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Tonymoly Petite Bunny Gloss Bars

sreda, marec 13, 2013
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New In #1

These are the things I bought in February and the beginning of March, so I've had a few products for a while now and there will be full reviews for some things in the following months. If you have any request for which ones should I do first, leave a comment.

Tigi s Factor Flat Iron Shine Spray Heat Defender

I repurchased my favourite heat protectant for my dry hair. I did a review here.

Balea Dry Shampoo

I got this because it was a lot cheaper than Syoss (the one I usually use). The scent is nice, but I find this one does leaves my hair a bit white and that doesn't happen to me when I use Syoss. I'll go back to my old favourite.

Tigi Catwalk Sleek Mystique Blow Out

I got this when Cheapsmells had an offer on Tigi. I normally use Redken Anti Snap for heat protection, but that one has proteins in it and it's not a good idea to use it all the time. This reminds me of John Frieda Brilliant Brunnete Shine Shock, because it has shimmer in it. I don't notice my hair being sleeker with this, but I've only used it once so far.

Macadamia Natural Oil Deep Repair Masque

This is such a hyped up product and sorry to all who love it, but this is average. It's no where near as moisturising as Tigi S Factor Serious conditioner or Joico K-Pack Hydrator and Joico Moisture Recovery Treatment balm, but more about it in the review.

Bioderma Sensibio Micelar Water

Another repurchase. I've been using it almost every day for the past two years. I love this stuff.

L'Occitane Honey Foaming Gel

It has a gorgeous honey scent and is basically the same thing as the discontinued Honey Harvest Foaming Jelly.

L'Occitane Ambre eau de Toillete

a warm, balmy, amber-vanilla scent. It smells very comforting, snug and slightly smokey at times, but not sweet. I absolutely love the bottle, it looks so classic like something you would find on a vanity from the 1920's.

Calvin Klein Euphoria Blossom

I got this for Valentine's Day and it was 50% off in DM. I have two other Euphorias which I love, but blossom is very different than the original. To me it smells like pomegranate and spring flowers, basically a great fragrance for Spring.

My growing CK Euphoria collection, I have this picture as my screensaver.

Missha Signature Real complete BB cream

It reminds me of Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum, which is my favourite foundation, but with an SPF. The shade 13, which is really, really light matches me perfectly right now. I suspect it will be one of my favourites, but I have to give it a proper test.

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection concealer

A very hyped up concealer and for a reason. This has high coverage and is superb for blemishes, however, I still prefer Maybelline the Eraser for under eyes.

Catrice Prime and Fine Smoothing Refiner

It's not as siliconey as I expected it to be, I liked the Pore Minimizer Instant Perfector by Clinique more. I'm not that impressed by it.

TonyMoly Petite Bunny Gloss Bar

The cutest tinted lip balms ever! I'll do a review soon, but these are nicely moisturising with a decent pigmentation.

I also ordered the following:

- Rimmel Apocalips in Stellar
- Garnier Ultimate Beauty Oil
- Nyx blush in Taupe
- Milani Liquif'Eye eyeliner in Gold

- Nyx Rouge Cream Blush in Natural

Man those are some slow packages. I ordered the NYX and Milani stuff on my birthday at the end of January and there still no sign of it. I don't know why I even bother ordering from Cherryculture, I've had problems with them before, one of the packages got lost and arrived after four months. When will I learn!

Apocalips and Beauty Oil were supposedly shipped on 28.2. from feelunique, I'm not worried yet, but it's sure taking it's time! I've had packages from UK arriving in three days, but usually it takes six days.

Thanks for reading!

sobota, marec 09, 2013
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Product of the Week #5

petek, marec 08, 2013
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Kje lahko Slovenci dobimo MAC kozmetiko

Sorry to international readers, but this post will be mostly in Slovene. There is a short summary in English at the end with info about where to get Mac in central Europe and online. The translation of the title is: Where can Slovenes get Mac cosmetics. You can still look at the pictures of my favourite city Gradz and my Mac makeup.

Ali se Mac prodaja v Sloveniji, kje lahko dobiš Mac kozmetiko in kje jo kupujem so vprašanja, ki jih dobim kar pogosto. Pa kar začnimo z najpomembnejšim, ki pa je verjetno večini znan: Mac kozmetika se ne prodaja v Sloveniji. Ali se bo kdaj v prihodnosti seveda ne vem, je bilo pa že kar nekaj zanimanja s strani naših podjetij z željo, da bi bili zastopniki. Na žalost Mac-a naš trg trenutno ne zanima. Kot primer citiram iz Ličila.si:

Boste prodajali še kakšno drugo kozmetiko?

