NEW IN August :)

Hey there! So summer's almost completely over. Time to go back to work/school and no more free time or vacations. I am slowly returning to more regular blogging as well, which for you means at least something new and interesting to read every once in a while! ;) I haven't been able to keep up with my new in blog posts so this year I have merged some of them together, like the June&July one. That one was massive, also thanks to a beauty blogger event goodies I have received. This one however is a lot shorter, though I must admit, I have felt spendy and bought a couple of products I really didn't need. Let's call them treats for the soul, shall we? XD

Oriflame sent me some amazing goodies in August! I got to try out their new foundation - Giordani Gold Liquid Silk Foundation SPF 12*  in shade Vanilla. I love the luxuriously looking packaging and the pipette for dispensing the foundation. The shade is a bit light for me at the moment, but it will suit me better when I loose all the tan I got during summer. I have barely started testing it out and I must say the first impression is rather good! The light texture really has a nice natural and silky finish. Even my boyfriend commented that I look more natural than usual, less pale because I have less foundation on my face. Anyway, gonna give it a more thorough testing and then a full review up here! Oriflame Eau de Toilette My Little Garden* has a gorgeous bell shaped bottle. Love the scent as well, even though it's EdT. Smells like sitting in the middle of a flower garden, love it! Not too overpowering scent and I like that it doesn't have the sweet twist to it. I hate it when brands combine floral scents with strong candy ones. Oriflame The ONE No compromises mascara* is their latest mascara and has premiered in the new September catalog. I have only tried it once so far, I like the brush a lot! Separates my lashes well. Doesn't coat them too thickly, but it looks like more of a daytime mascara. On my super short and stubborn lashes it looked very natural and appropriate for daytime.

I haven't been using feet products regularly, except for summertime, when it's hot and I wear sandals and a lot more nail polish and such. So I got a package by Oriflame that really surprised me and I didn't even know how much I needed these! XD  Feet up  summer fresh foot spray and  foot cream with strawberry & rhubarb*  have a lovely scent and feel fresh on the skin. The spray is amazing! I have used it a lot on hot days, to keep my feet looking good! The scent is not too artificial, which is always nice. Some brands tend to make the strawberry scents way too sweet. The cream absorbs well and quickly, so both products count as a positive surprise. I've also tried out  The ONE moisture gel polish*. This one became an instant favourite!

Needed some hair products so I went for another repurchase of Batiste dry shampoo for brown hair. There's really no point in talking about this one again, I have expressed my love for it up here on this blog a number of times. For shampoo I wanted to try out something new so I bought Schwarzkopf Schauma Nature moments Provence herbs & lavender and Mediterranean olive oil & aloe vera shampoo. I started testing out the lavender one in September and so far, I am really liking it. Smells super nice, foams nicely. My hair feel light and clean after washing, if you know what I mean. They feel light, but not too dry at the same time, just soft and clean and no greasy residue. They also have a slight lavender scent, but it doesn't last long. 

A couple of new skincare bits. I treated myself with Afrodita Cosmetics salt peeling and 100% SPA Detox Therapy body milk essential oils and natural hyaluronic acid. I couldn't resist the lavender scented salt peeling and it really smells like heaven. The combo of argan and lavender is really amazing and the body souffle impressed me as well. The Detox therapy lotion has a nice pump dispenser and I like the fresh scent of it. I haven't tested it out properly yet, but it sinks into the skin really fast and leaves no greasy residue. Balea Universal cream Fur Dich with coconut and cherry scent was a treat just because. I really like their vintage looking packagings and I always buy the new scents. This one has amazing scent as well and the same effective texture as always!

I treated myself with some makeup bits. Golden Rose Long stay liquid matte lipstick 15 is a shade that got really popular around me. I have a lot of friends who have this exact shade. Some love it, some say it's a disappointment. I honestly really like it. The shade, the  texture, the lasting power all impressed me. Not my first shade from the collection and definitely not the last one. L.O.V Cosmetics  Perfectitude primer serum was a product I actually needed to buy. I ran out of all my face primers and I was searching for something else to try out. My price point was up to 10 euros, but I accidentally took this one instead of the one for oily skin. It was about 12 euros but it serves me well. Makes my skin soft and I feel like it gives me a more dewy base than I am used to. Maybelline COLORsensational 986 Melted chocolate matte lipstick is a gorgeous light brown lipstick. Perfect for daytime wear and dries down to a complete matte finish. Love the light feeling on the lips and it never dries too much. I have bought three lippies from the Catrice Blessing Browns LE. The shade I actually liked and will keep on is C04 Plum Sucree. It's the perfect muted mauve shade for daily wear. The texture is light like a souffle, but it needs to be applied on a really well prepared lips.

