Hello my Beauties, today i’m going to simply share a great & useful post with you.
Those of you, who are still looking for a bloglovin’ suitable pic, that is feminine & sweet at the same time, are going to love this! I highly recommend checking out Kaye’s work here.
She definitely did a great job with this beautiful icon. Stop by Beautiful Kayekie and look for yourself!! Best thing – it’s 100% free for personl use! Now is that great news or what?! 😉
Hi everyone! I’m incredibly excited today, I finally sat down and turned ideas into reality to create illustrated – fashion, beauty and everything in between – Bloglovin’ icons just for you! Yes, I love you guys that much. There are six icons with different colour text to choose from, and the last icon is an animated gif. It’s pretty awesome.
😀 *throwing streamers*
The icons are 100% free for personal use, all I ask in return is that you share the love and mention this site if anyone asks where your icons came from (a few terms below). Oh, and if you happen follow me on Bloglovin’ I would be honored. I have to thank Taylor from My Lucite Dreams for suggesting I design the icon, she is always encouraging me to create more.
1 – Right click your image of choice and save (size: 107kb / 300×413 px). 2…
this is one of those days, where you simply know, you need a little treat to cheer yourself up, because so much went wrong… I’m not talking about a huge shopping spread here, but a tiny little mini haul, that can instantly put a smile on your face.
Ok this technic might not be the best pedagogical move, but believe me, when you have to change 4 times the subway line and then somehow manage to take the wrong train (in between of 2 cities), that brings you to a “no name village” and you need about 3 hours to get back to your actual destination…you do deserve a little treat!
So after a long day with a million of tasks i decided to stop by my big local drugstore and get something, that i was having an eye on for a while (and just a few other things). Any idea what my “center piece” was, that i was having an eye on for a few weeks now?
That’s right – it’s the Astor Soft Sensation Lipcolor Butter, that is really similar to the already so famous Chubby Sticks by Clinique. I picked the soft pink color in “010 Pink Lady”. “Astor Soft Sensation Lipcolor Butter is my quick and easy way to perfectly polished lips. I love how the slanted tip gives the precision of a liner for lip definition.
And because the color melts onto lips, I can achieve a brilliantly even finish every time.” – Heidi Klum
The idea behind the product is basically the same as with Clinique. It’s a moisturizing lip balm with different kind of opacity. The lighter colors are more sheer, than the darker ones.
Don’t you think the packaging looks really similar to the Chubby Sticks?! You can also twist the bottom to have access to more product. The difference is that the stick itself is not round, but angular, which remind more of the usual lipstick and makes the application easier in my eyes. I can’t wait to go wild with this lipcolor butter. (Will it have the texture of the Revlon Lip Butters?)
Besides the Astor Soft Sensation Lipcolor Butter cost only 5,85 € if you compare them to the Clinique Chubby Sticks, which retail for about 20€ – that’s not bad at all. In case you wonder – did she buy a nail polish too? Technically i didn’t. (The usual price of these nail polishes is 4,85€).
But the drugstore had a cool promotion going on. With every Lipcolor Butter you could pick a nail polish from their perfect stay line. Well – i thought i would go pink all the way! This is the 202 Pink With Envy.
They suppose to have a gel shine formula and stay on my nails up to 10 days. So why not!
As you can see, i couldn’t pass by a bar of chocolate with crispies inside and just not get one. 😉 I love a good crunch when it comes to chocolate! And also to finish of a relaxing evening, i treated myself to a nice paper face mask with algae extract by Balea. If you remember me talking about different kind of face treatments in my lastSunday Read, you know how much i love this kind of relaxation.
So i hope this all will help me to feel refreshed and ready to have a relaxing night.
What are your latest “treat me” – goodies, my Beauties? Share your little secrets with me.
today i have another really fun post for you. My mail just came in and what did i see: a nice package from The Netherlands. By the first glance it was clear – Polish Alcoholic send way too much. I knew, that Sabrina – the master mind behind the amazing nail polish & nail design blog Polish Alcoholic – was about to send me something, but i didn’t expect it to be that much. Especially since a few products aren’t really from a drugstore…
First of all let me tell you, how incredibly sweet all the packaging was, when i opened the box. I was facing cute little pink puffy hearts and little marshmallow like filling elements. All the nail polish bottles (of course she sent me nail polishes, what else! ) were carefully put in a pretty tissue paper, that i didn’t even want to rip off. A big compliment on the lovely and solid business cards, that have a good grip to them & feel really nice between the fingers.
