A post dedicated to women:
When it comes to beauty products, the choice we women have is extremely wide.
From luxurious brand like Dior and Givenchy to more affordable ones such as Maybelline, Rimmel and MaxFactory, you can find what best suits your needs, your age, your style and your skin type: smoothing cream if you have started to have wrinkles; eyelash extenders if you do not have sexy enough eye-look; an infinite number of foundations in cream, powder, sticks.
However great the available selection, it is not for granted you will find what best suits you.
An example? I have an uncommon skin complexion and texture, so it is not easy to find a good foundation to match my needs and a lipstick in a colour which would not make me look like a (weird) doll.
I bet you know what the solution could be, here. Yes! Customized items!
Let' s start from what you need in order to have a perfect facial base.
At Giella.com (www.giella.com) you can have a personalized foundation, powder, bronzer and highlighter. You start by selecting the colour matching your skin and then you choose what type of "function" the product should have. For instance, if you have oily skin, you may choose to mix it with tea tree oil or oil control; you can then choose if you want the product to have a medium or full coverage, if you want some shimmering in it and if you prefer to have it in a bottle or in a pump.
When ordering a foundation, you can even select the texture your prefer: liquid, cream, coloured cream or concealer.
Once you have your perfect facial base, move on to the blush page (http://giella.com/productList.aspx?c=262). Over 60 tones to choose from and - again- the possibility to select mixers, coverage, garnish.
If you, like me, have a preference for organic and vegan products, have a look around at Etsy.com and stop by at La Mellite (http://www.etsy.com/shop/lamellite). La Mellite allows you to customize three products: glow face and body bronzer, lip shimmer and body butter shimmer with 24K gold. For all three products, you can have them scented or added with perfumed oil, essential oil or certified organic essential oils, such as lemon, sweet orange, peppermint and basil.
For a feminine look, how about a nice lipstick?
For this, you can either go back to Giella.com or
you can try Lilie (http://www.liliemakeup.com/).
At Lilie, you can customize lipsticks, lip polish,
stackables and lip pots. You select the colour pigment you like and then customize it by choosing: type of base (cream, matte, butter), frost or toner (if you want a slightly different tonality), add-ins (lip plumping, moisturizer, sunscreen and others), flavours and essence (carrot cake, chocolate, vanilla and many more), foils (if you want a shimmering look) and ayurvedic essential oil, if you like it.
In case you had in mind a specific lipstick colour from a specific brand which is not easy to get, no problem: Lilie would recreate it for you! Just send a sample or find the brand and lipstick among those listed on the website.
After a nice day with a nice customized make up, time to sleep comes.
Before going to bed, you will likely need a face cleanser. I bet you will not find a more natural cleanser than the one Grateful Body (direct link: http://www.gratefulbody.com/CustomCleanser_p/hc.htm) offers: certified as cruelty free (not tested on animals), vegan, environmental friendly and organic/chemical-free,
the cleanser can be customized according to your skin type. You can then add in appropriate boosters, such as skin detox or anti-bacterial and then choose a scent. The base cost for the cleanser is $ 24, with each additional feature costing between $ 3 and $ 4.
If you are a big fan of customized items, then the next step could be to make your own beauty products. Considering the number of books Amazon offers on the topic, it seems like there will be a lot to say about it.
Well...let's save it for another blog post!
Sofia of Nu-Nomad
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