More and more I try different Lumene products, the more I fall in love into the brand itself. Lumene has come out with the Arctic Aqua skin care line with the products full of mineral rich arctic spring water and hydration. It looks very simple yet enough for anybody's skin to feel gorgeous.

Arctic Aqua Deep Moisture Eye Gel is light clear gel that helps to combat any dryness, keeps skin nourished and diminishes dark circles under the eyes. Its technology binds water to skin cells and therefore provides eye area with a long-lasting hydration. The formula of it is perfect if you are just starting to look into eye creams and need something that won't suffocate your eye area with unnecessary heaviness. Even though I thought this eye gel will be too light for my tricky eye area, it is so powerful and does its job in depth. I have found a perfect morning eye product that also acts as a perfect base for under eye concealer!

Arctic Aqua 24h Balancing Moisture Face Cream has a balancing effect and tends to suit for oilier and combination skin types. I used it couple of times as my day cream and loved it very much. It promises to balance skin in general, reduce impurities, help to keep skin matt and control shine. Sounds like a perfect face moisturiser for people who are struggling with skin producing too much oil. When weather started to get cooler I decided I need something richer as I am not too concerned about my skin being shiny. Regardless would recommend this moisturiser if matte yet hydrated skin is something you are looking for. This fresh smelling product will work miracles and be like a much needed spring water for your confused skin.

Arctic Aqua Deep Moisture Night Cream has been my cup of tea ever since I got these three products. It promises to provide effective, long-term hydration for skin during the night by helping to improve skin's own natural protection mechanism. This is much richer and thicker cream, but still doesn't give a greasy feeling. Like everything else from Arctic Aqua line it smells like fresh spring water and also acts like it when applied before going to bed. It manages all the drier patches and complexion feels so soft, bright and naturally hydrated afterwards. Results are present immediately and even more after few uses.

Overall I love this line and as I said love Lumene even more than before. Lumene Arctic Aqua skin care definitely focuses on the fact that good skin care should be simple and supportive for skin's own protective barriers. It will be perfect addition if you have tried everything on the market or just starting out with the whole routine and taking care of your skin.

Regular exfoliation is the key for a good looking healthy skin. It is also important to choose the right consistency, abrasiveness and texture to match your expectations and skin's needs. I have tried a tube of Elemis Gentle Rose Exfoliator for about a month now and decided to form my thoughts on it into a separate blog post. Who knows, maybe you will find tour new favourite skin care item or maybe you didn't like it and can tell that in the comments too.

One of the non-makeup items that came out with this collection was Powder Point 33 Brush. It is silky soft with a mint green wooden handle and shiny black barrel. This brush is suitable from powder to bronzers, blushers and highlighters. Its pointed shape gets so perfectly into hollows of your cheeks or tops of your cheeks. It has become a valuable tool in my makeup routine!

These are powders from the new collection called Brilliant Bronze. As you can see this comes in two different versions: lighter colder toned 'Dawn' which has light bronzer and seashell toned highlighter in it and warmer toned 'Sunset' which has deeper bronzer and golden highlight in it.

Both are very wearable even on lighter skin tones as despite their good pigmentation they can be applied with a lighter hand or builded up to more heavier application. Even though they both have a lot of shimmer in a compact it doesn't transfer so much on the face, they rather leave sheen on your skin that gives you that angelic glow. 

These two are new additions to Senna Cosmetics Glow Eye Colours. 'Emerald Glow' is a golden warm toned green and 'Rose Gold Glow' is a perfect warm rose gold shade which I can't get enough of. They both are so pigmented, glide on easily to a smooth glossy finish that would make everybody's eyes pop. I have tried to combine these colours together and they compliment each other so well!

Ultra Last Eyeliners come in 'Ultra Black' and 'Ultra Brown'. They are extremely comfortable to use as they have supporting rubber surface on them. Pigmentation wise are these absolutely crazy and last so long without any smudging. On these swatches I rubbed them with my finger and as you can see they didn't move or smear at all. As I use oil cleansing method when removing my makeup I haven't had any problems removing these afterwards. Perfect eyeliners for sure!

I have always loved Senna Cream Lipsticks. They are so smooth, hydrating and yet long lasting and these are no exceptions. 'Midas' is a gold metallic shade and 'Down To Earth' is a warm golden chocolate berry shade. I think that gold metallic shade of lipstick has to be the one product I am least excited about. I have heard that many people are loving it and using it as a topping for other lip products to give their lips more golden shine, but I just haven't worked it out yet. The other shade on the other hand is a perfection. It gives just the right shade of 'your lips but better' on your pout when blended out and turns your lips into nice opaque berry wine shade when layered.

