Tuesday Message: Going with the flow

Good morning lovies,

I'm not too sure what I'd like to say in this post to be honest, but I'm at a very interesting stage in my life at the minute, and have been having quite a lot of thinking and mulling over sessions. Ha. Such an understatement!

But basically, I've really come to notice just how much I always seem to be looking forward. Always thinking about the next step, always planning my next move, worrying about what might happen, and even what won't happen! Why are we constantly wishing our lives away?

What happened to just, dare I say it, going with the flow? Not too sure what a flow even is, but I like the sound of it. Sometimes, it should just be enough to look at the now, not tomorrow, or what happened yesterday, but just one minute at a time. Overthinking and worrying about something that hasn't even happened is only going to ruin the now, and you'll only end up regretting the time and energy you wasted over nothing!

So guys and gals, this week we're going back to basics. We're totally going with the flow.

(P.S, I totally wrote this post as a Monday Message, and then realised it's Tuesday. Ah.)

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REVIEW: Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation

Good afternoon little ones,

Today's post is going to be a review of Urban Decay's Naked Skin foundation. I picked this up around three weeks ago, and this has been one of those foundations that I have been dying to try.

I picked up the foundation in shade 3.0, which in hindsight was a little too light for me. I'm an absolute nightmare to match for foundation, because my face is oddly paler than the rest of my body.

So, my initial thoughts were that the foundation is incredibly long-wearing. This isn't normally something I look for in a foundation... obviously it wouldn't be ideal if a foundation were to slither off your face at any given moment, but I never normally have any trouble with foundation wearing off throughout the day. I have combination skin, with a slightly oily T-zone, and this foundation honestly prevented any shininess and did not make my skin feel oily or congested. Win.

I also liked how the foundation felt incredibly light on the skin, but still had the right amount of coverage. The consistency of the foundation was a little messy if I'm honest - it's quite liquidy (if that's a word), which was fine once on my face, but a little tricky when applied to my hand.

It has a slightly more matte finish than I am used to. Normally I opt for dewy/satin finish foundations, and although this was not completely matte, it definitely isn't a foundation that is going to make you look super radiant and glowing.

Things were going really well with this foundation, until I went on holiday. Naturally the shade became far too light, which was fine, but I found that it really stuck to parts of my face that had dried because of the sun. It looked flakey, and totally different on drier areas.

So, in hindsight, I would definitely recommend this foundation to someone with combination/oily skin, but from my experience, I would avoid this if you have dry skin.

Not quite found a foundation that trumps Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk or Lancôme Teint Miracle yet!

Have you tried it yet? I'd love to know what you all think!

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