Purchases ~ Kruidvat 1+1 Free Sales : NYC In A Minute Lavender Blossom and Parma Violet

'During the same 1+1 Sale at the Dutch Kruidvat in september, I picked also up a few NYC In A Minute Nailpolishes. Not everyone loves the In A Minute Polishes, but I don't have a lot of trouble with them. NYC In A Minute Polishes are €2,49 each, so this was good. Here are the colors I picked up.'

'Here's one coat of Lavender Blossom. It's your typically lilac/ lavender color. I picked this up, because I needed a quik dry lilac color. As you can tell, the color should be better with two coats, but in real life, the shine through isn't that noticeable. Hey, it's quik dry, so for that second coat is plenty of time too.'

'And here's one coat of Parma Violet. It's an purple with red undertones, and perfect for Fall. I don't need more purples at this point, but an quik dry one is always welcome. ^_^ You can get away with one coat. In real life, the streakyness isn't that noticeable, but for being sure, it's better to use two. For the quikness, it isn't that hard to do two.'

'Overall I love the NYC In A Minute Ones for if you're in need for an quik manicure. I'm a bit bummed, cause they discontinued Sidewalkers here. That's my favorite grey color, wich I used allready to dead. I'm glad I got Sidewalker's look-a-like Prey Of Grey too, but that one was a Limited Edition, so defenately not available anymore. Oh well. These two makes it right.'

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

Projects ~ On my nails : NYC Prey of Grey with Catrice LE Sand'Sation 100 Per Sand Real

'I had to try the Catrice LE Sand'Sation in 100 Per Sand Real, so I decided to make it the manicure of this week. The 100 Per Sand Real laquer isn't available anymore. I got this one with some luck, for only €2,50.'

'On my ringfinger 100 Per Sand Real as an accent. I like to use sand laquers as an accent, so I used NYC In A Minute in Prey Of Grey to make a nice combo.'

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'Pics are taken by myself with my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mobile Phone, so bare with me. I aplogize for the yukie looking cuticles...'

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.'

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

Purchases ~ Cheap Begin For The Month Of Love : Februari Bargains

'Here I want to share with you a few Cheap Things I collected at the start of the Month Of Love, Februari 2013. Mainly I shopped at the Dutch Action, which I told you earlier about. It's an store which sells loads of cheap things. They sell Kitchen Stuff, Make Up and Beauty Related Things, Stationary... sometimes it's an pretty cheap hit, and sometimes it's an stinking miss. However, it's not an big gap in your wallet, so Action things are nice to experiment with.'

'First, I came across these Max Mini Nailpolish sets. They had a few more colors, and also a few with caviar, but I didn't pick those with caviar because of the small amount of caviar pearls in it. A set Mini Nailpolish at the Action is only €0,79. Each bottle contains 3,6ml, and they are great for traveling. I will swatch them soon as possible.'

'Finally... Action stocked up on their Nail Art Stripers again! Yayzzz! I grabbed a few when I had the change, cause Action ran out very quikly on them the last time they had them. I only paid €1,39 for a set of 3, and I heard pretty good things about those. We shall see how they work out for me.'

'Also needfull things: a basecoat from the Action for €0,59, and a Byphasse Facecleanser from the Op=Op Voodreelshop (Dutch Beauty Bargain shop) for €2,25, cause I ran out of face cleanser, and this one last me a very long time.'

'Lastly I picked this NYC Expert Last Lip Color in 443 Purple Crush at my local Dutch Drugstore Kruidvat. It was €2,99, and at this moment the other Dutch Drugstore Trekpleister has an buy two for €4 discount, so maybe I go to the Trekpleister to pick a few more, cause the lipstick feels very good on the lips. The only thing, NYC has only the standard color range for these lipsticks, nothing BAM! in your face colors or rarely unique ones.'

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

Purchases ~ Early Christmas Gifts : Superdrug, Rimmel London, NYC Cosmetics and Wynie

'I want to share a few early Christmas Gifts today. During the past weeks I picked these things up because I really, really want them. So let's take a look.'

'On my first shoppingday I came home with two bodybutters from my local Trekpleister. All Superdrug items where buy one get one half off. The Vitamin E All Over Body Butter is normally €2,29, the Coconut & Sheabutter one is normally €2,50. I got both for €3,65. The Vitamin E one is a little more rich and smooth... I love that one for on my feet.'

