OREAL Infaillible Gel and Color Riche Nail Polishes

Hi guys, happy Saturday! If you follow me on  then you would've already seen that I posted some photos of the L'OREAL Polishes I've picked up recently! I'm not a huge fan on nails but there's just something about these polishes that make me wanna paint my nails all the time, and I can say that these L'OREAL polishes are probably the best that I have ever tried! Big statement ehh?! Well it's true! 

 Infaillible Gel

Color Riche

Left: Pistachio Drage Right: Nouvelle Vague

I bought the newly-ish released Infaillible Gel polish in Fuchsia For Life a couple of weeks ago and since then I've picked up another 2 of the Color Riche polishes in Pistachio Drage and Nouvelle Vague. I love them so much and I haven't been able to stop wearing them ever since I got them because: 

1. They go on so smoothly. 

2. I love the big fat brush that it comes with, just a couple of swipes then I'm done. Easy breezy. 

Infaillible Gel in fuchsia For Life

3. The gel formula is insanely pigmented so all I need is one coat. I'm super happy about that because I'm so lazy when it comes to paint my nails. If I can get my nails look opaque in one coat I'm onboard. 

Natural day light

Artificial light

4. I normally can't be bothered to buff my nails and this gel top coat kinda does it all for me. It makes my nail surface look nice, clean, even and smooth. I'm digging it! 

5. These L'OREAL polishes look so shiny and pretty on my nails. They makes me wanna stare at them all the time. 

After 7 days, no chipping

6. They don't chip whatsoever which is just awesome! 

7. They are affordable. 

All in all I can't say enough good things about these polishes and I would definitely get more. If you haven't tried any Infaillible Gel and Color Riche vanishes by L'OREAL then hop to it because they are pretty awesome! I highly recommend! 

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L'OREAL Revitalift Laser 3 Serum

Hi guys happy Tuesday! Wow can't believe it's already September. Summer's almost over. It's crazy how time flies! Well I'm actually glad because one, I prefer autumn for many reasons, two I have a lot of exciting blogposts planned for this month so hopefully you would like them. For the first blogpost of September I want to bring you a review of the L'OREAL Revitalift Laser 3 Serum which I think would be perfect to use in autumn days so let's get right into it! 

I have never tried any skincare products from L'OREAL before and to be honest I don't know why I picked this up. It was a total impulse buy. I guess I just wanted to "explore". This serum is targeted for women who are over 40 but like I always say it's better to protect than fix it later plus no skincare products would ever wipe away wrinkles 100% it's no Botox let's face it so any women who are over 25 can use anti aging products just for delaying the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Anyway allow me get straight into the pros and cons. 

You see those tiny shimmers?! 

(Rubbed in). Left: under direct sunlight Right: not under direct sunlight but both look glowy.

Pros: 

1. It is inexpensive. It costs €19 (30ml) from my local supermarket. 

2. The texture is really nice. It is light but feels very moisturizing on my skin. 

3. It has some shimmery particles in it so my skin looks glowing after using it. 

4. Nice pleasant scent. 

5.  It comes with a pump. 

6. Like the semi transparent bottle so I know how much product is still left.

7. My skin looks healthy, smooth, even and plumped.
8. It sits nicely under my foundation, kind of like an illuminating primer if you will. 

Cons:

1. The flowery scent is pretty nice but it is rather strong so it might annoy some of you who are sensitive to scent. 

2. It claims to reduce the appearance of pores but I don't notice anything different in terms of the size my pores and I have been using it for the past 2 weeks. I mean I don't really have large large pores but still I can see them sometimes, maybe I just need to use it for a bit longer but so far I don't notice any difference. 

3. It also says that it would reduce wrinkles. Well I don't have wrinkles yet but I do have a rather deep expression line near my mouth and I didn't see any "disappearance" of my expression line to be quite honest with you.
4. It doesn't contain paraben but it does have some other "unnatural" ingredients such as alcohol, perfume and some other chemicals. Definitely not for someone who likes to use natural products. 

Would I repurchase? NO. But that being said I do enjoy using it just because the texture is really lovely. I actually only use this in the morning and this alone gives me enough moisture I need throughout the day but I might need to layer it with my moisturizer when the weather gets cooler. 

