// Review: essence - How To Make Brows Wow

Hello once again, lovely Internet!

I haven't uploaded a proper product review for ages now so I thought it's about time for changing this.

This review will be about the eyebrow kit "How to make brows wow" by essence.

I bought it a few weeks ago as I thought I should give essence another chance after proving me their quality changed for the better during the past 5 years and I needed a new eyebrow powder.

Hi Internetmenschen!

Ich hab seit einer Weile keine Review mehr geschrieben und war der Meinung, dass sich das dringend ändern muss also hab ich das Augenbrauen Kit "How to make your brows wow" von essence herausgekramt (Nicht wirklich, ich benutze es seit Tagen :D)

Ich hab es bereits vor einigen Wochen gekauft, da ich es nochmal mit essence versuchen wollte, nachdem sie mich davon überzeugt haben, dass sich die Qualität der Produkte innerhalb der letzten 5-6 Jahre zum Besseren verändert hat.

Außerdem brauchte ich ein neues Augenbrauenpuder.

The packaging is really cute. It's a small box with tiger stripes on the outside and on the inside, there's a small mirror as well as paw prints.
There are three eyebrow powder shades called "love blondes", "love 'em all" and "love brunettes" as well as a highlighter called "lift me up!".
I'm filling in my eyebrows with either "love 'em all" or "love brunettes" as my eyebrows are a bit dark and these shades make my eyebrows look a bit more natural and less drawn on than the other powder I used before.

Die Gestaltung der kleinen Box ist ziemlich gelungen und niedlich: Außen Tigerstreifen, innen zusätzlich noch ein kleiner Spiegel und Pfotenabdrücke.
Die drei Puder heißen "love blondes", "love 'em all" und "love brunettes", außerdem beinhaltet dieses Kit noch einen Highlighter namens "lift me up".
Da meine Augenbrauen von Natur aus etwas dunkler sind, benutze ich entweder "love 'em all" oder "love brunettes". Ich weiß nicht warum, aber irgendwie wirken die Farben sehr natürlich beim Tragen und nicht so "aufgemalt".

// Glasgow Shopping Haul

Hello Internet!

Today's post will be all about the amazing things I bought during my days in Glasgow.

I saved some money for this occasion and I think I spent it really well. 

This will be kinda short and if you guys want me to write a review on any of these products let me know. You can either comment, tell me on Insta (@cobains_mxth) or send me an email (thebloggingone@outlook.com) :)

You'll now get to see see the things I bought, where I bought them and how much they were. 

After a huge wave of pictures I'll comment on some things :)

Headband: Claire's|£5

Flowercrown: Primark | £4

Smashbox Step-By-Step Contour Kit: Boots|£35

Anchorman - Two Movie Set: HMV|£7,99

Sherlock Season 3: HMV|£8,99

Polka Roll-On Perfume: Primark|£2

Midnight Kiss Roll-On Perfume: Primark|£2

Revolution Eyeshadow Pallette Essential Mattes: Superdrug|£4

Maybelline Baby Lips Dr Rescue: Superdrug|£3,49

Real Techniques Core Collection: Boots|£21,99

Benefit Full Glam Ahead: Boots|£9,95

Batiste Dry Shampoo XXL volume: Superdrug|£1,97

One Direction You & I 50ml Perfume + 150ml Bodylotion: Watt Brothers|£9,99

Tartan Scarf: The Woolen Mill|£10

Dr Who Key Tag: WHS|£1,99

24 Sharpies: WHS|£8,49

GOSH Cosmetics Foundation + Mascara: Sea Shop|Forgot the price

I'm going to start with the GOSH cosmetics makeup.

I bought those two things because I forgot my makeup bag when we left our coach in order to enter the ferry and I hate being around people when I'm not wearing makeup.

I went straight upstairs and headed to the seashop, took a foundation and a mascara and when I wanted to pay for them, the saleswoman told me there's that special offer that when you buy 2 GOSH products you'd get a free makeup bag.

I love makeup bags.

I just didn't know that there was a surprise inside until I sat down somewhere and took a look at the bag.

It had a blush, nailpolish, lipstick and an eyeliner inside. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?

The colours are awesome, except for the eyeliner. It's like turquoise and I don't think I'm ever going to wear it :D

Another special offer were the Sharpies.

They usually are about £17 but they had that offer at WH Smith that if you buy anything, you'd get them for £8,49.

So I decided to get a TARDIS key tag as well :D

And I am aware that the Real Technique Core Collection kit is a bit cheaper at Superdrug, but when I saw them at Boots I didn't feel like going back to Superdrug just for those brushes.

Plus the difference is only like £1 or so.

That's it for today.

If you want me to write a review on any of these products (even on the turquoise eyeliner) feel free to tell me :)

BTW, my reviews will be in English and in German from now on :)

x

// Trip to Glasgow

Hey Internet,

I'm back from a very short school trip to Glasgow/Scotland and let me just say one thing:

I think I fell in love with Scotland. 

