Hello! I am back
with another NEW IN blog post! This one is going to be a really long one and
full of new goodies! As you can see I have a very long post for you and the
amount of products received and bought this month is, well, staggering. Before
you get all judgy - January is my birthday month and I treated myself with a
couple of goodies plus I got soo many amazing gifts and also a couple of stuff
for review purposes. I also won an amazing giveaway at fellow blogger Adjusting Beauty... so yeah, I have a ban now from buying anything at all for the next
couple of months as I really need to use up some products first. This goes
especially for the makeup section as I rarely use up anything makeup
wise.. So lets get started!
As many of you know I love some good jewelry and if you follow and read me regulary, than you already know that I have forgotten to include one necklace into my previous blog post NEW IN December. The big necklace with multistrand and multiple pendants was a love at first sight! I was soo happy to receive this one as I found it a bit expensive, especially for H&M, where it was priced at about 13 euros. I got lucky with this one plus it's soo different from anything I own or wear on a daily basis. For my birthday I have received I am... earrings in a gorgeous green (it looks more blue-ish on my photo) colour from a friend and from another friend I got this amazing necklace with steampunk inspired pendant which I also love and wear almost daily since I got it! This one is handmade by artist Iris Bloom! Thank you all for such amazing presents!
Many slovenian readers have probably spotted RAWR chocolate already at my fellow slovenian bloggers blogs and have seen posts about these! I am preparing one for you soon and I will talk about these two chocolates as well. I must say that January has been really busy and there was no time to photograph these two and try them, so I hope I will finally get to do that soon! It's been torture watching these two sit on my desk and not eat them!
I spoiled myself rotten this month because it was my birthday month and I still had a VIP card from L'Occitane that was valid only until the end of January. As I haven't used it yet I got to treat myself with a couple of products I really wanted to try and some I already know are great! I don't think I have ever in my life spent so much money in one store just for cosmetics! I bought Pivoine Sublime Perfecting mist, which was on my wishlist since last year when I got to try it at the store, more about the Pivoine Sublime collection here and here. I love the amazing freshness and scent of this one! Really happy I was able to finally purchase it! From the winter holidays limited edition I treated myself with a new hand cream Miel Mandarine as the Pamplemousse Rhubarb one was already sold out. I love the lip balm from the Miel Mandarine collection and if you can still get it I highly recommend it. I was thinking of getting another one but decided to rather try something new this year! I already talked about these winter products here. As I like to use face mists instead of a regular toner I also bought another facial mist, this one is Comforting face mist enriched with shea from the new collection! With purchase I also received a couple of testers - Revitalizing fresh shampoo and conditioner! In the gorgeous knitted white bag are mini products I really wanted to buy again and some that I wanted to try new! So inside were Gentle toner enriched with shea and Cleansing oil with 5% shea. Both contain 30 ml and I have already tested both last year and loved them both soo much! The Shea collection is actually ment more for dry senstive skin type, which is not my skin type, but these two worked so well for my oily skin I just couldn't miss a chance to buy them again. I have already talked about the cleansing oil here! Along with these two came Comforting oil with 5 % shea in the cutest possible packaging, but sadly with only 4 ml, and also Comforting cream Light with 5 % shea 8 ml in a cute white little pot I can already see myself reusing! A mini version hand cream Vanilla Bouquet 10 ml and two testers of Ultra Rich Comforting Cream!
From Magic Planner I received this amazing planner! And I got it just on time! I was so happy to get this one as I was searching for a planner that would fit all my needs and all the things I feel like I need to write down - so here it finally is! So Sprinkle Life With Magic planner is a yearly planer and offers so much space and has a very lovely creative design. For all of you who still don't have aour favourite planner for 2016, I write a post about this one very soon so you can see for yourself it's pretty amazing!
I was trying to resist the urge to buy these but I simply couldn't! I saw Lisa Eldridge use these Bourjois Smoky stories eyeshadows in one of her posts and than at the beginning of January my local DM offered these on sale for 1+1! So I bought shades 07 In Mauve Again and 08 Ocean Obsession, both gorgeous mini palettes. And than I got another one for my birthday in 06 Upside Brown! These are so soft and the pigmentation is great! The only downside I see is the shiny glittery shade in the middle, that's just too glittery and the particles are too big and tend to fall to my under eye area. Otherwise I am in love with these!
