Eve Lom Cleanser

Eve Lom's Cleanser is one of those products that on its own strength can carry a line, much like Rodin's Facial Oil or La Mer's moisturizing cream. Eve Lom's Cleanser is the perfect product for someone like me who has larger pores, and skin that tends to get oily at the end of the day who doesn't want it to get too stripped.

The Cleanser is a balm, made of plant oils and butters that melts upon contact with skin. The sweet herbal scent is luxurious and the oil emulsion gently sweeps away oil and pore cloggers while leaving skin balanced and hydrated. The muslin cloth (that comes with orders over 100ml), massaged skin and gently exfoliates off the dead skin cells as the oils are sweeped away. Revealing healthy, radiant skin.

Eve Lom Cleanser (with muslin cloth) $80 

Brand Spotlight: Hourglass Cosmetics

To anyone who has watched the Golden Globes this past Sunday, whether you love beauty or not, you've seen Hourglass Cosmetics at work. Hourglass Cosmetics is a chic, edgy, youthful, luxury beauty brand known for their primers and foundations which have legions of fans. They're available in top retailers like Barneys & Bergdorf Goodman, but a few large Sephora's also carry them.

Beauties such as Emily Blunt and Jessica Alba used Hourglass products for most of their look at the Golden Globes. Hourglass was created by a makeup artist, Carisa Janes, and is known for being cutting edge, luxuriously packaged, and modern. Their products are high performance but give a natural effect.

My favorite products from them are:

The No28 Primer Serum which is like a facial oil/primer hybrid that not only allows foundation to apply evenly and hold in place longer, but also moisturizes dry rough patches while balancing shine due to the oils. It makes foundation go on like silk and holds everything in place. The skin truly looks like real life airbrushed perfection.

The Illusion Tinted Moisturizer is an amazing light tinted moisturizer that is perfect for covering small imperfections and acne marks while delivering moisture into skin. It's more on the thick side so I consider this a light weight foundation instead that has moisture.

Got this for my mom over the holidays and have to say this is quickly becoming her favorite lipstick. The wand makes it easy to control how much color you want at precise spots. And the liquid is heavily pigmented like traditional lipsticks but is not drying which is so common in heavily pigmented lip colors.

As you can see Hourglass cosmetics makes really gorgeously packaged products that also are high performance. You can view the collection at their website.