FOTD: In the Mood for Purple

April 27, 2015, 9:54 am

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I know my post titles are usually lame, but this title describes the best how I felt yesterday when I took eyeshadow brush in my hand. I was eager to wear purple on my eyes and the final result was this cocktail of different purple eyeshadows.

I started with a base, of course. I used new Catrice Prime&Fine eyeshadow base, which is so much better that the old one. First I applied purple eyeshadow from S-he Quattro palette 245 in crease and blended it out on brow bone. Then I used Miyo 39 in crease. On outer two thirds of my lid I applied Ink from Sleek Ultra Mattes V2 palette and in inner one third Flesh, over which I applied Misslyn Next Generation. The same eyeshadow I used in inner corner as well. For lower lash line I mixed Miyo 39 and Ink from Sleek palette. For the end I applied dark purple eyeshadow Mystic Lilac from Essence Wild Craft TE in outer V. Then I was satisfied enough to use eyeliner (Essence Liquid Ink High Shine), mascara (Essence Lash Princess) and false lashes (Born Pretty Store). To highlight the surface under my brow I used MeMeMe Arch Angel highlighting cream, which I really like, and on waterline I applied Essence highlighting pencil.

Because focus was on eyes, I lightly applied MeMeMe blush Rouge on cheeks and on lips I used nude lipstick from MeMeMe, called Cherub Blush.

Products I used:
*Face

- Fleur de Sante makeup primer

- Catrice Nude Illusion Nude Ivory foundation
- Yves Rocher Youthful Glow foundation 100 Beige

- Artistry Exact Fit powder Cream

- Essence Stay All Day 16h long lasting concealer Natural Beige

- Sleek Face Form kit (bronzer)
- MeMeMe Blush Me! Rouge

*Eyes
- Catrice Prime&Fine eyeshadow base
- Sleek Ultra Mattes V2 palette (Ink, Flesh)
- Miyo 39
- S-he Stylezone Eyeshadow Quattro palette 245
- Misslyn Next Generation
- Essence Mystic Lilac (Wild Craft TE)
- MeMeMe Arch Angel Tinted Brow Gel and Highlighting Cream Light Brown
- Essence Liquid Ink High Shine eyeliner
- Essence Lash Princess mascara
- Essence Big Bright Eyes Highlight it ... Nude
- Born Pretty Store false lashes
- Essence How to Make Brows Wow (Love Brunettes for brows)

*Lips
- MeMeMe lipstick Cherub Blush

How do you like this look? Thank you for reading!

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Empty #13

April 28, 2015, 9:01 am

≫ Next: New In (March, April)

≪ Previous: FOTD: In the Mood for Purple

It's time for another empty post. Because I have a whole bunch of products I used up to show you I will skip intro and just start talking about products.

Balea San Francisco hand lotion

I’m a big fan of Balea’s hand lotions. They are light, sink into the skin fast and moisturize it. This one smelled like peaches.

Repurchase: Yes, but a different scent.

Essence Cookies&Cream hand cream

I adore Essence creams. They aren’t greasy, they sink into the skin fast and moisturize it. This one was even better because it smelled like cookies and everything that smells like sweets stoles my heart.

Repurchase: I would, but it was LE

Vitaskin hand and nail cream

This one was bought by my mother and she used most of it, but in winter I had problems with dry hands and I took it from her. :P This is very thick cream and it takes time before it sinks into the skin, but it’s perfect for moisturizing and nourishing the dry skin and the feeling of moisten hands stays for a long time.

Repurchase: Maybe, in winter.

Maybelline nail polish remover

It was an okay nail polish remover, it removed nail polish fast and it didn’t dry my skin.

Repurchase: Not sure.

Lee Stafford My Big Fat Healthy Hair conditioner

I had periods when I liked this conditioner and periods when I completely hated it. It wasn’t as thick as some other conditioners I tried (Dove ...) and I think it didn’t nourish my ends enough, plus why would you do a conditioner for volume, if you can’t put it on your scalp? Does anyone do that? I don’t, because my hair becomes greasier faster if I put conditioner on a whole length of my hair, not just on my ends.

Repurchase: No.

Dove Pure Pflege shampoo

At the beginning I was really fond of this shampoo. It seemed to me that it cleans my hair nicely and it doesn’t dry them out, but longer I was using it greasier my hair became. I don’t know what the hell happened, but when I used this shampoo my hair became greasy already on the next day. It was crazy. I used it up and said to myself I’ll never buy it again. But guess what? I did buy it. By mistake. I wanted to get a conditioner, but I grabbed a shampoo. Now I’m not sure if I should use it or give it away.

Repurchase: No.

Alverde Hair Oil

This is another hair product that I really liked at the beginning, but not so much later. I used it in a combination with Avon treatment and I had really nicely soft and smooth hair, but when I used up Avon’s treatment I was using Alverde oil alone for some time. I had the same routine as before. I used it on wet hair, but even one drop was too much, because my hair was greasy. In the end I just gave up, left some product in the packaging and threw it away.

Repurchase: No.

Balea Dusch-Bodymilk trockene haut

This product promises a lot and a lot of people seem to be enjoying in it, but it didn’t work for me. I actually find Dove shower gels more nourishing than this body milk. You can read about my whole experience with it here.

Repurchase: No.

Balea Dusch&Creme shower gel Mandarin

It was an okay shower gel, like all Balea gels are, although it wasn’t my favourite scent, it was too artificial to me.

Repurchase: No.

Axe Anarchy for Her

I received this shower gel as a gift in DM while buying Axe shower gels for my darling. Axe is some piece of a cake, you know. They released a shower gel for women, but all they did is changing the label on the packaging. To me this product smells exactly as the Anarchy gel for him. Not to mention it’s more liquidly. It didn't feel that bad on the skin, but it's not a nourishing product.

Repurchase: No.

Dove Silk Glow shower gel

I adore Dove shower gels. They are so creamy, they moisturize and nourish the skin, and they smell so good. These are definitely my favourite.

Repurchase: Always.

Yves Rocher Jardins de Monde Orange from Florida shower gel

I didn’t like this shower gel too much. Not because it would be a bad shower gel, because it isn’t, but the scent wasn’t my favourite. Yves Rocher shower gels have strong scent and this one didn’t buy me. In the end I was using it to wash my hands, because I wanted to finish it.

Repurchase: No.

Garnier Eye Makeup Remover 2in1

This was a very gentle eye makeup remover that didn’t irritate my eyes and removed everything without rubbing. It wasn’t an oil based remover, so it didn’t leave a film. Although I liked it I won’t repurchase it, because I prefer Ombia two phased remover.

Repurchase: No.

Green LineHydro Mineral moisturizing cream for normal skin

This was an okay cream, once my skin got use to it. It was light and it sank into the skin fast. It worked okay as a base for makeup, but I probably won’t repurchase it, because I found a cream that works better for me (I’m talking about Mixa Anti-dryness cream).

Repurchase: No.

Soraya World of Nature cream with argan oil

I was using this cream as a night cream and it worked great. Despite its light texture it moisturized my skin perfectly and in the morning it was soft, nourished and not itchy at all. It can be used as a day cream too, but I didn’t work for as a base for foundation.

Repurchase: Maybe.

Rexona Longlasting Protection Fresh

Although Shower Clean is my favourite, I combine it with the scent Fresh, because I don’t want to get bored of it too fast. I think I used three or four bottles of Rexona deodorants and my armpits still didn’t get use to them, meaning they still work amazing against bad smell and sweating.

Repurchase: Already did.

Britney Spears Cosmic Radiance perfume

I received this product as a gift. At the beginning I wasn’t too fond of it, although it smelled nicely, because it was too sweet, but soon it became my favourite scent. It begins with citrus and floral scents, as you can read on Internet (I’m bad in describing scents).

Repurchase: Maybe.

Catrice Vitamin lip treatment

This is the quickies used up lip product in my stash ever. I was using it on my lips during December and I finished it in one month. Yes, in one month. It was a nice smelling, moisturizing and non-sticky lipgloss.

Repurchase: Maybe.

Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl Ultra Black mascara

I wasn’t fond of this mascara, because it didn’t do anything special for my lashes. More here.

Repurchase: No.

Max Factor Excess Volume mascara

This mascara was something. Here wasn’t such a huge problem the volume as it was the wetness at the beginning and the fact that it stuck my lashes together. More here.

Repurchase:No.

Collistar Infinito mascara

I liked this mascara. It gave my lashes a volume, but it can’t beat Essence Lash Princess mascara. More here.

Repurchase: No.

Yves Rocher Sexy Pulp Ultra-Volume mascara

This one should give lashes a volume, but for me this one was more of a mascara for natural look with no eyeliner. More here.

Repurchase: No.

Essence I Love Extreme mascara

My favourite mascara until I didn’t discover Lash Princess, which I prefer because it isn’t as wet as I Love Extreme and it defines lashes better. More here.

Repurchase: Maybe.

Essence Lash Princess mascara

My favourite mascara at the moment. I love the volume it gives to my lashes, it makes them longer and it doesn’t stick them together. It also doesn’t give me panda eyes, although here and there I find little black dots under my eyes.

Repurchase: Of course.

Essence The Lash Curler mascara

This one promises volume, nice curl and longevity, but does nothing from the list. More here.

Repurchase: No.

Miyo Big Fat Smokey Eyes mascara

I liked this mascara a lot. Beside the fact that it gave volume to my lashes it also separated them nicely as no other mascara before. Well, unfortunately Miyo is available only in Nama in Ljubljana and I don’t have easy access to it. More about it here.

Repurchase: Maybe.

Essence Studio Nails Ultra Strong Nail Hardener

This is one of the best products Essence ever released. I use it as a base coat and my week nails were never as strong as they are now since I used this hardener.

Repurchase: Yes.

Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat

Favourite top coat of many and I liked it as well. It dries the manicure fast and I noticed that with this one my manicure last longer as if I use Essence Better than Gel Nails top coat. The only thing that bothers me is that it becomes thick too fast.

Repurchase: Already did.

S-he Stylezone glitter eyeliner

This is clear eyeliner with multicoloured glitter and I used it a lot by different looks. I bought this without any purpose and I’d never imagine this would be so useful to me. It’s definitely more appropriate for creative looks.

Repurchase: Already did.

Few nail polishes

I’m throwing away few polishes that are even used up or too thick and impossible to use. Crackle and glitter polishes dry so fast and even nail thinner can’t help them. These polishes are: Essence silver nail art polish, Vollare Nail Artistic purple polish, Joy golden glittery shade, Depend green crackle polish and Essence Nail Art white stamping polish.

Repurchase: No, none.

Have you tried any of these products? Thank you for reading!

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New In (March, April)

May 1, 2015, 1:05 pm

≫ Next: Swatches: Essence The Gel Nail Polish Part 2

≪ Previous: Empty #13

I haven't posted a haul post last month, because I didn't get that much stuff, so I decided to add those products in my April haul post, but now when I have gathered everything together, it seems like I did get a big amount of products lately. I would say that May is going to be my no buy month, but I have a birthday in few days, so I'll have to postpone no buy decision on June. Now let's see what's new in my stash.

Essence The Gel nail polishes are finally available in Slovenia and I couldn't be more happy about them. You can read my first post with swatches of 8 polishes here, while recently I got three new shades that I'm going to review tomorrow. Shades I still need to show you are Indian Summer, Let's Get Lost and Blue Bubble Di Blue.

I also purchased new Essence The Gel base and top coat and for now I have to say I'm really impressed by the combination of both. My manicures last even for four days without chipping, which is almost unbelievable for me. I'll tell you more in a detailed review.

Recently I purchased I Love...Cosmetics set Vanilla&Almond. If you want to know more about it, click here, because I already reviewed it (you still have one day to enter the giveaway).

I think I started collecting micellar waters. At the moment I own at least 6 of them, although two are almost empty. Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water was a repurchase, while I got Nivea 3in1 Micellar Cleansing Water and Mixa Anti-dryness Micellar Water on sale. For now I can say I like Mixa, while Nivea is irritating my skin.

I also bought Natura Siberica Aralia Mandshurica night cream, but I'll tell you more about it when I'll properly test it.

