These had their moment a while ago and I remember the raves about their moisturising formula. NYX's website states these are America's number 1 (butter) lip glosses. But in my opinion by now many formulas have passed this one by, most notably lip oils. 

I got shade Éclair, which is deceptive in the tube, as on the lips it's much cooler. It's a mix between a cool pink and lavender that just drains all colour from the face and makes teeth look even more yellow. There used to be a Mac shade called Viva Glam Gaga if I remember right and this is a similar shade. Just very hard to pull off and unflattering on me. 

I got this on Cult Beauty for about 5 €. They had only a small selection of shades.

The description says it has light flexible polymer fibres, it promises 2x longer lashes, it has something called Adapti-Flex™ and a serum with panthenol. It's one of the nicest regular formulas I've tried, but I haven't heard much about it since it launched. It was barely mentioned once on their social media, so I don't know what that's about. 

 

I wanted to explore Rare Beauty brand, so before buying anything I went through reviews and this was one of the frequently mentioned products as worthy of purchase. It's a tinted lip oil that leaves a stain and sadly this was a miss for me. It's the same as Essence's Tinted Kiss lip gloss (which might be discontinued, not that you missed much) and it's not worth the splurge. 

Hope is a medium peachy pink, which on me probably looks more warm than on others. 

I paid about 18 €. 

This isn't that new, but it started being sold in to Slovenia and Croatia recently. Revlon has a foundation and a liquid blush in this range too, but the only opted for this tinted moisturiser. It's more of a foundation in terms of coverage, as it's got light or maybe even light-medium level of coverage, however, it's Revlon's lowest coverage product I've tried, since their more famous ColorStay range has medium-full coverage formulas. Serum Tint is also their most suitable foundation for my dry skin and it has a glow that on me lasts for hours. Formula is lightweight, similar to formulas like Maybelline Fit Me and I find it's best to blend it with a sponge as with fingers it didn't look that great on me. It doesn't really set, so for most powder will be needed - I powder it now in the summer, otherwise only in some parts. It tends to slip into lines, which is my only real minus at this formula, but I just put some powder over those areas and keeps it in place better. I've never been much of a fan of Revlon's base formulas because what we have here is all matte, but this is finally something I can get along with. It looks fresh and radiant, plus it looks more natural than their ColorStay formulas on my dry skin. It's a shame they didn't opt for an SPF 50 in this formula, that would make it brilliant. We have 8 shades. By the way I read in some reviews this looks matte and paste-y on them, but my experience it quite different.

No powder vs. with powder

I thought this will be just a gimmick, but that wing stamp is actually useful. It doesn't always stamp the sharpest tip, but the general shape is good and you can easily make it sharper with the tip one the other side. The tip is quite large, I wish they used the one from their 24 Ever Ink Liner, but I can line my eyes ok with this one too. The liner is intensely black and for now saturated with colour, but it's not as fluid as their 24 Ever Ink. My main complaint about this one is the staying power isn't that great. Essence has made better liners, but this one often fades before the end of the day. I tend to combine this one with Catrice's liquid eyeliner, meaning I use this one as a guide, so I get an even flick on both sides and then finish the line with Catrice on the top lash line.

I have the red version, which is quite intensely tinted and I bought pink version before that as well, so I've actually been preferring the more subtle Snow White version. This colour is more suitable for daily makeup and it works great on the lips and cheeks, plus it has an SPF. It's similar to Melem's Dreamy Rose shade, but it's less peachy and I like it more. It's light warm pink, on the lips it needs a few swipes for a medium opaque look while on the cheeks it's a soft pink that doesn't need much building on my pale complexion. Since it's has SPF the taste can at times be bitter. It's a nice product to carry in the bag for a quick makeup.

I have this in shade Pitaya, a cool pink, which is bright for my taste, but I like the soft, buttery and moisturising texture, so I got the clear version, since all the rest of the shades don't appeal to me (green, lavender, orange-watermelon and brown). These have a nice glossy shine and tend to stick on the lips quite well, so I use this as a regular lip balm. These aren't retractable, so you only have to twist up as much amount as you think you'll need. This scent isn't my favourite, it's coconuty, but I'd prefer it a bit sweeter, though I got used to it and barely notice it now

Someone recommended me this as a good fast drying top coat. I like it. It's as good as Catrice's Quick Dry Top coat and a very decent, much cheaper replacement for my long-time favourite Seche Vite.

An eye serum with ferments, caffeine, niacinamide, avocado oil, apricot oil, squlane and hyaluronic acid. Instead of the classic one metal ball, it has three small one and there is no difference in the feeling. It's a gel texture that pleasantly cooling under the eyes.

This is feather-light - it's so light I'm not even sure where I applied it. Because of that I don’t feel too comfortable using this on its own because I have no idea how much I applied it. On bare skin, it leaves a bit of shine on the skin and it feels almost dry to the touch, however, over makeup the shine is stronger. Admittedly my makeup is mostly SPF + glowy foundation with SPF + some powder, so the base is somewhat glowy to begin with, but this does have a gentle oily feeling (usual for SPFs). Also just like at Garnier one I had before, it makes the lashes greasy, so my glasses are constantly smudgy, though 
admittedly at Sundance it’s more bearable. It has a chemical scent. 

