Lace mani with Make Up Revolution ~ Change My Life

Hello everyone! It's been a while! Thing is, just as I was preparing my laptop to later on pack it up to move with me, we discovered the battery died. The irony was great with this one. I guess I shouldn't complain too much, as that also means it did live right to the point when my BF actually fixed our PC at home, so yeah, the timing was all in all good. Still, no blogging for me, unless I'm home. It doesn't mean I do not polish my nails or wear make up, of course. :) For today I have a mani I did with a nail polish I received from Slovene online shop called licila.si. I got a wonderful package from them, I will show it in my next New In post.:)

Makeup Revolution Change My Life seemed like a perfect nude colour when I first picked it up. Nudes I lack in my stash, and a perfect nude is always a challenge to find, plus, I immediately got an idea for a mani with Born Pretty Store water decals, as my nails are currently a bit longer. This is what the final result was.

I'm really happy about the result, as you know, I loooove the water decals (review of them with different manis here, here and here). Especially since the application of Change My Life turned out to be quite disastrous. The brush looks like a nice, normal round brush, nothing special. The moment you start applying nail polish, you notice that it is also very stiff. When you get to the second layer, it becomes clear that the stiffness of the brush causes ridges in the application. I tired thin coats and then thick coats, nothing helped. Consequently I applied three coats, on some nails four, wanting to get rid of the ridges, but failed to do so. Luckily the ridges disappeared when applying top coat, but I do not know if that happens every time and with every shade they offer. 

This is how it looked like sans top coat:

Not a fan. I always wear top coat with my manis and the water decal covers the ridges very nicely, but it does put me off of buying more shades, even if they are gorgeous, because I do not know how the brush is going to act. Might as well wait for more reviews, I suppose. Other than that, I like the colour, it is a great nude, and it works wonderfully with the water decals. But yeah, consider yourself warned about the brush!

Makeup Revolution nail polish comes in over 40 shades and in 10 ml bottle. You can buy them in licila.si for only 1,95€.

Do you have any experiences with Makeup Revolution nail polish? Is my brush just a dud or their standard stiff brush?

Thank you for reading and commenting, have a great week!

 *I got the products as a gift, unconditionally, from licila.si (even the post itself was not demanded).

Water Decals with Essie Angora Cardi ~ a review

Hello everyone! I'm finally back online! Sadly just here in Ljubljana, but hopefully I will get internet connection where I work soon, I cannot blog from my phone. The work is good, I am glad I have it, the people I work with are nice as well, so no complaints there. :) The lack of time shows, but I expected that. :)

Today I have another review from fabulous Born Pretty Store, I've already shown you the package I received and it is clear that I'm becoming a fan of water decals, I think they are wonderful addition to any manicure and they are really easy to work with. I'm sure you all know Born Pretty Store by now, they have just about everything, but specialise in nail art. :) 

I put the water decals on the beautiful Essie Angora Cardi. I do not have many Essies, but those that I have, I adore. Angora Cardi is utterly gorgeous and so easy to work with.

The water decals can be found under the name 1Sheet Fantastic Arabesque Wine Pattern Nail Art Water Decals Transfers Sticker (what a mouthful!) with item ID #13680 and are available in silver and gold colour. The use is so simple it is almost funny, you have them in your nails in no time.

I think they work great for a subtle manicure, I also got compliments on the mani, so yeah, great choice, if you want to spice it up a little bit and keep it classy. :)

Don't forget about my Born Pretty Store discount code when you shop there! 

What's on your nails today?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.

New In ~ A Haul Post

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I am just about to go for my jogging hour and then to my studying. As it happens, I got the job I was hoping to get and I start tomorrow, I am quite excited about that. I'm moving to my own place, similar to what I had in Bratislava, with entirely new schedule for me. We'll see how it goes. :)

I planned to do this post yesterday, but we went out and I ran out of time. It is essentially May haul post. And I kind of bought a lot this month. 

Maybe a lot is a strong expression ... certainly more than in previous few months. :) The pictures are an adventure, because my camera went crazy, I hope it is not too annoying. I think I really need to toss it at this point, but I dislike the pictures my cell phone makes, so I am trying to make it work ..

Nail stuff first! Afrodita Oliva nail polish remover is the only nail polish remover with acetone I can use and it is my favourite nail polish remover ever, together with its acetoneless sister called Aroma. I finally used up Sally Hansen remover I bought in Blava, where you can't get Afrodita and the change in quality is amazing. I love Afrodita, if you have the chance, try it! :)

China Glaze Splish Splash nail polish I bought on a whim from a girl, because I really liked it on swatches and it was on my WL since the collection came out. I am wearing it ATM and it feels very very similar to Zoya Tallulah. Comparison will follow. 

And Born Pretty Store water decals, three of them, you already saw Pandas, and I have two more to show you. Fun stuff, I love water decals!

Stuff for skin and face! :) A little package of testers I got from Sabex, our distributor of Bioderma brand. You can go online and give your information and they send you testers every once in a while. That is where I got my tester of their BB Sensibio cream and now I got a perfect package for my mixed skin, Sebium Global creme is already on my WL, I think it will be great for me, as my skin condition worsened in the past year. 

