Thursday, 28 April 2011

Thoughts on MAC's Surf Baby + Preview Night

So yesterday was the Surf Baby Preview Night and it was kinda weird.. I came a little bit late and the place was almost empty, there were like 5 people.. But at least I saw amusedPolish again. :-)

Pics of the displays:




I can't find my camera, which freaks the hell out of me, so unfortunately only crappy I-Phone pictures..

I was most excited for the flower powder, Hibiscus lipstick, the nail polishes, Surf Baby eyeshadow and the bronzing sticks. After taking a closer look nothing was as awesome as expected.. Hibiscus isn't as unique as I thought and Surf Baby looks pretty, but nothing special. The nude polish does exactly look like the Models Own Nude Beige and the blue polish is nice, but again nothing unique.  
The bronzing sticks indeed have an amazing colour pay off, but are quite dark and I have the creme bronzer from To The Beach which is almost the same, so this was a pass as well.

I'm really proud that I was able to skip the collection and save some money. *g* Nevertheless, it's hard.. I just love special packaging..

Love,
Guinevere

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Vintage Helena Rubinstein Lipstick

I found an old Helena Rubinstein lipstick in my mum's make up bag. How cool's that?!

It's called Nr. 14 Rouge Glorious





It has so many "streaks", cause I cleaned it with my Beauty So Clean wipes.

Isn't that one beautiful red?

Love,
Guinevere

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Bipa, MNY, Catrice Polish Swatches

Further swatches from recent purchases :-)

Bipa polishes:

Flamingo, Rubin, 080,070

Catrice/MNY polishes:

Catrice: London's weather forecast - MNY: 906A, 905A

Love,
Guinevere

Monday, 25 April 2011

Updated Nail Polish Storage System

Hey lovelies,

How are you? I'm so happy to be in Retz and that I can breathe again. The last couple of days were very exhausting and painful. My mums dog, with whom I grew up and naturally love is a senior now and she has water in her lungs..
She is old and her heart doesn't work right anymore, so all we can do is give the best we can and try to make her life as long as possible happy and without pain.
The last few days, while all my other family members unfortunately were on holiday, I spent the most time in the emergency pet clinic. The warmer the weather gets the harder it is for her to breathe. She's better now, but it seems I always have to be the strong one for our family...

But now enough about me. Can you remember when I first showed you my wand displays for my polishes: Nail Polish Storage

Well my collection grew, haven't thought it would be possible that I fill up all the shelves *gg* But it happened:




I need more shelves.. *g* I need two large ones for new polishes and two small ones for my pigments and my nail treatments.

What do you think?

Love,
Guinevere

Saturday, 23 April 2011

DM Haul: Essene + Alverde

I might be considered "addict of the month", but let's be honest, this blog is called Anonymous Beautyholic. You know what you're getting yourself into. ;-)

The Swatchaholic posted a picture on Twitter from the Essence LE You Rock! polishes and I immediately got nervous. lol 
I thought the collection would be released first of May and not a week earlier and since I reeeeaallly wanted the polishes and test the eyeshadow base, I "panicked" a bit.. 

So I called my closest DM and they already had the products in store, but not set up. I drove there and asked and they were so nice and got them out of their warehouse for me and I could choose what I wanted to buy.. *gg* 
So here's my haul:


I got the eyeshadow base and all the polishes. In an attempt to convince the saleswoman that I'm not completely crazy I started talking about the similiarity of those to the Chanel ones. She ended up setting a set of the polishes aside for herself. lol
I'm awesome in selling products, shouldn't have quit my old job, but there are so many downsides that I only regret it a little bit.

I already wanted to pay and then I saw the clearance box packed with a bunch of stuff from the latest Alverde and Essence collections!
I think almost every product from the last Alverde LE was in there, which was quite tempting, but since I prefer pressed products, I restrained myself (yes I can do that!!, on occasion *gg*) and only got two brushes and the green powder concealer. I'm really curious if the concealer works, but I highly doubt it.
Two polishes from the Essence Blossoms LE found a new home as well.


Yep, that was my freaky Friday.. *g* I wish my wallet would be more cooperative.

Love,
Guinevere

Friday, 22 April 2011

New Youtube Video online!! - A way to use the VitaZing Creme by Origins

Hey guys,

Remember my video about the VitaZing Creme by Origins and that it is too dark for me? Well I found a solution:


Hope you enjoy!

Happy easter!

Love,
Guinevere

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Candy Yum Yum Look

Here is my Candy Yum Yum Look, finally. :-)



..such a gorgeous neon, blue based pink!!!


Everyone said it is not drying but I gotta say I do find it a bit. My lips weren't in the best shape though.

Do you like the look??

Love,
Guinevere

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Quite Cute Make Up Look - what I used on my eyes

I'm really sorry that it took me so long to answer the question what I wore on my eyes in the Quite Cute Look.

So here it is:


First, I lightly applied the white NYX eyeshadow base. Then all over the lid and blended upwards a mixture of MAC Kitschmas and Cool Pink pigment. I lined my eyes with the chromaline gel liner in Rich Purple. I forgot what kind of purple I used in the crease, sorry.. Lastly, some mascara and I was done. :-)

Love,
Guinevere

Monday, 18 April 2011

DM Haul

I got these when I bought the things from Müller.. *g*

Here we go:


As you can see a bunch of Balea stuff, which luckily is cheap *gg*, many of these are limited edition. I see limited edition somewhere and my brain switches to panic-it-will-be-sold-out mode.. I also got two super-pretty polishes from a MNY limited edition which name I forgot. The Alverde palette was on sale :-)

Did you buy any of that too?

Love,
Guinevere

Saturday, 16 April 2011

L.A. Color Swatches

Hey there,

Remember the L.A. polishes I got?


I have swatches for you, and damn I am surprised by their beauty :-)


First row: Rainbow Glitter, Enchanting, Pink Sizzle, Metallic Pink
Second row: Lightning, Blue Paradise, Sea Green, Current

Pretty, right?

Love,
Guinevere