Top 5 Fall/Winter Beauty Essentials

There are a few beauty essentials that every girl should have in her makeup bag for Fall and Winter, so thought I would share with you guys what I think the essentials should be.

So let's start of with the face: If you live in a Country where it gets really cold in Winter time, I would suggest that you should go get yourself a nice and thick face cream. The coldness and the wind can be very hash to the skin and since your face is what that is least covered up, then it needs some kind of protection from the Winter. A thick cream will help keep the face moisturized from the wind (since cold winds drys out your skin)

I am sadly a victim of getting really dry and sensitive skin in Winter time, so I'm always on the hunt for a nice cream. The one that has been my go-to cream for the past 2-3 years is the Bebe cream by Johnsons. They have a variety of creams that focus on something specific - so wether you have dry to sensitive skin or a combination, they got your back.  

Speaking of keeping something moisturized, I suggest you also have a good lip balm close to you at all times. Nobody wants dry and chaky lips and as the wind can dry out your skin, it can also dry out your lips. Don't even think about just licking around your lips, since it's only going to make it worse -So invest in a good lip balm! 

My favorite lip balm so far is the EOS lip balm. Don't think that I haven't tried other kinds, but I must say that the EOS lip balms has helped my lips the most. So I always carry one in my bag. Actually if you look around, you will see that I have a lip balm in the bathroom, one in my bedroom next to my bed and one in my bag. I would say it's one of my Holy Grails.  

The next thing as a beauty essential is having a nice dark lip colour. Every girl should at least have one dark lipstick for Fall/Winter. If you don't think that dark colours suits you, it is not true. It's just about finding the perfect shade depending on your skintone. If you feel like you don't have really white teeth and you can't really afford getting them bleached or something, then just go after a lipstick shade that has a blue undertone. That will help making your teeth look whiter. 

 

The next thing that you shouldn't neglect in Winter time is your hands. Always, always, always make sure to wear gloves or mittens when you go out! I have learned that the hard way. The Winter and cold winds can give you really dry hands and that can lead to drying the cuticles (the skin around your nails).

I don't know about you, but I always want nice looking hands so one thing I always carry around me wherever I go is my go-to hand cream from the Bodyshop. I have been using the Almond hand and nail cream since I was in College (since 2007). It is really moisturizing, it keeps your nails and skin soft, it's not sticky and it has a light scent of Almond. So if you want to try a new hand cream, why not try out the Almond hand cream from the Bodyshop - I swear by this stuff! ♡

The last thing has also got to do with the hand, or more specific something on the hands - yes, you got it, the nails! Every girl should at least have 5 types of nailpolishes in her collection, especially when we are nearing the Christmas season and the following colours are a nice navy blue colour, a shade of grey (also seen on my nails if you check out my instagram "withshandra), a dark red colour for the Christmas season and one in black for new years and of course also one with some glitters. 

Anyways I hope you enjoyed my Beauty Essentials and hopefully you've learned something new. So until next time - Ingat! 

X❤️X❤️
Shandra.

October Faves ♡

Okay, so I thought the best way to start out this new project of mine is by doing a monthly fave. I loooove watching them on youtube, so I thought why not just share my faves with you as well? So here is a quick over-view of what I've been using none-stop of October.

Scents
The first fave of mine is a bodymist by Victoria Secret, I don't know if it's still available since I got it some time ago. It's the Sweet Tease Beauty Rush - vanila cream and sparkling berries. And let me tell ya, it smells ah-maaaaa-ziiing if you're into sweet scents that is. If you love anything that pretty much smells sweet like candy or food in general, then I recomend this one. It says it has berries in it, but it's the vanila scent that empowers the entire scent. I always get compliments whenever I use it so yeah.. I know it's not a very "Fall" kinda scent, but then again I don't really like scents that have like a heavy deep scent like a woods or something like that, if that makes sense?

Eyes
Anywho moving on to the eyes.. One of my ultimate fave mascaras is the Clinique Lash Mascara Double Volume. Now I'm half asian, and I've been so unlucky to have the "typical" asian lashes as in tiiiiiny short lashes. I have been searching for yeeeeaaaaars after a mascara that would help make my lashes look longer. I know I could pretty much use fake lashes or get lash extensions but first of, applying fake lashes every single day early in the morning (I wake up at 5 am to go to school)? No thanks, and I've been told that lash extensions ruins your real lashes, so I'll pass on that too. 

Anyways so I had been searching for the mascara and then I somehow found the Clinique one, and oh my gosh. It seriously has helped my lashes look longer and thicker! No kidding! It might not sound true but I can see a difference and even my friends and family notice that my lashes look longer than usual haha - so yay for Clinique! 

Lips
Okay so the last couple of things that I have been loving the month of Oct are some lippie products. The first one is a lip balm, the EOS to be specific. To be honest, I've been using them for months now, pretty much since I got a hand on them and I actually got a little collection going on. I would say the EOS lip balm is my fave lip balm of all times since I find them to just moisturise my lips better than any other lippie I've tried. The only sucky part about the EOS is that they are kinda pricy here where I live - they cost between 49-79 kr which is over 10 dollars or more?! That is crazy to think about when they only cost around 4-5 dollars in the US (hence why I got so many)

The last two items are lipsticks. I find that wearing lipstick makes me feel more confident so I always make sure to wear lipstick. 

The first one is 380 Dark Knight Waterl-Opps by Rimmel which is a moisture renew lipstick. It's like a really dark red mixed with some dark purple or like a plum-ish kind of colour. Perfect for the Fall and Winter timer since it's all about dark lips. It is part of the Rimmel moisture renew line, so it is very moisturinsing and mat at the same time. It doesn't leave your lips feeling dry like other lipsticks and it holds for a very long time. Personally for me it holds around 4-7 hours depending on how much I ate and drink haha. 

And lastly is the lipstick by M.A.C called Viva Glam 1. It's this really nice red lipstick. Super goooorrr on the lips and not drying at all, if you just make sure to apply some lipbalm before you apply the lipstick. A really nice colour for Fall and Winter so I know I'll be using it A LOT - most likely the lipstick I'll be wearing for Christmas Eve. 

Anyways that was all my fave products for the month of October. I hope you enjoyed my little blog and yeah until next time - Ingat!

X❤️X❤️ 
Shandra.