Reviews/makeup & skincare monologues/natural & organic cosmetics/cruelty-free/vegetarian & vegan recipes.
I got my first Inglot palette last year in October, while randomly walking through town and it was pouring rain outside, so I had to take shelter somewhere (I ran to the first beauty spot, which was Inglot :D).
I think I swatched all of the eyeshadows in the store that day and decided to take home 3 of them, in a mirrored Freedom System palette. I love how you can combine everything and have a customised piece.
Beauty Lust List #2! Actually this is #1, but I already made a Wish List post on my page in January, so this is number 2 all in all. I have already tried some of these products, so I can’t wait to get my hands on full size products.
Skicare - Melvita Face Cleansing Milk with rose extracts is my HG makeup removing product and I was so sad when I was finished with my first bottle. It holds 200 ml of product and lasts for 3,5 months which is awesome. Removes foundation and face products like a boss, and works quite good with waterproof makeup too, but I prefer oils for eye makeup. And regarding oils, I recently had a sample of Cattier Purete Divine Makeup Removing Oil which is like a budget version of the famous Shu Uemura makeup removing oil. Works wonders for (waterproof) eye makeup and comes in a pump packaging which I adore. Dr.Organic Aloe Vera gel is great for my dry legs, esp after shaving and I think it’s going to be a life saver this summer (with sunburns and all). Madre Bees Pomegranate Lip Balm is the most popular version of these lip balms on iHerb.com. I have the Honey one and I LOVE it, so I’m going to get more of those and I’m starting with this version.
Haircare - I found a cruelty-free hair salon in my town recently and they work only with Paul Mitchell products (hair color, shampoos, conditioners, styling stuff.. you name it!) so I tried the Tea Tree Special Shampoo which is a great scalp and hair purifier, esp for my greasy roots and Super Skinny Serum which makes ends super soft and de-tangled. Tigi Bed Head Dumb Blonde Reconstructor is a product I’ve been looking for a long long time in local beauty departments, and since I ADORE their Dumb Blonde Leave-in Conditioner (another HG product), I think this one will work wonders on my hair and also has great reviews on the web. Giovanni Smooth as Silk Deep Moisture Conditioner is a product I could live without but I’m dying to try a new conditoner after Lush Veganese stop doing it’s miracle on my hair (it was great for shine and softness of the hair, but it seems like my hair got use to it).
And finally - makeup brushes from Everyday Minerals - Angled Blush Brush and Eye Kabuki Brush. Few months ago I got my hands on their Flat Top Kabuki Brush which I super love and I’m dying to try more of EM brushes. I desperately need a new blush brush and since I prefer angled ones, this one should be a jackpot. I also realised my under eye concealer works best with a rounded synthetic blending brushes (currentyl I’m using the blending eye brush for Ectools Mineral Makeup Brush set) and the EM Eye Kabuki Brush has great reviews on iHerb.com regarding concealer blending, so I totally need in as soon as possible.
Have you tried any of these products yet?
New iHerb.com order! Real Techniques was on sale recently, so I got their Expert Face Brush (mostly because of the rave on the web) and a freebie - Made Bees Organic Honey Lip Balm. As a gift, I received a pen which is great because I’m out of pens :D I have to say I’m kinda suprised with the size of the RT Expert Face brush, I thought it would be bigger. The balm is awesome though, I’ve just opened it and applied it on my lips.
This all was 10$ straight including the shipping, so I say: job well done.
The package came in 12 days after the order (was shipped the next day, so basically 11 days including weekends), which is amazing. Last time I waited for more than a month. I’ll be using all of my reward dollars at the end of the month and order some Everyday Minerals brushes. Can’t wait. :)))
For the past year or a bit less, I’m totally into facial homemade treatments like scrubs or masks, although I’ve never used those before. And the reasons I like making my own treatments rather than buying drugstore ones or even going to a salon are simple - treatments are not super essential like moisturizers, most of the ones you can buy are expensive and a lot of them aren’t all natural and vegan.
Last time, in Photo editing & blogging - Part one, I gave you an introduction about my photo editing basics and some tips ‘n tricks - mostly regarding skin retouching, photo cropping and angles. Today, I am going to talk about editing & photographing mistakes I used to make on the beginning and how to make a watermark on you photos for you blog.
