The U.S. Haul without having been to the U.S.

What a title. *gg*

My sister finished her bachelor degree this semester and as a reward she went on a gorgeous trip through the USA.

God was I jealous and since we are renovating our house big time, we have no money left for a holiday.

Of course I had a huge wishlist, but I kept it to a minimum. Here are my treasures:

An Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade, how awesome is that!!!

One for me in Medium Brown, one for a friend in Taupe.

I couldn't bring myself to use it yet, but I will.. *g* Finally, my very own Hourglass blush

Additionally, she got me a key chain with my name and a cute hand disinfectant

I can't wait til' I'll be back over there. Hopefully next year. What do you think? Good choices??

Love,

Valerie

Look of the Day

Today we had a family party. I have quite a big family and it's always lovely to meet up and just be a huge bubble of chatter and laughter. So I wanted to look all nice and pretty.

I hope you had a great weekend!

Love,
Valerie

MAC's Osbourne LE

Yesterday we finally had the pleasure of getting the collection I wanted for ages. I drove to Vienna early to get my hands on it. Let's take a look.

Even though it was relatively early I wasn't alone *gg*. Swatch arm:

You won't believe it, but I walked away without any product. We're still renovating our home and money is scarce, but it literally hurt. I decided to get the Sharon quad and the Kelly Yum Yum lipstick after all, but don't tell anyone. *gg*

What did you buy??

Love,
Valerie

Being Nerdy Lego Style

A lifestyle post close to my heart. *gg*

I love LEGO, it's just something timeless and special. A while back we "invested" in the Tower Bridge

and we've been eyeing the VW Bus for ages. Since LEGO isn't cheap I never actually bought it, but now they are releasing a Mini (which of course I want) and it's going to be discontinued soon. I gotta tell you, it was ordered in a matter of minutes. lol

So now I'm just gonna show you that pretty baby.

It's got a special place in our book shelf.

Isn't it gorgeous? So, if you're a fan and thought about buying it one day, you better buy it now.

Love,
Valerie

MAC's Osbourne Collection

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Tomorrow is the day! MAC's Kelly & Sharon Osbourne collection will finally be available in our stores. We're exceptionally late this time. I've been excited for the LE ever since the first picture showed up on Sharons twitter account..

This collection is full of gorgeous products, I literally could buy EVERY item, but sadly my budget is rather non-existent. This truly sucks.. But let's admire the collection a little more.

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 I could stare at those products all day.. The colours, the packaging.. I have the Temptalia Round Up's of the LE bookmarked ever since Christine posted them. *gg*

I'm gonna be right there tomorrow, admiring the collection and desperatly hoping that the force will be with me. lol

Love,
Guinevere

Alverde Colourful Surprise LE Review & Swatches

A little while back Alverde sent me some products of their new limited edition and there are some awesome items in this collection.

Let's take a closer look at the items I got

Lipgloss in the shades: Paradise Red, Exotic Coral, Orange Blossom

Lipstick in Flowery Coral:

Eyeshadow Palettes in Coral Beach and Golden Orchid

Eye Pencils in Violett Cassis, Golden sand and Jungle Fever

Mascaras in Blue River, Black Spider

Blush Stick in Tropicana

Pretty collection, right? Now on to swatches and then I'll tell you what I think

Golden Sand, Jungle Fever, Violett Cassis, Paradise Red, Exotic Coral, Orange Blossom, Flowery Coral

Shadow Quad Golden Orchid:

Shadow Quad Coral Beach:

Blush Stick Tropicana

Now to the review, I'm gonna keep it short. :) There are tops and flops in this collection. 

The absolute winners are the glosses. I loved them, they are creamy and go on opaque. They remind me a lot of MAC's Cremesheen Glass. 

On the other end are the liners which were a complete fail for me. The colour was far from opaque and the lasting power was poor as well. Stay away from them. The pretty "Coral Beach" eyeshadow quad wasn't that amazing as well. :-/

The other items are solid, good products which are definitely worth a look. If you are a gloss girl you need to check out the glosses. They are awesome.

I hope this was helpful. :) I for one love posts with swatches. *g*

Love,

Guinevere

PR-Sample

Are we in line??

I saw the new Hourglass eye liner commercial on temptalia and felt like doing a liner look. I modified it a bit. You like??

I'm gonna do something colourful and bright next. :)

Love,
Valerie