Meet one of my new favourites. You know as many times as I've actually stood in front of our Essie stand, I never noticed this shade, though admittedly, I mostly get nail polishes after I see them swatched on blogs, since those stupid shop lights are way too deceiving to trust them. I've been on a search for such a shade for a  while and had I known it's actually that close to me, it would have been mine for a long time. Eternal Optimist is a muted powder pink shade that has enough warm tones in it to prevent my annoying skin tone turning it to a purple on my nails, but I've seen that it's a lighter shade on others. It's such a gorgeous everyday colour that just works with everything, but it's not classic nude. The finish it has is a simple cream one. This has been on my nails almost consistently for the past month, so not only was it already featured in my last monthly favourites, expect it in the next as well.

Formula is one of those awesome Essie's like Watermelon and Cute as a Button, so super smooth, not too thick and neither too thin, and already opaque with one coat, but I apply two for better staying power. It's so easy to apply, not just because of the formula, but also because of the nice brush. 

I got mine in DM when I had a 50 % coupon, but regular price is 9.99 €. By the way, a darker similar shade I own is Kiko's Nail Lacquer 375 Bois de Rose.

RIMMEL Lasting Finish Colour Blush 

010 Santa Rose

Slovenes finally got Rimmel back after about 15 years or so and I have to say that the stands are a let-down (I particularly resent that they took away those couple very pale shades of foundations by Manhattan only to replace them with way too dark Rimmel's. Where's my 010 Light Porcelain?!). Regardless I found one product from my wishlist - this blush that I've been eager to try for years because so many people love it for being a simple, goes-with-everything colour. Actually, based on pictures online, I expected it to be more rosy-pink, so more like Catrice's Rose Royce or Nuts About you, but I was surprised to see it's a pale muted peach shade. The texture is very soft and though it's pigmented, the shade is quite light, so it gives a soft flush to the cheeks.

MAKEUP FACTORY Mat Lip Fluid

61 Velvet Rosewood

I've been keeping this on my wishlist for a long time. I've tested them once in Műller and immediately loved how matte they looked, then I saw a review from Sanja, who adores it and I trust her, so I knew I needed it, though another enabler was Petra, who kept posting all those gorgeous looks on Instagram. I was concerned a bit that it'll look too brown on me because it's darker than Nude-ist, but I've been wearing it pretty much every day since I got it or if I started with another colour I changed it to this one midday. It's a darker nude-rosy shade that does have some brown tones to it, but they're not overpowering on my complexion. The formula is to me similar to Sleek's, though it is thicker and the applicator is so much better. It dries to a lovely matte finish, but as far as staying power goes, it's good, though it doesn't survive eating that well. The only thing that bothers me at it is that it has a "Rimmel Apocalips scent", which is pretty weird, but otherwise it's pure love.

Müller, 14.49 €

ESSIE Nail Lacquer

Eternal Optimist

I saw this at Polona and I have to admit I had no idea this shade was on our stands, but if I knew, it'd be mine a long time ago. I wholeheartedly adore it! It was already in my monthly favourites because it's the shade I've been looking for a while. These type of muted powdery pink-kinda mauve shades tend to look very different on me than on others, but this one is perfect. The formula is fantastic as well, very smooth and easy to apply. 

DM, 9.99 €

ESSENCE The Gel Nail Polish

56 You and Me

I wanted this shade for a while and I expected/really wanted it to look like this - a dusty pink-mauve. . Well my skin tone betrayed me once again and it looks a lot more violet on me (it's on my nails in the Misslyn review). At least I don't have any pastel violets, so it's not a total miss. The formula is on the thick side, but nice and smooth.

Müller, 1.69 €

BALEA Reinigungs Öl

So many people have been raving about this oil and there are many good reviews about it, but still Balea decided to discontinue it and promised no replacement. I hurried to get my bottle before they disappear from the shelves (there are still some in my local DM). 