Loved the thoughts you put in there, Sabrina! Before i reveal the secret of the nail polishes, i will show you the little beauty samples, that Sabrina included into the box. She knows about my passion for body scrubs, so there is one by Collistar ( heard a few good things about this brand, but haven’t had the chance to try yet), a sample of J’adore by Dior (mmm) and Lancome Teint Visionnaire (can’t wait to see if it fits my skin tone) and the cutest little Mango creamy body wash by Sephora. Love exotic fruits… And now to the polishes. When i finally ripped off the tissue paper , i was left speechless. There were four beautiful nail polish bottles, but the “high point” was indisputably the wonderful Nfu Oh bottle. Hope you can see the actual details there – it’s so pretty! (click to enlarge!) What can i say?! This is going to be a world premiere (for me) trying all these brands and beautiful colors.
Ciaté is the only brand, that is available here in Germany, but as the big hype was all about their Caviar manicure, i didn’t even realize, they had such pretty shades in their range. The “Regatta 076” seems to be a deep maritim-blue with silver shimmer in it. And the bottle has its specific bow in the front.
Before seeing PicturePolish products on different nail blogs, i didn’t even realize there was that popular australian brand out there. Love the slogan, that the classic bottle comes with:”Cause every girl need some!” Attitude – by Overall Beauty. That’s pretty stylish. And what can i say, it’s a beautiful “midnight purple” in my eyes, with different kind of dazzling & holographic particles in it. Here is anotherPicturePolish in Paradise, that Sabrina swatched on her blog, and i think the quality seems to be promising.
BerryM in lilac 235 is my very first polish from that famous british brand. Funny fact: Probably Sabrina was right saying that. I love my metallic polishes, i think they suit my personality, if that makes sense…
And last, but ohhh most definitely not least – meet the beautiful Nfu Oh nail lacquer in 45. You can see in Sabrina’s post, where she swatched a really similar color in 44(Nfu Oh #44 – Shiney Opal), how wonderful it looks over different kind of polishes. Especially over a black one. This is going to be my “shine bright like a diamond” polish for hot summer days. 🙂 I literally can’t wait! Thank you very much, dear Sabrina for your effort to make this swap such a lovely experience for me. I do appreciate the chance to try all these new brands & textures. I hope i was able to show my real excitement.
There you go my Beauties, remember i told you i was in aSwap fever!? 😉 Did you do any lovely swap’s lately? I’ll be posting the wrap-up post on the Sweet Summer Swap next week, so stay tuned for that. Please check out Sabrina’s blog for more amazing nail polish swatches, brand recommendations and nail art tutorials.
are you enjoying the first week of june? Is it already flip-flop weather in your area? It looks like it’s getting better here and we are slowly moving away from “november weather” to “march”…yeay. I don’t give up hope to have a really warm june here. *Fingers crossed*
So today i have good news for you. You can be the {June – Winner} of the Avene Skin Care Travel Kit, which i talked about a few months ago. And as that post had a lot of great feedback, i’ve decided to give one of you the chance to get your hands on these Avene products, which i find are great for warm summer weather.
The kit containsThermal Spring Water (50ml), anExtremely Gentle Cleanser Lotion (50ml)and aSkin Recovery soothing Cream/Mask (5ml). And these products come in a fun little pouch, that’s just perfect size to have in your purse. I use Avene products for quite some time now and can really recommend them. You can read the whole post and decide whether you want to enter or not. 😉
Take a look:♥ Avene Skin Care Travel Kit ♥.
The giveaway is as usual international (not sponsored) and will run until June 23th. In case you would like to enter, click on the {Rafflecopter}.
Good luck everyone.
