Beauty Haul // September

This might as well be the most exciting haul on my blog so far. I have been waiting to get all of these products for soooo long and now they finally arrived in the mail. It makes me feel like it is already Christmas. I do not own a lot of high end make-up products and I try to select what to get very carefully so I do not waste my money on something I am not going to use. When it comes to the following products I have been planning to buy them for (and this is no exaggeration) years which is why I am just so much more excited for them.

Benefit the POREfessional: This is one of those all-time-classic beauty products to me. I have read reviews about this products for a while now and while I have read about a few saying it was over-hyped the vast majority really liked it. The benefit the POREfessional is an expensive product especially when you don''t even know if you are going to like it. That is why when I saw they sold sample sizes at Karstadt I had to get one of them to finally try it out.

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette: My (amazing) boyfriend got this for me as a gift and I am so overly excited about it. My best friend has this palette and I have used it a few times when I got ready at her place. There really is a difference between Urban Decay (or MAC) eyeshadows and regular drugstore eyeshadows. Drugstore products can be fine and you definitely do not need high end eyeshadows but they are better and if the price difference is worth it to you, you should definitely give them a try.

Fleur de Force Eyeshadow Quad 020 Lunar Rose: I am obssesed with Feur de Force. She is by far my favorite youtuber and I love all of her videos. Her style when it comes to make-up, hair, fashion and decor is very distinct and I find it so inspiring. So of course I have been wanting to try her make-up line for over a year now since it came out. Now I finally can.

Fleur de Force Lip Gloss 030 Starlight, 050 Starry Starry Night & 020 Written in the Stars: The color selection in this line is wonderful. Since I could not justify buying all of them I only ordered my three favorites.

Tanya Burr Lip Gloss Berry Picking: On the website this gloss did not even look like a color I would enjoy but I saw Tanya Burr wear this shade in one of her videos and I just loved they way it looked on her. I do not think I ever heard anything bad about Tanya Buss Cosmetics so I am looking forward to giving this a try.

Sorry for saying 'excited' a lot ;)

Catrice long lasting Lip Pencil - 070 I Got You Babe!

Catrice long lasting Lip Pencil 070 I Got You Babe!

This is so strange. The swatch and the packaging of the lip pencil match pretty perfectly but when I wear it on my lips it looks completely different. It looks a lot lighter and almost nothing like the swatch. I do not know how that happens but I do not like it. I am not quite sure what to make of the color on my lips, it is a little too pale for what I like. On top of that it most be the most dry lip product I own. I am sorry, I usually like Catrice lip products (my favorite lip pencil ever is by Catrice) but I do not think I will wear this a lot. I am disappointed :(

What do you think about the Catrice lip pencils? 

Manhattan lip lacquer 20 N tempting red

Manhattan lip lacquer 20 N tempting red

I have wanted to try one of these for a long time now! It is easy to put on and I really like the applicator. The finish is very milky, shiny and opaque. I do like the finish but I also think it makes it less wearable for everyday life. I love red lip products and will therefore probably get a lot of wear out of this.

What do you think about the Manhattan lip lacquers? What colors can you recommend?

July Drugstore HAUL

It is haul time again! I love watching or reading about hauls! I do not even care what people haul. It can be cloths, it can be fashion, decor or food. Something about it is just so entertaining to me. Hauls just get me excited... especially when I am supposed to be studying... oops...

essence lipliner 15 Honey Berry

Manhattan Lip Lacquer 20 N Tempting Red

Catrice Longlasting Lip Pencil 070 I Got You Babe!

I might have gone a little bit lip product crazy. There was a sale going on so I guess I will use that as an excuse. I like wearing lip liner or lip pencils but I do not own a lot of colors so I wanted to add to my collection. The lip lacquer was more of an impulse buy. I swatched it on my hand and waled around with the color on my hand for a while. I just loved it so I went back and got it.

 L'oréal hair expertise conditioner for damaged hair

This was on sale which is why I got it. Normally this would be too expensive for me to buy but since I actually liked (not loved) the L'oréal hair mask I bought last autumn I thought I would give this a try.

Pantene Pro-V smooth & sleek conditioner with frizz-control

This an all time favorite of mine that I have repurchased multiple times. It actually does help smooth out my hair and helps with keeping it rather straight.

Palmolive Feel Dynamic shower gel

Everyone seems to love Palmolive's shower gels and I have never tried them. Somehow I am really into trying different shower gel lately. I never really cared too much about shower gel but now I have to hold myself back from buying several at ones.

bebe berry smoothie body lotion for dry skin

I love my shower gel in pomegranate smoothie by bebe so much, I just wanted to try more from their brand. I usually use alverde  body butter but they just came out with the new scents and they are just not for me. I thought since it is summer now I might as well try a lighter body lotion. In addition to that pretty much everything that says 'for dry skin' makes me want to try it.

