Makeup by Linda, Libra, Loca

Products from Catrice, Facetheory and sunscreens from La Roche Posay and India standing in front of a dark background with white flowers

01 Sep 2023 Makeup Comment

New In Beauty – Catrice, Facetheory; La Roche Posay and Indian Sunscreen

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: SOME PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER I have a dear friend who is from India, more precisely from Kerala. She has ben in Germany for a few years now, working on her PhD and we met through Krav Maga, the self defense I train and more recently, also teach to children and teenagers (More info: Explaining my bruises). One fine day, I was away with the kids,…

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essie nail polishes standing in front of a dark background with white flowers

09 Aug 2023 Makeup Comment

Essie nail polishes – Favorites and Fails

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: SOME PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PURCHASED MYSELF, LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER Please do not expect this to be a complete overview of all essie nail polishes available – there are more than 1000 shades available and I have only ever tried a fraction of them. This is trying to offer guidance on the ones I ended up purchasing, which will mostly be in the red color family with a few seasonally appropriate colors…

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Products from Catrice, Murad, True Botanicals and Geek and Gorgeous standing in front of a dark background with white flowers

01 Aug 2023 Makeup 1 comment

New in beauty – Catrice, Murad, True Botanicals and Geek and Gorgeous

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: SOME PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER Todays update on everything that found it’s way into my stash is a good mixture between old favorites and new to me brands and also some makeup, because for the first time in literally years, I purchased an eyeshadow palette. But first things first, skincare! The two brands you have heard me talk about a million times already are of course Murad…

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01 Jun 2023 Lifestyle Comment

New in beauty: Benefit, Sephora, Love and Together and a new CurrentBody Skin Device

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PURCHASED MYSELF OR PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER This New In post should have been much longer than it actually will be, and I am pretty mad about that! You see, earlier this month I placed a huge order for e.l.f. skincare, which was promptly processed, shipped and then returned by Deutsche Post with the note that I had moved to an unknown place, so the parcel…

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01 Mai 2023 Makeup Comment

New in skincare and makeup: Deciem, Estee Lauder, The Ordinary, SKIN1004, Neuraderm and Bloomeffect

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: SOME PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER Another month, another bunch of lovely products that arrived at my doorstep, some as a surprise and some because I ordered them to replace longstanding favorites I finished. It is a mix of brands you probably know very well, like The Ordinary, Deciem and Estée Lauder, brands you have heard of on this blog several times already, even though they aren’t…

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New In makeup from Catrice, L'Oréal, MAC Cosmetics and Trend It Up.

01 Mrz 2023 Makeup Comment

New In skincare: Vegreen, L’Oréal, MAC and Catrice

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: SOME PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER Another month that I am proud to report that I didn’t acquire much new stuff – maybe a weird introduction for a New In post, but I have so much stuff I am still not done testing the things I acquired last October, getting a lot more would not only be wasteful, but also stress me out. I really don’t want…

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A foundation by Maybelline, two mascaras by L'Oréal

01 Feb 2023 Makeup Comment

New in Beauty: Maybelline and L’Oréal

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PURCHASED MYSELF AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER I admit I was tempted to skip this months New In post for the first time since I started doing it in September last year. After all this is a blog focused mainly on skin and skincare, and everything I have to show you is, well, NOT skincare, but just makeup. You could of course argue that a foundation is actually…

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28 Sep 2022 Makeup Comment

New in skincare: Murad, La Roche Posay, Balea Beauty Expert and more

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: SOME PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER I keep putting off showing you what is new in my skincare stash because I have been meaning to combine it all in one huge haul video, but as there are so many videos to film and so little time, the pile just keeps growing and I am almost ready to share my reviews on the first ones. So I figured I’d…

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L'Oréal Infallible 32 Hours Fresh Wear Foundation Review

29 Jul 2022 Makeup 1 comment

Foundation Review: L’Oréal Infallible 32 Hour Fresh Wear on mature, combination skin | Doctors Review

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PURCHASED MYSELF, BUT LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER I haven’t done many foundation reviews lately, mainly because I haven’t worn any foundation for most of the last two years anyway. I still don’t wear it daily, but there have been rare occasions and for them I wanted something else than the full coverage one that I use for filming. (More info: Foundation Review Estee Lauder Double Wear) I…

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30 Mai 2022 Makeup Comment

pixi makeup review – TintFix, H2O Skin Veil Powder and Glow-y Lip Oil | Doctor Anne

ADVERTISEMENT INFO: PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS POST ARE PR (GIFTED) AND LINKS USED ARE AFFILIATE LINKS. I RECEIVED NO MONEY TO WRITE THE BLOGPOST. PLEASE READ DISCLAIMER It has been a while since I reviewed pixi makeup here – well, it has been a while since I reviewed ANY makeup here, to be honest, but I have had some pixi Beauty bits in my makeup rotation ever since I first tried the brand. (More info: My very first pixi makeup review, which dates back to 2016! ) …

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