MNY "I'm a sundiva" collection

Just a tiny tiny post about the new MNY limited edition "I'm a sundiva".

I took the pics in my break with my I Phone, sorry for the quality, but you get the idea :-)

There are three polishes, three eyeshadows, three lipgloss and one bronzing gel. Very earthy colours and shimmering bronze and orange tones.

From top to bottom:

the gel

the three eyeshadows

the three lipglosses

I only bought the polishes, of which you will see swatches soon. :-)

Love,

Guinevere

My new Gel nails aka the Powder Box experience

Hello lovelies,

If you've read some of my posts you will know that I love nail polish, but that my nails tend to look horrendous no matter what I try. So when my nails kept cracking and my cuticles tearing I decided to give gel nails a chance.

I was so sick of this fucked up look.. I am very wary when it comes to gel nails, cause they automatically remind me of girls with too much fake tan..

But since I was desperate I gave it a try. I heard of a studio called Powder Box Nail Salon in the 13th district, which uses OPI products only and immediately knew, if gel nails then OPI gel nails. *gg*

Powder Box is run by Barbara, a lovely woman who is in the business for over 7 years now. I adore her, she is so nice. She also sells OPI polishes and treatments.

I wanna show you the studio, it is so beautiful!

And those are my nails, the pic was taken the day after I had them done. Since then I was there one more time to let her file them a little shorter. *Gg*

I'm really happy, I chose the natural tips, so I can use all my nail varnishes :-)

The nails need to be refilled every three to four weeks. My nails grow surprisingly fast, I never noticed, cause they always broke. So I will be there again soon.

Pricewise, her studio is okay. A new set costs 70€ and the refill 38,50€. There are several studios out there, who are cheaper, I know, but I think the quality of the products she uses and her knowledge is totally worth it.

So if you're a fan of OPI, live in Vienna and want gel nails or just a manicure or pedicure, you should definitely check this out.

The contact details:

Powder Box Nail Salon

Barbara Asboth

Lainzerstraße 23/1

1130 Vienna

phone: 069915252526

Love,

Guinevere

The Body Shop Baked to Powder

Hey boys and girls,

The Body Shop will release more of their summer trend Make Up products on the 9th of August. So I thought I show you what will be waiting, cause qualitywise they are pure gorgeousness.

The eyeshadows:

The blushes:

They are really pretty - I hope you forgive me, but I forgot the names. But I will come back to this edition with swatches AND names.

Maybe they are something for you.

Love,

Guinevere

MAC Superglass

FINALLY, after the whoooole world got them in May, we lastly got them on tuesday.

I was totally surprised by the effect. I expected something way more subtle from the photos so far, but when I had it on, it was like "baang". lol

So I ended up buying three instead of one. But from the pictures I took later you will see that the result isn't so mind-blowing after all - I was tricked by MAC's special lighting, but I survive.

Let's see some pics, before I tell you what I think of them.

Aren’t they gorgeous looking??

From left to right: Cherry Electric, Totally Bang!, Fab Frenzy

Totally Bang!

Fab Frenzy

Cherry Electric

They feel like the usual lipglosses by MAC, a certain amount of stickyness, but you don't feel the glitter particles at all. Only at the end, when most of the gloss is gone, the glitter stays behind, as you can see here:

I really like them, even if they aren’t so special as I thought at the MAC counter under this evil lighting. I think over a lipstick they will do great!

Did you buy any??

Love,
Guinevere

NOTD: Medaillon from China Glaze

Hello my dear ones,

I decided to upload a quick NOTD post. This is Medaillon from China Glaze. A gorgeous golden glitter. I absolutely adore it.

I got myself a set of gel nails two days ago, I was so sick of this messy looking nails and no improvement no matter how much I tried.

I will do a seperate post on them, where I got them and how I like it.

