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I’ll start with a spoiler: I did not get on with this foundation stick. I wanted to – I read every rave review under the sun and the Hourglass Vanish Seamless Foundation Stick sounded like just the face base I needed. “Flawless” coverage, a texture that “melted into the skin”, a massive range of shades for the “perfect tone match”…
I suppose that in many ways, it was never going to be the right foundation for me, because I don’t wear (or really like) many full coverage foundations, and this is very much a full coverage foundation. But I test a lot of face bases, whether they’re the type of thing I would wear or not – powders, sticks, creams and compacts, things with stupid foamy pads to apply them – and still I find the Vanish Stick really quite tricky to get right.
Maybe I’m a total tool, I don’t know: the first time I applied way too much and I looked like I was wearing a mask, the second time I used more sparingly and just looked a bit uneven. Subsequent tries have been better – and yes, the coverage is good when you get the application spot-on – but I do struggle with the amount of foundation I need to apply from the stick and I don’t seem to be able to quite get the blending right.
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There’s a stubby sort of short-handled kabuki brush that pushes the foundation into the skin and – even on well-prepped, nicely-moisturised skin – I don’t get an easy blending experience. On my “dry” bits (forehead, chin, sides of face) the product seems too thick to melt into the skin and on my greasy bits it has a bit too much slip. I also find that if I apply just too much product, it sits in fine lines that I didn’t even know existed. Case in point:
My forehead looks as though I’ve started to morph into a Klingon.
Now look: I love Hourglass. They do skin amazingly well – their complexion-enhancing powders are just second to none, they manage to induce radiance on even the dullest, most lacklustre faces. But the Vanish stick just ain’t for me. If you do love a foundation stick and want to give this a go, then here’s my little before-and-after sequence:
I’d pretty much got the knack of applying the right amount of product, by this point, so no creasing or fine-line action! Above, my before picture. Then, with product applied:
Just a few dods of product on each part of my face – I found that any less than this and I didn’t get an even spread of foundation, any more and it looked too thick and heavy. And here’s the foundation blended in:
Definitely beginning to move towards that sort of radiant finish that I like, but I get more of a glow from my Bourjois Healthy Mix or even my Chanel Velvet and with far less effort. You’ll notice that I still have slightly dark circles under my eyes here – I did go back in with the Vanish Stick to conceal them, but it (weirdly) doesn’t seem to do the full monty, if you catch my drift!
What do you think? Have you tried the Vanish Stick? I’m sure that there are people who are finding it a total dream – in fact I know there are, I’ve read the reviews. My verdict? Try before you buy. There are so many shades (BRAVO! Massive tick!) that I think you’d want to go instore anyway and find the perfect match. At £42, you’ll want to get this right. Find it online at Space NK.
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Strange coincidences aplenty this week, one of them being that I needed an extra “something that smells of violets” for a post and along came – well – something that smells of violets. I have this odd habit, when it comes to compiling blog posts, that I can’t just ever think about a singular product; I have to find similar things, alternative versions, products that are (sometimes quite tenuously!) linked by virtue of scent, ingredients, effects or even the colour of the packaging. I think that this habit is an annoying hangover from my university days when I was continually encouraged to compare and contrast! Compare and contrast!
So yes, I was looking for an extra “thing” that was violet-scented for a post – a post that will likely never see the light of day, because I’m quite useless like that, lots of thinking and not much doing* – and what popped through the letterbox? The new Orris & Sandalwood Cologne Intense from Jo Malone. A beast of a scent, if I may call it that, considering its floral nature. A beast because it’s a Cologne Intense and so has a bit more bravado and staying-power than the flimsier Colognes, which last all of about ten minutes on me. Give me the Intense any day of the week.
Orris & Sandalwood, then. A floral, but not as we know it. Sweet, sugary violets to start with (Parma Violets, yes please) and then the Orris, which I had never heard of before but is the root of the Iris plant. The “tasting notes” describe the Orris as having a “unique duality”: both “woody and powdery, floral and deep”. That just about sums up this fragrance nicely, for me; along with the Sandalwood, which I always find to be a beautifully soft and gentle kind of wood, reminiscent of long summer evenings somewhere hot, the Orris is just superbly sultry and come-hither. Warm and enveloping without being overpowering or “talcum-powdery” and then these gorgeous flashes of sweet violet spiking through when you least expect them to.
If you like your florals non-girly and warm then this, scent-hunters, is for you. The notes recommend to layer with Mimosa & Cardamom (didn’t like that one) and Dark Amber & Ginger Lily (I’m struggling with that at the moment after spending a year burning candles of the same scent – wearing the fragrance makes me feel odd) but I say it’s just perfect worn alone. It has enough heft to cut it as a winter perfume, but I imagine it will be equally as irresistible once the summer kicks in.
You can find the new Orris & Sandalwood Cologne Intense at Selfridges here – it’s £105 for 100ml.
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*by the way, just in case the aforementioned post never materialises and you’re a Violet-Lover, the other products were the Guerlain Meteorites Oxygen Care Moisturiser (20% off here with code ESCENTUAL20), the Alex Simone Violet & Blackberry Candle (here) and the Patisserie de Bain Sugared Violet Hand Cream, £3.99 here.
**the paper in the background of the photograph is Cole & Son Hicks Hexagon in Gold/Taupe, find it here.
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