Sunday, January 20, 2013

First Giveaway! - RO only

   Într-un final, am ajuns şi la primul giveaway, după ce l-am amânat prea mult, la fel ca şi alte postări. Dar asta ştiaţi deja, din moment ce îmi cer scuze în mod repetat pentru absenţă dar, spre ruşinea mea, nu prea se schimbă nimic, din cauza programului meu care e din ce în ce mai încărcat, săracul... :P

   Dar să trecem la subiect! Primul meu giveaway intenţionam să-l organizez de ziua blogului meu care a fost pe 28 noiembrie, când a împlinit un an. Însă harababura din program m-a făcut cumva să sar peste acest eveniment... Dar mai bine mai târziu decât niciodată! Iar drept premiu, în colaborare cu firma de produse cosmetice organice din ingrediente naturale Biorigine,  un ulei de masaj tentant Shanti Spirit , care îţi va încânta în mod sigur simţurile. Eu una sunt foarte mulţumită de efectele uleiurilor de masaj, de aceea am şi ales această colaborare ca şi giveaway aniversar (întârziat :-s).


Descriere oficială:

" Reconfortant, armonizant, cu un parfum exotic, subtil si incantator.
Compozitia de uleiuri esentiale dulci si fructate de Portocale , Verbina si Ylang-ylang , renumite pentru calitatile lor de a aduce bucuria de a trai si entuziasm, reconforteaza si aduce un moment de buna dipozitie.
NU CONTINE PARABENI
NU CONTINE CONSERVANTI

Cantitate: 100 ml
Pret: 85 Lei "


Ce trebuie să faceţi pentru a participa?

- să daţi Like paginii de Facebook Biorigine aici: https://www.facebook.com/Biorigine?fref=ts
- să daţi Like paginii mele de Facebook aici: https://www.facebook.com/pixiedustvisuals
- să-mi urmăriţi blogul prin GFC
- să daţi Share acestei postări pe Facebook sau să faceţi o postare care să trimită la acet giveaway, dacă aveţi blog  (amândouă dacă doriţi, dar nu e obligatoriu)

- să-mi lăsaţi comentariu la această postare, cu numele GFC şi numele de Facebook, linkul unde aţi dat share pe facebook/ link către postare, şi adresă de mail (dacă aveţi Facebook, nu e obligatoriu).

Voi anunţa câştigătoarea pe data de 26 ianuarie, adică sâmbăta viitoare. În ceea ce priveşte alegerea acesteia, mă voi lăsa pe mâna random.org, după care voi face imediat o postare şi o voi contacta şi prin mail sau facebook. Dacă nu îmi răspunde în maxim 24 ore, voi alege o altă câştigătoare.

Baftă!!! :D

x







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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Review: ANIAN Liquid Keratine

   Hails! I received this product around midsummer from Triodeluxe , to review. As I said before, I need a lot of time to form an opinion about a hair product, because as damaged as my hair is, it needs lots of time to react to a product and especially to show some difference. 


   ANIAN Liquid Keratine is a product that contains ingredients that are identical to the ones in the hairs, being the more effective the more worn out your hair is. It promises to repair damaged hair and prevent dandruff. 
It is applied on towel-dried hair, massaged delicately, combed and blowdried, since the active ingredients in the product need heat to be effective



Pros:
- nice effect, leaves the hair shiny and feeling strong
- pleasant smell
- the quantity; 250 ml is a lot, it will be enough for a while, I mostly spray 4 times everytime I use it, parting my hair in two, so: 2 on the length, and 2 on the ends. It isn't good to exaggerate with it! You can see in the picture how little is used up in about half a year, and I used it with almost every wash.
- I didn't experience dandruff anymore, not even from the tons of hairspray.

Cons: 
- I guess the effects regarding more volume and less hairloss is a bit less than I expected; my hair is awful and looks horrible already the next day after a wash, regardless if I use the Keratine or not. Guess I just need to find a miracle product that can help change that, or maybe this product will improve my hair even more with some more time.




The other ANIAN product was this Intensive Two-phase Hydrorepair leave-in conditioner spray, that I already reviewed HERE!


I truly consoder this one a miracle product, for my dry, damaged, frizzy ends, as you can read in the review :)

Have you tried these products or others from Triodeluxe? Please feel free to share your opinion, commenting below! x




*Note! Reviews contain my personal honest opinion about the product. 




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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Review: GOSH Smokey Eyes Palette

   Happy holidays, everyone! 
Frankly, I am not such a big fan of holidays and stuff, so I didn't make a huge fuss out of it, but I did enjoy the parties, family, boyfriend and friends so far!
Now I will finally review the palette GOSH were nice enough to send me, along with other amazing products. Eventhough they chose the products and colors for me, they nailed it pretty well, this is 03 Plum! Along with blacks and greys, I use natural shades mostly, especially at the moment. More like, I combine black with natural shades.
Now, the name of the palette is 'smokey eyes'. To be honest, the shades don't really satisfy my expectation of smokey eyes, since I mostly use much darker tones to be more or less 'smokey'. But this palette is enough for those who seek for a less bold and more subtle smokey eyes look. Though I love the darkest shade, and combined with black eyeliner and/ or black eyeshadow in the outer corners/ crease, it works very well! I use the rest of them as highlighters, which they are amazing for.


