12/07/2014

// KIKO Review | "Wearing Black lipstick doesn't mean you can't smile"

Hey hey hey, loves.

Wow, this is the 3rd post in 5 days, damn I'm on a roll haha
I know there are people who literally post once a day but I can't do that since even I have some kind of a life offline (unbelievable, i know) :D

Anyway, it's Sunday and I've been revising for a biology exam the whole day and I thought that another blogpost would be nice.
And as I mentioned previously in the Day off in Berlin - post I was planning a review on my new KIKO lipsticks. That's what this post will be about (who would've guessed *looks at title*)




These beauties were 6,90€ each which isn't that expensive and they're really worth the money.

The black one is the Luscious Cream Lipstick 523 Black which means it's creamy but not sticky at all and it has a mild shimmery effect. I'm not a fan of shimmer lipstick but this one doesn't sparkle or something it just looks... I don't know... wet? All in all, I'm really in love with this one.
And I've got to add that I think they're richly pigmented eventhough it doesn't look like that in the pictures but that's my fault because I put on too much lipbalm as a base haha I'm sorry






The other one is the Velvet Mat Lipstick 609 Cherry Red. It's not as creamy as the black one and it doesn't shimmer at all which makes this lipstick the best I ever had. It's also a dark red and I love dark lipsticks so much like HOLY PUG! C'mon, matt lipstick is the best thing that has ever been invented. I'm so in love haha





I'm sorry for the different lightings but it just changes so fast at this time of the year.
Ugh well, what's your favourite lipstick colour and brand?

12/06/2014

// Pinkbox December or: Are you serious?

Hello my lovely readers,

November is finally over (finally as in "finally it's over, I hate November") which means December is really young now and which also means: a new Pinkbox. New, awesome beauty products!!! Or nah.
Yea, if you look close, you can see I'm not really satisified with the latest Box. But why?
You'll see.

[GER]
Hallo meine Lieben,
endlich ist der trübe und (meiner Meinung nach eklige) November vorüber, was für mich im noch jungen Dezember eine neue Pinkbox bedeutet. Endlich neue, mega tolle Produkte!!! Oder auch nicht. Jap, wer gut aufgepasst hat, hat gesehen dass mich die Box vom Inhalt nicht mega vom Hocker gehauen hat. Warum? Das sag ich euch im Folgenden :)


[EN]
First of all, we should talk about the beautiful design of this month's box. Of course it's a pink box (who would've guessed) but with a silver and christmassy imprint on the lid.
Sadly, for me that's the best thing about the whole box *sighs*

[GER]
Lasst uns zuallererst mal über das schöne Design der diesmonatigen Box reden. Natürlich ist sie pink (wer hätte das gedacht) aber hat dieses Mal einen wunderschönen weihnachtlich-silbernen Aufdruck auf dem Deckel.
Traurigerweise ist das aber auch das Beste an der ganzen Box :/


[EN]
The first product I want to talk about is a Dead Sea body scrub. It's an original size product (all the other things were original sizes as well) from Dermasel Spa. Dead Sea products are always on top of my drugstore-lists as they really help me with my skin as it's not the best so I'm looking forward to using this one. But I still have my Soap & Glory Body Scrub which isn't even halfway empty so yea. | 1,99€/38ml

[GER]
Das erste Produkt, welches ich euch vorstellen möchte, ist ein Totes Meer Bodypeeling von Dermasel Spa. Genau wie die anderen Produkte war auch dieses eine Originalgröße. Da meine Haut nicht die Beste ist, benutze ich sehr gern "Totes Meer"-Produkte (z.B. die Totes Meer Masken von Schaebens) und ich bin gespannt wie dieses Peeling ist. Aber erst muss ich mein Bodypeeling von Soap & Glory aufbrauchen, was noch nichtmal halbleer ist. | 1,99€/38ml



[EN]
This product made me laugh and I don't even know why. It's the essence "Lash Princess" mascara. Let's talk about the positive things first: The packaging is super cute and the brush looks like it could really help with volumizing your lashes.
But I'm not really confident of essence products in general. I have no idea why but I prefer spending more money on proper makeup products than on cheap things. Fluid essence makeup always made me look orange and their mascaras seemed to generally leave traces on my upper eye lids that's why I stopped using essence in my teenage years and I haven't used their products for about 5-6 years now.
I will try this one anyway. Mainly because I need a new mascara but also because I think that they maybe changed the quality of their products. | 3,29€/12ml

