MAC LE's June

Morning guys,

I'm so sorry that I neglected you, but this and next week are exam days at University and I'm drowning in exams, portfolios and oral exams. On 28th June it will be over, I can't stress enough how I'm looking forward to that..

Nevertheless, I quickly wanted to share MAC's current LE's with you. Besides the lovely "In Extra Dimension" which I wish I could buy every blush and skinfinish from:

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Mac will release the new Rihanna Riri collection. It will be sold exclusivley online beginning tomorrow. 

The LE consists of five gorgeous items:

Bronze and Blush Duo "Hibiscus Kiss"

Three lipsticks:

"Heaux"

"Riri Boy"

"Riri Woo"

and Lustre Drops in "Barbados Girl"

If I could I'd buy everything except the lustre drops, which I already own, but sadly Mama's broke.

I must admit I don't like these online exclusive collections. I never seem to be quick enough to get the products I want and I prefer to be able to test and see the products in real life before buying.

Will you try to get something? What exactly?

Love,

Guinevere

Review: Garnier 5sek Retuschierer/5sec Perfect Blur Primer

Hey guys,

Today, I have something reeeaaalllyyy cool for you. The Garnier 5sec Perfect Blur Primer. 

This is a completely new hybrid product. It's not a foundation or moisturizer and it's more than a primer. 

This cream or fluffy thingy is a skin smoother. A primer that just after 5 seconds perfects your complexion and blurs out wrinkles, imperfections, large pores and shine. 

To make it clear: it gets rid of the appearance, nothing more, but still - how cool is that!

I must admit when I got it I was sure there must be something wrong with it. The texture reminded me of an expired make up product. I mean look at that weird texture: *gg*

But no, that's the way the product is. It doesn't have a scent either. You're supposed to put it on after you moisturized your face. Now let's show you some proof.

Before:

Luckily, I don't have many wrinkles yet, but I have this horrible lines between my brows and some tiny lines under my eyes:

After I applied it and waited the five seconds:

Can you believe that result? It's incredible! I applied foundation afterwards and it went on smoother and easier as well.

I can't state enough how pleased and surprised I was by that result. It's crazy. I love and totally recommend it. Gonna wear that on my wedding day!

Now to the best part: If you live in Austria, you have the chance to get it for free! Today Garnier will be at the SCS at 14:00 in front of the New Yorker store and tomorrow in Salzburg in the Europark at 13:00 in front of S'Oliver. If you have time, get there and get yourself one!

If you buy/get or already have it, let me know if you're as happy with it as I am.

Love,
Guinevere
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Essie Summer Collection 2013

This year essie is blessing us with one awesome collection after the other. Soon the next LE will hit our shelves. In July, we'll have the pleasure to see six new colours.

Six colourful shades await us:

naughty nautical
the more the merrier
sunday funday
 full steam ahead

the girls are out
rock the boat

I had the pleasure to test "rock the boat":

It reminded me of Illamasqua's Raindrops, but after looking at it - not so similar anymore.

Essie's "rock the boat" is more opaque and blue. Not as watery. I really love it.

I'm sure I'll get more polishes of this summer collection. It's quite unusual to see so many pastel shades, but it fits this summer. *g*

In addition, there will be a mini-set with three of the six shades available - naughty nautical, sunday funday, full steam ahead:

So, what do you think? Looking forward to it? I definitely am.

Love,
Guinevere
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Meow!

Mama got herself some new shoes. *gg*

I love them and they were an absolute steal! 30€! :-)

Love,
Guinevere

KIKO Haul

Finally, after everyone living in Vienna has been there, I found time to visit KIKO. I'm sure most of you know KIKO, a make up brand which has all you could need. From skin care to nail polishes. I love it.

It's not allowed to take pictures inside the store and I respect that, so nothing from the inside, but I can tell you, it's clean, neat and organized, just the way I like it.

So, here's what I got:

from left to right including finish:

Sugar Mat 642, Sun Pearl 428, Sugar Mat 641, Sun Pearl 430, 255, Sugar Mat 643

The lovely 218 eyeshadow which you can also use wet:

The nail polishes are goregous and for 2,50€ a great deal, the eyeshadow is buttery smooth and lovely as well, I forgot how much it was, but it wasn't expensive either. Have you been there already??

Love,
Guinevere

Review: La Roche-Posay BB Cream

I think we now arrived at the point where BB creams are as common as foundations. *gg* 

Another brand - La Roche-Posay - released a BB cream. They surprised me with this cute bag containig the two shades they released. 

The shades:

Medium-Dark, Light

Light shade blended:

Medium shade blended:

Now on to the way it looks on my skin. I tried the light one.

Nothing on:

After three hours of wearing it on another day.

So what do I think?

It's okay, but I'm not completley happy with it. The cream never truly blends into your skin. It kinda sits there and you can feel it all day if you touch your face. I don't like that.

Another thing, but I must say this is quite subjective. The coverage is very light as you can see above. It's not a foundation so I guess it's okay, but I prefer a product that can cover some of my redness and there definitely are BB creams that are able to do that.

It's an okay product, but nothing I would go for. I want a natural feeling and at least some coverage.

Love,
Guinevere
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Maybelline Color Show Polka Dots Collection

In July, Maybelline will release two cute polka dots topcoats - a pink (Speckled Pink) and a black one (Chalk Dust).

I had the pleasure to test "Chalk Dust". Even though it looks like it has a black base, it's actually a clear one.

Here you can see it gradually. I think it looks best over a coloured base. :-) 

three coats, two coats, one coat, just the base colour

I really like it, it looks fun and since it's black and white you can wear it alone or over any colour.

Love,
Guinevere
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Eis Greissler

Yesterday, I had some time to kill and couldn't believe when I saw this - no line in front of the ice cream store "Eis Greissler".

Since I had time I decided to finally give it a try and I gotta say it was one of the best ice creams I've had in a long time! I chose Alpenkaramell, Butterkeks and Mohn. I get why there's always a line..

If you visit Vienna or just live there, you need to try it.

Love,
Guinevere

NOTD

I have a pretty, pretty nail polish for you and what makes it even cooler is the name -> "Blogger's Choice". How cool is that?!

I love it. :-)

Love,
Guinevere

Review: Origins GinZing Face Moisturizer

It's time to review a new favorite of mine. The "GinZing energy-boosting face moisturizer" from Origins.

It recently launched in Austria and I had the pleasure to attend the press breakfast - I talked about it here.

Let's keep it short. I loooove it. It smells like fresh squeezed oranges and my skin literally soaks it in. That might be an issue for some people that have dry skin. It's a light, oil-free cream full of coffee bean extracts and ginseng, perfect for summer.

So, if you have dry skin, you can use it as serum. I'll do that when it's cold outside, for now the cream alone is enough. :-) The price is another plus, the cream costs 25€, which is great. Usually, you can't get an Origins face cream under 40€.

You should definitely check it out if you need a new, high quality face cream.

Love,
Guinevere
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