Review: Diorskin nude bb creme

The second of my Escentual 20% purchases (mentioned here) was the Diorskin Nude BB creme that so many other bloggers seemed to be raving about.

I picked this up in the shade 001 and found that it's a nice pale shade but its also really rather pink. I had seen other bloggers mention it was more pinky but thought it was still meant to be the palest offering and so better for me.
I tend to have a fair bit of redness/pigmentation in my cheeks and at the area between my eyebrows anyway, which I am not a fan of and try to disguise as much as possible. So when I first tried using this BB cream and saw how pink it was applying I immediately thought 'Oh no!'. However, after fully blending (using a Real Techniques buffing brush) I found that actually the end result was a slightly rosy glow but it was very subtle and it had actually evened out/covered my redness quite well. It basically looked like my skin...but better. I tried applying with my fingers at first but found I much preferred the effect given using a brush and found it to end up looking less pinky with the brush.

 It is a fairly light coverage so isn't going to be good for really bad skin days but for hot summer days when you don't want to cake on the make-up, I think this is really nice. It can be built up a bit too to give a bit more coverage, which is nice.

 I think i'd like to try this now in 002 to compare the difference in shade and see whether that still works for me but without the pinkness. But despite the pinkness I actually still really like the product but I just don't love it as much as I wanted to. And I really wanted to!

Have you tried the Dioskin nude BB creme? Do you want to?

Mini Escentual Haul

Escentual have recently had 20% off everything on their website and I finally decided, after much umming and ahhing, that it really would be rude not to take advantage of their offer.

I bought Clarins Sun Wrinkle Control Cream for Face SPF30 and treated myself to the greatly desired Diorskin Nude BB creme.

(Apologies for the awful photos!)
I've wanted to try the Dior BB creme after sooo many other bloggers raved about it and because I'd quite like to have something a bit lighter to wear when on holiday or when its pretty hot here.
The facial SPF was something I must admit I hadn't realised really existed until fairly recently - i've always just used ordinary sun cream (and hated it) or moisturiser/foundation with SPF, which doesn't really seem like enough protection. So once again, Caroline's blog filled me in and provided some good recommendations. I'm hoping this will provide me with a good level of sun protection whilst allowing me to still be able to wear my make-up and not leave me with a horrible greasy, sticky face!
I've only just received this through the post as I only ordered them on the last day of the offer (took me a while to persuade myself it was too good an opportunity to miss so sorry i'm telling you about this after the offer has expired...) so i've not had a chance to use them yet but I will post reviews once I have =)!

Did any of you take advantage of the 20% off offer? What did you buy?

Wishlist

I have so many products that I want to try but sadly most are high-end products that I just can't currently justify buying. So here they are:

1)Dior Diorskin Nude BB Creme. I quite want to try out the hype that is BB creams and at £30 this obviously isn't the cheapest of options! However, I've seen so many rave reviews (including Lily Pebbles and Anna) about this one and it seems that it would be possible to use to give some coverage without needing to wear foundation - bonus! Another popular, slightly cheaper, BB cream that i've seen a lot of positive comments about is the Ginvera BB cream so maybe I should go for that one first. But something just seems to be pulling me towards the Dior version!

2) M.A.C lipstick. Sadly i've not got around to getting a MAC lipstick yet but I know they're meant to be very popular. There's a few shades I think I want to try including Vegas Volt, Hue and Ruby Woo. Currently my lipstick collection is very limited and I must admit i'm not very adventurous so I'd really love to expand and vary it up a bit.
Have you got an specific recommendations for MAC lipsticks that you just love?

3) La Roche Posay Serozinc. Again I have seen so many rave reviews about this product that I can't help but lust after it. Unfortunately it's sold in France and seems to be very hard to get hold of online, making this a product i'm not likely to be able to get hold of any time soon (that and the always wanted Pixi Glow Tonic). I think after Caroline mentioned this everyone had to get their hands on it - lucky those who have!

Whilst the list goes on and on I think these are my current top 3 products i'm lusting after. What are your must-haves that you're wishing for right now?

Selfridges Haul

In May it was my 21st birthday (eep so old!) and I was lucky enough to get some money/vouchers from various friends and relatives.
So as a treat to myself and a nice break from revision I decided to head off to Selfridges to have a nosey at the make-up counters.

I ended up buying Liquid eye liner from Chanel (Ligne graphique de chanel) in Noir Noir, which I love. It had a really thin brush which allows you to create very fine lines and is perfect for little flicks at the corner of your eye. The only issue I have with it is that to me it doesn't seem like there's much product in there as to finish one eye I have to put the brush back in the pot a couple of times but otherwise it gives a really nice finish.

My second purchase was more of an impulse buy than the others as I had at least heard of them and was wanting to try them. But this one came about from my desire to have a new setting powder. I was wandering around looking at all the different counters when I saw this one (Poudre Universelle Compacte) and tried it out. It felt so soft to touch and looked nice so I decided to give it a go! I quite like this powder, it goes on nicely to mattify my face but doesn't leave me looking overly powdery. I've not really had much experience with face powders so I find it hard to say if this is an amazing one but I quite like it so can't really complain!

Next was Laura Mercier's tightline cake eye liner in Black Ebony. This is one you have to use with a flat eye liner brush and some water. I was lucky enough to have the counter assistant put this on me so I could see how it looked and I really liked it! She made it look very natural and more just to give my eyes some definition rather than an obvious line of liner above the lashes. Again I really like this product and find it gives a nice finish which can be used as a casual day-to-day liner or can be built up for an evening look. I do find when i'm putting it on sometimes that it 'leaks' a bit and I have to get the tissues out to mop it up from the corners of my eyes but I think that's more done to my error than the product!

Finally I went for Diorshow blackout mascara. Again I was able to have this applied in store to see how it looked first. The assistant put some white primer on my lashes first of all to help the mascara stay better and prevent any clumping. I didn't buy the primer (though I was, and still am, tempted) and find that the mascara doesn't tend to clump anyway. Even without it, it makes my lashes look really long and dark. I think this mascara is great for lengthening, it gives a bit more volume but not loads but it can be built up fairly easily with 2 or 3 coats but it starts getting a bit clumpy.

So these were my Selfridges purchases that I decided to treat myself and splurge on. I should note I can't normally afford to go and buy all these on a students budget so most of my make up isn't high end!

Have you tried any of these products or want to do so?

xx