Again, I have to add that this is not the ONLY way you can edit your photographs, this is just MY way of doing it. I am not a professional, but I work with editing programs like Photoshop and Gimp for years and I think I know some basics. I would like to share that knowledge with my readers and make my blogging even more transparent. I learn new things every single day, from every mistake and repeating step so I’ll probably be even better at this next year or even in 5 years.
Last year (in September) I did a review of two FOTE skin care products, so I’m gonna do a short English review for you guys here again.
Fruit Of The Earth is an American skin care brand, founded in 1980. They enrich all of their products with natural ingredients like shea butter, cocoa butter, aloe vera and many others, although they are not a natural beauty brand. Their products can be purchased in drugstores worlwide (I found these in Kozmo drugstores in Croatia) and the prices are quite low, mostly around 3 or 5 dolars per item.
After purchasing Illamasqua’s Pure Pigment in Furore I went totally crazy for it, and decided to get my hands on the other pigments (at least in a sample size/amount). I got in touch with some fellow bloggers here and managed to exchange some of the samples, so I ended up having not only Furore, but also Ore, Involve and Berber. That made me so happy, since I adore Illamasqua’s products.
I did a Croatian version of this post a few days ago, and I also promised an English version on Facebook, so here it is.
Today’s scheduled post: a duo Lush review - one Fresh Face Mask and one solid soap. I haven’t been buying in Lush some time now since they don’t excite me with their offers or products any more, the prices are kinda high in Croatia here and most of all - I’m so allergic to that goddamned SLS ingredient and since their products are packed with them, I can’t use them.
But one of their Fresh Face Masks called Love Lettuce was actually a hit for me (the writings on the box are Croatian).
(Original reviews in Croatian were posted some time ago on my Blogspot page.)
My first Illamasqua lipsticks were Growl and Sangers. I got them at the end of last summer, so in September 2012. I was so happy, esp when I got Sangers, since it was my “it” red lipstick. I found another one that beats it in price and some other stuff, but I still like it a lot, nevertheless.
Yesterday a friend of mine, also a blogger herself, borrowed me her La Riche Directions semi permanent hair-dye in Turquoise. I dyed only two strands of hair, next to my ears, so this is how it looks like.
I’m going to do a full review on the hair dye later when I experience more color fading and other stuff… Loving my pony hair so much right now! I would like to dip my entire head in the color but I like the subtle look of the strands, they look like two earrings when I stand straight and can hardly be seen on first glare.
So.. Around Christmas I ordered some Geek Chic Cosmetics eyeshadow samples, and the only collection that I liked was the Strange Aeons. I don’t really get the reference except that Aeons maybe something from Final Fantasy, or.. not, lol? Anyway, they come in small plastic clamshells which I’m not super fond of but I got used to them in some time.
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Oh lawd, is that Kat Von D’s hand on my work desk? Nope, it’s actually mine and I drew these (shitty to be honest) tattoos because I was curious how they would suit me. Nah, I think I’m gonna try with a chest piece. The tattoo contains a piece of my first (and currently only) tattoo but I’m not gonna tell you which one it is. :D The color is a mixture of Meow Cosmetics Cat Nappin’ mineral loose eyeshadow (dark blue-gray) and Inglot Duraline, which gave me a good tattoo shade because I knew it would look extra fake with a common black eyeliner. I applied it with Real Techniques Fine Liner brush which I LOVE.
On my nails: awesome mix of Golden Rose Fantastic Color Nailpolish #182 (royal blue) and Flormar #392 Nail Enamel (silver holo-ish particles). This looks super sparkly and cool in real life, but since I can’t show you here’s a blurry image of the rainbow particles in it.
I wanted to post this picture for a long time (as you can see, the tree in the background is stil carrying it’s summer leafs) but I had no appropriate poem or quotation to go with it…
Now that I look at it I think - it doesn’t need any words… The silhouette of my cat Patuljčica speaks enough words for itself. For I am so happy to have her in my life, to witness her strenght, health and power every day, as a loved being I cherish her so much every second I am with her. For she is not only my cat - she is my best friend, my dearest companion and follower, my shadow.
I love you so much, my furry black and white - green and yellow eyed little beauty. I can’t wait for the years to come as we grow older together…