I can already feel the ugly stares, but I'm not blown away bit it. Those who love it please don't hurt me, but it's just soo thin and it doesn't really emulsify that well, so I have to use a ton of it and it's still not the same as L'Occitane's. It does the job ok, but there's some waterproof mascara left nd I just feel it can't get it off that well because it's so thin. Regardless it's still a very decent product and considering it's one of the rare budget cleansing oils available in Slovenia, it's a good buy. However, to fair, even if it wasn't discontinued, I'm not sure I'd repurchase it. There are so many people who love it, so if you still find it, don't even listen to me and get it if you want it.

DM, 2.79 €

PALMOLIVE Chocolate Passion Body Butter Wash

I made a little mental squeal when I first saw this, I mean just look at this chocolate covered packaging - how can a sweet tooth like me resist? When I smelled it in the shop, I loved it so much because it was such a rich, proper chocolate scent, but when I actually tried it in the shower, I was a bit disappointed as it's a lot more artificial and occasionally sour, but still ok. The formula is nicely creamy, though a but light, it's light brown-taupe tinted and it foams fine, but it's not at all nourishing. There is also a vanilla and strawberry dessert version in this line.

Mercator, 2.29 €

Sun Dance Mattifying Sun Fluid SPF 30

I bought another one of these, you might already recognise it, since I talk a lot about it on the blog. I really miss the tinted version because it's lighter, but they don't sell it anymore. It's a very decent SPF for the face, at least for the amount I'm prepared to pay for and it just works. I thought about maybe checking Lavazon's version instead, but I couldn't get to Müller at the time. I checked Eveline's version, which looked very promising, but it has mineral oil in it, which I'm fairly certain breaks me out and I didn't want to risk it.

DM, 2.99 €

SCHWARZKOPF Styliste Ultime Satin Frizz Control Anti-Frizz Lotion

Since I can't find Dove Quench Absolute Supreme Crème Serum anywhere, I obviously started saving mine like crazy because it's one of my absolute favourite hair care products ever, so I wanted to find a replacement. I know that Dove has a anti frizz serum creme in another line, though the ingredients are different than in Quench, I was hoping it's similar, but we can't get it here, so I found this one from Schwarzkopf which looked similar enough. Unfortunately, it's not that similar. It' stickier for one, so it doesn't create such a fab smooth result on dry hair. On damp hair before blow drying it does tame the hair well and it's pretty sleek, however, it still feels dry and it doesn't give as much shine as Dove's, so it's not that good of a replacement. It does what it promises though, it just doesn't go that step further. 

Ingredients.

Müller, 5.99 €

*MAYBELLINE The Falsies Push Up Drama Mascara

I admit that I don't hold back when it comes to reviewing mascaras, but you won't hear me completely diss a product like I will this one. This is a classic example how deceiving appearance can be. It has a plastic wand with rather sparse bristles, which they describe as cup-shaped, so based on my experience I would say this would be a classic defining and lengthening mascara. Wrong! It's horrible. It's thick and heavy, it sticks the lashes together and just makes them look awful, pilled with a ton of product, so of course it also makes the lashes drop like crazy (my pet hate). I know I will sound presumptuous when I say that a great majority of mascaras look ok on my lashes, but this is the worst mascara I tried. I've had it for a couple of months now and I give it a try every week or so, to see if it's improved like most mascaras do, but it hasn't. It's still bad. Buy their Sensational mascara, or any really instead. Maybelline does great mascaras, Sensational WP is in my top three, but this is a fail.

A proper winner, am I right? 

*GARNIER Biophase Micellar Cleansing Water in Oil

I really, really wanted to try this because I read a great review about it, so I was overjoyed when I got it. So far I'm impressed and I like it more than their regular micellar water. I read in that review that despite being a type of a dual-phase remover, it's not greasy - it really isn't. In the ingredients there is a lot of argan oil (love that they don't brag about it on the bottle), but also a lot of silicones and the latter leave the skin super smooth and soft after use, which I love. In terms of effectiveness it removes makeup really well, though I had to struggle with my heavy coats of waterproof mascara and it's just not as effective as proper duo-phase waterproof remover, however, it's still a lot more effective than their regular micellar water. So far it hasn't broken me out (the silicone coat on the skin could be a problem), but we'll see in time and it's not at all drying. It has an absolutely gorgeous scent that reminds me of L'Occitane's Peony line, it's just a bit more citrusy. I have to say I'm impressed and I find it superior to other drugstore micellar waters. 