Vedno in povsod radi slišimo kakšne nove predloge, se potrudimo in izdelke pripeljemo k nam. Samo namig: znamke M.A.C. pri nas ne bomo prodajali, saj smo premajhna ribica zanje - verjemi, smo že poskušali. Lahko bi jih sicer kot konkurenca pridobili na črnem trgu, a mi svojim strankam privoščimo izključno originalno kvaliteto, brez dvoma.

Torej samo da opozorim, strani kot je tale: http://www.maccosmetics.si/ niso prave.

Kot drugo, kje se jo dobi. No, če začnemo z okoliškimi državami, dobi se jo povsod. Nam najbližje so v Zagrebu**, Celovcu*, Gradcu, Benetkah, v Budimpešti in na Dunaju. Od teh sem bila le v Gradcu in Celovcu. V Gradzu MAC prodajajo v Drogeriji Marionnaud, ki je v centru mesta, v ulici Herrengasse s hišno št.18. Ulica je za mestno hišo (ki je ne moreš zgrešit ker je ogromna), Mariounaud pa je nasproti trgovine Yves Rocher. Samo kot namig, Gradec je čudovito mesto, priporočam ogled če že boste tam, vsaj povzpnite se na grič z uro (imajo tudi vzpenjačo). Sem pa na poti proti stopnicam za na vrh opazila tudi drogerijo kjer so imeli Bobbi Brown. Za lažjo orientacijo je tu še zemljevid in slike centra. Parkiranje je pa mala nočna mora, ker je center poln enosmernih ulic, raje parkirajte nekje ob Muri in nadaljujte peš. Je pa mesto približno tako veliko kot Ljubljana.

Označeno z A:

Slika iz leta 2009:

Malo novejše iz lanskega Marca:

Še nekaj slik Gradca, klikni za večjo sliko: 1. Ulica Herrengasse, 2. mestna hiša:

1. ura, 2. stopnice do ure, 3. trg pod stopnicami (tam nekje je drogerija z Bobbi Brown)

*Update (Julij 2014): Med mojim zadnjim obiskom Celovca/Klagenfurta, sem opazila, da je tudi tam na voljo MAC kozmetika in sicer v nakupovalnem centru City Arkaden, v drogeriji Douglas. Če greste le v center ne rabite kupiti avstrijske vinjete za razliko od tega če greste v Gradec, ampak se prej pozanimajte po katerih cestah je treba (jaz sem šla čez Ljubelj). Nakupovalni center ima svoj parkirni prostor, ki je plačljiv.

Kar se cen tiče, na kratko zelo visoke. Šminke so že 19€, v primerjavi s 15$ v ZDA, kar je 11,5€, torej cena kakšne L'Orealove šminke pri nas. Za druge cene poglejte na uradni Avstrijski Macovi strani tukaj. Lokacije drugih trgovin so tukaj in pa na uradni strani (spodaj pod store und events suchen). V Mariounaud v Gradcu govorijo angleško, ne pa slovensko (npr. v The Body Shop v nakupovalnem centru Seiersberg ena prodajalka zna)

**Update (Marec 2015): V Zagrebu se je januarja odprla prva Mac trgovina, ki je menda največja v tem delu Evrope. Vhod v trgovino je na Preobraženski ulici, zemljevid lahko najdete tukaj. V njej še nisem bila, ampak cena šmink je 151.90 kn, kar je približno 20 €.

V Budimpešti sta 2 trgovini, ena v centru v ulici Váci in ena v Arena Plaza nakupovalnem centru. V Benetkah je v drogeriji Coin, za druga mesta imate podatke tukaj.

Od drugih mest sem bila v večini Macov v Londonu. Najbolj mi je bila postrežba všeč v Harrod's, se pa dobi še marsikje, tudi na letališčih.

