Beauty Flea Market 2012!!

On Sunday, the second Beauty Flea Market will take place in Vienna and it's going to be AWESOME:

I just went through my stash and chose everything I am willing to give a new home. *g* I'm gonna show it to you, so you get an idea *gg* The lipsticks are missing, but other than that, this is everything and it's a lot..

Of course I had help :-) :

Nails:

Eyes:

Palettes:

Blush/Contour:

Brushes:

Lipgloss:

Shadowsticks/ Cream Eye Pencils:

Miscellaneous:

Hair:

Body:

All of the items I'll be selling are new, unused or only used once or twice. :-) If you're interested in one of them and want some details, let me know in the comments. 

So, if you have time - visit us on Sunday. I'm sure many treasures will be there waiting just for you!

Love,

Guinevere

Essie - Tard Deco

Being sick while it's nice outside is weird.. 

So, let's look at something pretty! This was in my mums last Glossybox and she was so kind to give it to me. :-) I love it!

Love,
Guinevere

My Self-made Gel Nails Journey

Remember when I showed you the gel nail kit? *click*

As mentioned in this post, I decided to start doing my gel nails myself. Getting refills every three weeks (in my case two, cause my nails grow so freakishly fast) is too expensive for me in the long run and most of the studios I went to did a bad job anyway.

Wanna see my first full refill? Here it is:

Pretty bad-ass right?? *gg* I think I did a great job. :-) I'm sooo happy that I bought the starter set.

Before this complete refill, I did several "small" ones which mainly consisted of repairing and evening out.

A rookie mistake I already learned from: I focused so badly on not getting the gel onto my cuticles that I only applied tiny amounts of gel on the edges which resulted in peeling and breaking of the gel. The were too weak to last, as soon as I put loads on the edges (still avoiding the cuticles) they were rock-solid.

So, what do you think? Like them? 

Love,

Guinevere

NOTD: China Glaze - Bahamian Escape

Something summery :-)

Just lovely!

Love,

Guinevere

Origins A Perfect World BB Cream Review

Hey lovelies,

I recently had the pleasure to test Origins new BB cream. It's a new product Origins just released and I was truly excited. The VitaZing cream always reminded of a BB cream, but it wasn't labelled as such and too orange for me anyway. Here's how their BB cream looks:

Well, when I opened it I was kinda shocked. It looks really quite dark. It's the shade light/medium and the lightest we (Austria) have:

Of course in the United States they do have a light version.. I knew it!:

I'll never understand who decides which shades we get.. Definitely someone who has never been to Austria. We certainly could use the lightest shade.

I distributed it and surprisingly it adapted quite well:

Let's look at it on my face. 

Before:

After:

I REALLY only used a tiny amount. Still, there's a light orange tone to my face. If the lightest shade would be available here I think it would fit perfect.

One day I was in a hurry and used the amount I normally would use and I looked like an orange.. It was so bad I had to wash it off immediately. :-/

It does moisturize very well, even the mini-amount, and that feeling lasts all day, which is amazing. I just wish the tone would work on me.. without needing to really watch how much I apply. I would definitely say it's more a face cream than make up, but it evens out your skin great and not just for one hour. For the whole day!

Check it out, cause it's a great product, just make sure it's really the right tone for you!

Love,

Guinevere

This product was given to me for review.

Origins Peace of Mind On-the-spot-relief or My Savior!

I wanted to do this review for ages, but with all the LE's floating around it always got pushed back. Since we all have exam weeks at Uni at the moment, I just had to post it, cause it saved me more than once. *gg*

But what is it? 

This little guy is a spot-on treatment against an exploding head, when you feel like your brain's going to burst any minute - and it really works! That's what Origins says about it:

"When the world closes in on you and your head feels a size too small, apply just two dabs of Origins mind-clearing formula on the back of your neck, temples and earlobes. You'll feel a tingling sensation as pressure, tension and tightness begin to melt away".

I use it a bit differently. The way my favorite Origins girl taught me to:

Put one pump (it's really enough!! I used two pumps at the beginning, but it was always too much) on your index finger, massage it between your index fingers and inhale it three times. Massage it into your temples three times, three times on the back of your neck just below your hairline and three times into your earlobes. To finish the treatment, inhale it again. 

After about 10 minutes all the stress and tension built up in your head dissolves. It's incredible. I bought it while walking through the Donauzentrum shopping center. They have an Origins counter and for about 14€ it was worth a try. I didn't expect much, but I applied it and ten minutes later my headache was gone. 

Of course you have to distinguish between a headache out of stress or a headache, because you're sick. When you're sick this won't be enough, but you can't expect that. 

Especially, during my exam weeks this saved me more than once. Every time it feels like my head explodes I use it and all the tension and stress simply goes away.

So, if you ask me, buy it, just buy it and you'll be thankful for the rest of your life. *gg*

Love,

Guinevere

Essence "A New League" Haul & Swatches

Sorry, I've been so quiet lovelies, but Uni forces me to focus on different things at the moment..

I found the display in Horn and after reading a bunch of amazing reviews of the cream eyeshadows, I got two out of the three. One is a dupe to one of the Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo cream eyeshadow "Infinite White" so I didn't get it. I posted pics and swatches about it - *click*.

Here my two and I looooove them:

Oh De Prep, Caddy In The Wind

Those are definitely more vibrant. but the light just didn't capture it.. 

So do they last that well? Hell yeah!!! It's incredible. They are better than Mac's Paint Pots! It's almost impossible to get rid of them. *gg* 

So, if you can get your hands on them, buy them! I truly hope they make more of them in the near future, some bright colours. :-)

Love,

Guinevere

Get your Origins moisturizer today!!

Today is the day - just walk into one of these Origins counters:

• Douglas, Kärntnerstrasse 17, 1010 Wien
• Douglas, Europark, Europastrasse 150, 5018 Salzburg
• Douglas, SCS, Top A 123, 2334 Vösendorf
• Kastner & Öhler, Sackstrasse 7 – 13, 8021 Graz

with an empty moisturizer and you get a full-sized one for free!

I already blogged about it *click* and *click* and did a review on the A Perfect World moisturizer *click*

I can't wait to get mine!! 

Love,

Guinevere

My favorite Summer polish

I'm sure I've posted swatches about this one before, but I just loooove it, so I'm gonna post it again. *gg* It's the perfect colour for summer. Here it is: China Glaze "Strawberry Fields".

Love,

Guinevere

Burts Bees at Müller

I recently saw this and I think it's pretty awesome! :-)

I'm really excited, the only thing missing is their skin care range.. I hope it comes soon. :-)

Love,

Guinevere