WISH LIST FEBRUARY 2016

Everybody has a wish list. Most of mine include make up, shoes, pretty things for the flat and a puppy. However, I have carefully selected 4 beauty must haves which I quite frankly MUST HAVE.

1. Loreal Color Riche Collection Exclusive Reds in Blake’s Red (£6.99 in Boots) – I love Blake Lively (yes, I love Gossip Girl too). I always want to look like Blake and I love this shade of red. For £6.99 I can’t possibly go wrong! Packaging reminds me of Louboutin lipsticks a little (far from it really but the vibe is there) and it is 1/10 of the price so I am definitely purchasing this to add to my lipstick collection. Louboutin Lipstick is on my wish list too by the way but let’s not even go there.
2. YSL Touche Eclat Neutraliser  in green, apricot and violet (£25.00 each on yslbeauty.co.uk) – I love YSL Touche Eclat highlighter / concealer and now I am so tempted to buy at least the green Touche Eclat Neutraliser. Colour correcting is not a new concept but I have never been keen on thick, creamy concealers and most colour correctors seem to be thick and creamy. I know that original Touche Eclat is the best concealer out there so I have my trust in these new neutralisers. Violet – Use it to neutralize dull or sallow skin. Apricot – Use it to neutralize dark spots and improve skin uniformity. Green – Use it to neutralize redness on the skin and minimise blemishes.
3. Murad Essential-C Toner (£25.00 on murad.co.uk) – I love my Elemis Apricot Toner but I have also fallen in love with Murad brand and I am feeling a bit adventurous. Not many of my beauty products contain vitamin C but it is so important for maintaining a healthy glow. Murad Essential-C Toner also contains Witch Hazel to help minimise the appearance of pores.
4. Revlon ColorStay™ Makeup For Combination/Oily Skin (£6.49 in Boots) – I will say two things – read the reviews and then check the price! My foundations cost me between £20 and £35 every time, without fail! And I still haven’t found ‘THE ONE’. I am currently loving Estee Lauder Double Wear but no doubt I will find something else to try in couple of months spending another £30.00. So I decided I need to give something on a budget a chance. I don’t know why there’s this stigma around cheap foundations, I always assume they will make me break out but so does MAC and that’s not a cheap brand.
5. Not directly on my wish list but there are 3 beauty boxes I need to try: Look Fantastic beauty box, Cohorted Beauty box and my most recent discovery – Look Incredible beauty box. Lookfantastic.com is a website  that sells every make up brand imaginable so I decided their beauty boxes must be pretty good as they have access to all these brands! It is £15.00 for one month’s subscription (gets cheaper if you subscribe for 3,6 or 12 months) and contents are similar to Birchbox and Glossybox with some travel size and some full size products including some high street as well as luxury brands. Look Incredible Beauty box costs £18.99 per month which is still something I can justify but guarantees 5 FULL SIZE products each month. I am kind of sampled out at the moment so I am excited to see if 5 full size products each month as they could be the only 5 beauty products I need, saving me a lot of money! You can’t choose your products so if you run out of mascara you run out of mascara but I think apart from that it may be a good monthly beauty product supply. Previous boxes look amazing and I think with my expensive taste it might be the one for me! Cohorted beauty box is £35.00 per month which is a bit steep but it is usually worth over £100 and again might be more useful as I do like luxury brands and maybe paying £35 could pay off in a long run. It is also available as quarterly subscription which is a more sensible option, I guess!

My birthday is in September and Christmas is in December (obviously) so looks like I will have to do one of those ‘TO ME, FROM ME’ gifts. It’s all about self-love after all.

Love,

Mari xx