// Review: Zoeva Rodeo Belle Eyeshadow Palette

Heyo lovely Internetians!

Welcome to another review.

When I ordered some Christmas presents the other day I just had to buy some stuff for myself as well.

Maybe as some kind of a pre-Christmas gift haha.

So therefore, I got the ZOEVA Rodeo Belle palette (17,99€), a ZOEVA primer, another NYX soft matte lip cream (6,99€) and the Real Techniques makeup sponge (5,99€).

You've probably noticed my love for eyeshadow palettes and lipsticks if you've been reading my posts for a while so that order shouldn't be surprising haha :D

Anyway, when I saw the Rodeo Belle palette I just HAD to buy it.

The shades are amazing and from what I've seen on other blogs, I was amazed by the pigmentation.

 Take a look at the swatches below (no eyeshadow base):

I was freaking excited to try it and I fell in love with this palette even more while applying the shadows onto my eyelid haha

I used the ZOEVA primer as a base for creating this, I kind of messed up the blending part in the end but I actually don't care because... just look at how high pigmented and pretty the shades are!

I used "Cactus Flower" all over the lid and blended in "Bang Bang" on the inner and outter corner.

I then added "Day Money" on the upper and lower lash line. 

Do you own any ZOEVA palettes?

I already know that "Rodeo Belle" won't be my last ZOEVA palette, but maybe my favourite ;)

x

// First impression: Essence LE Winter? Wonderful!

Hello Internetians!

It's December.

It's winter.

Christmas is on its way and everyone needs to get some presents for their loved ones (well, not me. I bought the last present yesterday so I guess I'm well-prepared :D)

And while I was on a stroll around our local drugstore I couldn't help but notice the latest essence le called "Winter? Wonderful!"

At first I thought "Why would you call your le that... winter is only wonderful as long as you don't have to go outside and face the cold."

Yea, you can see I'm not really fond of winter haha but anyway, I'm that kind of person who always falls for a cute packaging so I couldn't resist and got three items out of all those good-looking lippies, nail varnishes, blushes, highlighters, eyeshadows and hand balms.

As I'm a sucker for eyeshadow, I just HAD to buy the "all ice on me" eyeshadow palette (3,99€)

If you know me you probably also know about my struggle of finding THE perfect, highly pigmented white eyeshadow. The lightest shade of the naked smoky palette is my fave so far although I thought that there's a low budget eyeshadow that's almost as perfect as "Thirteen" because sometimes you only need one eyeshadow and not a whole palette. But since I wanted the naked smoky so bad...you know... :D

Anyway, I should have swatched this palette before buying as the lightest shades aren't that pigmented, tho the brown shadows are really good and I think overall they're very pretty.

And yes, I am sorry for the bad exposure but you know... it's winter, it gets dark earlier so I had to adjust lighting condition a bit.

(but I wrote some softboxes on my Christmas wishlist, so fingers crossed haha :D)

If there's enough time during my Christmas holidays I'll try to review this palette and also the other two pieces. As a whole makup look maybe :)

I also bought the "winter kissed cheeks" blush and the "you melt my heart" highlighter (2,99€ each).

I was looking for a powder highlighter for a while so I put that one in my basket in no time and the blush... it just looked very pretty haha I told you I'm a person who falls for a nice packaging very easily :D

I haven't tried them yet as I made myself an advent calendar (how sad is that hahaha but my bestie sent me one the other day and I cried THANK YOU ALINA) and they're a part of it :)

x

// Review: Urban Decay Naked Smoky

Hey ho Internet,

it's me again.

And I finally found enough time for testing my new baby and telling you about my first impression.

I've been curious about the new Naked palette by Urban Decay, I loved my Naked 3 because it's so rosey and pretty but I've been looking for something darker for a long, long time.

So when I heard about UD releasing a new palette, I was super excited and I just had to buy it.

The Urban Decay Naked Smoky is per-fect!

 The shades are awesome and they're high pigmented, but I'd always recommend an eyeshadow base just for making the shades pop out more and to prevent crumbling.

The first look I created with this is a simple, not-too-dark smokey eyes makeup which you'll find at the end of this post :)

Talking about the packaging I have to admit that this has to be my fave.

I mean, look at it. the smoke in the background... 

Also, the brush that comes with this palette is better than the one you get along with Naked 3.

The shades are called:

High-Dirtysweet-Radar-Armor-Slanted-Dagger-Black Market-Smolder-Password-Whiskey-Combust-Thirteen

Password, Whiskey, Combust and Thirteen are mattes and Black Market is such a pretty, satin-finish black and so far, they're my favourites.