Instead of one shampoo I bought three new in April. I haven't try any of these, except Dove Pure Pflege, which was a wrong purchase, because I wanted to get a conditioner. I didn't really like this shampoo, so I just might give it away. Other two shampoos I got are Aussie Aussome Volume and Schwarzkopf Essence Ultime Mineral Strenght shampoo.

Like I already don't own enough shower gels, I bought three more: Subrina Pina Colada and Cuba Libre, which both smell amazing, and Afrodita Hyaluron.

New purchase of last two months is also Essie Garden Variety that I showed you here.

In April I got two new mascaras. Max Factor Masterpiece Glamour Extension 3in1 Volumising mascara is my purchase and Oriflame Eyes Wide Open was given to me for review purposes. I'm using both for some time now and none of them is perfect, but I like them both, because together these are a perfect combination. Max Factor gives a volume, but it doesn't make lashes very long, while Oriflame doesn't give an amazing volume, but it curls and prolongs lashes like crazy.

Yesterday I received a package from AlpStories, which is a new brand on Slovenian market. They offer natural cosmetics and a lot of Slovenian ladies got the chance to try their products, so prepare on many post in the future. I choose Damask Rose Floral Water and Hyaluronic Acid Cream. First impressions of both products are very good. I also received Organic Shampoo.

Amazing thing about this brand is that you can make your own product. I already made something for myself and I can't wait to get the package.

Yesterday I also received a package from Born Pretty Store. I got two plates (both are very pretty with gorgeous designs) and a white nail liquid palisade.

The most amazing thing that happened to me in April was an invitation to collaborate with the brand Bourjois. We all know that Bourjois is amazing and lucky Slovenian bloggers got a chance to try few products before they hit the store. Aqua Lacque lip products will be available at the beginning of this month (probably next week), so expect my review next week, while La Lacque nail polishes will be available in the beginning of June and I'll show you swatches of these polishes then.

Thanks to Anja from Moja drogerija I'm also collaborating with MeMeMe Cosmetics. One month ago I got this huge surprise package and in next week I'm beginning with the reviews. I got Flawless Loose Powder in Translucent, Flawless Concealer in Beige, lipstick Cherub Blush, Blush Me! Rouge blush, Correct&Perfect Concealer Kit and Arch Angel Shape&Define Tinted Brow Gel and Highlighting Cream.

In December I was participating in Vichy giveaway and I won a prize that finally arrived few weeks ago. I received Teint Ideal 15 foundation, Aqualia Thermal serum and Purete Thermale 3in1 micellar solution. Because the prize arrived so late they also concluded a bag with some samples. For now I really liked the serum and micellar solution, but not that much the foundation because it becomes orange on me and it's very dark for the brightest shade.

This is it. What are your recent purchases? Thank you for reading!

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Swatches: Essence The Gel Nail Polish Part 2

May 2, 2015, 1:01 pm

≫ Next: Review and Swatches: Deborah Milano Smalto Gel Effect 01 and 10

≪ Previous: New In (March, April)

I wrote about Essence The Gel nail polishes before. In the end of the March I got 8 shades that I swatched here, so don’t forget to check that post if you haven’t yet. You can also find our more about new brush and formula in that post. Recently I bought three more shades that I wanted to get but were always sold out: Indian Summer, Let’s Get Lost and Blue Bubble Di Blue. Today I'm going to show you swatches of these three shades.

Indian Summer is a gorgeous peachy shade with pink hue to it (at least it looks like that on me). Its creamy formula is a bit sheerer than by other new Essence polishes, and it requires carefulness by application, because it’s runny and can quickly end up on cuticles. But the final result it’s worth the trouble, because nail polish looks amazing once it dries. I also have to mention that it looks darker on nails once it dries. I used two coats for this swatch. On my Instagram you can also check how I upgraded it.

Let’s Get Lost is a teal creamy shade with very nice pigmented formula. It could be opaque in one coat, but I used two, because I’m use to it. It applied smoothly, but it can stain your nails.

Blue Bubble Di Blue is a baby blue cream nail polish shade. Its formula is very similar to Indian Summer’s one, because it’s also sheerer, a bit watery and it requires two coats.

Essence polishes contain 8 ml and they cost 1,69 €. The new range contains 46 shades. They are available at Müller, DM, Tuš drugstore, Beauty World, Click2Chic.

Have you tried new The Gel nail polish range? What do you think about these three shades? Thank you for reading!

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Review and Swatches: Deborah Milano Smalto Gel Effect 01 and 10

May 3, 2015, 12:10 pm

≫ Next: Review and Swatches: MeMeMe Blush Box Rouge

≪ Previous: Swatches: Essence The Gel Nail Polish Part 2

One of those brands that released nail polishes with gel formula that doesn’t require a lamp is also Deborah Milano. Back in December I bought two shades, 01 and 10. On the packaging you won’t find a name, but I searched on Google and Deborah polishes do have a name. 01 is Pink Pulse and 10 is Coral Flash.

The formula of Deborah Milano Smalto Gel Effect polishes is amazing, one of the best out there. They are pigmented, while they apply on nails smoothly and evenly without any problem. Big wide narrow brush is one of the factors that enable an easy application. All polishes from this collection have cream finish, which is my favourite. They look glossy once they dry, even without a usage of top coat. I haven’t test them with new Essence The Gel base and top coat, which prolong my manicures (seriously, I can believe I can wear a manicure for four days with no chipping), but they lasted around two days on my nails. At the moment there are 22 shades available, but this year Deborah Milano released 30 new shades. I really hope we’re getting them soon, because I spot few shades I really like.

01 Pink Pulse is a gorgeous nude cream shade. Mateja is talking a lot about it and you can believe her and me that this polish is a must for a nail polish lover. Its formula it’s its advantage, because is one of rare nudes that applies evenly in two coats. For me nudes are amazing as a base for nail art or stamping.

10 Coral Flash is a beautiful coral creamy shade and I like it so much that it ended up in my top 5 nail polish shades for spring. It also requires two coats for a full coverage and it dries a bit darker than it looks in the bottle.

Gel Effect polishes contain 8,5 ml and they cost around 5 €. They are available in DM and Tuš drugstores. I really hope we’re getting new shades, so I can add few of them in my stash.

Have you tried Deborah Milano Smalto Gel Effect polishes? Which ones are your favourite? Thank you for reading!

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Review and Swatches: MeMeMe Blush Box Rouge

May 5, 2015, 1:22 pm

≫ Next: Review and Swatches: Bourjois Aqua Lacque 06 Feeling Reddy and 07 Fuchsia Perché

≪ Previous: Review and Swatches: Deborah Milano Smalto Gel Effect 01 and 10

Blushes are one of my favourite makeup products, but probably not reviewed enough on my blog. Usually I take photos for blog, swatch them, start using them, but then never write a word about them, except it they end up in my favourites. The exceptions are blushes from LE collection. Now I decided to change that and write a blush review each week during May. I’m going to start with MeMeMe Blush Me! Rouge, continue with Catrice blushes, Sleek and end up with Makeup Revolution blush in O’Boy. Yesterday I also received a Makeup Revolution palette All About Cream, but I’ll probably review it in June, because I need some time to test 8 blushes.

MeMeMe Blush Me! blush comes in cute cardboard box packaging which reminds me a lot on Benefit blush packaging. Well, MeMeMe packaging is mostly black with interesting vintage design, except of the lower part and the writing on the lid that are coral. Inside on inner part of the lid there’s a mirror and the brush comes with a brush that’s very soft and dense, and it applies and blends blush very good. This product is great for travelling, because it has everything you need to apply the blush (good brush, a mirror) and it’s sturdy, so you won’t damage it in your makeup bag.

I chose shade Rouge because it looked like it would suit my skin tone the best and I wasn’t wrong. It’s a coral shade with silver shimmer, nicely pigmented, but again not too much to end up looking like a clown. On cheeks the shade changes into a dark rosy-coral shade and I really like it on me. I know, I’m the worse at describing colours. The duration time depends from the intensity of the blush I apply on my cheeks. If I apply it sheerer, with a gentle touch, it fades away in around six hours, but if I apply it bolder (lately I really like to wear strong blush on my cheeks, which maybe isn’t always the best idea), it lasts up to nine hours. Shimmer in the blush gives such a nice glow to the cheeks and I don’t need to use a highlighter with it. The texture seems rough in the packaging, probably because of a shimmer, but very silky on the skin and the blush blends nicely and evenly.

MeMeMe Rouge blush is a nice addition to my collection and if you ask me, it would suit many skin tones, which makes it suitable for most people. The packaging contains 8 g, which is not little and will last for quite some time. International readers can get this blush on MeMeMe Cosmetics official site for £8,95, while Slovenian readers can buy it on Moja drogerija for 12,79 €.

Have you tried MeMeMe blushes? How do you like them? Thank you for reading!

Za slovenske bralce:

MeMeMe rdečila v prekrasni kartonasti škatlici so me že dlje časa mikala in Anja iz Moje drogerije ter znamka MeMeMe sta mi ponudili priložnost, da eno tudi preizkusim. Izbrala sem odtenek Rouge, ker mi je po swatchih na internetu deloval, kot da bi bil nalašč zame in na srečo nisem brcnila v temo. Kartonasta škatla precej spominja na pakiranje Benefitovih rdečil, je pa MeMeMe-jeva črna s prelepim dizajnom, ki me spominja na barok, znotraj pa je narisan tudi en prisrčen angelček, ki pa sem ga pozabila ujeti na fotografije. Napis na vrhu škatle in spodnji del sta koralna, v odtenku rdečila – tako lažje prepoznaš, za kateri odtenek gre, če jih imaš več (Sleek bi potreboval nekaj takega). Na notranji strani pokrova se skriva ogledalce, k rdečilu pa je priložen tudi čopič, s katerim se da rdečilo lepo nanesti. Pakiranje samo se mi zdi zelo kvalitetno in več kot priročno za potovanje, saj ponuja vse, kar potrebuješ za nanos rdečila – poleg samega rdečila še ogledalo in čopič.

Rouge je koralen odtenek, ki pa se na licu spremeni v mešanico temno roza in koralnega odtenka. Vem, da sem slaba pri opisovanju barv, ampak trudim se po najboljših močeh, da bi opisala, kako izgleda na meni. Vsebuje srebrne bleščice, zaradi katerih se njegova formula zdi precej manj svilenkasta, kot pa dejansko je. Ecotoolsov čopič mi omogoča, da ga nanesem in zblendam enakomerno. Rdečilo je lepo pigmentirano, njegova obstojnost pa je odvisna od tega, kako intenzivno ga nanesem. Zadnje čase obožujem močnejši videz rdečila na obrazu in takrat je seveda le-to bolj obstojno, saj ga nanesem več, zdrži mi tudi po devet ur, če pa ga nanesem bolj nežno, pa izgine že po nekaj kratkih urah. Bleščice v rdečilu dajejo obrazu lep sijaj in zaradi njih večinoma ne potrebujem osvetljevalca.

Rouge je čudovit dodatek moji ne tako majhni zbirki rdečil. Poleg pakiranja mi je zelo všeč tudi odtenek, ki se je super obnesel in mi po mojem mnenju prav lepo pristaja. MeMeMe Rouge Box rdečila vsebujejo 8 g in so na voljo v Moji drogeriji za 12,79 € (trenutno znižana na 10,23 €).

Ste že preizkusile MeMeMe rdečila? Hvala za pozornost!

*PR izdelek

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Review and Swatches: Bourjois Aqua Lacque 06 Feeling Reddy and 07 Fuchsia Perché

May 7, 2015, 10:53 am

≫ Next: NOTD: Half Moon Manicure

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Bourjois is probably one of the best brands in our drugstores. I started to buy their products late, but the main reason I started to check this brand are Mateja'sreviews and always amazing swatches. In my book Bourjois produces amazing lipsticks and the word has gone crazy over their Velvet Rouge lipsticks. Recently this brand joined the hybrid lipstick trend and they released Aqua Lacque collection. Bourjois pushed this innovation even further and created product that is a combination of high concentration of water and Nymphea extractwhich has great moisturizing abilities (10 hours). There are 8 shades in this collection and one can definitely find a shade for herself, because they released nudes, reds and pinks. The brand recommends applying Aqua Lacque on cleansed, dry lips, while using a nourishing and moisturizing lip balm before usage isn’t recommended. But you can apply lip liner to line your lips.