Until next time – stay beautiful.
hope you had a fantastic weekend and a lot of relaxation. Are you ready to start a new week?? I’m actually excited to see what this week might bring. Making plans for new posts & projects for my blog, as i’m feeling very enthusiastic these days. What about you? It’s monday and that means, we are going to have another {Friendly Bunch Blog Hop}!
To make it even more successful, than the last time, you’re all invited to participate! Don’t be shy!
This week, we are really excited to have such an amazing lady as our co-host. She is a Scottish Girl, who is a self confessed shoppaholic, polka dots, sparkles and lipstick lover, with a passion for beauty and photography. She is always up for a fun challenge or an exciting tag (and knows exactly how to rock a red lipstick!).
If you’re a fan of Clarins, MAC and Chanel, you’re going to love her product reviews & monthly favorites posts. I would highly recommend to look at her 30 before 30 challenge. And what should also be mentioned, is that her monthly giveaways have been legendary! Meet our co-host for this week: {A Scottish Lass}
If you are interested in co-hosting the blog hop, please email Nia.
Now in our share section today, we have an interesting beauty secret to share. Quite a number of you most likely have at least 1 MAC lipstick. Well, not everyone has access to them or can justify paying for them at that price. So we found a post about MAC dupes on Life Unsweetened which seemed like a must share. Take a look.
Isn’t that awesome?! Getting almost the same shade for half the price. We would definitely not say no to that. If you would like to see the entire post, please visit Life Unsweetened.
On to the Blog Hop!
Rules:
1. Please follow the Hosts & {possible} Co-host via GFC {or wordpress} and/or Bloglovin’ and/or email
2. Visit the other links and don’t forget to say hi.
3. Add your link
We would also really appreciate it if you:
– Share this blog hop’s button on your blog – Share this blog hop with other bloggers on your facebook/ twitter/ google+. The more the merrier. {Use hashtag #TFBBH on twitter}
– Follow Nia andLuchessa on Twitter for updates and fun.
it’s sunday again and you know what that means. It’s time for our weekly {Sunday Read}, where i share with you some great posts, written by my fellow bloggers.
Sometimes it’s just a mix of random beauty & lifestyle topics, or like today – a special subject. As usual, you can always go ahead and take part in this sunday read event. Grab this Sunday Read photo! The rules are very simple: Pick out some of your most favorite posts written by others & tell me exactly why you picked them. Then all you need to do is to link up down below.
I have always been a big lover of homemade face masks and body scrubs, but if i find a really great sheet mask or a clay in store, i will go for it. 😉 So let’s talk Face Masks. (I think it suits the “sunday pampering” mood anyways.)
My treasures this week:
1) So there is this Korea-Canada blog, ( i guess the writers name behind it is Sonya) that i just recently discovered and stumbled over an interesting topic: {Paper face masks: A Korean beauty secret}, which apparently hit the US-market last year. You have to know, that these affordable paper face masks, are incredibly popular especially in Korea and target busy women, who want great & fast results for very friendly prices are totally in love with them. Of course we have that type of masks here in Europe as well (I bet same in the States), but i have to admit, the clay type of masks are actually more represented in stores. Every woman wants “hydration, brightening, wrinkle fighting or pore tightening” effect and it was interesting to see how forward the korean market there already is.
2) Sophia from Tattooed Tea Lady wrote a great Skincare Series post, where she talked about her favorite {Masks}. I liked the variety of different brands and types she described. All of them “do different things, targeting different skin concerns and issues.” I think it’s important to pick the right type of face mask, focusing on what you’re actually wanting to improve.
Sophia shared her detailed opinion on Origins, Dr Jart+, REN and other brands, so there should be something for everybody.
3) Kelly and Gemma fromPages and Perfumeshared their thoughts on{‘Love Lettuce’ Face Mask by LUSH}that “contains something called ‘fullers earth’, an ingredient consisting of a number of clays which is meant to absorb grease and debris, and also tighten the skin.” For all you LUSH lovers out there, this should be a product, you already heard about. If you are up for an easy pampering and exfoliating experience, that could be your go-to product.
