Valentine's Day Products // Red

Happy Valentine's Day!
What is the ultimate Valentine's Day color? - Red! At least to me that is. That is why I chose this color to write about today.

Red by Taylor Swift: I had to include this, right? The queen of red lipstick ;) If you lived under a rock so far and have never listened to this album before you should definitely do it!

Catrice Ultimate Color 260 It's A Mat World: This is generally one of my favorite and most worn lip sticks of all time. I love a red lip no matter what occasion, time of the day or season. Can you think of anything more appropriate for Valentine's Day than red lip stick? I just love it.

Maybelline Super Stay Gel Nail Color Soho, So Hot 505 Forever Red: This is a bright, vibrant red color with pink undertones. It is a little hard to believe it is pretty much the only nail polish in bright red that I own.

Catrice Limited Edition Metallure Lip Color C03 Alluring Red: I do not wear this color enough - I almost forgot that I owned it! Obviously the packaging is stunning but the lipstick itself is great as well.

Maybelline Super Stay Gel Nail Color Rouge Couture 287 Midnight Red: This is my most worn nail polish of all time. I got this as a gift from my boyfriend's mother for Christmas a few years agao (this is my second bottle). It introduced me to the Maybelline Super Stay Gel Nail Polishes which are now my favorite range of nail polishes from the drugstore. 

Catrice Precision Lip Liner 080 Read My Lips!: Apparently I like to wear red because this is also my most used lip pencil of all time. I never realized I wear this much red. It stays forever on your lips and it is just the most perfect dark, intense red lip color.

Manhattan Lip Lacquer 20 N Tempting Red: This is my only Lip Lacquer from Manhattan and the only color I liked from their range. Maybe I should try more Manhattan products in the future?

essense Limited Edition the twilight saga breaking dawn part 2 Blush 01 Renesmee Red: It has been a long time since the release of the last twilight movie, has it not? I basically got this as a little souvenir from those times. It makes me rather nostalgic. This is a very pigmented blush but it also looks beautiful on the cheeks. This particular product is no longer available but I highly encourage you to try out a bright red blush. It looks rather extreme in the pan but on your cheeks it can look natural and really refreshing if you bend it right.

Catrice Limited Edition Neo Geisha Lip & Cheek Colour C03 Madam Butterfly: kdkdk This is a typical summer prudct to me. I cannot really tell you why that is, so why not wear it for Valentine's Day? I usually prefer powder blush, so I cannot compare this to any other cheek tints.

Kosmetik Kosmo Eyeshadow 360A bordeauxgold: Kosmetik Kosmo is a brand that is no longer available but you should be able to find a dark cranberry red eye shadow like this by almost any brand. To me the one rule to be able to pull red eye shadow off without looking lie you have been crying all day is to wear concealer or foundation - in any case: make sure to get rid of any redness in your skin.

What is you favorite red product for Valentine's Day?

My Summer Playlist 2015

This is a little selection of the songs I have been listening to a lot lately. I know they are not new releases and some of them have been out for a lot more than just a year but maybe you have never heard them before or just forgot about them. 

HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind

HAIM - Falling

Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On Me (feat. Mo)

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

Avril Lavigne - Give You What You Like

Jason Marz - Curbside Prophet (New York Minute)

Karmin - Acapella (acoustic)

Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me

The Weekend - I Can't Feel My Face 

If Curbside Prophet does not sound like summer to you I do not know what does. I love all these songs and continue to listen to them on repeat over and over again.

What are your favorite songs for this summer? 

Winter Playlist

I have not done a playlist post in a really long time. These following songs are just a few examples of what music I have been listening to for the past weeks (maybe even months). Hopefully there are some new or rediscoveries for you in there:

Wilkinson - Afterglow

That song is cool but can we talk about that video?! I personally just love it.

Banks - Waiting Game

I love how different this song is. The one thing that bugs me about it is that I think I heard it in a movie soundtrack before but I cannot for the life of me remember what film it was :(

Ed Harcourt The Way That I Live

This has been my Christmas soundtrack for 2014 and I still love it. I think this is also my favorite commercial ever. (Burberry ads are simply the best)

Taylor Swift's cover of Vance Joy's Riptide 

No need to say that I have been listening to 1989 pretty much every single day since it came out but I wanted to share something maybe a little less obvious. I love this cover song!

Ed Sheeran - Tenerife Sea

This is one of my favorite Ed Sheeran songs ever. I could insert a ton more of his music (like Give Me Love, I never grow tired of that song either) but I thought one was enough for this list. I went to see him live in concert in November - it was amazing! I have seen him preform before but to see somebody do a show like that just on their own is truly mind-blowing.

I hope you enjoyed this little different post - definitely leave me your music favorites down below in the comments! You can never get too many good music recommendations.

Love,

  Myra

P.S.: I did a Spring Playlist last year, you can check it out right here.

Favorites 2014

Hello there!

There are a lot of products I enjoyed using last year and now I want to share those with you that I actually discovered in 2014!

I resisted buying the labello (or NIVEA) lip butters for sooo long, since if there is one thing I clearly have enough of it is lip balms. It did not replace my Carmex obsession but I still loved using this at home. Skincare was a big deal for me in 2014 because my skin just seemed to get dryer and dryer. What helped were the Weleda Skin Food and the alverde eye creme for every skin type. I did an entire review on the face creme that I will link here. Another product I repurchased again in 2014 was the Catrice Glamour Doll volume mascara. I loved it especially in combination with my (beautiful)  essence bloom me up! Limited Edition eyelash curler 01 lovely lavender. 

