Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The spring is here!!!

Not only that it is the 1rst of March (disregard the date shown by blogger, is 7 AM on the 1rst of March here in Germany right now), but there are snowdrops too!! I first spotted a few, to tell the truth, like 2 weeks ago but I didnt have any camera with me then (big error!) so I saw these again yesterday and I was glad I could take their picture! Actually I suspect that the ones that I saw 2 weeks ago were brought there and planted from the store (they have it at Rewe). These ones seem more authentic, I don't think anyone has lifted the leaves to plant them, and then put them leaves back on...
I love snowdrops, for the way they look and also for their meaning! Yay for the springtime!!



Keep smiling!
oxox
Roxana

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Best eyeshadow for smokey eyes makeup

Out of all the makeup styles, I think monocromatic smokey eyes is what suits me best. At times I like combining 2 colors or even 3, just for the fun of it, but that is usually useless cuz more than 2 colors are hardly visible on my hooded lids, unless I walk with my eyes closed...and not even then, because I have to cover most of the lid with the black eyeliner, to create a nicer shape for my eyes. At times I crave wearing pinup makeup but then I have to keep my eyes half closed, at least when I look at myself in the mirror, haha. But alas, at leats I finaly found out what suits me best!
This is the color that I think it works best for me, goes fine with any outfit, even when I am tanned, day or night, any occasion. Perfect for my *pack as little things as possible and have all you need in there* project for holidays (or moving).


Please disregard my nose, it always comes too close to the camera lens and looks even bigger than it is. Arghh!
The eyeshadow is from Max Factor by Ellen Betrix, from the Earth Spirits collection (I think it came out a year ago, I dont even know if I can find it anymore...fingers crossed) and its number 107, Burnt Bark. I find it to be the perfect neutral shade, dark brown with a tiny bit of shimmer, just enough to make your eyes sparkle (your eyelids, that is) and what I love most is that it doesnt have a reddish tone, it's a cold brown, no warm shades in it at all which is great for me as I have a cold skin undertone (pinkish) and my eyes are brown with green shades, so, also cold toned. I am wearing it here on top of a cream eye pencil from Clinique (that I have smudged with a synthetic hair pencil brush), which I don't like wearing alone especially because of the chestnut shade in it, but which works great as a base (Clinique Cream Shaper for eyes, no. 105,Chocolate Lustre).
There is how they look:



If anyone is in search of a great color for all occasions, I definitely recommend this one. The quality is great, too, doesn't have much fall-off and it lasts quite long if you use it with a base of any kind (if you want it to last forever, lol, use the Manhattan eyeshadow base. But I warn you, it won't come off too easy, if at all!)

Keep smiling!
oxox
Roxana

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Garnier Coffeine Roll-On Tinted Concealer review

Garnier has been pleasantly surprising me again. I really think the drugstore brands have improved alot lately, maybe because of the recession... but is great because as far as I've noticed, right now you can get really great products even if you are on a budget, as long as you take a bit of time to look for them and pick them correctly for your skin or hair type. I am now gonna talk about the Garnier Coffeine Roll-On Tinted Concealer, that I have been using for quite a few good weeks now, so I can finally give an honest and documented oppinion on!
Here is how it looks:




It has got the little metal ball, that stays cold and helps reduce the eye circles and the puffiness, but in my oppinion you have to keep massaging your undereye area longer than just the time that you need to apply the concealer, to get actual results in that regrds... but that is only my oppinion, I personally don't have any puffiness under my eyes (except for when I had cried for a while, lol, and that is not so easy to make vanish) so I couldn't really check that one out.
The coverage is not full, is actually sheer and light, I think its more illuminating that covering, which is not a bad thing unless you have really bad dark circles. In that case, this won't work alone. At times I use this as a base and add a tad bit of my Clinique All About Eyes concealer on top, especially on the edges of the circles, where they are more visible. I do like this tho, because I have a very dry eye area and everything that I apply seems to gather into my fine lines sooner or later, so this watery-like formula is so thin and it actually absorbs well into the skin that there is not much left to gather! The pigments stay on the skin but the actual formula is absorbed inside and it hydrates the area at the same time, which makes it a brilliant product for me personally :) I can't talk about other people but I do love it.
Here is how I look with it on one eye (scary, I know, but the pics are for a good purpose so bear with me!):



I guess the difference is visible, no need for me to tell you on which eye I applied the concealer. Or? :)
Disregard my nose, it was just too close to the lens so it looks like a cucumber. I need nose concealer too! To make it look way smaller!

One thing I don't really dig about this product is that whenever I apply it I get a tingling sensation in my eyes for a minute, like a stinging, like when something irritates your eyes and makes them water. That could be because of the lemon essence in it and because my eyes are super duper sensitive. So you probably won't get that.

Okay so that was my review for this product.
Hoping to discover more and more drugstore exceptionally good products in the near future!
yours truly,
Roxana
oxoxox
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