Hitting pan

I always find it quite funny reading about other bloggers' excitement when they hit pan on their beauty products. But strangely it is a great feeling to be near to finishing skincare or make up products (unless of course what you're about to finish is something now discontinued, hard to find, irreplacable for you), perhaps a way of showing those who disapprove of our obsession/addiction that yes, we do use the products we've spent all that money on. Or even to prove ourselves that it was money well spent after all. And of course there's the justification to go out and buy more beauty products!

I have a lot of skincare products and even more make up, so I don't tend to finish products all that often. However, I have recently "hit pan" on loads of skincare and make up items, so this gave me the idea for this post.

Read more and see photos of products I have "hit pan" on (not literally though as some are in tubes and pots, not pans).

Woohoo! 50 followers! Thank you and giveaway coming soon!

Wow, I can barely believe I have 50 followers! I am so chuffed and decided to celebrate reaching this landmark with a small giveaway. I haven't decided on the exact products yet, but I will let you know soon. The giveaway will only be open to followers, so if you're not following my blog yet and would like to win, please click on the Follow button on the right! Will be back with details soon.

Things I'm wanting right now

Just some random pictures... See more after the jump!

Bobbi Brown Beach and Pink Oyster Shimmer Bricks

There was one more thing I'd been planning to write a review about, and it is the infamous Bobbi Brown shimmer bricks. As you know I'm partial to highlighters and also collect these lovely compacts. Bobbi Brown has released two shimmer bricks with the latest Beach Club collection, although unfortunately one shade was only released in Asia (however, thanks to the very kind Stephanie on MUA, I could get my hands on one). The rest of the world got Beach which has bronzy, natural shades. Pink Oyster - the Asian exclusive - has lighter, pinky shades. While Beach could work as a bronzy blush, Pink Oyster is definitely a highlighter, even for the lightest skintones. It mostly reminds me of Pink, a permanent shade, but if anything it's even lighter. Beach is a cross between Bronze and Nude.

Beach Shimmer Brick

See pictures of Pink Oyster and my shimmer brick collection after the jump.

Christian Dior eyeshadow palettes in Ready-to-Glow and Crush Glow

I've been meaning to write about my new Dior eyeshadow palettes since I got my hand on them several weeks ago. These eyeshadows are part of Dior's summer collection and a beautiful addition to my collection of Dior quints which you can check out here. The two palettes released are Ready-to-Glow and Crush Glow. They are both iridescent, so that means there's a lot of shimmer in them. Some of the shades are a little less shimmery, but especially the lighter ones are definitely not for you if you don't like shimmery eyeshadows. Ready-to-Glow is the cooler of the two with grey, cool toned brown and icy pink shades, but it also has a lovely peachy colour. Crush Glow is definitely warm, it has a gold, a lovely warm pink and a warm brown shade, as well as a taupe and light pink. I love them both, but probably prefer Crush Glow since it is very summery.

Ready-to-Glow (left) and Crush Glow (right)

They cost £39 each, so definitely not cheap, but Dior is a very classy, high quality brand, the eyeshadows are smooth, buttery, easy to blend and long lasting. And you do get 5 eyeshadows for your money, and the shades in the quints usually work really well together, so great for travelling too.

See more pictures and swatches after the jump...

Sneak peak: Mac In The Groove collection eyeshadow in Style Influencer

I don't know about you, but I've been majorly excited about the new summer collection by Mac called In The Groove. As I am really into Mac's mineralize products (you can see photos of my Mineralize Skinfinish collection from last summer here) I cannot wait to purchase pretty much everything from this new collection. It's due out on 1st July in the UK, so not long to wait now. Collection details and product pictures can be found here. I was lucky enough to find one of the new eyeshadows on eBay, and I have to say I am very pleased with it. The texture of it is really smooth and buttery, not gritty or chalky at all, which have been the complaint about past mineralize eyeshadows Mac have released. I like all mine, but i have to say these are even better. The shade I bought is Style Influencer which has 3 colours: Satin silver, Pearly deep blue, Satin deep mauve brown (according to Mac), although I'd say the lightest shade is more white than silver, but it does have a silvery sheen. See swatches after the jump (now I've figured out how to do this! yay!)...

Guerlain Dazzling Radiance Collection single eyeshadows plus FOTD

Okay, well I probably won't ever catch up, but I have at least finally got around to writing up a post about the new Guerlain single eyeshadows and even did a look with them. Yay! If you've been reading my blog for a while you might remember this post where I told you about the new Guerlain Dazzling Radiance Collection and the single eyeshadows that came out with it. Here they are:

From top to bottom: L’Instant d’Un Baiser, L’Instant d’Une Emotion, L’Instant d’Un Reve, L’Instant d’Une Caresse