Tag: swatch
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YSL Rouge pur Couture lipsticks in Rose Perfecto & Fuchsia Fétiche
If there is one thing I love more in the world than anything, it’s a good lipstick. True, I love my eyeshadows and blush, but ever since I discovered lipstick, it simply takes the cake. High end lipsticks especially. There is just something a bit more special about them. From the packaging to the color…
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3x new Catrice lip products
In my recent beauty haul I showed you a couple of lip products I picked up from drugstore brand Catrice. I took home a lip smoother and two lipsticks. I’ve been trying them out and today I will briefly review all three products. Catrice Beautifying Lip Smoother 030 Cake Pop Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick 120…
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Olay Total Effects Moisturizing cream for sensitive skin
I’ve said before that I’m not that experimental when it comes to skincare, but in the past year that’s been changing. I’ve been able to find more and more skin related products that don’t break me out or lead to allergic reactions and so I’ve been a bit more daring. So when I found that…
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Catrice eyebrow filler & definer
My brows are quite possibly the easiest part of my make up to do. I am blessed with quite full, be it messy, brows that only need a bit of filling in. I don’t need to shape, draw on, or do anything else. I pluck them once a week (could do with a bit more,…
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Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy lipstick Impulsive
Nude lips. Not my cup of tea. Not at all. Nude is a little too nude on me and very quickly makes me look like I was raised from the dead. Still, since I like to wear quite bold eyeshadow looks from time to time, finding a good every day neutral lip color that goes…
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MUA Matte Ever After eyeshadow palette (incl. comparison with Catrice matte palette)
Apart from the Catrice palette I showed you last week, I bought another matte, budgetproof eyeshadow palette a few weeks ago. This one is by MUA and plenty of people wanted to see how this eyeshadow palette holds up and especially how it compares to the Catrice one. And so here we are: with a…
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NOTD: Genius in the Bottle
I have so many different nail polishes that I’ve decided to start and try to catalog all of them, while on my nails, on this blog. If I keep this up I should end up with a good overview of all the polishes I have, swatched on my hands to see what they look like.…
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Catrice Absolute Matt eyeshadow palette
Last week I showed you a massive drugstore make up shoplog. I asked what you’d like me to review first and many of you said the Catrice eyeshadow palette. And so here we are today with a review of this budget matte eyeshadow palette. Matte eyeshadows are hard to find in the drugstore and when…
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Chanel Vitalumière Aqua foundation
Time for another foundation review! My quest for the ultimate foundation continues, though a little less fervently than before. And if it hadn’t been for the fact that I could pick this up at a 30% discount, I doubt I’d have picked it up at all. For some time a high end drugstore held residence…
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Essence Hello Autumn LE
Previews of the new Essence limited edition had me immediately interested and eager to check it out. From the overall color scheme (neutrals!) to the design of some of the products, I was curious to see what budget brand Essence would come up with for their limited fall collection. And lo and behold, I found…
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The Body Shop Honey Bronzer
I’m a fair skinned gal. To the point where most foundations are too dark for me and wearing bronzer, instead of bronzing or sculpting my face, makes my make up look muddy and yuck. Bronzers are my on and off product. I can go months without using it and then suddenly: bam, I use nothing…
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Marc Jacobs Style Eye-Con The Starlet
Buying luxury make up items is something I only do occasionally. Vacation time usually is the opportune moment of choice for any make up splurges. Being that I was a) in Paris on my most recent trip and b) Paris = Sephora, the situation couldn’t be more ideal. I had initially set my sights on…
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Dior eyeshadow palettes
Back when I first got into make up, I was under the impression that make up was only good when it was super expensive. I thus veered mostly towards high end brands at first, and then I learned that budget brands might be as good and sometimes even better than their more expensive counterparts. That…
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High end nail polish stash
A little over a week ago I showed you the first part of my ever extending nail polish collection. Where last week I showed you the first part of my drugstore nail polish colors, I now proudly present my high end nail polish collection. By high end nail polish I mean brands that are specialized…
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Catrice highlighter pens
A while ago I showed you a budget make up shoplog and part of that were two highlighter pens by Catrice. I had heard good things about these highlighters and thought I’d give them a shot as they weren’t too expensive. Both products are meant to go on the eyes and one is great for…
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Urban Decay Vice 2
Talking about a long overdue post! These pictures have been sitting on the shelf for a while, but even though this isn’t the newest of palettes, I still thought I’d share the eyecandy. Later this week I’ll be doing a post showing some looks I created with this fabulous eyeshadow palette by Urban Decay. For…
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Catrice Luxury Lacquers limited edition (12 colors incl. swatches)
Hold up! Stop! I knew Catrice would be releasing a nail polish only limited edition collection and when I walked into my local drugstore yesterday I found the display. Better yet: Kruidvat is doing a 2 for 5 euro offer on all Catrice nail polish. I had made a list in advance and put it…
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New Catrice & Essence make up (incl. swatches)
Every 6 months German budget make up brands, Catrice & Essence change their make up offerings. This week the Spring/ Summer 2014 collection hit stores and I decided to take a trip to my bigger drugstore in town to see if it was in yet as it changes per city and store. Since I’m still…
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New in: 5 pan Inglot freedom system palette
One thing I did during the past few weeks where I have had 4 weeks all to myself is shop. I didn’t shop all that much considering the time I had on my hands and so an actual haul isn’t in place. One item I purchased is special enough to get its own blog post…