Laura Mercier Lip Parfait Creamy Colour Balm

 
Dessert for lips? How about Lip Parfait from Laura Mercier ? These balms are super emollient ( there's shea butter in them) , creamy and feel like a dream on lips. Pigment is good too, medium to almost full, more than you expect from a balm  and lipstick like.  They have a satin finish with a touch of shine.

Lip Parfait comes in a wide range of 12 colors . My shades are Pink Grapefruit, a peachy pink  and Amaretto Swirl, a pinky nude.

A neat touch, if you look closely on the inside tube , it' s engraved with Laura Mercier's signature.

$ 25 at www.lauramercier.com 

Kiehl's Clearly Corrective Dark Circle Perfector SPF20

 
An eye product that conceals, brightens, treats and has SPF ? Not easy to find but Kiehl's has made it happen with the new Clearly Corrective Dark Circle Perfector SPF 20 .

The biggest thing for me here is the SPF. I know of just a  few eye creams with SPF and in Summer especially it's a big bonus to have that. This has broad spectrum  physical SPF 20 with 7.85 % titanium dioxide.

The cream itself has a tint and light diffusing mineral particles that help to conceal dark circles and brighten the area.  It's not heavy and conceals with light to medium pigment.

Vitamin C and licorice root are in there to help treat the under eye area along with caffeine and it offers  a hint of hydration with glycerin as the second ingredient.  Enough for me in the warm months but maybe not in cold temps.

Summer skincare just got a little easier.

Kiehl's Clearly Corrective Dark Circle Perfector SPF 20 is $ 38 for 15ml tube.

Boscia Charcoal Deep Pore Cleansing Stick Treatment

Summer skin means oily , sticky skin and for me a good deep cleanser is a must.

When I saw this new stick from Boscia I was intrigued.  First of all stick cleansers are kind of cool. Anyone remember the green scrub one from Jane Cosmetics circa 1995 ?  I loved that.

Boscia's stick brings pore cleansing charcoal in a swivel up gel product.  To use, wet your skin then run the stick over skin lightly. A little goes a long way here. Once some is on skin , rub it in like any cleanser and rinse. You will get a little bit of black stuff here and there but this is far less messy than some other charcoals I've used. I really had no issue with it.

After skin feels very clean , a little tight but not dry.   Coconut oil is the second ingredient and that helps to keep this from being too drying but another ingredient is glycolic acid which helps to exfoliate and clean out pores.  This is for us oilies out there. If you're dry it won't be for you.

Besides being a great cleanser , the portable aspect is  a bonus Throw it in the gym or travel bag and  never worry about spills or breakage along with it taking up very little space.

Another thing I like ? The scent isn't too strong. I love charcoal for pores, but not that  smell. This keeps it minimal.

Boscia Charcoal Deep Pore  Cleansing Stick Treatment is $ 28 exclusively at Sephora.

MAC Dazzle Eyeshadow- Le Disko

Serious shimmer and shine fans will want to check out MAC's new Dazzle eye shadow.

Part of the Le Disko line, these pack a glitter pop. They are a soft shadow that blends well but they do leave glitter fallout here and there although not as bad as you might think.

I have two shades and the deep gold one,  I Like To Watch, seems to be far more sparkly than  Say It Isn't So, a grey that has pink sparkle . I love me some shine so I like these . They seem to brighten the eye and define it nicely. I guess because you can't miss that sparkle.  They give an instant "look".

The pigment is good ,  but can sheer out.  My oily eyelids wreak havoc with them ( as they do with most shadows in Summer) but those with drier eyes might do better . They definitely benefit from a primer.

The shadow is fragile and MAC adds a warning paper in the box to note this.


MAC Dazzle Eyeshadow is $ 20, available now and  LE.