New makeup look video (in Greek)

Just a super short post to post the link to my newest makeup look (it's in Greek) I was planning to dub it in English but this particular video i had to edit it so many times that i was tired with it :P

Products Used:

Face:

p2 illuminating touch makeup (review here)

Nyx blush in "Taupe" as contour

p2 Cheeks and Lips in "Sleeping Beauty Wake Up"

Bourjois Blush nr.34 "Rose D'or"

Kryolan's Glamour Glow in "Natural Tan"

Avon's Luxe Illuminating Face Powder

Eyes:

Various Blue eyeshadows from the 88 matte palette

The 2 blue eyeshadows from Sleek's "Acid Palette"

Boirjois "Blanc Diaphane" eyeshadow

MAC's "Blacktrack" fluidline

Lips:

MAC's "Creamcup"

Maybelline's "Lilac Boom" Lipstick

Goo Hoarding Vol.2!!! Cleaning my makeup stash!

Ho y'aaaaall. How are ya? :D This is a similar post with the one I did in October. I'm tossing away makeup products that are too old and started to look/smell/feel funny or in this particular post, stuff that I couldn't use anymore cause I didn't like them.

2 lip glosses from Avon. The white pink one on the left is Avon's Color Trend in the shade "Angel". You can tell that it's super old because I still have the one in the old packaging :P. The wine red on the right is Avon's Shine Supreme in the shade "Glossy Rose".

Both of them were starting changing color and smelling weird which is totally normal since I have them for a few years and lip gloss is totally prone to bacteria if you use it directly from the wand. The good thing is that at a point I started using my glosses by putting some on my (clean) hands and apply it with the brush so I don't transfer bacteria from my mouth so the rest of my glosses are gonna last much more.

2 mascaras. The upper one is Farmasi's Catwalk Illusion mascara in green color. This mascara was straight up NASTY! It was dry, poor and gross. I have it from the summer but I haven't used it in so long that I even forgot I had it so besides the fact that I had it for a few months I didn't even like it soo... to the trush!

The lower one is Avon's ColorTrend Bright Lash Tips in the color "Vibrand Violet". I forgot I had this too since it's so old but I only used it like twice because it dried out the lashes so much and they felt gross, not to mention it gave no color whatsoever to the lashes. 

Garnier's BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfector

When I first used this I sort of liked it - I even made a positive review about it - but I don't know what happened suddenly it felt bad and like my skin was so heavy from it. I believe some ingredient in it oxidized or something. Also the color changed so that couldn't be a good sign so I am tossing it. I will not repurchase it since I don't like it.

Avon's Ideal Flawless Cream to Powder Foundation

I didn't like this CRAP at all!!!! I made a review about it. This foundation is horrible, it blends badly, it makes the skin look old and disgusting. Even so, I gave it a chance. I used it a lot in the summer when I was on vacation since I was wearing makeup only in the night for a few hours so I didn't really care to look super flawless so it didn't bother me. I also used it very lightly because this crap made me feel like I had a mask on :P Anyways, I have it a few months now, I could keep it to use the rest the next summer but I really hated this product and I used a fair amount of it, as you can see in the photo I hit the pan big time so I can't say that I am throwing away a full product. I will of course NOT repurchase this again, EVER! Lol

Don't forget to clean your makeup stash every once in a while (like twice a year or so) to get rid of products that are too old or that have gone bad because you risk getting bacteria on your face and that can only lead to dirty skin = break outs even infections (especially the eye products). So take care my friends and also take care of your makeup ;)

See you at my next post

XO Heliana XO

E.L.F. Haul

Hello my dears! I hope you are doing well! I don't have a lot to say in this post I will only show you what I purchased recently from ELF. I always wanted to try elf products but here in Romania they sell each product for at least 2 euro more than the normal price so if you pick a one dollar item and you have to pay 3 euro it's not really convenient is it? But they recently had an offer with some reduction so every item was around 1 euro more than the normal price which still sucks but hey what to do now. :P Anyway let me show you what I got. Will come back with reviews for all of them in time :)

HD Powder - the normal white one

Studio Blushes in "Tickled Pink" and "Candid Coral" A.K.A the Nars "Orgasm" dupe.

