Essie Stylenomics

Remember when I talked about Essie's new Stylenomics collection*click*? That day I got a package and couldn't believe my luck. Two polishes from exactly that collection:

Head Mistress:

Miss Fancy Pants:

They are so pretty, let's look at some swatches:

Head Mistress:

Miss Fancy Pants:

So beautiful! As always, the texture is lovely and the opacity perfect after two coats. I try to be strong, but I'm thinking about getting "Don't Sweater It".

Love,
Guinevere

The Body Shop BB Cream Swatches & Review

I couldn't attend the Body Shop event, thank to my cats, so a couple of days ago I stopped by my favorite store on Mariahilferstraße and checked it out. Let's see some pictures:

There are only three shades:

I got some samples and tested them at home:

They are white and transform as soon as they get in contact with your skin, pretty cool:

Unfortunately, that's where the cool stuff ends.. Let's take a look at the shades and you'll know what I mean:

Shade 1:

The longer you work it into your skin, the more it changes:

This one looked particularly disturbing at the end..

Shade 2:

Shade 3:

Know what I mean? Honestly, who chose those shades? Shade 2 looked the most promising for my skin tone, but only at the beginning. At the end, you can see it at the last photo, it didn't match as well..

They don't have a scent and you only need tiny amounts of products, but that's all in vain if the shade is so weird..

All in all, those looked promising, but completely failed in my opinion due to that weird selection of shades, which is quite sad..

If you wanna give them a try, please get a sample first! I wanted to show you a picture with it applied on my face, but it looked so horrible I just had to wash it off immediately..

What do you think?

Love,

Guinevere

MAC Haul

My promised (tiny) MAC haul and with all the new products released I'm quite proud that I only bought two *gg*

I think I chose very well and considered. Nothing I already own. These two qualified *g* The new 163 flat contour brush (how I love brushes..) and the polish Styleseeker.

Sooo beautiful and I promise I don't own such a shade! I was surprised as well *gg*

I'm sure many of you bought more, but with that 45€ brush and the polish it was more than enough money spent.

What did you buy??

Love,

Guinevere

Catrice Upper Wildside

The new Catrice LE is out and luckily I'm not interested in any of those products. *gg*

Very muted colours that are too boring for my taste and the cream eyeshadow are, from what I can say after using the tester on my hand, horrible.. Sticky and blotchy.

What do you think about this LE? Like it?

Love,
Guinevere

Essie Stylenomics

I'm sure some of you already saw those beauties, but I wanted to post it anyway. Essie is bringing us their fall LE named "stylenomics"

So pretty, I could buy all of them, but my wallet is quite empty, so I'll have to admire them at their display.. Did you buy any?? If you could, you should. *g*

Love,

Guinevere

New MAC Collections in September

I visited the MAC counter today to enjoy all the new products released in September. I only bought two items (really proud!) and will show you my haul soon.

Let's see some photos:

Styleseeker

Face & Body, Cremesheen + Pearl

The new range of nail polishes in an amazing display, love it:

A bunch of new stuff and many of these will be permanent, so no stress. If I remember correctly, only Styleseeker and Face & Body are limited editions.

Did you buy anything??

Love,

Guinevere

Winner of my first Giveaway!!!

Hey guys,

My first giveaway is officially over and thanks to everyone who participated. :-)

Unfortunately, only one can win. I used random.org and here's the result:

..which means Pink Bunny won!!

Congrats to you, please write me a mail with your details, so I can ship it. :-)

For the rest of you, don't be sad, on the 1. Oktober starts the next giveaway! A Uni one as promised in late celebration of my English exam I passed last semester. This time it will be all about nails, so stay tuned. 

Love,

Guinevere

GOSH BB Cream Swatches and Review

It's crazy how time flies by.. September.. Summer is over and Uni starts soon..

But for now let's focus on something pleasant. :-)

The BB cream hype doesn't seem to stop and so it's no surprise that GOSH recently released one as well.

I love Gosh, so I was quite curious and what does the sneaky blogger do? Get a sample jar and fill something in for testing.

Of course I swatched each shade as well. There are only four, but those are well chosen:

Top to bottom: Chestnut, Warm Beige, Beige, Sand

Something weird happened, in the short time it took me to get me into decent sunlight the product obviously reacted to the oxygen. See the tiny "blisters":

The shade "Sand" was perfect for my skin, but I noticed that the product darkens a bit once it's applied and worked into your skin. Definitely not something I like.. It still kinda fits, but I prefer products that stay true to their shade. 

I have before and after pics, but honestly, you don't see that much of a difference. My parents renovate and I had no other place to take decent daylight pictures, so excuse this lovely background. gg

Before:

After:

It has no scent and is vegan, which is great, but I wish their would be some sort of scent, it has this slightly artificial, plain make up smell. Not quite pleasant in my opinion. 

A little goes a long way, but in terms of coverage it doesn't do much as you can see. It evens out a bit and since it's a BB cream that's okay, but I always prefer more coverage due to my redness.

All in all, I think this is a decent product, but nothing I would buy. It costs 13,99€ and for that price I can get another BB cream/foundation that meets my needs way better.

I hope this was helpful.

Love,

Guinevere

Body Shop Re-Opening Event!

 If you're free tonight, visit The Body Shop store on Mariahilferstraße!

They recently clompletely rebuilt the whole store and this is the celebration. :-)

Between 6 and 9 pm you can shop, get a massage for your hands, a quick makeover and if you purchase something a goodie bag (if your fast enough)! There is also a 20% discount on gifts.

Now that's a lot of stuff for free. *gg* I'm definitely gonna go. I wanted to check out their newly released BB cream anyway and this way I'll get a free hand massage and probably even a goodie bag too. :-)

Love,
Guinevere