I got a chance to try shades Feeling Reddy, an orangey red shade, and Fuchsia Perché, a fuchia shade, as the name suggests,. I was really happy to get both shades, because all kind of red and pink shades are my thing and they often end up in my makeup bag. First shade I tried is Fuchsia Perché and I was blown away by its acting on me. Aqua Lacque have watery formula and they remind me more on a good pigmented gloss, rather than on lipstick. Because both my products are bolder shades, they require careful application, but formula slips on the lips easily. On my hand both shades swatched nicely, but on lips they apply sheerer and at least two coats are required for full coverage. However, the application can still end up uneven, especially by Feeling Reddy. What impresses me the most is the feeling on my lips. They are so light and most of the time it feels like I’m not wearing anything, also because these are not sticky. The packaging is very similar to the Velvet Edition lipstick, with the difference that Aqua Lacque lid is glossy. The applicator is a nice spongy one, easy to maintain and enables a good application. If matte lipsticks have quite intensive smell, the scent by Aqua Lacque is almost unnoticeable, but pleasant.

As I mentioned before, Fuchsia Perché impressed me already when I first tried it, while Feeling Reddy gave me completely different experience. I like both shades; I think both of them look good on me, but they act completely different. After application they both give glossy, wet shine look, as Bourjois calls it, that disappears in hour, hour and a half and leaves a gentle shine. By Fuchsia Perché this shine starts fading into an even stain, while Feeling Reddy fades away uneven and leaves uneven stain. They feel very moisturizing, especially at the beginning, which is probably because of the watery formula and Nymphea extract. Fuchsia Perché lasted for few hours on my lips, while Feeling Reddy completely disappeared in around three hours.

Another thing that surprised me by Fuchsia Perché is that it survived a meal. I mean, it did disappear a bit in inner part of the lip and the wet look was gone, but most of the colour (stain) was still there. To achieve fresh look and wet shine I just reapplied one coat of a product on my lips. By this shade I didn’t notice that it would transfer over the edge of my lips, while Feeling Reddy unfortunately did. In few minutes after I apply it it ends up in little cracks in the skin all around my lips (which is also noticeable on swatch). I used lip liner underneath, because I thought it might help, but it only ease off the problem, not completely reduce it. I do like shade Feeling Reddy on me, but I kind of doubt I’d wear it in public, because I’d ask myself all the time, how does it look, is it in place, did it went over the edge of my lips.

Bourjois Aqua Lacque Feeling Reddy

Bourjois Aqua Lacque Fuchsia Perché

Aqua Lacque products are already available at DM (I’m not sure for Müller), where you’re going to pay around 14 € for 7,7 ml. Do I recommend them? Hmm. I do recommend shade Fuchsia Perché, while you’re purchasing Feeling Reddy on your own responsibility. I would suggest you to check Simona’s review. She also got a red shade and mine was acting the same on my lips, with the difference that mine ended up in small crackles in the skin. I actually find it interesting that two shades from the same collection and with same formula can act so differently on lips. Now I can’t wait to read reviews from my fellow bloggers, especially about nudes, which interest me the most.

Have you tried Aqua Lacque lipsticks already or are you planning to get any shade? Thank you for reading!

Ocena v slovenščini:

Bourjois je zagotovo ena izmed najboljših drogerijskih znamk pri nas. Če ji lahko damo priznanje za kateri izdelek, bo to zagotovo za izdelke za ustnice, ki so odlični. Sama sem začela to znamko spoznavati bolj počasi, najbolj zaslužna za to pa je zagotovo Mateja, saj so me njeni swatchi in ocene vedno mamili, dokler se nisem odločila kupiti prvega izdelka (HM podlaga) in se vanj zaljubila.

Hibridne šminke so trenutno lepotni trend, ki se mu ni mogel izogniti niti Bourjois, vendar so tu narediti še korak naprej. Ustvarili so hibridne šminke Aqua Lacque, za katere je značilno, da vsebujejo visoko koncentracijo vode in ekstrakt Nymphea, ki vlaži ustnice tudi do 10 ur. V kolekciji so izdali 8 odtenkov, od nude in pink pa do rdečih, tako da lahko zagotovo najde vsaka odtenek zase. Pri Bourjois priporočajo, da izdelek nanesemo na suhe, očiščene ustnice oz. da pred nanosom ne uporabimo negovalnega balzama.

V nabiralniku sta me čakala dva odtenka, Feeling Reddy in Fuchsia Perché. Obeh odtenkov sem se zelo razveselila, saj sta, kot da bi bila narejena naravnost zame. Nič čudnega, saj kakršnikoli odtenki rdeče in roza vedno najprej pristanejo v moji košarici. Najprej sem testirala odtenek Fuchsia Perché, odtenek v barvi fuksije, kot že samo ime pove, ki mi je bil tako zelo všeč, da sem ga nosila nekaj dni zaporedoma, preden sem sploh posegla po Feeling Reddy, rdečem odtenku z oranžnim podtonom. Formula izdelkov je vodena, zelo spominjata na kak zelo pigmentiran gloss, in zelo lahka, saj se zdi, kot da na ustnicah sploh ne bi nosila ničesar. K temu pripomore tudi dejstvo, da nista lepljiva. Samo pakiranje je isto kot pri Velvet Rouge kolekciji, s to razliko, da je pokrov sijoč. Tudi aplikator je podoben - gobica, prirezana na eni strani, ki omogoča, da izdelek lepo zdrsi po ustnicah. Ker sta oba odtenka živahnih barv, je potreben pazljivejši nanos, saj se ju lahko hitro nanese čez rob ustnic, sploh pri mojih, ki nimajo lepo definiranega roba. Če imajo mat Velvet Rouge šminke dokaj intenziven vonj, je ta pri Aqua Lacque skorajda neopazen. Oba odtenka sta se na roki prekrasno poswatchala in izgledata zelo pigmentirana, vendar sta pri nanosu na ustnice potrebna vsaj dva sloja za popolno prekrivnost, nanos pa še vedno ni popolnoma enakomeren, sploh ne pri odtenku Feeling Reddy.

Dejansko sta se odtenka na mojih ustnicah različno odrezala. Kot sem že povedala, nad Fuchsia Perché sem bila že od vsega začetka navdušena. Poleg tega, da mi odtenek pristaja (no, ja, saj mi oba), me je navdušila tudi njegova obstojnost. Po kaki uri ali uri in pol večina mokrega sijaja, t. i. wet shine, kot so ga poimenovali pri Bourjois, izgine in ostane nežen sijaj, ki se začne počasi spreminjati v stain, ki na mojih ustnicah ostane tudi nekaj ur. Stain, ki ga pusti ta odtenek, je zelo enakomeren, še bolj pa me je navdušilo, da je preživel obrok oz. več obrokov. Sicer je izginil v čisto notranjem delu ustnic, ampak večino barve je še vedno ostalo na njih. En nanos hibridne šminke, pa je bila stvar rešena. Občutek na ustnicah, ko sem ga nosila, je bil zelo prijeten, na začetku se mi je zdelo, kot da mi lepo navlaži ustnice (verjetno zaradi vodene formule), občutka izsušenosti pa sploh nisem dobila, niti pozneje, ko je ostal samo stain. Zgodba s Feeling Reddy pa je bila čisto drugačna. Ta odtenek se mi zdi manj pigmentiran in še bolj voden kot Fuchsia Perse, zaradi česar izginja z ustnic neenakomerno in pušča neenakomeren stain. Kar pa štejem njegovi formuli najbolj v minus, je pa dejstvo, da mi v nekaj trenutnih po nanosu zleze v majhne linije kože, ki jih imam okrog ust. Dejansko imam pri tem odtenku občutek, kot da njegova formula počasi leze iz notranjosti navzven. Verjetno mi zato ne zdrži dlje kot nekje tri ure. Zadevo sem poskušala rešiti z nanosom svinčnika za usta, ki vse skupaj omili, ni pa dokončna rešitev, saj mi tudi takrat izdelek uhaja v linije. Tako da žal si s tole šminko ne bi upala na cesto, saj bi se stalno spraševala, če šminka v redu izgleda ali pa mi je že zlezla čez rob ustnic.

Aqua Lacque izdelki so od tega tedna na voljo v DM-u (nisem prepričana za Müller), 7,7 ml stane okrog 14 €. Mene še mika kak nude odtenek, bom pa zaradi izkušnje z rdečim počakala na ocene soblogerk, saj ne bi rada brcnila v temo. Če pa se bo obnesel kot Fuchsia Persé, pa toliko boljše. Vam priporočam Aqua Lacque? Odtenek Fuchsia Perché definitivno da, saj se je na mojih ustnicah odlično obnesel, Feeling Reddy pa ravno ne morem priporočiti. Definitivno priporočam, da si ogledate Simonino objavo, saj nekako tako rdeč odtenek izginja tudi z mojih ustnic, s to razliko, da mi zleze v gubice (sama se nisem niti spomnila, da bi pofotkala obe šminki po nekaj urah, silly me). Če pa ste preizkusile odtenek Feeling Reddy in imate drugačno izkušnjo z njim, pa jo kar delite z mano in bralkami v komentarju.

Ste že ali nameravate preizkusiti katero odtenek Aqua Lacque hibridnih šmink? Hvala za pozornost!

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NOTD: Half Moon Manicure

May 11, 2015, 9:53 am

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Ladies, today I have quite exciting post for you. I’m doing a collaboration post with lovely Lana from Lana Spital Makeup, a makeup artist and a beauty blogger from Slovenia. I adore her makeup looks, and recently she started doing Youtube videos, so don’t forget to check her Youtube channel, Facebook page, and blogfor more tips and tricks about makeup.

The theme of our creating was “night out”. She did a tutorial for a gorgeous makeup and I did a matching manicure that you can wear with her look. Of course I added a tutorial as well, so you’ll better imagine how to recreate this manicure. Polishes I used for it are S-he Stylezone 115, S-he Stylezone 440, Essence The Boy Next Door and Catrice Vino Tinto.

Drage dame, danes imam en zelo zanimiv post za vas. V sodelovanju z Lano (Lana’s SpitalMakeup), vizažistko in blogerko, sem pripravila manikiro, ki jo lahko nosite zraven makeup looka, za katerega je Lana na svojem Youtube kanalu pripravila tutorial. Manikira in makeup sta popolna za kakšno večerno poletno žurko. Lana na svojem blogu Lana’s Spital Makeup deli veliko kozmetičnih nasvetov, spremljate pa jo lahko tudi na Facebook strani.

Za vas sem pripravila tudi tutorial, zato da lahko rekreirate tole preprosto manikiro. Laki, ki sem jih sama uporabila, so S-he Stylezone 115, S-he Stylezone 440, Essence The Boy Next Door in Catrice Vino Tinto.

Tutorial:
Step 1: I started with Essence The Gel Nail Polish base coat. Base coat will protect your nails, prevent staining and prolong the duration of your manicure.
Step 2: Then I applied two coats of white nail polish (S-he 115).
You can find good white polishes with amazing coverage in our drugstores (as you know it’s not that easy to find a white polish with good opacity). If you’re searching a good white nail polish, I recommend Essence Wild White Ways.
I also added one coat of S-he 440, a white pearly shade, but you can skip this step, because it in the end it actually didn’t make a lot of difference.
Step 3: I helped myself with a top coat which I applied over white polish, so that it dried faster, and then I used round stickers that you can get in any stationer’s shop, and placed them on the root of my nail. I cut stickers on half, because I didn’t want to waste them.
Step 4: I applied one coat of Essence The Boy Next Door, a gorgeous dark blue shimmery shade, on my nails.
Step 5: I removed stickers when blue polish was still wet and then used thin brush and Catrice Vino Tinto nail polish to draw a line between white and blue shades.
Step 6: In the end I applied Essence The Gel Nail Polish top coat to seal my manicure.

