Reviews ~ Finished Products May 2013

'And another month seems to be gone. Here are the small amount of things I used up during the month May.'

'First I finished this month another bottles of Yves Rochers Jardins Du Monde Douchecreme with almond. Yves Rocher retails this normally for €3, but I got it as always for €1,50. One of my favorite showercremes.'

'Then I finished another back up from a Max Lipstick from the Action in Pink Blush. You only can buy these lipsticks in a set of 2, and the set was €0,89.
The other make up product is my Essence I love Stage Eyeshadow Base, one of the only Essence favorite products I ever used. It was around €2,50. My eyeshadow goes on smooth with this, and it seems to become longer lasting on my lids.'

'Last product I used up: my standard cotton Pads from the Action. They raised the price of this, it's now €0,69, before €0,50.'

'That's it for this month...' 

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'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone so bare with me.'

Purchases ~ Nailpolish By Ingrid Cosmetics #298 (Hot Bubblegum Pink)

'Once in a while I drool around the city, walk by some cheapy shops, like recently the Dutch Op=Op Voordeelshop. And off course, I clashed on a nailpolish display there. It was a little messy display, but the cute bottles with black caps in there pulled my attention. I figured that it was an unknown brand to me, till now, called Nailpolish By Ingrid Cosmetics. My heart jumped a little when I saw the price: only €1,25 a piece, and buy 3 for €3. Amazing bargain, but off course before I lost myself to buy immediately 3, I decided to pick up only one to try. I picked their hot bubblegummy pink. And here it is.'

'I used only one coat here, and I got not really away with it. Still I think two coats will do it better, so next time I will use two layers. The consistency goes on very smooth, and it costs me not so much time to get it totally dry. I painted it on before I jumped into bed, and the next morning it wasn't bumped or anything. After I took it off, it didn't stain my nails heavy or something, so I'm pretty pleased with this quality nailpolish. I'm sure I will drool through the city again soon, for picking up some more colors by this brand. For the price, I can't beat it.'

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself at night with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me.'

Projects ~ Looks With the 88 Matte Pearlescent ES Palette: Smokey Nude With Heavy Eyeliner

'My eyes healed again from the Catrice Eyeshadow base adventure, which you will find <here>, so time for another make up look with the 88 Matte Pearlescent ES Palette, which I got from T-Mart. I made an smokey nude eye with heavy liner this time.'

'I started with color A4, a light shimmery white golden color all over my lid. Color B10 is an middle brown/ taupe color I used from the middle to the outer corners. In my outer V I darkened it up with color H11, an metallic black. Before I lighten up my look with color A1 under my brows, I blended the colors H11, B10 and A4 very lightly with an big blending brush. Finished it with NYX Jumbo Pencil in Black Bean on my waterline, along with MUA single Eyeshadow Shade 20 over it to set the Jumbo Pencil. Made with an japanese felt tip eyeliner above my lashes an winged line. Finished the look with my mascara.'

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, this time without flash and in the morning.'

Purchases ~ Catrice UL : 11 Miss Piggy's BF, 30 Lilactric, 34 Squeeze Me, 36 Mint Me Up, 40 I'm Dynamite

'Here's the second bunch of Catrice Ultimate Laquers The Next Level. Like I told you earlier, I purchased these mostly when there was an Buy One Get One Free discount at my local Kruidvat. Normally they are €2,99 a piece.'

11 Miss Piggy's BF, 30 Lilactric, 34 Squeeze Me, 36 Mint Me Up and 40 I'm Dynamite

'Like I said earlier, the consistency may vary. These colors are mostly on the thin side, except for I'm Dynamite. Still, they goes on pretty smootlhly. Favorites from these are Lilactric, Squeeze Me and Miss Piggy's BF.'

11 Miss Piggy's BF and 30 Lilactric

34 Squeeze Me, 36 Mint Me Up and 40 I'm Dynamite

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me.'

Reviews ~ Catrice Prime And Fine Eyeshadowbase

'It's time to share my thoughts on the Catrice Prime And Fine Eyeshadowbase. I can tell you that I'm not so amused by this product, so here's the reason why.'

'My eyes exploded. Literal. First I thought it's just my allergies. Then I started to use during an very rainy week the eyeshadowbase again, so the change being attacked by seedlings was very low. At that point, my eyes looked normal, cause my allergies disappeared. But then, after starting to use this base again, my eyes started to be itchy. After removing my eye make up after 8 hours, my eyes looked very irritated and red in the corners. Now I'm sure the reason of my itchy eyes: this freaking Catrice Prime And Fine Eyeshadowbase.'