Ingredients.

5.99 €

*BATISTE Dry Shampoo

Cherry

I just got this send by Ličila.si, but I already have the mini version that I reviewed a couple of months ago. The packaging is slightly different and instead of cherries there are lips on stems. I like Batiste, but you may know that my hair is actually very dry, so dry shampoos are to me like a fragrance/refresher/volumiser instead of a proper degreaser, since my hair is almost never greasy. This is so far my favourite scent of Batiste (I've tried Tropical and Wild) and though I expected it to smell like cherry sweets, it's actually a proper floral scent - very fresh and feminine. It is one of those shampoos that feels most powdery, hence why I assume it's probably the best choice for sorting out oily hair. It's not too white on my dark hair and whatever is there, I simply brush it out. 

S kodo BATISTE15 dobiš na vse izdelke Batiste, ki še niso znižani 15% popusta do konca Avgusta 2016.

Ličila.si, 4.90€

*MILANI Conceal + Perfect 2-in-1 Foundation + Concealer

01 Creamy Vanilla

I heard this has an overwhelming positive feedback on social media and blogs, however, when I checked reviews on Makeup Alley, the overall rating is average. I was sent this and there were strong concerns the shade will be wrong for me. Well, it really could not be more wrong. And yet, this is one of the best looking foundation on the skin, I've ever found. It's very thick, so you need to work fast, but it's medium-high coverage and it looks so good on the skin. I actually got compliments despite the wrong colour (which is very wrong for me). It's high coverage, yet it doesn't look like a mask, it doesn't sink or emphasise pores, it doesn't even emphasise my two annoying smile lines by my lips, which aren't visible without foundation, but almost every foundation so far makes them visible from space. It wear soo well, seriously, at the end of the day there is zero patchiness, clumpiness or anything, so it's far superior in that respect to Revlon's Colorstay or even Nars Sheer Glow. I feel sad that there isn't a match in this line as even the lightest shade is dark and very, very yellow/orange (not even mixing really works). Such a shame. If you have a medium skin tone and have normal-combination-oily skin, this one is worth a try.

Milani make more very fair shades soon! 

Click2Chic, 12.49 €

*MOOYA Bio Organic Treatment Mask + Serum

Sheet masks are all the rage and I got a chance to try some new ones that I've never heard about before, but I checked the ingredient and they looked really good. When I got them, the seriously made me laugh so hard because they take sheet masks to another level and you end up like a mummy. It's a mask that also has a part that goes on you neck and it can tuck it behind the ear. It's very saturated with product and it has a gentle clean scent, but when it's on the face it's not noticeable at all. It's a nice, comfortable mask to wear one the face, similar to Missha's, the only thing that I might complain is the size of holes for eyes, but it's not that terrible and you can just cut them. Included is also a serum that they advise you use at most 10 minutes after the treatment with a sheet mask, but there is a lot of serum, so you can use it on later days as well. The serum is a thicker gel and it is a bit sticky on the skin. Serums are the same in both masks.

Antioxidant Green Tea

I tried this one first. It's meant for every skin type, but especially for mature, oily and combination skin. It has antioxidant properties, is antibacterial, protects against dryness, helps with acne and irritation, reduces wrinkled and keeps oiliness in check. Ingredients confirm most of these (maybe just not reduces wrinkles, maybe just prevents them as it contains hyaluronic acid), it's definitely good for acne prone skin due to high content of witch hazel.  

Ingredients.

Exfoliator Aha Fruit Acids

I really wanted to try thing one because good AHA treatments are rare. It's the same thing as in the Antioxidant packet, it even feels the same on the skin, there's no stinging or tingling, but my skin isn't sensitive at all, so that's why I didn't feel anything, but it could also mean it's a good AHA for sensitive skin as well. My skin looked brighter after use and considerably softer.

Ingredients.

Click2Chic, 6.50 €

*INTELLIGENT SKIN THERAPY Oxygen

This is already a more classic sheet mask, but it's a lot thinner than others I've tried, so much in fact, it's actually almost completely see-though on the face. The fabric is actually made out of banana fibres and this mask is meant for skin with blackheads and eczema, plus it's also an anti-inflammatory. I feel that after using this one, my current chin breakout reduced in size as well as started fading faster, but it happened a few days later and as far as immediate result go, I only noticed that my skin felt more moisturised. 