4) Meghan fromPainted lady– besides being an aspiring medical esthetician, is also a lover of great face masks, so when i saw her post on {Face Mask Friday! Wild Rose and Honey}, i knew i had to share it with you. I have to admit, i have never heard of the brand Wild Carrot Herbals before, but a “mild exfoliant + loaded with enzymes” definitely sounded good to me. It’s a thick great smelling honey based mask, with an antibacterial & calming effect. If you are a honey scent lover, you might enjoy this one!
5) And as i love fresh homemade masks, i’m going to share with you one more post, that i found on another “new to me” blog – Carpe Diem For All (how great is that blog name?!). I spotted this {At Home Oatmeal Face Mask}with organic and healthy products in it. The pictures, that have been used for the post are lovely and the actual recipe seems to be like something everyone should already have in the kitchen.
So if you like “your skin soft and glowing” – take a closer look at that blog post and say “YES please” to oats, mild & honey! (Pictures taken from each of the sites, all rights on these belong to the mentioned bloggers.)
There you go, my Beauties. That was our Sunday Read for this week. Hope you like the idea of one topic post.
Say HI to everyone, when you visit their blogs and enjoy the recipes & mask ideas.
What posts’ did you like over the past week, my gorgeous readers? Please link up and let’s all benefit from it.
Recently i was on a fun, but relaxed at the same time, cooking date and because i had so much fun, i thought i would share a little bit with you. It’s not like the cooking host – the handsome Mr.T or I are the best chef’s ever, but with a little passion for details, the result was something amazingly delicious.
Let’s enter the place where all the magic happened. Don’t you just love those apartments, where you immediately see the big love for all the small details?! Well i do. So for a cooking event there were definitely some kitchen tools needed… And not just that, but also a little style to feel the vibe. Those of you, who always loved those Bar inspired kitchens, are going to be very pleased now. (Click on pic to enlarge) I mean how cool is that? If it wasn’t too early in the day (and the fact, that i don’t really drink), it would be THE moment to start a party! 😉 And now, the moment of truth! Didn’t you just say, you don’t drink?! Right, but when it comes to a really really good vinaigrette – cooking with wine, doesn’t appear like a bad idea. Besides we’ve used very little, i promise! (This is a characteristic wine from the South of France, that comes in an unmistakable, amphora-shaped bottle and is also known as “The Star of the South”.) (Click on pic to enlarge)
The trick is to stir well while adding honey to the red sweet wine and keep the heat on low. After adding salt, pepper and oil to taste & giving it a moment to cool down, you’ll get an incredibly great smelling vinaigrette for your salad or even grilled meat. We decided to go with a fresh tomato and mozzarella salad.
(As i’m writing this i’m totally getting into the mood for this vinaigrette again. It was that good.) Here’s the result. (We had also some delicious pickled stuffed cherry peppers on the side, so it all went really well together. You know, i’m a huge salad lover…) After enjoying the salad it was time to go back to the kitchen and start preparing the warm dish. But first i had a moment to enjoy some art on Mr.T’s wall. I’m almost sure he painted it himself. I thought it was a really creative idea with the “blowing feathers”. Don’t you think? (Click on pic to enlarge)
Meanwhile the tofu had enough time to swim & marinade in the soy sauce and was ready for the wok-time.
I can tell you, after a few seconds the whole kitchen smelled like curry. 🙂 mmm… I will not show you how we cooked the noodles, since i assume that’s something everyone has already done before. 😉
Then we simply mixed tofu & noodles together and added raisins and peas & a little more curry and stirred for a little longer.
And in the end, we had a little mean tofu face inside the wok. 😛 Can you spot it?
Let me tell you, that evening i ate way too much and had to roll back home later on!! With the fusilli dish we had also some “Wostok” – ({East} in russian) sherbet, which is inspired by a a Russian non-alcoholic drink “Baikal” & was originally made in Berlin. It has a nostalgic look and taste to it. I have never tasted it before, but that kind of sherbets & soda’s are definitely something i know from way back. After all the eating & laughing it was time to lean back & relax on the couch, with a nice little fireplace and an overhead projector, that had that awesome under water world feeling to it. So relaxing, i can’t even descibe it. I was enjoying that evening so much and thought what a wonderful idea it actually is to gather more often, cook new dishes, which don’t have to be a 5 star fancy ones, but simply something, that makes you feel good. Do you know what i mean??
