!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!got2b schutzengel!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S HERE - it finally came to Europe!!!! The got2b Schutzengel or Guardian Angel, how it's called in the USA.

I've been dying to get this hairspray ever since I first saw it at folica.com. In the U.S. they actually have three different versions, one for blow drying, one for hair curling and one for hair flattening.

We only got this "universal" one:


Beautiful isn't it? Gosh I'm soo excited. I've seen it as a haul item from a german blogger two days ago and couldn't believe my eyes. Checked online if it's also on their official homepage and went right away to the next Mueller (drugstore) and bought it. It was 6,25€, which is okay I guess.

What it does is protecting your hair from the heat that comes out of the blow dryer and the heat that curling irons and flattening irons use.
I haven't used it yet, cause "unfortunately" I try to let my hair air-dry as often as possible to save my hair from unnecessary damage, but I will test it soon and let you all know what I think.

Look at that cute tag it came with:


So sweet, it says: got2b your guadian angel for hot styles. Love it!!! I mean look at those cute wings..

I hope we get her sisters one day as well, but right now I'm grateful enough. Oh, by the way it contains 200ml, if you're wondering.

Do you own this product? If so, what do you think about it??

Love,
Guinevere

Essence Glittery Topcoat

Suns coming out in Austria and so I thought let's do something sparkly. :-)


I think it's pretty nice. On its own and over something it would totally pop too. And as always Essence is gorgeous when it comes to price.

So, to all you american girls, congrats that Essence is now available in the U.S. as well. :-)

Love,
Guinevere

My Manicure Routine

I have horribly dry hands during the cold time of the year and always, doesn't matter which time of the year, dry cuticles.

I wish I had those hands and nails that look gorgeous all the time without doing anything for it, but as you may know of some of my nail polish swatches I don't.

Nevertheless, I try my best and with my routine I get them to be pretty for at least two days and then the dryness comes again. I thought I share my routine with you guys, maybe you find it useful.

Let's start:

These are the products I use:


From left to right:

A file
A skin remover gel/oil
A nipper and a cuticle cutter
A cuticle peeling
A cleaning file
A cuticle oil

I have products I alternate, like the skin removing thing:


I use the China Glaze White Tea Extract Manicure Soak (which is divine) or the skin remover from our local drugstore Bipa

and:


The Orange Cuticle Oil from China Glaze or Lush's Lemony Flutter.

So now to the steps, though they aren't that difficult to guess. *gg*

I start off with the file to shape and shorten my nails if necessary. Then I apply the soak/skin remover oil and let it sink in for several minutes.

After that I cut the excess cuticles - be careful, don't hurt yourself, the cuticle trimmer can be pretty sharp. I know some think it isn't good for your nails, but honestly, this pushing cuticles back thing only works for people who already have "almost" perfect cuticles..

Then I apply the peeling and massage it in. Next I wash it off and file over my nails with the cleaning file that removes excess oil, dirt and give your nails an even surface.

Last but not least - very important step - I massage the cuticle oil/cream and let it sink in.

And that's about it, I do this once a week. This how the result looks like.


Nice, right? I wish it would stay longer this way than two days..

Hope this was kinda helpful/interesting.

Love,
Guinevere

LUSH Lemony Flutter

I don't own many Lush items which I have a reason for: I tell you at the end of this post. I own just a few, because I got a coupon and beside some lip balms I got this:

The Lush Lemony Flutter


It is specially designed for culticle pampering and to make other hard and dry skin areas like elbows soft again.

It has a very strong lemony smell, what a surprise.. it's Lush and I think it works quite well. I have an utterly bad case of dry culticles and it helps a bit to keep the dryness away.

The skin absorbs it, but not everything. I don't like products, which sit on your skin and you can't touch anything as long as you have it on, Lemony Flutter isn't one of those.

So I would recommend it, but I wanna say something about Lush as well.

I don't like Lush. I don't, I'm very sensitive to smells and I can't go in this store without going out of it with a bad headache.
To be fair, I can't wear perfume or sit besides people who walk around in a perfume cloud either, but besides the huge over smelling thing Lush does they are overprized.

The biggest reason however is that a dear friend of mine, who worked for them for a short period was treated so badly and maliciously by this company it still makes me sick when I think about it.

We are all free to have our own opinions and I know there are many Lush lovers out there and I don't wanna affront anyone. I just wanted to share my personal point of view and experiences I had with them.

Love,
Guinevere

NYX Las Vegas

I just wanted to show you a polish I adore: NYX's Las Vegas.


It's said that it is a dupe for China Glaze Emerald Sparkle, which is high up on my nailpolish wishlist. I don't own it yet, but from what I've seen I think this statement sounds accurate. :-)


It's sooo pretty.

I got bored and tried some free hand nailart, didn't turn out soo well, but whatever. *gg*


Love,
Guinevere

MAC eyeshadow disappointment

It's ball/dance/prom season in Austria. Dances have a long tradition in Austria, we have the famous Wiener Opernball which is known all over the world.

