When my oily skin gets dry

I've got oily/combination skin that's acne prone and verry sensitive. 

Normaly, that is... Becouse now that it's so cold, my skin gets dry and flakey, which makes it irritated and starts to brake out. Heavy moisturizers help the dryness but make me brake out even more! My skin looks ashy and makeup doesn't make it look any better... 

The lady at the store recommended this for me: 

RoC PURIF-AC 

Soothing Reparator

What the box says:

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Now... I can't use strong medical acne treatments - becouse my skin is so sensitive - so my skin isn't dry becouse of that, but this is a great intensive moisturizer that doesn't brake me out! 

It has no irritating products like perfume, has a UV-filter (doesn't say the spf though..) and makes my skin feel softly moisturised without feeling greasy!

I tried some other products but always keep buying this one again. Love it!! 

♥ Feline

My Favorite...

... Lush Soap!

My favorite Lush soap is Vigs and Leaves!

I don't hear alot about this soap.. I tried the popular Honey I Washed the Kids, Rock Star and Porridge soaps and I did like them! But this one is still my favorite :)

The smell reminds me of a rainforrest. Earthy and slightly exotic. The soap itself is creamy and moisturizing, with little brown seeds that exfoliate. It doesn't lather alot becouse of the moisturizing factor, but if you use a loofah it will foam up quite a bit. 

What's your favorite Lush item?

♥ Feline

Review: Lush Herbalism and Angels On Bare Skin

I've been using Lush's skincare products for a while now, so I tought I would tell u what I think of them!

I'm reviewing Herbalism and Angels On Bare Skin facewashes in one post becouse they're kind of similar in use and I wanted to compair the results and effects.

Angels On Bare Skin

Description:

For heavenly soft and balanced skin. The kaolin clay base deep cleanses while ground almonds gently exfoliate the dead skin away. Rose and lavender are added to soothe and help balance out combination skin. A great daily cleanser for all skin types.

What I think:

Well almost the same as the description! It really made my skin soft and clean feeling. The only thing is that this one is a little bit too rich for me. It's really nice for combination/dry skin, but after using it for a while I noticed I got more blackheads and a few break outs. Noting bad, but I need something a little less rich.

Wich brought me to this one:

Herbalism

Description:

This one is specifically designed to help absorb excess oils and leave the skin looking less shiny, making it great for skin on the oily side. We put calming rose and chamomile in to soothe and ground almonds for a gentle exfoliation, helping clear up troubled spots.

What I Think:

I loooove this one! It does everything it says. Most acne products I used dried me out and made my brake outs worse, but this one balances my skin out perfectly!

How I use it:

It is a kind of weird product to use though... Most cleansers are liquid or a bar of soap, this is a crumbly mud. So you have to use a specific technique if you don't want this to end up all over the bathroom floor instead of your face..

You'll need Lush's Herbalism.

Seriously?! Yes.

Take a coin sized dot.

Mix it with a few drops of water into a paste.

Press a washcloth with hot water on your skin to dampen it and open up pores.

Massage the paste into your skin, and yes, It'll look like some kind of moss is growing on your face.

Wash off with water.

Now apply a toner and moisturizer!

I'll review the ones I use some time soon!

:)

Artdeco Eyeshadow Base

I while ago I bought some Artdeco Makeup, and I kind of really like this brand! It doesn't cost much and has just a little bigger viarety of products then others brands in this price range.

For exsample the Eyeshadow Base.

What is says:

"Eyeshadow base considerably inproves the durability, colour intensity and luminescence of powder eye shadow and makes it waterproof. With vitamin E and bisabolol."

And it really does all of that!

My makeup stays on all day and I even need an oil-based makeup remover to get it off at night! (wich makes the waterproof part true!) I'm guessing the last two are for caring and anti-aging of the skin, so thats always good.

I've seen people compair it with Urban Decay Primer Potion and Too Faced Shadow Insurance.

And considering I only paid about 6/7 euro's for this, thats pretty good!!

The only down side for me is that it has glitter in it... Not a lot, but it does show up through my matte eyeshadows...

It doesn't really matter though, I haven't worn my eyeshadow without this since I first used it, and won't ever again!