Summer / August favourites

Hi guys!

I know I haven't done a favourites post before but I thought today I would share what I've been loving thruough August, and for most of the summer really.

Mostly makeup but also a few skincare items and a perfume. This is my thoughts...

Juicy Couture "Viva La Juicy Sucré" - This is such a sweet and cosy scent. It's soft but I think it stays on for several hours on me. I bought the 100 ml bottle, that's how much I love it.

REN "Clarifying toner" - I had used this before and stopped for some reason, probably because I was trying something else. But recently I've had some issues with breakouts and I started using this again and though it's not solved the issue completely it's definitely looking better. I'm thinking my skin likes the acids in this..

Clinique "Take the day off balm" - I was curious to try this as I've heard Caroline Hirons talking about it (before she released her own balm cleanser) and it's really good. Takes off all of my makeup, except for my mascara weirdly enough. But I don't mind using something else for that.

Tikei "Mineral Primer" - I rediscovered this in my stash when I needed a good powder during this summer. It's really porefilling and keeps my foundation in place and looking matte. This is something I struggle with during summer as my skin is super oily. But this helped a lot!

Estee Lauder "Double Wear foundation in Fresco" - This is the best foundation I've ever tried. It stays in place all day and it's not heavy on the skin. I do get some shine come thru at the end of the day but at least it doesn't move. I think I might need a darker shade though, as this looks a bit too light sometimes.

Urban Decay "Eyeshadow Primer Potion" - I haven't tried a lot of eyelid primers but this really does hold your shadows in place. I don't feel the need to try something else as this is such a great product!

The Body Shop "Honey Bronzer in no 2" - Great bronzer, not too pigmented but gives just enough colour to your face.

Maybelline "Lash Sensational mascara" - This is brilliant. Gives my lashes a lot of volume, and some lenght too. This is the mascara the Clinique balm won't take off, but the majority of it washes easily off with just warm water..

Loreal "Brow Artist Plumper in brown" - If you just want to brush through your brows with a little tint this is great. Gives colour but not too much. I usually use a pencil as well as my brows are a bit sparse..

Depend "Eyebrow pencil in Taupe" - This is the perfect ashy shade for me. The formula is creamy but not too much, it stays on all day. Very easy to work with.

MAC "Dervish lip pencil" - The perfect "My lips but better" shade. Love it! It's quite a hard pencil so I usually wear some sort of balm or gloss on my lips and put this on top. Perfect!

Have you tried any of these products? Thoughts? What have been your favourites through summer?

Empty products #8

Hey guys!
Long time no see. Again! Thought I'd start over with empty products as I've had these photos waiting since last year. I know.. I'm quick! ;)

And then as usual a mini review..

Redken Extreme - I love this shampoo and never want to be without it. It's creamy and smells heavenly.
Apotek <3 - Shampoo for dry scalp. I liked this.
Amika Nourishing mask - Great great product.

LdB shower cream - Lovely one, smelled really nice. 

Grace Cole shower gel - A good shower product. 

Victoria's secret - Pure Seduction body lotion. Lovely cream and scent. 

Bliss - Grapefruit + aloe body butter. I love this! It's very creamy for beeing a body butter, but I like that. Smells great too!

Origins Ginzing Refreshing scrub cleanser - Amazing! Love the peeling effect and the scent is perfect!

Bliss Fabulous foaming face wash - Great product. Smells nice too. 

Loreal Eye & Lip makeup remover - Takes of all makeup, even waterproof. 

Bliss micro magic - I love everything about this! The scrub is perfect, the scent is amazing. Sadly I think it's been discontinued 'cause I haven't seen it in store for a long time. 

JorgObé white tea balancing cream - This was ok but I didn't love it. It's supposed to be good for oily skin but it was to rich for my skin. 

Dermalogica eye cream - This was good! I got this in a kit. If it wasn't so expensive I might repurchase. 

Estee Lauder Revitalizing supreme eye cream - I liked this one too. But again.. it's very expensive. 

Estee Lauder Sumptuous mascara - I really like this. Gives both volume and a bit of lenght. 

Dermalogica multi active toner - Ok but nothing special for me. 

Urban Decay de-slick makeup setting spray - Ok, but didn't make my makeup last longer than normal. At least I didn't notice any difference. 

Britney Spears Fantasy - I love this scent. But I don't think this was the best bottle I've had of it. It didn't last at all on me, and it usually stays on all day long. Have a new one now and it's perfect. So something wasn't right with this one. 

What have you used up lately?

Empties #5

Hey all!

It's time for another empties post. Here's the stuff I used up over the last couple of months.

Dove Intensive repair shampoo x2 - This is a really good budget shampoo in my opinion. I like this one best of the Dove range.
Dove Daily moisture shampoo - Was ok, but not as good as the Intensive repair.
L'oréal Eye & Lip eye make-up remover - This is one you have to shake before you use it, works great on all make-up even waterproof as it says on the bottle. I use this to take of my foundation as well. Already have a back up.

The Body Shop Passion fruit shower gel - I love The Body Shop shower gels, they are the best ones and this one smells sooo good. To bad they don't sell it anymore. Have a back up though and would repurchase if they'd bring it back.
The Body Shop Early harvest raspberry shower gel - Well, the same goes for this one. I absolutely love it! Such a shame it was just limited edition.
Rexona deodorant - Best range of deodorants I've tried.
Origins GinZing moisturiser - This smells of oranges! Soo good! I liked the cream too, it's very light and was perfect during the summer. Will repurchase at some point.
ELF Makeup mist & set - The best setting spray I've tried. The only thing is it doesn't spray very even, but it's not too bad.