Okay so for the first look I created, I used:

-Combust

-Whiskey

-Thirteen

-Black Market

First, I put some of Combust on the crease, followed by Whiskey, which i also used for creating a wing. Then I blended both of them as good as possible and continued with dabbing Thirteen on the lid, except on the outer corner.

For the outer corner and the lash lines, I used Black Market.

And it's all about blending haha

This is like the first time that I ever created a smokey eye that didn't look like pure shit haha

And excuse the bad quality..

It's just, I sit in front of my window when I'm taking photos for my blog and as it's autumn, it's just dark and grey all the time...

But I'll maybe get a ring light very soon so yeah...

Have a fab day

x

// Hey There!

Hello Internetians, long time no see!

It's been almost two months since I last uploaded something and I'm so sorry.

Like, really sorry.

For the past few weeks I was constantly thinking about what I should post next but I actually never had enough time for taking photos, writing etc. because my last year of school started and suddenly all our teachers were like "Private life? Who needs a private life when you can learn! Here, take this research paper, oh and this poem for analyzing, wait do you have enough tasks for math? Here, have some more." They literally went all Oprah on us.

But for now, I'm at home, ill.

I've been ill at this time of the year for quite a few years now and I hate it.

I hate it when my voice goes from normal to 90year-old man within seconds.

Saw the doc's on Tuesday and been taking medicine since the weekend before and I'm still not feeling 100% which means I'll have to go to the doctor's once more and I'll probably have to stay at home a bit longer. Staying at home is cool sometimes, like, when it's only a day because you're feeling shitty, but when you're feeling like shit for more than a week it just sucks because you know that there's a lot of stuff happening in school and you'll have to work a lot at home to catch up.

But anyway, being aware of all of this didn't keep me from things I wanted to do for a long time now:

Reading. And drawing.

My number one hobbies. 

Okay, yea, I do read a lot a day, like at the train station or during free periods but I never get to draw, which I think is really sad as I love drawing and I recently bought Faber Castell Polychromos but I haven't used them yet.

I had a huge canvas standing behind my TV and I originally wanted to draw the tattoos of the 1D boys on it but I started it in like 2012/2013 and since then they got more and more tattoos and Zayn left and I'm still not over this so I took black paint and as a result I had a black canvas.

Now I'm just going to draw white henna-ish flowers on it and it actually looks really nice at the moment.

It's not finished though as I had to stop at like 1am because I was just too tired and I didn't want to mess it up. Yesterday I didn't continue but started a new drawing: 

It's my brother's birthday in a few days and I'm broke af so I thought "Okay girl, your drawing skills aren't THAT  bad." and I started drawing...

And after a few hours I was done...

I'm just going to erase the grid and put it in a frame and I really hope he'll at least act as if he likes it :D

Oh and btw, I made a new Instagram dedicated to my drawings and artwork and I'd love it, if you could follow me on there: pencilcase.irwin 

I also bought a lot of new makeup so watch out for new reviews really soon :)

x

// Review: NYX Lipstick "Whipped Caviar"

Hello lovely Internetians,

As you may know I'm obsessed with lipsticks.

I always buy new ones although I barely wear them.

Okay, I actually wear them a lot just not for school haha

So yea, I recently bought a new lippy by NYX called "Whipped Caviar"

It's a matte, dark-ish pink(-nude), if that colour even exists haha

And it was something about 6-7€.

I saw it at Douglas and fell in love with the shade in the blink of an eye eventhough it's not 100% matte after applying.

Somehow the quality of the pics sucks a bit and I actually don't know why but I promise I'm going to fix it soon.

:)

// MAC Lipstick & Lipliner Swatches

Hello Internetians 

(yes, I just made that up but I'm gonna call you guys 'Internetians' from now on bc it's cool ok? ok.)

How are we all today?

Well, speaking for me I can say I'm freezing my butt off at the moment. 

I'm at my dad's, which is in the north of Germany, and it has been raining for days now, it's windy and just cold in general. And guess what?

I didn't take any pullovers with me when I was packing my suitcase.

Ugh. And I thought it's summer.

Anyway, I've been asked to blog about my MAC lipsticks and, as you probably read above, this will be today's post.

I don't have a lot as I'm not wearing them everyday but these lippies and lip liners are the loves of my life.

Starting with the lipliners:

These were 16€ each and actually, I love wearing plum and soar on their own, like without an actual lipstick.

But you should only do that after putting on some lip butter or else your lips will be really dry.

The lipsticks:

Diva - Honeylove - Velvet Teddy - Cyber - Brave

Each lipstick was about 20€.

 Diva.Honeylove and Velvet Teddy have a matte finish while Cyber and Brave are satin.

I usually wear Whirl with Velvet Teddy for creating the ultimate Kylie Jenner lips (as I'm a student and I can't afford plastic surgery this is the best way haha) or Soar and Brave.

