skincare and make up

MAC cosmetics/ Sóley cosmetics/ Dr. Hauschka/ EGF Sif cosmetics

Well hello there! Long time no see! Sorry for the blog lacking (word?!). Anyways I decided to show you guys what´s in my day to day make up and skincare bag. I´ll start with skincare. Now, I´m a firm believer in taking good care of my skin-both face and body. Let me assure you that when it comes to face creams and body lotions I´ve been there tried that. And what I found was that in the end the prize tags and promises were not worth much-usually a let down. Sooo after years in experimenting with different products I believe I´ve finally found the best shit products (well at least for me). My skin seems to agree with organic stuff. Now I wish I could state that I use organic because I´m so green and all but that´s not the reason. I simply find them better, at least the ones above. So here I give you my top three face creams-all of which I rotate around using depending on the weather and how my skin is feeling. I find the EGF facecream works wonders both in winter and in the summer, Dr. Hauschka Moisturizing Day Cream works best in summer because it´s farly light and Sóley-Glóey facecream- which I´m using now is just great. I´ve only been using it for about a week and seriously it´s becoming my favourite.

The skin is our biggest organ so we should treat it kindly. In the winter time- especially in Iceland, my skin tends to get a little dry. Now as I said I´ve been known to try a lot of body lotions as well as face creams and again I must say it´s usually empty promises. Until recently! I descovered oils-haha I know I´m not inventing something new here but seriously I never thought to try it. So what I´ve been using and loving is Grapeseed oil. It´s super moisturizing, goes fast into the skin, is organic and it´s cheap! You can usually get one at a drugstore or even the supermarket (Hagkaup). So there you go- my skin favourites!

And now for the make up. Now I don´t use a lot of make up on a daily basis but there are a few things I like. As you can see I´m a MAC fan. I just find their products the best when it comes to make up-well, most of them. I don´t use foundation everyday but with the cold weather in Iceland I tend to use it mainly for protection. And the brush ( above) I find is a must to apply it with. Then we have the Brow Set- clear gel to set and hold the eyebrows. I´m an eye brow fanatic. I can seriously spend half an hour doing my eye brows so this item is essential for me. Then there´s the mascara- False Lashes Extreme Black. I´ve tried a lot of mascaras and this one really does it for me. It can look like you have no mascara, can build up nicely, make a dramatic effect, lenghten..the whole package. As I said I don´t use foundation every day- don´t like looking too overdone so a good concealer is a must. MAC does a good one-Studio Finish concealer. I tend to get a little shiny which can sometimes be nice but I don´t want to look like an oil painting sooo powder it is. This blot powder is great because you don´t need to apply it often in the day. Then there is the blush. I don´t use blush very often but I decided to throw it in because this is my favourite one. It´s called Strada from MAC and it´s brilliant for contouring the face-no shimmer bullshit. And of course I remembered they stopped making it. Of course. But I bet you can ask for something similar.


There you have it! I spilled the beans. Hope you guys didn´t die whilst reading this- if so at least you died reading something majorly important! Anyways, me myself is yawning by now so I´ll stop. Have a good one!


EJ