Tuesday, 26 February 2013

...february favourites...

Hello lovelies :)

Even though it may sound as a cliché I must say that it is unbelievable that another month came to an end.
So what does it mean?
Time for "favourites" post :)
I am a kind of person who sticks to products she is used to/loves, that is the reason I don´t have a huge amount of products to show you in this post, but there are some products, which in my opinion deserve attention.
So here they are:

Skin care:

The first product can be considered as one of the staple products of beauty bloggers, the more various beauty blogs I see the more times this product occurs, so I could not leave it out from my favourites.
Some of you may have already guessed that it is Bioderma Sébium H2O micelle solution.
I am totally obsessed with this product. Every time I use it I literally feel how it cleanses my skin. In the past I had some problems with oily skin, but since I use this product I feel great difference. I am able to use foundation without breaking out and in my opinion the reason is the usage of this product


The next product I have chosen as my february favourite is L´oreal Dermo-Expertise Gentle Lip and Eye make-up Remover. I have tried tons of eye make-up removers, but could not find the "perfect" one until I tried this one. It has all of the attributes I am looking for mainly it removes my eye make-up perfectly, does not irritate my eyes leaving them red and teary and I love its oily texture - it can´t get easily into my eyes in contrary to the creamy ones.

Hair care

My hair care routines is quite simple. I have long black (dyed) hair, which used to be very healthy until a very stressful period :( So I had to find a solution for this problem, I took many vitamines, tried a lot of cures, even cut my hair. Now I can say, it is healthier than it was, my hair stopped to fall out and even I see that it began to grow and thicken.

I started to use this Avon Advance Techniques Maroccan Argan Oil Leave-in Treatment and I am grateful I did so because it helped my hair so much.


Nails

My favourite nail polish of february became Maybelline COLORAMA in colour no. 67 I´ve been wearing lilac,fuchsia and pinkish colours a lot lately. I fell in love with this nail polish at the first sight.



And my second favourite nail related product is Essence Nail Polish Remover 

It may sound weird, but it has beautiful scent of strawberry and passion fruit. I´ve never had a nail polish remover with nice smell, all the others are disgusting. And it removes nail polish easily even the glittery polishes, which are a nightmare to remove.


Make-up related favourites

My favourite eyeshadow for this month is e.l.f. Eyeshadow Duo in Berry Mix, which is quite funny because I was very dissapointed when I got it in mail. Since then I used it many times, it comes to me very suprising because I love to wear bold lips and more natural eyes, but somehow this product forced me to use it. It is very pigmented and the colour lasts long time.



About a month ago I bought this Astor PERFECT STAY 24h GEL Eye Liner. At first I was a little bit afraid whether I won´t be regreting the purchase of this product. I am not a big fan of gel eye liners, but this persuaded me. This can be applied very easily, creating precise line. I have never tried whether it lasts for 24h (who would?) but it definitely lasts throughout a normal day (for me approx. 9-10 hours). Big "plus" point for this product is that it comes with a brush. I have tried to apply it with my eye liner brushes, but the brush it came with does the job perfectly.


This product occured at my blog many times. Can´t help myself but this mascara is one of the best ones I´ve ever owned. Maybelline One by One Volum´ Express Mascara has a great wand, lasts for a long time, does not create so-called panda eyes and does not smudge. And the bonus is it makes my lashes longer and thickens them.


My favourite lip products of the month february are Astor Soft Sensation Liquid Care lip gloss, Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in 260 Amethyst Shimmer and e.l.f. Lipstick in Posh. These lipsticks are mostly on the same colour range, so you may guess what were my favourite colours of this month.


There is nothing more to add :) I hope you liked my post. Hopefully I am coming with a new post in a few days.
Until then, have nice sunny days :)

Kisses!

Carina...