I just can't stop with the palettes now, can I? :P I bought this one at my local DM store, it's by Alverde and I must say I haven't liked any makeup related products by them in a while! Skincare or hair care yes, but nothing from their makeup line as it was just mehh... the shades, the packaging, the scent of their products.. just nope. Until I saw this beautiful palette right at the cashier stand! And I was in love! It's called "For a Perfect Evening" and contains two eyeshadows, one light, golden shade and one darker brown shade, mattifying powder for face and a lip gloss! An all in one that I can take on the go and I won't need much else! Plus the design of the box with roses and the snowflakes embossed on the eyeshadows and powder were just too cute to miss!
A bunch of little things I bought this month. From KIKO Makeup Milano I got Shine Lust lip tint in shade 02, a nude-ish beige shade, suitable for every day. Along with it I also got Shiseido Ever Bloom Eau de Parfum in mini version 7,5 ml. Both products were purchased new and second hand. For nails I bought one nail polsih at Catrice sales, Ultimate Nail Lacquer in shade 85 Can You SEA Me?, a gorgeous shade! And as my nails have been acting all crazy lately I needed some help to stop them from breaking and peeling so I got myself Kiss Diamond Hard Strengthen & Grow that can be used on it's own or as a base. For face I repurchased my favourite primer - L'Oreal Infallible Mattifying Base, seriously my favourite one of all times! It keeps my face matte and helps me keep my foundation up for much longer, in combination with L'Oreal Infallible 24h - Matte foundation this is amazing! Also got to try a new brand, at least a new one to me, L.A. Girl PRO. conceal high definition concealer in shade Light Ivory. Both of these have also been purchased new and second hand and therefore a lot cheaper :P
When I said I treated myself a bit, I mean a lot actually! Before I found out I have won a giveaway I was checking out Avon and saw they had these amazing eyeshadow palettes on sale and I have read so many great comments about them, lately at Amelia Liana's YouTube channel, that I just caved and ordered one - Avon True Colour Eyeshadow Quad in Smoky Plums. Along with it I have also ordered Ultra Colour Tinted lip balm in Caring Coral, which is very bright and vibrant, but if applied gently can look very gentle on everyone with a more warm, yellow undertone. The absolute winner is another new fragrance Avon Mesmerize Black Eau de Toilette for her! Love this woody and strong scent! Perfect for colder months and evenings out!
I ran out of hand wash in my bathroom so I got two bottles of Nivea Powerfruit fresh Shower gel and I already used up one! :P I get through liquid hand soap so fast, that I just don't bother buying it anymore and just take a shower gel that is on discount and I haven't tried it yet so I can see if I am going to like it or not. I do use it as shower gel as well, but at the same time as hand wash also, so I can actually manage and use up products. From Balea I bought a product that was on discount and is already discontinued - Beautiful Long Wonder serum which is actually amazing and I've been loving it from the first use! Plus it was soo cheap, it cost me 2,20 euros, a cup of coffe at a bar. I went back to try and get another bottle but they were already sold out. I use this on the lenght of my hair and it makes them super smooth and glossy, a real shame it has been discontinued. I swaped something of mine for a brand new face mask - LUSH Cup O'Coffee! It's a face and body peeling mask and I got it in smaller size only 150 grams. It smells amazing, it wroks amazing, it feels amazing on my skin and it's just soo ohh!! Perfect for all coffee lovers out there! My skin is baby smooth after I use this, though it looks very dark and dirty and like a poo actually. Anyway, in order to save it I will mostly use this on my face, but I really can not stress enough how great this is and anyone who loves coffee should get this!
Kozmetika Afrodita launceh a new body mousse just before new year and the bloggers who received it all loved it a lot! So when I read they also released a body scrub I knew I had to try it as well! The scent of strawberries in both products is amazing! The 100% SPA Body scrub with non greasy fromula, macadamia oil and karite butter is effective, the scrub is very tiny, not like the sugar scrub from Kozmetika Afrodita, more like a micro peeling and it's very gentle, not agressive at all! I usually don't buy a lot of scrubs at all but I just ran out of one and used it up and it was my birthday month so I got to treat myself! Also from Kozmetika Afrodita I have received a new hand cream Hand & Nail Karite extra rich hand cream with vanilla aroma as a birthday gift! I love this scent and this hand cream! It smells so good and my hands felt very nourished after use! Recommend this to anyone with very dry hands in winter time!
