Nivea BB cream with SPF 10 in colour light

Let’s continue today with BB creams reviews, I have 3 more that I would like to mention, all from drugstore and here is the first one.

Price: it costs about 5-8€ in any drugstore.

Smell: it has typical Nivea scent (which I quite like).

Colour: I bought colour light and thought it would be light but it is way too darker than my skin colour (I’m NW20 in MAC). It is about 3 shades darker than my skin and the undertone is really pink. When I got tanned and tried it, it looked almost like a light blush on me. It is not that visible on the picture but it is absolutely different colour that I need.

Texture and finish: it is a thicker cream that leaves dewy finish (possibly suitable for very dry skin).

Application: I applied it like regular day cream.

Nivea BB cream with SPF 10 in colour light

Coverage: it has little bit of coverage but not as much as Estee Lauder or Smashbox, it doesn’t hide any imperfections, it only changes and unifies colour of the skin (in my case not a natural look due to the undertone difference).

Longevity: since it is very creamy I mainly tried it during the winter season when I was skiing and didn’t want to put lot of make-up. It held well for 3-4 hours but if I touched my face it moved. I can’t imagine using it during the summer as I would look like a grease ball.

What it promises:

1. Intensively hydrates and easily soaks into the skin (I agree with hydration although I don’t think it soaks that well), 
2. Unifies and smoothes your skin (yes, it unifies the skin if you have pink undertone, and thick cream texture helps to make it smooth), 
3. Covers imperfections such as spots, signs of fatigue, small wrinkles and red spots (no, it doesn’t have the coverage to do it and especially it cannot cover red spots since it’s pink tone…), 
4. Illuminate your skin (yes, it has dewy finish), 
5. Makes your skin satin to the touch (yes, thanks to creamy texture), 
6. Thanks to SPF 10 this cream helps to protect skin against sun and external aggressors responsible for aging (SPF 10 is absolutely nothing, it has to be at least 15 for winter, and 30 for summer to protect the skin against sun, to I think this claim is just ridiculous).

Nivea BB cream with SPF 10 in colour light

Final verdict: it is moisturising but due to its absolutely horrible colour I won’t be able to use it. I have neutral, slightly yellow undertone and I look like I’m blushing all over the face when using this cream, not to mention that light colour is more a medium than light colour. I’m not going to use it up and I cannot give it to anybody because it’s just too pink and greasy (almost all my friends have oily skin). I hate throwing things away, but unfortunately this cream has to go.

Too faced Better than false lashes Nylon lash extension system

Hello girls! Today, another review of quite an interesting product. I think every girl wishes to have long lashes and even though mine are not that bad I always like to try new things and see if I can get longer and fuller lashes than I have.

Price: it costs 32€ in French Sephora. My kit was part of Sephora favorites, so I didn’t have to pay full price (the whole Sephora favorites box contained 12 products for 75$). Always try products that you are curious about when it’s part of cheap set, it saves a lot of money in case you don’t like it. Just saying…

Too faced Better than false lashes Nylon lash extension system

Application: according to the packaging, apply the system as following:
Step 1: Prime: apply the activating mascara (gold tube) from roots to tip in slow, smooth strokes
Step 2: Build: brush on the exclusive Flexistretch nylon fibers (white tube), from lash root to tip in slow, smooth stokes to build.
Step 3: Seal: seal the fibers with the activating mascara (gold tube), apply from lash root to tip in slow, smooth strokes for an extreme lash look.

Too faced Better than false lashes Nylon lash extension system (step 1 and 3)

My experience:

Step 1: I applied mascara in gold tube as I would regular mascara. It gave me natural look, nothing extreme in term of volume or length, but it nicely separated all the lashes so it looked nice. It felt little bit sticky so I would not apply mascara on bottom lashes otherwise you risk sticking both lash lines together and messing everything.

Step 2: I applied white tube mascara the same way as regular mascara. It doesn’t have any liquid; it has only white fibers that look like fibers from cotton pads.

Step 3: I applied again mascara in gold tube. I combed through lashes several times to cover all white fibers. The fibers stack well to the lashes with that mascara and my lashes looked twice as long as previously. It didn’t create any volume though. The tips of the lashes looked very strange I must say, like when your hair has split ends. It didn’t look natural, more like you had some artistic fake lashes (sorry, I haven’t taken any pictures; I totally forgot doing it before throwing this set away).

Too faced Better than false lashes Nylon lash extension system (step 2)

Final verdict: well, it did create lot of length (it claims 42% longer lashes and I would say even longer), it didn’t create any volume (it says 98% increase in volume; I would say maybe 10%). I don’t feel very comfortable using these mascaras as they are sticky and I cannot use any mascara on lower lashes. Also my lashes looked like some forest creature lashes so unless I’m going to Halloween party, I’m not going to use it up. I don’t know if I would recommend this system or not, because what bothers me doesn’t have to necessarily bother you, especially if you are really craving those long lashes. I say, try it for yourself and let me know what you think.

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess self-tanning lotion for face vs. Yves Rocher Soin lift self-tanner for face

These two face self-tanners looked similar so I figured we can have a little battle here. I tested them in July and here are the results.

Price: Estee Lauder face self-tanner costs around 30€ for 50 ml, you can buy it wherever they sell Estee Lauder. It may be sold only during the summer, I’m not sure. Yves Rocher costs 7,95€, also for 50 ml, in Yves Rocher stores or online shop. You can buy it cheaper during the sales.

Yves Rocher Soin lift self-tanner for face (left), Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess self-tanning lotion for face (right)

Smell:
EL: it has warm sweet scent. According to the packaging it has amber and coconut oil as part of the perfume. I don’t smell any coconut oil, rather amber, it is pleasant scent anyway. When the self-tanning product develops, it has its typical smell and it goes away once the skin is tanned.
YR: it also has warm scent; I smell some nuts in the perfume. It doesn’t have any self-tanner scent at all.

Application: it is easy to apply for both products. They have cream consistency so you can use it just like regular moisturiser. Avoid eye areas though and blend well down to the chest part to avoid difference in colour at the neckline.

Yves Rocher Soin lift self-tanner for face

Colour:
EL: after 2 applications, Estee Lauder tanned my face by 2-3 shades. Further applications didn’t make the colour go darker. Colour’s undertone was yellowish.
YR: after 2 applications nothing, so I applied 3rd and 4th layer as well and still nothing. I didn’t get any colour from this product (I’m NW15-20 in MAC).

Longevity and fading: since Yves Rocher didn’t give me any colour I cannot report on Longevity and fading. On the other hand, tan from Estee Lauder self-tanner lasted about 4 days and faded nicely without patches. You don’t need lot of cream for one application so I think one bottle will last you for good 2 months. As always, stay away from peeling, acids and other products that take upper skin layer off to keep your tan longer.

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess self-tanning lotion for face

Final verdict: Yver Rocher is going to the trash as you could understand from the colour section. It didn’t give me any colour so no need to use it. Estee Lauder is a nice product; it reminds me Vichy self-tanning towelettes and I would use it during the winter season when I don’t ask for dark tan. During the summer I prefer darker brown colour that I can get from L’Oreal Sublime bronze for face.