Obdelali smo trgovine, zdaj pa še splet. Kakšne spletne trgovine, ki bi prodajala samo Mac ni, tudi uradne strani ne pošiljajo v Slovenijo. Najboljša možnost so posamezni prodajalci na eBayu, ki seveda navijejo cene skupaj s poštnino. Jaz najbolj zaupam ameriškim, kanadskim in britanskim prodajalcem. Allcometicswholesale ima nekaj Mac-a, samo nisem še kupovala pri njih. Isto velja za strawberynet, s tem da mi je ta stran že od nekdaj malo čudna. Pri thebodyneeds lahko dobite sample velikosti pigmentov, šmink in še nekaterih stvari. Kar pa se tiče drugih spletnih trgovin, na spletu je ogromno strani, ki trdijo da prodajajo avtentične Mac izdelke, v resnici pa so kitajski ponaredki. Nihrida je o njih že pisala tukaj. Za kako odkriti ponaredke pa obstaja ogromno objav, ampak na kratko če je prepoceni, v drugačni embalaži, je paleta z 50+ senčili ali komplet npr. 24 čopičev je ponaredek. Če je prodajalec še iz Kitajske ali tam okoli potem je tudi zelo sumljivo.

Pa se res splača kupovati Mac? Mac je zelo priljubljena znamka v tujini, o tem ni dvoma. Seveda Američanke in Kanadčanke lahko kupujejo po cenah, ki sem nam zdijo normalne za znamke kot so L'Oreal, Bourjois in Max Factor zato se ni čudno, da imajo tuje blogerke/youtuberke toliko njihovih stvari. Evropejske cene so močno navite in se že približujejo npr. kakšnemu Lancomu, čeprav je cenovno Isadora verjetno najbližje. Njihova velika prednost je velika prepoznanost in pa ogromno barv. Jaz sem se kar malo naveličala Mac-a, je predrag in je težko sploh priti do njega. V zadnjih letih so cenejše znamke začele proizvajati zelo dobra ličila in nekateri izdelki se že kosajo z višjecenovnimi znamkami. Če si res želite nek določen izdelek si ga seveda privoščite, ampak verjemite mi da obstaja ogromno podobnih barv in tekstur pri drugih znamkah. Senčila so res dobra, ampak lahko si naprimer privoščite kakšno Naked paletko ali pa MUA približek le-te, ki so veliko lažje dosegljiva. Isto velja za šminke in vse ostalo. Seveda če bi lahko izdelke dobila po ameriških cenah bi bila tudi jaz bolj zagreta stranka. Večino Macovih izdelkov sem kupila v Gradcu in v Londonu, s tem da je v Londonu cenejši kot v Avstriji.

No to je vse. Če imate kakšna vprašanja, nove informacije ali kakšen popravek kar na plano z njimi pod komentarji.

A short summary for international readers:
Mac is not sold in Slovenia. The closest where it's sold is in Zagreb (entrance from Preobraženska ulica), Celovec (Douglas, City Arkaden, city centre), Gradz (centre of the city, address Herrengasse 18, pictures are above, it's difficult to park in the centre), Budapest (Váci street in the centre and in Arena Plaza shopping centre) and Venice (in Coin department store). There is no official site that would ship Mac to our county, so I mostly rely on eBay. There I trust US, Canadian and UK sellers the most. Some Mac is sold on Allcometicswholesale, strawberrynet.com and you can get sample sizes on thebodyneeds. There are a lot of fake Mac products online, Nihrida wrote about her experience here. A lot has been written about how to spot fake Mac, so I suggest Google for more detailed posts, but in short if it's too cheap, comes in a different packaging, is a palette with 50+ eyeshadows or a 20-something brush kit it's fake. Also beware of suspicious web sites, most of them originate in China.

Thanks for reading.

sreda, marec 06, 2013
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Updated Night Routine

Since my skin became much drier in the winter months, I decided to do an updated skin care post about my night routine. It was quite bad for a while, my skin felt so tight and was flaky especially on the forehead, but I started using more oils and I can report that in the last weeks my skin got a lot better.

L'Occitane Honey Foaming Gel - I just got it about a week ago and I like it, especially because of the gorgeous scent. I used the previous version of L'Occitane Honey Harvest Foaming Jelly a few years ago until they discontinued it and I can report that this is exactly the same, with the same gorgeous honey scent and jelly-gel texture. I still use Bioderma to take the makeup off, but I always wash my skin with a cleanser. I just want the feeling that my face is clean by rinsing everything off. This is quite gentle, though it does sting if it gets into eyes, but it doesn't dry out my skin. It contains some shea butter and honey.

