Products that suck #3

Haven't written a post about regret purchases in a while. Let's just say that when I find something that works, I'll probably stick to it for a whilem that's why I don't have a lot regretable purchases. But then I went through my stash and found some things that didn't work for me and forgot about them, so here they are.

Bare in mind that whatever doesn't work for me, it may work for you, it's the same other way around.

I have dry, sensitive skin and I break out quite easily. In hope to help me with my breakouts I bought Afrodita Young & Pure Deep Cleansing gel + peeling + mask for normal to oily skin. I used it on the certain areas where I tent to break out more, but it broke me out even more and it really dried out my skin. But I would recommend it for oily and acne prone skin, it might work for you. If you have dry skin, stay away from it! :)

I am searching for a new moisturizer, because still haven't found one I would be 100% satisfied with and going through every moisturizer in a drug store I ended up purchasing Olay Anti-wrinkle Nature fusion night cream. Just because it was on sale and just because most people compliment Olay products. That desperate purchase didn't end up well. Once I apply the cream I have a feeling that it just sits on my skin and it doesn't do anything. I even noticed more cloged pores and more black heads.

Another dissapointment has to be Alverde hair mask (glanz-haarkur Zitronenblüte Aprikose). It just didn't do anything to my hair and that's all I have to say about it. At least I can use it as a shaving cream.

I even have few polishes that I don't like, but I still use them, because I secretly cheer for them to get better :D

First one is Kleancolor Nail laquer 236 Chunky holo black. I ordered it few years ago on eBay, because it looked beautiful on pictures, but when I got it I couldn't open it, after awhile I finally did it and the product itself is really thick, has gel-like consistency, once applied takes forever to dry and it chips really fast.

Second one I didn't like is Ruby kisses HDP18 Whiter than White. Brush is terrible (bristles are some sort of a plastic, really uneven), extremely clumsy, the polish smells 10 times worse than any polish I've tried and it just doesn't want to dry once applied.
Are all Ruby kisses polishes like that?

Last one that doesn't work for me is Catrice Quick Dry & High shine Top coat. I know it gives shine, but quick dry? Nah. Now I don't even use any top coat to finish my manicure, just because nothing worked for me and the more coats I apply, the faster polish chips.


Have you tried any of these products? What are your thoughts on them?
 

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10 favourite nail polishes

Blogmas day 4 :) How are you enjoying blogmas so far? :)

Today I'll introduce you my top 10 favourite nail polishes. I wear them all year round, I don't like "seasonal" polishes. I will wear whatever I like whenever I like :)

There are a lot of blues and darks. You have been warned :)

Avon nailwear pro in Coral beat is bright coral shade and it's nice pop of colour since I wear black clothes quite often. I apply 2 coats to make it more opaque. Staying power depends on your nails and no polish stays on my nails more than two days without chipping, so I'll skip that :)

I am in love with red polishes, I've collected many of them with different undertones over the years. My all time favourite has to be Catrice 070 Caught on the Red Carpet. It's gorgeous deep red and I always love how feminine and mysterious it looks.

 

Now we start with the blue family :). Bourjois 1 seconde in 23 In the Navy is deep bright blue, which makes my nails amazing. And I'm also in love with the wide brush, makes application much easier and faster.

Next one is Catrice 400 Blue Cara Ciao. Brighter than the previous one, really vibrant and fun. The only con is that it can leave my nails stained, even though I apply base coat. But I forgive you that ;)

NYX Nail polish in 195 Bermuda Triangle is polish I totally "killed". I feel in love with it right away and it's been on my finger and toe nails more than it should be :). It's really nice lighter blue going to turquoise. Reminds me of the beautiful sea, and I love me some sea :)

Another one from Bourjois 1 seconde collection is 22 Turquoise block. This one was my go to colour this summer, it's so bright and fun it makes me happy. My favourite colour is blue, second is turquoise ;)

Unfortunately Essence Colour and go in 38 Choose me! was discontinued quite some time ago, but it's still my favourite. It's amazing dark turquoise, blue going to green with gold glitter ... just pure awesomeness in the bottle. Even though it's hard to remove it, I forgive you :)

Done with the blues! Barry M 299 Racing Green reminds me of forest fairies. Whenever I'm wearing it, I feel like a fairy :) It's amazing deep green with slight shimmer. B-e-a-utiful.

