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.
happy monday! You know what that means, right?
It’s time for another fresh week of the exciting Friendly Bunch Blog Hop action. It was a big success last week and we are happy to invite you ones again to a fun journey through the blogosphere. Stop by all the lovely blogs and don’t forget to tell them how they were found! Spread the word & let’s enjoy the ride!
This week we are glad to be joined by a lovely lady as our co-host. She has a gorgeous blog where you can find many different posts on beauty, fitness and knitting. So we highly recommend that you stop by her blog.
If you are interested in co-hosting the blog hop, please contact Nia.
Now, in our share section this week we have a DIY glass jar pen holder for $1. Or in better relation to the beauty world, brush holder. It is a really simple process shared by Jenna at SAS Interiors, plus it costs almost nothing.
If you want something a little bit more fun for your brushes, you can put labels on them, cover the section you want in glue and add glitter, or even spray paint them. There are so many different options. So, if you would like to see the full post on how to make these, please visit SAS interiors.
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.
happy sunday to you. Another week went by and so much has happened in the bloggers community. Of course i have found a few really great posts, written by talented bloggers, that are worth sharing. 🙂 So grab your favorite smoothie and let’s get started with our weekly {Sunday Read}.
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.
My treasures this week:
1) When it comes to our jobs, we often think back of th every first one and how we felt, when we made those little mistakes, from which we learned afterwards. Am I right? We all learned how to become a better team player and worked on our social skills, which are as important as all the needed IQ for the particular job. And as little as it looks, we learned to smile that confident and friendly smile, that makes us a “human colleague”. Jade from Jade Isabelle talked about these and many other interesting topics in her {5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My First Job} post, that i found really worth sharing with all of you.
2) Most of us love to travel. It’s a great way to experience new cultures, great local food, meet people and get inspired by the way they see life, even fashion and beauty tendencies can be incredibly different from what we see day by day in our own countries. Traveling opens your eyes to the important things in life, if you give that destination a real change to show its whole beauty to you. That and what discovering of great new landscapes can really mean, is whatOrganised Cluttertalked about in her {Why You Should Travel Out of Your Comfort Zone}.
3) While scrolling down my Blogroll a quote caught immediately my eye. It was saying: “Comparison is the thief of joy”.
So i had to stop and look at that blog post.
The quote consisted of just a few words, but there was so much meaning behind them.
It basically challenges you to believe in yourself, your knowledge and power to move things, to come forward in life and by being just yourself – being happy.Tiannafrom Storybook Apothecarymade her point very sharp and clear and left me somehow very inspired for the rest of the day. Read for yourself: {Stay Inspired}.
4) What do you think about challenging yourself to go a whole week without complaining and being negative?
What about trying to see all what’s happening around you in a bright and positive way?
I came across this great {7 Days No-Negative Challenge}over on Brooklyn’s blog This little Blondeand thought, that i had to share this with my readers and remind myself to go more positive through my working week and take things easy.
Try it, challenge yourself and have a wonderful & happy new week! (Pictures taken from each of the sites, all rights on these belong to the mentioned bloggers.)
I hope you find the motivating posts interesting to read and enjoy checking out these blogs. Don’t forget to say HI from me.
What posts’ did you like over the past week, my gorgeous readers? Please link up and let’s all benefit from it.
Until next time – stay beautiful!
ps: To celebrate the week of motivation and positive thinking i’ll be giving away 1 (english) copy of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book: “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” How liberating it would be to just cast off the reins of your current life and go on a year-long trip to three far flung countries of the world? Elizabeth Gilbert does that in Eat Pray Love, by embarking on her journey with specific purposes – one country for pleasure of the senses, another for spiritual enlightenment and the third to restore balance in her life.
How to enter: Leave me a comment saying what are the motivating things in life, that help you in your sad moments.