The kind representatives of Le Couvent Des Minimes from Stillmark d.o.o. sent me an amazing cologne to try out - Botanical Cologne of the Priory hydrolat de verveine*. Loved to use it all through out the hot August weather and also now in September. When I started using perfumes I was more for florals and such, but lately I really love the fresh scented ones, like this one. Smells citrus like, but at the same time not too much like a fruity lemon. the perfect balance of verveine gives it just the right combination of making it perfect for daytime wear without smelling like a cleaning product at the same time. I have also received L'Occitane Roses et reines en Rouge hand cream* which was a part of a limited edition by L'Occitane. I am not sure if you can still get it in the stores, but I like the scent of this a lot. Their hand creams never disappoint me and this one is keeping me company this fall in my hand bag! NIVEA Cellular anti-age intensiv kur hyaluron* is the latest addition to Nivea skincare products. I have yet to try out this product, I was sort of waiting to finish up with some other products, so I can really do a full report on it. I think it will suit my skin type, as I need some hydro boost and what better way then intensive care with hyaluron.

I was feeling spendy in August and I ordered a couple of products from Ličila.si. I bought the Makeup Revolution Flawless Resurrection eyeshadow palette which was supposedly a dupe for ABH Modern Romance. I don't have both to compare, but this one will have to do, I guess. I am trying to incorporate the shades into my daytime looks and some pink tones are sort of hard to use as they don't really fit with my overall makeup choices. So far I like the palette, but will see if I'm gonna make a full review of it or not. Along with it I ordered two new lippies - I heart makeup Lip lava Molten chocolate I heart chocolate and Death by chocolate. Shade I heart chocolate has a colder undertone and looks like a mix between deep pink and a hint of fuchsia, while the Death by chocolate looks more like a deep cherry with a brown undertone. One for day time and one for going out. Both have shiny, lacquered finish when applied but it settles down to a semi shiny finish. They don't last well on me, unfortunately. I need to reapply a lot, especially after eating. But that's kinda understandable, can't keep the finish and colour intact with such shades. Though, the I heart chocolate survives eating and drinking better then the other shade.

One package made my week or maybe even month. This one was also sent to me by Ličila.si, but for the purposes of testing out. I got Makeup Revolution Pro HD Amplified 35 palette Commitment*, Makeup Revolution Luxury powder banana* and I heart makeup Unicorns heart rainbow highlighter*. Ličila.si store was celebrating 7th birthday and they have also expanded and sell Makeup Revolution product at Tuš drogerija stores. I was super lucky and I got three amazing products to try out. From what I have tested out I really like the banana powder, perfect for my under eye area. especially matches well with my Bourjois foundations. The rainbow highlighter looks very strong or very natural, however I want it and on the face doesn't look as scary at all. I was kinda expecting it too be too strong, but it really looks good! The eyeshadow palette is huge and has amazing combination of shades. Haven't tested all of them out yet, but I love them so far! Nice pigmentation, easy to blend and last well on me. Perfect for creating day time looks or some mauve, purple smoky eyes. 

That's it, folks! Thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

**Products sent for review purposes are marked with *. 

EMPTIES - Skincare products!

Hey there! It's been ages since I last posted my empties. I've decided to search for the old photos and include everything even though a lot of these products have been used up over six months ago or even more. I like reading empties blog posts, because they are usually short and to the point, weather or not the product was good worth repurchasing. This is what I had in mind for this post as well. Just short comments on the products and weather or not they will make it back into my home! Here's what I used  skincare wise!

NEW IN June & July 2017 :)

Hey there! Long time since I last posted what's new over here. I may not be as active as I used to be, but I still indulge in a lot of cosmetics and makeup. So have no fear, there is a super long blog post in front of you full of products I have received, bought or got at a beauty blogger event! A lot of testing out is yet to come!

NEW IN May :)

Hello lovelies! Almost summer here! Great for all of you heat lovers, not so much for me. I am not that great with the sun and heat and sun bathing. Though I have a bunch of new products that are perfect for the summer time - sun screens, straw hats, towels and so on. I kept makeup purchases to minimum, but I splurged on some skin care! Check out my newbies!

EMPTIES - Hair products!

Hello! I have gathered such a huge pile of empty products in the last half a year that I finally gave up and got to photograph everything! I realised that the pile is even bigger than I initially thought so I have divided it into three parts and three separate blog posts! Here is first part - hair care products I have used up and a bit of a short review for each of these. The  other two blog posts will include skincare products and facial skincare with makeup bits. Those two blog posts will be even longer, so get ready for picture heavy super long posts! Check out if any of my used up products are also your favourites!

FEBRUARY FAVOURITES!

Hello! It's the end of March, so perfect timing for some February favourites! I am super late as usual! There were a couple of products that I really liked using in the previous month and I am kind of thinking that I won't be making March favourites at all, as I keep using the same products all the time. So let's see what impressed me the most in the previous month!

November is time for MOVEMBER!

Hello everyone! Time for a different blog post, although still cosmeticaly themed! I have never posted for Movember and I am just barely catching the last days of November to do this post. I have borrowed my partners cosmetics and his grooming items and also all the other items you see on the photos. Movember is annual, sort of event, involving growing your beards and moustaches with the sole purpose of raising awareness of men's health issues! This event has become well known and it's a perfect excuse to share with you some mens cosmetics!

