Elizabeth Chats

The Vichy Dermablend Foundation is a foundation that I've wanted to try for absolutely ages! And when I saw it on offer in Boots, I bought it straight away. So lately my skin has been awful: Very red and rather reactive and also a little spotty (yuk!) but a bad mix of hormones and fast food have led to my skincare woes (I promise I will stop eating bad, erm soon! haha!) Anywho I digress: I was hoping that the Vichy Dermablend Corrective Foundation would be the answer to my skin nightmares, so lets take a look shall we?  The first thing I was surprised and rather disappointed about was the shade: It was so dark: As you can see above, initially the swatches are almost orange! Had I bought the wrong shade: I checked the bottle: Nope, 05 Porcelain. Well their idea of Porcelain and my idea of Porcelain are very different! Porcelain to me is like a doll: Exceedingly pale (basically almost white) Honestly why are so many foundations so sodding orange?! Anywho, I tho...

Strobing is something I'd never even heard of until I started watching Rupauls Drag Race a few years ago (in the Sharon Needles Era: AKA the good ol' days!) Strobing has been described as overdone highlighting: However strobing to me is not only highlighting certain facial features but also adding dimension and texture to the area too. Admittedly, its not something I would bother doing every day. But on special occasions I like to highlight my favourite features (usually my cheekbones)  I received the MAC Strobe Cream as a little try-out sample after buying too many lipsticks over on the MAC website. I was pretty chuffed as I've wanted to try out the Strobe Cream for ages now!  MAC describe the Strobe Cream as 'a  moisturiser that boosts the look of dull skin and luminises with iridescent particles' So perfect for my tired skin that needs a bit of a boost!  I love the little packaging, in fact I would say I'm a bit obsessed with miniature ve...