Also at DM store I bought a new Konjac sponge, this time by Ebelin and it was under 3 euros! So I was of course very tempted to try this one! Some time ago I had one from Ličila.si, which cost a lot more about 11 euros and I liked it but than later on I read you were ment to have these konjac sponges for a maximum three months and than replace it. That sounded like a big cost to me so I never repurchased it again, but I loved it was soo gentle. So I got this one and so far I must say it's basically the same as the one I had before, gentle on my skin. I use it without anything else added, so I can prolong it's use time, but it can also be used with your usual cleanser. After reading great comments about it I decided to pick up Alverde Clear Anti - blemish SOS serum. So far I liked it, but I can not confirm weather it has helped my skin yet or not. It's affordable and some croatian beauty bloggers really recommended this one so I thought why not try it!
And some more
birthday presents! Three new polishes for me! Haven't tried any of them yet,
but here they are - Manhattan Crazy colours nail polsih LE in shade 302, Essie in shade Angora Cardi and Ballet Slippers. Also received two new lipsticks, the L'Oreal Color Riche
Collection Exclusive by J.Lo in shade J Lo's Delicate Rose as a gift and Catrice
Ultimate Shine in sahde 090 Fox Nox came as a gift with latest Cosmopolitan
magazine. I really had no time yet to try these as I recently received the
bunch, but I will definitely get back to you on the L'Oreal lipstick and nail
polishes!
Some more makeup - I received Maybelline's Master Sculpt Contouring Palette in shade 01 Light Medium! So it's time for me to finally learn how to contour. Last year I bought the Catrice Contour palette and I like it but I haven't been using it that much at all. I haven't tried this one yet, but I am making one of my 2016 resolutions to finaly learn how to correctly use contour (and bronzer). Latest addition to Bourjois foundations is City Radiance which I received in shade 02 Vanilla and I must say it did not impress me, somehow it doesn't fit me at all. Shade fits me just fine but the texture and all, it's just not what I am looking for in a foundation right now, so I hope it will fit me better in warmer months. However I love the new concealer by Bourjois the Radiance Reveal in shade 01 Ivory. It really brightens up my under eye area and also covers my under eye cirles well. I highly recommend you go check out this concealer in stores! And some more new concealers, this time by Deborah, also received both as gifts. I got the Dress Me Perfect one in shade 01 Light Beige which is very warm shade for me and the other one is 24ORE perfect in shade 01 Light Beige, which is in stick formulation and I haven't tried it yet. I have some serious testing yet to do!
Some new testers! I was sent one of the Nivea sheets to my home and I have received one in a magazine along with Bourjois City Radiance tester. :) Haven't tried the Nivea shampoo and conditioner yet, but I might, now that I have two testers so I can at leats try it twice and see some first impressions.
As I have mentioned before I have won an amazing prize over at Petra's blog Adjusting Beauty! I am really lucky this month and the amount of cosmetics has grown some more! These goodies are all products that she loved in 2015 and would recommend them to others! She recommended Avon Makeup Setting spray and I have heard so many great comments and praises for thsi product I am really eager to try it out. I currently only have Urban Decay All Nighter spray which I like but trying to save it as it's expensive. I hope this one will work for me as well. Avon Planet Spa face masks have been on my wishlist forever and I currently have at home the chocolate one and it's great, but in this giveaway I received Thailand lotus flower deep pore cleansing face mask and it sounds like exactly what I would need! I can't wait to try it out! Another face mask I received in the giveaway is by Balea, the Aqua Tuchmaske, which I already know and use and it's pretty amazing! I love this one, plus it's pretty cheap for a sheet mask. From Ebelin I now have a makeup sponge and two smaller concealer sponges! I have read some comments that these are very good and I hope they will work for me as well! I was very tempted to buy the little ones myself! I got another eyeshadow palette, True Colour Eyeshadow Quad in shade Mocha Latte, two new lipsticks from the 3D plumping range in shades Twig and Berry Cute! Very lovely shades, can't wait to start using them! Plus two more nail polishes - Essence Merry Berry LE in shade 01 I love my golden pumps and Avon Magic Effects Liquid Sequin in shade Dazzle! Love both glittery polishes, can't wait to combine them with Essie polishes, but I need to heal and harden my nails first. Anyway, an amazing giveaway I had no idea I will win and amazing gifts I am really looking forward to trying out!
