Guerlain Meteorites Perles Base Éclat Les Ors primer - review

Guerlain Meteorites Perles Base Éclat Les Ors

Welcome to the review of a product that I had forgotten existed.  Let me rewind a little and explain.  The story actually begins with another product (bear with me).  A while back, I got several samples from my local Dior counter of their new wonder product Dream Skin - a skincare product that you use after your moisturiser and before your foundation (if that's your next step).  The effect created by Dream Skin is indeed gorgeous and every foundation I wore over it always looked fab.  But there was one, big fat problem with this product. The price of it.  It's €104.  That's a hell of lot of money to fork out for what is (in my personal opinion) a primer.  A drop dead gorgeous one that's full with lots of lovely stuff but still, to me (rightly or wrongly) a primer.  

So, I started looking for alternatives and during my search, I was reminded of the product I'm reviewing today - the Guerlain Meteorites Perles Base Éclat Les Ors primer.  There are several lovely ladies that I follow on Youtube and they're around my age (give or take a few years) so I'm always keen to see what products they use and what they think of them (I trust their very honest opinions).  Every single one of them recommended the Les Ors so I thought "right, let's get this and try it out".  And I'm very glad that I did. 

Blog Takeover...

Some exciting news - I've had a rough couple of weeks for a few reasons, not least of which was a close family member who passed away, leaving a lot of sadness.  I'm catching up on everything at the moment, having taken nearly two weeks off, and the incredible MontyC very kindly offered to take over the blog for the entire week to pass on her words of wisdom.  I'm not sure yet what she'll be posting about, but I'm sure as always it'll be fantastic!

I'll be back posting same as usual from next week onwards.  Thanks to all for your patience and understanding, I'm working through posts and emails and phone calls over the next couple of days.

Over to MontyC...

Xx

Karora Golden Girl Gradual Tan - review

Golden Brown... Texture like Sun... dum de dum, dum dum de dum dum... (stuck in your head yet?)

This Friday I'm drooling over Karora's Golden Girl Gradual Tan.  Not literally, that would be gross. 

Karora are a relatively new, award-winning Irish cosmetics company on the scene dealing with all things tanular.  Their aim is to grace everyone with a bronzed and beautiful glow, whether it's a light tint or a full on deep tan you're after.  This gradual tan is definitely on the lighter end of the spectrum and is perfect for a really natural hint of colour for pasty girls like me.

Whaaaaaaaaaaasup... the latest gossip

I have had a crucifyingly painful back for the last week - headaches abounding, pain so bad that frankly, I was close to tears the last couple of days.  The kind of pain that was making me feel dizzy, out of sorts and hard to concentrate.  This evening I finally managed to haul ass to the physio (actually a brilliant sports massage therapist) and she's worked some magic; pain is still there, but manageable, and back is sufficiently "unlocked" to allow me to start working towards something with it.  Anyhow, all of that is a precursor to explaining why this day's post is a little light; it's just a quick snapshot of stuff that's going on in the world at the moment, cosmetics-wise, that you might be interested in...

Retinol Wrinkle Filler from Vichy (scream!) - preview

Here's one that Mammy Make Up For Dolls got massively excited about, I barely had the words outa my mouth when she firmly announced "I'll have that one".

Vichy are releasing their new LiftActiv Advanced Filler, containing Pure Retinol and LR2412.  I know that sounds a bit like wall spackle, but bear with me.  Mammy MUFD may have to take a back seat coz I wanna try this stuff out too...