Sunday, October 30, 2011

Batiste and Frottee Dry Shampoo reviews - how to save water! Be "green"!

I really like this stuff, ever since I discovered it (probably later than most people, lol), I've been lovin to use it! I used to wash my hair every other day but as I have long, fine and very straight hair, it was getting quite dry at the tips because of that, actually dry from half way down to the tips...and if I was using conditioners and oils, even if I was trying to put them in my hair avoiding the roots, they were always somehow making their way up to the roots, making me crazy because I HATE when my hair is stuck on the head and oily looking at the roots! I've been trying tenths of products for "oily roots and dry tips" and guess what? None worked! I really become psycho/mad/crazily annoyed when I have a bad hairday, that, for me, meaning "hair stuck on head at roots". So this was a life saver, this dry shampoo thing! I used to try powder but that was awful cuz the hair looked better but I was scratching my head like crazy because of it! So nope.. no good! Right now I go first day with fresh washed hair, second day it doesn't look as good but I usually put it up in a bun or pony tail, and 3rd day I am using the dry shampoo and it looks the best!! Becomes silky and featherweight and the roots feel and look amazing! I don't know how this works for people with curly hair but on straight hair looks smooth and silky. I just shake the tube very well, part my hair in different ways and spray it into the roots, rub it in a bit with my hands, wait a minute and then, with my head down, I comb my hair well. And that's it!
These are the ones that I am currently using, (I saw a TV commercial for Schauma presenting their new dry shampoo product, but I couldn't find it in the drugstores yet):


The "Batiste" is a new product for me, I only saw it in store (in Real, more exactly) for the first time last month, bought it and loved it! Probably the UK people know it better (It's written "UK's No. 1" on it, so it must be well known there) but here in Germany I think it's new. It comes in 3 scents, I will try them all out :). I like it better than the Frottee one, because it's more silky and doesn't feel like anything at the roots... with the Frottee you still can get a bit of itching, like you have a bit of sand in your hair, well, finer than sand, but still.
Thing is, in my oppinion, the best way to use it is when your roots are a bit oily, because I tried to use it when my hair was freshly washed, just for the silkiness, and it felt kind of weird, besides, you can't add more once you used it, for example, if you used it today and instead of washing your hair you wanna use it again tomorrow, it doesn't work anymore, has the opposite effect. At least for me it does.
So thumbs up for dry shampoo, it's also ecological, saves some water! :)

Hope this post was useful! Keep smiling!
oxoxo
Roxana

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Tips to Prevent and Get Rid of the Fall-Depression

I have only 2 tips but they DO work so good that I must share them! I have to kick myself in the butt tho, to remember them, cuz it's human to be lazy and to be weak. They are:

1. DO sports! Cardio, or if that seems boring, DANCE! Listening to jumpy music is a must! I love my new WII - "Dance with me" game :) This will get more blood to your brain and will oxygenate it so you will become instantly more awake, energic, therefore optimistic! Don't forget the water bottle!

2. NEVER, but NEVER!! think about your problems when is dark outside. I know is hard to keep the bad thoughts away at night but trust me, all the bad things will appear WAY more easy to work out in daylight! Turning on ALL the light bulbs in the house is an emergency solution that should not be used because it's not ecological :)

Hope this helped someone. I know more tips but they are not even by far as efficient as these 2 so I don't wanna talk about them. Anyone can google and try for themselves!

Keep smiling!
oxoxox
Roxana

Thursday, October 27, 2011

OOTD - shopping with my Baby!

So since a while ago, we haven't been goin shoppin alone anymore! (me and hubby) We shop in 3 now! It's fun but will be way more fun when lil Mathias will be big enough to pick for himself! Well, I know you have to have a good sense of humour (to put it mildly) to think is fun to go shopping with a baby and not get aggravated (I picture in my mind that condom commercial video with the baby's tantrum in the store) but I think we (at least I) have what it takes! LOL
Here is what I wore today:



 The little shopper exhausted....
 Hubby, that doesn't wanna pose, taken by surprise by a huge mirror store window, that I instantly used to snap a shot of us all! Great things these windows are! I love them!!


