Review of Lumene ''Duet Mineral Eyeshadow'' in ''9 Sonnet for Autumn''!

 A while back ago I bought this mineral eyeshadow from Lumene called ''Duet Mineral Eyeshadow''. I've wanted to try a mineral eyeshadow for a while and it ended out with me buying this one. The reason why I bought just this quad, was because it has a quite descent price and I usually like this brand. I also liked the colours, they might seem more appropriate for the autumn/winter, but I normally don't have any rules when or where I use my eyeshadows during the year, if you know what I mean! :)

 So this is how ''9 Sonnet for Autumn'' looks like. In the quad the left colour seemed to be more beige, but it's more pink when you're applying it. It actually disappointed me a little bit. I do like the darker shade though. I think it's the perfect brown shade for a light-brown smokey eye. These colours DON'T give you a smokey eye-effect though, not at all.

(This is a look that I did when I used the Lumene ''Duet Mineral Eyeshadow'' quad.)

So this is the look that you'll get after applying the two shades in the quad. Looks booring, right? I'm actually really disappointed to be honest. This eyeshadow DON'T contain a lot of pigmentation at all! I had to use a lot to make it look this simple. I mean honestly, you can hardly see that I've been using any eyeshadow at all, right? I don't think you can do that anyway.. It does stay on your eyelids for a very long time though, so you don't have to worry about any touch-ups during the day at all.

I personally think.. That if you're buying a cheaper eyeshadow and it doesn't have that good pigment, you probably won't be using it that often anyway, so why not buying a more expensive eyeshadow that has more pigment, and you'll be using it a lot more(?). Next time I'll probably buy the Dior Eyeshadow Duo in ''565 Nude Look'' or the Chanel Eyeshadow in ''20 Taupe-Délicat'', I'm also thinking about buying MAC eyeshadows, their reviews are GREAT!! Do you have any other eyeshadow to recommend me that has a lot of pigment(?), I'd really appreciate it! :)

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New products for summer:

Just bought a few products that I thought would be appropriate for the summer. Maybelline ''Pure Mineral Foundation SPF 18'', in the shade ''026 Honey Beige''. Lumene ''Sun Mineral Bronzer'' in the colour called ''02 Afterglow'' (it has some shimmer in it, looks cute). And finally a new (this was basically just a thing I decided to buy in the last minute!) kabuki brush from Kicks called ''Kabuki Brush 110''.

Bronzing: Budget-Medium-Expensive

1: ''Lumene Sun Mineral Bronzing'', this bronzing powder comes in two different shades. It's minerals (don't know if it's pure minerals though) and it has got great reviews. The cheapest one of them all too! 2: ''IsaDora Bronzing Powder'', this product is great! There's a looot of product, if you haven't seen this product I just have to tell you that it's HUGE! It's very long-lasting also and it comes in 1 shade. 3: ''IsaDora Mineral Bronzing Powder'', this was the bronzing powder I bought for a few weeks ago. It's loose powder, which I personally LOVE! The packaging is awesome and so is the product. I highly recommend this one.

1: ''MAC Bronzing Powder'', this product promises you a shimmery but natural result. It has great reviews and comes in 5 different colours, so you won't have any problems with finding the right shade for you! 2: ''Smashbox Fusion Soft Lights'', I was so close to buy this product but I didn't (don't really have any explanations for that). This product is suitable for every skin-tone, and it also comes in another palette-colour. 3: ''Makeupstore Bronzing Powder'', you can use this product on bare skin or over a foundation (as with any other bronzing-products basically). This one is available in 4 different shades.

1: ''YSL Terre de Soleil'', this is an awesome product considering that this is the only of those 9 products in this post that contains SPF (according to the web page), it has SPF 10 by the way. This will give you a transparent feeling and it comes in 3 shades. 2: ''Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Duo'', this one is available in 2 different shades. It's non-oily and makes your skin appear glowy and fresh. 3: ''Lancôme Tropique Minerale Loose'', this is also a loose-powder, which I like. It's also a mineral product so big plus for this bronzing powder. It does also contain aloe-vera which protects and helps your skin to heal. Seems great!!

Review of Lumene Primer ''Beauty Base Crystal Radiance''

A while ago I bought this primer from Lumene, which is a famous brand from a Scandinavian country. I wanted to try this one because the brand is famous for their natural containing products and the price was also good! I would say it approximately costs £10, which I consider is an OK price for a primer (for beginners in this kind of subject)! :). It's supposed to give your skin a natural-looking radiance and make it looking fresh and younger. It's also said on the bottle that it'll give you an even base.

I tried the primer on my hand because I think it's easier to capture it there than in your face (hope that's okay). I really like that it's a tube (and not just a pot), which is hygienic and makes it easy not to get too much of the product at once. The formula is white and I can see some traces after pink also, this is of course only now because when you've worked the product into your skin it'll get transparent. Judging from this spot with product on my hand, I can see that this product contains quite much glitter, which will make your skin glow.

Here are two pictures on before and after. And what do I think about the difference? It's not as visible as I did hope it would be to be honest. My skin does look more glowy though, but with make-up on after this, you can barely see that I've been using this primer, unfortunately. Does my make-up last longer with this primer then? I'd say a little bit longer than without this, but then you need to use quite much of it. I'm not as oily in my T-zone when I'm using this and my skin both feels AND looks more smooth! I'm having mixed feelings about this primer as you maybe can see...

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