Favorite Nails Of 2012

On Monday I do Monday Blues, which means a manicure with blue polish. I've been doing it for a while so I figured I could post some of my favorite blue polishes and manicures of the last year.

You can find all of them on the blog, filed under NAILS in the menu on the homepage, or by clicking HERE, so if you want to know more about one of them, check it out or just ask.

I've arranged them chronologically, so I'll start out with the oldest, working my way up to the newest

My first water marble attempt*Polka dots with my eyebrow brush*Olympic Nails  

Gold leaf nails*Barry M Aqua Glitter*Rhinestone nails made with glitter   

The prettiest nails I've ever had*Oxblood glitter nails*Roses and polka dots 

Essie Bobbing For Baubles*Color block nails *Snowflake glitter ombre nails

So what do you think? Any favorites?                  

I do believe that the ladies are putting up they Monday blue nails as usual so you can check them out here:

Gosia from Life in Color!

Mihaela from Lacquerbuzz

Mandy from Chameleon Stampede

Marisa from Polish Obsession

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Favorite Products of 2012

Can you believe it's been another year already? While you're living it it feels long, of course, but when it comes to looking back it feels like it was just yesterday that I was on a train in Germany at -11C hoping to finally get home to that warm shower. I still get chills thinking of those temperatures, which just goes to prove how not so long ago it seems to have been.

Nevertheless, I will show you some things that have really impressed me this past year.    

                      
Vichy Eye Make-Up Remover is a recent discovery and you can read all my raving about it by clicking in the link.
Face Oils: both apricot and argan have been really good friends of mine this year.Starting to use face oils has really helped out my dry skin and if you want, you can read all about the amazing apricot oil HERE.
Rose Water: what a great thing this is! I use it as a toner and you'd be surprised how hydrating it is. I've also written all about it In This Post.
I love...Raspberry & Blackberry Hand Cream: so far, this is the only hand cream that I could feel, works.Normally you'd apply and reapply and still have dry hands, but with this you apply a couple of days and you're set for the week. And this is coming from a person working in an office with the most horrendously dry air.
L'occitane Almond Shower Oil: you would expect me to use oil in the shower also, wouldn't you? Well this one is the one! Smells incredible and is very friendly to my skin.

Make-up wise I also have, of course, a couple of great discoveries.

Eyeko Fat Brush Mascara: ever since I got it in June, I cannot stop raving about it. I also did a review when I first got it that you can find HERE
Rosebut Lip Salve and Dr Organic Rose Otto Lip Serum: are clear proof that I have a thing for roses. These two were included in my post about My Favorite Lip Balms and you will understand why after reading that. For the record, I've been using Rosebud since 2011 and still find it amazing.
Benecos Baked Blush: was the biggest surprise! I had gotten it and a beauty bloggers event but didn't want to use it because the color seemed too dark for me. Very mistaken I was! It is the perfect color with the perfect shimmer, because I do like my shimmers a lot.
Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer: still my favorite concealer. The texture is ideal for me, and so it the "match perfection" that it does. I've reviewed it Right Here back in the day.
Catrice Gel Eyeliner: has been a huge surprise, because I didn't expect such a great product for so little money. I wanted to try a gel liner and this was the only one I could find. Safe to say, we have never been apart since. The full post about it is HERE.
MeMeMe Beat The Blues Highlighter: I wanted Benefit's SunBeam for the longest time and when I finally went to get it, I discovered it was much too orange for me. And then I discovered this one. Match made in heaven! You can see the swatches and the full review in The Post I Wrote About It.
MUA Lipsticks: biggest surprise of the year! Who knew they had such nice lipsticks! It's about lipsticks in general, but if you want to see my favorite, then you can check out my post from earlier this week about the MUA LipBoom in Ok.com.