NEW IN October!

Hello! Feeling cold yet? The last few days have been really cold and I was freezing while taking photos for my blog. The next part, writing about these new goodies I have from October was much more pleasant - warm, inside, with a cup of coffee by my side. There are a lot of products in thsi post, also because I went to Beautiful Bloggers Meet Up and received a bunch of gifts and testers. I have already posted about BBMULJ and wrote 5 main points why you should visit it next year! And now to the fun part - new products I'll be testing out in the next couple of months!

NEW IN September! :)

Hello! We are deep into autumn now and I find comfortable, creamy and warm products to be quite on the rise in my own bathroom as well. I have a bunch of new products and I was most excited about my Sleek order and new eyeshadow palettes. There were also a couple of surprises and products that I started liking after first use. So let's dive in and check out the newbies I've been trying out!

Summer vibes on my skin! :)

Hello! Time really flies when you are having fun and this summer I really enjoyed myself a lot. Therefore I feel like I haven't even done much yet and we are already closing in to an end of August! Already?! But in the good spirit of hot, warm days I have a couple of cosmetic companions that I loved this summer and will help me transition to Fall season.

NEW IN July :)

Hello again! How's your summer going? Mine has been very active and as you can see I a bit late with my usual NEW IN blog post. Finally I got to be at home for  a bit to take photos of the latest new in products! So here are my newbies I have been testing and enjoying in the previous month!

June Favourites! :)

Hello! We are starting the month of July and many of you have already been to your summer holidays, some of you will start them soon... I hope this post reaches you on a sunny day and with some time to spare and read your favourite beauty blogs. I have picked up fourteen favourite products from previous month. I have included as usual - skincare, body care, some glowy products, lippies... a little bit of everything. So let's hop in and let me walk you through my June Favourites!

NEW IN June!

Hello! Welcome and also welcome back to my blog! Time to talk about my monthly new in products. There have been quite a bunch of them, I did not plan on this, I swear! Everything is in the summer mood, the scents, colours, textures... so let's get started!

Empties #12 :)

Hello! It's been ages since I last posted about products I have finished up! I was sceptical about posting these as they were waiting their turn for so long and I almost forgot I ever used them :P However, I wanted to continue with leading a record of what I used up and weather or not I liked it, if I have repurchased or not... So here's a bunch of empties, waiting for me to talk about them since March! :P

NEW IN May!

Hey there! Welcome back to my blog! As the end of month May is closing up on us, it's time for my usual new in blog post! I've been doing quite well the last month, there were a lot of beauty bloggers events and therefore I have a lot of new products to show you. As usual this will take very long to test it all and properly review it all, but I will try and do my best! I must say that I have never been so spoiled as this month, especially with all the events and the treats I was sent! So I want to take a moment here and say thank you all for inviting me and for such amazing treats, from snacks to drinks, gifts and lovely company! Also, thank you fellow beauty bloggers for being awesome and tons of laughter! Now let's get down to it and see all the amazing products I have bought, received at events and received as gifts from friends! ;)

NEW IN April :)

Hello! Another month gone by and I've been pretty good in April, I got some amazing stuff, treated myself with some more but for once I didn't go overboard! I did however try to test out a lot of product as much as I could and I hope May will be more productive regarding future posts and there should be quite a lot of them! Now lets see what I've been treating myself with this month!

Balea Luxury - Golden Glamour :)

Hello! Are you also a fan of Balea products? I have a couple of products at home at all times, since I really like to buy their body and hair products, I especially like to try out new shower gels and hand creams. The big bonus being that their products are effective, don't irritate my skin and they are super cheap! If you love cosmetics as much as I do, or if you just take a moment at the stand and check out the prices of other brands - there is really almost nothing cheaper than Balea products, especially looking at whole DM store, but you can still get some products cheaper at lets say your local grocery store, as in Lidl or Hofer or such.. Don't take me wrong, I love that these products are so affordable! What I love even more is that some of these products are soo good that they could easily be from a more expensive brand! In todays post I am presenting two products by Balea Luxury, from their Golden Glamour edition, a handlotion and bath salt!

I have already talked about the hand lotion in my Winter essentials - handcreams post! This is truly hands down one of the most amazingly scented hand cream I ever had! The packaging is super luxury, especially compared to other Balea products, the black and golden combintaion looks very chic. I love that it comes with a pump dispenser, not like a regular cream in a tube. It contains 150 ml and is super sleek, can fit in the tiniest spot on your working desk plus you can carry it with you in your bag if you like, it wont' just oppen as you need to turn the whole dispenser head to get the product out.