Ingredients.

Click2Chic, 3.99 €

*YUMMY Blueberry & Vanilla Shower Gel

Another new Yummy. This one smells like sweet, basically like you'd mix Kiki sweets with vanilla pudding. If you're a sweet tooth, you'll love this. The formula is creamy and foams well, but it's not nourishing.

Click2Chic, 4.95 €

*CABANA SUN Monoi Tahiti Oil Spray SPF 15

Well, Slovene's have Afrodita's Marmelada and others have similar products as well, like this one, except this one at least contains some sun protection. It contains tyrosine, which supposedly helps you tan faster. Now, you know I'm a shade girl and I don't' tan, so I won't be giving this a go (SPF 30 + or more), but I can tell you at least what it's like. It's an oil that is slightly tinted red and this actually gives my skin the tiniest hint of colour. It's an oil that doesn't sink in fast, so you're quite greasy, but if you're lying on the beach, maybe that's not such an issue to some. It of course give that glow /sheen to the skin. The scent is interesting as it's a summer scent, but not like other sunscreen I've tried. It's less sweet, less coconut, but undeniably tropical.

Click2Chic, 8.99 €

*VISETT Nail+ Diamond Repair

This is a nail hardener that's apparently popular in the C2C office, so I got send one as well. I often say, my nails are very hard, they never break, so unfortunately I won't be able to test it, but I'll give to someone else to try and report back to me. I used it once as a base and it's a simple clear nail polish. I hear it's good, so if you have weak nails, it's one to consider looking into.

Click2Chic, 9.89 €

*BEAUTY & CHIC Clean Brush Cleanser

The only brush cleaner I had before was from Essence, which was ok, but not the most impressive thing. However, this one is already a lot better. It actually cleans the brushes well, something I didn't expect, I mean the white ones are still a bit darker than if you properly washed them, but they're in a pretty good condition. It even tackles foundation brushes really well. It dries much faster than Essences as well, a few minutes maybe and you can use it again. It has a strong scent of chamomile, I naturally love it and I love my brushes smelling nice, but those sensitive to fragrance, don't say didn't warn you about it. It think it's pretty damn good and I can already see it supporting my laziness, since I know I'll properly wash my brushes even less now. And the bottle is 100 ml instead of Essence's 50 ml.

Click2Chic, 3.99 €

*MISSLYN Summer Pop Art LE

I already reviewed this eye-catching collection here and it's already available in Müller, so hurry if you want a piece or two. I got all the Pop it Up Gel Eyeliner & Eyeshadows (01 (Black), 15 (blue) and 22 (green)), which are fantastic quality, the Barbie pink blush 08 You Make me Blush, a very pigmented Pop it Up Bronzing & Contouring Powder in Hi From Hawaii (should be nice for medium skin tones) and Pop it Up lipstick in Pow! Wow!, which is an orange red. Everything is swatched in the review.

4.99 - 5.99€ in Müller.

ESSENCE Blogger's Beauty Secrets LE

I dawdled whether I should even include these because they aren't meant for review and the post is long enough as it is, but sod it. Ever wondered how testers arrive to shops? Well here there are - rather plain, right? I was gifted this because they had one to many, so I basically got almost the whole collection. I can't say I paid much attention to it before, but it's a collection made in collaboration with four bloggers and each got to design her own palette plus a nail polish. I haven't tried these much yet, I swatched everything and wore one look with it, but it's typical Essence quality - some things are good and some not that much. I don't know if I feel like doing a proper review about these, but they will be a part of the permanent selection soon.

the glow must go on bronzing and highlighting palette by Serena 

The bronzer is quite shimmery/glowy and quite pigmented, but a bit too dark-odd tone for me. The eyeshadows are quite pigmented, that highlighter is a bit too white and with a gold tone. 

shape & shadows eye contouring palette by Mary

Nice selection of colours for bothe eyes and eyebrows, but the pigmentation is not that good.