Tutorial:

1. korak: Najprej sem na nohte nanesla Essence The Gel Nail polish podlak, katerega naloga je, da zaščiti noht, tudi pred obarvanostjo, in prispeva k daljši obstojnosti manikire.

2. korak: Ko se je podlak posušil, sem nanesla sva sloja belega laka S-he 115. Potem sem nanesla še en sloj belega perlastega laka S-he 440, ki pa na koncu ni igral velike vloge, saj so bile bleščice v njem bolj malo vidne.

Čeprav zna biti včasih iskanje dobro prekrivnega belega laka misija nemogoče, jih lahko pri nas najdemo kar nekaj. Sama bi priporočala Essencovega Wild White Ways, ki prekrije noht v dveh slojih.

3. korak: Da sem skrajšala čas sušenja belega laka, sem nanesla hitrosušec nadlak. Nato sem uporabila okrogle nalepke (ki jih lahko dobite v papirnici), ki sem jih razrezala na pol, nato pa nalepila na korenu nohta.

4. korak: Na nohte sem nanesla en sloj modrega šimrastega laka Essence The Boy Next Door.

5. korak: Nalepke sem odstranila, ko je bil moder lak še moker in nato s tankim čopičem med belim in modrim lakom narisala tanko črto s Catrice odtenkom Vino Tinto.

6. korak: Zaključni korak je bil nanos hitrosušečega nadlaka Essence The Gel Nail Polish.

I really hope you like this manicure and tutorial, and of course, don’t forget to check amazing Lana’s video. Thank you for reading!

Upam, da sta vam manikira in tutorial všeč, nikakor pa ne pozabite preveriti Laninega videa za odličen večerni makeup. Hvala za pozornost!

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Empty #14 (Tester Edition)

May 12, 2015, 1:41 pm

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Himalaya Herbals Purifying Neem Face Wash

This wash gel should use people with normal to oily skin, but I don’t find it very appropriate for people like me, who have normal skin, because it dries it. Otherwise the gel has thicker consistency that foams nicely and it also didn’t do the bad job by cleaning my skin. The scent is herbal-ish. I had cleansing gels from Balea and Yves Rocher and none dried my skin, so I decided to skip the purchase of a full size product.

(Re)purchase: No.

Greenland Fruit Emotions Vanilla Lime hand cream

This is definitely one of the best hand creams I ever tried. It’s light and it sinks into the skin fast, but it moisturizes and nourishes it nicely. Not to mention the scent. It’s not very usual combination, but I really like vanilla and lime scents together.

(Re)purchase: Yes.

Alfa Parf Reparative Shampoo

I was using Alfa Parf shampoo for damaged hair when my ends were so damaged that the only thing that helped them was cutting them off, so I can’t say I notice a huge difference on my hair considering the “reparing” effect, but I did like this shampoo. It cleaned my hair nicely, made them soft and they didn’t become greasy very fast.

(Re)purchase: Maybe.

Farmona Let's Celebrate Pinacolada and Sweet Secret Chocolate body butters

Two okay body butters that moisturized the skin, although I can’t say I was a huge fan of scents. They were just way to strong for me. I kind of liked Pinacolada, while Sweet Secret Chocolate wasn’t my type of body butter scent.

(Re)purchase: Probably no.

Greenland Fruit Emotions Grapefruit Ginger shower gel

If I like Vanilla Lime scent, Grapefruit Ginger scent stinks to me. It’s a hard word to say, but it’s true. Otherwise this was an okay shower gel that didn’t dry my skin.

(Re)purchase: No.

The Body Shop Vanilla Brulee shower gel

I wrote about The Body Shop products recently. Shower gel was the product I used up first. It’s a nice shower gel that smells nicely and cleans well the skin, leaving it soft and nice smelling.

(Re)purchase: Probably no.

Farmona Radical Med Reparing shampoo

Luckily I had two testers of this shampoo, which means I had enough of shampoo to wash my long hair (before I chop them) and to test it properly to write my first impression. I actually liked this shampoo a lot. It cleaned my hair very well, didn’t dry it, it made it soft and nice looking even on a second day after wash, which is good, because this means this shampoo doesn’t make the hair greasy.

(Re)purchase: Maybe.

Farmona Cooling Firming and Anti-cellulite concentrate

This is a gel that sinks fast into the skin, although I have to say I didn’t feel the cooling effect, it gave me more a warm feeling on the skin. One tester was enough for one usage, but after one usage I can’t say if this product works or not, because for that I should test it for a longer time.

(Re)purchase: No.

Farmona Thermoactive Slimming and Anti-cellulite concentrate

Omg, I hate this product. It’s very similar to Cooling Firming concentrate, with the difference that this is a thick cream with warming effect. It takes more time to sink into the skin than Cooling Firming and the feeling that it leaves on the skin is horrible. I felt like something is burning my skin on places on which I applied it. And that feeling lasted for quite a long time. So if you’re thinking about trying Farmona’s anti-celulite product, avoid this one and get Cooling Firming concentrate.

(Re)purchase: Hell no.

Afrodita Natural Care Aloe Vera mask and peeling

This is a two in one product. The peeling is very nice, it’s very gentle, but it works great. My skin was soft and it didn’t irritate it. The mask was also okay, although I should avoid using it right after peeling, because it burned a bit around my nose. Otherwise my skin felt great after I washed it, it was nourished and smooth.

(Re)purchase:Yes.

Montagne Jeunesse Erdbeer maske

This was an okay mask, it felt refreshing on the skin and it didn’t irritate it, but it made it soft after the usage, although I can’t say it made it moisturized. What I didn’t like about it is very strong artificial strawberry scent.

(Re)purchase: Maybe.

Vichy Nutrilogie 2 Intense Cream for very dry skin

I received this tester with my Vichy prize previous month and I had to try it first, although my skin isn’t anymore as dry as it was during winter. It moisturizes the skin very well, but that’s all I can say about it, since I used it only twice. But it made a good first impression and I think it would be perfect for winter season.

(Re)purchase: Maybe.

Clarins Orchid Treatment

I was preparing myself to write a review about this product many times and I even had few words written, but in the end I decided not to publish the review. Clarins Orchid Treatment is much hyped product and it seems like everybody loves it, but I have to admit I didn’t notice any difference on my skin when I was using it. The problem I had with it is that it took ages before this oil sink into my skin. I was usually using it alone, because it took about 40 minutes before it completely sank into my skin and because I was using it before bed time I didn’t wait that long to apply my face cream (I usually went to sleep, because I had to wake up early in the morning for work). The second thing I didn’t really like is the scent. The scent actually reminds me on men’s after shave lotion and I always had a feeling like I put my father’s after shave lotion on my face when I was using this product. But the scent is personal preference and some might like it. I’m not saying that this is a bad product, because it worked for many people, but I personally didn’t notice any difference on my skin, so I would not purchase a full size product.

(Re)purchase: No.

Farmona Bamboo&Oils Repairing mask and Strengthening shampoo

I had one tester of shampoo and one of mask and I used up both while I still had long hair. Of course, there wasn’t enough shampoo for the whole surface of my hair, so I can’t say much about it, but the mask didn’t impress me. It didn’t make my hair as soft and smooth as it says on the packaging that it should.

(Re)purchase: No.

Macadamia Natural Oil Deep Repair Masque

This is a product that made a huge impression on me. It’s a thick mask that worked amazingly on my hair. My hair was as soft and smooth as never before. I couldn’t believe how nice my hair was after the usage. I’m seriously thinking about purchasing a full size mask, although I really don’t like buying very expensive products for hair.

(Re)purchase: Maybe.

Lee Stafford Arganoil from Marocco Nurishing Miracle Oil

I got 5 ml tester which was enough for few usages. It smelled really nicely, it made my hair soft and not greasy. I was using it on wet hair, like all other oils.

(Re)purchase: Maybe.

Have you tried any of these products? What do you think about them? Thank you for reading!

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Review: Born Pretty Store Plate L013

May 15, 2015, 10:32 am

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Recently I received a package from Born Pretty Store and plate L013 was one of the products I chose to review. I usually post manicures with plates I receive from them, because I never had a problem with any of them, but this time I decided to do a full review.

L013 is a big rectangular plate with 21 designs. The whole plate measures 12,5 x 6,5 cm, while each designs measures 1,4 x 1,6 cm. This means they are big enough to transfer completely even on wide nails. It reminds me a lot on MoYou plates, but BP is bigger.

I chose this plate, because designs looked very interesting to me. I especially like diamonds (4th design in 1st row), stars and hearts (5th and 6th designs in 2nd row) and geometric lines (4th design in third row). All designs have the same size, but not every one of them is well engraved. I tried to swatched this plate on a piece of paper, showing you how each design transfers, but I guess I'm not the best at this work. But it's quite visible from my photos, which designs don't work that well. By some the corner isn't visible, but that's because I didn't pick them up nicely with a stamper. The second diamond design (5th design in 1st row), vintage design (last one in 1st row) and lines (2nd in 3rd row) did not transfer the best. By some other depended from the polish I used, but most of them is engraved nicely and it's not a problem to do a manicure with them.

This is a nice palette, but I have to say I don't like it as much as BP plates I tried before this one. BP round plates are still my favourite. The price for this palette is not high, you pay 5,46 €($5.99) for 21 designs.

If you're going to shop at Born Pretty Store, use my codeDFL91 for 10 % discount. The shipping is free.

I made four different manicures with this plate, using different designs. My favourite is the first one. I won't write a list of polishes I used for each manicure, but if any interests you, tell me in comment section.

How do you like this plate and my manicures? Thank you for reading!

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Random Sunday #49 (Trying to Be More Healthy)

May 17, 2015, 7:29 am

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Kljub angleškemu naslovu bo tale članek v slovenščini – preprosto zato, ker se mi je v maternem jeziku lažje izražati.

Sorry, ladies, this post will be only in Slovene, because I find it easier to express my thoughts in my mother's language.

Vedno sem spadala v skupino bolj lenih ljudi, ki ne dajo dosti na gibanje in telovadbo. Zame je bilo v osnovnošolskih in srednješolskih časih poleg telovadbe v šoli razgibavanje delo doma na njivi in vrtu, pa še kakšen sprehod zraven. Potem so prišli študentski časi, ko največkrat zaradi predavanj in učenja ni bilo časa za daljše sprehode ali pa sem bila preprosto lena, teka pa tako ali tako nikoli nisem marala. Da ne omenjam nezdrave prehrane, ki jo je študentsko življenje prineslo, čokolado in sladke pijače pa sem že od nekdaj oboževala – vse to pa je botrovalo temu, da sem se v zadnjih nekaj letih zredila za ogromno število kilogramov. Vse skupaj je vodilo k precej nezdravemu načinu življenja in skrajni čas je bil, da naredim nekaj v tej smeri.

Lansko leto sem nekaj mesecev delala v fitnesu in tako začela fitnes tudi obiskovati, ampak za razliko od mnogih meni fitnes ni prirasel k srcu. Potem sem januarja, ko sem se spet vrnila na staro delovno mesto, kjer sem delala samo dopoldne, začela obiskovati aerobiko, ki pa mi je takoj zlezla pod kožo in vsako uro aerobike sem z veseljem pričakovala. Na ta način sem se navadila na redno gibanje in ugotovila, da mi pošteno manjka, ko je kakšna ura aerobike odpadla. Pridobila pa sem tudi na kondiciji, ki mi je je pošteno primanjkovalo. S prihodom pomladi so se naše ure aerobike počasi zaključile. Ker sem se želela še naprej redno gibati, se dvakrat do trikrat na teden delala vaje iz Youtube spletne strani Fitness Blender, ker pa nisem bila tako pridna in se mi včasih ni dalo, sem se odločila, da bom začela z vadbo, pri kateri bo potrebne dosti več discipline – z vadbo Insanity.

Insanity je vadba, ki poteka 6 dni na teden po 9 tednov. Sicer sem jo delala že dve leti nazaj in takrat že po enem mesecu opazila rezultate, ampak me je vmes zaradi pisanja diplomskih prijela lenoba in vadbe nisem dokončala. Tokrat sem se odločila, da bo drugače, k čemur bi se rada spodbudila tudi s tem zapisom. Ker mi gre izziv o kozmetiki, ki jo želim porabiti, zelo dobro, k čemur verjetno prispeva tudi zapis na tem blogu, sem se odločila, da bom naredila objavo tudi o Insanity vadbi. Edino, kar obžalujem, je, da nisem začela pisati dnevnika že s prvim dnem vadbe, kot to počne Maja iz bloga Telovadit začnem vedno na isti dan– jutri, saj bi tako lažje spremljala svoje občutke skozi celotno vadbo.