What makes you feel better? (Please write a little more than just 5 words, would love to hear about your “remedy”!) Winner will be chosen on friday May 31st via random.org
ones again it’s one of those days, where you find a new featured Blogger here on Beauty expression by Luchessa. Please give this lovely lady a warm welcome and be prepared to gain a beauty friend.
Meet Flori, who has always been inspired by anything beautiful and dreamed about making a change in the world, while not necessarily making a name for herself. How humble is that! On her blog the Sunshine Citizen you will find great DIY ideas, recipies, beauty & hair products, as well as style posts. I mean, look at her gorgeous & healthy looking hair – she simply has to have her “hair secrets”! Right?! Swing over and leave Flori some feedback. You’re going to love her!
{My Top 3 Dermacol Products}
Hi, my name is Flori and I am the blogger behind Sunshine Citizen.
Luchessa generously offered me the chance to write a guest post for her and I couldn’t refuse!
Don’t you just love Luchessa?
She wanted me to showcase a Slovakian brand, since that is where I am from, but honestly I couldn’t find one. Instead I offered to do a post on my favorite products from Dermacol, an old brand started in Prague, as I have tried a fair share of their products and after all the Czech Republic is our neighbor and we once were the same country. I hope you enjoy the post!
Product No. 1 {Dermacol Makeup Cover Up}
This is a must have! Honestly, I would call this the secret weapon of the Slovak and Czech women.
Dermacol Make-up Cover lists 50% of pigments in its ingredient list, making it possible to cover up just about anything with the tiniest amount. It can be used as foundation, but let me tell you this is heavy duty stuff, which will become one of your favorite concealers.
It’s so versatile that not only can you use it as foundation or concealer, you can dilute with the moisturizing cream you use to your preferred coverage and you have a tinted moisturizer! You get 30 g of product in a gold metal tube, which will probably last you ages considering how little of the product is needed to get the job done. It being waterproof, smelling lovely, and having a SPF 30 are some other things to take into consideration and in my mind adjectives to add to its list of qualities.
Product No. 2 {Lip Seduction Lipstick}
Not only is the packaging of the Lip Seduction Lipstick really cute, it is the lip product I find myself reaching for to take everywhere. Press the transparent end through which you can see the lipstick and with a click the lipstick comes out of the blue metal tube.
With the lipstick being extremely hydrating and nourishing, your lips are sure to be look beautiful and plump.
The lipstick is in fact so nourishing that it has replaced my favorite lip balm.
It has made it possible to enjoy the best of both worlds; the pigmentation of lipstick and the overall luxurious feel of a great balm. Product No. 3 {Aroma Therapy Stress Relief Body Oil – Grape and Lime}
Not only does this smell so good, that it makes me want to make a summer drink inspired by it, it is amazing stuff!
The oil blend is very light and sinks right into the skin, leaving it soft and smooth. It is rich in vitamins so it is supposed to intensively treat and regenerate your skin. The scent of grapes and lime is rather strong, but so soothing that is does not bug me and leaves me wanting more.
The thing I love about this oil is that it doesn’t really contain a lot of chemical ingredients and it is very versatile!
It can be used as massage oil, a moisturizer after taking a bath, and even can be used in your hair care routine.
Personally, I love using it after a bath and it leaves the skin soft and since it has a thin runny consistency; it seeps right into the skin without leaving an oily film. It is definitely one of my favorite body oils I have ever tried and the scent embodies everything I love about summer.
I hope you enjoyed the post! And I would like to thank Luchessa for giving me the opportunity to write a little post for you. Have a great day!
So my Beauties, i hope you found a new interesting brand to check out and a great fresh face in the blogosphere.
I especially liked the review on these lipsticks, since Flori somehow managed to pick out just the right “Luchessa-colors”.
And those of you know follow me for some time, know that i absolutely love vintage rose type of lip products, that are not having a drying effect on my lips.
Here is the officialDermacol site, where you can take a look on the whole range of their products. And here is an online pharmacyMedcentrum, that seems to be shipping internationally, in case you get interested in any of Dermacol’s products.
