TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #16

HAULS

FEW NEW ITALIAN NAIL POLISHES! *^__^*

Two gifts from my lovely cousin who always thinks of me when she feels guilty for having bought too many nail polishes for herself! XD

- Basic Beauty by Limoni - 103: it's totally a dupe of Zoya - Apple, it's totally beautiful, it's totally great quality, it totally became one of my favorite polish ever!

- Basic Beauty by Limoni - I-don't-remember-the-number-right-now: another (almost) dupe of a Zoya one, I think it's pretty close to Zoya - Rica. What do you think about it?

- Deborah - Pret a Porter - 52 jungle adventure: a lonely purchase made a day I was very sad and I needed for (another) olive. I'm quite satisfied from it, but I need to test it better.
KIKO AGAIN! 
 
- Kiko - Full Coverage Concealer - 01 clear
- Kiko - Full Coverage Concealer - 03 medium
Maybe I eventually found _MY_ concealers: they are really full coverage, creamy and non-comedogenic (is the right word in english?) and they last almost all day long. Since I'm using these concealers (the lightest for pimples and highlight and the darkest for under-eyes) I can avoid to use fluid foundations: they cover enough to apply my pseudo-mineral foundation from ELF, yay! Never without them and I'll surely buy the 04 for summer! ;)

- KIKO - Lip Base Primer: a try. A try gone very well, anyway. This primer has the purpose to neutralize the pigmentation of lips, or most of it, so you can better enjoy the color of your lipstick and create a customized edge with no messing up. It works, it's just a bit sticky when you close the mouth, but not so much, I'm happy for this product, great value.
- KIKO - Eye Base Primer: no pics, but a wonderful opinion for this products, it's perfect for my wrinkled eyelids, because it's creamy and fills very well imperfections. Also long lasting for my eyeshadows. Great, really.

I have an indecent ammount of pics for next weeks: a swap with a friend of mine, Simona from Light your Nails! blog; few Essence purchases, and a HUGE swap with the lovely Julie from U.S.

LINKS OF THE WEEK(S) :P

SWATCHES, REVIEWS & COMPARISONS
- Ere K.'s Beauty Shelf: Catrice - 840 Genius in the Bottle
- The Beauty Case: Dior - Nirvana + [b]Basic - Central Park
- Mina and the Nail Polish: Sephora - 3 various swatches
- Steffels: Nerd Lacquer - From Space collection
- Pee Before Polish: Color Club - Metamorphosis + Nubar - Reclaim
- Le Esose: CND - Solar Oil
- Imperfectly Painted: Eva Supreme - 185
- Esmaltes de Kelly: Hits Speciallità - Glitter Forte collection
- Makeup and Beauty Blog: Dolce & Gabbana - Bouquet collection
- Scrangie: Picture Polish - Opulence collection + Color Club - Magnetic Force collection
- Spaz & Squee: Layla - Hologram collection & comparisons
- NailXChange: Model's Own - Indian Ocean + Layla - Flash Black
- Le Esose: Stargazer - Chrome 232
- Esmaltes de Kelly: Hits - Phenomena collection
- Imperfectly Painted: Nail-venturous - Foam
- The PolishAholic: Color Club - Cop an Attitude
NAIL-ARTS & FRANKENS
- Nailside: Springy Stripes + Abstract '80s
- The PolishAholic: Caviar Manicure + Fuzzy Nail Sweaters
- Copy That, Copy Cat: Tie Dye Nails Tutorial
- My Simple Little Pleasure: The evolution of Ulta - Chocolate Kiss
- LuvMyLacquer: Rainbow Swirl Lollipop Nail Art
- Lucy's Stash: Colour Block Manicure
- Raggio di Luna: Dots on Plum + Green Fantasy
- Nail Art Sakura: Burberry Nail Art
- Wacky Laki: Black & White + See the Darkness, Feel the Magic!
- The Posh Polish: Tuxedo Nails
- Gotham Polish: Mix it up: pinks & oranges
- Let Them Have Polish: Black & White Challenge: Day 2 - White on Black
- Copy That, Copy Cat: Sugarcoated... Without the sugar!
- Fab Fingertips: Black & White Splatter Mani
- Un Petit Bonheur: Reines d'Orient
MAKE-UP & VARIOUS
- Eddie Redmayne Online: "My week with Marylin" screen captures
- Temptalia: Urban Decay - build your own palette

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #9

HAULS

FAIRWIND TO SCHLECKER

I don't remember when I bought this one, but I'm pretty sure it was at the beginning of December, as soon as this collection has been released. I found it at my closest Schlecker drugstore, and there were 8 shades, more or less, the most of them had a satin finish, but there also was a duochrome and a couple of shimmers.