Prvi teden sem imela nekako še največ inspiracije. K vajam sem se spravila z lahkoto in tudi lažje sem jim sledila, kot npr. pred dvema letoma (se vidi, da sem takrat začela z ničle, tokrat pa sem imela kar nekaj kondicije). Najtežje mi je bilo prejšnjo soboto, kajti takrat je bila na vrsti vadba Pure Cardio, ki mi je najtežja, saj še vedno nimam dovolj kondicije, da bi jo naredila v celoti brez vmesnih počitkov, poleg tega pa sem prej 3 ure okopavala buče na njivi. Po prvih nekaj vadbah so me tudi precej bolele noge, kar se je pri okopavanju, kjer se stalno sklanjaš naprej in napenjaš mišice, precej pozna. Drugi teden mi je bilo težje izvajati vaje, pa ne zato, ker bi me vse bolelo od vaj, ampak me je malce prijela lenoba. Nedelja je sicer dan počitka, ampak prejšnjo nedeljo sem bila na kosilu ob obhajilu in to po navadi pomeni hranjenje skozi ves dan. Sicer sem se trudila, da se nisem nažirala in stalno sem pila vodo, ampak naslednji dan se je vseeno poznalo, da sem se najedla precej bolj kot prejšnje dni. Sem pa z vadbo uspešno opravila in naslednje dni je šlo lažje. Vse do petka, ko sem se zbudila v deževen dan. Ne vem, kaj je bilo z mano, ampak nivo energije je bil čisto na ničli in sploh se mi ni dalo iz postelje, kaj šele, da bi šla telovadit. Ampak sem se prisilila in čeprav mi je bilo na začetku tako težko, da sem se komaj vlekla skozi vadbo, sem nekje na sredini začela uživati. Je pa res, da sem potem skoraj ves dan preživela za računalnikom, ker sem se trudila spisati nekaj objav (in na srečo dobila tudi nekaj zanimivih idej ;)). V soboto je bilo precej podobno, tudi takrat sem se komaj spravila k vadbi, ampak po začetnem ogrevanju sem takoj padla noter. Čeprav je bila spet na vrsti Pure Cardio vadba, mi je bilo všeč, da sem prešvicala in dejansko sem potrebovala manj počitka vmes kot po navadi (Pure Cardio je vadba, kjer se najprej nekaj minut razgibavaš, nato raztezaš, potem pa 15 minut delaš različne vaje po eno minuto brez počitka.). Danes je nedelja, dan počitka, in dva tedna sta že za mano. Če odmislim zadnja dva dni, mi je prav v veselje, da se dnevno razgibavam (poleg Insanitya si vzamem tudi kako uro za sprehod z mamo), tako da sem zelo optimistična in verjamem, da mi bo uspelo priti do konca.

Seveda ni vse v gibanju, ampak veliko k boljšemu počutju pripomore tudi prehrana in pitje vode. Sama sem se sicer odločila, da ne bom šla na nobeno dieto, kjer bi bila več lačna kot sita, oz. svoje prehrane ne bom drastično spreminjala, ampak se bom osredotočila bolj na to, da zmanjšam obroke in se odpovem sladkarijam in sladkim pijačam. Sicer si občasno privoščim kakšno pregreho, kot je bil kos torte na obhajilu ali pa kakšen sladoled, ampak čokoladam in keksom, ki so se znali znajti na jedilniku vsak dan, sem se odpovedala in moram priznati, da se mi niti ne luštajo preveč. Najprej sem mislila, da bom zaradi manjših obrokov čutila lakoto, ampak je ne. Verjetno je k temu pripomoglo tudi dejstvo, da spijem veliko vode. Si niti ne predstavljam, kako sem včasih skozi dan preživela s pitjem sladkih pijač. Res sem imela grozne navade. Poletja se ne veselim preveč, ker mi vročina ni všeč, se pa veselim dejstva, da bo takrat na vrtu že skoraj vsa zelenjava dozorela, saj mi ni lepšega kot iti na vrt, utrgati domač paradižnik, kumaro ali bučko in si narediti kosilo iz domače zelenjave.

Sama sicer nisem opazila še nobenih rezultatov (no, ja, sami sebi smo vedno najhujši kritik), ampak mi vsi pravijo, da se mi kar pozna, da redno delam vaje, poleg tega pa se počutim dosti boljše kot prej, da ne omenjam, da skorajda nimam groznih glavobolov, ki so me prej stalno mučili. Vse to mi daje motivacijo, da vztrajam še naprej. Prav razmišljam, da bi vsaka dva tedna napisala, kako mi gre Insanity, čeprav vam slik pred in po koncu vadbe ne bom mogla pokazati, ker kot sem rekla, sem se kar vrgla v telovadbo, brez da bi se prej stehtala, izmerila in pofotkala. Mi je sedaj kar žal, da se nisem in da nisem začela pisati dnevnika, saj bi bilo zanimivo prebirati, kako sem se vsak dan ob vadbi počutila. Upam pa, da me bo ta zapis spodbudil, da na sredi ne odneham in pridem do konca.

V kolikor ste že končale z Insanity telovadbo oz. imate kakšen odličen recept za zdrav obrok, mi kar pustite komentar pod tem člankom, saj vsaka dodatna motivacija prav pride. Hvala vam za pozornost!

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Review and Swatches: Catrice Defining Blushes

May 18, 2015, 2:22 am

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I was introduced to Catrice Defining Blush collection two years ago. I mean, people were bragging about them before, but I never paid too much attention to them, until I didn’t put Pinkerbell in bag two year ago on Catrice and Essence event. I was so impressed by this blush that I had to get few more and today I’m presenting you Think Pink, Mandy-rine and Love&Peach, beside Pinkerbell, of course. I recently purchased Rose Royse as well, but that blush will get its own review, because I haven’t properly used it yet.

The packaging of Defining blushes is nothing special, is a transparent rectangular plastic packaging with the name of the blush collection on top and all information on the back, but it’s sturdy with great closure system that will prevent opening of the blush, if you’re going to carry it in your bag.

The texture of these blushes is amazing – silky and soft. They are quite buttery and not too powdery. They swatch evenly on the back of the hand and the same they act when I’m applying them on cheeks. By swirling the brush into the blush I can quickly apply it too much on face because of a good colour payoff (especially Pinkerbell), so I rather dab the brush into the blush, shake it lightly and then build it up to the intensity I want. The duration time depends from how much of the blush I apply, but mostly these survive on cheeks a whole working day. All shades from this collection are matte, so these are perfect for people who like matte finish on cheeks or for people like me who like to use stronger highlighter on the top of the cheek.

Catrice Love&Peach

This is a vivid peach shade.

Catrice Pinkerbell

This is a bright pink shade. It definitely won’t be a shade for everyone, but I love it. It‘s stronger pink than Think Pink and the difference between them is definitely visible on cheeks.

Catrice Mandy-rine

This is my all time favourite blush, because it really looks natural on cheeks and it goes well with every look I do. It’s a peachy shade, but nothing close to Love&Peach, which has a bit more coral in it than Mandy-rine.

Catrice Think Pink

This is a coral-pink shade, but it gives more rosy look to the cheeks.

Catrice blushes contain 5 g of product and they cost 3, 79 €. In my book these are the best drugstore blushes. The quality is amazing and you won’t be disappointed. You can get them in DM, Tuš drugstore and Müller.

Have you tried Catrice Defining Blush line before? What do you think about them? Thank you for reading!

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FOTD: Birthday Makeup Look

May 19, 2015, 2:02 pm

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As a huge makeup junkie I can't celebrate my birthday without colorful makeup, right? I had no idea what kind of makeup I want to wear on my eyes, but I guess purple and blue are really my type of colours. I can't deny I feel amazing with colourful look, even if I go only shopping, like I went today, and I definitely needed a break from nude looks I mostly wear lately, because I'm trying to use Catrice Absolute Matt palette as much as possible. I combined the look with one of the prettiest lip shades there is - a combination of Essence lip liner in A Girl's Dream and Bourjois Nude-ist. I didn't add false lashes to this look, because I wore it a whole day and because of my glasses it's impossible to wear false lashes. But I think makeup would look even better with them.

I couldn't decided which photo of this makeup I want to post, so prepare for a photo heavy post. Information about products I used for this look can be found lower in this post.

Products I used:
*Face
- Bourjois Healthy Mix 51 Light Vanilla
- Catrice Velvet Finish 01 Velvet Ivory concealer
- Maybelline Anti-Age Effect 03 Fair concealer
- Artistry Exact Fir Creampowder
- Catrice Coral Me Maybe blush
- P2 High Beam highlighter

*Eyes
- Catrice Prime and Fine eyeshadow base
- Sleek Curacao (Martini, Blue Hawaiian, Blue Lagoon, Singapore Sling, Espresso Martini)
- Miyo 39
- S-he Stylezone Eyeshadow Quattro 245
- Essence Liquid Ink High Gloss liner
- Toyoko longlasting eyeliner 508
- Oriflame The Eyes White Open mascara
- Essence Lash Princess mascara
- Essence How To Make Brows Wow palette (Love Brunettes for brows and Lift Up for highlighting)

*Lips
- Essence A Girls Dream lip liner
- Bourjois Nude-ist

How do you like this look? Thank you for reading!

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Jasmina Lebar - Sminčjeans

May 20, 2015, 12:09 pm

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Danes imam za vas na blogu nekaj drugačnega, in sicer bi vam rada predstavila Jasmino, umetnico in ustvarjalko, ki iz tekstila ustvarja prekrasen nakit, poleg tega pa je zagotova ena najbolj pozitivnih oseb, kar jih poznam. Na njenem Facebook profilu boste lahko prebrali, da je "kreativna, romantična, rokerska ustvarjalka, ki ima rada naravo, otroke in motorje, velik poudarek pa daje tudi ponovni uporabi, recikliranju in naravi." Več o njej pa v spodnjih vrsticah.

Povej nam nekaj o sebi.

Ljubiteljica narave, otrok, motorjev in ustvarjalnosti. Moje delovanje temelji na ponovni uporabi in recikliranju. Skozi svoje ustvarjanje želim ljudi osveščati o tem, da lahko zavrženim stvarem damo neko novo uporabno vrednost.

Kdaj si začela ustvarjati?

V bistvu rada ustvarjam že od nekdaj, včasih sem risala, lepila in rezala, spet drugič pesmi pisala. Že v osnovni šoli me je pritegnilo oblikovanje tekstila, tako da sem kakšne hlače na skrivaj razrezala, da so bile bolj široke, si za pust predelala kavbojsko krilo ali z raznimi verzi popisala stare raztrgane kavbojke :) Nekaj časa pa sem se vrtela tudi okoli ideje, da bi predelovala stara kolesa. Tako da je ustvarjalnost bila in verjamem, da tudi vedno bo del mene :)

Kako se je rodila znamka/ime Sminčjeans?

Ime Sminčjeans sem izbrala v sklopu operacije Podjetno v svet podjetništva. Sminč je moj vzdevek iz srednješolskih let in ker je bilo ustvarjanje z jeansom moja dolgoletna želja, sem ti dve stvari združila ter začela razvijati poslovno idejo, pod katero sedaj ustvarjam modne dodatke in dodatke za dom.

Kakšen je tvoj kreativni proces, kako nastajajo tvoji izdelki?

Moji procesi, predvsem tisti v fazi šivanja so včasih pravi kreativni kaos ... seveda, kakšni pa naj bi bili, če pa sem več ali manj samouk na tem področju :) Po navadi začnem s skiciranjem in risanjem krojev, včasih to fazo kar preskočim in pustim prosto pot domišljiji, škarjam in šivalnemu stroju. Tako da mi pri delu domišljija ter iznajdljivost prideta vedno prav. Prav tako sta nepogrešljiva pri raznih čičkah čačkah in packastih packah, s katerimi rada popestrim jeans, vmes pa še kakšno slikarsko platno :)

Kako bi opisala svoj slog, svoje izdelke?

