- Mineral Fusions Lip Tint in Blush, eye liner in Azure and angled shadow brush (on the off chance I ever decide to put some time and effort into my eye make up!) which I bought on a whim during a crazy good sale at WF (40% off...now how in the world do you pass that up?!?). So far I'm LOVING the eye liner. It is the most gorgeous shade of blue with a slight metallic aspect to it. With the oils it contains and the absence of ickies, I can feel good about applying it as well. The only note is that by the end of the night it tended to bleed a bit into my under eye area (top lash line stayed intact), which I attribute to the oils in the formula interacting with my under eye cream. Some setting powder under the eye should resolve that. Also, a bit to my disappointment, it does not hold up on the waterline. However the color pay off and natural ingredients will definitely make this a staple for me. The lip tint is not as exciting for me as I thought it would be. I was hoping it would be a match for my natural lip color and serve to enhance that, but it's a tad too brown in the undertone. Also, while it is moisturizing, it is not a replacement for a balm which I was hoping it would be considering the ingredients. Finally, there's really no staying power to the color. All told, the lip tint will not be a repurchase. I still prefer my Pacifica lip tint which I've discussed previously in the blog.
- Sibu Eye cream - being in need of more eye cream I picked this up spur of the moment as I'm a big fan of Sea buckthorn and I've been pleased with the other Sibu products I've tried. While I'm never thrilled when the first ingredient in a skincare product is water (and this is the case here), it features a host of other very intriguing ingredients that create a virtual salad (broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, mustard, wasabi) and I just knew this had to go on my face! So far I haven't been disappointed. Perhaps I'm imagining things but I do feel like in the 9 or so days I've used it (in the mornings) I've noticed a slight firming and tightening of the under eye skin, thereby reducing the appearance of my fine lines.
- Weleda skin food - hands down this is the best hand cream I've found to date (with my other hand cream by Deep Steep a very close second). It's incredibly rich but yet absorbs quickly and isn't greasy. When I found this 1oz size on sale, I nabbed it for my purse.
Hope my U.S. friends are enjoying the holiday weekend, and a shout out and hearty thanks to my international visitors!
Stay tuned for another unusual find I'll be discussing soon...