November Favourites

Soo.. this is my first ever favorites post and I plan to do them at the end of every month so that I can share with you the new things that I tried and liked for that month. Hope you enjoy them and find them helpful. Also feel free to tell me about your favorite products in the comments. A lot of products in this post will be from Avon because I have loved and used their products for years but now because I started my blog I’ll try to use products from a lot of different brands (mostly drugstore) p.s. I finally made an instagram account (programmerstyle) so now you can follow me there too :D

1. Makeup favorites

-Avon Big&Daring volume mascara: I’ve tried a lot of different Avon mascaras and this is the only one that managed to impress me besides their Luxe one. I have small eyelashes and this mascara makes them look a lot bigger. It gives volume since it’s a volume mascara but in my opinion it can also count as a decent lengthening mascara too. I have it in black. ($9 currently by one get one half off)

-Avon Ultra Color Absolute Lipstick in Tender mauve: First of all this lipstick has different packaging on Avon’s site so I think the color of the packaging depends of the country you live in. This is my favorite “everyday” lipstick color. It’s the perfect mix of brown, pink and purple tones + it doesn’t feel drying on the lips at all. I am deeply recommending this lipstick to you. ($9 currently $5.99)

-Oriflame Beauty Eyebrow Kit: This kit is an all time favorite because I have used it for a year and still can’t find something that I will like more. (that’s why it looks grouse on the picture). I prefer to use eye shadow to fill in my brows than a pencil and this kit is amazing. It has two small brushes which do their job amazing, 2 shadows (light and dark brown) and wax. I just love it!

-Oriflame Universal Cream- Tender Care: This is a universal cream that I only use as a lip balm so I don’t know if it really counts as a makeup product. This smells amazing I have it in chocolate, I’ve also used the caramel one and they also have a coconut one that smells amazing. Not do they smell great but they make your lips very smooth too.

2. Skincare (Bath & Shower)

-Planet  Spa India Intensity Invigorating Body Scrub with Black Sesame Seed extract and Sandalwood oil: This is the body scrub from Avon’s Planet Spat range that I’m currently using. (but I’ve tried different ones and I must say I like all of them). I really like the scent of it and it leaves your bath smelling very good when your done showering. It’s a gentle scrub so you can use it every time you shower.

-Planet Spa India Intensity Body Butter with Black Sesame Seed extract and Sandalwood oil: I like my body scrub and body butter to smell the same I guess. Again amazing scent, this body butter moisturizes  your skin very nicely and lives it feeling soft :D

3.  Hair

-L'Oréal Paris Elvive Arginine ResistX3 Shampoo and Conditioner: First don’t worry my hair isn’t falling but it’s really damaged and it’s breaking that’s why I decided to give these shampoo and conditioner a try (and JLo’s commercial). I mean they are good shampoo and conditioner considering their price. They sure made my hair feel and look better than before when I didn’t use them and as a bonus they make the hair smell lovely.

Review Friday

Review: Avon Ultra Color Lipstick

I use and enjoy a lot of Avon products so for my first review I decided to do a review on Avon's signature lipsticks, their ultra color lipsticks. I like Avon products because they are really good quality for the amount of money that you are paying. However I found out that they are a little bit more expensive in the States than here (maybe is because of the different standards). Being priced at 8$, I think that you should definitely try them.

First of all let's talk about the packaging before we start to talk about the actual product. The packaging of these lipsticks looks and feels so nice. I mean it's plastic but it's very good quality considering I have mine lipsticks for a long time and the packing is still in awesome condition.

Now let's talk about the product. I think for the money these are one of the best lipsticks out their. They are very nice pigmented and their formula isn't bad either. I have tried: Naturally Nude, Wine With Everything, Perfect Red and Carnation (I think they should be more creative with their names :P). 

1.      Naturally Nude is marked as a soft matt formula which I don't think is true because to me, it has more satin than matt appearance. As the name says it's a nude lipstick. Although it's a very nice color to use in the center of your lips so you would make your lips appear bigger, I wouldn't suggest you to use it on their own because it can make you look dead. Maybe you should try to use it with a darker lip pencil and see how it would look.

2.      Wine With Everything is a satin lipstick as well as Perfect Red and Carnation. The color of this lipstick is so pretty and perfect for fall, but my problem with it is that because it's a satin lipstick it appears so much lighter on the lips than it actually is. I think they should have made it a matt lipstick or made it a little bit darker. However I think it would look stunning on girls with pale skin.

3.      Perfect Red also a satin lipstick is my go-to red lipstick. It’s a dark red color which looks good on everyone. It's more on the yellow side so maybe I would love it even more if it was more on the blue side. The same thing with this one is that although I use it all the time I think they should have made it matt.

4.      Carnation again a satin lipstick is a light pink lipstick. It looks to me like baby pink mixed with coral tones color. On me I like it mixed with the Naturally Nude lipstick because I feel like it doesn't have enough brown in it. I actually think it doesn't have any brown tones in it so it's a little too pink for my taste. 

All in all I would recommend these lipsticks. They don’t feel dry on your lips but you have to reapply them every 1-2 hours if you want them to be as intensive as when you applied them. If you have to choose only one color try Perfect Red.

 I would give the Avon Ultra Color Lipstick from 1-5 a solid 4.  

I assume you can order them online from here: https://www.avon.com/product/50841/ultra-color-lipstick