Gifts under 300

Time is drawing closer and the clock is ticking. If you want to have your sanity intact I suggest you get the gifts done within the next week, otherwise it ll get stressy. He´res my suggestions for gifts under 300Dkr

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Christmas Fun Fact of the Day: In Scandinavia children will often put out a rice pudding with cinnamon to the Gnomes (a kind of Christmas elf's) in order to make the gnomes happy. Since the viking age it was believed that Gnomes would bring good luck or bad fortune depending on their mood, thus the pudding is a sort of gift in exchange for good tidings

There will be no or limited swatches for a while. Due to the weather and season, I cannot take a prober picture. Out lights are the kind that gives out an orange light which kinda screws up the pictures. Until I get my hands on a lamp with "natural" light, I cant swatch.

250dkr giftcertificate for only 125dkr!

Danes only

Downtown is having a great offer! Buy a 250Dkr gift certificate to Ezzence.dk for only 125Dkr! Ezzence is a neat shop with great prices, good offers and all the top brands! Its kinda like Nicehair with more makeup choices and perfume.

Get your certificate HERE 

I am in no way affiliated with Ezzence or Downtown. I just love a good deal

My Beauty Box

I signed up for the new beauty box to compete with Goodiebox because of the promise of more makeup and brands like Stila and Urban Decay. I was NOT disappointed! Bear in mind that MBB intend to sell the products in their own web shop (opening next week) so that is why there is no retail price or link to purchase. If you want to sign up you can do it HERE for only 129 a month

Pink. It is PINK! How fucking cute is this!?? 

Black box, very sturdy and very elegant. This is going to be reused!

Pink silk paper! So awesome! The theme of this box is "Everyday Glam"

Sally Hansen Soothing Hand Scrub

Part one of the "Two-Step Renewal System for Hands". The system got a lot of neat things in it like olive oil, almond oil and keratin. Use the scrub first to remove dry skin and culitles

Sally Hansen Brightening & Firming Hand Cream

Part 2 of  "Two-Step Renewal System for Hands". This smells like coconut! Mmmm coconut! Apply after scrub to add moisture. The cream got UV factor 20, so it also protects from the sun - clever!

Urban Decay Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tint, Indecent

I love Urban Decay. The purple theme, the urban look. Not to mention they are behind the famous Naked palette!

Mirror is always a nice touch. The color is peachy in the J-Lo way. It contains vitamin E, C and A so your skin gets nurtured while you look fab! It is very creamy, easy to apply and it takes nothing more than a finger to use

With flash - it got a nice subtle highlight

Without flash - this color will work for most as it is easy to build up to stronger color depending on your skin tone

W7 Mega Matte Lips

I THINK this in the color coral but I'm not sure. This product isn't quite  a gloss and not quite a liquid lipstick. It´s smoother than liquid lipstick and a lot more pigmented than gloss. It glides on easy but I recommend using a lip brush to smooth it out

Pretty!

Stila Glaze Lip Liner, Melon

Stila is a great brand in my opinion. This liner is no exception, the color is lush and easy to apply

Nothing exceptional about the design but it do what its suppose to and it do it well

Pro-tip: Color your entire lip with liner and dap powder on them before applying lip stick. It helps the lipstick last longer

Fun Fact of the Day:  Redheads on average has around 90.000 hair strands while dark hair can have as many as 110.000. Those with most hair is blonde's with a whopping 140.000

Wednesday Wishing well

Every Wednesday ill blog about something I wish for. Something I cant buy right away or maybe ever, things that may be to expensive or to hard to get my hands on. And now presenting this weeks wish!   

Sephora Hello Kitty Wild Things Brush Set

Exclusive to Sephora, Hello Kitty has a whole new range of cosmetic and beauty. It is available in US and on the US site, I do not know if the stores around the world will carry this... I hope they will tough! Metal case in black and grey gives a sharp edge to the otherwise adorable Kitty. 

Retail is 49$

Fun Fact of the Day: There is over 50.000 different products with Hello Kitty

Wednesday Wishing Well

Every Wednesday ill blog about something I wish for. Something I cant buy right away or maybe ever, things that may be to expensive or to hard to get my hands on. And now presenting this weeks wish!  

Kosé Cosme Decorte AQMW Christmas Coffret

Try saying that 3 times in a row! 

Look at it  just look at eeeet! It is so girly and pretty and royal and princessy and shiny and pink and purple and shiny and! SOOO PWRUETTY! It comes with a eyeshadow palette, loose powder, puff and lip gloss and I need it! But alas, it is from Japan and I still haven't found a way to order stuff from Japan.... 

It retails at 7875 Yen - which I believe is around 60$ or something - HERE

Fun fact of the day: Despite many a hair product claim, you CANNOT repair death or dry hair using a product. Hair can only be rejuvenated from the root much like nails

Lily Cole lip gloss

Another lucky bid on Ebay! I'm a sucker for girly stuff and Body Shops Lily Cole collection just hit me in the right place! I adore the products and the design! 

