January Beauty Favorites 2014

I spent this month mostly on at home on winter break and studying so I did not wear a lot of make up or tried a lot of new products. These four are products that I do not think I talked about on my blog yet and as I happen to love them all I thought I would share.

Balea Professional Oil Repair Hair Oil
I have never tried any other hair oils before so I cannot compare this to any others. I have no idea what it smells like but I love the scent! It is not a strong scent and it does not linger in your hair but every time I use this I am surprised how much I like the scent. It does not do wonders for my hair, but it is definitely making my hair look less frizzy. Not frizz-free but less frizzy.

Yves Rocher Collection Cacao Cocoa & Raspberry Hand Cream
I do not like chocolate scented products at all (even though I love chocolate!) but this one is different. It mainly smells like raspberries so maybe that's why the definite chocolate scent does not bother me? Besides that I really like how it mouisturizes my skin. I have really dry hands and this sinks into the skin very fast.

essie Nail polish 38 NICE IS NICE
I have talked about this earlier this week in my Nail of the day post, so I do not want to talk about for too long. I really like the color - even though where I live we are expecting snow this week this makes me feel like spring is not so far away anymore.

OPI Nail Polish What Wizardry is This?
This is a sand effect polish from the mini set of the OPI "Oz the Great and Powerful" collection. I loved the collection and was so happy when a friend of mine got me the set for Christmas! I had to wear the dark one for New Years Eve :) It looks simply amazing:

Depending on how the light hist it it looks completely different! I never had a sand effect polish before and I do not usually like the look of them but this one looked so amazing and interesting. I do not think I have seen a polish like this before - I am in love!

This month I tried out products I have never tried before and discovered some new loves where I never thought I would. Product wise I stepped out of my comfortzone and hope to do so a lot more in the upcoming year.

What products did you love this month?

- Myra

Products I've used up in January 2014

This month I liked all the products I have used up. Four of the five have already been repurchased.

Balea Eye Cream
This is the one product I did not repurchase. I did like it but when the weather started getting colder and my skin got dryer it was not moisturising enough anymore.

Rival de Loop Clean & Care oil free eye make up remover
I have been using this product for years and I don't think I am going to include it in anymore "Products I've used up" posts because up until now I feel like it has been in every single one of them. I like this product and I have tried others but this still remains my favorite.

Balea Shaving gel Buttermilk Lemon
I do not have high expectations for shaving gel and this one does what I want it to do & it smells amazing. If there was an other scent available at dm other than coconut I would like to try that out, too.

p2 Nail Hardener
This and the following product I have not used up entirely but I have had it for s long (over 3 or even 4 years I believe) that it finally turned all sticky and gooey. I love this product and therefore already got a new one. This is the polish that is listed in every Nail of the day or Manicure Monday post I ever wrote. It keeps my nails from being stained and makes ma nail polish last longer.

essence Better than Gel Nails Top Sealer
I have never had a gel manicure so I do not know if this really is better than gel nails but it is definitely by far my favorite top coat. It is super shiny and makes every color nail polish look better and - which seems more important to me - dry faster!

These are the products I have used up this month. Have you tried any of these? Which ones did you use up?

- Myra

Nail of the Day

essie 38 NICE IS NICE

Basecoat: p2, Intensive Nail! Hardener
Topcoat: essence, studio nails, better than gel nails, top sealer

This is my very first essie nail polish. It is a beautiful light pastel purple that totally feels like spring to me. I do own the drugstore dupe by essence that looks almost exactly the same. I bought this polish at TJ Maxx so I did only pay 3.99Euro for it which is still more than double the price of the essence polish. If I had had to pay full price for it I would not have bought it.

Overall I like the polish a lot, the color looks exactly the same on the nails as it does in the bottle and it does not chip for a long time :)

What have you been wearing on your nails this week?

- Myra