- Fairwind: 51 - Velvet Navy

A very very dark dusty blue, with a subtle shimmer that dries satin, or demi matte, like the text on the bottle. I tried it just on one single nail and it disappointed me a bit... It's a pity the shimmer disappear when dries :(

MY FIRST TIME TO SEPHORA!!!

Yes, I had never been there before 3 weeks ago! Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Next items aren't all bought by myself this month, but I decided to put all Sephora items together. :)

- Sephora: 49 - Deep in Her Eyes

A gift from my cousin. I already wore it twice, but my camera was out of battery (I'm not sure these are the right words) both of times, and I'm sorry because it is a very pretty metallic blue polish with a slight purple duochrome effect.

- Sephora: 68 - Diving in Malaysia

The most famous dupe of Chanel - Peridot, a gift from my cousin months ago, when the Chanel one was released and it started the "dupes hunt". Actually I love this shade a lot, but I won't use in all my entire life a big bottle, so this one is perfect for me. I wore it twice, but I didn't swatched it, exactly like the polish above. Sorry, I'm so lazy... :P

- Sephora: 67 - Moody Woman

Finally a polish I bought by myself to Sephora recently. I couldn't decide which one to choose, and the huge woman in front of the display didn't help my choice... Then I've seen this pretty duochrome, the last bottle, and *swoooosh* Stolen from her view. Revenge! è_é/

- Sephora: Concealer Palette - 1. nude 2. leaf 3. lilac 4. sandy

It'll be hard speaking about this item. Why? First of all, because my English sucks, and secondly because I read a lot of reviews about it, and most of them were not so good, but I bought it anyway, even I usually trust of reviews. Why (again)? Because I've tested it to the store and it didn't seem cakey at all, as many girls said... I'm using it for weeks, every day, and I'm using all the colors: pink/lilac for my dark circles (inner side), green for pimples on cheeks and chin, the light beige for my eyelids, and the peachy beige for my under eyes at outer side (hope to have used right words). Result is veeeeery good, even my eyes are wrinkled, even my rednesses are pretty noticeable, even my undereyes seem train tracks, even it's very hard to find the right match of colors on my yellowish/greenish/pinkish/reddish/olive face... I can't explain complainings about this product, really... Boh... Maybe I didn't try a very high quality product, yet, and I think this is good. Maybe people likes complaining (this is regardless true). Maybe I'm lucky these are my perfect match colors (a lot of different colors, infact XD).  Maybe boh... Just the brush is useless, but the rest is very good, in my opinion. 

- Make Up For Ever: HD Microperfecting Primer - 1. Green

This is just a sample. By the way, it is very useful for my nose: this primer is not much covering, but it's a  kind of green that contrasts very well large areas without being heavy. So I'm using the Sephora palette for small details and eyes, and this one for nose or forehead. :)
PIT STOP TO COIN 

- Catrice: Sharpener

I love the design, but, the most important thing: the blade cuts well! 

LINKS OF THE WEEK

SWATCHES & COMPARISONS

- Nail Art Sakura: Nfu.Oh - 51
Sometimes I need to remind the existance of this polish. ;)
- Ere Kanezawa: Essence - Better than Gel - Top Sealer
A friend of mine made this useful review of this top coat!
- Lacquerdicted: Kleancolor - Holo Chrome
One of my favorite Kleancolor shades *__*
- The TraceFace Philes: ManGlaze - Santorum
Oh maaaaan (glaze)!!! HIMYM cit. ;P
- The Polish Aholic: China Glaze - Magnetix
2011 was crackle year, will this one be the magnetic one?
NAIL-ARTS & DECALS
- Chloe's Nails: Some leopard fun
I'm really happy Chloe is back, and this post is so classy!
- Nailside: Grey Cloud + Tutorial
I love this design and this combo of colors
- NailXChange: Tommy G iMagnet Art 12 + Red Angel RA-105
Such amazing stamping with such amazing polishes *__*
MAKE-UP, FASHION, NEWS & VARIOUS
- Nihrida: Illamasqua Sophie-I Collection & Technique
So fucking good job, girl... :°)
- Scrangie: Kryolan - Aquacolor UV Day Glow Palette
I can't speak in front of this awesomeness!
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Hot Rod Shoes!
Crazy. But stil... Hypnotic. *__*

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #4

HAULS

NAIL POLISHES FROM ITALIAN BRANDS!

I have no job during these months, as I've often written, so I can buy just a few of polishes, but, actually, my Helmer is half full and I don't feel the desire for many new shades, anymore. Dupes is not my way, although I have some, and I'm very happy and proud of my collection, but I don't want to cross the line of common sense. BUT! A little gift to myself is necessary to survive! ;P

- ASTRA - ITALIAN ROMANTIC COLOURS - 48

I promised to not buy Astra polishes again because I was no satisfied from their quality, but I fell in love in front of this beauty 1 month ago, and, luckily, the formula is more than decent. Yay! 