[GER]
Ich weiß nicht warum, aber als ich dieses Produkt in der Hand hatte, musste ich lachen. Es handelt sich um den "Lash Princess" Mascara von essence.
Vielleicht sollten wir uns zuerst mal auf die positiven Dinge konzentrieren: Die Verpackung ist total niedlich und das Wimpernbürstchen macht auf mich den Eindruck, dass es das Versprechen des Kreierens eines "umwerfenden Volumens" hält. Wir werden sehen. Ich werde es auf alle Fälle testen, da ich eh einen neuen Mascara benötige, auch wenn ich mir diesen hier nie selbst gekauft hätte, da ich von essence eigentlich überhaupt nicht überzeugt bin. Ich gehöre zu den Menschen, die lieber etwas mehr für gute Produkte als wenig für Trash ausgeben. Und essence Produkte wie flüssiges Makeup haben mich immer orange wirken lassen und Teile der Wimperntusche haben immer an meinem oberen Augenlid gehangen. Naja, ich werde es ausprobieren. Vielleicht ist die Qualität der essence Proukte besser geworden. Immerhin hab ich davon seit 5-6 Jahren nichts mehr benutzt, also bin ich gespannt | 3,29€/12ml


[EN]
What pisses me off about this "Love Me Green - Regenerating Night Face Cream" is its size. It's small. Super small. Ugh I don't even know what to say about this. I reckon that this will last for one week. Let's just hope it's worth the money it would cost when you buy it at a  store. But that's the thing about organic products, they demand to be paid.
And I kinda like the logo of this company. | 5,99€/15ml

[GER]
Was mich an der "Love Me Green - Regenerating Night Face Cream" wirklich aufregt, ist die Größe. jaja auf die Größe kommt's nicht an, aber irgendwie stört es mich, dass in der Dezemberbox wirklich kleine Originalgrößen sind. Hm. Ich vermute, dass das kleine Tübchen eine Woche lang halten wird. Jetzt hoffen wir mal, dass es das Geld wert wäre, wenn man sie im Laden kauft. | 5,99/15ml


[EN]
Yea well, one sentence: A face mask will always make me happy. | 2,95€/2x 5ml

[GER]
Nur ein Satz dazu: Mit einer Gesichtsmaske trifft man bei mir immer ins Schwarze. | 2,95/2x 5ml



[EN]
Yay, eyeshadow. This must be the tiniest palette I ever had and yes, I am a fan of nude eyeshadows but this is just a bad joke somehow... I mean... C'mon... It's Christmas... I can't even apply this with my Real Techniques because it's too tiny... | 4,99€

[GER]
Entschuldigung, aber das ist doch ein Witz... Diese Lidschattenpalette ist so mini. Ich mein, ich dachte ich sei klein, aber dann kam das. Ich kann nicht mal mit meinen Real Technique Brushes arbeiten um ihn aufzutragen... ugh... | 4,99€


BRACE YOURSELVES GUYS
OFF TO THE PRODUCT I WANTED TO THROW AGAINST MY WALL



[EN]

I have no clue how often I said this in only one post: Is this a joke? A really bad joke? In the last pink box related post I had something like this and said "I can't and won't use this" and now they gave me "L'Oreal Paris Studio Line #TXT Dandy" which is just like the other product only for straight hair this time. Wanna hear something funny? The girls at Pinkbox try to justify this by saying you can use it with long hair as well. Yea well, maybe you can (Sleek look) but let's be honest: Who wants to go out with a hairstyle that looks like your hair is greasy as pug? (Yes pug because no swearwords) I mean, if you get your hair styled like that because you're a model at the Paris fashion week, ok go on, that's fine but as long as you're a normal human being, you can't have that hairstyle and look good at the same time. No. No. No. | 4,99€/75ml

[GER]
Ja, es muss ein wirklich schlechter Witz sein. Im letzten Pinkbox Post hatte ich ein ähnliches Produkt und sagte: Ich kann es nicht nutzen. Und so ging es auch einer Menge anderer Mädchen, so wie ich es mitbekommn hab. Und jetzt mach ich die neue Box auf und habe #TXT Dandy drin. Diesmal also nicht für wellige sondern glatte Styles. Und die Mädels bei Pinkbox versuchen sich damit zu rechtfertigen, dass man das auch mit langen Haaren nutzen kann. Ja mag sein, denn es gibt den sogenannten Sleek Look, aber sein wir mal ehrlich: Wer möchte mit ner Frisur rausgehen, die aussieht, als wären die Haare fettig. Ich meine, bist du Model auf der Fashion Week in Paris und dir werden die Haare so gestylt, alles gut. Aber als Normalsterblicher kann man nicht solch eine Frisur haben und zur gleichen Zeit auch noch gut aussehen. Nein. Einfach nein. | 4,99€/75ml

[EN]
I know the whole post looks like a huge rant but I just had to be honest. It's December, Christmas is so close and I thought this pinkbox will be something special and I think it's just disappointing this time... Let's hope the next box will be better.

