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

Last Chance for the Giveaway!

Hey lovelies,

Don't forget to enter my giveaway! It ends at 01.09.2012 at midnight.

Be a follower and just leave your comment with your favorite item of the giveaway under this post: GIVEAWAY TIME

Love,

Guinevere

Garnier Fructis Heisses Volumen 48H Review

Hello lovelies,

It's review time. :-)

Garnier surprised me with those right after they were released and I was quite suspicious from the get go I have to admit. I don't blow dry my hair, I always let it air dry. 

All in all, I end up blow drying it a couple of times a year. Mostly, during winter. So when I saw that these were "activated" by heat I wasn't happy.

Blow drying isn't good for your hair and having a product that makes it mandatory is rather unlikeable for me. So I started using it without blow drying it afterwards. *g* 

I really like it as a normal shampoo. It cleans well, feels nice, has that pleasent Garnier smell and foams just right. There's no volume afterwards, but okay. After all heat is needed, so I didn't mind.

After the product was half empty, I tried it the way it's supposed to be used. I blow dried it and ended up with a complete volumeless hair..

I made photos, but they are lost somewhere on my laptop and honestly, you don't see anything, cause there is no volume.. No nothing.. I was really disappointed, cause I expected it to have at least a bit of an effect.

The packaging on these wasn't that durable as well.. One time, I don't take pics before using the product and of course this happens.. Luckily, as you can see above, it can be smoothed out.

Conclusion:

Don't buy it if you want a product that gives you volume.. It just doesn't work.. Get the John Frieda Volume products, they are great. 

Sorry Garnier, I truly love you, but this time you completely failed.. As a normal shampoo it's great and I'll happily use it until it's empty, but there is no effect in terms of volume.

I hope this was helpful. I also got the Heisses Volumen 48H dry shampoo for testing and haven't used it so far, cause I can't stand greasy hair, but I've heard great things of it and will review it soon.

Love,
Guinevere
Products were sent for review

NOTD

I actually bought this one on a bet. *gg* My fiancé and I argued whether or not the BIPA at Retz would still let me in at 18:58. (I wanted a nail polish). lol

They did, although I was informed about the fact they will close in 2 minutes. I'm sure they hated me that moment. *gg* I worked at as a make up artist at The Body Shop for a while and we all hated it when customers came in at the last minute.

But I was a good customer and only stayed in that 2 minute window. I was too cheap to buy an expensive polish without thinking about it first, so I grabbed the first affordable colour I "might" not have. lol

I ended up buying B Pretty's "Hazel" and was surprised by how awesome it is. Opaque after one freaking coat! Lasting time gorgeous as well!!

Here we go:

So, if you like the colour - buy it! *g*

Love,

Guinevere

Essence Colour Arts Pigments Swatches & Haul

I was pretty excited when I heard about this collection and shocked when I saw that empty display. And I thought those will be permanent..

Luckily, when I stopped at the Essence counter I saw that I was right. Permanent!! :-)

So many colours and not just boring ones..

They also created bases for nails, eyes, and lips and mixing jars. How cool!

For the awesome price of 2,45€ I had to buy some even though I know those will be around forever. Of course I bought the bright ones and was shocked by their gorgeous quality.

Broadway Starlet

Miss Piggy's Lollipop, Wow It's Orange

Paparedzzi

Surprisingly, they had different lids, the pink one with the plastic was the best.

You can get the right amount of product out of the jar without having it all over you hand. Another plus:

Now on to the swatches which will blow you away, at least they did me:

Miss Piggy's Lollipop, Paparedzzi, Wow it's Orange, Broadway Starlet

They had this pigmentation after one coat! 

Unfortunately, you can't see the golden shimmery undertone on the orange colour and the slight purple on the pink one, but I'll do a look with them soon. They might even be MAC dupe material.

The red stains a bit, which can be annoying. I removed it with my cleansing oil, I guess a waterproof make up remover might be the better choice.

All in all, I'd say: Simply AMAZING. They truly exceeded my expectations. That pigmentation and no crumbliness. I can't say anything about creasing and longevity yet, but I'm quite positive they'll perform good as well.

So what do you think? 

Love,

Guinevere