My latest lipstick purchase was, as you can see or as you've seen on my Instagram, Diva and I've read that I could use Plum as a lipliner and I'm deffo going to try that :)

I'm going to dedicate a post about what they actually look like on my lips in the near future, maybe even combining it with a Kylie Jenner lips tutorial haha

// Introducing: Lifehacks! #1 Better skin

Hey Internet!

Yea, I'm still alive.

And I've got to apologize for not posting for weeks but school just took over my life. 

Anyway, I'm on summer holidays now which means enough time for blogging! YAY!

During the last few weeks of school I tried to think of new ideas what I could blog about besides hauls and reviews and I came up with some lifehacks.

They'll mostly be about healthy snacks but the first one will be different.

As you may know (and as I already said that multiple times), my skin simply sucks and is extremely sensitive. Having clear skin is something I've dreamed of for years.

Of course, you could say "Then why didn't you go see the dermatologist" but I'd answer "Because I'm insecure about my skin." 

I know I shouldn't be and I know that dermatologists deal with problems which are worse than my pimples and blackheads... But you know...

Anyway, I've found something which really helped me and I want to tell you guys.

First of all: I'm NOT a dermatologist. 

And I'm not sure if these things will work for you as well. 

Products I used:

The Body Shop Olive Cream Body Scrub

Yes, it's not explicitly for your face and it could be too irritating for your skin, that's what I thought as mine is sensitive af but it somehow worked for me haha

Just don't be too harsh while rubbing it onto your face :)

Balea Soft & Clear night moisturizer 

This creme contains zinc and salizylic acid, it mainly reduces facial redness.

In addition to these products you should focus on your eating behaviour.

I'm currently trying to cut short on sweets (had some chocolate today tho because it's my birthday haha) and fast food and I think it helped a lot eventhough I didn't change it because of my skin but because I felt like all that stuff made me sick (which it actually did).

So remember: eat healthy and drink lots of water, try The Body Shop body scrub and a moisturizer with a bit of salizylic acid and zinc.

:)

// Short shopping trip with dad

Hello Internet!

I'm so sorry for not posting for...well, it felt like I haven't posted in ages!

But a lot of (v v v awesome) things happened during the past weeks but I'll post about those things in the near future, so you better stay tuned ;)

Anyway, I went on a shopping trip with my dad and ended up buying some beauty products.

Just like always haha

 Unfortunately, I can't remember the exact prices but I'll tell you what I think how much these products were :'D

Batiste Dry Shampoo ~ 4€

I love Batiste so much, those dry shampoos are the best I ever had and they actually really work for about one day.

Sagrotan profresh shower gel ~ 2€

I heard a lot of positive things about this one so I decided to try it.

It smells like peaches and raspberries but I wouldn't say that the "I just took a shower" feeling lasts longer (which is what the ad actually promised)

Maybelline dream Wonder Nude ~ 10€

I was super curious about this fluid makeup.

My skin is really bad and during summer I don't feel like putting a lot of makeup on my face, as my skin gets worse and worse each time but on the other hand, I'd never go out without makeup.

This product claims to be lightweight (which it absolutely is) and  it has a satin finish.

Surprisingly, it really covers spots eventhough the texture is almost like water.

It feels, like you're not wearing makeup and I love it so much.

Deffo going to buy this again!

Maybelline Fit me! powder in 120 ~6€

I thought I should try Fit me! products again because I used to like them.

But this power isn't as good as I thought it was.

I need a powder with at least medium coverage and this one doesn't cover spots at all.

Going to use it until it's empty anyway :)

Maybelline Lash sensational ~ 10€

MY NEW MASCARA LOVE!

I didn't think that this mascara would be worth the hype.

But it SO is!

It really separates your lashes and they're just so beautiful in the end.

I LOVE IT!

Catrice eyebrow stylist ~ 2,50€

 I was tired of using eyebrow powder.

So now I'm using eyebrow powder AND an eyebrow pencil haha

Catrice eyebrow products are awesome, and I'd deffo recommend this one :)

DKNY delicious delights ~ 40€

Heaven in a bottle, guys!

This perfume smells like peaches (I love it so much omg) and it's so refreshing, you need to get yourself at least ONE of these.

The only thing that's a bit sad about this is the following:

It's an EDT.

Which means you won't be able to smell it as long as and EDP :(

We're done, guys!

I've been nominated for the "Liebster" Award so that's going to be my next post.

After that, there'll be a post about my 5SOS concert and some product reviews.

If you want a review one one or more products you've just seen: feel free to tell me :)

x

// Best Surprise EVER?!?

Greetings Internet!

Last week has been a "I hate everything"-one.