Nicki Minaj Onika Edp - Oh yes, this is one of my all time favourite fragrances. It smells sooo good!! I can't really describe the scent other than it's amazing. You have to try it!!!
H&M Lime Coconut body splash - I used this as a room spray and for that it worked just fine.
Yves Saint Laurent Forever youth liberator eye cream - I got this as a free sample when I ordered something else, and it was good. Not sure I'd buy again because of the price tag...
Calvin Klein CK one EdT - This one I also used as a room spray because it's too much citrus notes in it for me to wear as a perfume.
Isadora Anti-Shine mattifying powder - I've used this for years and it's good and maybe I'll get it again but for now I use a powder from Rimmel.

Have you tried any of these products? Thoughts and opinions anyone?

Collective beauty haul!

Hello, I'm back! I've been having some technical issues with my computer so I couldn't blog, but now I'm back with a collective haul of things I purchased over the last few weeks. I won't go in to details on everything today but hopefully I will have reviews up on some of the products soon. :)

Britney Spears "Fantasy Intimate Edition" EdP
Make Up Store "Twenty Forever" bodyutters x3
JorgObé "Peel off mask"
Bliss "Micro magic"
Loréal "Eye & Lip express make-up remover"
Nivea "Double effect make-up remover"
H&M lipgloss in the shade "Sun kiss"
H&M "Coluor essence eye pencil" in the shades "Panther" and "Over the taupe"
H&M nailpolish in the shade "Russet pearl"
Lumene "CC cream 6-in-1" in the shade light
Body Shop "Oils of life" (free gift with purchase)
Body Shop "Coconut handcream"

Have you tried any of these products? What are your opinions?

Empties #4

Hello, I'm back with a few more empties. Here we go..

Dove shampoo x2 "Daily moisture" and "Nourishing oil care" - I really like these, I think the Dove shampoo range is the best drugstore shampoos I've used. Super affordable so I'll keep buying these.
Dove "intensive repair" conditioner - I like it just as much as the shampoo.
Kiehl's ''Creamy eye treatment with avocado'' - I don't think I've ever used a green cream before this, but it is a really good one, very creamy as the name says. Very moisturising. Will probably repurchase later on.
Emma S "Moisturising serum" - This serum is very thin but I like that as I have oily skin. During summer I can get away with this as my only moisturiser and it's very light on the skin. Will repurchase later on.
Glam Glow "supermud mask" - Oh yes this is amazing! I bought the small size to try to see if it was worth all the hype and yes, it was. My skin felt so clean after using this and it didn't dry out either. I'm going to have to repurchase this even if it's crazy expensive.
Lancôme "Visionnaire serum" - A very creamy serum with a slight shimmer to it. You can even use it on the under eye area. Smells lovely, and I usually don't like rose scented products.
Benefit "Roller lash mascara" - I got to try this before it was released to try out and review. At the time I didn't know what mascara it was. But oh, I love it!!! Creamy formula, very black and it gave my lashes both volume and a little lenght. Stayed on all day without smudging and was easy to get off. I'd recommend it!

Nivea "Massage peeling shower" - This was a very creamy shower peeling. I liked it.
Yves Rocher "Jardins du Monde Pommegranate" shower gel - Good one.
Loréal "Eye & Lip makeup remover" - The best makeup remover I've tried. Gets everything off. Already repurchased a new one.
Dove "Go fresh deodorant" - Did what it should. Nice cucumber scent.
Body Shop "Frosted cranberry body butter" - Mini of the Christmas limited edition collection. Great formula but this wasn't one of my favourite scents though.
Body Shop "Seaweed mattifying day cream" - Very light texture and it workes great on oily skin. Might repurchase at some point.

Empties #2

Here's a load of stuff I used up lately... and mini reviews. 

TIGI Bed Head "Urban Anti-Dotes Resurrection 3 shampoo" - The shampoo is ok, but because of the huge bottle I got sick of it when I was halfway through... And I still have half the bottle of conditioner left. Don't think I'll buy again.

FUDGE "Iced Raspberry & Vanilla hairspray" - Good hairspray with great scent. Might repurchase at some point.

Emma S "Moisturising day cream" - I use this during the colder months and it works great. But it gets to heavy and greasy on me during spring/summer. 

Yves Rocher ''Jardins du Monde Macadamianut shower cream'' - I liked it, but the scent wasn't my favourite. 

L'oréal ''Voluminous mascara'' - Great everyday mascara, but no extreme volume noticed on my lashes. 

DJV Beautenizer ''volume lash mascara'' - Love it! Lots of volume and a bit lengthening too. Stays on all day and washes of easily with warm water. 

ELF "Zit zapper'' - Yes it actually works. Glad I have backups of this as ELF isn't sold in Europe for much longer.

Clinique "Even better skin tone correcting lotion" - Only a mini sample but it got bad really quick, smelt weird. So I couldn't use it more than a few times. 

Clinique ''7 day scrub cream'' - Really liked this. Gentle enough to use everyday.

Yves Rocher ''Flowerparty summer showergel'' - Liked the scent on this but the product made my skin a bit dry. 

Karin Herzog ''Vita-A-Kombi 2'' - Had high hopes for this one as I got matched this would be great for my oily skin. But no, I found it did nothing and the cream was too thick for me. And the oilyness remained... Extremely expensive too so I'm not going to buy this again. 

Body Shop "Olive Body butter" - I found this was a little too thick and heavy. It felt sticky on my skin. I'm not a fan of the Olive scent in the BB either, but weirdly I love the Olive shower gel scent... 

Davidoff "Cool water woman Shower breeze and Moisturising lotion" - Lovely products and amazing fresh scent. 

Britney Spears "Fantasy Body Souffle'' - The product is a bit sticky I feel, but I love the scent, smells just like the Fantasy perfume.