Senna Lip Lacquers are another items I have had many luck with. Their staying power is amazing without any sticky feel like many long lasting lip glosses can leave behind. My favourite one is 'Bonfire' that is blood orange shade without any noticeable sparkle in it. It comes out as beautiful as in a tube and lights up face instantly. For even bolder wear you can apply another layer and rock the brightest look on lips for hours. 'Sunstone' is sparkling golden amber tone which delivers nude bronze lips on its own, but also makes a great topping for any other lip product. Even though it has sparkles in it they aren't something that you would feel on your lips as they are very delicate and fine.

That was a long post, but I still feel I couldn't tell much good things about Senna Cosmetics. Their makeup has always so good quality and lasting power. To be honest I would put them on the same level with any other high end makeup brand as I really can't see the difference with all the effort and passion Senna Cosmetics puts into their collections.

I haven't had the pleasure of trying CC-creams before, but they should basically act like a lighter version of a foundation that evens out any imperfections on your skin. It was the beginning of the summer when I got my hands on Lumene Color Correcting Cream. So it was right time to get something less heavier for warmer weather. While I am not too worried about going out bare faced, that is what I have been doing for couple of weeks with this hot weather, it is still good to have a option to put on your makeup and still feel comfortable.

This cream comes in pretty tube that gives product out like you want it, not how the developers of it wanted to. I have the shade light, but is also comes in a medium and deep tone. Even if I have a bit of a tan on right now it still suits for me when blending good. So not knowing prefect shade isn't too crucial and will be still wearable when you pick the wrong one.

Lumene promises it to act in a six different ways, act like a fine textured foundation that evens out any redness, cover like a concealer, smooth skin like a primer, highlight and brighten skin like an illuminator, last long enough like a long lasting foundation and give sun protection of SPF20.

It is suitable for every skin type and gives a semi-matte finish.

The consistency of it is perfect, not too thick but not to liquid either. It blends easily and you don't need to work hard with it. You don't even need a brush with it to be honest, hands work just perfect and give you desirable finish. I do give credit to it for its coverage, it cover pretty well any redness or discolouration, I only need to put concealer under my eyes when using it. You won't get the layer that full coverage foundation would give you, instead you get natural looking buildable medium coverage.

The primer part of it is also very true, it hides any big looking pores, smooths skin so well and gives it good power of staying on longer than expected. I doesn't highlight as much as I was hoping, but that isn't big deal as dewiness can also be added separately with a proper highlighter. Therefore I would say it has more of a matte finish but not in a suffocating mask way, It just has the ability to keep oiliness at bay. 

What do you think of CC-creams? Am I too late to jump on the bandwagon? 

I featured this wonder product recently in my skincare favourites. It is de Mamiel Summer Facial Oil that is one of four de Mamiel's wonder oils. I have almost run out of it as I used tinier samples size of this oil and decided it is right time to talk about it more than just in few sentences.

Creator of de Mamiel skincare, Annee de Mamiel has learned Chinese medicine and combines her knowledge into skincare: "I have tried to capture the freshness of life in the summer and the joy of this season. I wanted to create the smell of mid-summer, when the heat comes off the land and there are wild flowers and herbs perfuming the air".

This moisture-rich facial oil is designed to protect and brighten complexion during the summer months. The positive and uplifting blend of essential oils is cheerful, warmly comforting and perfect for summer days and nights. de Mamiel Summer Facial Oil contains ingredients that will look after skin that is “in bloom” during the summer months.  They will bring optimum levels of moisture to the skin, help protect the skin from overexposure to the sun or sensitivities brought on by the season with anti-inflammatory and regenerating properties, and boost your complexion to a rosy glow, giving your skin all its needs before the slowing down of the autumn approaches.

The oil has so much active ingredients, including May Chang, Rosemary, Lemon, Geranium Roseum, Jasmine Sambac, Seabuckthorn Extract, Borage, Blueberry Seed and Kiwi, all for the health and wellbeing of the skin.  My take on it matches exactly with the description of the product. Annee de Mamiel really has done a skin care revolution with these seasonal oils and this particular Summer Facial Oil. It feels so good and comforting on skin, doesn't feel it oily or uncomfortable afterwards. Scent of it will do favours for the overall wellbeing and whenever you apply the tiniest amount of this concentrated facial oil you will see results within moments. Skin is much more calmer, clearer, smoother and has a natural flush to it. I love it especially right after the shower and before going to the bed. Wonders are happening during the night, as in the morning skin is much more calmer, clearer, smoother and has a natural flush to it.