touch up to go! one-for-all palette by Diana zur Löwen

A combination of two blushes, which are a bit powdery, but nicely pigmented, three eyeshadows with not the best pigmentation and a clear gloss, which I wonder why it's even here.

vintage rose eye palette by Palmira

A very mixed quality of eyeshadows, white is chalky, the violets are more on the sheer side, but bottom row is considerably better and that highlighter has a "Mac vanilla" like almost duo chrome pink-gold tone. I haven't tried the gel eyeliner.

touch up to go! one-for-all palette by Diana zur Löwen

CATRICE LE Sound of Silence

Pen Stroke Eyeshadow C01 Calm Down' n' MAUVE On & Lipstick C01 Golden Spirit

Again a collection I didn't pay attention to, but Petra adores the bronze highlighter drops in this collection. She did a review of a different shade of the cream eyeshadow and of the same lipstick, so go check it out if you're interested. The eyeshadow is lovely, better than their Stylos because it's not shimmery, but it's again nicely creamy, blends and lasts well. The shade though is a lipstick shade and not that good for the eyelids. The lipstick is just whatever - sheer with gold shimmer. Why even bother.

YANKEE CANDLE Garden Sweet Pea

I got this as a gift, but it actually is one of the rare scents I really like from Yankee and I did plan to try it at least once. The scent is surprisingly sweet and fruity, cute and girly.

Müller, 2 €

ZOEVA Rose Golden Complete Eye Set Vol. 2

I finally have these! My wallet is still crying, but I've reached a point when most of my trusted brushes are too scratchy, so I thought it's high time I invest into a good quality set of brushes. The fact that they are pretty and that everyone who got this set raves about it, contributed to my purchase of course. There are twelve brushes in the set, very few of these are actually brush shapes I own from before, but I found one dupe. I'll have all the comparison pictures with my other brushes in the review. I am completely, utterly besotted with two brushes - Luxe Petit Crease and Contour Shader (also available individually). Both made me realize that I've been using the wrong brushes since forever. All of the blending brushes are outstanding and I love there are so many, but on the other hand I'm slightly disappointed with the Classic Shader brush because it's much bigger and thinner than Mac's 239, which is perfect in my eyes. There are also a few brushes that I'm not sure I'll get to use a lot, but on a whole I'm very pleased with these and the bag is super pretty too.

Zoeva, 75 € + shipping.

MILANI Color Statement Moisture Matte Lipstick

Flirty

I wanted this shade so much ever since new colours were released (I still want Love). I own Darling from before, it's the shade I got as a part of my blogging for an online shop and I fell in love with the formula, so I wanted to get my hands on more of these. Flirty looked most like my type of shade, which is anything that looks like Mac's D for Danger and Milani's Amore in Gorgeous. It is indeed such a shade, even though in the tube it looks very dark, pretty much vampy, but on the lips it's lighter. The formula is slightly different than at Darling. It's a bit more "moisturising creamy", instead of "silicone creamy" and it's less matte, but still very similar and it has the same vanilla scent. These are definitely my favourite classic lipsticks so far.

Beauty Joint, 5.99 $, also on Click2Chic.

MILANI Powder Blush

Blossomtime Rose

I probably sounded like a broken record when I talked about these in my wishlists. Shade Romantic Rose is my all-time favourite shade and I really wanted to get my hands on more of these, not just because of the gorgeous design, but also because I love the quality. Blossomtime Rose is a limited edition shade, I don't know how long it will be available, but I believe it's been almost a year and I hope they keep them because unlike the original ones, these have some shimmer in them. Blossomtime Rose is a peachy pink blush with a proper golden highlight glow and it's in the same colour family as the cult favourite Nars Orgasm. I swatched them side by side and Blossomtime is more coral-golden, but not as much as Coralista. I need Awakening Rose next.

Beauty Joint, 9.99 $, also on Click2Chic.