So there you have it. I hope you like the way I review product. I mean I don't like to put down what the web or bottle says I just like to share my own thoughts so hopefully that's what you'd like to see. As always if you have any requests or questions please leave them down below or tweet me @eflicciardello if you prefer. Until next time. Bye! Muahh! 

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Sample Review

Here we go beauties another sample review hope you like it. Hey I didn't ramble today, straight into the topic, that's a first! Lol! 

I have finished both of these and I can honestly tell you that the Bioderma Corrective Care for Enlarged Pores is a miss for me because it is so drying on my skin. My skin feels extremely uncomfortable after using it. It's like a pore minimizing primer type of thingy as it feels kinda siliconey. It might work for extremely oily skin types but definitely not for someone who has normal or dry skin, not even on slight oily skins I would say because it is that drying. It smells lovely though and that's about it. I will not purchase the full size that's for sure! 

(Too matte, too drying for me)

However the Clarins Extra-Firming Day Cream is rather lovely. I had a full size of this years ago and I loved it. I mean Clarins products rarely disappoint me. They just seem to bring it when it comes to skincare products. It's very rich and creamy, extremely hydrating and nourishing. It's targeted for women who are over 30 but again I think everyone can use it over the age of 25. 

Now it says it's for all skin types but I personally don't think it would be suitable for oily skins because of the richness of the cream. It might make you oily throughout the day but for normal to dry skin you need to get yourselves a tub of this. The only downside is no SPF but I can layer my SPF over it, no big deal. It smells really nice like all Clarins products do. 

Now comes to the good stuff. I leave the best till the last. This Abeille Royale Day Cream (normal to combo skin) by Guerlain is so lush. I had 3 little bags of this and it is heaven. O...M...G seriously it is so gorgeous. It's rich yet light on the skin. It's very nourishing and I do feel my skin looks very healthy, plumped and youthful after using this. It is incredible. I just fell head over heels with this stuff BUT it is so expensive. It costs €70.90 for 30ml (1fl Oz) and €106.90 for 50ml (1.7 fl Oz). I don't think I will buy it now as it is so ridiculously pricy but it is definitely on my Christmas shopping list. It would make a lovely Christmas present don't you think?! 

There you have it guys. I hope you've enjoyed my Sample Reviews so far. Another of these will be up on EBR (Elaine's Beauty Reviews) next week so stay tuned for that. Thank you so much for your time and see you all on Saturday! Muahh! 

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Summer Giveaway (CLOSED)

Hi guys. Happy weekend! As you can see from the title it's time for my summer giveaway! Who's excited? I want to do this giveaway just as a thank you to those of you who has been supporting my blog, sharing moments with me on twitter and Instagram. I really appreciated it! I hope that you can keep supporting me and my blog and if you have any requests on what kind of blogposts you wanna see in the future then please do let me know. 

Since I live in Italy and it's only appropriate for me to give you cosmetics that are made in Italy! Who else loves thighs are "made in Italy"? (#madeinitaly) I know I do. Anyways let's move on to the good part. 

First up is this KIKO eyeshadow palette which I think would be perfect for the fall/autumn because of the colours. KIKO eyeshadows are made in Milan and the quality of the shadows are incredible. They are buttery soft, insanely pigmented and of course very easy to blend. This particular palette is called Street Fashion and it's in the shade 02 Addictive Song. 

I can see myself taking just this palette on holiday as it has all the colours I need for a whole look. There's the highlighting shade, crease shade, blending shade and of course darker shades that can be used as eyeliners. There are so many different looks that you can do with this palette. A mixture of matte and shimmers also made this palette perfect for whatever look you want to achieve. Love it! 

Next item for my giveaway is this Blusher and Bronzer Duo by Wjcon. Now just a little brand info here for ya. Wjcon is exactly like KIKO. They are both made in Italy and they are equally good. The only difference is that KIKO is now international however Wjcon is only accessible in Italy so I want to include this Wjcon product for you all to try since you can't get it anywhere else in the world.

I swatched this particular palette in the store and it seems pretty pigmented. They do have some shimmers but they're pretty finely done, and the sales assistant told me that once they are on the cheeks you won't even notice the shimmer. They'll just leave you a nice glow. Perfect for the summer right?! Ohh and may I just say that colours are gorgeous?! Pinky coral blusher and red toned bronzer. Couldn't be more appropriate for the summer! 