Last time i co-hosted this Friendly Bunch Blog Hop, its was a real success and many of you left me a great feedback
about how much fun it was, so keep linking up with us and don’t forget to check out the other blogs. Welcome to edition #13 of our blog hop.
When Nia had the idea of making me the second permanent host of this great project,
i instantly knew it was the right thing to do, since i love to connect with you on the blogosphere and via Twitter.
And since i started blogging, i came across many talented new bloggers through different kind of blog hops.
So i already knew, that Blog Hops really do work, if done right!
It’s just a fun and really simple way to find and follow people with similar interests from all around the world.
As from today i have the honor to be one of the actual hosts of this Friendly Bunch Blog Hop.
If you are ever interested in co-hosting, please email me.
Today we are sharing with you 2 DIY hair masks which will leave your hair feeling much better than chemicals.
If you want to read the entire post, please visit Hair Spray and High Heels. 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 and Luchessa on twitter for updates and fun.
welcome to my weekly “Sunday Read“, where i share with you some of my favorite blog posts, that caught my eye during the past week. In case you don’t know those bloggers or simply didn’t have time to read their posts, this is your chance to catch up on different subjects! Hope you enjoy! You can always go ahead and take part in this sunday read event. The rules are very simple:
Pick out some of your most favorite posts written by other bloggers and tell me why you picked them. Then all you need to do is to link up down below.
My treasures this week:
1) I know we ALL are looking for that one great mascara, that is going to make out lashes super long, curly and full like a fan. But as everyone has different kind of lashes, it’s hard to tell whether it’s going to work for you, if it’s working for me.
But every now and then a good tip can make your decision easier what to look for. Tina from What Tina LovesdiscoveredMaybelline The Hyper Curl Volum’ Express Mascaraand shared in a review her thoughts on a product, that seems to actually do what it claims to. (We know it’s not always the case!)
2) Let’s stay with the Mascara-theme for a moment. Some of you might know, how much i love using blue, green or purple mascara. Mostly for my lower lashes, to spice up a toned down eye look.
So when i discovered Jacqueline from A Brilliant Brunette and her recent makeup look wearing a bold & bright sky blue mascara from CK One, (CK One Mascara in Electrify) i thought YES, i’d have done the same thing. That’s a great look for spring time, that will make your eyes pop.
3) Let’s be honest. Everyone loves Freebies. Especially when you’re a beauty junkie and there are free beauty items to have! You simply need to know how and where to get them. Ange from Hairspray and Highheelswrote down a few ideas on where to hunt for beauty and entertainment goodies in a How To Get Products For Free post. Keep in mind, that most ideas in her post can be applied in the United States, but i’m pretty sure each country has their own “Sephoras” and different kind of “coupon systems”, so just keep your eyes open.
4) By now everyone knows how important it is to keep our skin moisturized, so finding your most suitable (facial) cream became one of the goals, when it comes to cosmetics. Stacey from Beautiful Solutions shared her thought & experience on expensive (eye) creams vs. affordable ones.
She talks about studies on the effects of creams from different price ranges. I thought it was a good reminder to really read what’s on the ingredients list, when buying a new product in general, since most of the times the expensive items don’t carry a “magic solution” in them and your drugstore product will leave your skin fresh & moisturized just as good. I agree with Stacey’s verdict, that it’s always worth to invest in a solid eye (or facial) cream, but the key is to find what works for you & your age and your skin type, instead of running after brands and internet hype of them. (Pictures taken from each of the sites, all rights on these belong to the mentioned bloggers.)
I hope you find a few interesting posts to read this time and enjoy checking out these blogs.
Don’t forget to say HI from me.
What posts’ did you like over the past week, my gorgeous readers? Please link up and let’s all benefit from it.
Until next time – stay beautiful!
ps: Don’t miss your chance on winning in my mini Giveaway!
Beauty expression by Luchessa 