Je kolaž vsega kar obožujem ... prepleta se skozi jeans, gumbe, pike in slike, potuje čez prelivajoče se barvne odtenke, dotika se tudi razcefranih dodatkov, vmes pohajkuje s srčki, hiškami in drevesi, spet drugič se obleče v dimnikarja in prinaša srečo.

Komu so tvoji izdelki namenjeni?

Vsem, ki so takšni kot drugi, vendar drugačni :)

Želje/načrti za naprej.

Še naprej biti v družbi otrok in ustvarjalnih trenutkov. V svetlem in prostornem ateljeju prelivati ideje na papir in jeans, na motorju ter v naravi pa se prepustiti sproščanju ter uživati v čarobnih trenutkih življenja.

Jasmino lahko spremljate na Facebook strani ali blogu, lahko pa ji pišete tudi po elektronski pošti:

www.facebook.com/smincjeans

www.smincjeans.blogspot.com

smincjeans@gmail.com

Vabljene na mojo Facebook stran Taya My Little Beauty World, kjer lahko med 20. 5. in 27. 5. 2015 osvojite zapestnico, ki jo je naredila Jasmina.

Hvala Jasmini za gostovanje na blogu in hvala vam za pozornost!

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Makeup on a Budget: Drugstore Beauty

May 25, 2015, 12:48 pm

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It's not a secret that I'm a drugstore makeup buyer and that I love inexpensive makeup. The fact that the product costs a little amount of money doesn't always mean that is bad. In this post I'd like to share few ideas for those, who are starting with makeup and have a limited budget to buy it. I'm going to recommend few products that I love and probably mention also a few that my co-bloggers love.

First thing first, a skin care. Taking care of your skin is the most important, because no makeup can save skin problems (it can only cover them up). I personally have normal to dry skin, so for me the most important thing is to moisture the skin before applying makeup. I have to pay special attention to my nose, where my skin can be the driest, and to my forehead – I have to make sure that makeup won’t emphasize any dry parts on my skin. My favourite cream to use it Mixa Anti-Dryness cream with 10% glycerin, because it moisturizes and mattifies my skin and it's also great to use under foundation.

PRIMER

I wasn’t using primers for a long time and if you're a beginner I'd say it's not necessary. Primers smooth your skin and are a base for foundation. They should also prolong the duration of a foundation on your face. My favourite primer is L'Oreal Lumi Magique primer (around 13 €), which gives a healthy glow to my skin. I also love to use it as highlighter. Very popular primer in beauty world is also Max Factor Face Finity All Day primer (around 13 €).

Very important is also an eyeshadow base, especially if you have oily lids, because it prevents eyeshadow from creasing. The best in our drugstores and not expensive at all is, by my opinion, Catrice Prime&Fine (3,79€). Eyeshadows are easy to blend over it, don't crease and look intense.

FOUNDATION

The choice of foundation depends from personal preferences. Some like dewy finish, some matte, some like light coverage, some full coverage. The choice of a foundation also depends a lot from your skin tone (pink, yellow, neutral). Many people say that foundation is meant to even out the skin and that's the purpose I use it for. I suggest you to go to the drugstore and ask for a sample to try it at home. I highly recommend Bourjois foundations because they have big range of shades, also very light ones if you're pale. Healthy Mix serum (around 15€) is perfect for those who search a light coverage and a dewy finish. On the other hand you can try Catrice foundations. I find All Matt Plus (6,79€) and Nude Illusion (7,69€) perfect foundation collections. Both have medium coverage and gave matte finish to the skin. Bourjois has yellow undertone and both Catrice foundation have more neutral tone. If you can’t find a perfect match, you can mix different foundations. Now, if you're searching a full coverage foundation, try Revlon’s, many Slovenian bloggers recommend them.

CONCEALER

Concealer is a product that should cover up all imperfections and blemishes on your skin. I personally don't have much blemishes on my skin and foundation covers almost everything, but I need a concealer to cover up my under eye circles and I also use it around my nose, where my skin tends to be very red. My favourite is Essence Stay All Day Longlasting 16h concealer. For 3 € you get a medium coverage concealer that is good to use on under eye area and on blemished on the face. Very similar to Essence is new Catrice Velvet Finish (4,69€), with the difference that's a bit drier, but it works great anyway, as well under my eyes as also for redness around my nose. The best for covering blemishes is Catrice Camouflage cream (3,29€). It has thicker consistency than concealers, but it blends easily and it to the skin. All three mentioned products have shades, bright enough for paler people like I.

BLUSH

Blushes are probably my favourite makeup products beside eyeshadows which allow me to create many different looks. Some people don't use blushes, but by my opinion they are a must. I mean, we all have our natural blush, right? The best in our drugstores, and I ramble a lot about them, are Catrice Defining blushes (3,79€). Catrice offers 9 different matte shades and every girl can find a blush that will suit her complexion. One of my favourite drugstore blushes is also Maybelline 501(2,89€). Unlike Catrice Maybelline offers shimmery shades and I think these are worth checking. Blushes that are worth checking for are also Essence blushes from trend edition collections. Essence releases new collections all the time and during years they released few gems. Not to mention cute designs on blushes, they always make an effort with these.

If you like shopping on internet, I suggest you to check Sleek blushes (around 6,50€). Besides sturdy and high quality packaging they offer amazing pigmented shades. My favourite is Pomegranate. The inexpensive brand that won't disappoint you is also Makeup Revolution. I tried only cream blushes from them them, but bloggers all over the word like powdery ones and Vivid Blush Lacquer in shade O Boy (4,95€) I tried blue my mind, because it's so good pigmented that you need only a tiny bit of product to achieve colour on cheeks. Also, the palette All About Cream (8,95€) contains 8 very nicely pigmented blushes.

HIGHLIGHTER

I didn't wear highlighters for a long time, but when I discovered their beauty, they became a non-replaceable part of my collection. Essence can produce true gems in their trend edition collections, so I suggest you to check those if you have a chance. One of those highlighters is Metal Glam Gold Digger, which is loved by many bloggers. In regular assortment they offer creamy highlighter Soo Glow! Look on the Bright Side (2,99€) that's easy to use and gives a gorgeous shine to the cheeks. Natural cosmetics lovers know brand Terra Naturi very well. While their products are a hit or a miss, highlighter Golden Highlight(3,99€) is worth trying. It's a golden shimmery highlighter. Brand we cannot skip when mentioning highlighters is Makeup Revolution. Their baked blushes and highlighter is cute heart shape are very popular and from my experience I can say that they are not bad. I tried a Goddess of Love (5,95€), which is a highlighter with pink hue and it looks pretty on cheeks.

LIP PRODUCTS

If you are "scared" of colors and like lipglosses, I suggest checking Catrice Beautifying lipsmoothers (3,79€) and Deborah Milano Glossissimo (around 6€) lip glosses. Both are moisturizing and give a bit of colour to the lips. Essence and Catrice offer nude lipsticks as well as bright and bold one, and both brands make great lipsticks for a low price. The brand that's also worth checking is P2. I tried one of their lipsticks, but it impressed me like no one before. P2 is availableon Moja drogerija for 3-5€. Brand that probably offers the best lipsticks in our drugstore is Bourjois. Their product cost a bit more, but they won't easily disappoint you. My personally favourite isRouge Velvet edition (around 14€), which offers matte shades.

MASCARA

Mascara is quite a personal choice. Everyone has different lashes and everyone expect different effect from mascara. I personally adore mascaras that give me a volume and Essence I LikeExtreme, Miyo Big Fat Smoky lashes and Essence Lash Princess did this job great. All mascaras cost less than 5 €.

Let me know, what are your favourite drugstore products. Thank you for reading!

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Nagradna igra: Postani blogerka za en dan

May 27, 2015, 4:06 am

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A že dlje časa razmišljaš, da bi odprla blog in začela pisati ocene ali pa zgolj uživaš v kozmetiki? Potem je tale nagradna igra kot nalašč zate. Odločila sem se, da bom tokrat priredila malce drugačno nagradno igro; tako, v kateri se bo treba za nagrado malce bolj potruditi, in sicer boš dobila priložnost, da postaneš blogerka za en dan. Upam, da te to, da bo treba za nagrado storiti malce več, kot le vpisati običajne podatke, vseeno ne bo odvrnilo od sodelovanja, ker verjamem, da bo zanimivo in zabavno tako zate kot zame.

Pravila nagradne igre »Postani blogerka za en dan«:

Nagradna igra je odprta za vse, ki imajo stalno prebivališče v Sloveniji.
S tem, ko sodelujete v nagradni igri, soglašate, da bo vsebina javno objavljena na blogu Taya My Little Beauty World brez možnosti izbrisa (razen v primeru, da se jaz kot avtorica bloga odločim zapreti in v celoti izbrisati blog).
Vaša naloga je, da izberete en izdelek, ki vas je navdušil ali pa mogoče razočaral, ga pofotkate,poswatchate in ocenite. Ocena naj vsebuje vse pomembne podatke o izdelku. Izdelek, ki ga boste ocenile, je popolnoma vaša izbira, lahko pa je krema za obraz, paleta, šminka, šampon za lase …
Spodnja meja za objavo ocene je 300 besed, zgornja meja št. besed pa je poljubna.
Ocena naj bo spisana v slovenskem jeziku, po želji pa lahko dodate tudi angleško besedilo.
Ocena naj bo napisana v Wordu, ne pozabite pa dodatinaslova. Fotografije k oceni naj bodo poslane v originalni velikosti kot priložena datoteka, jih pa lahko dodate tudi v oceno (ali pa med besedilom napišete, kam sodi katera fotografija), da bom vedela, kam jih dodati.
Oceno lahko objavite pod svojim imenom, lahko pa pod vzdevkom, vendar mi v elektronskem sporočilu vseeno napišite vaše pravo ime in priimek.
V tej nagradni igri lahko sodelujejo samo osebe, ki še nimajo lastnega bloga (še posebej lepotnega!) oz. svoje lastne Facebook strani, na kateri objavljajo ocene kozmetičnih izdelkov.
Oceno mi skupaj s fotografijami pošljite do 8. junija 2015 na elektronski naslov tgjerkes@gmail.com.

S ponedeljkom, 9. 6., se začne objavljanje ocen, in sicer bodo objavljene po vrsti, kot bodo prispele na moj mejl. Vsaka ocena bo objavljena samostojno kot en post, na dan pa bo objavljena ena ocena. Nagrajenke bodo 3, in sicer bodo zmagala dekleta, ki se bodo pri ocenah najbolj potrudila, imena pa bodo objavljena nekaj dni po tem, ko bo objavljena zadnja ocena. Če se ne bom mogla odločiti, katere so najboljše, bo odločil žreb. Vse 3 nagrajenke bodo osvojile lepe nagrade, ki jih podarja Avon.

Ena nagradavsebuje:

Avon Ideal Flawless perle za lice
Avon Super Shock maskaro v odtenku Black
Čopič za nanos rdečila
Set Anew Vitale izdelkov za nego kože (gel za čiščenje, dnevna krema, nočna krema, krema za področje oči)
en Avon lak (Creme Brulee, Inky Blue, Red Velvet)

Ob tej priložnosti bi se najlepše zahvalila Avonu za darovane nagrade.

Da pa se drage kolegice blogerke ne bodo čutile izključene, bom nagrade podelila tudi 3 osebam, ki bodo komentirale ocene, ki jih bodo dekleta poslala. Komentirajo in v žrebanju za nagrado lahko sodelujejo tudi tisti, ki bodo poslali oceno. En komentar bo pomenil eno točko, torej večkrat komentirate, več možnosti imate, da osvojite nagrado. Komentirajo lahko vsi, saj imam vključene anonimne komentarje, vendar bom upoštevala samo tiste komentatorje, ki se bodo podpisali (z imenom ali vzdevkom). Žaljivi komentarji bodo izbrisani. Komentatorji, ki bodo prejeli nagrado, bodo trije in bodo izžrebani naključno.