Sunday, 17 February 2013

e.l.f. cosmetics haul pt.2 + swatches

Hello my dear readers :)

Yesterday I posted an entry about caviar manicure, today I am coming with a haul.
I´ve made an order at e.l.f. cosmetics Slovak site (link). I am very satisfied with process of order and the short delivery periods. A few days ago, I´ve been surfing and doing quite useless activities on the net and somehow I caught myself that I´ve placed an order at e.l.f. I am sure I don´t have to explain that I wasn´t in an urgent need for more cosmetics.

I did not order as much stuff as last time, but I was very happy when I received the package.

List of the ordered stuff:

1.e.l.f. Lipstick in 7704 Gypsy and 7706 Posh













2. e.l.f. Duo Powder Eyeshadow in 4305 Berry Mix





3.Mineral Eyeshadow in Socialite
















4. e.l.f. studio Glossy Gloss in Pink Candy















5. e.l.f. Nail Polish in 1570 Metal Madness and 1573 Twinkle















My first impressions:

I have other 2 lipsticks from e.l.f.´s studio collection, so I wanted to try some from the essantials collection too. I didn´t know what to expect as I am not quite satisfied with the ones ordered previously. 
I haaaate the package of the new ones. It looks cheap, doesn´t function as it should and I am really afraid that it´s lid will come off in my handbag ( what a horrific thought). But I like the colour and  smell of the lipsticks. I haven´t tried them yet, but the formula seems to be creamy and easy to apply.
Besides the package, I am sure I will be satisfied with them.
















...and the swatches



If I am not wrong, there weren´t any eyeshadows in my previous haul. So this time I ordered one from the Essentials collection and one from the Minerals line.
The essential eyeshadows in Berry Mix came to me as a dissapointment. It is not pigmented as it should be and it´s colour is much different than it´s name says. I expected something in a berry colour, but the eyeshadow is actually more brown. It is very powdery. I am looking forward trying it, but I am afraid it won´t last long














...and the swatches




The eyeshadow from Mineral line is a compensation for the above mentioned one. When I opened it I was like "wow!". It is much better than I expected it to be. The colour is sooo nice and the bonus is the shimmery component. I looove wearing smoky eyes and this eyeshadow will be used very often for creating these looks. And not only will it functionate as an "smoky eye" shadow, but also I will use it for creating dramatic looks, which I am also a big fan of.














...and the swatch for this shadow




I ordered also a lip gloss, not that I don´t have enough of them...but you know, a girl can´t have enough glosses ;)
I don´t have any pink toned glosses, so I wanted to gave them a try. I bought Glossy Gloss in shade Pink Candy. I can´t wait to try it. But I hope that it´s brush would not get ruined after frequent application like my other e.l.f. glosses´ brushes did.














...and the swatch



And last but not least, my order also contained some nail polishes. When I saw the one called Metal Madness, I was like "oh dude, I have to have it" :D
I haven´t bought nail polish in black for a very long time and this one caught my attention. I didn´t hesitate for a long time whether I would get it or not as I am very satisfied with e.l.f.´s nail polishes.



Last weeks  I am into sparkling cosmetics from eyeshadows to nail polishes everything should be sparkly, that´s the reason why I bought another nail polish in Twinkle. I don´t know whether I like it or not :D I am quite undecided. But I will use it only as a top coat so it should not be a waste of money. ;)




I hope you liked my today´s post :)
I will have a very busy week in school so I don´t know whether I will have an opportunity to post something, but I will try to do my best :)

Until then, I am wishing you a nice start of the new week. Enjoy every day fully and don´t worry a lot! ;)

Kisses!

Carina...

Saturday, 16 February 2013

...bubbles...

Hello lovelies :)

Period of exams is over, school has begun which means less time than usual (how ironic).
I am pretty happy about the school, I´ve been missing it because there was nothing to do at home as I´ve been at home nearly 2 months and going to Bratislava only to take my exams.
And to add, I´ve spent the last week of my freetime  lying whole week in bed and suffering from flu.
That´s definitely not the ideal way to spend the last week of your "holiday".

