Shopping from July to August

Here we go, beauty shopping from July to August so two months. Altogether 78 €. Last year at this point I had spent already 746 €, this year I have spent altogether 347 €. About half of last year! I wonder if I will overspend during the holidays now or something... It is still 4 months left of 2022.

But, I did buy lots of vitamins now, so I did spend maybe closer to 50 € on magnesium, multi vitamins (A, C, B6, B12, biotin, zinc, iodine, folic acid etc) vitamin D and calsium. 

In the past few days I've seen contents of beauty advent calendars 2022 and I am not too impressed. I will not ask for Lookfantastic calendar at least (my partner usually buys it for me as a christmas gift if I want it), mostly such boring unnecessary stuff this year. Other calendars that are already revealed like Cult Beauty and SpaceNK look nice but I am not sure if they would be worth it to me currently because they are triple the price of LF. Looking forward to seeing what Feelunique and Skincity will be like. Interesting to see if any calendar available to me makes the cut this year!

Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Skies Eau De Toilette Limited Edition 50 ml

Ordered this fragrance from Cocopanda. Daisy Love Skies EdT is a limited edition released in late 2021 I think. I was interested in the notes from the beginning (salt, moss, cream with raspberry), but just a few weeks ago went to the store to sniff it. They had the sampler but no more products to sell. 53 €

I do not have the original Marc Jacobs Daisy Love but I did order a small bottle of Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Eau so Sweet in the beginning of this year and I do enjoy how sugary and raspberry it is! Daisy Love Skies is definitely not as sugary. It is more "basic", smells like an airport tax free, a mix of things, slightly suffocating while having that oceanic note. I know this description sounds so cheap, but it makes me feel some of that freedom when travelling and exploring!

Sorry about the blurring in photos... this bottle is impossible to photo without reflections. Didn't expect the flower to be so huge. It's amazing and probably my favorite bottle because of the ridiculousness, but it also collects dust easily.

A-Derma Dermalibour+ Barrier Cream

Bioderma Cicabio Pommade

These were on sale and I had been wanting to try Bioderma's Cicabio Pommade. I wonder if I got a dud, because it feels very oily and separated. Will have to experiment with it, but at least as a hand cream for super dry hands the result was surprisingly silky. 25 €

Comparing two of my Max Factor Facefinity blushes, I bought Nude Mauve last year.

Indirect sun.

Direct sun. Nude Mauve is more glowy.

Blurred swatches, probably more what they would look like on face. But Nude Mauve has this pink sheen that doesn't translate to photos really.

Max Factor Facefinity Blush 40 Delicate Apricot

The Curl Company Curl Cream Mini 50 ml

Both of these were gifts...  also got The Curl Company Hair Oil, but I left it for my mom. I tried it too and it was nice, thin oil, not too strong scent. I think the cream has a stronger scent, it's not bad but I don't particularly like it either and it lingers. However otherwise the cream is great! Boosts my curls just like Philip Kingsley's Elasticizer (39,95 €/150 ml) but at around 10 €/200 ml. I feel it is a bit heavier than Elasticizer though, but my hair slurps it in easily. I do have very processed hair now, dyed about 3-4 times and a curl permanent! 

The Max Factor Blush in Delicate Apricot is delicate indeed. Very natural, slightly brightening, but very very sheer. Like the other Max Factor Creme Puff Blush in Nude Mauve. Excellent blushes if you are afraid of applying too much! Because it is impossible with these. Good shades too.