And last but not least, nail polishes

China Glaze: this was the year of me finally getting my hands on China Glaze polishes and I am extremely happy about that, because they turned out to be my favorite brand. The formula is unbeatable and so is the brush. The one you see here is Surfin' For Boys and it was the neon I had been looking for a long time! If you click on the link you will also see the swatches and you might agree that it's a gorgeous thing. As a matter of fact, I just wore it two days ago.
Barry M Aqua Glitter: I have a glitter obsession but this is beyond anything. First of all, it's a gorgeous polish that has incredible coverage for being just glitter AND it is so easy to remove! I sometimes don't feel like using glitter because I know what it means to remove it, but this one goes off like any other polish.
HERE is what it looks like on my nails.
Essie Bobbing For Baubles: the most craved color of the year. When I first saw it I had to have it, and it took a while before finding, ordering and finally getting it, but oh was it worth it! It's a color that works with anything. It's cool, it's classic, it's anything you like. On top of that, I think it is the most unique color I have seen. Try to give it a name, I dare you.
HERE it is, in all of its shiny glory.


So those were my favorites, what about you, what have some of your favorites been? Feel free to link me in your comment if you have a similar post up!





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Favorite Make-Up Remover of 2012: Vichy Pureté Thermale Soothing Eye Make Up Remover For Sensitive Eyes

I said I'll be doing favorites for 2012 this week-end, until the new year ( and I foresee after also), so I will start with one of my essentials: Make-up Remover 

It's the most important thing to me to get make-up off properly, especially without any part of my skin or face being irritated.
Vichy is one of my favorite brands, also because it makes dermocosmetics. Those are the kind that are specifically created to take your skin's well-being into consideration and reduce the risk of any irritations or allergic reactions.

My eyes are sensitive. Yours might be too if you've had so much chlorinated water in them, so the things that I put on my face are taking that into consideration. 
They start watering really easy and tend to sting if one wrong move is made. Not too practical, but it means they're a natural filter for bad ingredients.

Anyway, the women who sold me this told me to come back with the bottle if my eyes have ANY reaction.  ( Real life emphasis on "any" ).
It makes me a bit more confident to buy Vichy products, especially when I find them in pharmacies and actual pharmacists recommend them. 
This is made for waterproof make-up. If you read the packaging you'll also find things like:
"protects your lashes from breaking". I'd like to vouch for that. My lashes love it!

As you can see, it is two-part remover, having a more oily side that you mix by shaking before use.

You might have suspected I really like it, since I put it in the 2012 Favorites, and you'd be right.
My eye make-up just fades away without rubbing or whatnot. The last remover was from Vichy also, but I prefer this, as it has a less creamy texture and you have no oily feel afterward.

It's an incredibly good make-up remover and I believe I will be sticking to this one for a long long time.
After more than a month of using it, not even 1 cm of it has disappeared from the bottle. What I'm trying to tell you is that you need very little to get everything off.


So there is is, my favorite Make-Up Remover of the Year! What's yours?                       





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MUA LipBoom Ok.com Review and Swatches

Last week I showed you what I  got for my first oder from MUA HERE and if you recall, I was very impressed by the lipsticks.
Well, now I will show you my favorite first, the Lipboom in OK.com                          

I'm all for nude colors and it's one of my favorite things to wear. I have to say, this is the perfect nude. It doesn't get more nude than this.
It's flesh color but you can also tell that you're wearing something, and the fact that it's matte adds to the great look.
Here's what it looks like on my lips

Now, as you can see, this is a LipBoom and that means it comes with a gloss too. You'd think the gloss color doesn't really work with the nude ( like I did ), but you would be wrong. They work perfectly together.
The tip on the packaging is to apply some gloss to the middle of the lip for a fuller effect.

Here's what it looks like.

Does look fuller, doesn't it?
You can see the glitter in the gloss, because you have to know, there is a lot of glitter in it!

You can wear the lipstick, the gloss, or you can wear them together, which is a pretty cool thing to be able to do.
I like to wear the lipstick most because I'm super impressed by it, and it's much greater than I had expected. Like I mentioned in the other post I liked in the beginning, it's the perfect combination of moisturizing yet dry enough for it not to fade off after half an hour.

As for lasting power, very impressed with it too! It can go up to 3-4 hours, with the occasional tee,water or coffee drinking that happens at work.

All in All I'm much more impressed than I thought I would be and will definitely buy it again!


Have you tried any MUA lipsticks?







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