Illamasqua blusher Allure. Oh dear Lord of the Rings. One word comes to mind whenever I think of this blusher: pigmentation!! It is hands down the best blusher I have ever used. You need to touch it with your brush really really lightly and then tap it on your hand and then put it on your face, otherwise it will be too much. Amazing blush. And I LOVE the colour. Gorgeous little thing. I need to get more Illamasqua in my life. It was a bargain, I got is as exchange on mojbutik, but I honestly think it is worth whatever money they are demanding for it.

Oriflame double sided brush I got as exchange on mojbutik and it is a good brush, albeit a bit hard to store. But it is good for applying eyeshadow.

Etude Proof 10 Eye Primer is an eyeshadow base that I was planning to order for a loooong time. Ever since I saw the review on mejkap.si so yeah, long time. I still haven't tried it, as my ArtDeco one is still acting nicely, but I can't wait to put it to the test! You can see on the first picture a bunch of testers I got with it.

And something for hair and body. :) Le Petit Marseillais brand got on my radar when a good friend of mine brought me a couple of their products all the way from France and I loved them. Later on I noticed our Leclerc has some of their lines and I tried them again and loved them. So it was great news for me when I saw they are coming to Slovenia for real, with most of their lines and Leclerc had this huge sale on them a couple of weeks ago. So I got their Shea butter and honey hair conditioner and their Shea butter, almond and Argan oil body lotion. They smell divine, especially body lotion and they are great (I prefer the white, almond hair conditioner though). 

Balea Warmwachs I got again after reading amazing review on mejkap.si, and I already tried it on my legs and loved the result. It is good stuff. It is on sale right now since they are discontinuing it (figures!) so I already bought another package.

As always, if you want any specific reviews of any of the products in this post, just let me know in the comments. :)

What did you purchase for yourself in the last month? :)

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Makeup Revolution Base! eyeshadow and Amazing Curl mascara review

Hey everyone! Again a review of Makeup Revolution products I received kindly from Slovenian online store licila.si. Today I have for you a make up look I did with mono eyeshadow called Base! and their mascara Amazing Curl in Ultra Black shade. 

Živjo vsem! Vračam se z oceno dveh Makeup Revolution izdelkov, ki sem jih prejela od licila.si spletne trgovine. Tokrat ocenjujem enojno senčilo, odtenek Base! in maskaro Amazing Curl, ki naj bi zavihala trepalnice, kot že ime izdaja. :) 

First of all, when I opened the package and saw the eyeshadow, I was rather sure it is poorly pigmented and therefore good for highlighting and perhaps even blending only. Imagine my surprise when I tried it and realised it is so well pigmented I can wear it as a main eyeshadow on my eyes. 

As far as mascara is concerned, my eyelashes are not my best feature, so I need a little extra in my mascaras for them to work. Amazing Curl is extremely dry mascara, therefore it requires a lot of work with it in order to look presentable. 

Ko sem odprla paket in videla senčilo, sem bila prepričana, da ne bo preveč dobro pigmentirano in da bo torej primernejše za osvetljevanje in morda celo blendanje ostalih senčil. Tako da sem bila kar presenečena, ko sem ga preizkusila in videla, da je dovolj pigmentirano in da ga lahko zlahka nosim kot samostojno senčilo. 

Kar se maskare tiče, imam malce zahtevnejše trepalnice, niso preveč dolge, niso naravno zavihane in tako potrebujem maskaro, ki ima malce več "sposobnosti" upravljati z mojimi ščetinami. :) Amazing Curl je izredno suha maskara, in zato potrebuje precej več dela kot ostale maskare, da je opazen kakršen koli efekt na očeh. 

This is the look I did with the Base! as my main eyeshadow. I put Amazing Curl mascara on my left eye and my Bourjois Twist Up the Volume on my right eye. They might look similar, but I want to point out I did only two swipes with Bourjois mascara - one with the straight bristles and one with the twisted ones; and needed to do about four or five of them with Amazing Curl mascara, as it is SO DRY!! The reason why I compare them in this manner is also because I opened them at about the same time, and usually with new mascaras the trouble is that they are too wet in the beginning but gradually they become drier and you can use them normally. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl is so dry right now that it feels like any other mascara right before you toss it in the bin. 

Na slikah je look, ki ga ustvarjam z Base! kot glavnim senčilom. Amazing Curl maskara je na mojem levem očesu in Bourjois Twist Up the Volume (moja običajna maskara) na desnem. Morda je videti približno enako, vendar naj poudarim, da sem Bourjois maskaro nanesla le dvakrat - enkrat z ravno ščetko in drugič z zvito (ima opcijo zavijanja ščetke), medtem ko sem Amazing Curl maskaro rabila nanesti štirikrat ali petkrat, predno je bil viden kakršen koli efekt, ker je pač tako zelo suha maskara. Obe maskari sta bili odprti v približno enakem času in navadno imam na začetku pri maskarah ta problem, da so preveč mokre in potrebujejo nekaj časa, da se potem normalno nanašajo. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl je ob odprtju tako suha, da navadno maskaro na taki stopnji suhosti že počasi pomikam proti košu za smeti, saj se mi zdi, da je v zadnjih vzdihljajih. 

