Like I said in my posts about highlighters and blushers I wanted to do a little series on radiant skin, so here’s the next part, about foundations, tinted moisturizers and co!

1. Stila Stay All Day Foundation *
2. Gosh BB Cream *
3. Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer *
4. Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk Foundation
5. MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation
6. Revlon ColorStay Foundation

You might be surprised that I featured so many matte finish foundations like the Stila Stay All Day, the MAC Studio Fix Fluid and the Revlon ColorStay, but I wanted to feature them because I have oily skin and without looking shiny I still want to have a radiant looking skin.

Normally I combine any of those 3 foundations and mix it with the Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer. For me that tinted moisturizer doesn’t last very long and just ends up making me look dreadfully shiny, but in combination  with a matte finish, long lasting foundation it works really nicely. Obviously mixing foundations with anything takes a bit of practice to figure out how much to use (I just use a small drop but that’s because of my skin being soooo oily!).

So when I don’t feel like mixing stuff and I’m just lazy I reach for the beautiful Giorgio Amarni Lasting Silk foundation, because it’s just ever so slightly off-matte. It’s got such a beautiful finish it’s unreal! It doesn’t last uber-long, but it’s got such a stunning result that I don’t even care!

But of course if you don’t have to deal with shitty, oily skin, just mix the Laura Mercier product with a tinted moisturizer or a BB cream like the Gosh BB Cream or any other foundation you really like.

Or like I said before, just take your normal foundation and mix some liquid highlighter in!

I’ve been spring cleaning at home what with this beautiful weather and everything starting anew – not that there was much to sort out after all Lodz & I only just moved 2.5 months ago!

But I did realise that I have a very clear group of blushers for Spring/Summer and for Autumn/Winter which now of course have disappeared into the depths of my drawers. So I thought I show you my favourite Spring/Summer blushers!

In the order of swatches above:

1. MeMeMe Blush Me Coral Powder Blush
2. Laura Mercier Canyon Cream Blush *
3. Kevin Aucoin Transoleil Cream Blush
4. Sleek Mirrored Pink Powder Blush *
5. Laura Mercier Blaze Cream Blush *
6. MAC Peachykeen Sheertone Powder Blush
7. MAC Warm Soul Mineralize Powder Blush
8. Illamasqua Sob Cream Blush

At the moment I much prefer the cream blushers, especially the Kevin Aucoin and Laura Mercier ones.

Are there any blushers that you swear by for spring/summer?

I love to try new ones, so let me know!

With the UK finally moving into warmer days (which hopefully will last longer!) most of us will want to have a nice glowing looking skin, so I thought I put together a little ‘Radiant Skin’ series, that will feature highlighters, blushers & bronzers and foundations & tinted moisturizers. So let’s kick off with highlighters – which I try to wear everyday, so I guess this might be useful all year round!

Jemma Kidd Mannequin Skin Brightener & Concealer Duo *
This unfortunately discontinued highlighter & concealer duo by Jemma Kidd has a cream lighlighter with a beautiful silvery finish. People have likened it to Benefit’s High Beam so maybe that’d be a nice alternative? I can’t say whether they’re dupes because I haven’t gotten that Benefit highlighter anymore. £11

Accessorize Baked Bronzer {Golden Sand}
This is a beautifully affordable powder highlighter with a nice golden finish. This goes nicely with tanned skin, which I’m sure many of us will get – whether in a fake way or not. £6

Benefit Girl Meet Pearls
This is probably my most used daily type highlighter. With its creamy texture, I apply it right after applying foundation before I occasionally set it with powder afterwards, which of course makes it a bit less glowing. It has a nice rose-golden finish, so it’s even better if you’re wearing a rose coloured blush. £24.50

Benefit Sun Beam *
If you’re nicely tanned, whether through fake tan products or lots of sun, this will go really nicely with that and make you just look even more glowing with its golden finish. As I don’t really wear fake tan products or tan with the lack of sun, I’ve not worn this much, but I did last summer. A LOT. £19.50

Chanel Soleil Tan de Chanel Sheer Illuminating Fluid {Sunkissed}
This is probably the most coveted highlighter and it hurt a lot to spend that much money on a highlighter, but it is SO GOOD. This one probably inspired Benefit for their Sun Beam, so I’d say these are proper dupes of one another, right down to texture and gold finish. £31

Elizabeth Arden Rose Illumination
Oh my beloved rose gold highlighter. I’ve blogged about this baby so much in the past, so it should actually be a lot higher up in this list (not that this list is in any particular order of preference though!). I cried when my first one broke, I kid you not. It’s that beautiful and because it is a discontinued limited edition from the EA SS12 collection, I was over the moon to find a Debenhams that had one spare (and going for half price too!). I often actually wear this as a blusher haha. £19.55

Benefit Fine One One *
Despite the fact that the highlighter part of this triple power product is pink, the finish is actually golden – maybe it’s a combo of Benefit’s High Beam and Moon Beam? It’s really lovely and actually goes really nicely with the two cream blusher colours that are part of this 3-in-1 item, but because of its triple combo it’s sometimes really hard to use this if you don’t want to wear the blusher(s). £23.50

What are your go-to highlighters? Anything I should try?