Something not beauty related that still had to be mentioned is Taylor Swifts new album 1989! I am in love with it! The only thing I do not get is why the two bonus tracks are not regularly included in the record - they are two of my favorite tracks of the album! Buy the D.L.X. version if you can!

One last thing that I wanted to talk about is a book: The fault in our stars by John Green. I read this in December 2014 and simply wanted to recommend everybody to give it a try, it is a truly amazing book!

Love,

  Myra

August Favorites

August is over and it is time for monthly favorites!
I have tried a lot of new products over the last few months that I never told you about! So here they are:

Alverde Body Butter in Vanilla & Manderine
This is my all time favorite Body Butter! I had this last autumn and when I saw it back on the shelves of dm I had to get it! I do not usually like the smell of vanilla but I love this scent. It moisturizes my skin very well, sinks in quickly and the scent is simply heavnly...

The Body Shop Squeaky Clean Scrub
This is the most effective face scrub I have ever tried. I had a little tub of the The Body Shop Body Scrub in chocolate and liked it so much I wanted to try one of their face scrubs. I have dry, sensitive skin and this scrub is the perfect mixture of cleansing and effective but not too harsh. It just makes my skin feel 'squeaky clean' which is why I feel like the name is simply perfect.

Alverde Eye Creme for every Skin Type
I have been trying out a lot of eye cremes. I think I will do a comparison blog post soon - but just so you know: this is my winner!

CarmexClassic Moisturising Lip Balm
This is an evergreen all over amazing product. I could include this in every favorites post but this month it truly deserves a spot. I have been sick last month and when I am sick my lips are dry and cracked and hurt - and the only thing that helps is Carmex!

Catrice Ultimate Colour Lipgloss Limited Edition Carnival Of Colours C04 Feel the SpiRED
I do not know why the word 'red' is in the name because it is definitely a more pink color. I hardly ever wore lip gloss anymore until I bought this one (I think in July?). I love it! Wearing lipgloss feels so much lighter than wearing lipstick and the gloss just looks so shiny, fresh and effortless. I loved it for the summer time <3

The Body Shop Special Edition Blueberry Body Scrub-Gelee
I bought this in the sale for only 8Euro. I love the scent, the texture (it literally looks like blueberry jam) and the effect it has on my skin. You only need a very small amount of product for your entire body. It clears my skin out and makes it feel smooth and clean.

Now on to some favorites that I cannot really show you but I still wanted to tell you about:

Cheesecake Recipe
I am a little baking crazy :P
I love baking - especially in the middle of the night. Does anybody else do that? It is late at night and I just feel like baking. Due to that I try out a lot of recipes and my I wanted to share last months favorite with you: Cheesecake! I will like the recipe here. I am sorry for all my international readers but its in German. I you want to I can try my best at translating it.

Shake it off - Taylor Swift
OH. MY. GOD.
The new Taylor Swift album that will come out next October is making me jump up and down in excitement! Of course I love her new song Shake it off and have been listening to it on repeat!

Normally I do not talk about FLOPS in my Favorites Posts but this month I had to mention one. The movie Lucy was one of the worst movie I have seen this year. It just felt like it tried to sell basic physics knowledge from school as breakthrough new ideas of the main character. I am not saying that 'this is basic knowledge everyone should know and you should feel stupid if you don't' but I think it is idiotic to sell it as something it simply is not. I felt like they tried to make everything so 'epic' and be so unbelievably 'deep' and 'scientific' and they just failed at delivering that completely. Other than that I also did not enjoy the plot.
Another movie I saw last month that I really liked was Guardians of the Galaxy! I do not think it was as good as everyone says (I feel like it's everyone new favorite Marvel movie) but it was still good. I love Groot <3

This feels like the longest post I have ever done! Is it too long? Please leave me your opinion on that in the comments below.

Thanks for reading,

- Myra

February Favorites 2014

It is the end of the month and that means it is time for favorites! I had a really stressful time this February which is why I did not bother to wear more make up than the usual concealer and mascara. That's why this moth there are no real beauty makeup favorites but skin care and random ones.

My skin was going crazy this month! It just got really dry and generally bad :(
What helped with that were the Weleda Skin Food and the Balea hydrating eye cream. I did a review on the Weleda Skin Food earlier this month after just using it for a week and promised an update in my February favorites  post, so here it is: I still love it and would repurchase it over and over again!

I got the eos lip balm in cranberry for my birthday and will soon do a review on that. But it is in my favorites this month so I gues you can already tell I like it very much ;)

Allegiant is the third book in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth. I have not been ready a lot in the last month which is why I have not finished it yet (no spoilers please!). I am not good at book reviews so all I will say is that this series is definitely worth reading. Because I have not been readying for the last year in general I set a reading challenge on Good Reads for myself. Good Reads is an amazing website for book lovers! You can rate books, keep track of what you want to read in the future and check out reading lists of other people! I spent way to much time on there....

Guess what I got for Valentine's day? - Right! Taylor Swift's first album. I have been listening to this a lot. You can check out what else I listen to this month in my Spring Playlist post from last week. Another song that totally got stuck in my head this moth was this one:

Acapella by Karmin

On to my two last favorites. The first one has to be Pull&Bear. I love that shop and if I could I would by almost every single piece in their store o.o The other one are my cream white rose studs. I bought them last year in the sale so you will not find these exact ones anymore but you can get rose studs everywhere. I wore these almost every single day.

Do you have a Good Reads account? If so let me know in the comments :)

Thank you to everyone who ever reads one of my posts <3

- Myra