Base! is this wonderful light champagne colour that works for me so well, it opens my eyes, it is subtle and yet bright enough to make your eyes pop a bit. Fantastic for everyday look, or to highlight your evening look. Versatile and well pigmented, you can use it for just about any look. I use it for this look most often and I wear it a couple of times a week, because it is fast, it is subtle and perfect for work and it opens up my eyes, I feel like I look really fresh and rested, even if I am not. :) 

Base! je čudovita barva, spominja me na svetlo šampanjec barvo, in mi izredno odgovarja, saj mi optično poveča in odpre oči. Odlična je za vsakdanji izgled, lahko pa se jo uporabi tudi za osvetljevanje kotičkov pri večernem izgledu. Objavljen look je tak, ki ga najraje ustvarim s senčko in nosila sem ga že precejkrat, ker je mejkap, ki ga zelo hitro ustvarim in ker je perfekten za vse priložnosti, tudi za službo. Občutek imam tudi, da mi daje nekako "spočit" videz, tudi takrat, ko res nisem naspana. :)

 This is just one swipe with a brush, over a primer.

Na sliki je samo en poteg s čopičem, preko primerja.

I love the packaging, it works well but does not require my nails to break in order to open it, plus it looks nice. The logo will come off rather soon, I think, but I do not really care about that. 

Embalaža mi je všeč, služi svojemu namenu, hkrati pa ne zahteva lomljenja nohtov ko jo želim odpreti (ja, vas gledam, MUA paletke!). Logo se bo verjetno hitro izbrisal, ampak mi je za to dokaj vseeno.

And now Amazing Curl Mascara:

I actually like the slightly curved head of the mascara, it hugs my inner corner rather nicely. It is similar to MUA Extreme Curl mascara I once bought. But it is basically the only thing I liked on both of them. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl is too dry and it consequently requires way to much work for mascara to look proper on my eyelashes. Applying it 4 or 5 times can also mean you ruin the make up look, because your eyelashes can get glued together, or you smudge your eyelids, which I basically always do with Amazing Curl. 

I think the package is ok, nothing special, but it does its job. It is a plastic black tube, nothing too revolutionary, but I couldn't care less, if the mascara would be good. But I would not recommend it, even if it is really cheap, unless you have naturally perfect eyelashes, I do not think this mascara will work for you. 

Pravzaprav mi je rahlo upognjena ščetka maskare všeč, ker z njo lažje dosežem notranji kotiček očesa. Podobno je imela MUA Extreme Curl maskara, ki sem jo enkrat (na žalost) kupila. Ampak to je tudi edina stvar, ki mi je bila všeč pri obeh maskarah. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl je enostavno presuha maskara in posledično zahteva precej dela, da je sploh vidna na trepalnicah, kaj šele, da ustvari nek spodoben efekt. Štirikratni ali celo petkratni nanos maskare, zato da nekako izgleda, lahko zelo hitro uniči celoten izgled, če se potem trepalnice odločijo, da se bodo zlepile, ali pa se slej ko prej popacaš po veki, kar se mi je pri tej maskari še čisto zmeraj zgodilo. 

Embalaža je sicer v redu, nič posebnega, ampak služi svojemu namenu. Zanjo bi mi bilo zelo vseeno, če bi le maskara opravljala svoje delo tako kot je treba. Tako pa po lastni izkušnji maskare ne morem priporočiti.

You can buy Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow Base! on licila.si for only 1,95€, and on Makeup Revolution site for £1. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl mascara is available on licila.si for 2,95€ (it is currently sold out), or on the official site for £2. 

Makeup Revolution enojno senčilo Base! lahko kupite na licila.si za samo 1,95€, Amazing Curl maskaro pa za 2,95€ (je pa trenutno razprodana). Na Makeup Revolution strani je senčilo en funt, maskara pa dva.

 

In short, I would really recommend the Base! eyeshadow and I will definitively try some other eyeshadows from Makeup Revolution, as the pigmentation of Base! really pleasantly surprised me. However, Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl I would not buy nor recommend. 

Na kratko povedano, bi toplo priporočila Base! senčilo, zagotovo bom preizkusila še kakšne druge Makeup Revolution senčke, saj me je pigmentiranost Base! zelo prijetno presenetila. Amazing Curl maskare pa ne bi kupila niti je ne bi priporočila, ugodni ceni navkljub. 

Did you try any of their eyeshadows, any recommendations? Did you have a better experience with the Amazing Curl mascara or any other they offer?

Ste poskusili katero od njihovih senčil, mi kakšno posebej priporočate? Ste imele boljše izkušnje z Amazing Curl maskaro ali katero od drugih, ki jih ponujajo?

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Hvala za branje in komentiranje!

 *I got the products as a gift, unconditionally, from licila.si (even the post itself was not demanded). *Izdelek sem dobila kot darilo od licila.si, brezpogojno (niti sam prispevek ni bil zahtevan v zameno).