Collective Haul! Strawberrynet

I've bought quite a few items from Strawberrynet.com this year so I thought I'd do a collective haul showing what I've bought.

First I bought the DiorSkin Forever foundation compact. I asked a friend at work what she uses and she showed me her compact and told me it was also recommended to her. I use it over foundation but it can also be used without. Also, I apply it with a powder brush but it comes with a sponge applicator.

 

I was bored with the body washes I normally buy at the chemist or supermarket so I thought I'd give these a go.

 

 

 

The blue H2O+ Clearwater shower and bath gel smells, for the lack of a better word, clean. I bought this shower and bath gel because it was the cheaper of the three. I'm using this one at the moment.

The orange H2O+ Blushing Orange shower and bath gel smells like lemon peel and orange in a soap. I bought this shower and bath gel because it came up as the most popular.

The yellow H2O+ Kiwi-Cassis bath and shower gel smells like citris and berries together in a soap. I bought this shower and bath gel, well, because it was yellow and our bathroom is black and white with yellow hand towels and knick-knacks. It is my favourite of the three.

I was, like every winter, having problems with dry skin around my nose so, after being recommended it, I bought the Ella Bache Hydra Repulp. I apply it to any dry patches after exfoliating.

 

Clinique Fresh Bloom Allover Colour Blush. See my review here :)

I ran out of my Loreal Base Magique primer about 2 months ago and have been waiting until I read a good review on another primer so I could do a buy and try. Kaye at Beautiful Kayekie says that her go-to primer is the Smashbox Photo Finish and she lives in humid climate so surely this primer has stood the test of time (or should I say climate), right!? So I've bought Smashbox Beauty to Go which has a 30ml and a 15ml of this primer.

L'oreal Base Magique Transforming Smoothing Primer: Review

Over the years of using face primers I have grown to love the silicone-based primers as they feel silky-smoothe, they mattify my oily skin, reduce the appearance of pores and any areas of dry skin. So, in saying this, when I bought this L'oreal primer I was going against everything I trust just to try a new primer.

This primer, the L'oreal Base Magique Transforming Smoothing Primer, presents itself more like a cream primer rather than a silicone primer in the jar, but on further inspection of the contents of the jar the product is noticably a silicone-based primer to the eye and to the touch.

It feels silky as it glides onto the skin and, as I noticed today that I didn't notice before, it mattifies impressively (I normally wash, moisturize, apply primer and then apply makeup to my face all one after the other but today I waited a few hours before applying primer and makeup leaving me time to notice a developing oily t-zone before applying the primer).

Being a sufferer of oily/combination skin I have the not so joyful pores and the occasional dry spots to smoothe over too, which I find that this product does for me as I'd expect any other silicone-based primer to do.

For best results apply primer then wait a couple of minutes before applying foundation for even and smoothe coverage.