Walk­ing through Sephora I was think­ing of all the fra­grances that I love and what I think are the top five fra­grances that are great for this time of year.  If you are a per­fume wearer like myself and love a good fra­grance here are my top five rec­om­men­da­tions for Jan­u­ary and the rest of fall 2012.

1.)  Viva La Juicy — by Juicy Cou­ture. I love this scent it is a lovely scent of sandalwood, Honeysuckle, Gar­de­nia, Jas­mine, Amber, Caramel, Vanilla, and wild berries. Every time I wear this fra­grance I feel pretty and feminine.

2.)  Acqua Di Gioia by Geor­gio Armani this is an amaz­ing per­fume that is exotic and beau­ti­ful in color. The name Acqua Di Gioia means “Water of Joy”. I love this scent it is very sen­sual and reminds me of the Mediter­ranean Sea.

3.)  Miss Dior Cherie – by Dior This is a very nice fem­i­nine scent that is light and fresh. I really enjoy this fra­grance and I always receive a lot of com­pli­ments every time I wear it.

4.)  Body by Burberry I absolutely love this scent! This scent has a lot of fem­i­nine fresh­ness wrapped up with fine lux­ury. I smell hints of rose, amber and san­dal­wood. Body is prob­a­bly my favorite of the five for this season.

5.)  J’adore by Dior is one of my all time favorite per­fumes. I recently redis­cov­ered this scent and how much I love it. The per­fume has notes of orchids, man­darin and black­ber­ries. This scent is erotic and fem­i­nine and you will feel and smell amaz­ing when you wear it.

I have very dry skin and usu­ally have an extremely hard time find­ing a good over the counter drug­store foun­da­tion. So when I saw some­one do a review on the L’Oreal Magic Smooth Souf­fle foun­da­tion I had to give this a try. L’Oreal has a new line of makeup that is whipped and comes in a small jar. They have the foun­da­tion for oily skin, com­bi­na­tion skin and the dry skin called Magic Smooth Souf­fle foun­da­tion. This is a whipped mouse that is a bit darker in the bot­tle then on the skin. 

My nor­mal makeup shade is usu­ally the light­est fair or Ivory. The review that I had read on this foun­da­tion said to go one shade up due to the bot­tle color not being cor­rect. So I took the advice of the reviewer and went one color up to 518 called Nat­ural Buff. This was a per­fect color match and the reviewer was cor­rect on the color and the bot­tle being a bit off.

I love this foun­da­tion, it does go on a bit dry so you will need to wear a good moister­izer and a foun­da­tion primer. They do sell one from L’oreal to wear specif­i­cally with this foun­da­tion but I use the prime time from Bare Min­er­als and it works really well together. This foun­da­tion goes on eas­ily after the moister­izer and the primer have dried on the skin. I use a foun­da­tion sponge and make sure to throughly spread it evenly on my skin. I used to have issues with foun­da­tion that would cake under my eyes and make me look older. I feel well hydrated with this foun­da­tion and no longer have dry lines around the eyes. It lasts all day long and I even have to apply a light power because of all the mois­ture that I get from it.

I highly rec­om­mend this foun­da­tion to all women who have dry skin and espe­cially to those that are over 35. This foun­da­tion retails for around $15.95 and the primer is $12.95. You can pur­chase this foun­da­tion at any drug­store or major depart­ment store like Wal­mart. Tar­get, Wal­greens, CVS, Ulta and also avail­able to purchase online.