Time in a bottle: August 2020 favorites

Style:

Realisation The Ozzie dress in Navy Star and Poison Ivy

Perfume:

Guerlain Champs Elysees eau de parfum

Makeup inspirations: 

Pretty in pink. 

  Foundation:

Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation Stick





Concealer: 


Pat McGrath Sublime Perfection

Blush: 

Westman Atelier Baby Cheeks in Chouchette



Highlighter :

None 



Bronzer: 

Tower 28 Bronzino in West Coast

  Eyeshadow: 

Viseart Paris Edit




Viseart Petit Pro in Midsommer

Eyeliner:

Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal in Cocoa

Brows: 

Covergirl Easy Breezy Brow gel

Mascara: 

Marc Jacobs At Lash'd

Lips: 

Revlon The Luscious Mattes in Untold Stories

 Nail Colour:

Young Nails Beige 102 gel 

August's post is quite late! I had it ready, but didn't publish it for some reason. 

Time in a bottle: July 2020 favorites

Style:

Beach time. 

Perfume:

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Azur

A delightful neroli with salt, coconut, tropic flowers, and citruses. 

Makeup inspirations: 

SPF:

Sun Bum Baby Bum Mineral spf stick in 50

Sun Bum Lotion in 50 and Cool Down gel

  Foundation:

L'Oreal Lumi Glotion in Medium 


Concealer: 

Pat Mcgrath Sublime Perfection Concealer

Blush: 


Flower Warm Hibiscus

Revlon Hot Cheeks 

NARS Torrid



Highlighter :

None. A bronze glow is enough. 


Bronzer: 

Hourglass Radiant Bronze Light

  Eyeshadow:

Pat McGrath Mothership VIII Divine Rose

Eyeliner:

Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal in Cocoa

Brows: 

Covergirl Easy Breezy Brow gel

Mascara: 

Marc Jacobs At Lash'd

Lips: 

Pat McGrath Lust Gloss 
in Pale Fire Nectar, Bronze Venus, and  Sunset Rose.

Sun Bum Lip Balm pack in Banana, Coconut, and Watermelon with spf 30

 Nail Colour:

OPI Red My Fortune Cookie

Time in a bottle: June 2020 favorites

Style:

Opullence Paris

Perfume:

YSL Libre

 Montale Intense Tiare

Makeup inspirations: 

  Foundation:

Pat McGrath Skin Fetish Sublime Perfection



Concealer: 

Pat Mcgrath Sublime Perfection Concealer

Blush: 

Cover FX Monochromatic blush duo in Warm Honey





Highlighter :

None.



Bronzer: 

Hourglass Radiant Bronze Light

  Eyeshadow:

Natasha Denona Bronze Palette

Eyeliner:

Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal in Cocoa

Brows: 

Covergirl Easy Breezy Brow gel

Mascara: 

Marc Jacobs At Lash'd

Lips: 

Revlon The Gloss in Blissed Out 


Maybelline Lifter Gloss in Moon and Topaz


Topaz

 Nail Colour:

CND Wildfire 

My favorite fragrances for summer 2020

                                      
                            


 Paco Rabanne Olympea Intense is a salty amber vanilla. Think of warm suntan oiled skin on hot sand by the sea. This is not a true intense version of the original. They're very different. I still wear the original Olympea, but it's more floral salty caramel. 

Montale Intense Tiare is the most exotic tiare I have smelled in a long time. Beautiful tiare, ylang ylang, coconut, and a touch of vanilla. It's the most intoxicating on my list and the longest lasting at 10 plus hours. 

Most people probably wouldn't associate Coqui Coqui Tabaco with summer, but for me it's a nice refreshing form of tabacco you'd smell in South America. I love wearing this on warm nights. 

             

Mancera Holidays is a vacation in a bottle, and Mancera delivers with the fragrance oils. You can actually see the oil on your skin after spraying it! This is a semi sweet coconut with tiare flower, ylang ylang, sea notes, and it finishes with soft sandalwood musk and vanilla. Mancera Coco Vanille is another good one for a beachy scent. 

 

Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is a fresh garden scent that represents a garden on the Nile river. It was created by Jean Claude Ellena and features notes of green mango, lotus, and sycamore wood. There's some interesting vegetable green notes in there too. Un Jardin Sur Le Toit is another favorite with apple. It's a garden on the roof scent that smells like an apple fruit orchard. You can smell the blossoms, fruits, green grass, and blooms in the breeze. 

An honorable mention is Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum. This one can be harder to find online and in stores, but it's the classic terracotta smell you get from the bronzers. Sorry I don't have any reliable link for it at the moment. 

Tom Ford Soleil Blanc and Eau de Soleil Blanc have become summer staples for many people. They're what's called a solar floral amber that mimics the smell of a unisex sunscreen. Delightful. Estee Lauder's original Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche Skinscent was a Tom Ford creation, and it's more affordable. Some people prefer the discontinued (but still easily found online) Tom Ford Orchid Soleil--which was intended as a more affordable summer scent from his line. Described as summer sunshine in a bottle. I loved the advertisement for that one with Daphne Groeneveld. Beautiful classic Tom Ford with more unique notes of cypress and red spider lily with a bold tuberose. The bottle was stunning as well. 




I hope this was helpful in finding a new summer perfume!  I often find better deals at Fragrance Net or Fragrance X. Some links were used simply because they're more reliable and in stock. 



                                      

Time in a bottle: May 2020 favorites

Style:

Reformation Seychelles top 

Perfume:

Houbigant Orangers en Fleurs

Issey Miyake Eau d'Issey

Makeup inspirations: 

Glowing bronze and peach shimmer. 

                 

  Foundation:

L'Oreal Age Perfect Serum Foundation 




Concealer: 

L'Oreal Age Perfect Radiant Concealer 

Blush: 

L'Oreal Age Perfect in Peony

Highlighter :

None. The bronzers are shimmery. 




Bronzer: 


RMS Madeira Bronzer 

Tower 28 Bronzino in West Coast 

  Eyeshadow:

Charlotte Tilbury Rose Gold 






Eyeliner:

Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal in Cocoa


Brows: 

Covergirl Easy Breezy Brow gel

Mascara: 

Saie Mascara 101

Lips: 

Revlon The Gloss in Pango Peach and Blissed Out



 Nail Colour:

CND Wildfire