I call Catrice 440 I wear my sunglasses at Night for lazy people. This shade was discontinued (why Cosnova?). It's amazing purple going to black with silver, green and purple shimmer. Totally galaxy look-a-like :)

And here's a (bad) close up of this polish.

And the last one and probably the most boring one is Maybelline colorama in black shade. I've been in love with black polish since I started painting my nails and I believe this is my third or fourth bottle of black polish. I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker colour :)


Do you own any of them? Which one is your favourite?
Tell me what are your favourite polishes.

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Current favourites

Or what have I've been loving lately, even though I haven't really bought anything new, but still :)

Essence has released new lipsticks and of course I had to try them out. And I love them, I bought two shades: Wear berries!, which is my most worn lipstick right now and Coral calling, her time to shine will come soon :)

Mascara I've been loving is from Isa Dora Big bold mascara Super volumizing in 10 black. I wasn't a big fan of it at the begging, because it has a big wand and it's kinda clumsy, but now it dried up a little and it really gives me super volume. And I love me some super volume.

Black polish has been my favourite since I started to paint my nails for the first time, recently I've been loving black polish from Maybelline Colorama. It stays on my nails for quite some days without chipping, which is rare for me, application is super easy and it dries fast once applied.

I rediscovered Ardeco eyeshadow base in my makeup collection and completely used it up in last few months. It's like a magnet for eyeshadow, my eye makeup doesn't move whole day! Need to repurchase it :)

I had Bourjois single eyeshadow in 90 Blanc for years now, but since I've been around a lot, it's my go to eyeshadow to highlight my face. And it also has a mirror, which is always useful.


Now to the random favourites.
I've been eyeing the Milford cold teas for a while before I actually bought it, and then I bought it and I wasn't wow'd. But after few tries, it kinda grew on me. I even like putting little bit of stevia in it, makes it even better for my taste. Oh and I only tried Limette taste.

Source: his display pic on Twitter :)

I am not into gaming or ever understood gaming videos/channels, but then I found PewDiePie and he changed my opinion forever. This guy is f*ckin' hilarious (once I almost broke my nose laughing), he works hard, has 14,000,000+ subscribers and the fact that he's from Sweden (and not America) makes him even cooler. Check him out, if you don't know who he is already.

Even though Oh no from Marina and the Diamonds is older song, I still love it and is my currently favourite song :)


I think that's it for today's post. Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post, feels good to be back ;)

Mariah Carey OPI Liquid sand nail lacquer REVIEW & SWATCHES

* This post is written in English and Slovene. / Objava je napisana v angleščini in slovenščini.


I received box of 4 mini OPI polishes along with Sleek i-Divine Snapshots palette (review here) from Slovenian site Zapikonai.si. I hadn't known much about these polishes before I got them, because I usually don't check out new collections (how lame that sounds, huh? ^^). They are definitely something different, you don't see matte glittery polish everyday, do you? Box came with 4 shades, all named by Mariah Carey songs: Get Your Number, Can't Let Go, The Impossible and Stay the Night.
Slovenska spletna trgovina Zapikonai.si mi je tole škatlico štirih mini lakov za nohte poslala poleg Sleek i-divine Snapshots paletke (ocena tu). Preden sem jih prejela, o njih nisem vedela kaj dosti, ker običajno ne spremljam, kdaj pridejo nove kolekcije (slaba beauty bloggerka! ;)). Tile laki so vsekakor nekaj posebnega, ne vidiš vsak dan mat glitter lakov. V škatli so štirje laki poimenovani po pesmih Mariah Carrey: Get Your Number, Cant' Let Go, The Impossible in Stay the Night.

What does is say on the box? Dries to a textured matte finish infused with reflective glints of light. Apply base coat and two coats of color. Do not use top coat.
Kaj pravijo "navodila" na škatli? Lak se posuši v mat finiš in odseva bleščice. Nanesite podlak in dve plasti barvnega laka. Ne uporabljajte nadlaka.

They are kinda sheer, so I you'll need 3 thinner coats or 2 thicker coats to achieve complete opacity. Because you don't apply top coat, drying time takes quite awhile and you know I'm impatient with that! I also tried applying clear top coat over it and it looks quite different, not so much glittery anymore, I prefer it sandy looking!
Laki so kar prosojni, jaz sem uporabila ali 3 tanjše plasti ali 2 debelejši plasti za popolno prekrivnost. Ker nadlak zaradi mat finiša ni priporočljiv, je tudi čas sušenja daljši, jaz pa sem precej nepotrpežljiva s sušenjem in zna biti naporno. Ravno tako sem poskusila nanesti čez prozoren nadlak, barva mi je izgledala precej drugače, tudi bleščice so bile manj opazne. Mi je peskast izgled bolj všeč.