I buy this almost every year. It's an affordable gold standard, a basic “beach SPF”, though not maybe not the most comfortable formula, but their spray version, which I wanted this year instead, became expensive. It protects well, it needs some more intense blending to avoid a white cast and it has the lovely Sun Dance scent.

I got this as a cheap spare and I keep it by the sink, so anyone can use it. This is shockingly the shiniest SPF I have tried in years. It stays shiny all day, however, it is dry to the touch. Texture is very light, a liquid lotion and you can apply a lot of it, that's why it's even more surprising it looks so shiny without feeling greasy. It doesn't irritate my eyes and it's scent free, but this is not a formula I'll ever repurchase.  It has 5% Niacinamide and 2% Inulin. 

A moisturising, calming product for the scalp. It's meant to be washed off, but I don't see a point in that, I plan to just apply it as often as I can remember and wash my hair when needed. It has aloe vera high on the list and unlike a lot of scalp products no alcohol. The texture is heavier than similar such products, it's the lack of alcohol - it's similar to Garnier's Grow Strong serum, so not very light and more like a creamy lotion-serum. I apply it on freshly washed hair and it significantly lengthens the drying time with a hair dryer, but otherwise doesn't feel like anything is on my scalp or hair. My hair and scalp are dry and never greasy, so I can't say if it's the same on oilier scalps - probably not given the richer texture. I think my scalp is less itchy when I use it, but I still get loads of dry dandruff. It has no significant scent.

The pink Keratin version turned out to be quite decent, so I picked up this Oil Repair version too. It's also quite nice. Thick and rich, just like I like hair masks. It's nourishing enough and my hair isn't left tangled.

Since I tried Keratin and Oil Repair masks and they didn't end up terrible on my hair, I got this cheap conditioner as well. It's tinted brown, similar to John Frieda Brilliant Brunette conditioner I used many years ago (and now realised I completely forgot about it despite going through several tubes - to be fair I was blonde for several years). It's another silicone free formula, but it worked ok on my hair. It's not as nourishing as the masks, but decent enough on my very dry hair. It didn't tint my bleached ends as the tint is very weak. It has has panthenol, hydrolised keratin and a small amount of cocoa butter.

A repurchase. They recently changed the packaging, but the product is the same. This is a very gentle, but effective formula that I use daily as a face cleanser. It doesn't irritate my eyes and had no scent. The pump is also a plus.

I was more interested in the collagen and ceramide version, but I guess they didn't decide to sell them in Slovene Mullers though they are on German website. It doesn't have retinol, it has retinly palmitate, so the name is deceptive if you're expecting that, I'm not bothered. I just wanted something with nice basic hydrating ingredients. It has rosehip oil third on the list, jojoba oil, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid and zinc. I haven't tried it yet, but I'll report back.

Balea had this scent before, they just called it Cocos & Nectarine. It was one of my favourites and when I saw coconut + peach combination written on the tube, I had a feeling they reused the scent. It's most similar to Haribo peach gummies, a sweet candy peach scent with no notes of coconut. Formula is nothing special, just a basic gel that foam well, but is not great for dry skin. I already repurchased this.

Lidl’s answer to Sol De Janeiro Bum Bum /Cheirosa 62 scent. The shower gel is not as good of a dupe as Treacklemoon, but still has quite a similar vanilla-pistachio-salted caramel scent. Formula is nothing special, quite thin, but it foams decently. The cream has a bit more pistachio/nutty notes as Treacklemoon's dupe Brazilian Love and the texture is richer, so I like it more. The mist is very decent for the price (I think these were 3-4 € per piece) and I can smell it for hours on clothes. It also last ok for a body mist on the skin. Overall a good offering if you can find it.

Melem has three hand creams, the other two are Cica and Vitamin, though I only saw this one when I was picking up something for my dry hands. I expected a richer texture, but this is more on the light side. It’s moisturising enough, I just prefer creams like Cerave’s or L’Occitane. It absorbs in about a minute or two, it's not the quickest and it has an intense "Melem scent", which is a creamy scent in the same family like Nivea, Dove and Solea.

I had these before and similar ones from other brands. They aren't magical on me, since the skin on my soles is hard, but I got them again anyway. These have a high percentage of AHA and you soak your feet in that solution for 30-60 minutes, washing your feet well afterwards. After you use these there's no visible difference except the skin looks glossy. Within about a week the skin slowly starts to peel off, it really takes a long time and it looks very unappealing, but a lot of the dead skin is removed - except where you need it most, on the roughest parts where the skin is thickest.

A new stick deodorant on the market. These types are my favourite, but we only have three or four brands that sell them here. This one promises a 96 h protection, which is overly ambitious. I gave it fair test in a hot car and it left me with annoyingly wet underarms, which is especially lovely when you enter a cooler room later. And I don't even sweat a lot in general. But it did work as a deodorant well and prevented bad scents developing. Formula is oddly crumbling compared to others and due to that even more white, so I'm not impressed.

I've been hoping for a Sundance sunscreen scented body mist for years, but at least someone had the sense make a room fragrance with that scent. I don't know if this is limited edition or not, but I haven't seen these anymore on the shelves. I was ok when it was freshly opened. With two sticks it smelled decently strong, but the liquid has since become cloudy and even with four sticks I don't smell much, but an occasional whiff.