It's such a picturesque country and the people there are so nice and aaaah!

I can't wait to go back.

It took us a while to get there since we went to Scotland by bus and ferry but it wasn't as exhausting as I thought it would be. 

We even had cabins on the ferry where we could get some sleep while we were waiting for our arrival in Amsterdam and Newcastle.

They were really small, especially the bathrooms but luckily, I'm not claustrophobic.

The only thing I didn't like about this school trip was that I didn't get to take as many pictures as I wanted to as we drove by a lot of beautiful, mystical and magical landscapes such as waterfalls in the woods and breathtaking cliffs.

So that's why I'll have to go back on my own once I have my driver's licence.

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the pictures I took during the last week :)

The next post will probably be a haul about the things I bought in Glasgow :)

All pictures were taken by me with my Nikon D3200 or my iPhone :)

Do you have a favourite country?

Which one?

Mine are probably England and Scotland :)

// Life isn't always a bowl of cherries

Hello Internet!

This will be my very first "venting"-post as a lot of things happened during the past weeks, months and years and I somehow have that voice in my head telling me to write about it.

Long story short: This will be a long text and only one or two pics in the end haha

I don't even know why I'm blogging about this and I know a lot of people will say I should have kept things to my mind but wanna know a secret? I kept a lot of things to myself for too long and at some point, it feels like everything just adds up to a huge blanket of self-doubts and sadness and you become some sort of a human burrito.

Have you ever seen a human burrito?

Nope, you haven't.

And that's why human burritos feel alone.

Okay, I know nothing of the above made sense but if you somehow got the point, we should probably talk.

We'd be great friends.

The main reason why I'm writing this is probably my mother's 2nd wedding. She's going to get married to her boyfriend in May (One day before my 5SOS concert. How great is that...). They'd been together for about 12 years now and yea, if you're not that bad at math, you found out he's not my dad.

Maybe that's the reason why the thought of her getting married to him puts me in some sort of a sad mind palace (If you got that "mind palace" thing, we should deffo become friends).

I even started crying when she told me about it. Very mature, aren't I?

It's just like.. I've always been more of a "daddy's girl", tbh.

But unlike the common definition of a "daddy's girl" I'm neither "spoilt" nor "bratty". I just get along well with him whereas I'm constantly arguing with my mother and this has been going on for years (even my 7th.10th grade teacher noticed it oops) so this prolly led to me hiding my feelings and I even stopped talking to her for a while. I even moved in with my dad for a few months.

But after crying in front of her about the wedding and everything that had been on my heart for so long things got better.

Kinda unbelievable haha 

I could also talk about that guy that broke my heart last year.

He's the biggest load of f*ckin bullf*ck ever.

Even my best friend hates him after all this stuff. 

Haha done.

This is one thing I've learnt after he had left my life:

Never ever trust a guy.

Don't tell him you love him until you're 100% sure he's THE one.

And even if you think you're 100% sure, you probably aren't.

And you should always keep one thing in your mind:

if you're ever feeling down because of school, friends, love etc and you just feel like crying:

Cry.

It's not a sign of weakness, it actually relieves you.

Cry as long as you want, dry your tears and find something that makes you happy.

It could be something small like having a coffee at Costa or Starbucks with your closest friend (or even alone! It's not too bad to do something on your own) or just taking a walk and listening to music or you could save some money and do something you've always wanted to do. Ever wanted to go to Paris for a few days? Do it. 

Just don't necessarily skip school for this. Wait until you're on holidays haha

So that's it for today.

The next posts will be my original "theme" again.

Either a recipe or a review. Not sure yet haha

Hope you guys have/had a wonderful day and remember:

If you ever need someone to talk, I'm always online :)

x

// Still Alive

Hi Internet!

I hope everyone survived Valentine's Day.

It's actually that day of the year I hate the most just because I don't see the point of it. 

Like, if you love someone you should be able to show it everyday not just on this particular day.

But that's just my opinion. I spent Saturday cleaning my room. 

So no love for me haha

Anyway, I'm ill once again.

My cousin came over the other day and she took her two daughters with her and the youngest had the flu or something and my mum was ill the day after they were here and now, about one week later it seems to be my turn. Ugh.

I stayed at home today and I'll probably do the same tomorrow as school was a torture yesterday and I feel like my head is going to explode and I'm just not feeling well in general.

That's why I rather stay at home for 2-3 days and try to cure this than go to school and end up sick for 3 weeks which would be really unfortunate as I'm going to Glasgow in 18 days (!!!! SO EXCITED :D) and I really don't want to miss this trip.

I bought myself some tulips yesterday. Yea, I buy myself flowers. But I just needed something to cheer me up a bit and tulips are my fave flowers.

So what I did all day was staying in bed, taking some pics of those pretty tulips, drinking tea, reading a book and watching TV with my mum.

I shouldn't have gotten downstairs to watch TV tho. I'm feeling worse now :C

What I've planned for this blog during the next weeks are some makeup reviews, a few recipes (like smoothie recipes, cakes, etc :) ) and a "Let's get ready for Glasgow" post.