 

Each polish contains 3.75 ml - 1.8 fl. oz. of the product. Brush is slightly smaller from regular OPI brush (15 ml), but it's still easy to work with, I had no problem with application. The only downside with packaging is that bottles don't have names on them. Names are written only on the box itself, so it's best to store them in it, unless you don't care about the names :)
Vsaka steklenička ima 3,75 ml vsebine. Čopič je manjši od navadnih OPI lakov (15 ml), vendar sem ga nanesla brez težav. Edina stvar, ki me je pri embalaži zmotila je, da posamezna steklenička nima imena, zato je najboljše, da se jih shranjuje v škatli, s katero so prišli, ker vsebuje imena.

Now, let's swatch and describe each polish individually. First sentence is description on the box.
Sedaj pa k swatchom in opisom vsake posamezne barve.

Get Your Number

I applied blue polish on my middle finger just to see if there's any difference. You can see it's slightly more opaque.

Wearing this matte blue with sparkles is a great call.
I think this one is my favourite, pretty blue (and I'm sucker for blue polishes!) with silver glitter (different sizes of glitter) that sparkles in different colours. Looks like a rainbow!
Get Your Number
Mislim, da je ta barva moja najljubša od vseh štirih, čudovita modra (modra je le moja najljubša barva!) s srebrnimi bleščicami različnih velikosti in se tudi svetijo v različnih barvah. Izgleda kot mavrica!

Can't Let Go

I applied purple polish on my middle finger, you can see slight difference.

Hold on to this matte purple with dazzling sparkle.
I'm not a big fan of purple polishes, I don't like how they look on my nails, but this one is still dark enough for my likings (you make no sense, Deja). Glitter is again in different sizes and in purple colour.
Can't Let Go
Nisem največji fan vijoličnih lakov, ker se mi zdi, da na meni zgledajo čudno, vendar je ta še vedno dovolj temna, da mi je všeč (ima ta stavek smisel?:P). Bleščice so v različnih velikostih in vijolične barve.

The Impossible

Applied red polish on middle finger, can't really tell the difference.

This matte fuchsia with star confetti will never give up.
Am I colour blind, but this one looks more red to me? Anyways, it's gorgeous red with glitter in different sizes. Another colour I'm sucker for!
The Impossible
Sem jaz barvno slepa ali je ta lak bolj rdeč kot fuksija? (na škatli piše fuksija). Kakorkoli, je čudovita rdeča z rdečimi bleščicami različnih velikosti. Še ena barva, ki jo obožujem!

Stay the Night

Applied black polish in middle finger, difference is almost unnoticable.

Make it last in this matte black with red glints.
Love this one! It's black with red glitter (all same sizes).
Stay the Night
Tale mi je zelo všeč! Črn z rdečimi bleščicami (enake velikosi).


I can't decide if I love them or not. I always rub my fingers over my nails because I'm not used to rough surface with polishes.  
Še vedno se odločam, ali so mi vsesplošno všeč ali ne. Vedno se s prsti dotikam nohtov, ker nisem navajena grobe površine na nohtih.

Do you like this trend? Have you tried Mariah Carey polishes? How do you like them and which colour is your favourite? 
Vam je všeč trend peskastih nohtov? Ste že preizkusile Mariah Carey lake? Kako so vam všeč in katera je vaša najljubša barva?

Svoje lahko kupite na Zapikonai.si.

* Product was sent to me for review. / Idelek mi je bil poslan v oceno.

NOTD: Fleur de Santé HOT RED!

* All Fleur de Santé posts will be written in English and Slovene. / Vse Fleur de Santé objave bodo napisane v angleščini in slovenščini.

I already mentioned this polish in my Fleur de Santé post, check it out here: click. Time to show you this beauty!
Tale Fleur de Santé lak sem omenila že v skupni objavi tule KLIK. Sedaj je čas, da pokažem tega lepotca!

 Glitter is hard to capture. / Težko je fotografirati bleščice.

