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With the end of the year just around the corner, I again dedicated the very last post of the year to a quick summary. I'm sharing top six most read posts, then six posts of my choice that I worked extra hard on and feel most proud of, and in the last part I share posts from other bloggers I most enjoyed or I feel they should be shared. This was my seventh year of blogging and it's the year that I noticed a big decline in interest in blogs. It's not just my readership that plummeted, I also recently realised that about 2/3 of blogs I'm subscribed to haven't been updated in a long time. Sad, but that's the reality of blogging now. People read less and less of them. However, a lot of the beauty content moved to social media, especially Instagram Stories and it's where I get a lot more engagement than here.   I wrote in my last such post that I plan to buy a m.Zuiko 45 mm lens for my camera and I never properly updated you, but I got it and it's the best in...

MAKEUP MAYBELLINE Fit Me Poreless + Matte It took six years, but I finally found a foundation that I love more/as much as Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum . I still utterly adore the latter and think it's one of the best foundations ever, but Matte + Poreless has my perfect shade and if you're as pale as me, a combination of a fantastic formula + a matching shade is almost impossible to find. It's got light-medium coverage, just what I like and a very natural finish that's neither too matte and neither shiny, so it also completely sets without any stickiness and it hides the pores a bit. 100 Warm Ivory is one of the palest shades I have and it has a warm undertone that isn't intense, which fits me since my skin tone is neutral. Unfortunately I have to buy this shade abroad, but our drugstores have 110, which is just a bit darker. This is one of the best buys I made this year. THE BODY SHOP Shade Adjusting Drops Lightening I so needed this in my collection. As someone with...

In the past couple of years I've found some really good non-waterproof mascaras that manage to keep my lashes somewhat lifted and don't drop them immediately, so I've made a complete switch to regular mascaras because removing waterproof formulas every day is not the best thing for my lashes. I had the waterproof version of Lash Sensational a couple of years ago and I really liked it (despite the bad first impressions), so I was confident I'll like this one too. I've been using it for about two months now, pretty much every day and I had exactly the same experience as with the waterproof one, meaning disappointing first impressions, but in time this because a seriously impressive mascara that I consider one of the best in the drugstores. The brush is the same as at the waterproof version, so a plastic one with a curved design and two sizes of bristles. The inward turned side with short bristles adds more product to the lashes, so it's the volume part of the mas...

   ETUDE HOUSE Black Hydrogel Eye Patch I got this mostly because it's cute and it looks like a Catwoman Halloween mask, but I've tried Etude House's Line Patch and I find their stuff is quite good. This is a black hydrogel mask that promises a firming, brightening and moisturising effect. The patch: It's a classic hydrogel mask with a honey comb design. This means it's slimy when you take it out of the pack and you might have some problems with it sliding off, but as soon as it warms up in the first few minutes, it's stuck on pretty well. It fits nicely around the eyes, I put it close to my lower lash line, so I covered the circles with it. The only issue I had was with the ears falling off because they reached my hair line. The masks is a smoky grey colour instead of the advertised black. Essence: The hydrogel is the compressed essence, but you get some extra fluid in the plastic tray which prevents it from drying out. It's a very light essence that com...