Pros:

- natural-looking, no excess of shimmer
- beautiful colors; the lightest ones work as awesome highlighters for me, and the darkest one works for a smokey look, especially 'tuned up' with some black (this is subjective though, since when we talk 'smokey' I prefer something very intense)
- easy to blend, didn't experience much fallout either.
- lasts pretty well, didn't crease (and I wore it just with concealer, no primer).

Cons: 

- the colors are a bit sheer, which is not necessarily bad, but I need more layers for good coverage
- the two darker colors are a little bit dusty, as you can see below and in the swatches
- as I said, the resistence is pretty good, though I need to find a new primer since I am out of primer, and then I can judge more fairly if the lasting will get from ok to amazing. :D




All in all, I really like it and would try their grey-black version of this palette too. I am thankful to GOSH for allowing me to review this product! Soon I'll review the last two of the GOSH package, the mascaras, which are my favourites from what they have sent me! 

Did you try this palette or any GOSH palette? 
p.s. As I said, I need to get a new primer, and I've got my eyes set on the one by Avon, does anyone have an opinion about that one yet? Please tell me! x



*Note! Reviews contain my personal honest opinion about the product. 




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   Now I'll leave you with a song that I love, from a band that I love, and the title of the song is the same as a movie that I love (even if I am not really into vampire stories, but the old Lost Boys is great).





Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Aaaand...GOSH HAUL + Velvet Touch Lipstick Review!

   Hello, dears! I am behind on everything....EVERYTHING! This humble beauty-blog is just one of them, still I need to recover with a storm of posts and try to make up for the lost time. Let me tell you a few words about my absence; I attended an international theatre festival for about two weeks, from the end of November until the 7th of December, in another city (Cluj). It would have lasted a few days more, but I came home earlier for my boyfriend's birthday, which I wouldn't have missed for anything in the world. That lasted almost 4 days, in a warm cottage with some friends, food and drinks, and of course loud music! Then, I have tons and tons of work to get done on a huge pile of texts, which kind of takes up all my time, trying to improve my Swedish (alone) for a potential job, plus boyfriend-time. See, he was another one of life's extreme surprises. I was really stubborn about not getting involved with anyone for a while, and mind my own business which I have plenty of. We've known eachother for many years, at least 5-6. We've always had something going on and I always drooled over him and cared about him, but didn't think we'd work, for certain reasons. But now we found eachother again and I am happier than ever! 

   Ok, enough girl talk and gossip! Just wanted to update you girls. A few weeks ago, I received some products from GOSH Denmark. Needless to say, I love each and every one of them with all my heart!! 

I was more than satisfied with the packaging, details can change a lot when it comes to forming an opinion, in my case! All the products were individually wrapped in beautiful black paper, and there was also a handwritten greeting card, cute! Here's what I got:


- GOSH Smokey Eyes Palette in 03 Plum
- GOSH Boombastic XXL Volume Mascara, black
- GOSH Catchy Eyes Mascara, black
- GOSH Velvet Touch Lipstick in 150 Kitten Pink




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Review - GOSH Velvet Touch Lipstick


   So, one of the four GOSH products I got is this lipstick, I've decided to include the review of one of the products in this post, because it will be raining posts on this blog these days, hopefully. First of all, I must say that if I would've been asked to choose the products I want, I never would have chosen a pink lipstick. I don't use lipsticks too much, pink ones even less, since I am not really the pinkie type. But surprise! I actually like this one! There is one light pink shade that I can pull off, the warm-toned pink. I mostly apply only a little bit, dab it on a balm for just a tint of color and it's an amazing effect, especially with brownish smokey eyes. However, wearing it 'full-on' is also neat, let me tell you why;


The shade is nr. 150 Kitten Pink.



Pros:

- eventhough it's a matte, bright color, it doesn't make fine wrinkles or cracks obvious (cracked lips being very possible this season). On the contrary, I have the feeling it hides them

- nourishing and moisturizing, unlike most matte lipsticks I've tried

- it's creamy, yet it lasts very well!

- the packaging; it is simple and classy, matte black in combination with shiny black, and there's the GOSH logo engraved in the lipstick itself, which is an extra cute detail!

Cons:

- I am usually a bit disappointed when companies don't ask us to pick out the products they are about to send for testing, so in the beginning I thought I won't have much use of this lipstick, but I've discovered it's great pluses, so this was a con just initially, now I don't have any complaints! 

Thank you, GOSH!

Have you tried this lipstick or any other GOSH products? x

*Note! Reviews contain my personal honest opinion about the product. 




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Friday, November 23, 2012

Lucy Minerals goodies!

   Heya dears! I got yet another package yesterday, from Lucy Minerals! Was anxious to get them, and I have to go to another city for packages that are delivered from outside the EU...but I went anyway, to bring my babies home. I was simply delighted to find so many mineral pigments, awesome colors, ALL of them! I swatched the colorful ones (blushes and eyeshadows) and they are divine, I promise you that! Also got a cute little handwritten card with kind words - LOVE these sweet details!! There are a bunch of foundations/powders, bronzers/blushes, and eyeshadows - two of them shimmery and one glittery (very interesting; dark red with turqoise glitter).

Here are some pics so you can see what I am talking about, swatches and reviews to follow soon!










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