 

It's red polish with teeny tiny red glitter, and it's absolutely gorgeous! I'm sucker for red polishes, it's always
my "go to" polish (or blue or black:)). I have probably 10 polishes in "red family", but haven't had a beauty like this one before. I also wore it three times in a row, which is really unlikely for me.
Lak je rdeče barve, ima drobne bleščice in je prelep! Obožujem rdeče lake, vedno izberem rdeč odtenek, ko ne vem, katerega bi uporabila. Mislim, da imam okoli 10 lakov v "družini rdečih", vendar noben ni takšen kot ta. Celo nosila sem ga trikrat zaporedoma, kar se običajno nikoli ne zgodi.


 

Do you love it or do you love it? :) / Vam je všeč ali všeč? :))

It comes in a squared bottle, 7 ml content and tiny brush, although it's a really good brush. I'm a clumsy polisher, but I managed to apply it without problems. I used two coats to achieve complete opacity, but one coat has pretty good coverage.
Steklenička je štirikotna, ima 7 ml vsebino in majhen čopič, vendar je super. Sama sem dosti nerodna pri lakiranju, vendar mi je spelo nalakirati brez večjih problemov. Nanesla sem dve plasti, čeprav je tudi že z eno dosti prekriven.

 
What are your thoughts? Which is your "go to" polish colour? :)
Kaj pa ti meniš o tem laku? Katere barve je tvoj "go to" lak? :)

Have a lovely Monday!
Pa lep ponedeljek ti želim!

* Product was sent to me for review. / Idelek mi je bil poslan v oceno.

My first swap ever: Valentine swap

I joined  Sweetaholic beauty's Valentine swap. This was my first swap ever and it was so fun! Looking forward for doing more in the future ;) Jasmine paired me with Amy, who blogs over at Bottled Beauty. Check her out! She is so lovely.

Anyways, I received the package extremely fast, in one week that is, and she is from Australia! She still haven't received mine, although I send it one day before she did.

Here are the goodies she got me:

She wrote me a Valentine's card, which I believe is first one in my life which is not from my mother :D (don't laugh!)

I really wanted to try Revlon Just Bitten Kissable stains, because they are not sold here in Narnia. She got me colours Sweetheart/Valentine and Smitten/Éprise. Anyone knows why do they have 2 names? 

Anyways, I got so excited when I opened Sweetheart that I damaged a tip of a stain with a cap, need to be more gentle with my babies :). So far I like them!

 

I'm not a Rimmel virgin anymore! :D

 Look at this gorgeous shade! It's red, dark red but on a berry side. It smells amazing and I think it goes really well with my skin tone! Although I never match anything to my skintone. I rock everything :P 

Oh, this lippie is Lasting finish by Kate in  09 Rossetto.

 

Another Rimmel product is their Glam eyes Professional Liquid eyeliner. I love that brush is tiny so you can do a really fine line and it's also really pigmented. I've read that it's a good product, now it's my turn to be the judge :)

We have Essence in Slovenia, but she got me Lipstick pencil in 01 Cherry cherry girl from their Cherry Blossom collection. I believe that this collection is not sold here anymore, but I also haven't bought anything from it, but I really liked those pencils. And now I have one :)

 

Quick swatches. From left to right: Rimmel Rossetto, Essence Cherry Cherry girl, Revlon JBK Sweetheart and Smitten. Underneath is swatched Rimmel eyeliner.

Another Rimmel product she got me is their Lasting finish nail polish in 500 Disco ball. I mean, who doesn't love disco balls? I want to have one at home when I have my own place :D. But disco ball nails will have to do for now :D

Then she added some Australian brands, I always love to try new products :).

This glitter baby is by Australis Nail glitter top coat in Fairy bread. It looks alike to Essence Confetti one, but colours are slightly different and glitter is in different shapes.

 Another Australis product is Lash TLC conditioning mascara. I was pleasantly surprised that wand is curved, I actually used to curve straight wands on my own. I had no expectations, whatsoever, but I was surprised how amazing this mascara is. It lenghtens my lashes, but it also gives me volume. And Lord knows I need help with that :D

 I feel like this post is taking forever :D

She also got me 2 blushes, first one is BYS blusher in Fierce fuschia. It's such a pretty mixture of pink and coral shade with shimmer, never seen before a beauty like this one!