Thank you Mr.T for such a warm-hearted evening. Hopefully soon again. And what have you been cooking lately, my Beauties? Share your secrets with me.
happy friday and happy end of may to all of you. I can’t believe that it’s actually almost june (and hopefully summer) and also that our may challenge is now over. I’m very proud of everyone, who managed to get through this May Photo a Day Challenge (but also the Blogging Every Day in May) and really sticking to it – which would include myself as well. The encouraging words on Twitter & email definitely helped!
So today is Day 31 and the topic is: “Four things“. 31. Four things: Choose four things and take a photo. They can be anything.
As a reader of a beauty & lifestyle blog you might already know, that by the end of a month we usually like to talk about the most used beauty products and why we loved them so much. So in the best tradition – here are my Four May Favorites. Let me start by saying, that besides the Naked palette and my NYX high-definition eye shadow base, these were definitely the four most-reached products of May.
So what are they exactly and why did i enjoy using them so much?
1) NYC Color Wheel Mosaic Face Powder in 725A Rose Glow is a light weight products, that can be used as powder or blush. It gives an incredibly nice rose glow on your cheeks and since i’m so fair-skinned, i can even use it for contouring my face, which makes the product really multifunctional.
The powder consists of 4 different colors, from light to dark. Some are matt and others are bit shimmery. Of course the packaging is a little of a down point here, since it’s not really pretty or sturdy and will probably not survive a fall on a hard ground. But on the other hand in doesn’t cost the world – around $4.99 and it also comes in other shades, like Bronze Glow, Translucent Highlighter Glow, Pink Glow. So there’s something for everybody.
2)Lip balm Papaya by Greenland is a natural lip balm with cocoa butter, jojoba oil and shea butter. Greenland is a dutch brand, that exists since 1990 and uses only raw materials for their bath and skin care products. The papaya lip balm (3,9 g – 4,95 €) doesn’t have any paraffin and mineral oils in it, that for it doesn’t dehydrate your lips, which would make you want to apply even more and more balm every time ( that’s the addictive effect ). The packaging has a quite cool metal look to it, which makes it stand out from the usual lip balms in my eyes.
I find the scent to be fruity & balmy. I wouldn’t really say it smells like a real papaya though, but it’s still a nice smell and doesn’t irritate my sensitive nose (especially when it comes to lipsticks & balms). What i prefer to do is to apply the balm right in the beginning of putting on my makeup and by the moment i use lipstick, my lips had enough time to get some hydration and my lips look a lot smoother.
3) Volume Effect Faux Cils Luxury Volume Mascara in 4 Fascinating Violet is one of my all time favorites, when it comes to mascara, especially the colored ones. This is probably my third YSL purple mascara.
I love the traditional brush and the length of it (not too big & not too small). I also like how my rather dark lashes get that nice purple look, without being too bright and totally out there. Makes any daily look a class of it’s own. By getting a second layer on, you can even create that “B A M” – effect.
It separates the lashes nicely, doesn’t smudge and gives great volume. And what i especially like, is the fact that i don’t see any “fall outs” in the evening, after wearing the mascara all day. (Don’t we all hate that?!) Of course it’s one of those luxury products, where every girl has to decide if $30.00 for a YSL mascara is a good investment or not. I stand by my treat for a few years now and didn’t regret it yet.
4)Wisteria by Crabtree & Evelynis a nice Floral fragrance, that has been on the market since 2003. (30ml – $25.00) The fragrance features wisteria, lily, violet, gardenia, ylang-ylang, mandarin orange, pear and white musk. To me it’s a fresh and floral, spring & summer scent, that comes across even a little powdery. It appears to be clean & innocent if that makes sense. Love the wisteria & violet accents in the fragrance.
I prefer using eau de toilette instead of the actual perfume, since i like scents to be light and not lasting for over 3-4 hours. But i guess that is just my personal preference. You might have noticed i like Crabtree & Evelyn a lot ( i talked about this scent beforeHERE), as there is always something slightly distinctive and sophisticated about their scents and skin care products.
