TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #11

HAULS

DECEMBER HAUL FROM ELF!

My cousin and I we bought few items in December taking advantage from the offer 17,50 euros of products + free shipping + mystery box. Here we go with my choices and what was into our mystery box. 

- E.L.F. Essentials - Mechanical Eyelash Curler: very cheap, comfortable grip, it's not broken, yet, but doesn't curl eyelashes as much as my previous curler. Cute but maybe not so useful. :/

- E.L.F. Studio - Waterproof Lengthening & Volumizing Mascara: actually I'm not sure this mascara extends and expands for real the lashes, because my eyelashes are already long and thick and very black, but the waterproof thing... Oh! I finally found a real waterproof mascara: you can apply this mascara and, in case you blink by mystake one second after the application, you will not have black spots all around; you can forget your mascara when you go to sleep and the next morning you'll be still perfect... Amazing, really. No other words. My mascara for life. I need for stocks! A+ with all my heart!

- E.L.F. Mineral - Booster in Sheer: this is the first powder of my entire life, so I cannot claim to give you an opinion. I bought it because I've read a lot of very good reviews, but I need for more and more time before I can really understand its quality. Sorry, I'm useless forthis... :P

- E.L.F. Holiday 2011 - 6 pcs Eyeshadow Palette in Natural: *breath* I was in love with the colors of this mini and cute palette, but I have to admit this wasn't a good purchase... The eyeshadows just don't write... You need to wet them and work them pretty much, for a final result disappointing, however. I paid it half then its price, only 2 euros, but I'm sad anyway, because I did really fall in love with the colors at first sight. ç__ç I thought: even the quality was bad, I could customize the palette for my lipsticks, at least... But I can't do that, either: also the packaging is pretty cheap... You're lucky this was a limited edition and I'm unlucky that the same palette of the past holiday (xmas of 2010) was a lot better. *sigh* Wait! The brush is useful for small corrections with concealer, at least. ;P

- E.L.F. Holiday 2011 - Beauty on the Go in day to Night: these ones were a lot better, luckily!!! Don't you expect fireworks on your face, no, please, resize your expectations; but these palettes are a good solution for an easy make-up. Half of shades are not well pigmented and they are quite invisible on your skin, but those ones are good? They are really pretty. I'm especially in love with the blush of the night palette and few of the shimmers from both palettes. The lipglosses are almost lipsticks, this was another good surprise. Important thing! ELF is releasing storage cases for this kind of palettes, but I've found a hygienic and comfortable and easy and FREE solution: put the second palette inverted in the transparent plastic case and cut all around. I can't understand the thrauma in the blogosphere for the lack of another case... Really, I can't... XD

LINKS OF THE WEEK
SWATCHES & COMPARISONS

- Nail Art Sakura: Nfu.Oh - 59

A cherry jelly base + flakies, pretty close to my new Barielle - Elle's Spell

- My Lucid Bubble: Amour - Rain Glitter

One of my lemmings that screams Carnival!!! I love it!

- Nihrida: Panvel Make Up - Congo

Such an interesting discover! Very close to Orly - Iron Butterfly I would a lot

- The Swatchaholic: Chanel - Peridot and its dupes

Finally a complete comparison for the big trend of these past months

- Temptalia: SpaRitual Twinkle Collection

SpaRitual is a brand that intrigue me, this collection is another crush for me: especially Shooting Star!

NAIL-ARTS 

This week I link 4 very simple nail arts, but with color or finish combos that win for many reasons: a simple idea for a great result!

- Neglelakkmani: Tape stripes mani

- LovebeanGirl: Pop stripes and stars

- Wacky Laki: Zoya Avery in Polka Dots...

- Chloe's Nails: Matte Checkers

VARIOUS

- All Lacquered Up: Fanatic Favorites 2011 – The Winners

An interesting poll with a lot of categories to check recent nail trends

- Lacquerdicted: New Essence items for Spring 2012

I'm so in love with this yummy posts, and I envy German girls a lot, too ;P

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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Labels: catrice, face-concealer, fairwind, haul, links, makeup, sephora, tool-various

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