The Body Shop Lily Cole Lip gloss, 02 Go Wild

Standard tube but with the hip pink Lily Cole design on. The gloss itself gives a nice color to it. Of the 17 EDC´s there is only Propylparaben in it, as preservative. That isn't to bad and Body Shop is CRUELTY FREE. In a choice between EDC and Cruelty I choose the EDC´s.

The gloss got a neat tropical fruit scent, and very mild taste. The color is nonexistent to be honest. The gloss is very thick and sticky. I'm not going to keep it, as i don't like my glosses sticky. I got it for 1,55$ plus shipping on Ebay.

Fun fact of the day: L'Oréal owns and produce a lot of your favorite brands, including Lancome, Garnier, Biotherm, Helena Rubenstein, Maybellline, Vichy, and Yves Saint Laurent

Body Shop Lily Cole, Puff on Radiance

You thought I was gone for good didn't ya. But I'm not- I'm right here! Sorry about the unscheduled hiatus, I should be back now. You know how it is when the real world gets in the way.

Any who, I been very lucky on Ebay and snatched myself some Lily Cole goodies for a fraction of the price (Saved 50% compared to the danish prices) and yesterday I received the Puff on Radiance!

The Body Shop Lily Cole Puff on Radiance

This is a nifty highlighter! The container is girly and I'm a fan of anything with a puff and in pearl form lol. I bought it off a private seller on Ebay for a winning bid of 6,50 GBP plus shipping

There is a little plastic holder between the puff and the pearls, very practical!

The puff itself is worthy of a princess

Look how pretty they are! Shimmer shimmer shimmer! They have no remarkable scent

I know this is a shitty picture but it was almost impossible to catch the subtle highlight with the camera. I had to put on a really thick layer and turn down the flash! The pearls are soft on the skin, I got no allergic reaction at all either. As allways I looked through the EDC´s and sadly this contains Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben and Propylparaben. The most mindbogglingly about this is that all 4 of those are PRESERVATIVES! I mean seriously? You need four different preservatives? Ill make sure that when I use this, I wont have any other products with the EDC´s in (to mix EDC´s is the most risky). On the positive side, it does contain talc and seed oils.

All in all tough, a great purchase. Its cruelty free but got EDC´s. I guess you just cant have it all

Art Deco features Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese is the burlesque queen of pin up! Her signature red lips and cat eyes, not to mention her amazing curves, is renowned worldwide! Together with Art Deco she´s now launching her very own makeup line named "Dita Von Teese classics" as they will feature products that the leading lady herself finds essential in her beauty bag. I for one is exited but I am not sure if I will buy - depends on the price.

Body Shop teams up with Lily Cole

Lily Cole recently became ambassador for Body Shop and with that launching a new cruelty free line of makeup! Its limited and will hit UK stores in June. The makeup is pink, girly and filled with the new pearly shaped that dominated the beauty market right now, including a face primer and blush pearls with a pink puff that makes me think of old Hollywood starlets.

Ill be sure to get my friend in UK to get me a haul of this!

Valentine part 2

As promised, swatches from the ELF Valentine gift :) Sorry about the pics looking kinda weird, my camera and I didn't cooperate. I couldnt catch the color of the eyeliner, but it was like a brownish grey.

Duo powder eyeshadow, black licorice 

The black is very dusty, it kinda reminds me of the coal like dust my friend once brought me from Bali, apart from the silver shimmer of course. Its ideal for smoky eyes! The silver is very metallic, I never before seen a powder silver who actually seemed like silver on the skin

Luscious Liquid Lipstick, Ruby slippers

There isnt much Ruby slippers" about this one im affraid. When something is named "Ruby slippers" one expect a strong red color with glitter, but alas no. The color is more of a blushy pink and its a bit sticky. Its more like a cheap lipgloss than a liquid lipstick. Im never going to be a fan of the tripple L in general and this one was a big let down  

ELF nail polish, Medium red

That's a nail polish worthy of Marylin Monroe! Strong color in that classic sexy tone! Extremely easy to apply!

Apologies for my fingers look - the recent frosty windy days haven't been kind to my hands at all

Studio Cream Blush seductress

Theres a reason I love the creamblushes - they are easy to apply and turns into a nice powdery finish on the skin wich enchance the natural look. The color is red-red but fades in a way that makes it turn slighty pink. Its very close to my natural blush, so its probably going to be my everyday blush from now on

Valentines!

Today my postman finally delivered my ELF valentines package. I haven't swatched yet, but ill do so later tonight! I was so lucky that I got things that I had on my wish list already! The Valentines was from the adorable cutie Gareth, and needless to say Its the best (well and first) Valentines "card" I ever gotten!

Lets open it shall we? 

Wow! How sweet is that! Rose petals!

 Luscious Liquid Lipstick, Ruby slippers

Brightening eyeliner in ash - I cant wait to try it out! 

Cream blush!!! I already have Heartbreaker and Vixen, and Seductress is defiantly the best gift of the lot! 

No look it complete without some chic nail polish

Duo powder eyeshadow in Black licorice. Smoky eyes anyone??

And a little sweet <3

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