Origins Make A Difference Plus+

Since I'm a huge Origins fan, I always get more than excited when they announce a new product. So when I got the mail, I jumped around a little and of course I had to share that info with you.

After five years of research looking for the enzyme that is responsible for the balance of moisture in your skin, Caspase 14, they created a cream that moisturizes your face constantly, but balances it if needed.

As always, the cream is packed with a ton of amazing natural ingredients, such as urea, lychee, watermelon, rhodocrosit, orange, mint and many more. 

To make sure the cream meets your needs, they created three versions. 

For combination to dry skin:

For oily to combination skin:

and for dry and really dry skin:

I always welcome it when brands focus on different skin types within one series. It will be released in October containing 50 ml and will cost 44€. Not exactly a bargain, but Origins products never disappointed me so far and your face is a really important part of you, invest in it for the future.

So what do you think? I'm excited!!

Love,

Guinevere

Weight Loss Update

Hey guys,

I'm sure you've been curious about how I'm doing. Only okay, to be honest.

By now, I lost 11 kg and am holding that weight, which isn't bad, but I want to lose more. Life got in the way though..

With the death of our family dog and the black hole I fell in afterwards, I kinda stopped thinking about working out and counting points. I'm finally feeling better and am starting again to work on my body and nutrition.

I told you that I joined Weight Watchers and it really worked great, I constantly lost about a 1 kg a week, but I also payed 20€ a week for going there just to weigh myself..

There is an one hour course each week, but it's like a group therapy with topics such as "Stock your refridgerator right". I'm not the group therapy girl, so I usually skipped these courses and 20€ a week was too much just for using their scale.

I know how the system works, so I thought I can do this myself, but I must admit that as soon as I stopped going, it became much harder. The motivation and the "pressure" to succeed is gone and you get sidetracked way too easily. So in some way, I regret quitting, but as a student it's just so expensive..

It's twice as hard to keep going, but I'm really gonna try again, one just needs willpower and since I'm finally feeling better I'm positive I can do it on my own.

I'd love to copy and upload all the documents you need for using their system so you can try it without spending so much money, but I'm pretty sure I'll get sued by them if I'm doing that..

I decided to show you a picture of myself, not just of my face. It's not easy for me, cause I hate myself, but on the other side I think (or at least my therapist told me - yes I'm in therapy and not ashamed of it) it's important to be proud of each step as well.

This outfit is a big deal for me. You can't see it well, but I'm wearing trousers, something I haven't done for over a year, if not longer. My old one didn't fit anymore and now it does again. I'm also wearing this lovely coat I bought in Edinburgh which then only barely fit me, now it does. 

What do you think? Do you like me? 

Kronos does or I guess he's wondering why the hell I'm (for once) not focusing on him. Such a poor dog.. Maybe someone should call animal protection.. ;-)

Love,

Guinevere

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