A pinch of pink

I'm always super excited about spring, my favorite time of the year, and when it comes to makeup I always love to go back in my drawers and pick up some products I've almost forgot during the winter in order to prefer some deeper colors, but spring and summer are all about bright shades, and pink has always been my favorite.

I definitely need to find a pink based but reasonably neutral cream eyeshadow, but for now the pink products I'm loving this spring are mainly lipsticks and blushers. I've always been very faithful to the Bourjois Cream Blush in 02 Healthy Glow (£7,99) as this immediately became my all time favorite blush as soon as I bought it a few months ago. This is a beautiful peachy pink which looks gorgeous on the cheek and gives the prettiest touch of color. I love the texture as well, as it is one of those cream-to-powder blushers which goes on very silky on the skin and looks always flattering. Another old favorite of mine is the NYX Cream Blush in Boho Chic* (£5,50), a very inexpensive product but a lovely barbie pink shade on the cheeks. It has a nice wet finish when blended and even though it could feel a bit sticky sometimes, I really like it for a soft touch of color. Lastly on the blushers front I have to mention another cream blush, the Urban Decay Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tint in Score which unfortunately is everyday more difficult to find, but these blushers really have the best formula as they are not too creamy but a sort of tint and are pretty sheer but buildable so that you can build up the color as you like. Score is a beautiful peachy pink with a tun of golden shimmers in it that brings a beautiful light and color to your face.

As for lipsticks, a pink shade I felt in love with last year is the NYX Round Lipstick in Paris* (£4), a lovely drugstore find in a shade I don't usually go for, but this very bright matte barbie pink really suits my skintone and create a lovely contrast against my dark hair, so it's the shade I usually go for when I feel a bit braver and want a bright touch of color on my lips. Two new lovely pink finds are the Paul & Joe Natural Lipstick in Pret-a-Porter (£13,27) and the Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Lovelight (£15), two super nice shades and formulas. The former I reviewed here and it's the lipstick I'm going for non-stop since I got it two months ago now, a beautiful sheer pure pink which goes on very creamy and super comfortable and brings a cute but elegant touch of color to my usually plain makeup. The latter is a more recent discovery, one of the UD Revolution Lipsticks everyone talks about, which has the best sheer formula that last a very long time once on the lips, and comes in a pretty peachy pink shade with a tun of golden shimmers in there. I think of it as a more shimmery lipstick version of the UD blush I mentioned above as they both have the same color and are sheer and beautiful. I must admit I sometimes apply this lipstick on my cheeks as well! Lastly the Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate (£8) is a product I purchased last year and I felt in love with last summer, but this still is a firm favorite of mine as I always love super comfortable and creamy lip products, and this ticks all the boxes with that lovely coraly pink shade that goes on very sheer and the hydrating properties my chapped lips always crave.

So this are the products I'm going to use non-stop this spring, but I'm probably going to buy more and more pink blushers and lipsticks before summer is over, so you can definitely expect an update sometimes soon, but for now this are going to fill the pink hole in my current makeup routine.

Which are your favorite pink products?

Review: Paul & Joe Pre-A-Porter Lipstick

One of this new year resolutions of mine was to wear more lipstick in this 2014 and spice up a bit my makeup routine with new colors. I know I'm not starting wildly but since I got this beautiful lipstick I just can't get enough of it, plus pink is always been my favorite color to wear and that I think suits my skintone and features better. This could make the perfect start for something brighter in the upcoming future, who knows, but in the meanwhile I kept my promise and I'm wearing lipstick a lot more often, starting from this awsome Paul & Joe offering which I'm reviewing for you today.

Uno dei miei buoni propositi per quest'anno era di indossare molti più rossetti durante questo 2014 e arricchire un po' il mio makeup con qualche nuovo colore. So che sto iniziando piuttosto gradualmente ma da quando ho tra le mani questo bellissimo rossetto non ne ho mai abbastanza, in più è rosa che è sempre stato il mio colore preferito da indossare e che penso si abbini meglio al mio incarnato e ai miei colori. Questo potrebbe tranquillamente essere un inizio per qualcosa di più acceso in futuro, chi lo sa, ma nel frattempo sto tenendo fede alla mia promessa di indossare rossetti più spesso, ad iniziare proprio da questo di Paul & Joe che vi recensirò oggi.

