Updated Morning Skincare Routine

Hey guys. Another weekend has begun and I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today I want to talk you through my Updated Morning Skincare Routine because it has been almost 4 months since my last one and some of the products have changed in my morning routine so I think it's time to show you the updated version. I'll link my old Morning Skincare Routine right  for you if you fancy giving it a read. 

Basically I have changed my entire morning skincare products apart from my Oskia Perfect Cleanser and my Nuxe Reve De Miel lip balm. Those two items are just my staples and I can see myself using them for a very long time. I don't think I want to replace them anytime sooner to be honest and that's just to show you how much I love them. I am not gonna talk about these 2 products again so please click the link above if you wanna know more. 

Let's move onto the toner. The one I have been using and enjoying lately is the Avene Thermal Water Spray. This stuff is so refreshing. It's perfect for summer. It feels comfortable on the face. It's hydrating and it calms the redness on the face as well. This is also great for taking it on the go or to the beach for a little refreshment for the face. It is also really affordable so can't go wrong with it. 

My morning moisturizer and eye cream are both from Caudalie and they are from the Polyphenol C15 Anti-Wrinkle line. They are lovely products, light yet moisturizing. I have a full blogpost dedicated to these 2 products so I'll link it  for you if you wanna see details. The moisturizer has SPF 20 so I normally skip sunscreen but if I know I'm gonna be in the sun for a long time then I would use my Kiehl's Ultra Light Sun Cream which I had talked about in the past I'll link it  if you are interested in what I had to say. 

That's it guys. Very simple but effective for me. I like to keep my morning skincare routine really simple especially for the summer as I hate layering too much product and the feeling of stickiness is just unbearable. These products work really well together and never irritate my skin. So if you are thinking about a change in your skincare routine then I highly recommend these goodies. All the products that I have showed here are generally for all skin types as almost all of them are French Pharmacy products so they would never irritate or do any harm to any skin. 

I hope you have enjoyed looking into my morning skincare products and as always please follow me on Twitter and Instagram @eflicciardello. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I would be happy to help. Thank you so much for reading and I will see you all next time. Bye! Muahh!

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Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipsticks

Hi beauties, happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Today I am going to talk about the Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipsticks from Estée Lauder. 

If you have read my Mini Sephota Haul #2 blogpost from last week then you would have seen a sample of these Pure Color Envy Lipsticks that came with my sephora order. There are 4 shades in this sample and they are part of the Spring 2014 Collection I believe. They are so beautiful and I am kinda obsessed with them. I might have to buy the full size. 

This is what the packaging look like.

Simple and sleek. These lipsticks are so creamy, insanely pigmented and hydrating. They go on like a dream and feel extremely comfortable on the lips. The staining powder is incredible I mean they literally stain my lip. I wore the red shade which is called Envious last Saturday and it stayed on for the whole night. I mean I ate and drank but it just stayed. This is what my lips look like after I removed the colour with my Bioderma. I hope you can see that there's still a bit colour left on my lips. Absolutely incredible.

(Stained my lips a little)

The colours are gorgeous. Here are the swatches.

Desirable is a peach pink nude; Tumultuous Pink is obviously a fuchsia; Red Ego is a dark red and Envious is a classic red not too cool nor too warm. 

Desirable

I am a big fan of the 3 darker shades. I mean the nude is nice. It actually reminds me of Mac Peach Blossom which is my all time fav nude lipstick. However I just prefer some colour on my lips. 

Tumultuous Pink

Red Ego

Envious

I am really really impressed with these lipsticks. They are truly amazing in terms of pigmentation, staying power and I just love how they feel on my lips. Comfy and moisturizing. I might have to take another trip to sephora soon. What can I say I just can't resist a good lipstick. 

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My thoughts on the Dior 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow Palette

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today let's talk about DIOR eyeshadows. 

I have heard so many wonderful things about DIOR 5 colour eyeshadow palettes and everyone in the beauty world raves about them so I know I need to get one for myself. I am so glad I did because they are beyond nice. Ohh and can we just all take a moment and appreciate this gorgeous packaging?! Ohh yes baby! 

The one I purchased was in the colour 609 Earth Reflection. It's from the Iridescent Collection. All the colours in this palette are shimmery so if you are not a big fan of shimmery eyeshadows then this palette might not be for you, but that being said they are not like crazy glittery shimmery. They are rather subtle and the 2 darker shades in here are more of a satin towards shimmery finish. 

Just so know be careful with the palette because I dropped it on the floor yesterday and believe me I almost cried because a little bits of eyeshadow came out. Thank god the palette is nicely made so there isn't much of a damage. 

These shadows are like crazy buttery soft. They blend like a dream and it hardly takes no effort at all. Ohh boy I love it so much I haven't been able to stop using it since I bought it like 2 maybe 3 weeks ago. By the way if you fancy seeing my Sephora Haul #2 then I'll link it right . 

The reason why I chose this particular palette was because all the colours in here are so wearable. I can do so much with this palette. It's appropriate both for day and night. Here is the swatch. 

It has a pale gold colour, a taupe, both are gorgeous as all-over-the-lid colours, a pale pink which looks gorgeous on the inner corner and also under the brow bone for highlighting, a chocolate brown and kinda bronzy as well really really pretty shade, and finally a off white sort of pale cream colour for either all over the lids or highlighting. I love all the shades in this palette but the ones I reach for the most are the taupe and the dark chocolate brown. I also have been using the gold a lot lately for inner corner highlight. Gorgeous for the summer days. 

(Some looks I did with this palette)

It says on the box once opened use it within 6 months. That's kinda ridiculous I mean who can finish an entire eyeshadow palette in 6 months. I'll for sure be using that even after 6 months. It ain't cheap guys! 

The 2 sponge applicators in this palette are rather lovely for smudging shadows on the lower lash lines as well as applying inner corner highlighting shades. They are really dense so great for smudging. I don't use them for applying eyeshadow on my lids though nor blending because they are no brush quality let's face it. 

All in all I can't say enough good things about this palette it is definitely as good as everyone else says but better. If I have to pick a con then it would be the high price tag but again it's DIOR. They are in my opinion worth every penny though. It would be a nice little treat for ourselves once a while right?! This baby is definitely going on holiday with me, not only it has all the colours I need for all occasions but also small and compact so it would fit nicely in my makeup bag. Just lovely! 

There you have it. Those are my thoughts and I hope you have enjoyed reading it. Let me know if you own any of the DIOR 5 colour eyeshadow palettes and how you think of it. Please follow me on Twitter, Instagram as well as bloglovin for daily updates. Until next time stay fabulous my beauties! Muahh! 

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