In Love with STEAMCREAM for over a Year

If you never heard about Steamcream before, you're probably living under a huge rock. Steamcream is a natural skincare brand which focuses on high quality creams with intact ingredients. To achieve the best results, Steamcream fuses all ingredients with steam. These multipurpose products are especially made in UK and Japan, delivering a lovely tin of pure amazement. They are eco-friendly, vegan, natural, handmade, ethical and award winning miracles with a huge variety of colourful tins. Every tin has a different theme according to seasons, event, nature or general inspiration. Did you know Steamcream is a sister company of Lush? Guilt-free cream without any nasty main ingredients that you cannot pronounce. Could it get any better than this? Well, fear not, little gems are multipurpose: use them on face, hands and body. Not to mention they are suited for all skin types, including sensitive skin. 

Steamcream always intrigued my mind with concept and ever so famous Lisa Eldridge. Like most students, I couldn't justify the hefty price tag. Which is absurd, considering I usually don't mind spending money on makeup bits. I was never a big believer that expensive equals quality. What made me interested in this 18€ cream was my first experience with Lush skincare. Being an intern at Lush store, I was able to demonstrate skincare products on hands. I was amazed by the result - hands by elderly women were pretty much looking airbrushed and plumped. And considering Steamcream includes same ingredients than Lush, I instantly splurged. Being all rational and so, I was determinated to put Steamcream to a test, at least for a few months before any false feedback. Which can happen with amazing first impressions. I'm especially careful with skincare feedback since it can provoke negative skin reactions. Sticking to the main root, this face cream is still a must product in my skincare routine for over a year now. I'm actually on my second pot along with my sister, who has oily skin type. I can definitely categorise my skin as normal-dry and also sensitive. Sunburns and allergy reactions are quite familiar by now. Steamcream soothes, moisturises and heals.

If we pay attention to the main ingredients (oatmeal, orange flower, almond oil cocoa butter) we can definitely see a match with sensitive skin, which reacts to harsh products. I cannot express my joy over this magical pot of goodness. It feels light, yet it leaves your skin feeling extra hydrated and plump. Skin actually looks ''dewy from within'' yet it's not greasy. I usually use it as a generous night cream or apply it 10 minutes before makeup. I do suggest you to wait for a few minutes if you're planning to apply makeup. Now those of you, who particularly hate any kind of sheen or moisture on your skin, I can't recommend it. It leaves a slight moisture through all day and I simply top it with Max Factor Facefinity All day Primer if I'm craving velvet,matte finish. Scent is a mild herbal bouquet of fresh flowers and greens. Texture is thick yet watery. 

This particular tin is called Bruler and is inspired by red maple leaves.

Steamcream retails about 16-18€ worldwide, online and Asos. Considering price, you get generous 75ml which lasts about 6 months, applying it once a day or less. Usually they always offer bundles of two with lower price. Christmas designs are already out and are a perfect gift for skincare junkies, especially since Steamcream suits all skintypes. I was naughty enough to get a set of two for a Christmas gift and myself.

Beauty Haul - The Body Shop, MAC, Too Faced, YSL, Bourjois, SteamCream

Obviously I need to take a break from buying beauty items but I can always find 100 and 1 reason to shop. I was really sticking to my project pan products and I've finished up over 15 makeup items over last two months. Having a blast with my summer project pan/s I wasn't really buying any stuff through the summer (well, let's pretend London Haul didn't happen). This time around I had 2 reasons to splurge: a) finished up a bunch of makeup and gave a bag of items to my friends and family and b) I was abroad a lot so I got products we can't get here. Oh...makes me feel a bit better to find justifying reasons.

The Body Shop was never one of my favorite stores. I found everything pricey yet I wasn't too keen on whole body skincare and their packaging. After I've finally finished up my Raspberry Lip balm (it took me whole 3 years) I realised you get your money's worth with their products. And trying to be all environmental made me rethink the brand - although not too sure if they're totally cruelty-free and if they sell in China - but it's a start. Nevertheless I had my eye on their Cocoa Body Butter, Brazil Nut Bodyspray, Chocomania Lip butter and Honey Bronzer. Needless to say I got extra bits with my splurge (Beautifying Oil and Chocomania Body Scrub) and a small stroke after seeing total price. Feeling Fall I suppose!

Austria trip always starts with Mac Cosmetics. I was planning to get Velvet Teddy lipstick since I'm craving a bolder, darker brown nude with taupe hues but they were out of stock. Assistant suggested me Viva Glam 2 which is a medium brown nude with mauve undertones. I was afraid it would look too nude on me but it turns out it's a perfect darker brown/taupe lipstick for my pale skintone. And it's a Satin which makes me even happier (hello longevity). I also couldn't resist Up the Amp which is a blue-toned medium purple with hints of mauve and grey. Looks terrifying but it's really wearable as a grape toned-down color.

