Feel the beauty! Tips and trends about skin and body care, fitness and beauty treatments. Are you ready to be beautiful?
Cushion foundation. If there was ever a make up product that instantly reminded you of a past era, of pure and simple femininity and sensuality, of black and white films with elegant heroines, with their vespas and dreamy clothes, it is this compact for retouching your make up with a little powder puff and mirror. An elegant, refined, feminine gesture that for a while was completely forgotten, but has now returned thanks to the boom of trends for cushion foundation: a foundation that is a mixture of a liquid and a compact foundation, enclosed in beautiful little compact, that is applied with a sponge. You absolutely have to get your hands on one, as it’s the new make up must-have for 2016!
Amongst all the cushion foundations on the market, the one that has the most beautiful packaging, that makes you want to whip it out of your handbag several times a day, that makes your face more elegant, sophisticated and beautiful is the cushion foundation Le Cushion Encre de Peau by Yves Saint Laurent. The packaging is gorgeous, all shiny black with gold details. Inside there is the little cushion that encases the gorgeous foundation like on-the-go ink, that is as light as a feather, super moisturising and fresh for summer, but with great coverage that lasts all day without making your skin shiny (you can carry it round in your bag and retouch whenever you want, using the little sponge with it’s lovely soft texture!).
The secret of its amazing coverage of imperfections is its matte effect, but at the same time it’s lightweight feel on the skin. Water and volatile oil combine with its rolling ink gel system to create a super hydrating texture, with hybrid hold texture that contains tamanu oil plus an air light film forming system to give excellent coverage, leaving a matte, luminous, lightweight look.
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Colourful make up. Summer is coming, Spring is already here. So tell me, when is there a better time to play around with colour, not just for clothes but also for make up? This year, the Spring trend for make up is lots of colour! Colour POP, for both lips and eyes. Bold, bright colours, and even colour clashing. Make up for youngsters just got very grown up, for those who dare to try a bit of colour.
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Among the first designers to launch the trend of super colourful make up on the catwalks was Raf Simons at Dior, with models wearing pink, blue and green make up, which was replicated by Chanel a couple of seasons later. This year, we’ve seen colourful make up not just on the SS16 catwalks but also on those for next Autumn/Winter (such as at Fendi and Missoni). Essentially, the catwalks have always loved this trend. But what about us?
It’s certainly not an easy trend to pull off in everyday life. But if you’re keen to try it out, here are a few ideas:
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Aquasource Everplump by Biotherm. The days are getting longer, the temperature is rising, the trees are all in blossom. Biologically, our internal motor is recharging, making us more energetic than ever. This is what spring does! From the very first days of gorgeous weather, I felt way more energetic: I wanted to get out and about and get stuff done! I wanted to take better care of my body, get more fresh air, nourish my body and mind and to benefit from the urge to get up and go that comes when spring is in the air, to become stronger and more dynamic. If you follow me on Snapchat you’ll know all about this: I’ve been training in the gym with weights and going for walks in the country or in the Florentine hills, which has become my daily obsession, together with discovering new beauty products for my face and body that will banish my tired, winter skin.
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As you will have seen on my Snapchat, for a while I’ve been trying out the Aquasource Everplump by Biotherm facial moisturiser, and now it’s finally time to talk about it, together with a very special shoot. Aquasource Everplump di Biotherm is a new generation of facial moisturiser, adapted to all skin types, which brightens and plumps up your complexion, created for a busy woman who is always on the go, plays sport, and lives life to the full. In fact, its interesting quality is that it absorbs easily into the skin and hydrates well even in extreme climates, without weighing the skin down. For example when you’re playing sport outside, no matter whether it’s in the mountains, the city or by the sea. Have you ever had that horrid feeling of when your skin feels really “heavy” after putting on too much moisturiser then taking exercise and sweating? This is because the moisturiser is too greasy, too heavy, too rich. So this isn’t the result we’re going for (especially since your skin can’t breathe like this!). What we want is a powerful but lightweight face cream, and Aquasource Everplump does just the trick. It’s light like a serum, thanks to the hyaluronic acid and micro marine particles, but dense in consistency like a balm and at the same time light like a finishing crea, given that when it comes into contact with the skin, the gel-like consistency transforms into millions of tiny bursts of freshness. Most importantly, after just one week, it will start to diminish signs of ageing! Find the cream online HERE on the Biotherm website, if you want more info!
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Banish dull skin. How many of you are going to tell me that you’re too afraid to get your legs out, because they’re too pale, or even worse, too hairy? This is the fundamental problem of this time of year, in the period between winter and summer, that we have to tackle every year. Not only because suddenly our eternally hidden skin is now on show (hello various flabby bits… we’ll be discussing this soon!), but also because our skin is bright white, hairy, dull… sad, essentially. Of course, winter doesn’t help: with freezing temperatures and tight clothes which suffocate your skin, plus if you don’t exfoliate regularly during winter and moisturise often, your skin is in a desperate state. But now that spring has arrived, it’s time to show off our beautiful skin: here’s how in 5 easy steps!
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STEP 1: BANISH DULL SKIN
First, you need to get rid of all the dry skin. Eliminate dead skin cells and reveal glowing skin. My advice is to exfoliate regularly at home, at least 2/3 times a week with an exfoliating glove on the driest parts of your body (knees, elbows etc) everyday. For your face, a gentler approach: exfoliate 2 or 3 times a week (but very gently, especially if you have very sensitive skin), followed immediately by a face-mask. But what kind of face-mask? Deep-cleaning, hydrating, brightening? Two ideas: first to use a different type of face-mask for different parts of the face. For example, I use a face-mask for oily skin on my forehead (where I tend to get pimples), a deep cleaning mask on my T-zone and finally an oxygenating mask (yes, one that makes loads of bubbles) on the rest of my face, or all over my face once a week.
If you want to invest a bit more, go for a deep cleaning exfoliator: it’s perfect for getting rid of all those dead skin cells in one use. I’d especially recommend this one if you have an important event at the last minute and you need to quickly “tidy up”, or also before a series of specific treatment (such as anti-cellulite treatment).
Make up remover that you use while showering. If someone asked me what’s the beauty trend of the moment, I would never dream of saying “taking your make up off in the shower!”: however, it’s true, and it’s all over the TV, in all the magazines and being talked about by lots of bloggers, so I thought I had better try it for myself! I’m talking about the new make up remover for face and eyes that you use in the shower by Nivea, which carries the promise of #GoodbyePandaEyes
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So, the concept isn’t good. It’s great! Sometimes I’ll be in the shower washing my hair, when suddenly I feel my mascara melting down my face, my eye make up smudging massively, and I have to grab a flannel and try to wipe it all off. Not every time I have a shower, but almost. Even when I’m at the gym (and then it’s not ideal to tiptoe back into the changing rooms after my shower looking like a panda in front of everyone… ahem..!)
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