The consistency is as the name already suggest like a body lotion, not too liquidy but not too creamy or heavy. One press on the pump will give you enough product for one use, meaning this bottle will last you for quite a bit.  Since this is a handlotion one would expect it to sink into the skin fast. Well it does faster than other creamy creams but still not that fast, you will need to take a moment and let it sink in. It leaves no sticky or greasy residue on my skin, once it sets it makes my hands really smooth and soft, without any unpleasant stickyness. I find it suitable for normal to dry skin, but not for those vith very dry skin or very sensitive one as this hand lotion simply contains too much perfume. Anyway, this could compete even with more expensive hand creams. Lately I've been loving especially the Kozmetika Afrodita hand creams and L'Occitane ones, which have been one of my favourites for a long time, but this really performs well, almost as well as they do. 

The scent of this collection is what really impresses me! It's oriental, slightly floral with vanilla and patchuli. The patchuli scent here is more on the gentle side, vanilla stands out more and is stronger. All in all, a product I recommend to any hand cream/hand lotions enthusiasts out there!

The bath salt comes in a simple packaging containing 80 g of product which should be enough for one use, but I actually used this one twice. The design with black and golden colour is the same as with hand lotion and the whole collection. The price for bath salt is really affordable  at 0,79 euros.

Bath salt is slighlty yellow coloured, it also leaves the bath tub coloured a bit and very strongly scented. My whole bathroom smells amazing and the scent lingered even after I already washed the bath tub and finished with my bath! The scent is the same as with hand lotion, very strong, so not suitable for those who can not stand strong scents. 

The use is very simple, just put in the tub, about 36 to 38 degrees Celsius, leave it to dissolve and than enjoy your bath for the next 10 to 20 minutes.

Love this bath salt as well as the hand lotion so much! I will definitely repurchase! The Golden Glamour collection also offers a body scrub/peeling and body lotion, so if you want you can try four different products! I ahve read great comments for those as well. If you prefer more fruity scents, Balea Luxury also offers Red Love collection with coconut and peach scented products!

Hope this post was useful to you! Thanks for reading!

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WINTER Essentials - HANDCREAMS!

Hello! Are you also in love with hand creams and can't say no to buying another one, even though you already have a couple at home? You are? Really? So am I! And this post is perfect for all hand cream junkies out there! I have prepared a post presenting my current stash of hand creams. Of course these are not all I have, but I will explain later why I haven't included the rest as well.

So, winter and well all colder months tend to make my hands really dry and my skin gets more thin and itchy and I do need to use a good moisturizer a lot. That doesn't mean I don't use hand creams all year round, just that I need them more in these colder months. I have had a couple of hand creams I have really loved and they will be honorably mentioned at the end, as I no longer have them and haven't repurchased them yet!

For today's post I have selected six hand creams I still have at home and have not been mentioned yet or talked about on my blog, except for  Lemony Flutter, I have a full review for that one over here. This is not exactly a hand cream, but more of a cuticle butter that you can use all over, not just on your hands! I won't be talking long about this butter, but it's pretty versatile and ba used as more than just a cuticle butter! Though cuticles are very targeted in wintery cold months, this can be used just as a hand cream or on your elbows and such. You need just a small amount and it may take a bit longer to sink into the skin, but it will make your skin really soft and do it's magic well. If you love fresh, lemony scent - than this should be perfect for you!

First hand product is actually a creamy hand gel called Fresh Aloe by Dvorec Trebnik. I must say I love their hand products! They really do the job and sink in to the skin really fast! I have already talked about one of their hand gels on my blog, you can read the review here. This is a creamy hand gel base on valuable oils. Aloe is as we know very hydrating and leaves the skin soft and smooth. Avocado oil is very moisturizing and promotes skin renewal. Wheat germ oil contains high vitamin E and protects against the influence of weather. All in all, this product sounds very promising and it also delivers! It's got a creamy but light texture, a gentle fresh scent I reall like, sinks into the skin really fast! Doesn't leave any greasy residue on my hands and I can go working on my stuff right away! It also doesn't contain any parabens, mineral oil, silicones or synthetic colouring. It comes packaged in a round plastic pot with a lid, it contains 50 ml and retails at 4,79 euros. You can get more info about this hand cream here!

I have already mentioned LUSH Lemony Flutter above but I just have to say if you are a fan of natural cosmetics, if you like LUSH products, if you like fresh citrusy products you should try this or maybe just at least try it in the store! It's not the most expensive but it's also not that cheap - for 50 grams you will give about 10 euros, at least that's the slovenian price here. Still, as I am saving this a bit and only using it for my hands it lasted me a whole year and some! So For such a long period of time this is well worth the buy! Also other beuaty bloggers I know also recommended me this especially for the winter time as it really helps with the dry cuticles! Which I always have!

And now two hand creams that are a bit cheaper and available at local DM stores! First on is by Essence and it came in this years hand creams limited edition but you can probably still get it at some stores. It's theirs Hi, I care for you! hand cream with floral fragrance. This one promises to be an intensive care for particularly rough and dry hands. The repair formula with shea butter and coconut oil provides moisture and care and protects your hands from dryness for up to 24 hours. And also promises not to leave an oily residue! I can confirm that, it doesn't leave your hands sticky and greasy! It's also a very light cream, the texture is light and gentle, sinks in easily and nourishes my skin, but it did not help me from feeling dry hands in 24 hours, this helps me more for a couple of hours at most. It comes in a plastic tube that contains 75 ml and retails for about 2,19 euros. 

