A primer so
light weight and delicious, you would think it was sorbet!
Ladies, for those who
think they can skip primer, a crucial step in your beauty routine, I shake my
head with disappointment! Hey, I know what your rebuttal already is, “I don’t
need it, I use a sheer liquid foundation that glides on well”.
Guess what? It may glide
on well, but it also glides off with just as much ease. No one likes a slippery
face. So to keep your makeup matte and even all day a primer is key.
Enter Karl Lagerfeld for
Shu Uemura TSUYA Skin UV Under Base Youthful Radiance. The packaging is just as
enjoyable as the actual results when applying, and hours later when you catch your
reflection and still look as perfected as you did in the wee hours of the
morning.
This ingenious
creation features
the classic UV under base formula with new packaging that has the Karl
Lagerfeld Mon Shu girl on the front. The ultra light mousse is highly moisturising,
and I expected this when initially pumping out a small foamy dome onto the palm
of my hand before applying. Its super light weight with a tiny amount of skin
tone pigment to give you even more coverage then you can expect from your
foundation.
At $49,
it’s a steal because it lasts for ages, and if it’s good enough for Karl, it’s good
enough for me!
A perfume with alternating scents
throughout the duration of its wear. Now that’s as rare as spotting a unicorn
galloping through Pitt Street Mall!
I’m
speaking of course of Flora by Gucci’s spin off sister scent, Glorious
Mandarin. This rare breed of perfume offers up a bouquet of scents inspired by
the house’s renowned flora blueprint. You literally can walk past a woman and
smell the tell tale notes of one of Gucci’s fragrances instantly, this scent is
a little different but still has Gucci’s luxurious signature scent.
This one
is subtly fruity – but not sickly sweet like the plethora of celebrity scents
that have taken over beauty land. It’s a little more sophisticated.
The star
player here, mandarin, acts as a anchor. So even thought there are light fruity
scents lingering, this tropical more balmy scent keeps the overall finished product
more demure and sexy, rather than girlie. The middle notes are of jasmine and
pina colada accord and the heart notes are ambergris, white musk and creamy
wood. It makes for a very luxurious wear.
This
marvellous buy is only $100, and when you spritz it on it almost instantly
blends in with your own skins scent, making it a natural pleasure to wear. You
want to be wearing the fragrance after all, not the fragrance wearing you!
SS x
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