NOTD: Anny "Wicked"

Hey Sweethearts!

Todays NOTD is Anny in Wicked:




A "dirty" mint green creme with a hint of grey.
2 coats with topcoat, natural light without flash

You can get Anny Nail Polishes in Douglas stores or online at douglas.de. They retail for 9,50 €.


Stay beautiful...

major haul (drugstore, ebay, nail polish,...)

Hey Sweethearts!

Coming to you with a major haul today! Well this is not from only 1 shopping trip, this is the stuff I bought over a couple of weeks time. I bought them in the drugstore and on ebay. Oh and be prepared, there are more hauls coming up, cause I have some more orders from ebay and some other online stores coming in...

So let's get started:


Here's what I got from the drugstore yesterday and what cam in from ebay.

I actually bought the Garnier 2 in 1 Roll-On two days ago in th wrong shade, which was way to dark for me. So I gave that one to my mom and got another one in light/medium for myself. it was 8.45 €.

The Balea shower gel in Sparkling Grapefruit was only 0.65 € and it smells like a delicious lemonade. :)

The double-ended eyeshadow brush and the loose eyeshadow are from the new P2 summer limited edition called Sun City which will remain in stores during the whole summer. The brush was 3.49 € und the pigment about 2,95 €.

The Etude House Peach Tea cleansing Foam I ordered on ebay. it was about 3,50 $.

The Essence 50s Fever blush I also found on ebay. It's from a very old collection from Essence and I wanted it for a long time.

I was looking for this Essence Better than Gel Nails set for the longest time and yetserday I finally found it. It comes with a Base & Top Sealer, Nail Glue, white Nail Tips, a special nailphile and Nail Tip Glue. It was 9,95 €.

I would do a review on this one, but I am not really sure if I wanna use it. The tips are really really small and they don't really fit my nails. But I've heard that Fingr's are coming out with nearly the same nail-system but with different size Tips. Maybe I'll look for those first.


So and here's allllllllllll the nail polish I got, which was quite a bit.
The first row are: Essie Vermillionaire, Essie Hot Cocoa, Essie Angora Cardi, Essie Coat Azure and a backup of my Misslyn 60 Sec. Top Dry

Second Row: Essence Blossoms Bloom-A-Loom, Essence Blossoms My Yellow Fellow, Essence Blossoms Forget-Me-Not, Essence Blossoms I Like, Essence Color&Go Mellow Yellow & Essence Multi Dimension Wanna Kiss?

The Essence Blossoms polishes are limited edition and were 1,75 € each. The Color&Go one is 1,25 € and the Multi Dimension is 1,75 €. The Misslyn Top Coat was on clearance for 4 € but when I checked my recipt it actually said 3,50 €. So that was even better. :)
The Essie polishes were all 3,99 $ on ebay.

So that was my "small" haul for today. Hope you liked it. What have you been shopping for lately?


Stay beautiful...

NOTD: China Glaze Life Preserver & possible Dupe

Hey Sweethearts!

Coming to you with a NOTD. This time it's China Glaze Life Preserver. A coral-red creme. This was 2 coats with topcoat in natural light without flash.


And when I went to the drugstore last week, I picked up a polish from Manhattan, which looked really familiar to me, but I liked the color so I had to pick it up anyways. ;D
At home I went through my stash and stumbled over the China Glaze. They look pretty identical, don't they?


left: Manhattan Collection No. 34U
right: CG Life Preserver

I swatched them both, and on the swatch you can see that the Manhattan is a bit darker and has more red in it. But they are really similar anyways and definately in the same color family.



pinkie & middle finger CG - index & ring Manhattan


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Beauty-Lovers March 2011

Hy Sweethearts!


So here's what I call my Beauty-Lovers of March:

Catrice Enter Wonderland Highlighter in Fairy Dust: gives a great peachy-golden sheenon the cheeks.
Limited Edition, available in drugstores, ca. 4,50 €


ELF Natural Radiance Blusher in Coy: kinda sheer everyday blush gives a mauvy-golden shimmer.
Permanent, available online at elf-kosmetik.de or eyeslipsface.com, 1,79 €/ 1 $


Alverde Baked Eyeshadow in Glam Mauve: mauvy-brown color.
Permanent, available in drugstores, ca. 4 €


Catrice Floralista Eyeshadow in Walk in the Woods: very light shimmery nude-beige color.
Limited Edition, discontinued, ca. 2,50 €

Essence Gel Liner in London Baby: creamy shimmery brown gel liner.
Permanent, available in drugstores, ca. 3 €


Catrice Infinite Matt Make Up in Light Beige: one of the lightest shades of drugstore make-up I could find here in Germany. The texture is pretty thick, but feels light on your skin and gives me the coverage I want.
Permanent, available in drugstores, ca. 6,50 €


MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Bare Again: very creamy peachy-nude lipstick
Permanent, available in Mac stores or online at maccosmetics.de and maccosmetics.com, douglas.de, etc., 18 €


ANNY Nail Polish in Pillow Talk: very light nude-purplely-pink with a hint of grey and silver shimmer
Permanent, available in Douglas stores or online at douglas.de, 9,50 €


Chanel Les Vernis in Black Pearl: blackish-greyish-greenish-blueish-silverish color ;)
available in department stores or online at douglas.de, 22 €



So that were my Beauty-Lovers for the month of march. What products did you love this month?



Stay beautiful...

NOTD: P2 Charming Secret

Hey Sweethearts!

Coming to you with a Nail of the day:
It's P2 Last Forever Nail Polish in *Charming Secret*
It's a pale cream pink. Perfect for spring!




P2 is a german drugstore brand known for it's cheap nail polishes that are great quality!

By the way, please don't look at my cuticles. They look horrible I know, but I still haven't found a proper hand care product that really works.

Stay beautiful...

How to fill a Z-Palette...

Hey Sweethearts!

Guess what arrived today? My very first Z-Palette! So excited.... Yay!!!
I decided to get one, cause I wanted to get rid of those ugly-ass containers of MNY eyeshadows. See, that's how they look like:




Maybe there is somebody out there who likes this packaging, I think it's really tacky and it kinda looks like Kids Make-Up. Although the quality of the eyeshadows is quite good for a drugstore shadow.
So here's what I did to make them look more "classy":



Step 1 was to remove the sticker on the back of the container (don't throw it away, cause you'll use it again later). I obviously didn't take a picture of that.
Than I took a pointed metal-stick (you can use a thin knife, a needle or a pin for it) and stuck it right in the middle of the container. There is a little round area you'll see when you've removed the sticker, which is a little bit thinner than the rest of the container.



Step 2 is to push the pan of the eyeshadow gently out of the container. I kept the lid closed, so the eyeshadow won't fall down while pushing. If the pan doesn't unstick from the container right away, you can use a lighter to soften the glue by holding it under the plastic.
That's how it looks like when you removed the pan:



Step 3 is to remove the remaining glue, by peeling it of.
After that you stick the little bagde with the name (or color-number) on the back of the pan.



Step 4 means you're almost finished.
You just have to put the pan in the Z-Palette and enjoy the finished results. ;)



Here's the finished product:




I depotted 3 eyeshadows yet, cause I don't have more of MNY. But I am really looking forward to their new collection coming out in may I guess, where they'll release 5 limited edition shadows that all look great. :)


Hope you liked my little "tutorial".


So that's it for now...

Stay beautiful...