I am wearing:
Dress: Pimkie
Long sweater (cardigan, however it is called... I never knew) Clockhouse (C und A)
Tights: Thermal tights from.. ummm... don't remember? Could have been C und A also.
Shoes (pumps): Tamaris
Infinity scarf : Zara men
Watch: Swatch - Irony Diaphane gold watch
Meredith Frederick gold caviar bracelet
Bijou Brigitte hot pink bow headband
H&M fringed black leather shoulder bag
Pearl earrings from Mallorca

Keep smiling!
oxox
Roxana

Friday, October 21, 2011

Best thing in Drugstores!!

Oh my Oh My oh myyyy! I am so excited, that even if I don't have time to write a proper post, I gotta tell you that I finally got my hands on the new BB cream from Garnier, 2 days ago and so far I am totally and absolutely in awe! I will definitely dedicate a proper blog post to it but only after I will be using it for, let's say, one more week or so, to make sure it doesn't break me out or something... What I wanna say now is that I threw my eyes on some other blogs that were reviewing it and I was like WTF? Excuse the expression but those girls were at least weird! I am not sure we tried the same thing! LOL One was saying that the cream is said to be lightweight and is NOT, but then she was mentioning that she had heavy oily skin... another one said it's orange, but then she said she had fake tan on her face, too. I mean, HELLO!! If it's named "Miracle Skin Perfector" does not mean that it's gonna do miracles, really! There's no such thing in real world and you gotta think realisticaly with everything! It's like in that wise saying "The woman that doesn't expect anything from men is the happiest, because she will never be disappointed" LOL. Almost the same with cosmetic products, the less you expect from them, the more chances are to be pleasantly surprised! But for 10 euros you can't hope to have your face photoshopped!They were probably the type of people that like to find bad things in all the things that other people say that are good! I have a few persons like that in my family, so I know what I'm talkin about (shhht, you did not hear that!)
What I personally noticed lately is the surprising phenomenon that drugstore products are getting better and better! I am not talking only about this cream here, but lately I have been trying drugstore products that have been better than all the expensive stuff Ive been using before, and believe me, I did invest some money in cosmetics in this lifetime...! But right now I am going through a tight budget stage, since I have a small baby and all... so I am very happy to be able to still have good things to use without feeling bad for spending too much! (heck, who am I kidding, what I meant was ... having good products at a low price rather than not having good products at all. period!)
So yeah, can you tell Im excited?
Oh and... I just noticed I wrote quite a post after all, so maybe that's the solution, rather than waiting to have time to write properly, which rarely happens, I rather stop writting my posts in my headand just start typing them!!
So, keep an eye on my bloggy for a proper review of Garnier BB Cream!

Keep smiling! oxox
Roxana

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Best find: Self Tanner that does not stink nor stains clothes!! L'Oreal Sublime Bronze review

Oh yes oh yes oh yes I FOUND IT!!!

Man, that took a while, and time, and money!!! I was going crazy reading about all the people that were using self tanners, while I could not do that because I could NOT stand the self tanner smell! I am not too picky usually, I don't know why I hate this kind of smell so much! I was askin people if they hate it too and noone really said they would, so I think it is just me! LOL! Also, I didn't like the fact that I never could really spread the product all over myself, so I ended up with stripes and stains all over. More, I always had to stand (cuz there was no way to sit without staining everything) naked, for about 30 mins at least, untill the product would set and dry on my skin. So yeah, I did not have any luck with self tanners but I am stubborn so I kept searching! I must admit that I never really looked into the L'Oreal products, I remember I used a few but I didn't think they were so great, but when I heared that L'Oreal bought Lancome, that made me raise a brow and it made me wanna try more L'Oreal products! I love Lancome, and if L'Oreal bought it means either Lancome's standards will lower either L'Oreal's will raise! haha I am just joking, of course :-p So I went and bought the Sublime Bronze spray tanner for face, from L'Oreal, and tested it for a while, and I really loved it, it was not too stinky (still not without that bad smell, but definitely bearable) was fast drying and did not break out my very sensitive acne prone complexion, so that made me go and buy the body self tanning spray too! This is how they look like, on my bathroom shelf: :)