Drage dame, upam, da se boste odločile sodelovati v tej nagradni igri, saj bi vas z veseljem gostila na svojem blogu. Če vas zanima še kaj, me lahko vprašate v komentarju ali pa mi pišete na mejl tgjerkes@gmail.com. Hvala za pozornost!

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Review and Swatches: Essence Liquid Ink Matte and High Gloss Eyeliners

May 28, 2015, 2:01 pm

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When it comes to eye makeup eyeliner is a must for me. I do wear eye makeup without eyeliner, when I don’t have time to draw a line (I need to take time for a nice, straight, precise line) or when I’m not in the mood for it, but eyeliner makes a huge difference in my makeup. My favourite or most used are liquid eyeliners, although these are not the easiest to use. Today I’m going to talk about Essence Liquid Ink eyeliners that a lot of people love, while I like them, but I can’t say I’m madly in love with them.

The family of Essence Liquid Ink eyeliners got bigger last fall, when Essence released Matt and High Gloss eyeliners. As the name already says they main feature is the finish. One gives completely matte look, while other high glossy one. They are packed in a black standard Essence packaging with a thin brush. I’ve never notice this till now, but High Gloss eyeliner has a smaller and thinner brush than Matt eyeliner (or maybe is this just in my case). That also means that High Gloss eyeliner is easier to maintain.

The formula of these eyeliners is very wet, but with good colour payoff, because it covers the skin with first layer already. One can do a thin or thicker line with them; it depends from one’s preferences (if you noticed I like thicker line). Theyupgrade nicely, because they don’t dry too fast, which means you are able to layer it and fix the mistakes you did and that way to create a perfect line. Then again they dry quickly enough, so that they don’t transfer on the upper part, above the crease. Liquid eyeliners never make a problem by doing a flick and the same is here (I only have a problem by doing a flick with some not so great pencil eyeliners). Both eyeliners are true black shades.

Now let’s go to some not so great qualities (or better said quality). The one that bothers me the most is that soon after application they start to crackle in the inner corner of my eye, sometimes also on the part where the flick starts. Luckily I wear glasses, which makes this almost imperceptible for other people, but it bothers me. These don’t smudge a whole day if I don’t touch them, but if I get tears in my eyes or I get in touch with water (for example rain) they do smudge. Both of them, actually, which surprises me, because Matt eyeliner should be waterproof; at least that’s what it says on the packaging. I think I quite used up Matt eyeliner, because it already became thicker and a bit harder to apply nicely, but I don’t have a huge problem with that, because that happens with all liquid eyeliners. I also have to point out that none of these irritated my eyes in any way. The removal is not the easiest, but it’s also not something that micellar water couldn’t remove with a bit more attention.

Essence Liquid Ink High Gloss eyeliner.

Essence Liquid Ink Matte eyeliner.

These contain 3 g of product and cost around 3 € (available in drugstores that sell Essence). As I said, I do like them, although I can’t say I’m madly in love with them. But for the price these are good eyeliners. Finishes are different, so there’s something for everyone. I personally still prefer Catrice Ultra FineInk eyeliner in shade Don’t Move, but unfortunately I don’t have it anymore to compare it with Essence eyeliners. I also haven’t repurchased it yet, because I want to use up those eyeliners I already have first.

Have you tried Essence Liquid Ink eyeliners? What do you think about them? Thank you for reading!

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My Eyeshadows Palette Collection

May 30, 2015, 11:40 am

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I was asked few times to show you my makeup collection, but always when I think about how much work would require that kind of post, because taking photos and editing would take me ages, I change my mind (and that probably tells you my makeup collection isn’t small). So I decided to show you my collection piece by piece. You really seemed to like My blush collection post, so today I decided to show you my eyeshadow palette collection. I didn't add swatches of each palette, because most of them I already reviewed, so you can check those swatches. Links will be under the name of the palette.

Catrice Big City Life San Francisco and Paris palettes

Review and swatches here

San Francisco and Paris were part of second Big City Life collection and are palettes that contain 6 eyeshadows, two blushes, black kajal pencil and a brush. Paris is more everyday palette, while San Francisco is more for those who like blue eyeshadows. I like them both, but it’s been for even since these were used. I have many other palettes that I rather use, but I haven’t give these away because the packaging is just too cute (gosh, I’m the worse when it comes to packaging).

Beauty UK 1 Pastels

Review and swatches here

This is a palette with 10 pastel shimmery shades. It’s one of my least favourite palettes in my collection, I actually like the best both brown shades. I rarely use it.

Beauty UK 4 Glitz

Review and swatches here

This is a palette with 10 colourful eyeshadows that contain silver glitter. It’s not that is a bad palette, although colour combination is a bit crazy, but it comes handy occasionally.

Beauty UK 4 Earth Child

Review and swatches here

This is my favourite Beauty UK palette. It’s more of a neutral palette and perfect for days when I don’t want colour on eyes. In the past it was more often used than it is now, I’m really neglecting it.

Beauty UK 5 Twilight

Review and swatches here

A palette with 10 darker blue and purple eyeshadows that is perfect for those who prefer dark shades. It’s actually quite lovely palette, I have to use it again soon.

Beauty UK 6 Day&Night

Review and swatches here

By my opinion this is the best Beauty UK palette, because it has the best pigmented eyeshadows – all others have an okay pigmentation, but we can find many brands that make better palettes. This one also has a bit strange mixture of colours, but I don’t mind.

MUA Undressed

Review and swatches here

This is a first ever made dupe for Naked 1 (as far as I know, but I might be wrong). I use to loved this palette, because it has gorgeous shades and it’s good pigmented, but with time I started to neglect it. It’s one of those palettes I’ll have to take out of the box and start using again.

MUA Glamour Nights

Few shades in this palette are quite amazing, but overall it’s not one of my favourites, because I don’t have any ideas how to wear it. Golden, purple, green and red shades are quite pretty, but others are usual or better said boring. I don’t have a review about it, although I did swatch it, because I’m not a huge fan of it and I decided not to review it in the end.

MUA Dusk Till Down

Review and swatches here

Another palette that’s not my favourite. It has quite boring shades, although few of them are quite interesting (like green or purple duochrome one).

Sleek Curacao

Review and swatches here

Unfortunately this one was a limited edition palette, but it’s one of my favourite palettes ever. I use it all the time when I’m doing colourful looks, because it has amazingly pigmented matte eyeshadows (and some are shimmery). And it’s colourful, what is the main reason I felt in love with it.

Sleek Chaos

Review and swatches here

Probably my least used Sleek palette. It has 12 matte shades, a combination of coloured and everyday shades, but I don’t use it much. I think it’s guilty that colourful shades are not as bright as in Curacao or Acid palettes.

Sleek Acid

Review and swatches here

Another favourite Sleek palette. It has a combination of shimmery and matte eyeshadows, but it has neon shades! Neon makes me happy, what can I say. You can find many makeup looks with it on my blog. I definitely recommend this palette to anyone, who wants to play with makeup or just loves colours.

Sleek Storm

Review and swatches here

Storm was one of my first palettes and the reason I felt in love with this brand. It’s a palette that allows me to do a gentle or smokey look and it has some gorgeous shades; few of them I’d also place in my perfect palette if I’d do it (check the tag here).

Sleek Vintage Romance

Review and swatches here

Vintage Romance is another palette that was a part of limited edition, and it was very popular among bloggers when it came out. It’s no wonder, because it has a gorgeous colour selection, perfect especially for fall and winter season.

Makeup Revolution Acid Brights

Review and swatches here

This is a dupe for Sleek Acid palette. You can find my comparison with it here. I personally prefer Sleek palette.

Makeup Revolution Hot Smoked

Review and swatches here

This palette stole my heart immediately. 12 eyeshadows in brighter matte and darker shimmery shades are just perfect for someone like me who likes darker looks, but these long lids are not the prettiest and eyeshadows crease on me after some time.

Makeup Revolution Dia de los Muertos

Review and swatches here

This is a palette with 12 eyeshadows in square lid and 6 in round lids. It’s not a bad palette at all, if your collection is small, but I noticed that some of the eyeshadows are very similar to the ones in Acid Brights and Hot Smoked palettes. Surprisingly my favourite eyeshadows in this palette are four neutral matte ones in round lids.

Makeup Revolution Big Love

Review and swatches here

This is my latest addition to my Makeup Revolution palette family. It’s a 3 in 1 palette. It has 3 sections with 5 eyeshadows that allow you to create one look, but you can of course mix them. It’s a lovely palette.

NYX The Caribbean Collection I Dream of Saint Lucia

Review and swatches here

This palette has 5 coloured eyeshadows that are really nicely pigmented, but it’s not as often used as it could be, regarding its bright shades.

Inglot palette (freedom system)

Review and swatches here

I won this palette on Parokeets blog and I was over the moon because of that, because Inglot eyeshadows are amazing – pigmentation, duration time, application ... I have nothing bad to say about them.

Deborah Milano Smokey Eye Nude Rose

Review and swatches here

Deborah Milano created four palettes that allow you to do a smokey look. I chose palette with more rosy shades, which is unusual for me, but it was the prettiest. Although I think MR and Sleek make better palettes, this one is good as well.

Flormar Pretty Compact P041

Review and swatches here

Flormar has four warm coloured eyeshadows that remind me on fall leaves, so for me this is a perfect palette for that season. The pigmentation is quite good; I was surprised, because I didn’t expect it.

Deborah Milano Hi Tech 08

This is a trio palette with golden, purple and burgundy metallic shades that are nicely pigmented.

Isadora Northern Lights

Review and swatches here

I’m not a fan of this palette. It has one white and three purple eyeshadows, but they are way too shimmery for me.

MeMeMe Goddess Eyes

Review and swatches here

Another of my favourite palettes. It’s a palette with four shades that one can wear on a daily basis, and the pigmentation is also good (I had a trio palette before as well, but the pigmentation was far from this one). I especially love it, because it gives a golden look to my eyes.

Wet’n’Wild Comfort Zone

Review and swatches here

I rambled about this palette a lot. I really like its soft and good pigmented eyeshadows.

Catrice Absolute Matt Eyes Wide Matt

Review and swatches here

This is my go to palette, since I decided to hit a pan on it this year. I already hit the pan on two shades and soon I’ll hit it on two others as well, so it can happen that I’ll use most of it till the end of the year. This palette has nicely pigmented matte eyeshadows that are great for every day.

Essence All About Sunrise

Quite surprisingly, I haven’t used this palette yet. But the shades look amazing for summer, so it’ll come handy soon.

Essence Metallics Steel Me Quattro and Copper Rulez

Review and swatches here

These were a part of an old Essence LE Metallics and Copper Rulez was one of my all time favourite palettes. I used it quite a lot in a short time, but then I started to collect palettes and mono eyeshadows, and in my growing collection this one stayed behind.

Essence Pocket Beauty Eye Love to Travel

This was a part of regular collection some time ago. It’s an average palette and I haven’t used it for ages, so I should probably throw it away.

Essence Cherry Blossom Girl Under a Cherry Tree

Review and swatches here

Another Essence LE palette. Although it’s not as amazingly pigmented as coloured eyeshadows by some other brands are, I like it, especially because of a peachy shade.

Essence Sun Club Long Island Breeze

Another palette that was in regular assortment few years ago, but then it got discontinued. Back when I got it I was using it quite a lot.

Essence Vampire’s Love Love at First Sight

Review and swatches here

I kind of liked this palette when I got it, but now I can’t find a purpose for it anymore, I have so many better palettes.

Essence Legends of the Sky From Zero to Hero

Review and swatches here

A palette with quite special packaging and it’s actually the same with her as with Love at First Sight palette. I liked it at the beginning, but now I find it’s not enough pigmented to use it by colourful looks.

Essence Ready for Boarding Beauty on Tour

Review and swatches here

Although this palette has an average pigmentation, most of the shades are pastels and I loved it in the past, because it always allowed me to do a gentle look with it. Even now I still like it, it’s so pretty.

Parisax Bleu Nuage

Review andswatches here

This is probably my least favourite palette of all time, I have no idea why I still own it. It has 5 blue toned eyeshadows, but most of them have grey undertone, which I don’t like, and when they are blended they look just too similar.