The second one I bough a couple of months ago but recently started using it! It's by Balea and it's from their Luxury collection - Golden Glamour! I must say I fell in love with the scent! This is just soo amazingly smelling product that I also bought a bath salt and will be posting a separate post about both products as well! They smell of patchuli and vanilla and the combination is divine! The other Luxury combination is called Red Love and smells of coconut, just so you know, all you coconut lover out there! The bonus is these Balea products are really affordable, I think this hand lotion was a bit more expensive, something over 2 euros, but the rest of the products from this collection are a bit under two euros and up to three, so really reasonable priced and also look amazing! I love the packaging of this hand lotion! The black and golden design looks very glam, the pump dispenser makes the use of this very clean, more than with Dvorec Trebnik or Lush. The plastic bottle contains 150 ml, so you also get the largest amount for the price! If you don't have a Christmas gift yet and you are on a budget - this could be perfect! However, this is a hand lotion, meaning the texture of this is more runny than with other products presented here and may not deliver as well as other hand creams. It nourishes well, but you may need to reapply more often. Anyway, the combo of price, amount and scent is just too good not to give this a try!

Next one has been in my stash for quite some time now and it's by Yves Rocher, from their last years winter collection Fruits Noirs/ Blackberries hand cream. I admit I've been saving this one as well, as I wasn't sure I will be able to buy it again soon and it smells so amazing! It's very similar in texture to Balea hand lotion as it has a more liquidy, more runny texture than other hand creams. It sinks into the skin well and fast, but may leave a greasy residue if you apply too much at once. It smells soo good! The sweet scent of berries is simply amazing! It doesn't perform so well at nourishing, but it can be compared to the Balea one or Essence one. It comes packaged in a plastic tube that contains 75 ml and the price was about 4 euros or something like that. This year they have a bit different winter offer and you can get three different hand creams - orange & almond, orange & cinnamon, spicy vanilla.  Anyway, if you are into super scented and delicious hand creams you should try something from Yves Rocher!

And the last hand cream I have here is by Kozmetika Afrodita and is also already on my repurchase list! Because it's really amazing! It comes packaged in a plastic tube that contains 75 ml. It's actually 2 in 1 product, a hand and nail care hand cream Olive. It's a fast absorbing cream and also has antibacterial effect! I love to carry this one with me in my bag or just have it on my desk at all times. They way this dries up and sinks into my skin is amazing! If I said before with other creams they sink in fast - triple that with this one! This just sinks into my skin before I am even finished rubbing it in! It's also got a very lightweight texture, doesn't leave any greasy residue ever and is perfect even to take with you to your work as it dries up so fast you can use your hands almost instantly. I alo love that it contains olive extract and lemon essential oil, these two intensively moisturise the skin on your hands, provide nail and cuticle care and is also mildly antibacterial. It's also paraben, paraffin and silicone free! Plus is also reasonable price, depends where you buy it though, it can be somewehere between 3 or 4 euros! Really recommend this one, it's been my favourite to use in the last two months!

And now some honourable mentions! I loved the Caudalie Hand and Nail cream and I wish to repurchase it as it was really great to my hands! Full review you can read here! Nivea Soft, that is actually universal cream but I mostly used it as a hand cream! Performs really well, love the secnt as well as the effect on my skin. The Body Shop also makes some mean hand creams! I loved this one - Coconut! The texture was very light but still very nourishing and the smell was amazing, I want it again! If you like natural cosmetics and don't mind getting your hands a bit greasy this one by Alverde, might work well for you - personally I didn't like it enough to repurchase it again - Alverde Naturkosmetik Intensiv handcreme with pomegranate and shea butter. Also a shout out to all L'Occitane hand creams, especially the Shea butter ones are amazing! Weather you buy it as a gift or just for your own personal use they perform very well. The Shea ones are the ones that really nourish the best and I have had a couple of them already. I would love to repurchase but I am currently enjoying one from the latest winter collection Pierre Herme Pamplemousse Rhubarbe, you can read more about it here. Also love to use the classic NIVEA creme in the blue round tin pot as a hand cream!

I have not included all my handcreams into this post as some of them will be Christmas presents, some will be talked about in seperate  posts and some I have already posted about and I included them in the honourable mentions, as I already commented on them on this blog and didn't want to repeat myself too much! Just wanted to show you the bunch that rotates my desk and hand bag frequently!

I hope this post was helpful to you! If you liked it let me know and I would be very happy if you also decided to share this post on your social media! If you have any recommendations for me let me know in the comments! Have you tried any hand creams that impressed you as well?

Thanks for reading!

