My life in photos #1

1. The Leopard by Luchino Visconti, such a good movie. The book is great as well, but I guess you should be interested in Italian history to enjoy it, haha! 2. Tea & a box of Ladurée macarons. The perfect afternoon. 3. My new slippers! I'd basically destroyed my old ones, so my mum gave me these cute Hello Kitty ones as a gift :) they're from Oysho by the way. 3 & 4. Last week I went to Rome with school to see a Vermeer exhibition. I have been countless times in Rome, but my Art teacher made us discover lots of new beautiful places (S. Luigi dei Francesi, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, S. Maria della Vittoria.. check them out if you're ever in Rome!). 5. I have the cutest little dog. Look how short his forelegs look in this photo! 

+ a little announcement: I'm going to Wimbledon, UK with school in a month! I'm so excited I can't even. Apparently it's near London. I'm going to save up every single cent to buy loads of things there! Does any of you live in Wimbledon or has been there? :) 

A small beauty haul

Big sales have started here in Italy, and after saving up for months I decided to start spending my money. I went out yesterday and bought some clothes but mostly some make-up! Partially because I couldn't find anything interesting and partially because I didn't go out much in the past few months due to school, I had stopped buying new make-up. That was until yesterday! First of all I got a Bottega Verde Radiant touch corrector for the undereye area. Apparently, it's got Vitamin E and Vanilla extract in it. I don't suffer from bad undereye circles, but sometimes I could use a bit of concealer there.. especially on those dreadful Monday mornings. I used to use the MAC Studio Finish concealer both on the eye area and blemishes, but I wanted to switch to something lighter and suitable for the thinner, easily damageable areas such as the eyes area.

I also got (finally!) a face primer, the Smashbox Photo Finish Color Correcting Adjust, also known as 'the green one'. It cost me a whopping €47,50! I've probably never spent so much on a make-up item (my Chanel Vitalumière Aqua foundation cost me a few euros less), so I'm expecting a lot from it. I bought it without reading any review first, and when I came home I discovered that most of the reviews on Makeupalley are negative ones! So far I've only tried it by itself, without any foundation on, and I must be honest - it didn't do anything amazing. But I'm still crossing my fingers.

Last but not least, I picked up a China Glaze nail polish in the shade Nasty. I was in the car with my father when I saw a shop with a China Glaze stand - I made him stop so I could go in the shop haha! You might think I overreacted, but you must know that China Glaze and OPI are so hard to get here where I live. Surprisingly, this nail polish was only €6,50! I'm definitely going to get more every time I can go to that shop, because China Glaze's are one of the best nail polishes I've tried so far. 

Some mail love #9

After waiting more than two months, I finally received a small packet all the way from Canada! It was from a swap I did with a lovely girl on Makeupalley.com, who sent me two MAC lipsticks and some extras. The lipsticks are M.A.C Red and the famous Girl About Town. I have tried them already and I can't wait to share my thoughts on them with you! 

Do you have those lipsticks? What do you think about them? 

Absolutely American Wishlist

This is an Absolutely American Wishlist, and I absolutely blame American youtubers and bloggers for making me lust over things I cannot get here in Italy! There's no place in my country that's even comparable to Bath & Body Works, Forever 21 or Victoria's Secret. All the hand-sanitizers I've ever had smelt like alcohol; all the candles I've ever seen in stores were cheap. I know I could get things from those shops online, but either they have insanely high shipping costs (see VS) or they don't even ship stuff here (see B&BW). I'm desperate! 

What would you get from these stores? 

Victoria's Secret tees, Victoria's Secret Sheer Love Hydrating Body Lotion, Victoria's Secret Sheer Love Deep-softening Body Butter, Bath & Body Works Frosted Cupcake candle, B&BW Cashmere candle (disappeared from the website), B&BW Winter Spice & Vanilla anti-bac, B&BW Pink Chiffon Shower Gel, B&BW Paris Amour Body Butter, B&BW Twisted Peppermint Hand Cream, Forever 21 Rhinestoned Heart studs

Topshop 'Innocent' lipstick

A few weeks ago I received a free lipstick in Innocent with my Topshop order. Their lipsticks and especially this shade are raved about in the blogging world, so I was super happy to get it!

The lipstick comes in a white rubberized packaging, which looks super cute. The shade is a blue toned light pink, with a slight lilac tinge. It has a creamy consistency and it glides on very smoothly. The pigmentation is great, and the formula reminds me of a MAC Cremesheen: very velvety and not drying on the lips. The finish is between matte and satin. The staying power is ok; it'll last about two hours before starting to fade and blend with my natural lip colour. Although I really like the formula and finish, I think the shade is not the right one for my complexion. I don't know why, but it washes me out, and makes my teeth look yellow!  

I will definitely try more Topshop lipsticks and make-up in the future, because I have heard many good things about them. I would have liked this lipstick if only it wasn't for the colour! I guess it suits lots of girls (see Lily Melrose) but not me. Oh well!

The Topshop lipstick in Innocent retails for €10 and is available on the Topshop website. What are your thoughts about the Topshop make-up line?