*I HEART MAKEUP Naked Chocolate Palette

Again something to finally cross from my wishlist, this really was a month of getting products I actually really wanted for a while. Regular readers might remember I put this in a couple of wishlist posts and a lot of you encouraged me to get it because you love the quality. Ličila.si saw that I really covet it and surprised me with it out of the blue. There was some happy jumping involved. Considering it's kind of trying to rip off Too Faced Chocolate Bar palettes, the shade range is actually very different from the original one I own, in fact there are almost no dupe shades in it. There are 16 colours in this palette, mostly chocolate inspired and very warm, but there are also two taupes and a more golden shade. Some shades are very similar on the eyelids, but I'm not bothered by that much - having a double or triple amount of a shade I like, really isn't a bad thing. I like all the shades in the palette, all are very wearable, but when it comes to quality, there is a gap between high-end eyeshadows and this budget palette. The colours do build up without any sort of base, but staying power is not as good as other palettes, also the texture is drier, not as creamy. With a cream eyeshadow as a base, these work brilliantly and last all day. Pretty happy with it considering it's a budget palette.

Ličila.si, 10.95 €

Za brezplačno poštnino pri nakupu nad 10 € do konca maja uporabi kodo POMLADNA-POSTNINA

*FREEDOM MAKEUP ProStudio Strobe Cream

This is a new product to me, as I sort of missed the new strobing products that have been launched recently. I'm a big fan of natural looking, cream highlighters and this one is definitely something special. It's weak compared to L'Oreal's Magic Lumi primer, but I mean that in a good way. It's a "healthy glow" faker. It behaves like a rich moisturiser at application, but then is set in record time, so you don't have a ton of time to work with it and the effect is a subtle, glowy healthy skin finish with no visible shimmer particles. Naturally, I love it. You can apply it before foundation, after or mix it with the foundation, I prefer to apply it after for best effect. 

However, I gave to my friend to try and she was really disappointed in it. Granted, I don't think she actually got the idea of the product and I personally wouldn't want a ton of shimmer in a product that is meant to be applied on larger areas of the face, but she say she noticed absolutely no difference when she used it. It's all a matter of preferences, so if you like more glow, they have another product called Ultra Strobe Cream.

Ličila.si, 11.95 €

*MAKEUP REVOLUTION  Ultra Metals Pointed Crease Eyeshadow E301

I got this a couple of weeks before Zoeva brushes, so I had plenty of time to test it on its own before I became completely besotted with that set. I had my eye on these ever since they launched, as rose gold is a big trend at the moment, but as you may remember I got a cheaper set of such brushes. This is the type of brush I use the most for my eye makeup (or at least I did). It's a small domed shape brush, this one is synthetic and soft, but despite being slightly more smooth "plastic" feeling, it picks up the colour well. It blends great like most brushes from such material of bristles. The design is very high-end looking, but for that price I expect nothing less. I like it, but it is expensive, still pretty much all similar brushes I bought so far did not feel as comfortable as this one, Essence ones for example are much denser and harsh.

Makeup Revolution Crease brush compared to Nanshy Eye Crease Brush, Essence Smokey Eye and Coastal Scents Italian Round Crease Brush.

 Ličila.si, 9.99 €

ESSIE Apricot Cuticle Oil

I had this on my wishlist for years, but since it's quite expensive I only got it recently, when I decided to finally clear out my wishlist. It's an apricot oil that comes in a regular nail polish bottle and it's very easy to apply on the cuticles with the brush. It does smell like apricots - well it's more of an apricot-peachy scent, but not in a candy way and not plastic, it's just a nice scent and it makes me want to use it more, even though there's the whole greasy fingers tips problem later. So far I can't say it's fixed my cuticles much. I still get some hangnails and they feel harsh, but maybe with longer use things will improve.

Ingredients.

DM, 10.99 €

ESTEE LAUDER Advanced Night Repair Synchronised Recovery Complex II

Told you've been clearing my wishlist. I had this about four or five years ago and I adored it because it's a skin care product that you can rely on. It's super expensive, so I have been delaying repurchasing it for a really long time and stuck only to my other favourite Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse, but recently was sent to test some skin care products and despite my general disagreement with testing skin care, I used those products. Guess what, it messed up my skin so bad that I immediately ordered what is now the most expensive product I own. Advance Night Repair is a cult favourite serum that manages to fix the skin quite fast. It helps the blemishes to heal faster, the skin becomes more hydrated and healthy looking - it's just a general all-rounder, an addition to the skin care routine that's reliable. The packaging comes with a pipette that dispenses the desired amount and the serum itself is light, like most such products and it sinks in fast. It has a pharmacy scent that some people don't like, but I've grown to love.