Studio Blush and Bronzer Duo in "St. Lucia" 

(the bronzer is known to be dupe for Nars' "Laguna"

Healthy Glow Bronzer in "Luminance" and "Matte Bronzer"

Makeup Mist and Set

Daily Moisture Stick

Studio Powder Brush

I'd like to point out that I am VERY DISAPPOINTED not just because the one item I was super excited about came broken but also when I contacted them about it they just ignored me so I will most probably will NOT be ordering from the Romanian distributor for Elf again. Too bad for them :P 

That's all folks! Have you tried any ELF products? Do you have any favorites and any items I should stay away from? Let me know :)

Avon SuperFULL Mascara Review

Hello everyone! I hope you are having an entertaining weekend, me not so much I had a very hard exam at the Uni today and it didn't go very well :P

This will be a review about Avon's SuperFULL mascara. Now I got this a long time ago as a set with a lipgloss - I think - for quite cheap but I never opened it till December, I had read positive reviews about it so I said well okay let's try it.

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This is what it looks like. A classic plastic tube with a very thin and plastic wand.

To the review:

First of all the wand is AWFUL! It's hard and scratchy and it's completely annoying to apply.

The mascara itself is really not great at all, it's not even nice as a generic mascara. It doesn't do anything to my lashes on the contrary it makes my lashes look really horrible and short (and I have very long lashes in reality). So pretty much ZERO effect on the lashes - if not negative. No length, no volume, NOTHING.

Another disadvantage is that it makes the lashes stick with each other to the point that I get annoyed and I have to try to separate my lower from my upper lashes with my hand all the time. And the paradox is that even though it makes the lashes so gross and sticky it dries them out really badly to the point that mine look more sparse and poorer than how they really are.

It's easy to see that my lashes are stuck together and they are clumpy and looking weird. Epic fail mascara!

Furthermore, I haven't been using this mascara for not even 2 months and it's already dried out and clumpy fact that I don't even care for because I am tossing this loser mascara out!

- Are you satisfied by the product?

- NO WAY!

- Do you recommend it?

- Absolutely not!

- Will you repurchase it?

- Heck no!

Final verdict: F-

P2 ILLUMINATING TOUCH - Makeup - Review

Hello people! I know I said I'd probably wouldn't post till my exams are over but since I am sick and tired of studying I took the chance to make a break to post a review.

P2, as I said in previous posts is a German company that sells their products only at the DM stores but unfortunately only the DM stores of Germany. They have a great variety of every makeup product, eyeshadows, foundations, lipsticks, powders, you name it, they have it. And they are great quality too and really affordable. This foundation was sent to me from my friend from Germany :)

What the site says:

"The illuminating touch makeup perfects the complexion and evens it out - without a mask effect. Soft pigments ensure a radiant complexion. The moisture retaining elements define the velvety-light makeup".

Basically, this is their moisturizing foundation. I have to say, my basic problems when it comes to foundation is that they make my face look flaky with dry patches and after a few hours my skin feels even more burning and pulling than it already does due to its dehydration and the freezing weather.

This foundation is really great. It has a light to medium coverage but you can build it up to a medium to heavy coverage. It doesn't give the mask effect like it says and it does give a radiant look. It doesn't annoy my skin and it doesn't really show any flaky spots only MAYBE if I really haven't drunk any water and the weather is really terrible it might show a crack on my cheeks but not even noticeable. It doesn't pull my skin or make it feel any worse even after hours of the application. The lasting power is okay, I am satisfy with it considering that I don't set my makeup with a powder. 

I should mention that it comes in a 30ml (like most of the foundations) glass bottle with a pump so it feels quite luxurious as a packaging too. It's also vegan and it has no perfume. The color that I have is "25 - Touch of Nude" which is basically a completely neutral beige color and that is amazing because it's not always easy to find a foundation that is not too yellow/orange or too pink. I have a neutral undertone so I can pretty much pull off both warm and cool toned colors but I really prefer a neutral foundation because it looks more natural on skins with neutral undertone. 

So the PROS:

- Has a pump (heck YES)

- Pretty packaging

- Affordable

- Super dry/sensitive skin friendly

Cons:

- Doesn't have a huge range of shades

- It doesn't photograph well if you don't powder on top. - will show in pics...

The one complain I have from this foundation is that it gives a white cast on pictures with a flash. 

Without flash:

You can definitely see how beautiful this foundation is. It evens out the skin like it claims.

With flash:

You can easily see that at the spots were the foundation is not topped of with any powder product (bronzer/blush/highlighter - since I don't use face powder) (front part of cheeks, nose and chin) it does give a white cast when you are using a flash which makes it not useful when you want to go somewhere where you know there's gonna be a lot of pictures taken, like a wedding or somewhere formal which is a downside to have an "everyday" and a "special occasion" foundation. Other than that I really love it.

The final verdict: A (I'd give it an A+++ if it wasn't for the photographing con :/)

That's all for now. Take care of yourselves!!!! 

XO Heliana XO