Estée Lauder - Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Makeup SPF 25 and Sculpting Foundation Brush

Are you tired of beauty products lying all over your house? Estée Lauder’s Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Makeup SPF 25 combines two necessary beauty products into one; it’s a makeup that acts like a skincare treatment. I don’t know about you, but that sounds like it would make the morning regimens of everyone here at The Amazing Blog a little bit easier.

This makeup is infused with Estée Lauder’s youth-enhancing Perfectionist Serum technology that delivers real skincare results. With Advanced Amino Acids and Wrinkle Lift Restructuring Peptides, your skin can rebuild and form smoother, firmer looking skin while also reducing lines and wrinkles. Its Nourishing Moisture Complex quenches the skin with oil-free moisture, and the Intuitone Pigment Technology guarantees true-to-life shade matching by working with skin’s natural undertones. It will softly highlight and define facial features while brightening the skin. The best part? Its Priming Beads instantly fill lines so all of your imperfections will magically disappear.

Although your choice in foundation is important, how you apply that foundation is as equally important. Estée Lauder designed the new Sculpting Foundation Brush specifically for the new Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Makeup.

Its angled, ergonomic shape hugs the contours of the face and the synthetic and natural fibres create a seamless application and blending.

If you are looking to purchase the Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Makeup, you can take your pick from 22 long-wearing shades here for £37.00. The makeup is appropriate for all skin types and tones, and for the best results, apply to clean, moisturised skin using either your finger tips or the Sculpting Foundation Brush, which you can buy here for £37.00.

Rouge Bunny Rouge - Raw Garden Palette in Chronos

Here at The Amazing Blog, we can’t get enough of Rouge Bunny Rouge. From eyeliners to face powders, everything we’ve tried has filled our beauty loving office with delight, so we were over the moon when they sent over their new limited edition Raw Garden Palette in Chronos. A selection of five beautiful metallic shades, it’s the perfect palette to have in your arsenal this autumn.

Although you can create a variety of looks with the shades, the selection was created with a smoky eye in mind. Envious of the smoky looks that graced the weekends’ LFW catwalks, we were keen to get creative with these divine hues. Of the five beautifully pigmented shades, we particularly enthralled with the lightest peachy shade, appropriately named ‘Champagne Pewter Highlighter’, as well as ‘Aged Bronze,’ a sumptuous olive colour, which blended together perfectly to create an autumnal sultry look. Adorned with a delicate hummingbird motif, all five colours are designed to complement any eye colour, and every one of them blended like a dream so that mastering our smoky gaze was a breeze for everyone in the office, from novice to expert. To put the icing on this deliciously metallic cake, the five pans are magnetic, so that if you aren’t happy with one of the colours, you can swap it out for your favourite Rouge Bunny Rouge shadow. Although, we can't see why anyone would want to part with any of these gorgeous shades.

If, like us, you can’t wait to start dusting these beautiful hues over your lids, then head over to the Rouge Bunny Rouge website, where you can purchase the Raw Garden Chronos Palette for £43.82.  You can also browse the rest of Rouge Bunny Rouge's make-up delights here.

Premae Skincare - Mattifying Mousse Foundation

Although the warm summer evenings are coming to an end we at The Amazing Blog have a common enemy and that enemy is the shiny forehead! Thanks to Premae Skincare sending us a sample of their lovely Mattifying Mousse Foundation our mutual enemy has been slain.

The MM Foundation is among the first mango based foundations to arrive on the market. This whipped foundation is not only gluten and paraben free but it is also filled with other healthy ingredients such as rose, lavender, and jojoba. This blended foundation is good for the skin and smells very sweet. We loved the ease with which this foundation blended and the possibility of buildable coverage. MM Foundation comes in an array of 16 shades, so you are sure to find the right colour for your skin. From Ebony to Ivory, Premae has a shade that will match all of our beautiful and unique skin tones. Unlike some other cream foundations the Premae version felt light as air on the skin and we were happy to know that it has antioxidants, phyto-nutrients, and anti-ageing properties. The 2 in 1 crème to powder formula allows for the foundation to be applied very quickly and efficiently without the need to set your face after application, which can save precious moments in the morning when we are rushing around. Here’s to saving a couple of minutes on our morning routine with Premae MM Foundations!