[GER]
Ich weiß, der gesamte Post schaut aus wie eine einzige Beschwerde, aber ich musste halt die Wahrheit sagen. Es ist Dezember und Weihnachten ist nah, da ist es doch klar, dass man höhere Erwartungen als sonst hat und ich fand diese Box halt einfach enttäuschend. Ich hoffe, dass die Januarbox besser wird...

12/03/2014

// Day off in Berlin

Hello lovely people ♥
First of all, I wish you guys all the best for your last chapter of 2014 and I hope it won't suck as much as the last months did haha

Anyway, December kicked off pretty decent for all students of my school (and as far as I'm concerned for all the other students in town) because December 1st was a day off and how do you celebrate these days when you just got money?

With shopping, yea. And that's pretty much what I did on Monday. During the "early hours" it was the most stressful Monday I had in a while because when I checked my bank account, I didn't have enough money and so I called my dad because he's the one who transfers my money every month and after like 1 hour he found out he accidentally transferred it to a wrong bank account and my mother had to lend me some (THANKS MUM!).
After that, I met up with a friend and we took the next train to Berlin.

When we got there, the first shop I had to go to was Lush. And I have to admit that I've been there before for only one time (and I was lurking in front of the one at Westfield's but I didn't get inside because I was afraid I'd spend too much money so it doesn't count) but this time I had to buy something I had seen in their catalogue: a bathbomb called "Granny Takes A Dip" and the casual bubblegum lip scrub I wanted to try so so bad (it tastes quite awesome, tbh). In the end, I paid about 14€ for these things and I think they're worth it as I don't go to Lush very often *cough* 2x in like 5 years *cough*

Then we went to the Mall Of Berlin because my friend who's really tall needed a new pair of jeans and she said there was a store that had jeans that would fit her.
Oh. My. God. Guys, the Mall Of Berlin has got to be sent from heaven. There's a MAC makeup store, Gina Tricot and a cute café which I unfortunately didn't get to check out but I will when I'm back in Berlin (maybe even next week bc fieldtrip YAY) and so many other stores. So many things, so little money, ya feel :(


Anyway, everything was so christmassy (is this even a word) and I L O V E D it! I haven't been that excited for Christmas for years but this year it's different and I wish I could spend my money on decorations but nah, I had to buy christmas presents for my family and friends (watch out for the next post) because I'm just a cool human being (no really!).

But of course, not everything I bought is meant to be a present. It's more like there are some things, that are presents for myself. From me. Yay hashtag no friends.


I think we should start with what's inside that beautiful pink Lush bag. It's, as I said previously, a lip scrub and the "Granny Takes A Dip" bathbomb. Can't say anything about these things because I haven't tried them (except for the lip scrub and it tastes so gooooood and it really helps! Soft lips are such a huge yay) but I'll write a review in the near future. I also got a special size of the "Rehab"-Shampoo for free and I can't wait for testing this as well.




Onto the next one. The next things I bought basically prove how white I am. Yea, I'm talking 'bout Starbucks. I'm not a coffee-person unless it contains cocoa in or loads of sugar (which I don't like either) that's why I always end up getting a chocolate Moccha and this time, I bought a bag of Starbucks house blend coffee (it's with COCOA!) and a Christmas Starbucks Tumbler... and the casual chocolate moccha just because I can and I was freezing my b*tt off.



And yea, somewhen that day, I ended up at Primark. I hate Primark unless it's the one in Oxford but this was the one in Berlin and it was just way too crowded but nevertheless I bought PJ leggins and holiday lights. I couldn't resist buying these two things because they were too cute



Almost done now!
I bought a simple choker at Gina Tricot (yea so grunge... I used to wear them in kindergarten back in the 90s hahaha) and two f*ckin awesome lipsticks at KIKO!
I finally got a black lipstick and it's perfect. I bought a dark purple MAC lipstick some time ago and I've been looking for a black one for such a long while and I'm so happy I finally found one that wasn't even expensive and is an awesome quality.




Sorry for my weird hand and the nailpolish sucked a lot *sigh*
I'll probably dedicate a whole post to those lipsticks just because they're totally worth it haha

Last but not least, I'd like to tell you about my fave product I purchased on Monday,
It's the Batiste dry shampoo and if you're from the UK, you probably know it and tried it before. Everytime I've been to London I wanted to get one but I always forgot about it even when I was at Boots or Superdrug and it was more of an accident that I found it at a German beauty shop. It was 4€ and I dunno how much they are in the UK but I thought it'd be a reasonable price and took it with me. I tried it today and I've got to admit it's the best dry shampoo I ever had. The ones I used before always made my hair look white and this one doesn't (or I just didn't see it because my hair is a bit lighter now haha) but I'd still recommend it to you guys :)


That's it.
I've planned some Christmas posts for the next days/weeks so you better stay tuned haha :)