I loved the body spray too, actually even more than the face one, as it has a nice lemon perfume when you apply it (after a while, especially if you sweat a bit, it does start to smell like self tanner BUT very very little, nothing annoying, if I say so myself!), if you get past the part where the spray particles choke you! LOL Also, they are both useable upside down too, which is fab for the back side! It is a dry spray, which means there is no drying time, it just applies dry! It applies super fast which I am so very happy about, as a 21rst century girl with negative time every day, and because the particles are very very very fine, is less likely to get an uneven color. Also, the color is bulding up gradually, by using it daily for a while (I myself use it every other day right after shower and after dryig my skin with the towel), so again, there's not a big danger of gettin an uneven color. I didn't even exfoliate prior to using it, which is bad, I know, but I have to be honest :-p And no, it does not stain elbows and other drier areas, as most self tanners do!
So yeah, I am very very happy because now I can be tanned without going to the tanning beds anymore!! I hated those, because it took me months to get to a decent color, as I was scared to go too hardcore (turbo, lol). Besides, while I was pregnant, even if I did not go tanning anymore, I got many new moles all over my skin and that is not a good sign either, they say that if you have over 100 moles you have to be careful with sun and tanning beds, well, you have to be careful anyways, but even more then!
The color is also great, no orangey shades in it, just gorgeous brown!  I should have taken a pic of me wearing it for this post but I thought it wouldn't be relevant as I actually should have taken 2 pics, before, and after, so you can see the change on my particular skin tone. But trust me, this stuff doen't turn you into a carrot!
Hope this post helped some people that are looking for a good self tanner, that is not very expensive either (they are around 12 euros each, or so). Definitely worth it, thumbs up for these products!

Keep smiling!
oxox
Roxana

Monday, October 17, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011

OOTD

One of the last summer days .. in October!! Weird weather this year, here where I live! All summer was cold and since August till a few days ago (almost half October) was HOT like summer! I guess there was a delay...lol.
Here is what I wore (not today but a few days ago, you know by now that I suck at making time for posting :(():


Hot pink bra-top dress from Victoria's Secret
Red ruffled cardigan from H&M
Pink bow headband from Bijou Brigitte
Marilyn Monroe paper-like pattern handbag from Tamaris store
Red mules from Deichmann (I think)
Ray Ban shades

Yes I was in the mood to combine hot pink with orangey-red :D Just so!

Keep smiling!
Roxana

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Schwarzkopf Activ Women Anti Hair-loss shampoo review

This thing is amazing! I was loosing tons of hair after pregnancy, which is said to be normal, due to hormonal changes, but I was starting to fear that by the time the hormones will get themselves back in shape, my hairs would be all gone, so I bought this and after using it for like.. only 5 times or so, I am not kidding, the hair that I was loosing was 5 times less!! And new little hairs started to grow on my head so YES, this thing DOES work! I remember I used it before, too, but I didn't notice such a dramatic change because the situation of my hair was not as dramatic as it was now. All thumbs up for this product.

Keep smiling :)
Roxana

PS: There is one for men, too! Hubby just started trying it now but I am sure it is just as good :)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Great Quote

"...the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it."

- Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
 
 Okay I know what I like doing... but that's not enough, you need luck too, to be able to make a living out of it.... Anyways, great inspirational quote. RIP Steve Jobs...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Astor Quick'n'Go nailpolish again! Minty green this time!

I really like this new acquisition in my nail polish deptartment. It's name is "361" (wish they had actual names, too) - It is a  powdery minty green and as you might have read before in this blog, I love the Quick'n Go polish range from Astor, because is fast drying (not 45 seconds tho... but somewhere at 2 minutes or so...) and the brush is amazing! I blogged about the amazing brush before (the "1 sec. flash brush"), it's just so easy to use and fast indeed! The color is pretty, not too bright, which makes it easier to wear. I applied 2 coats like 4 days ago and it still didn't chip at all on my nails, which is fab! Of course, I am always using a base coat and a top coat, too.
This is how it looks:
oxoxox
Roxana
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