Here’s a look at the beauty products I reached for the most throughout the month of October.
Fire and Ice is the first shade of Revlon lipstick I ever bought. It’s the kind of shade that makes me think I need to own every single colour from their Super Lustrous range, although realistically I have to acknowledge that no other colour is going to compare to this shade. The first time I wore it to work I got instantaneous positive reactions from a few coworkers. To me, it looks like an electric red with a hint of orange to it. The formula is comfortable on the lips and since it’s not matte (it’s a creme), it’s also not drying. Absolutely stunning product.
Hard Candy‘s bronzer in Hula Hula had become a favourite of mine throughout the summer. I wasn’t expecting to continue wearing it throughout the fall months as I thought it would be too dark and shimmery on my rapidly fading tan. However, this didn’t turn out to be the case! It is still a rather dark bronzer on my skin tone (even more so on the underside of my arm as you can see in the swatch) but when applied with a light hand, this gives a wonderful glow to the face. I don’t use bronzers to contour, so I end up sweeping this across the highpoints of my face. The bonus with this one is that because of the shimmery gold specs in the product, it can also double as a bronzey-blush with built in cheek highlight!
As a note: I don’t tend to wear this bronzer if I have a very shimmery eye look on as it can be a bit overpowering.
Joe Fresh is a new company to me. I reviewed a few of their products very recently and this particular one stayed in constant rotation in my morning makeup routine. I don’t have a lot of experience with cream blushes and was a bit worried about how good the staying power would be. Imagine my surprise when the Apricot (a peach shade that tends to learn slightly pink on my skin) stayed safely on my cheeks throughout an entire work day (applied around 7 am, removed around 5 pm) and was actually VISIBLE on the cotton pad I used at night to remove my makeup. I hope all of the blushes in their cream line is as good as this one because I am definitely interested in picking up a few more!
This is probably a staple in quite a lot of people’s makeup collections, and it has been in mine for several years as well. Lately I’ve found myself reaching for it more and more.MAC‘s Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle is a lovely champagne highlighter that I used quite often throughout October to highlight my cheeks. In the past I’ve also used it as an eyeshadow, however this month it was solely applied to my cheeks.
I’m only going to mention this product in this monthly favourites, but rest assured that this is a “forever favourite”. I, like many others, was swayed by the utterly insane hype over CoverGirl‘s Clump Crusher mascara on YouTube about a year ago. While I love my L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black in waterproof, the reality is that sometimes you just want to try something new. This mascara does not disappoint! The oddly-shaped brush helps me get from the roots of my lashes to the tip multiple times over without, you guessed it, any clumps. I personally don’t apply multiple layers of mascara, but just for giggles one time I decided to do it just to see I could get the mascara to clump. No such climps. This stuff is beyond fantastic.
My only gripe with it? And this is one I’m willing to overlook because the brush and formula are so amazing… But there is no true waterproof formula for this mascara. I regularly buy the water resistant formula of this mascara and I have to say it just does not hold up to water at all. If anything remotely damp gets near your eye, this mascara WILL smudge. However, as I’ve already said, this is a detail I’m willing to overlook considering how amazing the results can be.
Let me know if you had any particular beauty favourites throughout October!