This unique foundation is packed with goodness and even has the benefit of being free from nuts, petrochemicals and SLS. Check out Premae Mattifying Mousse Foundation here for £29 or head over to their new store in Whiteleys.

Friday Favourites - Festival Ready Nails

Festival season is finally upon us. Everyone has their tents packed and their wet wipes at the ready, but are your nails prepared for a weekend of revelry? Here at The Amazing Blog, we have plenty of bright and beautiful polishes to keep your fingers and toes looking wonderful, so that your nails are looking preened and perfected at the end of the weekend, even if the rest of you looks a little worse for wear.

First on our festival wish list are the Organic Glam offerings from The Organic Pharmacy. With a collection of 29 unique and bright summer shades, we were spoilt for choice. This polish applies smoothly, keeps its vibrancy, and does not chip easily, perfect for a weekend of partying. Free from DBP, Toluene, and Formaldehyde, we loved the summery polishes, which were ideal for perfecting our ombre skills. Simply paint the varnishes onto a make-up sponge, and print onto your nails. Follow with your favourite top coat (read on to discover ours) and you're left with a beautiful gradient manicure. Our favourite pairings were Lemon and Tangerine, as well as Candy Floss and Pale Blue. Each polish is packaged into an 11 ml bottle and can be purchased here for £11.50.

We’re also a little smitten with FNUG nail polish. A Scandinavian company that offers 84 fun shades of nail lacquers, from holographic to glittery, there’s something for every occasion. Given that it’s festival season, we opted for some beautiful metallic hues. Our favourite was Beauty Editor, a lovely nude mink which would give the perfect understated addition to any festival outfit. We also loved Gold Stiletto; a wonderful metallic gold shade, and the epitome of hot summer evenings. The polishes are filled with  nourishing protein, strengthening silica and delicate caviar, as well as vitamins A, B, D and E, making them ideal for leaving your nails in great condition after a weekend of wear. Get your FNUG nail polish here from their UK distributor for £12, or order through Sarah Silvester at Sarah@touchmyface.co.uk.

For something a little more futuristic, we reach for our Make Up Store hologram varnishes. Available in four unique duo-chrome colours, in our opinion, there’s nothing is more cutting edge than a holographic manicure. Our favourite is Siw, a beautiful blue flecked with silvers, greens and golds. Reminiscent of space age themes and 70s disco balls, we’re in love with the effect it gives, and it certainly acts as a talking point among our beauty obsessed buds. It's the perfect way to add a touch of sparkle, and offset the boho chic look that so often dominates the festival scene. Make Up Store polishes are available to buy here for £11 each.

Of course, no manicure is ever complete without the perfect top coat. Our lacquer of choice is the Brilliance Top Coat from Jessica. 3 free and fast drying, it’s fantastic for giving ‘high gloss in a flash’, setting to a perfect finish. The polish contains UV inhibitors and reflective polymers, which act to prevent chipping, reduce smudging and combat yellowing. As well as this, the speedy drying time makes it a wonderful option for popping into your backpack to set any quick manicures, should the mood take you. The Jessica Brilliance Top Coat is available to buy for £11.95 here.

With all of these beautiful polishes, you have everything you need for the perfect festival manicure.

L’Artisan Parfumeur - Batucada

Here at The Amazing Blog we love new summer fragrances. So when L'Artisan Parfumeur sent us a sample of their new Batucada fragrance (in gorgeous packaging) we couldn’t wait to try it and get into the Brazilian carnival feel.

Getting its name from an African influenced Brazilian percussive sub style of samba, this fragrance is in perfect tune with Notting Hill Carnival 2014. The strong lime and mint top notes are reminiscent of the tropical, fruity drinks of a warm, sunny climate. The middle notes of ylang ylang subtly give the fragrance a beachy undertone. Finally, the bottom sea salt note, so reminiscent of holidays, purifies the senses with its salty fresh fragrance, as if we were on the famous Ipanema beach. Light fresh fragrances are available in abundance, but the citrus notes in Batucada transport you to the Brazilian beaches, giving this fragrance an edge on the competition.

L’Artisan Parfumeur is one of France’s most iconic fragrance houses and has been creating gorgeous scents to suit the seasons since its formation in 1976. L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Batucada is available here for £85 for 100ml.