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Love, UniqaPoly

NEW IN November :)

Hello! And it's that time of the year again... yes, it's gone by way too fast! I haven't really been up to much in November, just working on my studies and trying to post as much as possible. I have a lot of products that I still want to review so, you can expect more reviews in the future. I know it can get a bit borring to read just reviews, but all I have time for is this so... and it makes me happy to talk at length about a specific product and that's all that matters! I haven't been much to the stores this month, no advent calendar to show you or anything like that.. just a couple of goodies I bought, a couple I got to review and a couple of gifts!

First I bought a new Balea shower gel, it's from their latest winter limited edition called Frost Flower and smells of roses and maracuja, a very interesting combination that comes in a deep green colour! Really fun to use! Second I treated my self with a product similar to Kozmetika Afrodita's under eye mask - Balea Augen - und Lippenmaske. I haven't gotten around to try it out yet, but I hope I will soon. One of my more recent purchases was this Refreshing toner Lavander and Tea Tree by Krasna, which I have had before and have already posted a full review about it here. So this is just a repurchase really, I have finally ran out of all toners and such products, I only have a little bit of Melvita Rose water left, so it was time to buy it! Plus you have 50% off with a coupon at DM stores until 12th of December. :P

Essence Winter? Wonderful! LE   has been on my wishlist since I saw the promo photos! I was lucky enough to catch the last hand cream 01 You melt my heart that was still on the stand at my local Muller store! The other two products I received for review purposes, I got a lovely blush in shade  01 Winter Kissed Cheeks and Tint & oil for lips in shade  01  If Kisses Were Snowflakes...! I am very pleased with all three products! So far my first impressions are very positive!

You may be wondering what these are, but if you follow and read me for a longer period of time you will know I am very fond of Maybelline's Color Tattoos and of course I had to get the new shades. I wanted to post about them sooner, but I wanted to get all four shades first and here they are! I got Color  24hr Tattoo Creamy Mattes in shades Creme de Nude, Creme de Rose,  Vintage Plum, Creamy Beige. Love them all, especially the Creamy Beige! A review is coming up in December!

 Another limited edition by Essence! This one was so hyped up I was barely able to get anything from it and I bough these online at Click2chic. While I was ordering it was constanly changing, one second the product was available, the next it was gone. Last week I kinda ran unexpectedly into a full stand and I got a little something for Christmas gifts as well! From the Merry Berry LE I have Scented gold dust powders 01 I love my golden pumps, lipsticks in 03 Red rocks and 01 Let's the berry - tales begin, nail polish in 01 The masked ball. So far I love the lipsticks, the nail polish didn't impress me as the shade doesn't really show up as it looks in the bottle. And the shimmery golden dust may look pretty but doesn't actually work well, at first it didn't disperse any product, now it comes out in big lumps... not my best purchase it would seem.

One of the highlights of November was another blogger event - I was invited to L'Occitane store for the presentation of the new holiday collections. I have posted about the event and about some gift ideas and also already posted some of my first impressions here. I got a lovely personalized gift before I left with my name on and a gift card with my name on (love that they added my blogs name as well). From the products I got L'Occitane Jasmin- Immortelle Neroli body lotion, Pamplemousse  Rhubarbe hand cream and Miel Mandarine lip balm. I especially love the lip balm and hand cream! Been using them all the time lately!

And a couple of products I have received for review purposes. Vichy pampered me with Dermablend Fluid Corrective foundation 16 hr in shade 25 Nude and mini foundation brush. I am really impressed by Dermablend foundation! I have not expected it to give me so much coverage! The shade is maybe a bit more yellow than I'm used to but I really like it so far! Also looks so smooth and matte on my face! I have wanted to try this foundation for a long time now and we are headed off with a good start!

From Oriflame I have received two lovely products - a lip balm Love Nature with Olive oil! As you know I love lip balms, lip related products, anything for lips really and I like this lip balm a lot! It's not too greasy but still nourishes well! Has a lovely scent to it too! The second product I fell in love with immediately is by Giordani Gold and it's one of the three  Eye Shadow quads in shade Radiant Plum! I love these shades, they are so perfect for a lovely glammed up evening look or just for everyday use! Love the golden shade in the palette and the rosy - violet ones as well, as all three are matte! And so soft!

And some gifts! I have been well pampered this month! I have received a bunch of lipsticks - from Catrice I got two lipsticks from their latest limited editions - Treasure Trove LE Precious Lip Colour C03 Treasured Twinkles and Alluring Reds Matt Lip Colour C02 Striking M- attitude. I also got a Bourjois  lippie, I have not tried this collection yet, even though it has been available for a couple of months now, I got Rouge Edition AQUA Laque in shade 03 Brun'croyable.  And the last two lipsticks I have received are by L'Oreal, both are from the new collections, I have just spotted them in stores this month. I got Matte lip gloss in shade 407 Smoke me up and L'Oreal  Collection Exclusive by Eva  Color Riche lipstick in shade Eva's Delicate Rose. And the last one I bough myself is a lip balm by Balea, called Crazy Raspberry, one of the summer limited editions that are now on discount as they won't be selling these anymore.