These are my monthly beauty favorites. What have you been using mostly during may? Tell me about it by leaving a comment or a link to your blog posts!
Until next time – stay beautiful!
ps: If anyone like to participate in the Jule Photo a Day Challenge – HERE is where you find the needed information.
ps2: Just got the notification, that i’ve been featured in a {Feature Friday} post! How unexpected was that!! If you like to find out more what has been said “About the Blog & Blogger” – clickHERE.
how is everyone doing?? Can you believe, that this challenge is about to end already? We almost made it through the whole month.
Those of you, who kept on going and blogged every day (raise your hands) – you can be very proud of yourself.
Hope it helped your motivation as much as it helped mine. 🙂 I think a challenge like this, where many different people participate, is an enormous motivation booster, since you can exchange your experience and get inspired by other people work at the same time. I think i might be doing another challenge sometime later this years again. And then, i hope to see you all participating! 😉
So today is Day 30 of the May Photo a Day Challenge and the topic is: “Tool“. 30. Tool: A tool in the garage or something useful that helps you get through life. Perhaps in a cooking tool.
Find one and share it.
I’m going to talk about a tool, that i’m sure by now everyone out there, who loved makeup and all the innovations knows about. This is my new beauty blender knock off, by Germany’s own drugstore brand Ebelin – “Professional Make Up Ei”. Let’s admit it, it looks a lot like to original blender, doesn’t it?
I want to take a small step back and tell you who i actually learned the trick with the beauty blender from.
About 2 years ago i was still struggling with my foundation. Even that i was quite happy with the actual product, i couldn’t get the flawless result on my face. No matter what i did.
Applying foundation with a brush somehow always left stripes on my face – well it might have been me and not the brush, but anyways. But when i saw a youtube video by my friend Michell, who showed how she used a blender and a simple sponge to get an even application on her face, that changed the whole makeup world for me.
In case you are not familiar with the wet sponge application, you might want to check out Michell’s video HERE. By that time – remember it was over 2 years ago – we didn’t have any “beauty blender” here in Germany, so Michell was so nice to send me the one that is being sold in Ulta and oh heaven – it worked so fine! I have to say though – a good big and dense drugstore sponge, usually triangle shape, work well too. The technic is still the same.
Now back to the “Professional Make Up Ei”. About 2 months ago Ebelin brought this “makeup egg” on the german market and the beauty community went wild over it. You could literally see all the german blog’s & youtube channels blow up.
I think the “makeup egg’s” were even sold out in the very first week. The hopes and expectations were high for this product and i have to admit, i was not disappointed. It’s a little bit bigger and pointier than the original Beauty blender and it’s also a little more dense, which is alright. The “makeup egg” has a bigger surface to work with, especially the “bottom part”. It’s pretty elastic and literally jumps back after you squeeze it.
It also gains on volume when you wash it. I would say, it get’s almost at twice as big, but doesn’t lose it’s form after becoming dry again. The actual application goes smoothly, it’s really easy to get an even coat of foundation using this “egg”.
I’m not sure if this one is going to last as long as the original Beauty blender, but i after 3 months or so it would definitely be justified to get a new one, since it only costs 2,45€.
I’m glad our drugstores are becoming more and more aware of the “quality trend” of tools, since a few years ago the brushes & other tools had a horrible quality and i had to get everything from a high-end store or the internet.
Have you used any kind of beauty blender before? What’s your experience with it? And what’s your favorite beauty tool? Tell me your secrets.
i hope you are having a lovely mid-week. I have to tell you, i’m in a huge “swap fever“, which can be easily explained.
I’m currently participating in 2 especially organized swaps, one is the Summer Lovin’ Swap and the other is the Sweet Summer Swap, that was put together by Polish Alcoholic and I.
You will see posts on both events sometime in june, so please stay tuned. But that’s not it.
Somehow it happened, that a few more bloggers decided at almost the same time to send me a few goodies over, since we all love trying things from other countries and i’m not an exception to that. (Of course i did send them something as well!)
So these days the packages started to arrive and i can’t even express how grateful i am. Always when someone takes the time to think through what kind of goodies to get, wrap it all nicely and write a sweet note…what can be more personal?!