Love,

Guinevere 

Wax in the City

Hey guys,

I'm sorry that it took me so long, again, but heat and work are weighing me down like crazy. But let's go. This is going to be a looong post. :-)

Recently, Christine from temptalia.com made a post about waxing and her waxing experience in a particular studio. I got quite curious, but for obvious reasons the described studio wasn't a location I could easily go to. *g*

So I decided to look around and chose one: "Wax in the City" in Vienna. Before I start my review a few quick lines to my relationship to hair. lol

I looooove hair on the head, but that's it! I have a very distinct hate for body hair. I adore long luxuirous hair on girls and crazy, spiky do's on boys, but I hate hair on legs, bikini zone and armpits.

I don't think that men need to shave their legs or arms, but anything else like chest, private area and armpits are a must-shaving-zone for my taste. This is only my opinion and if you like your boy hairy, why not, it's just nothing for me.

I am lucky to have very decent body hair growth, so there is no need to switch from shaving to waxing on my body, but I wanted to try to wax my eyebrows and the corners of my upper lip. I only have a few colourless hairs there, but I hate them still. 

Wax in the City is a company from Germany with several locations in every bigger city in Germany and this one location in Vienna. It is a  "walk in" studio, so you can't make an appointment. You just go there, say what you would like to get and that's it. :-)

I was instantly attracted by their beautiful and friendly homepage and with their studio it's totally the same. The place is tasteful, light and has a gorgeous modern interior:

picture taken from homepage

That's what I took with me:

They have a waxing pass and each waxing gets noted and when the pass is full, you get one wax for free. :-)

And some promo material:

And how was it?

Like the place itself - very high quality. They only use hot wax and all the tools are pre-packed and opened in front of you, which I think is great.

The girl, who did my waxing was very friendly and natural, which I think is important, especially when you're planning on getting a bikini wax.

The wax is hot, but bearable. It hurts like you would expect, but it is really no big deal.

And that's how I looked like after:

*gg* That's what I call a red face.. You see indeed where they waxed, my cheeks and nose are red, because it was so hot. Nothing was waxed there. *gg* The redness was gone in about an hour, thank god.

I think they did a great job, but for me waxing isn't detailed enough. The wax wasn't able to grab each hair, like I hoped it would, especially the baby hairs are likely to stay behind.

My conclusion: If you're looking for a great place to get yourself a waxing treatment and live in the area or around Vienna - go there!

It is a gorgeous studio with good prices and excellent service. I will stick with tweezing, it is more detailed in the face area, but if you want to get larger body parts baby smooth and hair free for some weeks or suffer from strong hair growth I definitely would try this.

Hope you enjoyed it! Other places you want me to check out for you?

Love,

Guinevere

MAC In the Groove Haul - Part 2

Here are some pics in the sunlight and swatches:

Soften The Mood

Band of Roses

By Candlelight

Swatching-time:

Band of Roses indoors with natural light

By Candlelight and the Mineralize Tri Soften The Mood

They are really pretty, though I thought Soften The Mood would have more colour pay off. But we will see how it works in the eye area. I bought Band of Roses with the idea in my head to mainly use it as eyeshadow combi :-)

Love you,

Guinevere

MAC In The Groove Haul - Part 1

I bought these when they were released a week ago, but didn't find time to post them, so here we go.

I originally bought:

Cremesheen Fashion Whim, Petticoat MSF, By Candlelight MSF, Soften the Mood MES, Band of Roses MB

But I only kept:

By Candlelight, Soften the Mood and Band of Roses

This might seem very odd to many people, especially the MSF freaks. I thought about it, but I prefer matte products for the face and since I recently reorganised my make up collection, I know it would be a waste of money. Same with the lipgloss, I have enough. But I couldn't resist these beauties:

Soften the Mood

By Candlelight

Band of Roses

Swatches will follow soon. :-)

And I recommend the MSF Comfort. I already have it and I love it, it is sooo great for contouring and it doesn't burst with shimmer, so it looks natural. If you only wanna buy one MSF, buy Comfort.

Love,

Guinevere