'Sure, it could be one of their ingredients in this product, but I don't think so. I'm not easily irritated by make up products. I really think it's Catrice's safety protocol. You see, all primers weren't sealed by stickers, plastic stoppers, or what so ever. There was no tester, so the change that people open the actual products to look at the colors or sniff a thousand time on it is very big. That way, bacteria have an easy acces to these type of pots. Even if people not immediately stick their fingers in it. Off course I checked on fingerprints, and in my product there was none. So you may expect that the product is safe... I also looked around for other reviews, and they we're really positive about this primer. I also can't tell you if this product does the job. It claims to make your make up to be waterproof all day, but I honestly can't tell you if this is true. If you can see, the product make my eyes so irritated and watery, that it weared off before the day was over.'

After 8 hours of wearing Catrice Prime And Fine Eyeshadowbase- Before I removed my make up

'Well, I learned the hard way. Now I have an product which I can't use. I will lay this issue defenately at the Catrice office. Cause in my eyes this isn't okay. I hope this is a little warning for people who planned to pick up one of the Catrice Prime And Fine Eyeshadowbases. I don't claim that this should happen to everyone, I only say that it could be. Fingers crossed for you...'

After 8 hours of wearing Catrice Prime And Fine Eyeshadowbase- Removed my make up here. You can tell, cleaning my eyes helped to calm my eyes a little

Note:
'Pics are taken by nyself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me.'

Purchases ~ Catrice UL : 09 Hugo Moss, 12 Walk The Lime, 15 Denim Moore, 22 Brickey Mousse, 38 Vino Tinto

'Yay! It's time for the first bunch of Catrice Ultimate Laquers The Next Level. I purchased these mostly when there was an Buy One Get One Free discount at my local Kruidvat, but normally they are €2,99 a piece. At this point I do allready own a few more, but I decided to do more parts. Also, I don't have swatches on my nails, so in the future I want to do that for On My Nails Posts.'

09 Hugo Moss, 12 Walk The Lime, 15 Denim Moore, 22 Brickey Mousse, and 38 Vino Tinto

'The consistency may vary. Some colors could be a little thin, but it goes on very smooth. On the pictures  I used two coats. Love Walk The Lime, Brickey Mousse and Vino Tinto out of these ones.'

09 Hugo Moss and 12 Walk The Lime

15 Denim Moore, 22 Brickey Mousse, and 38 Vino Tinto

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me.'

Favorites ~ More Lipton Tea I Love

'Always when you think, these are my favorites, you come across more tasty flavors. You can read <here> my early Lipton Tea Favorites. Now it's time to expand my Lipton favorites with a few more flavors.'

'New favorites are Vanilla Caramel, Strawberry Cupcake and Blueberry Muffin. The last one, the Blueberry Muffin is my favorite out of the bunch.'

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone.'

Projects ~ Halloween Eyes In The Middle Of May

'One of my friends gave an Halloween Themed Party in the middle of May, so I decided to do an Halloween Eye Look. I used mainly my MUA Glamour Days Palette.'

'I used the purple all over my lid, and in the crease the dark matte brown, 2nd row, 4th color. For highlighter I used an matte white and the transition color between the dark brown and white is the 3rd color from the second row. Finished it off with the same brown under my waterline, along with black eyeliner and mascara.'

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, except the MUA Glamour Days Palette picture.'

Purchases ~ New NYC In A Minute Nailpolishes and Catrice Eyeshadowbase

'Time for a few recent purchases in April/ May.'

'Kruidvat did another Nail Festival, so when I came across there, I walked against an great discount: buy one get one free. So my knees got weak. I couldn't resist picking up a few new NYC In A Minute Nailpolish colors. I paid €2,29 for both, a real steal.'

'Also, my eyeshadowbase got finished, so I decided to pic a Catrice Eyeshadowbase for €3,99 at our local drugstore Trekpleister. I did used it allready, but at this point I'm not really sure about it. I will do a review post about this product, when I know more.'

Note:
'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me.'

Reviews ~ 3rd Born Pretty Store Review: Tribal Colour Snowflake Nailpolish #16

'It's finally time for my 3rd Born Pretty Store Review. This time I wanted to try an Nailpolish by Tribal Colour. I choose an Snowflake Nailpolish, which you can order with my discount <here>. Reason why I wanted to try this particular one, was because of the Indie looking of the polish. I believe Born Pretty sells more Snowflake Polishes, but then not with the milky base, only with the glitters.'

'The brand Tribal Colour have also an big range in glitter, holographic, shimmer and metal type of polishes. I love their heart shaped bottles, and the brush is not too big or small.' 

'Here's the complete review.'

'I hope this was helpful. Have an awesome week!'

Note
'Pics and video are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me. Few pics are screenshotted by Born Pretty Store, so thanks to BPS.'