Today I am coming up with a post about the so-called caviar manicure.
I am sure you know what it is and you´ve also seen many variants of it. So here is my version :)

Shortly before Christmas, I´ve bought this Bubbles nail art kit by Pupa. Instead of "caviar" they named it bubbles, which I like way better, such a funny name.




Here is the link for the product.

I bought it in colour 005 Grey Bubbles, which even though I like, I regret not buying the colorful one ( 004 Multicolor Bubbles). But I´ve never been a colours-wearing girl so I decided to buy a colour, which I like and I am sure I will use often. Since then, I´d been at one of the Pupa stores but unfortunately the multicolor bubbles were out of stock. Next week I am going for a "shopping trip" so hopefully it will be restocked .

But back to the product ;)

The whole set of nail polish and bubbles comes in an elegant box. The bottles are placed in a plastic holder covered with a lid. This lid is used when applying the bubbles on the nails.






Today I´ve applied the bubbles only on my ring fingers nails, if I had the multicolor one I am sure they would be on every single nail. :D

I´ve began with applying the first coat of nail polish, waited  approximately 5 minutes and painted on the second coat leaving out my ring fingers. The nail polish is very pigmented so there´s no need to apply second coat on the nails  you aren´t putting bubbles on, but I like it better to have two coats of nail polish. Again waited for a few minutes and put a second layer on one of my ring fingers. It is important to work on one nails at a time! Then after a few seconds as it has set, I´ve put on the bubbles richly. Let the excess bubbles fall off back to the lid and pressed the bubbles on my nails gently. It is not written to add a top coat onto the bubbles in the instructions, but the first time I tried it without top coat I was quite pissed off that after every activity I´ve lost a huge amount of bubbles, so this time I´ve secured and fixed them with a top coat from Essence. I´ve applied it richly and waited few minutes and pressed the bubbles. 
So what´s left is the final effect:


I liiike it :) hope You too!

See you next time,

Carina...

Friday, 1 February 2013

...purple mood pt. 2...

Hello lovelies :)

As I mentioned last week I got infected with purple mood. But unfortunately it did not last only for a few days...
I´ve finished my exams so I decided to gift myself with some new beauty stuff so I went to Pupa. 
Oh but what a pity, they did not have the majority of stuff I was looking for. So I bought only an eyeshadow base, which I haven´t tried yet, but I hope it will turn out to be much better than the Gosh one I am recently using and I bought an amazing pallette of eyeshadows, here is the link

A few days ago, it was heavily snowing and I had to run some errands, you may imagine what mood did I have. I chose a very striking look, I am sure that I don´t have to explain that it was purple :D

Here is the look :)




Products used for this look:

1. Gosh Eye Shadow base in 001 Matt
2. Eyeshadow palett from Pupa Cashmere Attraction Kit

3. Avon Glimmerstick Diamonds in Black Ice
4. my eyebrow essentials :)
5. Rimmel Glam´ Eyes Professional Liquid Liner 


6. Pupa Vamp! Mascara

I´ve began with Eye Shadow base as usual :) It is the most basic step, which can´t be left out when I am putting on make up.
Then I´ve applied Avon´s kajal stick on my lower lid and smudged it out, because I did not want to have very thick line.
Then I took the above mentioned pallette, for better explaining I marked the colours with numbers:
I´ve applied colour no. 2 on the whole lid, added a little amount of colour no. 4 to the inner corner of my eyes to brighten them up. For the crease I´ve used colour no. 1 and to the outer corners of my eyes I´ve added colour no. 3. Colour no. 4 was used mainly as a highlighter for the under eyebrow area.

Then I took Rimmel Glam´Eye and made a thin line. It turned out to be better than I expected as I am not very handy in putting on eyeliner.
When I was almost ready I filled in and fixed my eyebrows. To crown the look I used Pupa´s Vamp! mascara.
So that´s the whole look, nothing too complicated :)






Wishing You a nice weekend!

Carina...