Thalgo - Anti-Ageing Foundation Radiance Corrector

Here at The Amazing Blog, we want more from our foundations. The majority now give us SPF protection and flawless coverage, but as we're seeing more and more 'skincare' foundations, we want our foundation to treat our skin as well as making it look good. Thalgo have answered our prayers with the new Anti-ageing Foundation Radiance Corrector, it provides great coverage, colour correction and the benefits of anti-ageing skincare.

The three available shades are designed to correct and enhance the complexion. Whether your skin tone is fair or darker, the foundation will melt into the skin to provide a customised result. The silky formula combines the essential power of Marine Silicium and biomimetic pigments to reveal beautiful, youthful-looking skin. The Silicium is truly the hero ingredient; it not only encourages cell renewal but also strengthens and protects your skin. The result is smoother, firmer and even skin, just what every girl wants.

The make-up performance is equally impressive. The rose tint provides colour correction against dark spots, to give you a luminous look. The use of fine mineral pigments enables the foundation to blend naturally with any skin shades, and the addition of spherical powders enhances skin brightness by providing light in shadowy areas of the face. We were astounded by the lasting power of the foundation; even on oily skin, no touch ups were needed. It can be evenly applied with your fingers or a damp sponge and dries to a fine, almost powdery finish with a velvety texture.

Get a stunning, flawless and youthful complexion while also nourishing your skin by getting your own anti-ageing foundation here for £32.

Rouge Bunny Rouge - Evanescence Powder and Cream Eye Shadows

Here at The Amazing Blog, we love to get dolled up, particularly with New Year's Eve just around the corner. But every now and then, a product comes along that's packaged so beautifully, we almost don't want to use it. Almost. This was the case when these products from Rouge Bunny Rouge landed on our desks. Although immaculately decorated, these products aren't just a pretty face, although ours were certainly much prettier after using them.

After admiring the beautiful presentation of the Evanescence Imperceptible Powder and Silk Aether Long-lasting Duo Cream Eye Shadow, we put them through their paces to see if they performed as well as we hoped, and we weren't disappointed. The powder is encased in an elegant black box, and embossed with a delicate floral pattern that we had to convince ourselves to disturb. Every detail has been studied to perfection to give the idea of something precious and special; from the brand logo printed on the sponge, to the sleek 'Powder Room' packaging that we adore. Out of the four shades, we tried Halo, a natural beige with a pink undertone that illuminates the skin. We couldn’t ask for a better result as the finish is so invisible it seems like we’re not wearing any make up. Suffer from dry skin? This powder doesn't cake at all, and is enriched with Vitamin C and E, anti-oxidants and has an anti-wrinkle function, so you look flawless all night long.

With skin sorted, perfect your eyes with the brand's creamy shadows. We loved the low key shades in the Gossamer Wing duo, perfect for a neutral smoky look. With a light, soft beige on  one side, and a darker velvety 'cafe au lait' shade on the other, we think this is a duo that would look wonderful on everyone. Wear them alone or together, and the shades are perfect for taking you from a day at the office to a night on the town. With it's creamy texture, there's no need to worry about shadows dropping down and making a mess, as you would if you were creating the same look with powders, and the setting formula really does last all night. The formula has extracts from coffee and para cress flower that help produce collagen and elastin, caring for your lids whilst making you look amazing.

Learn how to look younger and beautiful in one touch and get the imperceptible powder here for £37 and the duo eyeshadow for £35 here.

Benefit Air Patrol

There is nothing worse than blending your way to the perfect smoky eye, for it to fade throughout the day. Here at the Amazing Blog, we swear by eyelid primers to keep those shadows in place, but there are so many to choose from. Behold, the innovative Benefit Air Patrol BB Cream Eyelid Primer. In case that was too much to absorb in one go, that’s a creamy eyelid primer with the added benefits from a BB Cream. We could barely contain our excitement to give it a try.

Eyelids are the most delicate areas of our face, and often the last place we protect. Benefit are changing that with the EnviroDefend complex within the Air Patrol primer, it guards against the harmful external forces we come across in day to day life. We were also happy to discover that it contained SPF 20, it’s so important to protect our skin from sun damage, even on our lids! The primer is super creamy and glides easily onto the skin, the soft Cushion Calm tip keeps pressure light on the delicate eye area. Benefit really did think of everything. We loved the chic, grey tube with Benefit-style detailing, their packaging is always bright and beautiful.

We found the Air Patrol very hydrating and it kept our shadow locked on for the whole day, our blending skills finally didn’t go to waste. We would recommend setting the primer with a translucent or neutral powder before going in with your eyeshadow to avoid any tackiness. For those days where we prefer a ‘no make-up’ look, simply use Air Patrol alone over the lids and wait for the colour corrective magic. The peach undertones reduced the appearance of our dark circles, while also combatting redness on the lids. Get your hands on the protective and long lasting Air Patrol primer here for £21.50.       

Dudu - Osun African Black Soap

Contemporary life means a career to follow, hundreds of places to be in the same day and no time for taking care of our skin; but at The Amazing Blog we have the right to say that’s not true anymore thanks to the new Dudu – Osun African Black Soap.

Forget early mornings, you’ll have all the time you need for cleansing and moisturising in one with this product.  Let’s put it this way, African princes and princesses a long ago were very enthusiastic about natural ingredients and Africa is a country where you can get the most from nature; this is the main reason why Dudu-Osun has been created.
As its name says, this soap is black because of the Cocoa Pod Ashes which is mixed with kernel oil, aloe vera, honey, shea butter and natural glycerine creates a product perfect not only for face, but even hair and body and it suits both men and women.
What all these incredible ingredients do is something we’ve never seen before. This soap provides a perfect cleansing and moisturising action at the same time but also can help if you have eczema or acne. Beside it can be found in a slightly scented version, with sandalwood and camwood, or parfume-free.

No matter which one you’ll go for, black soap will always be the best choice. Get both of the versions here, full size at £5 and travel size at £1.75.
 

Fresh Indulgent Self Tan

It may be coming up to Christmas, but that doesn’t mean we have to accept our pale winter skin. Here at the Amazing Blog we want to look sun kissed all year round, and Fresh Indulgence have us covered with their Self-Tan Electric Tan. We are excited to return to work looking as if we’ve spent Christmas in the tropics!

Fresh Indulgence pride themselves on the use of natural and indulgent ingredients, our skin is treated to the goodness from super fruits like Acai Berry, Goji Berry and Grapefruit & Banana extract. Who knew we could nourish our skin whilst looking beautifully bronzed. This is a no fuss, wash off product that won’t leave your bed sheets looking more tanned than you. We loved that the Electric Tan works for every season and every shade, all you have to do is alter the time it’s left on. For a light glow, leave for a couple of hours, for medium around 4 or 5 and so on. They’ve removed the nerve-wracking task of trying a new and unknown self-tanner.

The bronze tint made the even application easy, and the ‘hot blend’ meant the solution felt thicker, and more indulgent. We loved this paraben-free tanner, it gave us the perfect long-lasting summer glow during these chilly winter months. Get your bronzed glow on for the festive season, Electric tan is available here for only £15.