- BASIC BEAUTY - 119 - ARANCIO GHIACCIOLO

I bought this one almost 2 months ago 'cause it reminded me a lot to OPI - Ginger Bells, a lemming of mine, and I'm very happy to have taken it. Creamy, opaque, rusty... I like it. 

- KIKO - 354 - CONSTELLATION PURPLE

From the new Light Impulse limited edition, I refuse to comment the name for this nail polishes line: "Hologram (?????) Nail Lacquer". Ok. Let's go on. :P By the way this GLASS FLECKS is enchanting, pretty sheer but beautiful. Not unique, but who cares? 

- KIKO - 223 - RAME PERLATO

This polish was on sale at €1,50 1 month ago and I couldn't resist to try it, even it's a very old and uncool shade, but it could match well with my skintone. Cross my fingers.

- EVER - 16 VIOLA FASHION
A gift from my cousin, this is a kind of glitter I didn't own, yet, and I'm very charmed from: worms glitters! Cuuuuuuute! *^__^*

- ESSENCE - VAMPIRE?S LOVE - 01 GOLD OLD BUFFY
A friend of mine bought for me 2 items from the new Vampire's Love limited edition: the eyeshadows palette and the light grey with few black microglitters nail polish, but I don't remember its name right now. :P Anyway I went to OVS 2 days ago and also luckily found this one lovely golden/olive/black miniflakies. ^_^/

- ESSENCE - FORGET IT! 3 IN 1 CONCEALER
I'm a total newbie about makeup, so I'm trying few products to experiment different colors and textures with the purpose to find what suits better with my skin. For this reason I bought this trio of concelear, especially very useful to learn how to use the green and the pink. In the future I also would to try a light blue and lilac concelear. ^__^

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #2

HAULS

E.L.F

I took advantage from this amazing promotion: minimum of €12.00 of purchase + free shipping + mystery box € 12.00 of value. Great deal!

 

What I bought:

1) Studio Kabuki Brush - it works very well but it's lost a lot of hair, but just the first time I've used it, so I think we'll be good friends for the future

2) Mineral Foundation in Light - after 3 days it seems a great product, my skin thanks a lot

3) Mineral Eyeshadow Primer - velvety and delicate: very good!

4) Studio Complete Coverage Concealer in Medium - 3 of 4 colors are too similar to each others and they are not very covering, but it works very well over no-serious imperfections. It's easier to work with if you use your fingers, but the brush in the palette is a very good brush for other uses. I need more time before a fair judgement

My Mystery Box:

1) Mineral Bamboo Powder Brush - oh wow... so soft... I want to push my cheek all the day with it *_*

2) Nail Polish in Twinkle - a glitter multicolor top coat with delicate colors

3) & 4) Shimmer Eyeliner Pencil in Boldly Bronzed - yes, I received 2 of them! XD by the way, no problems at all: I'll swap the second one with a friend of mine or it'll be a gift, because it's a very pretty shade. I think it's better as pencil eye than eyeliner, because it's easy to work with

CHRESY
How I could resist in front of a big basket full of polishes mixed together as a peanut exhibitor at the supermarket with a sign 1x€1.50 or 3x€3.00? Am I crazy? Yes, I know... But not for this reason... Soooo I dipped my hands into it as a little girl with a basket of candies and I bought these 5 polishes for me and few more for my friends. Surprise: they are B4F and no bad at all! Search for a store near to you on the "Sirene Blu" official site. I don't know another chain of stores when I could find them, sorry.

40 - BORDEAUX PERLATO - shimmered dark red

42 - VERDE SCURO PERLATO - shimmered dark forest green

77 - MARRONE PERLATO - metallic-almost-a-frost greysh taupe

73 - VERDE CHIARO GLITTER - foiled light green apple

71 - AZZURRO GLITTER - foiled very light silvery blue

H&M

Next 2 polishes are a gift from my cousin, who can't resist to cute bottles! :D The first one has a design surely inspired from the British brand Ciaté and the second one reminds to the limited editions of the German brand Catrice. By the way, 2 very preeeetty polishes! Thank you Baby! <3

- Going to the Opera - a creamy lacquered pure red

- Blue Wave - effect topcoat with blue sky and pink microglitters
CHINA GLAZE + A-ENGLAND
Next couple of polishes were sent to me by one of my polish-buddies, Daniela! ;D 

- China Glaze - Ghoulish Glow: this is a gift from my friend, who knew about my passion for it. I wore it few days ago and my cat has played with my hands for hours (in the night, of course!!!) XD I'm thinking about painting some xmas decoration with it, what do you think about it? ;D