From Herbas I received a very different product to test and try, Natu menstrual cup! Something very different and new to me, but I am looking forward to see if this will work for me! I could finally go swimming any time and there wouldn't be any more surprise leak stains and such.. Plus it's eco friendly and cheaper on the long run than buying sanitary pads.
Natalija and team Dominur (Essence, Catrice) surprised me with a birthday gift! I got Spicy Graffiti Salt & Pepper shakers, Catrice Lash Boost Lash Growth Eyeliner pen and Essence 51 Miss Captain nail polish! I haven't opened or tried anything yet, but it was a complete surpise to me to see this in a package along with a signed happy birthday card! Thank you so much! The salt and pepper duo are super cute and I bet I will use them as probs on my photos a lot!
From BornPrettyStore I got a package with two goodies! QiBest Lip Series Long lasting lip gloss in shade 33 and Tutu Naked Makeup BB SKIN Mist Cushion Pressed Powder in shade 01. More lip products and more foundations for me, but I really wanted to tyr these cushion foundations that have been big for the last year or two! Finally got one, so I hope I will like it!
Melvita spoiled me with their famous L'Or Bio Extraordinary Oil, which has been dressed up a bit, it's got a new design plus it's available in smaller version, you can now get it in 50 ml bottle! I love the scent of this one! Melvita really knows how to spoil! This oil has been recommended to me by soo many beauty bloggers and many friends, so I am gonna enjoy testing this as much as possible!
Avon sent me this huge surprise package at the beginning of January! I was really surprised when the postman handed me a very large box and I had no idea who it was from! I received Cocoa butter collection - body lotion, body butter, hand, nail & cuticle cream and lip butter! I still haven't gotten around to testing it out, just the lip butter, which I like! I smelled the hand cream and like the scent so I think this bunch of goodies will soon be one of my favourite to use! Thanks Avon!
And some more face masks. I guess a face mask post is in order! :P I have received Kozmetika Afrodita 2 steps Anti-wrinkle masks and Why mask Extreme Hydration masks as birthday gifts! I have not tried ayn of these yet, but I have had some really good experiences with Afrodita's facial masks, so I hope these will be as good as well!
I couldn't resist KIKO Makeup Milano anymore, so a fellow blogger Rebeka over at My Little Wonderland and I decided to place an order together, the shipping costs way too much otherwise! And I treated myself with four amazing products - KIKO Milano Crytal Fusion moisture enhancing face serum, Nail lacquer in shade 365 Tattoo Rose, Water Eyeshadow in shade 222 Orchid Purple and amazing new lipstick Velvet Mat Lipstick - Satin lipstick in shade 612 Strawberry Pink! An amazing shade I fell in love with from the first application! The formula, the pigmentation are both amazing as well. I also have shade 614 Dark Berry I bought about a year or two ago, when in Venice, and it impressed me so much, but this shade Strawberry Pink is even lighter and easier to wear on a daily basis. Very much recommend these Velvet Mat lipstick to anyone who loves lipsticks and them being matte! :)
From Oriflame I was sent a huge package containing this Swedish SPA Refreshing Shower Gel and Swedish SPA Exfoliating Massage Bar along with Hayley hand bag and Hayleay gloves, which were both available only in the previous catalog, so I have already posted about them, you can read the post here.
And another goodie I got to review Adria Spa Antistress massage oil with mint, lemon and lavander scented combination! It smells really amazing and I love it so far! There will be a full review for this oil! Mostly this one is meant for massage and nourishing your skin, but the strong scent of natural and essential oils can act very harmonizinf and relaxing.
The biggest surprise of the month was the gift from my dearest! He got me a new camera - Nikon D3300! Finally got my own camera, before I was using a borrowed one from my brother and the pictures I took got a lot better, but still I was really hoping to buy myself a new camera this month, but my dear was faster than me and already bought it for me! So bare with me, I am still learning how to use that camera especially in the lightbox and I am learning all the new settings and programmes it has, so I can finally get photos just the way I want them! My new baby! :P
And finally done! The most amazing birthday gifts, along with some chocolates and flowers and well.. amazing stuff! Thank you all for the goodies, for the gifts and products to review! :P If you are interested in a particular product let me know and I will try to post about it as soon as possible!
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