Beauty: YSL Kiss&Blush and Black Opium

I think I talked about this before. A fragrance can do so much to your personal style and feeling throughout the day itself. I think we all might get the feeling sometimes of wanting to change or spice things up a little. As my personal style is different from what I can wear in my office environment, I especially have the feeling this happens at least twice a year. The feeling to break free and just experiment with myself and style. YSL is a beaitiful example for that. I used to love Calvin Kleins Obsession for later in Fall as well as for nights out and evenings. Now I do still love that one, its just very hard to find and I was looking for something new. And I just remember having YSL Black Opium for a year now. Bying it last christmas for myself and taking the plunge in spending that money on one bottle only. I think I never had a perfume that long, is that saying anything about my social life? I hope not. Never the less, loving this fragrance right now and I thought its time I talk about it :)

B

Beauty: Clinique`s Take the Day Off Balm

Its finally time to talk about a product I have been loving so much recently that its become one of my "must have" products. When I think back on my skincare routine in the early days, I always loved new products or cremes that supported what was already there. I never really had bad skin when I was a teenager, and I am glad I can still say that now. I do suffer from breakouts every now and then, but this usually comes from bad food, sugar or stress. So I know how to take care of them and as I mentioned in my last post, theu usually dissapear within 2 days. Lucky me ey? Probably. Thinking of make up I didnt start to early, back in school I had friends that werent allowed to wear eye shadow when being in school and to be honest, it was a big big deal back then to do so. Dont ask me why, because if I see young girls nowadays, I am shocked of how much they wear on their faces. But nevermind. I used to take my make up off with make up wipes, different brands like BeBe or Nivea come to mind on that one, liked the smell and I always thought they did the job. But in the last two years, ever since I probably thought and tried more different brands as well as techniques, I come to invest more in this time of my life as well. 

 This is where Clinique comes into place. I have been a big "fan" since my early years, because I could afford it and I believed in the products itself. Years later I still have loads of products from them, either make up related, like the pop blush and lip colors or skincare wise, like my rich eye cream as well as this little helper. Clinique -Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm is truely amazing. I first was a bit skeptical; a balm? Wont that make a mess? Maybe around your eyes but at least you look like a little panda by the end of the day. -little side joke there- I usually rinse it off with warm water or make up wipes and then continue my routine. The feeling of the balm is very soft and you really only need a little to get your make up of the day off. Which I think is great, because its a good budget buy for everyone who is sick of baby wipes/make up wipes.

Hope you liked this little review. Lots of love,

B

Lifestyle: Instagram

I uploaded my Instagram update a little late this week but the weekend was so short and you know, sometimes life just comes in the way. I try to be as constant with my updates as possible, and I hope you still enjoy them.

Hope you have a great start in the week, B

Beauty: Skincare routine update with Origins

Long time no see would be the right way to start this post. I will update you on a separate post on Monday morning what I have been up to, sadly I wasn’t able to upload as much content here as I wanted to, but I have a lot coming for you all, it just doesn’t always go well with my actual job and my little side passion which is my blog. Never the less, I wanted to update you on my current skincare routine which changed a little over the past few months, one reason which was breakouts made me consider different products as well as more care.

I can`t believe how much difference it all makes to my skin. It has a little shine to it and most of all is spot free again. It feels well hydrated during the day, still a bit oily around my T zone, but that has always been the case recently.

Firstly I start with the newly discovered Clinique Take the day off balm; Oh how I love this. I saw it over at Samantha Marias Blog; and I think in one of her favourite videos. I always loved the brand itself and to be honest I don’t like those baby wipes on my skin, nah thank you. It easily cleans the skin and mostly gets my make up off perfectly; it doesn’t hurt my skin or eyes either as it is very soft. I usually go over with a wet pad to get all the rest of my eyes.

I use the Origins United States Toner for about a year now, but I needed my second refill about half way through, which can get expensive of course. So I am currently looking for a second option which is less pricy. Because I do use it daily in the evening to rub the bad skin and dirt of my skin it would be great to spend less money on this part of my routine. Great product though.  The next step is usually my also newly added Oskia Cleansing Balm; again you will have heard of this over the past few months around bloggers and I firstly agreed that this would be to expensive for me to purchase; I mean do I want to invest so much money in my skincare? I did after all :) after I experience a really bad break out over all my skin and different areas of, I figured its time to change things up.  I find this balm very funny tbh as it has a very funny colour (which is Orange) also the feeling of it on my skin, when It turns from balm to oil was a surprise at first, but I gained to like it, and after only two days I saw a massive difference in my appearance. So highly recommend this one for cleansing the skin, it is very gentle but does the job perfectly, so far I wouldn’t be able to describe it with any other product I have used.

Next up I kept on using the Origins Original Skin Serum, why change something you love. Perfect for the day to add a bit of glow (natural glow) and hydration to your skin. Afterwards I usually ad a moisturiser by Origins as well followed by either Eye Crème Rich from Clinique or Origins GinZing itself. As a little add on, I found a great and not to pricy oil treatment (you can use it as a facial or daily routine) on the Cult Beauty webpage. Aesop is a product I have seen around a few time but never really was sure if to purchase or not. After reading a few reviews and knowing that, Sunday Riley will make me poor I thought I have a try. I sometimes feel it dries my skin out or it feels a bit “sticky” if I applied a Serum before; but if I leave this in for the evening/over night, I am in for a great healthy looking skin the next morning. Just check it out on Cult Beauty of you want to know more about it.

Updated Skincare Routine

Hope you enjoyed this post; went a little over board today :) let me know what you think? :)

B