Ingredients.

Look Fantastic, 60 € (price in Müller 83 €)

ESSENCE I <3 Extremes Waterproof Mascara

I recently raved about this mascara again, but it deserves all the praise, as this is my favourite budget mascara. Since mine dried up, I immediately went to repurchase it. It's super volumising, lengthening, doesn't smudge, flake, the brush isn't as clumsy, it's cheap and it keeps the eyelashes curled all day. Love this stuff.

DM, 2.99 €

BALEA Clear-up Strips

Originally I was going to repurchase the Balea Young version, which are so far the only ones I actually liked, but then I saw in Simona's haul that these are supposedly the best ones she found, so I'm giving these ones a try instead. Something is really perplexing at these patches. As you can see on the box, it's clearly pictured there are supposed to be three versions of patches: for the nose, forehead and chin, however, there is no description on the actual individual packs what's inside and both I opened had a nose strip. I'm miffed about that since I bought them precisely because I wanted all three types of patches and Balea Young has them individually. There are six patches inside, which if I remember correctly is twice as much as in Balea Young, but the price difference is only a euro. I do not find these are effective as Balea Young. They do pull out the blackheads, but not as many. So far I've only used them once (I cut one into two parts for the chin and forehead) and I didn't feel the strips properly dried (I was in a steamy bathroom), so that could be the reason why the didn't work as well.

DM, 2.99 €

*JORDANA Made to Last Liquid Eyeshadow

04 Uphold Gold

This is a very liquid eyeshadow that comes in a doe foot design tube. There is a lot of product on the applicator and I wish that the stopper would a be bit smaller because without wiping the product off, you can't apply this directly to the lids or use the applicator to semi-blend it. I tend to apply a dot of the product on the lids and spread it with fingers. First layer is a bit sheer, but very, very shimmery - these are by far the most shimmery eyeshadows I own. You should wait a bit before applying the second layer and then you get a properly metallic finish, but the shimmer is still the main focus and it looks very glamorous, so I wouldn't wear these for every day. Once it sets, it doesn't budge and it lasts pretty much all day on my normal lids, though the colour can start gathering around the big shimmer particles, but it's still very decent. My shade 04 Uphold Gold is a coppery gold brown, a very warm shade with a ton of gold shimmer and granted a shade I wouldn't pick myself, since these type of shades tend to look a bit orangey on me, but it'll be perfect on darker skin tones.

Review in Slovene with swatches and product shown on my face here.

Click2Chic, 5.81 €

*JORDANA Blush Powder

45 Apple Cheeks

I read about these when I was researching Jordana's products and these have a very high rating. I got one of the darkest shades and boy is it pigmented! I apply the tinniest amount on my cheek, taking a lot of the product off on the back of hand so I don't over apply and I get the cutest warm pink "Snow White" flush on the cheeks. It blends ok despite the strong pigmentation providing of course the base it's wet or tacky and it really gives me that very believable flush. Cute product.

Review in Slovene with swatches and product shown on my face here.

Click2Chic, 3.79 €

*JORDANA Sweet Matte Liquid Lip Colour

06 Cherry Cobbler

Yay, a new matte lip cream! This one is very deceiving because it looks a simple warm red in the tube, but on the lips it's a bright, hot red that demands attention. It's similar to Milani's in terms of finish and it takes mere second to set to a perfect matte look. After that is doesn't transfer one bit. It does feel like a layer, just like Milani's, so for some it will feel drying, but it's fine to me. It's slightly thicker than most lip creams I tried and it's also a touch sheer, which means that the first coat is an even pinker shade, while the second makes it redder and warmer. Staying power is amazing and you worry more about how you're going to take it off (though this happens at a lot of these types of pink).

Review in Slovene with swatches and product shown on my face here.