And the sweetest part of the month I kept for last! I got this gorgeous  book Face Paint by Lisa Eldridge as a gift from my better half! This was actually a gift for our anniversary that arrived early and so I got it a bit sooner! I love it! It's easy to read, with a lot of graphic material and interesting details! It's really perfect for all makeup lovers who want to know more than just how to create a specific look!

Do you like my new products? I must say this month I have only the best of the best, products I actually wanted to get and bought only what I really wanted to have. Really pleased with myself for keeping a leash on my spending, spent little money for a lot of products and also I must admit I love to be pampered - I got so many gifts and received lovely products to review! Me happy!

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Love, UniqaPoly

Empties #11 :)

Hello! Have you missed my empty products posts? Haven't posted in a while, my last empties post was at the beginning of August, so here's about three months of empties. I did try to use up a lot of different products, so here's the bunch! 

From Dvorec Trebnik I have used up three products!  About Sea-buckthorn collection I have already posted on my blog, I actually did two separate posts and you can read them here (sorry, only in Slovene) - Dvorec Trebnik part 1 and part 2. I will try not to repeat myself, so I am just gonna say, this collection is pretty amazing and if you have a chance to try something really go for it! I gave some of the products to my mum, as she really likes their products and wanted to tyr this line as well. So you won't be seeing shower oil, massage oil and hand gel in my empties as I gave them to her and she also seemed to be really loving these! I have yet to finish the body milk from the collection but I admit I am saving it up a bit. The third product I have not posted about yet, but I promise you it will be properly reviewed this month! It's a new shower gel called Juicy orange from their new collection dt. I really loved the fresh scent of this shower gel, it didn't dry up my skin and it also made my whole bathroom smell juicy! More in the upcoming review of dt products!

A bunch of Balea shower gels! I have used up Balea Dusch-Bodymilk Vanille as base for shaving my legs, not so much as a shower lotion, as I felt it was too greasy on my skin and didn't leave me with a fresh feeling. I like to feel my skin completely fresh and without any greasy residue after shower and I felt like this left some traces of the product on my skin. I know it's supposed to as it's supposed to nourish your skin while you shower, buy I guess my skin is not dry enough to need so much nourishment. Anyway, this works great for me as a shaving cream and I will probably be repurchasing. The other three shower gels didn't impress me much. They are just standard Balea shower gels that have a nice scent and do their job. I liked the least After Sun Dusche, so I ended up using it as a hand wash. I did however like the scents of  Hibiskus&Nektarine as it was really juicy and fresh and also the scent of Vanille&Cocos as it was more milky, sweet and more on the vanilla side than coconut, still Loved to use it up! I don't think I will be repurchasing though, I liked them, but just not that much.

And some more shower gels! Yes, I use them up quite fast and I do use a lot of them, but considering I have more than one shower gel open at once I can finish a couple more in almost three months time, especially as some were open and waiting to be used up for a long time. One of my favourite shower gels of all time was this shower foam from Adria Spa and it smelled divine! It's perfect for all lavander lovers! I have posted a full review for this one here :) From Palmolive I had one of their latest arrivals - So Vibrant Pearly shower gel with essential oil (ginger and hibiscus). Loved the fresh scent, felt good on ym skin and in general I have been really satisfied with this one, so I might think about repurchasing it! From Nivea I have finished two products, one is shower gel Frangipani&Oil and the other is Creme Peeling. Loved both products, the scents of these two were amazing and I would repurchase both! Especially the Creme Peeling as it's really creamy, has some fine peeling parts in it, is very gentle and effective at the same time and makse my skin really soft and leavse some gentle scent!

Finished up another Nivea product, an  Nivea Soft moisturizing universal cream I actually used as a hand cream. Really loved the gentle scent and it is already on my list for repurchase! The other product is by L'Occitane and it's from the Jasmin & Bergamote collection and I really loved this body milk! I would repurchase full size any time, if I could. My stash of body lotions is simply too big. It's got  a very light texture, sinks into the skin fast and really does the job as it should, I loved it! I have also posted a full review for this product and you can read it here :)

Nivea has become one of my favourite brands, by the looks of this empties post :P I did really love this 3 in 1 Micellar Cleansing Water. It worked so much better than any other I have had so far! I have never posted about it on my blog, but from all the micellar waters I have tried this one is by far my favourite. It's gentle and very effective, one swipe really removes almost everything (only a face brush does it better), never needed much of the product to remove a full face of makeup. Also my skin never had any bad reactions to it, it always worked really well for me. Also it's not too expensive and I will be repurchasing very soon! The second product I have used up is by Noemie Cosmetics and it's Purifying Toning Lotion. I really loved that it was so gentle to my skin! I am thinking of repurchasing it, as it has grown on me and my skin liked this one a lot. I have posted about this toner here :)

