salon manicure in "Choco-Latte". Unfortunately I had to take this picture with a flash because otherwise it looked really yellow.

New in

Finally my Elisabeth Arden Extreme Conditioning Cream arrived. I am really excited to try it out because I am not too happy with my Clinique Lotion and this product was recommended to my by a cosmetician and is supposedly just great for my skin type, which is combination/sensitive skin.

It has a really nice cucumbery smell to it and glides on really well. Once I have actually used it for a while I will definitely do a review on it.