Best in beauty 2015

"You can only perceive real beauty in someone as they get older."

Anouk Aimee

I looked through a year's worth of favorites, my beauty closet, and a little notebook to gather the most used products of 2015. Happy New Year! xoxo

Skin care

normal to dry skin

Cleanser- Origins Checks and Balances, Sunday Riley Blue Moon Cleansing Balm
Cleansing towelettes- Boots No 7 Quick Thinking Towelettes
Treatments- Sunday Riley Luna, Peter Thomas Roth Pumpkin Enzyme Mask, Ole Henriksen Lemon Strip Flash Peel
Acid pads- Nip + Fab Glycolic Fix (also comes in extreme)
Facial oil- Clarins Lotus Facial Treatment Oil, Aerin Rose Oil
Scrub- Acure Organics Brightening Facial Scrub
Day Moisturizer- Belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb
Night Moisturizer- Burt's Bees Intense Hydration with Clary Sage, Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist 


                                                                 

Body care


Body wash- Philosophy Shimmering Snowlace
Moisturizer/oil- Ren Moroccan Rose Otto Ultra Moisture body oil, Tata Harper Revitalizing body oil
Scrub- Fresh Cocoa Body Exfoliant, Pacifica Kona Coffee and Sugar Detox, Lush Ocean Salt
Bath time- Cowshed Spoilt Creme

                    

Hair care



Shampoo/conditioner- Alterna Caviar Repair Rx, Kerastase Chronologiste Shampoo and balm, R + Co Moon line 
Mask- Kerastase Chronologiste
Hair oil- L'Oreal Oleotherapy (second year in a row)
Dry shampoo- Nirvana Black

 Makeup


 Primer- Laura Mercier Oil Free 

 Lightweight foundation- Illuminaire Mattifying Mineral Foundation, Amore
 Pacific Color Control Cushion Compact 

 Full Coverage foundation- L'Oreal Infallible Pro Matte 

 Concealer- Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage

 Powder- Rimmel Stay Matte 

 Bronzer/contour- I use neither of those. 

 Blusher- Illamasqua Naked Rose, D & G Caramel 

 Highlighter- Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Moonstone and Pearl 

 Brows- MAC Omega eyeshadow

 Eye primer- Urban Decay Primer Potion

 Eyeshadow- Charlotte Tilbury Eyes To Mesmerise in Marie Antoinette


 Palette/quad- Viseart 01 matte 

 Eyeshadow stick- Kiko Moon Shadows, By Terry Mercure and Black Pearl 

 Eye pencil- L'Oreal Voluminous Smoldering 

 Liquid eyeliner- Make Up For Ever Ink 

 Mascara- Guerlain Maxi Lash So Volume

 Lip balm- Lipstick Queen Belle Epoque, Glossier Balm Dotcom Coconut

 Lipgloss- Bobbi Brown Crystal, Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort 

 Lip pencil- MAC Cherry, MAC Whirl

 Lipstick pencils- Bobbi Brown Art Sticks (especially Rose Brown)

 Day lipstick- Marc Jacobs Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Chanel Coromandel

 Night lipstick- NARS Jeanne, Besame Cherry Red 1935, Clinique Berry Pop

 Perfume- Balmain Extatic Intense Gold, Coqui Coqui Tabaco

Time in a bottle: January 2014 favorites

Jewelry: 

                                                                              

Garnet studs for the birthday girl. 

Marchesa rose wrap around earrings

Perfume: Malin and Goetz Dark Rum, Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male, Histories de Parfums Moulin Rouge and Marquis de Sade

                                                                       

Makeup inspirations: 

                                                                                 

Makeup at Chanel Haute Couture 2014

                                                                             

90's Robin Tunney

                                                                             

Kathleen Turner in Body Heat

Gel/soap: Dove Winter Skin, and the old favorite--L'Occitane Almond Shower Oil

Body Moisturizer: Josie Maran Whipped Body Butter in Vanilla Apricot, Weleda Skin Food, and Yu Be skin cream. 

Hair care: Oribe, Herbal Essences Naked Moisture (on alternate days to clarify my hair)

Face Wash: Burt's Bees Sensitive cream cleanser, organic coconut oil

Skincare: Josie Maran Argan Oil, hand cream, and balm. 

 Foundation: NARS Sheer Glow, Cover Girl Tru Blend (new/testing)

Concealer: NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer

Powder: Hourglass Ambient Lighting powder in Ethereal

Blusher: Illamasqua Naked Rose and Thrust, Maybelline Hi Light in Pink Rose, and Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Radiant Magenta. 

Highlighter: RMS Living Luminizer, Thebalm Cindy- Lou Manizer, and MAC Superb. 

Eyeshadow Base: NARS

Eyeshadows: NARS Kauai duo, Maybelline Inked in Pink, Trish McEvoy Smokey Quartz, NYX Infinite shadow sticks in Almond and Flushed, and the ever useful Maybelline Bad to the Bronze. 

Brows: Illamasqua Brow Cake in Motto

Eyeliners: Just dark shadows smudged on top and lower lash line. 

Mascara: Loreal Voluminous Butterfly in Blackest Black

Lipstick: Bite Beauty High Pigment pencils (all shades), Clinique Chubby Stick Intense in Roomiest Rose and Grandest Grape. 

Lipgloss/balm: TokyoMilk Dark Lip Elixir balm in Clove Cigarettes 

Nail Colour/products: Clear nail polish