Too Faced Hangover X Primer

When long days of work and late nights of play give you a beauty hangover, this is your instant cure. Hangover is a revolutionary makeup primer infused with coconut water, probiotic-based ingredients, and skin revivers that work together to boost skins radiance, promote elasticity, and help hydrate while locking down makeup for fresher, longer, and more flawless wear. We harnessed the science of hydration to create a creamy, penetrating primer that acts like an energy drink for the skin by replenishing moisture levels. It can be worn alone for a dewy, healthy looking finish or under bronzers, foundations, and powders to create the perfect canvas.

• The unique combination of coconut water, probiotic-based ingredient and skin revivers work together to: Hydrate and brighten skin, Promote skin s elasticity and tone, Soothe and smooth the skin.
• Get all the priming benefits you love while looking like you received eight hours of sleep and drank your daily dose of H2O
• After Using Hangover: 100%* said makeup went on smoother, 100%* said makeup looked more radiant, 100%* said skin looked more hydrated and 100%* said their skin had the appearance of a full night's rest.

Too Faced Hangover Replenishing Face Primer is a silicone-free facial and makeup primer infused with coconut water, probiotics and skin revivers that work together to boost skin’s radiance, promote elasticity and help hydrate while extending the wear of makeup. This comes in a squeezy tube with an attached pump for easy application. It’s formulated to brighten, tone, hydrate, and firm skin thus giving it the look of eight hours of sleep or as if you had plenty of water to hydrate your skin. I have combination skin and am loving using it under my foundations, it gives me a lovely finish and helps keep my foundation looking good all day, I do use smashbox pore minimiser on my nose as I have quite large pores and need extra help (review coming soon). This does have a subtle coconut water scent that’s quite pleasant but not too noticeable after application. The formula is a thinner, creamy texture that applies with a bit of stickiness at first but sets to a dewy finish. I am really impressed.

Available for £27.00 from all good beauty stores.

What's your favourite primer?

Urban Decay afterglow - Aura Highlight

Urban Decay have released three powder highlighters, and as you'd expect, they're gorgeous.  Finely milled and aiming to give a glow rather than just powdered shimmer.

Afterglow 8-Hour Powder Highlighter isn’t your average highlighter; Urban Decay took the time to finely mill the powder until it was just right. The result: a lightweight (yet luxurious) feel and a super-soft, creamy texture. 

Afterglow Highlighter goes on sheer and blends easily. Use a little or a lot; the wearable formula always applies beautifully, no matter how much you build it. And the shades are suitable for any skin tone. Afterglow creates a glowy, strobed effect that lasts all day—and never leaves just a powdery dusting of shimmer. It’s even infused with light-diffusing pigments to enhance and perfect the skin. 

There are three shades available; Sin is a glowing peachy white gold. Fireball is a glowing coral and Aura is a stunning ice pink.  I've been using Aura, If your skin is pale and you find many highlighters too golden, you'll love Aura - it's an almost icy, cool toned, duochrome pinky/opal colour, it contains no glitter, just a gorgeous ice pink glow.  It is lovely & pigmented, but if applied lightly it'll give you a beautiful subtle glow, or apply it heavily for a more obvious strobing effect, perfect for a nice out. I already have my eye on sin...

Available from  Urban Decay  For £19.00.

Which shade are you lusting after? 

Kiko Neon Glow Light Effect Serum

Neon Glow Light Effect Serum from the current Dark Heroine collection. Is a limited edition product that comes in a very glamorous box and inside is Something quite beautiful! An innovative breakthrough in cosmetics, brightness renewal serum for an immediately more radiant complexion. An exclusive solution that combines the moisturizing and smoothing properties of a gel with the brightening effect of the reflective particles contained in its internal helix. As the serum is dispensed, the gel combines with the luxurious pearls. 

The product is packaged in a transparent container in which the spiral of the purest pearls is suspended in a soft, transparent gel. The serum performs a complete action. The efficient technological packaging dispenses the two textures in a perfect mix.

Its formula is effective, containing ingredients to help revive the skin’s natural splendor and to prevent skin aging. The components of the gel act together with the full bodied, multi reflective pearlescent texture to provide elegant radiance to the skin. 

The face rediscovers a young and smooth appearance for a radiant glow throughout the day. Easy to apply for immediately visible radiance. Its effective formula massages the face with a revitalizing and intense action.

Once blended out on the skin it is a little shimmery, but when you put your foundation on top the effect is magical. It turns the shimmer aspect into a gorgeous luminous glow. It is not a primer, in that it won't mask your pores or promise to help your make up stay put longer, but it makes a lovely smooth base for your foundation. Leaving you with a lovely dewy 'Lit from within' finish.

The Kiko Neon Glow Light Effect Serum is £13.90 and is available from the Kiko website.