And of course a huuuuuge post about Glasgow once I'm back at home. Maybe I'll even film a new YouTube video as I really miss being active on there haha

That's all for now, hope you guys make it through the flunami.

X

// Top 3: January Faves

Hello Internet people,

I'm sorry for not posting during the past week but I felt ill from Monday to Friday, mostly because almost everyone at school is sick and they're coughing the whole time and I'm just vulnerable to diseases but I only caught a cold so "yay" haha

As January is finally over, I decided to tell you guys which 3 things helped me surviving a month of snow, rain and ew-weather in general in a very short post.

The first thing was a fluffy light blue scarf I bought at H&M for about 15€ (didn't find it on hm.com I'm sorry :().

It has to be my fave scarf ever as it kept me warm everyday and it's still fluffy after taking it out of the washing machine haha :D 

The other two products are my beloved eos lip balms: summer fruit and sweet mint.

Both of them are really moisturizing and their taste is awesome just like their scent. Sweet mint tastes like After Eight somehow and I L O V E After Eight haha 

// "Jackpot January"-Pinkbox

Happy New Year!

I know, I'm late but I've been very busy lately and I just didn't have enough time for blogging.

Which means I've got a lot of things to blog about now haha :)

My first post in 2015 will be about my January Pinkbox. This will be my last pinkbox review for a while as I discontinued my subscription because I need to save some money for my trip to Glasgow in March.

If you've read my review about my December Pinkbox, you know I didn't like it at all. And I'm relieved to say: The latest Pinkbox made up for the disappointment last month.

[EN]

First 2/5 products are body lotions. One of them is an in-shower body moisturiser which I haven't tried yet because I always forget taking it with me when I go downstairs for taking a shower. But I'm in love with it's scent haha :D

The other one is treaclemoon's "My Coconut Island". I already said this when I had a coconut body lotion in an earlier box: I don't like coconut-scented stuff. The one I got from The Body Shop was surprisingly awesome but this one just isn't my cup of tea... It's too sweet and nah... but it's a 500ml bottle and idk what to do with it :(  | Treaclemoon - My Coconut Island about 4€/500ml  Balea - In-shower body lotion 2,45€/400ml

[GER]

Die ersten 2 der 5 Produkte waren Bodylotions. Eine davon ist ähnlich der Nivea In-Dusch Lotion, nur von Balea. Getestet hab ich sie noch nicht, da ich sie immer in meinem Zimmer vergesse wenn ich zum Duschen ins Bad gehe. Aber allein vom Duft her ist sie empfehlenswert :D

Die zweite ist eine große Flasche My Coconut Island von treaclemoon. Ich hab's schon mal gesagt und ich sag es ein weiteres Mal: Kokosnuss ist grenzwertig in Kosmetikprodukten. Entweder man mag es oder nicht, ich mag es leider gar nicht. Die Lotion von The Body Shop hat mir überraschenderweise sehr gut gefallen aber die treaclemoon Version ist meiner Meinung nach zu süß und aufdringlich. Da es aber die große 500ml Version ist, weiß ich absolut nicht was ich damit anstellen soll ;/ | Treaclemoon - My Coconut Island about 4€/500ml  Balea - In-shower body lotion 2,45€/400ml

[EN]

I have no idea what to say about toothpaste, to be honest :D

I know I wanted to try this one for a while but it was a bit too expensive for me so yeah. Looking forward to this one :D | Sensodyne - 4,99€/100ml

[GER]

Was soll man über Zahnpasta sagen? :D Kann nicht schädlich sein, immer noch ne neue Tube zuhause zu haben. Und diese wollte ich eh mal testen, aber der Preis war mir immer ein bisschen zu happig. | Sensodyne - 4,99ml/100ml

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Last but not least, I found a NYC lipgloss in my box. It's such a lovely colour. I have no idea why but when it comes to lipgloss I prefer brownish colours and this one is perfect + really moisturising. | NYC Extreme Lip Glider Lipgloss - 5,50€

[GER]

Als letztes Produkt hab ich einen NYC lipgloss gefunden. Die Farbe ist perfekt, da ich in Sachen Lipgloss immer eher auf bräunliche Farben stehe. Zudem spendet das Gloss auch noch Feuchtigkeit. Meiner Meinung nach ein Topprodukt :) | NYC Extreme Lip Glider Lipgloss - 5,50€

[EN]

Oh, seems like I forgot one of the products.

It's a hand cream and it has to be my fave product this month. I love the scent and it's so moisturising. | HBC - Natura Aloe Vera Handcreme - 5,95€/75ml

[GER]

Asche auf mein Haupt, ich hab ein Produkt vergessen. Eine Handcreme, die definitiv mein Lieblingsprodukt ist. Der Geruch ist mega angenehm und sie spendet viel Feuchtigkeit. Perfektes Produkt für diese Jahreszeit. | HBC - Natura Aloe Vera Handcreme - 5,95€/75ml

xx