Three New Lipsticks

This year I decided I want to be brave and step out of my comfort zone at least when it comes to makeup, and one of the first things I wanted to do was treat myself to some new lipsticks. If you read me pretty often you know I've never been a huge lipstick girl, I generally don't wear them at all preferring lip balms or simply nothing on my lips. However I'm always in a hunt for the perfect everyday lipstick which needs to be comfortable but nice and sheer, and I think I may have found some.

Quest'anno ho deciso di voler essere più coraggiosa e uscire un po' di più della mia comfort zone almeno quando si tratta di makeup, e una delle prime cose con cui volevo viziarmi era un paio di rossetti nuovi. Se mi leggete spesso saprete che non sono mai stata una ragazza da rossetto, di solito non li indosso affatto preferendo un lip balm o semplicemente delle labbra nude. Però sono sempre alla ricerca del rossetto perfetto per tutti i giorni che deve essere comodo ma elegante e sheer, e penso di averne trovato qualcuno.

The Lazy Weekend Face.

Let's just say I'm the lazier of lazy people, and my laziness is visible also in my makeup routine. On the other hand this weekend I wasn't up to anything too fancy, just a nice afternoon with ice cream and a pizza for dinner, so I went for an easy look that saw the eyeliner return in all it's glory and my loyalty towards my new favorite pink lipstick. I'm probably the most boring person when it comes to makeup, however I'm testing out some new gems I've just recently picked up and I wanted to show you my thoughts. Plus one of my new year's resolutions was to post more makeup looks on here, so here we are.

Diciamo che sono la persona più pigra tra le persone pigre, e la mia pigrezza è visibile anche nei miei makeup. D'altro canto questo weekend non avevo programmi impegnativi, solo un pomeriggio tranquillo con gelato e una pizza per cena, quindi ho optato per un look semplicissimo che ha visto il ritorno dell'eyeliner in tutta la sua gloria e la mia lealtà verso il mio nuovo rossetto rosa preferito. Probabilmente sono una persona noiosa quando si tratta di makeup, però sto testando delle new entry che ho acquistato di recente e volevo condividere i miei pensieri. In più uno dei miei buoni propositi per l'anno nuovo era quello di postare più look qui su questo blog, quindi eccoci qui!

Travel makeup bag.

It's a bit unsual I share the content of my makeup bag on here, since I pratically never do it, but I thought it could be quite nice to show you what I'm bringing with me for a few days out of the country, because it shows which products I prefer and trust blindly and which makeup I choose if I have to pack very light. Since I'm going to do nothing too fancy, I don't really need a lot of makeup such as beautiful eyeshadows or a lot of lipsticks, this is more something I would wear everyday to look presentable and go out.

E' abbastanza inusuale che io qui sul blog condivida il contenuto della mia makeup bag, dato che praticamente non è mai successo, ma ho pensato potesse essere un'idea carina mostrare cosa ho portato con me per stare cinque giorni fuori dall'Italia, poiché credo possa mostrare quali prodotti davvero preferisco e di quali mi fido ciecamente, quali prediligo se devo viaggiare leggera. Dato che non farò niente di troppo formale, non porto con me chissà quanto makeup come ombretti e rossetti di ogni genere, si tratta più di una makeup bag per look quotidiani e per risultare presentabile prima di uscire.

Monthly Favorites: February 2014.

February went away so quickly in fact it's already time for monthly beauty favorites again. This month I was home the majority of the time, and I was on a sort of spending ban - beauty version, that worked quite well (I only bought a self Valentine's Day gift and nothing else) and that means I went back in my makeup (and not only) drawers to give some oldies but goodies some love again. This was the month of second thoughts, old lovers and the lipstick return. Aren't you excited?!

Febbraio è passato in un batter d'occhio ed è già tempo di preferiti del mese. Questo mese sono stata a casa la maggior parte del tempo, ed ero inoltre in ban cosmetico, che ha funzionato alla grande (ho solo acquistato quello che è stato il mio auto-regalo di S. Valentino e nient'altro) che significa che sono andata a rovistare nei miei cassetti del makeup (e non solo) per ritornare a dare amore a qualche vecchio prodotto. E' stato il mese dei ripensamenti, degli amori passati e del ritorno del rossetto. Non siete impazienti?!