Monday explains itself, on Tuesday I had to write an English test (had to write 180 minutes about US immigrants) and there was a rail strike.

Again.

It was like the 8th strike in 10 weeks or so?

As I'm from a small village and as I don't have a driver's license I depend on trains.

So that's why I had some kind of a three-days-holiday last week which I spent revising for my French and German tests. Ugh. Still not feeling well-prepared tbh

Anyway, on Wednesday, day 1 of my three-days-holiday I had the pleasure of receiving a small Amazon parcel and an envelope. 

I was a bit confused as I hadn't ordered anything from Amazon for a while but at the same time, I was curious about what's inside so I opened the envelope at first.

And found 2 Instax films.

I have to be honest: I almost started crying tears of joy.

You need to know that I didn't have an Instax then. I only asked my dad if we still had our old polaroid camera but he told me it was broken so then I asked him to look around and tell me how much Instax' are in shops and I'd then decide whether I should get one in a store or online.

You can probably guess what I found in the parcel.

A Fujifilm instax mini 8.

So that was the moment when I actually started crying haha

The Amazon parcel was well padded and the instax itself was put in bubble wrap just like the batteries. 

The instant films were delivered in a envelope that had bubble wrap on the inside.

None of the items arrived damaged.

But I don't know if the camera works as I haven't tried it yet.

Instax films are expensive and I'm saving them for my 5SOS concert next week haha

Anyway, I guess it'll work just fine :)

So that's my new baby along with my two Nikons and a Canon haha :)

Do you own an instax or even an old polaroid camera?

I wish our old one would still work.

I used to love taking pics with it when I was a child.

X

// Mini drugstore haul + mini review

Hey Internet,

it's May. Finally. 'Finally' as in "it's finally time for spending some money at the drugstore again".

It's just some kind of a habit that I have.
I just always head to the drugstore during the first three days of a new month haha

I'm a huge superdrug addict but we don't have any stores here in Germany, which is kinda sad.
Like, i love superdrug (and boots) so much because of all the makeup stuff they sell there which I'm only able to buy by ordering it online and I'm not a fan of ordering beauty stuff online as I want my makeup asap!!!
So that's why I always end up strolling through DM which is kind of the German equivalent of superdrug. Just not as cool.

Anyway, I'm going to show you what I bought and I even kept the receipt so I'll even let you know how much I paid for these things.

As you can see, it's the obvious makeup/ hair care stuff haha

I know I said it in other posts but I feel like I have to say it again:
I love face masks.
From left to right:
pore cleansing facial mask - 0,45€
peel off mask - 0,45€ (just tried one, not sure if it was helpful, tho)
dead sea mask - 0,45€

Garnier Nutrisse Creme 101 pearl blonde - 2,95€

Yeah, my purple hair is slowly fading. But I loved it. Bringing it back very very very very ... soon :)

Garnier Fructis Oil Repair - 5,95€

A lot of people recommended this one to me, so I though I should give it a try.

Dove go fresh - 1,65€

Balea bodyspray Golden Shine - 2,45€

The bodyspray just smells heavenly! And it literally covers you in gold haha

Balea Blemish Balm BB Creme - 2,95€
Catrice All Matt plus makeup in 010 light beige - 6,45€ (my fave drugstore makeup!)
Catrice Allround Concealer - 3,45€
Catrice All Matt plus powder in 010 - 3,45€

Catrice Glamour Doll mascara - 3,95€
Actually, I thought this mascara would be great as a lot of people told me positive things about it so I decided to try this. Will this one be my new favourite mascara?
Keep scrolling to find out ;)

Catrice Eyeliner Pen - 2,95€

Maybelline Brow Satin Duo in med. brown - 7,85€
The pug... I paid 7,85€ for this?
Hahaha I just couldn't figure out the price at the store and thought it won't be that expensive.
Wow. I'm kind of surprised right now.

Anyway, I heard a lot of good things about the mascara, the brow duo and the eyeliner so I had to try them as soon as I came home:

First of all:
After trying these products, all I can say is that they're worth the money.
Glamour Doll mascara: It's an "okay" mascara. I love how your lashes are deeeeeep deeeeep black after using it but they're not that volumized.
I'm usually using Lash Princess by essence and it's still my favourite mascara. It makes your lashes longer and seperates them better than Glamour Doll does and I think they both have the same price.
Catrice Eyeliner Pen: It's just that kind of eyeliner pen I wanted. But it isn't waterproof. Found that out while I was chopping onions ;)
Maybelline Brow Satin Duo: MY NEW LOVE! I love it! I love how it has an eyebrow pen and and eyebrow powder and it's perfect for creating that faded look.

What are your favourite drugstore brands?
Mine are simple, Catrice and Maybelline haha :)