Second one is Essence Cherry blossom girl blush in 01 Asain sensation. It has two shades: blush and highlight. Really handy ;).

 Quick swatches: from left to right: Essence lighter shade, darker shade and BYS.

 Last but not least, is Eye shadow palette Summer days from Sports girl. She said this brand is like Australian Topshop and she got it for weekly makeup tags ;). How thoughtful!

Unfortunately, one of the shadows broke as you can see, but other colours are still in one piece and ready to use :)

Aaaand that's it. I hope she receives her package soon, I got her Catrice products and I hope she likes it all :).
You'll see all the products mentioned here in my future posts. 

Thank you for reading and have an amazing day!!

NOTD: After-holiday glittah!

I've been obsessing about glitter polishes right now. I have no idea why, maybe because I have to study (I'm finishing Uni this year, so I have to kick my lazy ass and get to work!) and glitter nails always make me happy (although removing them is not such a happy process :P). I found this gem, I wore so much last summer, Essence 38 Choose me!. It's one of the polishes that look absolutely amazing in the bottle, but once applied on nails it looks even better :).

Still don't know how to take a proper photograph of my nails *sigh*. :) Will work on that this year :P
Is it just me or old Essence polishes dry quicker on your nails and last longer?

What are you wearing on your nails today?

Christmas giveaway! Open internationally

I have another giveaway for you!! I feel like it was just yesterday when I reached 100 followers and had a giveaway, but now I have over 200 GFC followers and Christmas is around the corner, so I want to give you my Christmas gift, unfortunatelly just to one follower. Don't worry, I'll have more giveaways in the future :)

• Artdeco All in one Mascara 01 black (this is my all time favourite mascara)
• Catrice Nail polish 650 Goldfinger (gold nails for holiday season :))
• Afrodita Aroma hand and nail cream Anti-age Grape seed oil & vitamin C (no dry skin allowed!)
• New Dawn Patchouli Face & Body Moisturizer-Light - travel size (I love this stuff!)
• MUA Undressed eyeshadow palette (dupe for Urban Decay's Naked palette! :))

Giveaway rules: 
If you'd like to win, please fill in the Rafflecopter form below!
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This giveaway is open internationally, it starts today, November 20th and it ends on December 9th.

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Four elements challenge: WATER

Sorry for being  late with this one, but at least it's here :)

This time I decided to do a manicure instead of makeup. But don't judge, my manicures are always the simplest, because I'm really clumsy when it comes to my nails. Nail polish everywhere just not on my nails. Story of my life. I can do the most precise line with makeup though. :D

But  a change is always good. And I've done so many blue makeup looks lately, so blue manicure it was instead.
Here's my last week's task: CLICK.

Today's (I mean yesterday's) theme is water. I imagined river Soča with all it's blue-ness. I added a Special effect top coat to add flakes and I think it gives it a watery effect.

I did my ring finger differently though.

Here's my mani:

I used:

- NYX Girls NGP 195 Bermuda Triangle (2 coats)

- Essence nail art special effect! topper 08 Night in Vegas

- Essence Colour & Go 38 Choose me! (accent nail)

Hope you like it! Have a lovely weekend!

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Giveaway time! Open internationally

Hello, beautiful people!
Not so long ago I've reached 100 GFC followers on my blog. I was so happy, still am! :)
I want to thank you for following my blog, thank you for encouraging comments, you inspire me to keep writing and sharing my passion with you, thank you for chatting with me on Twitter, thank you for everything basically. I feel like I have new friends and I wish I could just hug you all, but I'll have to say my "thank you" with an international giveaway :)

So, what are the prizes you ask?

- Catrice Ultimate colour lipstick in 130 Frozen Rose (because I love their lipsticks so much!)
- Catrice Nail polish in 070 Caught on the red carpet (every girl should have red polish! :))
- Essence pigments in 02 Smell the caramel, 18 Little mermaid, 20 Black Sparrow (because I freakin' love those pigments!)
- + a little surprise! ;)

If you'd like to win, please fill in the Rafflecopter form below!

You have to be a GFC follower, I will check!
And you have to leave an email address, so I can email you back if you win.
You can also enter with bonus entries named in Rafflecopter.

This giveaway is open internationally, it starts today, Friday, October 5th 2012 and it ends in 4 weeks time, on Friday, November 2nd 2012 at midnight. Winner will be chosen randomly.

Good luck!

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