Hylamide Photography Foundation

Ive been so into everything beauty lately, reading blog posts from Into the Gloss and Byrdie. So I currently have a lot of products on my list to try out and maybe review here on my blog or youtube (channel here). For the past week I've been testing out the Hylamide photography foundation in transparent from Deciem. 

This product claims to "visibly target fine lines, textural irregularities, color imbalance, and aids in immediate surface correction. The foundation is made with fractionated silica complex and prismatic hue corrections, so you look better in photos." 

Now as far as the foundation claim, I did buy it in transparent so I was not expecting it to have any coverage (which it didn't) so I would consider this to be more of a primer, not a foundation. Maybe a tinted primer or moisturizer if you buy it in the two other tinted shades. The product comes out as a whitish hue and being that I am a brown girl when I first applied it I had a slight white cast on my face, but it did melt away as I continued to rub it in. Once it settled into my skin it gave me this soft focus blur filter type of look and I loved it! My pores shrunk and my skin looked so soft and smooth, it was like the perfect base for my powder foundation. I do believe this helped my foundation stay on longer, I walked through rain and snow and I didn't need to touch up anything, my skin still looked good. Also I didn't get as oily as I usually do, so i think this product also helped a bit with that as well. I definitely will keep this product in my make up bag, I am loving everything about so far! I [4/5] 

Find the product here 

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Beauty // Solutions 24 Clinical

Recently I was contacted by the brand Solutions 24 to try out their new line of products. Their new collection is available in 2000 Walmart stores and will be available in multiple Ulta stores later this year. This collection consist of three corrector sticks that focus on specific skin issues like dark circles, dark spots, and puffy eyes. Now this line is a 4 week system, so it will take that length of time to see drastic results in your skin. 

This is merely a first impressions post and I will let you know how everything goes in an update. My main focus are my dark circles and puffy eyes. I have been using these two sticks for the past week and I have seen a tiny improvement, my eye area looks less puffy, and a bit smoother. When put on the skin they have a nice refreshing and cool feel that I like, it kind of wakes up the eye area. The dark spots stick can be used on your face, neck, chest etc. which is nice because I have a few dark spots on my back I will like to fade. These products are nice and simple to use, just apply after cleansing morning and night. They are not messy, non greasy and for me they do not irritate the skin. I also like the packaging, which is compact and small. I cant wait to continue using these products and see how they work out for me. If you have any issues that these products can solve, I think they are worth a try and they are pretty affordable. Check them out here, here & here.

Brand website here.

Problems each stick solves:

Puffy eyes : Puffiness around eyes, sagging under eye bags, eye area wrinkles, dry and tired looking eyes

Dark circles : dark circles under eyes, darkness on eyelids, dull skin tone, aged and tired looking eyes

Dark spots : dark spots, age spots,sun damage, post acne marks, uneven skin tone, freckles and naturally darker areas

Till next time

xxMel

* disclaimer : the products featured were gifted to me, these are my own honest opinions