Without further rambling, this was the surprise from one of my favorite bloggers, the Sweet Jelly Bean. I believe by now you must know her, if not – stop by & take a look on her fabulous blog. OMG where do i even start?! Let me tell you the most important thing first, there was nothing in this box, that i didn’t like the idea of and have tried before. I guess i have only seen Dr.Organic products on other people’s blogs. The package came all the way from the UK to me with a lovely hand-written card (love it) and Donah’s blogger-business card.
Wow, well done!! That is such a cool (and important) idea to have a “blogger card”, in case you meet right people at the right time. I guess if you start taking blogging seriously, you need this kind of “tools” in your purse!! If you read Donah’s blog, you might know, that she is a big lover of korean skin care & cosmetics. And as i have never tried any korean products, she was so nice to include these samples of creams, serum & BB creams, so i can get an idea of what kind of beauty comes from Korea. I’m very excited to try them and as Donah always speaks so highly about their brands, my expectations are quite high as well. As mentioned before, i saw Dr.Organic on many british blogs before & many ladies were talking pretty good things about the products. So when i saw these two babies in the box and made a little “yeay”noise.
So here we have: Organic Lavender Skin Lotion – An intensely aromatic moisturising lotion based on Organic Lavender oil with Aloe Vera, Cocoa butter, Shea butter, Olive oil, Sunflower oil, Irish Moss, Vitamin A and Vitamin E. An intensely aromatic and moisture rich complex which combines the properties of organic lavender with cocoa butter and shea butter. Organic Virgin Olive Oil Skin Lotion –Bioactive Organic Virgin Olive Oil is a super hydrating, intensely nutritious fruit oil, rich in Oleic Acid, a powerful antioxidant. In combination with a proprietary blend of bioactive, natural and organic ingredients this incredibly effective skin lotion. I already looked on the official site & notice that the Olive Oil range is a bit wider that the lavender, so i guess it must be Dr.Organic’s best seller. Thank you Donah for the opportunity to try these lotions. Next lovely product was the Bluebell Hand Balm from Cath Kidston. And look at how it was wrapped?! I guess Donah’s little son was helping her – that’s so adorable. 🙂 A fun blue tub filled with a thick cream, very moisturising for hard working hands. Contains shea butter, glycerine and vitamin E. Delightful, fresh floral fragrance with notes of freesia, fruity geranium, muguet, violet and jasmine, resting on a base of patchouli, musk, cedar wood and amber. I didn’t want to open this cream yet, since i still have so many in use right now, but on the official site it looked like the balm has a little blue color to it & should smell heavenly floral. Loved the description. And because Donah knows me so well, she found an incredibly nice smelling citrus ginger hand & nail cream. The tube itself reminds me a bit of the L’Occitane or Crabtree & Evelyn packaging, which i love. I’m not exactly sure what the actual name of the brand is – London Apothecary Nr.18? Donah might help with more information… I’ so happy someone remembered my love for Ginger & Lime tea’s and included that scent into a wonderful hand cream. 🙂 Last but definitely not least, there was literally the sweetest little treat. I guess it was customized, since the chocolate says: Luchessa on it. Awww!! How can i possible eat it?! Thank you so much, Donah (it didn’t break!)
My Sweet Jelly Bean, i appreciate all the thoughts you put into this package and please give the little bean a HUG for helping you wrapping everything. I can absolutely not wait to try everything and report back about what i liked the best. Oh and because we are still in May and it’s Day 29 of the May Photo a Day Challenge, i added a BIG KISS to my “thank you” as well. 29. Kiss: This is our charity prompt. We’re going to kiss MS goodbye. So wear red, or pop on some red lipstick and show us a ‘kiss’! Have you used any of the products mentioned above before, my Beauties?? Has anyone done a swap lately? If so, please leave a link below, so i can have a look. Love posts like that.
Before i go, i would also like to thank Trine-Marie for sending me her hand-made friendship bracelets, that i won a week ago.
It’s always such a nice touch, when it’s actually hand-made, don’t you think?? When we finally get some summer here, i will made sure to wear them with a cute summer dress. Until next time – stay beautiful!
Beauty expression by Luchessa 