Combination/Dehydrated skin

• Dry cheeks & forehead – Autumn / winter feels tight,  occasional dry flakes. Spring summer is normal
• Moderately oily nose – Shiny by 5 hours after wash
• My apples have started to deflate
• Does not have any visible lines around my eyes
• Dehydration lines on cheek area when moisturisers “fade”

Major skin concerns

• Blackheads / whiteheads, pores on my nose and between brows
• Autumn/Winter dehydration lines near my mouth if I don’t moisturise like crazy
• Occasional dark shadows under my eyes (not quite blue yet, but it bothers me)
• Monthy breakout visitors on my chin or forehead
• Often breakout near my eye brows (odd place, I know)
• I have way bigger freckles on my right cheek than my left
• Crazy crack lips – more of my friends’ concerns than me wahahaha

Foundation colours

What is the perfect match to me? Match colour to upper chest.

• Clarins True Radiance 108 sand beige *this is a little more red than my body
• MAC pro longwear spf20 compact foundation – NC25
• MAC face & body – C2 (most of the year) & C3 (tanned). I do mix the 2 as well, because I usually have both all the time.
• Marc Jacobs remarcable beige light 32
• Bare minerals original foundation light
• Kate powderless liquid foundation – OCC (most of th year) or OCD (tanned)
• Primavista liquid foundation – OC05
• L’Oreal lumi cushion – 03 vanilla *EU version
• Bourjois healthy mix foundation – 052 (winter) and 053 (tanned)
• Bourjois healthy mix serum foundation – 52 vanilla winter/spring

This is 100% natural curl. Frizz / curl tightness changes from day to day. Wearing L’oreal Lumi cushion foundation 03 vanilla & no other make up. Natural lighting from the window.

Hair

Natually intense black, curly and coarse; teamed with oily scalp and dry ends. I have made peace with my frizz. I don’t use any expensive hair products unless they’re freebies. Will not consider any hair product beyond the price of Lush hair shampoo bar or Paul Mitchell clarifying shampoo #3.

Nails

Always short – either round shape or squarish. Very strong nails (I can open cartons with my nails without breaking them) I have a steady hand and know how to do my own gel nails. I never cut my cuticles. Largely too lazy to care, but I do like buying / collecting nail polishes.

Favourite beauty blog

My all time favourite beauty blog is: http://stashmatters.com/ Stashy is thorough with her products and she has a crazy stash lol. Most importantly, I can relate to her comments for many products. Her skin tone NC20-NC25 and concerns are practically the same as me.

In general, I stop reading asap when the person sounds mild in her / his opinion. I do prefer mega negative (even swear) reviews than the CRAZY over the top magical/best/love everything reviews.

Quirks

1. I am obsessed with checking country of origin.
2. I do not use or buy any lip product that is made in China / PRC. I do not keep any in my stash either. I only have this issue with lip products. Solely because of the high potential of eating the product.
3. I do compare ingredients list between my previous purchase vs the repurchase.
4. I HATE brands/products that poised themselves as ‘high end’ but make their goods in China.
5. “Not tested on animals” is not a purchase determinant.

Left: Bare face

Right: Full on cake face by MAC