Ombia Hyaluron Gel - I bought this because it has a high content of hyaluronic acid (2nd on the ingredients list), which seems to be all the rage as THE ingredient for hydrating skin. I've been using it for two months now and honestly, I don't notice any effects in terms of my skin being more moisturised. And yes, I know the theory behind hylaruonic acid and that it shouldn't be used by itself, but the fact is that my skin was still dry and flaky before I started using argan oil. I don't know, maybe I'm using it wrong or I should combine it with a different moisturiser. I'll still continue using it, I see it as an investment in the future of my skin.

Omnia Botanica Argan Oil - My saviour in the past month. It helps immensely with my dry and flaky skin, and works great in conjunction with Huile Prodigieuse. My skin feels a lot better and less dry after using for a month.

Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse - I've already wrote so much about it, but the short version is: I freaking love it. I've been using it every day since May 2011 and my skin has never felt so soft and has that natural radiance, basically it just looks healthy. I still need to combine it with something in winter, because it is a light dry oil and doesn't heal my flakes.

Mavala Double-Lash - I got this way back in December because I wanted to strengthen my lashes. For the past year I lose about an eyelash a day and it doesn't matter if I'm wearing makeup or not. I've been using it religiously all December and January, I wore no eye makeup and was really gentle around the eyes, but this did nothing. My lashes are still falling out. Maybe I'm overreacting, because my lashes still look ok and maybe it's just my normal shedding cycle, I don't know, but I want it to stop. Because I had no results whatsoever, I stopped using it for a while, but I started using it again. Maybe I'll work this time, besides I don't want to just throw it away.

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Swivel Stick - This is basically the best lip balm ever. It's a multi-purpose product, but I use it just for my lips. It leaves my lips so soft and the formula is so nice, not at all waxy like regular lip balms. I use this every night before I go to bed and I notice a massive difference if I forget to use it.

Tea tree oil - If I have a blemish, I use tea tree oil as a spot treatment. It's all right, but I won't lie, I still miss the discontinued Essence roll-on treatment.

torek, marec 05, 2013
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Katy Perry For Eylure False Lashes 'Oh Honey'

nedelja, marec 03, 2013
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Bourjois Flower Perfection Foundation

Back in February when I was tan, I tested Flower Perfection foundation by Bourjois. I bought it for my mother who is darker than me, hence the shade 53 (normally I'm 51). In my opinion Bourjois has some of the best foundations in drugstore. Their Healthy Mix serum is my all-time favourite foundation (light coverage), and I also like the original Healthy Mix (medium coverage). Flower Perfection caters to those who wish full coverage.

I can say it has medium to full coverage. It's not quite full, since as you can see on the picture, my freckles are still visible. It covers redness very well, the same goes for under eyes circles, however, you still need a concealer for spots. I had an annoying big, red blemish on my forehead at the time and I find that trying to layer the foundation to cover it doesn't really work. The finish is matte, but I can't say how well it contains oiliness since my skin is dry. I suggest the use of highlighter and bronzer because it makes your skin look quite flat due to full coverage and matte finish. It's very runny and easy to apply, however, you need a lot to get a full coverage. It reminds me a lot of Revlon Colorstay for oily/combination skin. Because my skin is dry, it emphasised my pores and didn't sit that nice on my skin. It works far better on my cousin's skin, which is more normal/oily combination and it melts well into her skin, also she loves it because it covers her natural redness in her cheeks very nicely. On the other hand, my mother claims that after a month of use, it dried out her skin up to a point when it was really uncomfortable. I'd recommend it to people with oily and problematic skin, if your skin is dry, it's best you avoid it.

It lasts very well on the skin, which is a surprise for a Bourjois foundation (as good as they are, they lack in lasting power). Unlike the Healthy Mix range which has a fruity scent, this one has a floral scent. If you ever had Healthy Mix, you are familiar with how strong the fragrance is, more sensitive people might find it too strong.

Packaging is a bit odd. My main complaint is the huge top with the sponge. In my experience this foundation doesn't work well with sponges, but more with fingers and denser brushes (like Real Techniques Expert Face brush). The lid makes the whole bottle look quite bulky. The pump is nice and it dispenses a good amount of product.

It costs about the same as all Bourjois foundations, a bottle will set you back 14€. It is available in the same colour range as the rest of Bourjois foundations, so 51 to 56.

sobota, marec 02, 2013
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Kje lahko Slovenci dobimo MAC kozmetiko

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