As always I went into Yves Rocher (Austria) to get my mom's favorite perfume Evidence. My eyes instantly spotted a new collection with supposedly their Holiday Collection. I'm not sure how is this possible but I got a preview for the upcoming holidays. I couldn't find any images nor posts about it so I guess I'm lucky? Only french Yves Rocher has this scent already on their website. It's a mini size of Caramel Pear Eau de Toilette which smells really fruity and sweet. Pear is really strong at the beginning but after a while caramel notes start to shine. If you're expecting a strong caramel scent, you'll be disappointed. I think I also saw candles, body lotion and shower gel.

Okay, I've got a good reason for Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette. I sold over 10 high-end items that I didn't use anymore and treated myself to this beauty. It's currently my favorite palette of all time, beats all my Naked/s and other brands. It's gorgeous inside and outside, smells like chocolate/vanilla and pigmentation is astonishing. No fall-out which is remarkable for me because I '' grew up'' my eyeshadow collection based mostly on Urban Decay. Eyeshadows are extremely wearable and you get 6 matte shadows which is impressive. With each application I can smell chocolate which makes me happy, sadly enough. It's pretty addictive, I must say. So happy to have you, Chocolate Bar! I highly, highly recommend this palette from the bottom of my heart.

Not gonna lie, I love all sorts of lipbalms. They are easy to use up and variety of scents just makes it easier to become a balm hoarder. I'm super happy with my Labello Macadamia&Vanilla and Caramel Cream so why the heck not...I got myself a Blueberry Blush and Coconut. Both smell wonderful and not artificial at all. In Croatia I also spotted Rosal with new coloured lipbalms, similar to Babylips. They are fully pigmented and I could categorise them as half-lipsticks. Coral Candy is definitely worth a try.

My trip to Croatia also got me a new unintentional YSL Glossy Stain #16 Pourpre Preview. Price was reduced over half because of ruined outside packaging. So far I'm not too impressed but it's similar to Dior Fluid Stick with less ''grip''. It's a beautiful vibrant grape purple that's comfortable to wear. Packaging is quite lame for YSL.

Bourjois came out with new Rouge Edition 12 hours lipsticks that are matte in texture but stay on the lips for good 5-6 hours. I definitely wouldn't claim they're extra longlasting, especially not for 12 hours. I got shade 31# Beige Shooting which is my perfect rose nude color. I actually took this color to Mac to find a similar color but with more brown tones for my perfect 90's lipstick. Bourjois Color Edition 24h eyeshadow in 03 Petale de glace was unfortunately not released in Slovenia but it's a beautiful rose-shell cream shadow for every day. 

Etude House Snow White BB Cream is just a repackaged Precious Mineral BB Cream from their permanent line. Since this BB cream is pretty popular I thought I would give it a go in Princess Happy Ending limited edition packaging. It comes in two shades and the lightest N02 matches my skin perfectly. It's not grey but still light enough. Gives medium coverage and has a satin finish. Like!

Daisy Dream by Marc Jacobs was a gift for my birthday. Scent is similar to normal Daisy (my sister's favorite) but has a bit more freshness/clean scent to it. It lacks that almost bitter/sour ending but you can still notice citrus notes. It's definitely more clean and fruity scent at first. You need to bond with Marc Jacobs perfumes - at least in my experience. I'm always on the fence with Marc Jacobs scents but after a month I always fell in love and experience more in depth notes. Is that weird? Marc Jacobs Dot was almost a love-hate relationship at first but now I can't imagine Spring without it. It's my staple. Same with this one, nothing extraordinary after first few sniffs but grows on you after time.

I'm a true believer of SteamCream. Both, me and my sister bought their jar of happiness a while ago and we're not looking back. It's another staple in my stash for my night routine. I use it sparingly on my face and neck. It's so rich and natural you can almost detect every single ingredient. Not to mention it's a sister company of Lush. Truly one and only cream I'm not worried about nasty ingredients and it's also effective. I would highly recommend it for dry, sensitive and mature skin. I've shared my experience with SteamCream team and they kindly offered me a new jar of goodness in a Fall themed can. Review will be up soon.

Uniq One Hair Treatment and The O spiral hair elastics were a gift from a good friend. She knows I like to color my hair a lot but I'm not too worried about the damage. So what better way to treat my hair than with all in one product? I had Uniq One cream before and it's okay for taming frizz, hair ends and add additional treatment. However I do use it sparingly since it can make your hair greasy.

Let me know if you're interested in any of these items! I will do a more indepth review.