NIVEA creme

I used to use this all the time. This is pretty much a classic. Now that I own it again I cannot help but wonder how could not repurchase this for such a long time?!

hair ties

Well... I bought hair ties because I needed hair ties. There is not realy anything to say about that I guess ;)

What did you shop for this month?

Spring Drugstore Lip Product Favorites

With spring coming up there is one thing I am getting really excited about and that is brighter lips! I am saving the bright pinks for summer but light blush tones, nudes and reds are exactly what I like to wear this time of the year. Where I live it is still cold outside and it probably still will be for quite some time - therefore I am trying to incorporate things that remind me of spring into what I wear while still keeping warm. Lips is what I feel like the easiest way to do so!

essence 53 All About Cupcake (top left)
essence 52 In the Nude (top right)
These two lipsticks are a part of the old lipstick range of essence. They are rather sheer (which is why 52 In the Nude looks so scary in the tube (?)) but therefore easy to apply and I still really like them. The finish is more glossy which makes the color look fresh and more natural.

essence 52 In the Nude, essence 53 All About Cupcake,

essence 13 Love Me (middle left)
essence 07 Natural Beauty (middle right)
essence 04 On the Catwalk! (bottom left)
These lipsticks have a silky finish that is not glossy like the other ones. They are all part of the long lasting lip stick line by essence (and may I say the packaging is so much better then the old ones!). They are more opaque but not as moisturising. I love all three colors but out of these 13 Love Me must be my favorite.

essence 04 On the Catwalk!, essence 07 Natural Beauty, essence 13 Love Me

essence Stay with me long lasting lipgloss 02 My favorite Milkshake
Maybelline Super Stay 10h Tint Gloss 370 Infinite Mauve
Up until now I did not notice that all the products but the Maybelline Super Stay Tint Gloss are by essence. That was not on purpose! Haha. The essence gloss does not "stay with you" that long but it is far more opaque than the other glosses by essence that I have tried. I like to where this with I make up because it sort of tones down the natural red of your lips while still managing to make them look natural and of course nice and glossy. The Maybelline Tint Gloss was a Christmas Gift that I have loved ever since I got it. The only problem I have with it is that you have to have "perfect" lip before (so no chapping or anything like that) because otherwise it will make those "imperfections" stand out even more. It smells like cherries and I just love the color. There is something about it that is very flattering against my rather pale skin. I love it <3

Maybelline Super Stay 10h Tint Gloss 370 Infinite Mauve, essence Stay with me long lasting lipgloss 02 My favorite Milkshake

Is it already getting warmer where you live? What are your favorite Spring products (I am thinking about doing a spring nail polish or jewelry post)?

- Myra

Fashion Inspiration Dress Down

Ich liebe Spitzenkleider! Man kann sie casual oder schick tragen und hier ist eine "dress down" Variante die ich auf Polyvore erstellt habe <3
Bei den Lipglossen dachte ich an Fire Traker von Catrice und bei Nagelack an ein entweder helles oder dunkles Rot :)

Januar Favoriten

Besser spät als nie :P

Haare:

      <3 got 2b anti-frizz Lotion
      <3 got 2b Lockenmouse (Schaumfestiger)

Make-Up:

      <3 essence, the twilight saga breaking dawn part 2 (LE) - 01 Renesmee Red Blush
      <3 essence, I <3 extreme Volume Mascara
      <3 Nars, smudge proof eyeshadow base
      <3 Catrice, Siberian Call (LE) - C03 Fire Tracker Lip Cream

Beauty:

      <3 Garnier, Augencreme

Random:

      <3 Tchibo, Termobecher
      <3 Taylor Swift - RED

Falls jemanden ein Produkt besonders interessiert - lasst mir einen Kommentar da - dann mache ich eine Review :)

Go get it!

rechts: Catrice, Lip Appeal  - Moisture & Shine Smoothing Lip Gloss 080 Bare Necessity(1,75) (geht aus dem Sortiment)

links: Catrice, Lip Cream - Sibirian Call, C03 Fire Tracker

Wenn ihr die beiden Schätze noch iregndwo erblickt - packt sie ein! Fire Tracker ist mein absoluter Liebling in den letzten Wochen.

Bare Necessity ist eine gute, nicht so deckende Alltagsalternative <3

Links: Bare Necessity, Rechts: Fire Tracker

(leider etwas unscharf, aber die Farben sind gut erkennbar)