Manhattan M&Buffalo Beige Ballerina and Green Stiletto

Review and swatches here and here

Manhattan released few palettes with four matte eyeshadows some time ago and back then I was all about neutral and green shades. None of these palettes are bad, but now I sometimes use only Beige Ballerina, I completely neglected Green Stiletto.

Catrice Revoltaire Toxic Combination

Review and swatches here

As I said before, in the past I was all about green eyeshadows, so this palette had to be mine, too. Not to mention the nice packaging this palette has. I used it few times when I got it, but now not anymore.

Catrice Rumble in the Jungle

Review and swatches here

I got this palette because I really felt in love with colour combination, although it’s not typical. Again, as it happened with all other small palettes I soon started to neglect it.

S-he Stylezone Eyeshadow Quattro 245

Review and swatches here

This palette hid from my camera, that’s why it’s not on photo. :P It’s my recent purchase and I have to admit that S-he did a quite good job with it. It’s a colourful palette, so no wonder I had to have it.

What I learned from this post? That I should really get rid of some old and unused palettes, because they don’t get any love, that Sleek makes the best palettes (if I focus on my collection) and that my collection isn’t small, but again not as huge as it seemed when I was taking photos.

Now tell me something about your palette collection? Do we have any similar? How do you like my collection? Do we have any palettes in common? Thank you for reading!

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Random Sunday #50 (Insanity Update)

May 31, 2015, 1:42 pm

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S ponedeljkom sem zakorakala v nov, tretji teden Insanitya. Moram priznati, da se ponedeljka nisem veselila, ker je bil na vrsti Fit test, ki pa mi ni preveč pri srcu. Fit test je v bistvu namenjen temu, da preverjaš svoje izboljšanje skozi vadbo Insanity, ampak mi vaje niso preveč pri srcu. Ker se mi je zdelo, da sem naredila premalo, sem dodala še nekaj trebušnjakov (ampak ne tistih klasičnih, pač pa tistih, ki smo jih delali na aerobiki). Uf, torek je bil zahteven. Ne toliko zaradi vadbe, kot zaradi dejstva, da je bil tisti dan moj rojstni dan. Stalno so prihajale čestitke, telefon je brnel in zato se nikakor nisem mogla sto odstotno osredotočiti na vadbo. Mi je pa uspelo priti do konca. Zato pa je bila sreda toliko boljša. Čeprav sem se morala zjutraj prisiliti k vadbi, sem takoj po začetnih minutah ogrevanja začela uživati in pregurala skozi vadbo brez težav. Čeprav je bil na vrsti Pure Cardio, ki mi je najtežji, sem tokrat prišla skozi vadbo z res minimalnimi pavzami. Drugi del vadbe pa je bil Cardio Abs, ki mi je super za nadgraditev prejšnje vadbe. Svoje mišice in utrujeno telo sem čutila še ves dan, kar mi je dokazalo, da sem ta dan res dala vse od sebe. V četrtek ni bil moj dan. Zjutraj sem se vrgla v delo, ker me je res čakalo ogromno čiščenja, tako da sem lahko vadbo opravila šele pozno popoldne (kosilo imamo ob dveh, ko prideta brat in oče iz službe, s polnim želodcem pa ne telovadim, ker mi ne paše), ampak mi vadba popoldne ne ustreza. Sicer je bila na vrsti Cardio Recovery, ki je večinoma raztezanje, ampak mi ta vadba ni ena ljubših. Ugotovila sem, da imam raje vadbe, kjer se na polno prešvicam. V petek je bilo spet deževno vreme, kar ne vpliva preveč dobro name, tako da sem se komaj spravila k vadbi, ampak sem jo uspešno opravila. V soboto je bilo še huje. Najprej sem z mamo opravila uro in pol sprehoda s hitro hojo, potem pa še vadbo, skozi katero sem komaj pregurala, ker sem bila tako utrujena. Priznam, da sem bila potem skoraj ves dan lena.

Še ena stvar, ki mi ta teden ni najbolj v ponos, je prehrana. Prejšnja 2 tedna sem kar pazila, kaj in koliko sem pojedla, tokrat pa me je malce zaneslo, verjetno zaradi rojstnega dne. Čez vikend smo praznovali, kar je takoj pomenilo veliko hrane, tudi sladke. Privoščila sem si torto, vmes pa tudi kakšno sladkarijo, čeprav opažam, da se moje telo ne odziva dobro na čokolado, saj me je po nekaj pojedenih kockah začel boleti želodec. Če pomislim, da sem včasih lahko pojedla celo Milka čokolado, sem se verjetno res kar odvadila sladkarij.

S ponedeljkovo vadbo sem zakorakala v 4. teden in kljub temu, da se pri prehrani nisem najbolj držala, sem kar presrečna, da še nisem obupala. V ponedeljek sem spet naredila vaji Pure Cardio in Cardio Abs, ki postajata kar moji najljubši, saj se ne ponavljata. V torek sem iz različnih razlogov spet telovadila pozno popoldne in ponovno ugotovila, da mi telovadba takrat ne ustreza. Predvsem se mi zdi, da čutim v želodcu vse obroke, ki sem jih pojedla čez dan, tudi če že več ur nisem jedla, poleg tega pa sem dopoldne bolj motivirana. Za najslabši dan pa lahko razglasim sredo, ko sem preskočila vadbo. Preprosto sem bila ves dan preveč zaposlena z različnimi stvarmi (tako z osebnimi, kot za blog, o kateri pa več naslednji teden na moji FB strani), popoldne pa sem bila preveč utrujena, da bi telovadila, da niti ne omenjam konstantnega glavobola skozi ves dan. Mislim, da je krivo to, da sem v zadnjih nekaj dneh spila premalo vode, ker niti nisem čutila take žeje (tako pač vplivajo deževni dnevi name). V četrtek je bila spet na vrsti vadba Cardio Recovery, ki pa sem jo preskočila in namesto nje naredila Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Ker sem en dan prej izpustila vadbo, sem tokrat dala vse od sebe, ampak še vedno nimam dovolj kondicije, da bi lahko sledila hitrosti Shauna in njegovih ljudi, tako da sem si morala po prvem sklopu vaj vzeti nekaj minut pavze, ker sem bila tako zadihana. Kot dodatek sem tej vadbi naredila še 10-minutno vadbo za trebušnjake, ki sem jo našla na strani Fitness Blender. Petek je bil spet katastrofalen. Ni bil problem, da ne bi imela volje ali motivacije za telovadbo, ampak ravno, ko sem se spravljala k vadbi, smo izvedeli novico, da so v naši vasi oropali pošto. Za nameček se je ob naši hiši postavil še policaj, ki je zapisoval vse ljudi, ki so se peljali iz vasi, meni pa je bilo dogajanje zunaj bolj zanimivo, kot sama vadba. Kaj morem, sem pač baba. Ati bi mi rekel radovedni taček. Tako da je 40-minutna vadba Pure Cardio trajala uro pa pol na koncu. Cardio Abs sem imela namen narediti zvečer, ker se nisem mogla skoncentrirati, ampak sem imela tak glavobol, da ni bilo iz tega nič. V soboto sem spet telovadila kot zmešana in za dodatek naredila še Cardio Abs. Tokrat je prišla vadba na vrsto popoldne, kar pa mi sploh ni bil problem. Razmišljam, da mi mogoče enodnevne pavze vmes ustrezajo in zato naslednji dan lažje telovadim, kaj pa vem. Ampak sem si zadala cilj, da končam vadbo, tako da bom nadaljevala do konca, po tistem pa bom mogoče začela delati vadbe vsak drugi dan.

Ne morem ravno reči, da sem ponosna na zadnja dva tedna. Vmes so bile vaje, ki so mi šle odlično, ko sem dala od sebe res vse, dostikrat pa sem bila brez motivacije in sem se komaj privlekla skozi vadbo (čeprav nekje na sredini je potem začelo iti lažje). Najbolj sem jezna nase, ker sem začela pretiravati s prehrano. Na začetku sem se še dokaj držala tega, da nisem jedla sladkega, od mojega rojstnega dne pa je bilo skoraj vsak dan nekaj - ali kakšen sladoled ali pogača. Druga stvar pa je, da sem po vadbi začela čutiti močno željo po energijskih pijačah. Ne vem, kaj je z mano, ampak vsak dan sem spila eno, kar niti ni fajn, glede na to, da ena vsebuje nemajhno količino cukra, tako da sem se odločila temu storiti konec in se jim odpovedati. Odpovedati se nameravam tudi vsemu ostalemu sladkemu, kar sem do sedaj jedla, se pravi sladoledu in pogačam (edini vikend, ko si lahko privoščim kaj sladkega, je čez 2 tedna, ko bom na bratrančevi poroki). V glavnem, prekiniti moram "pretiravanje" s prehrano, ker potem rezultati niso vidni, meni pa motivacija pada. Prva dva tedna je šlo s prehrano odlično, od rojstnega dne pa samo navzdol.

Kot sem že v prejšnjem postu rekla, se na začetku vadbe nisem izmerila, za kar mi je žal, sem se pa izmerila v začetku tretjega tedna, tako da bom končne rezultate primerjala s tem. Kar se samih kilogramov tiče, da sem v zadnjem mesecu izgubila 4 kg. Mogoče se ne zdi veliko, ampak zame je dovolj, raje grem počasi, ampak glavno je, da gre dol. Računam, da jih bom do konca Insanitya izgubila podobno število, celotna številka pa bo na koncu krasen rezultat za trud in motivacija še za naprej.

Malce se bojim jutrišnjega dne, ker sem se danes ves dan počutila katastrofalno, mislim, da sem se prehlad, in bojim se, da bo jutri huje, česar si pa res ne želim, ker želim nadaljevati z vadbo. Me pa malce tudi skrbi, ker so naslednji teden vsak dan iste vaje, da se bom hitro naveličala. Bomo videli. Več o naslednjem tednu in kako mi bo šlo v prihodnje s prehrano, pa čez 3 tedne, saj sem čez dva tedna čez vikend na poroki in dvomim, da bom imela kaj časa za blog, pa tudi pisati o več tednih skupaj kot samo o enem je bolj zanimivo. Hvala za pozornost!

Obe fotografiji sta prevzeti z interneta.

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Review: Born Pretty Liquid Palisade

June 2, 2015, 2:21 pm

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I’ve been noticing for a while now a usage of a liquid palisade in a nail art world. It’s a product that you apply on your cuticles before doing a nail art or stamping and when you’re finished you remove it and with it everything what would usually end up on your cuticles and would require a cotton bud soaked in nail polish remover for clean up. That way the clean up after stamping is easier. I’ve heard that “peel off” base coats are great for that cause as well, but when I tried my Essence base coat, it was quite hard to remove from cuticles. But then I saw that Born Pretty has released a liquid palisade and a peel off base coat in one and I had to try it. Born Pretty product is very similar to Essence peel off base coat – it’s white in the bottle, but when it dries it becomes transparent. It has an interesting rosy smell, so it doesn’t stink. It doesn’t irritate my skin when I apply it, it also doesn’t dry it and it’s easy to removewhen it dries. The cleanup is almost non-existent when I use this product. Although this should be a base coat as well, I haven’t use it for that purpose (yet), because I prefer usual base coat that dries in a minute and I also rarely use glittery polishes lately so it wasn’t necessary.

Tutorial:

Apply two coats of a chosen polish on your nails.
Apply a thicker coat of a liquid palisade on your cuticles.
Wait few minutes that the liquid palisade dries (you know that is dry when it becomes transparent).
Stamp the chosen design on your nails.
Use tweezers and remove the liquid palisade.
Clean up around the edges and use a top coat to finish your manicure.

In BornPretty Store you’ll get a 15 ml bottle of liquid palisade for 9,27 €, but currently it’s on sale for 7,41 €. Liquid palisade is definitely a good product for people who adore stamping and do it often, but don't want to bother with clean up all the time, but for all other I think it's not a must.

If you’re going to shop at Born Pretty Store don’t forget to use my code DFL91 for 10% discount.

Have you tried any liquid palisade? Thank you for reading!

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