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Welcome to April's makeup mess! These are products that I've been using for the whole month. I swear the products started off much cleaner, until I hit pan for the Artclass by Rodin contour palette and the powders crumbled over the rest of the products. Still, the feeling of finishing a product is so satisfying <3  Face Bases Teint Infusion Foundation - 26 Peach Sephora Collection & BCDation BB Serum - 03 Warm Beige Tonymoly April was the month where I gave up on trying to foundation match my (much lighter) face to my neck, and did it the other way around instead. I went to Sephora to be colour matched and wore the foundation for the rest of the night (~6 hours). By itself, it was feather light, adhered to the skin well and set quickly. Despite its hydrating claim, it emphasised my smiles lines within the hour, and the edges of my face seemed too orange. The BCDation BB serum stopped the Sephora foundation from immediate oxidisation, an...

There's never quite a good time to start anew. Since the idea for the birth of this blog began doing laps in my head, I've been dreaming about how I'd be presenting it. Would it be written professionally, with a minimal theme and echo a vogue simplicity? Would it be dynamic, with tastefully shot photos and all out flatlays with flowers to match the characteristic of products reviewed? Originally I was going to wait until the trimester finished before I started this, but in the end, the beginning became now.  No grand aesthetic, no defined feel, yet. For now it's just me and some products, a world away from the stress, trying to regain that freeflowing feeling of being able to write and convey my thoughts and intentions. It's a coming to terms that I will never be a born natural, or immediately perfect in anything I do - and that's okay. So long as I start somewhere, and that I'm constantly moving forward or learning from when I fall backwar...