Why this intro? This time of the year has the wonderful effect that many people wanna get a nice make up and this is where I come in.

So in the last few weeks I had several freelance jobs which I really enjoyed. Purple is a very popular dress colour and so some of the make up looks I did orientated on this colour.

One colour I used or tried my best to was "Cloudburst" from MAC. It was released as one colour of the Heatherette trios which I depotted and that is what it looks like:


Why I want to draw a focus to this little devil is the fact that it sheds like hell and is horrible to work with. I had a fall out with this that only a mineralize loose pigment can top. It's been a while since I was so disappointed by a MAC product.

So if you ever see this colour and think about buying it: DON'T, don't even get near it, run - just run!!... *gg*

Love,
Guinevere

Looking for some Heart?

Yesterday I tried something and I'm quite happy with the way it turned out.

I have some gorgeous NYX Girls polishes, who aren't that gorgeous at all when one tries to apply them nicely.


When I first tried to use them I got so disappointed that I stopped, put them away and thanked God that they haven't been expensive.

So yesterday when I was watching a movie I thought, give them a second chance and that's what it looked like in the end.


Beautiful, isn't it? I apologize for my horrible cuticles, I try my best to keep them pretty, but I fail regularly.

What I used in the right order:

• Catrice Growth Support
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
• 2 coats of China Glaze "Light as Air"
• a ton of play around with NYX Girls CN250 to get several hearts on each nail
• a thick layer of China Glaze No-Chip Top Coat
• OPI Drip Dry Drops
  

I gave each coat a ton of time to dry, especially after the last step with the drying drops. I doubt that most people out there have to wait that long, but as stated several times, nail polish hates me so I have to be super nice. *g*

Hope you liked it.

Love,
Guinevere

Trip to Hungary

Yesterday I drove with my BF to Hungary, the border is an hour from Vienna and short after this border are some shops: Tesco, Müller, etc. that are open on Sunday.

We don't have Tescos in Austria and I looooove looking at products we don't have, may it be deodorants or Make Up.

So after being at Tesco and my boyfriend bought 7 packages of his favorite chips, that you can't get in Austria.. infant.. we went to Müller - a drugstore that does exist in Austria, but I'm on the hunt for the Essence trend edition "cute as hell" and it's sold out everywhere in Austria so I was looking for it there.

And as I go through the corridors I see a NYX cosmetics rack, I was so shocked - I was so sure this is only available in the states and Switzerland and there it was. A rack full of NYX, I simply couldn't believe it.. Made two pictures with my I-Phone.


Soo cool, I didn't buy anything (patting me on the back lol) cause I'm going to fly to New York in April and it is cheaper there. Nevertheless, how cool is that?

So if you live near Hungary and you are craving for NYX, there you can get it!!!

Love,
Guinevere

Zoya Midori + Esse Matte about you

I'm not a fan of the NOTD shortcut.. So let's just write it out to make it better and more harmonious: Nail Polish of the Day.

So what did I make for you: The one Zoya polish I own *gg* "Midori".
It's super pretty: a nice green with a golden shimmer to it.


I also put the Essie Matte about you topcoat on my pinkie. It really works great, with this you can convert any polish in a matte one.


Gorgeous isn't it?? Can't recommend it enough!!

Love,
Guinevere

My skin care routine

I always like watching or reading other peoples beauty routines, so I thought, let's do it too. :-)

Those are the products:


I'm a real fan of the drugstore brand "Balea" from our local drugstore DM. It is cheap and qualitywise amazing!

In the morning: Creamwise I use a mixture of these two products or only one of them. They left one is a more light version, very refreshing and with a lot of moisture and the right one has a very rich formula. So depending on how sensitive my skin feels I choose.


In the evening: The Urea nightcreme of Balea with a touch of the Body Shop Vitamin C Intensive Night Treatment.
I bought the Vitamin C treatment some time ago and was super excited, but after I put it on my skin literally burned.. Too agressive, but I thought what if I dial it down a little, so I used 2/3 of the Urea creme and 1/3 of the Body Shop cream and it was perfect. :-)
Now I use it every night, except my skin feels super sensitive and dry, than I only use the Balea nightcreme.In addition I put on an eyecream with extra moisture and on the undereye area I put the Garnier Nutrition Caffeine Roll-On. Once the lines are there, they are there so I try to keep them away as long as possible. :-)


As you all know I own a Clarisonic Mia which I adore and I use it every day as well. Depending on how my skin feels I use it once or twice. Nevertheless, I use it always when I had make up on.


The process looks like that: I remove my make up with my shu uemura make up cleansing oil and then I clean my face with my Clarisonic on which I put my washcreme for sensitive skin.


And that's it. :-) Might sound difficult or complex, but it really isn't. Hope that was interesting for you guys.

Love,
Guinevere