Essie Neon Collection 2013

I'm always excited to see new essie collections and when there are neons involved I tend to jump around. *g*

Essie released six bright/neon shades. :-)

bouncer it's me: vivid blue velvet
bottle service: bright neon pink
dj play that song: jam-iest neon plum
shake your $$ maker: electric green
saturday disco fever: fire coral
boom boom boom: bright party pink

Essie surprised me with the frog green "shake your $$ maker". The shade I was most interested in:

It's "natural" finish is a semi-matte:

I prefer polishes that are shiny, so I used a top coat:

What you see are three coats. It's really pretty, but for a neon it could be brighter. This is more of a frog green. If you use a white polish as a base you can brighten it up though.

I'm gonna get the plum colour as well I think. Once more essie gave us some beautiful colours in a great quality. Nevertheless, those aren't unique shades. I can't wait to see what comes next.

Will you get some?

Love,
Guinevere

Review: Puma Sync

Puma released two new fragrances "Sync Man" and "Sync Woman". Let's take a look at them:

Pretty, right? But they aren't just pretty on the outside. They smell gorgeous! Summery and fresh. My favorite kind of scent.

Let's start with "Sync Woman": The first scent that reaches your nose is a fresh peach and right after that the floral scents come through, but without being heavy. I love it.

The details:
Head Notes: berries, papaya, tangerine,
Middle Notes: Lotus flower, water chestnut
Base Notes: peach, amber, sandalwood

The male fragrance is wonderful as well. My boyfriend stole it immediately and I love it on him. It's fresh and "manly" at the same time.

The details:
Head Notes: lime, green notes, bergamot
Middle Notes: rosemary, lavender, geranium
Base Notes: amber, cedar, guaiac wood

I definitely recommend it. :-)

Love,
Guinevere
PR-Sample

Review: Origins GinZing Mascara

Origins stopped selling their make up in Austria a little while back, until now. They released a new mascara. The "GinZing" mascara. Another item of the GinZing series. :-)

I was a little intimitated when I saw the brush. It's huuuuge.

What Origins says about it:

"100% visible boost in lushness & lift - Go from wimpy to whoa with Nature's lash-boosting pro. In an instant, the mega-plush brush sweeps up, fans out & delivers a powerful formula with eye-opening Carnauba Palm to every last lash. The result: soft, long, lush lashes that never look spiky, brittle or clumpy."

What do I say?

I didn't expect much to be honest, but I absolutely love it! It curls, lengthens and stays put. It's not waterproof, but it persisted some serious tears of laughter. *g* Definitely a new favorite of mine. I can totally recommend it!

Love,
Guinevere

Origins Recycling Day

Today was the day you could get your free full size eye cream from Origins. 

Of course I got mine, my mom got one too. You could choose between "Plantscription" and the famous "GinZing". 

Still can't believe it. That's so cool. I already reviewed the GinZing eye cream here. Did you get yours?

Love,

Guinevere

MAC Temperature Rising Haul

This is a very late, but still great ;-) haul from one of MAC's latest collections.

The two polishes:

Tropical Scorching Haute

They are soo pretty.

I wish I could have bought more. There are some great items, but I'm on a serious budget now - for the next ten years.

Gonna post swatches soon. :-)

Love,
Guinevere

Origins Recycling Day!!

Once more the day has come! *g* On Wednesday the 15th, you can get a FREE, FULL SIZE eye cream if you bring an empty beauty product!

What a happy day for all of us!! The offer is available at these stores:

• Kastner&Öhler in Graz 
• Douglas Kärntnerstrasse 17 
• Douglas SCS 
• Douglas Linz Landstrasse 45 
• Douglas Europark

I so gonna get my eye cream! I can't wait. I saved my empty Make A Difference cream for this. Will you get yours too?

Love,
Guinevere

Origins Blogger Breakfast

You all know I love Origins, so I was more than happy to be part of the blogger breakfast on Monday. Besides constantly making awesome products, they also do lovely events. This one was at Hollmann in the first district.

The reason for this pleasant breakfast - Origins launched a new moisturizer. The "GingZing" which is an extension of their famous GinZing series. 

I already own the GinZing eye cream and I love it. I use it every morning. It brightens your shadows immediately.

Our lovely hosts Elisabeth and Sylvia:

The star of the morning. It smells like fresh squeezed oranges and sinks into your skin immediately. I love it, I'll write a detailed review soon.

Love,
Guinevere

NOTD

Today, we had a beautiful weather, so I needed a happy-summery colour. I chose China Glaze's "Aquadelic".

What a beauty! What's your favorite summer shade??

Love,
Guinevere

Catching Up

Puh.. That took a while, didn't it? How was your May so far? Mine was busy as hell.. Let's talk a little about it. Where to start..

On Wednesday, the Austrian tv series "Cop Stories" filmed right beside our house. I never watched it, so I couldn't believe when I saw Fahri Yardim right in front of me. Apparently, he plays a main role in it. *gg* I only know him from from "Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland".

He played young Hüseyin in it. A german movie I love and I definitely loved him in this movie.

I was so excited. Gotta watch Cop Stories from now on.

How was your week? I'm gonna do some more posts today and over the weekend.

Love,
Guinevere

I'm not dead

I'm not dead :-) May just has been incredibly busy so far...

I'll start posting again tomorrow. :-)

Love,
Guinevere