Last week you could find out which are my current favourite beauty items concerning cleansing, serum, day/night cream, eye care and bodylotion (see this post).
Time for part II I’d say!
Face scrub
Budget buy:
- L’Oréal Paris Pure Clay mask
- 10 EUR for a 50 ml jar (and often my drugstore has promotions, so I buy it for less!)
- Multi-use product… mask ànd scrub in one!!!
- Review on my blog: L’Oréal Paris pure clay mask

More expensive:
- Rainpharma – Balming Face Polish
- 40 EUR for a 50 ml jar
- Oil-based face scrub made with natural ingredients
- Review on my blog: Rainpharma balming face polish
Face mask
Budget buy:
- Garnier – Hydra Bomb Tissue Mask
- 2,49 for one tissue mask, but often there are promotions in my local drugstore.
- Intensely hydrating mask.
- Review on my blog: Garnier hydra bomb tissue mask
More expensive:
- Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Concentrated Recovery Powerfoil Mask
- 21 EUR for 1 face mask
- Your skin will look fresh, smooth and radiant and it will feel more firm. The good thing is that the results lasts for a couple of days!!
- Review on my blog: Estée Lauder advanced night repair concentrated recovery powerfoil mask

Foundation
Budget buy:
- Catrice – HD Liquid Coverage
- 6,99 EUR for a 30 ml (and often there are promotions in my drugstore, so I usually buy this for less!)
- Good coverage, economical in use.
- Review on my blog: Catrice HD liquid coverage
More expensive:
- Estée Lauder – Double Wear
- 40 EUR for a 30 ml bottle
- Long-lasting foundation.
- Review on my blog: Estée Lauder double wear
Make-up
Budget buy:
- Rimmel – Wake me up Mascara
- 15 EUR
- Long-lasting mascara, good brush, waterproof version available.
- Review on my blog: Rimmel wake me up mascara
More expensive:
- Urban Decay – Naked 2 Eyeshadow Palette
- 53 EUR for one palette (sometimes there are promotions at my beautyshop, I have bought this palette during one of these actions).
- Highly pigmented eyeshadow palette with tons of possibilities.
- Review on my blog: Urban Decay Naked 2 palette
Fragrance
Budget buy:
- Elizabeth Arden – 5th Avenue
- 20 EUR for a 125 ml bottle
- Fabulous smell with a hint of flowers, bergamot, vanilla… lovely!
- Review on my blog: Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue
More expensive:
- Yves Saint Laurent – Opium
- 94,50 EUR for a 90 ml bottle
- Very luxurious, heavy, exotic, spicy, mysterious, sensuous, powerful, smokey, smoldering, oriental, classy, addictive, sultry, sexy and sophisticated fragrance…
- Review on my blog: Yves Saint Laurent Opium eau de toilette
So far for my current beauty favourites… but this is a never stopping movement! I keep on buying different beauty products so one day these favourites might be replaced by something else… who knows?!
Please let me know your beauty favourites… perhaps I might be persuaded to buy one of them 😉
Love, Kathleen
I’m currently using the Catrice foundation and loving me it!
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It really is a top product for such a price!!! I always add a drop of oil. My skin is a bit older (!) and I have found that using the foundation as it is, is a bit too dry for my skin… but nothing a drop of facial oil won’t fix 🙂 Thanks for reading and enjoy your evening! Love, Kathleen
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What facial oil do you use may I ask?
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I use the mink oil from Mylène. This is a Belgian brand and they only sell through homeparties; You can read about this oil here: https://thegoodthefabandthelovely.com/2015/10/26/beauty-mylene-mink-oil/ perhaps you can find a similar oil?
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I’ll check out the ingredients and see what I can find, thank you .
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I am very picky when it comes to fragrance don’t really have a buget one I like 🙂 but most of my make-up is more on the budget side and my skincare is a nice mix but usually mid to higher end.
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I’m glad I found a couple of budget-friendly fragrances to use during the week 🙂 Concerning make-up I have bought an Urban Decay palette and love it! Will buy UD stuff again, I’m sure. And my skincare normally is L’Oréal, but now I am using Rainpharma, a Belgian eco-friendly product. There was a promotion with a magazine so I bought two magazines and got two boxes for Rainpharma products. Testing them out as we speak… you’ll probably hear from them in a couple of weeks/months time on my blog. Love, Kathleen
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