Click2Chic, 5.00 €

BALEA Rasier Gel

Coconut Kiss

I think this is quite new, at least I've seen it for the first time. Currently I have the grapefruit version, which has a nice, kind of bitter, refreshing scent. Coconut Kiss is slightly different than the rest. The gel is a clear "pee yellow" shade, but it transforms into the usual foam, yet I think it's slightly thinner than usually. The scent is a bit disappointing. It's a very fake coconut scent, a bit plastic and not sweet. Not my favourite edition to be honest.

DM, 1.99 €

AVON Bubble Bath

Juicy Mango

So many people rate Avon's bubble baths very highly and I always planned to getting one, but their ordering system irks me. I scored this bottle of Salma in a scent that I assumed will me most to my taste, since I love tropical fragrances. The scent is more on the boring side because it's a soapy mango instead of a juicy or candy mango, plus once it's in the bath, it's not really noticeable. Reviews promised mountains of bubbles, but I poured a quarter of a bottle and the effects were kind of underwhelming. There were bubbles, maybe about 10 cm thick cover of them, but that's not a mountain of bubbles. In fact, those Lidl/Hoffer baths produce more of them. I expected more considering the raves.

Salma, 2.90 €

SILISS Depilating wax with no strips

I kind of swore myself I'll won't buy these types of products because they aren't effective enough. I've only tried one so far from Nair that I also got in Leclerc and it's a complicated thing to use and as I said in that review it only removes half of the hair, but it's almost painless. It's a wax that doesn't require any strips, instead you warm it up in a microwave, apply it on the skin, it hardens in seconds and you pull it off, which is so satisfying because it's like those nose strips. Ridiculous I know. This one again only did half of the job and it had a really strong, plastic scent. I used up 3/4 of the pot for both shins and I still had to finish the job with the epilator. Too expensive considering the results. This is a brand I've only seen in Leclerc and for some reason the only useful instructions were in French. Luckily I understood enough, but still, this is EU, there should be ones in Slovene.

E.Leclerc, 6.70 €

*James Bond 007 for Women Body Lotion (Eon Productions)

A few weeks ago, I got one of the strangest parcels so far. It contained a proper cocktail shaker with the recipe for Bond's martini in the back of the box, but what important for this post is what was inside the shaker - a mini body lotion that was launched alongside the new James Bond fragrance. I tried the fragrance in the shop before I got this and it was the gorgeous bottle that got me. I liked it, but not enough to want to buy it, though that bottle could sway me to purchase if there was a nice discount. It's what I consider a sexy scent - fruity, sweet, but deeper, peppery, vanillary and more of a night time fragrance. The only similar scent I know of is Cacharel Amor Amor which is a similar mix of berries and vanilla. The body lotion is light and has a very intense scent, so can easily be a replacement for a fragrance and it will prolong the scent of the proper fragrance when layered over it.

Notes of the fragrance:

Top: pink pepper, pink freesia, raspberry and pink champagne.

Heart: blackberry, gardenia, pink oleander and black baccarat rose

Base: musk, vanilla, cedar, sandalwood and leather.

*NAOMI CAMPBELL Bohemian Garden

Sample

Generic, fancy shampoo or shower gel scent, mostly due to the jasmine note, so best words to describe it are floral, creamy and woody. It smells old school and it's more of a scent you might encounter on someone older. Likeable in a very classic way, but nothing exciting or innovative.

Notes:

Top: lemon, green pear and peach blossom

Heart: jasmine, lily of the valley, cotton flower, orange blossom and elegant rose

Base: musk, vanilla, green moss, sandalwood and cedar

*Silver Arrow Necklace from Happiness Boutique

This is the necklace in the picture with the Jordana liquid lipstick above. I usually don't accept PR products that aren't beauty related and I didn't agree to making a post about it, merely to very loose terms because I hate this kind of "advertisement" that I'm doing now, but when they first send the necklace it got lost and they really made sure I still got it by sending me another, so due to that great customer service, I felt it deserves a proper place here. I choose quite a simple, more dainty piece for a statement necklace, as I've been wanting an arrow necklace for quite some time, though two more pieces still haunt me why I didn't pick them, 1 & 2 because they look awesome. The arrow necklace is a bit long for my neck and it ends lower than on my picture, but I'm very petite.

Happiness Boutique, 14.90 €

Have a great day!