And a mix of empties, two of the products have been ampy since mid August, but I have not posted my empties until now. I have been using Garnier Ambre Solaire Ideal Bronze spf 30  and  Garnier Ambre Solaire Sensitive advanced spf 50 during my summer holidays. I must say I did like the Ideal bronze lotion, it provided me with a lovely colour and protection. But I disliked the face cream as it caused me a brekout. Still it provided me with enough protection and didn't feel greasy. Next year though I will only repurchase Ideal bronze lotion. Also used up another deodorant, this time by Dove, it's their go fresh anti-perspirant and it the scent was perfect for summer, but I used it up quickly as I needed to reapply a lot. Now I am using Borotalco and I have been using one deodoarnt for over two months now! I am so impressed by it, only need to apply it once a day, it does it's job amazingly well! And the last empty here is a standard repurchase for me, I have been repurchasing this one like for ever, since it has been released when I was still in highschool! Basically, almost for 10 years! Veet In shower Hair Removal Cream is one fo the products I seem to repurchase every time as they have simply not come up with anything better and more effective to use under shower.

Some products for face I have finished include  Garnier Hautklar Wasabi Clean peeling, AlpStories Cleansing Gel Sage & Mint and Inell Lait Demaquillant makeup remover.  I had this Garnier peeling for some months and it did the job well, also loved the freshness of it! Would repurchase but already have a stash of products at home. Anyway, for anyone who likes products with a fresh scent and feel on the skin after use, this might be good for you! The particles are not too small or too big and just the right density, this was gentle enough and also did the job well at the same time. I have a whole post for the AlpStories cleansing gel and I must admit this has become one of my favourite cleansing gels of all time! You can read the full review here :) If you have a chance to try it out I really recommend it! Also used up another bottle of makeup remover from Inell, I think I will keep repurchasing this one as well, as it's really affordable and does the job well!

Have finished some of the lip balms as well! I had this one by Maybelline Baby lips Peach Kiss for a long time and it didn't really do anything for my lips, so I will not be repurchasing. It did add a bit of colour but the colour liked to crease on my lips and stick to my dry patches. Anyway, not something I liked or want to repurchase. The second lip balm is by Lip Smacker and it's Kiwi. I liked this one, it was fresh, and sweet and fruity. Did perform well on my lips, but is not very good at nourishing. My lips need some more care than this, so I won't be repurchasing. Maybe in summer time, but not right now. The third lip balm I used up is by Oriflame and it's theirs The ONE BB lip balm and I loved this one! The packaging, the scent, the texture, the light colour and shimmer this gives. It's also good at nourishing your lips, personally I really liked this one and I would repurchase! Finished one of my powders - finally done with Catrice Colour Correcting Mattifying powder in shade 010 Delicate Blossom. I liked it but it could do better. On my face this just didn't last that long and I was shiny too fast for my liking. I will not be repurchasing, but if you are interested you can read a full review here. The last product I have finished that you can see here is L'Occitane Pivoine Sublime CC cream in Light, one of my favourite products of this summer, if not the top favourite product! Really recommend you this one and love almost everything about it - you can read full review here! Repurchase - totally yes, but maybe next summer, as it's a very light product with light coverage.

Some empty Caudalie and DermEden testers. I will not talk much about these as I will post a short review of my impressions soon. From Caudalie I have tried  and loved Instant Detox mask, really effective, has a nice scent and I would love to try a full sized product. Also loved the Divine Oil, smells as the name suggests - divine! Also impressed by Divine legs tinted body balm, have never tried something like this before - gives quite a strong colour! Maybe I will buy it for next spring/summer season :) From DermEden I have tried D-day Protocole daily defense universal cream and Night protocole Intense anti-aging face cream. Both products were very promising, but will tell you more in a separate post!

And some late arrivals - products I have just finished up or I have forgtotten to take a picture! I have here two shower packs by WorldNaturelle, full review here :) I loved both of these and I really recommend you to try them sometime! Also finished up some testers of a new foundation - Deborah Milano  Dress Me Perfect 01 Fair. Loved the texture, application, coverage is quite strong, shade suits me really well, staying power is good! More or less I am very impressed by this foundation, but I will not be purchasing it just yet as I would like to wait and use up all the new foundations I have bought in September. Another tester I have used up is by Bottega  Verde, it's their Riso Venere hydrating face cream with Venere black Rice extract and Rice bran oil. Loved the scent and texture of this cream even though it's not really meant for my skin type. Felt very luxurious, but I have no idea how it would have turned out on the long run. Another toner I have just used up is by Natura Siberica  Cleansing tonic, it's actually a repurchase, my second bottle. Loved that it's so gentle, but I want to try something new now, so I won't be repurchasing just yet. And last two products I have used up are both one of my all time favourites - Caudalie Hand and Nail cream, you can find full review here, and L'Occitane Cleansing oil - full review here :) Loved  both products and would love to repurchase as soon as possible! Also I think both of these are pretty amazing to give as Christmas gifts!

So these were my empties! Have you tried any of these products? How did they work for you? :)

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Love, UniqaPoly