Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation

Show me a woman, that doesn't like pretty make-up packaging, and I'll show you a liar.

Casing point; the brand new 'Magic' foundation, by Charlotte Tilbury.

Swatch - no flash.



Swatch with flash.

I mean, it looks good, but what does it actually look like on your face?

So, I really want to LOVE it, but I don't, I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

Pro's;

• The coverage is pretty good, I'd say a medium, with the potential to build it up to a full-coverage.
• It comes with a pump! (double hand praise emoji)
• I didn't need to use concealer as well to cover any red patches.
• The packaging.
• It's extremely light to wear, it really does feel like a 'second skin'.

Con's

• It is a bit too yellow for my skin.
• The colours are advertised on the Charlotte Tilbury as 'Shade 1, 2, 3' etc. Which isn't very helpful, what colour is a 'Shade '?
• The formula doesn't work well with my skin, it settled into my pores.
• It accentuated some of my dry patches.
• I couldn't get it to blend well and I had to work extra hard with the trust Beauty Blender to avoid streaks.
In conclusion, at £29.50, I wouldn't repurchase.

Have you tried it yet, what do you think?

L x

Where have I been? My confidence in blogging.

So, it's been a hot minute since I've written a blog post, 378,720 hot minutes to be exact.

That's a lot of minutes, where have I been? Well, I guess I've had a long period of self-doubt when it comes to my confidence to blog.

I always liked blogging, and the friendly community that surrounds it, well, most of it anyway. In those long days since the last blog post, I had intended to write again, I just couldn't bring myself to.

I ask myself 'why not?' In fact, there's a lot of reasons why - I found myself always comparing my content to the other 'perfect' blogs I read. I see clean, well-lit pictures, with professional equipment and the ability to make "Instagram worthy" makeup looks.

The truth is, I don't know how to do any of that, I love make-up and have a crap-tonne of it, because packaging. I can't put eye-shadow on without looking like I've got some kind of eye infection, Red lipstick on without looking like Miranda Sings and for the love of god, someone tell me how you achieve a winged eyeliner without looking like the aftermath of a 5 year old getting into her mothers make-up bag.

I actually came across a post by the wonderful Stacey (@ExpatMUAddict) If you don't who she is, I shake my head. Think, 'the Aladdins cave of make up.' Every woman's dream, every bank account's nightmare.

Stacey wrote a post called 'What am I doing? The Blogger identity crisis' and it perfectly summed up, my feelings towards blogging, even though my hiatus was a little longer, everything she said resonated with me.

I read Stacey's blog as one of my "regulars" I love her real and honest reviews, I've often considered buying something, and if she gives it two thumbs up - I know I wont be disappointed.

To think, if even someone that I consider to have one of those 'perfect blogs' then it makes me realise that not everyone is perfect to themselves, as perhaps I see them.

So with that, I will return to blogging, in my 'perfect, non-perfect' way.

L x