- A-England - Camelot: me and my friend took advantage by a promotion and I bought this black cream. I think cremes are very hard to choose. Glitters, holos, duochromes, etc... They are gorgeous but their special effect can easily hides lacks of formula: cremes have to be perfect or the result on your nails will be a disaster, so I'm always very careful about which creme to buy and which don't: bases are important, ever, for every things in your life. This one is amazing, the perfect black base. Adviced! ;D

MISSHA + ETUDE HOUSE

Next bunch of polishes are not mine: I bought from a very kind Korean eBay seller, Ruby Ruby Shop, who has a lovely catalogue of make-ups, stationery, jewelry, wall decals, skincare items and nail polishes, for a fair price and free shipping. I was searching for a wall sticker for my entrance and some cheap ideas for xmas gifts, then I discovered she also had polishes, and Daniela e Barbara bought a few of them, so, this is the reason I have them to my place even they aren't mines. I'll swatch them on false tips before they will go to their real owners, so they will be useful for future comparisons. ;)

If you're interested in purchase, Ruby Ruby Shop sells these Korean brands: Missha, Etude House, Skin Food, Laneige, Tony Moly, Innisfree and few more.

- Missha - HGR01: amazing, isn't it? I'm speechless since the first time I've seen it, and I'm still with no words any time I look at it. I think it's pretty close to new Model's Own - Beetlejuice Collection - Golden Green, don't you think?

I didn't swatched them, yet, so I can't talk about their quality
- Etude House - LUCIDarling - Shimmering #3 beige brown
- Etude House - LUCIDarling - Shimmering #5 garnet red
- Etude House - LUCIDarling - Glittering #5 tender mint
- Etude House - LUCIDarling - Shimmering #1 satin purple
OTHERS?

There are a lot more polishes I would to show you next Sunday. Since I never did a haul post, I would to show all I received as gift and bought by me during last 2/3 months: there also are a lot of [b]Basic (but most of them are for a future giveaway ;D), my Unicorn Puke from Cult Nails, 2 Kikos, 1 Ever, 1 Basic Beauty by Limoni, 1 Astra and... 4 Tony Molys from the crazy Galaxy collection! *__*

LINKS OF THE WEEK:
SWATCHES
- Pee Before Polish: Zoya Ivanka 
one of my lemmings <3

- Scrangie: Color Club - Backstage Pass Collection
usually Color Club releases great items, but... This one...? CC, what's happened? ç__ç

- The Polish Aholic: Zoya - Feel Collection
I read different opinions about formula of this collection, but the dusty pastel shades are a must-have

- Nihrida: Essence - True Love + Essence - The dawn is broken
I'm waiting for the grey one from a friend of mine bought it for me and I can't wait to try my asphalt polish *__* The burgundy one: yummy!

- Mai Senza Smalto: [b] Basic - Earth Style Life + New York limited editions
[b]basic is the brand of Schlecker drugstores and this time is even better than usual, especially for the ESL collection, almost one coat polishes. Incredible! I want to swatch all of them as soon as my nails re-grow. *^__^*
- Light Your Nails: Essence - All Access
one of my favourite greens!
- The Beauty Case: TWIN Colour - Smurf Blue to Purple
I want to smurf myself! XD
- Temptalia: MAC for Gareth Pugh - Ascension
Oh.My.God. I think it's very close to an Essence polish in a past TE, Holoberry or something... Don't you think?
- Let Them Have Polish - Nicole by OPI - Kardashian collection
in love with the teal one and the white one *__*

NAIL-ARTS

- Gems in a Bottle: Polka Dots
- Nailside: Striped mani  

- Wacky Laki: Missoni Style Stamping + Plaid Pattern - chapeau lady, chapeau... 

- A Day in the Life of Dollface: Pokemon nail art 

- Copy That, Copy Cat: Up! The Movie nail art - no words :O

- The Polished Perfectionist: Subtle lilac combination for stamping 

- Simply Rins: Xmas Elves nail art + Xmas Reindeer nail art 

- The Posh Polish: Glittery Grey Gradient French 

- Emerald Sparkled: Galaxy Nails - I love galaxy nails but I can't do this, so I'm envious and admired at the same time ;)

- The Trace Face Philes: Hippie Nails
- Nails by Kayla Shevonne: Stripes & Stars
- Nailasaurus: Pac-Man nail art
- NailXChange: Purple optical stamping 

VARIOUS

- Vitious & Delicious: Neve Make-Up - palette Elegantissimi preview
- Pee Before Polish: Ann Summers lingerie

FREE TALK
- I MUST to stop to drink my tea too soon and burn my tongue and then I can't taste the food for 3 days... It's a vicious circle... @__@
- My nails are broken again, yay! XD

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