'I also picked up this Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in #04, one of the most wanted lipstick colors. It's an blue toned, creamy color without shimmers, pearl or metallics in it. The Dutch Rimmel Facebook says it's called Royal Purple, but to be honest, I'm not sure about that. On the display it says something else... which doesn't pop into my mind right now. Anyway, I payed €9,50. Pretty pricey for Rimmel, if you look to what it cost in the USA. But it's an long wanted color, what makes it totally worth it. I think this purple is pretty unique. Lip swatch is coming up soon.'

'My second shopping trip gave me two mascara's by NYC and this Wynie Eyeshadowpalette. All NYC products where also buy one get the second one half off, so I picked two mascara's. The City Curls is normally €2,99, and the Showtime mascara is normally €1,99. For both I payed only €2,50. I searched for some reviews, and the Showtime one looks promising. We shall see.'

'Then I found this Wynie Eyeshadowpalette at my local 1001 Voordeelshop. It was €5,99, and I had to think of it for a while. But you know what, I tried allready some Wynie Single ES, and I love them, so why shouldn't a Wynie ES palette not be good? So I told myself... I didn't swatch it yet, but I promise I will do it soon along with an eye look. You could choose between two of the Wynie palettes at the 1001 Voordeelshop, and if this one is good, I will for sure buy the other one. I could allready tell you that when you open the lid of this palette, you will smell a typically make up scent. This doesn't bother or annoy me so far. The first white one, and the black ES at the second row are both matte, all the other colors are pearly or shimmer. There are 16 colors in this palette. Can't wait to try these!'

'So far this Early Christmas Gifts post. I will make swatches and/or reviews of these products soon.' 

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

Purchases ~The Three Lipketeers : NYC Liquid Lipshine, Nivea Gloss Wonderbalm and Baolishi Lipstick

'I started this month with an lippie kick. I had to pick up a few different lip items this first december weekend. I tried to get away with all the Dutch commotion about Sinterklaas, but it failed clearly. I almost  bump onto him at our local grocery mall, grrr. Sinterklaas is an celebration for little children here in Holland. Jups, all those little children should be spoiled on december 5th night with presents and what we called "taai taai", "pepernoten", and candy. After december 5th, we start of with decorating the house for Christmas. In America they have Thanksgiving, Dutchies have Sinterklaas.' ^_^

"Pepernoten" and "Taai Taai"

'Okay, without any further ado, here are my brand new lippies, please welcome them in my lippie family.'

'The first lippie I purchased, was a NYC Liquid Lipshine in Brighton Beach Peach. I have this gloss for a while on my wishlist now, and I thought it should be time for picking it up. Brighton Beach Peach is an slight shimmery coral lipcolor with an hint of an golden sheen. The gloss comes with an applicator, and as you can tell, it's very natural looking on the lips. To me it smells like coconut which I like. The consistency feels very soft, not sticky and I think it looks very nice over coral, peachy or orange lipsticks. It was €2,99 at my local Trekpleister. I hope we get more shades of the NYC Liquid Lipshines, because I want to pick up some more colors.'

'Second lippie I purchased was this Nivea Gloss Wonderbalm in Berry Balm, which I didn't plan on buying it. I literal walked into the Action, and walk against these. First I had my doubts. Some packages aroused some suspicion, cause the consistency looked rotten and stared wickedly to me. Lucky for me I found an sealed package with an smooth looking consistency. It have an soft smell, and it comes in an squeezy tube. It gives me very sheer lips with an minimal berry color, which looks great over (purple) lipsticks. It was €1,29, and I'm thinking of pick up some more in my other local Action. (We have at least 3 Actions here).'

'Then, I couldn't help myself to give my local 1001 Voordeelshop another visit. I picked another Baolishi 24H Lipstick, this time in shade 11 an summery pink color. The Baolishi Lipsticks smells really fruity to me, and these lipsticks last me an surprisely long time. The best part, they are only €1,50, all though you need to like this very girlie, with a wink to little girls package. I thought it's cute, but what really matters is the product. I reviewed #5 <here>, and find my earlier purchase <here>. I googled around a little, and Baolishi makes other kind of lipsticks, so I hope 1001 Voordeelshop stock up on other Baolishi Lipsticks in the future, so that I can try those as well.'

'Finally an overview pick with all my Three Lipketeers swatched. I hope this was a little helpfull. Have a nice sunday.'

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