Last but certainly not least is this gorgeous pinky coral lipstick from KIKO. Creamy, pigmented and hydrating. Sounds good enough for me! 

I hope you like the stuff I picked up for you. There's something for the eyes, cheeks and lip so I think I've got you covered. Initially I wanted to include a couple of nail polishes as well since I love KIKO polishes but I know the Italian post as well as custom will give me a hard time so just to be on the safe side we'll give the polishes a miss. Hate our postal services. 

Rules for entering this giveaway: simple

1. Hit the "following" button on the top right side below my headshot to follow my blog. (Mandatory)

2. Follow me on twitter and Instagram @eflicciardello (Mandatory)
3. Retweet and Regram for 2 extra points. (Optional)
4. Leave me a comment below and tell me how you think of my blog for an extra point. (Optional)

(Please complete Rafflecopter entry below)

That's it. Easy breezy! It is open internationally and the winner will be selected randomly and announced at the end of this month. Good luck my lovelies! Muahh!
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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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Mini Sephora Haul #1

Hi guys, this is my very first HAUL blogpost which I am really excited about. You are gonna see me doing a lot more haul posts in the next a couple of weeks because I have been shopping quite a lot. I know I know what can I say I love shopping.

Watching haul videos on YouTube is something I really enjoy doing and I thought it might be a good idea to do a haul blogpost so let's do this. I hope you will like it! 

I live in Italy as you all probably know by now and to be quite honest the Italian Sephora stores aren't as fully stocked as the Sephora stores in America but still we have fairly good range of products that I can choose from. SephoraItalia recently had a 20% off of everything and I just had to take this opportunity and get something that I have been wanting to try in a long time. So I did. I got some bits and bobs in the store and online as well. This haul is the stuff that I got off online. So let's start! 

There we go, as you can see I didn't go too crazy just a couple of things that I have been wanting to try. 

First up is the Too Faced Primed and Poreless Pressed Powder. I know I have a lot of setting powders so I really don't need another one, but I have heard so many good things about this powder and I just had to get it, especially when one of my favorite YouTubers Claire Marshall featured this power in one her favorites videos. She is a very talented makeup artist if you don't know. I love watching her videos. I'll link her video right  so you can check it out.

I love the cute pink packaging, it's very pretty. It contains 10g (0.35 Oz) of product and I think it'll last me a VERY LONG time. It comes with a puff which it's very handy for touchup on the go. 

I haven't tried it yet so I can't tell you if I like it or not but I will do a in depth review on this powder once I try it long enough. But basically this is a silicone based translucent setting powder to diminish fine lines, wrinkles and large pores. I swatched it on my hand and it feels very velvety. I normally I don't like the silicone based products but I'll let you know how I get on with this one. 

Next up is a volumizing hair spray from Bumble n bumble called Thickening Hairspray. I have heard so many beauty gurus talking about this product and the feedback are pretty much all positive. So I thought you know what let's give it a try since my Phyto volume spray is finished.

I used it today actually and it feels pretty light on the hair and it doesn't have the gross tacky feeling which I hate. First impression? Not bad. I will give a more in depth review later on when I try it a bit more. But so far so good. 

It smells light nothing irritating which is cool. This hairspray is not cheap to be honest but it does contain 250ml ( 8 fl Oz) of product so I guess it will last me quite a while. It claims to thicken the root of the hair to give volume and it can also be used as a setting hair spray to hold the style in place. I will definitely report back if it does what it says and worth all that hype. Stay tuned guys... ... 

When shop in SephoraItalia online you get to choose 2 complementary samples when you spend certain amount of money, and I get to choose a free mini MUFE Smokey Lash Mascara and a sample of the Youth Liberator Serum from YSL, both which I have heard some good things about. I will try them and report back. I hope I won't like the YSL serum because it's crazy expensive. Fingers crossed. Lol 

That's it guys that's my mini Sephora haul. I told you I didn't go too crazy. Good on you Elaine. Good on you. Normally I go crazy as soon as I step into Sephora. I am proud of myself this time. Yeah!!!  

Please follow me on twitter guys @eflicciardello and until next time, bye! Muahh! 

Ps. For UK readers who loves Sephora. Good news, Sephora America is now shipping internationally, so take your chance and happy shopping! 

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