March Favorites

I've had a lot of favorites this month (the coloured words are links):

• Escada Taj Sunset - I loooove it! I even prefer it to Marine Groove. It's such a lovely summer fragrance.The most prominent note is mango and it's very sweet. 
• Orofluido - the scent is gorgeous, a mix of amber and vanilla. It just feels so luxurious. 
• L'Oreal Million Lashes - I really didn't find it anything special when I tried it for the first time. I guess it's one of those mascaras that just need some time. I love it now, it defines and lengthens and it works great on lower lashes too.
• Tana eyelash curler - An essential tool. These are the best curlers available here in Slovenia. They don't pinch (unlike Manhattan one's, those are horrible!) and have the best arch.
• E.l.f. blush in Shy - gorgeous pink shade, it really brightens your face.
• I've been wearing a lot of either a combination of Viva Gaga and Make up factory 47 or Gosh Darling & MUF 47.
• Essence Stay with me 02 My favorite milkshake - Great glosses, finally something that doesn't have shimmer and they smell so nice. The colour is gorgeous, a lovely peachy pink.
• UD Naked palette
• Essence 53 You Belong to me and Miss Sporty 370 nail polishes. Belong to me is a dupe for Essie's Mint Candy Apple (the latter is just a hint greener) but the application is so much easier.
• Refan's version of Chanel n.5 - It identical to the original and the staying power is amazing. I got this one for my mum, for my cousin I took Guilty (Gucci, again identical to the original with brilliant staying power) and Givenchy Organza for her friend (I didn't get anything for myself, lol). I put the sticker on myself, the bottles are quite plain actually. The list of all available dupe fragrances can be found here./ Ta mesec sem �la prvic v Refan (na Slovenski ulici) in sem za mami vzela Chanel n.5, za sestricno Guilty (Gucci) in za njeno prijateljico Organza (Givenchy) (zase nisem vzela nic). Vsi so identicni originalom in zdr�ijo neverjetno dolgo, na�pricala sem si jih na zapestje ob 11h, zdr�ali so do dokler se nisem �la stu�irat ob polnoci. Vonj se je obdr�al na rokavih od jopice, tako da glede obstojnost se bila kompletno �okirana. Za seznam vseh parfumov, ki ji imajo na voljo kliknite tukaj.

50, 30 and 15 ml bottles/steklenicke:

Haul - Essence, John Frieda & Weleda

Essence Forget it! 3 in 1 concealer:

I tried this concealer just once. It's very pigmented. The beige side in way to dark for my skin tone, green side which is meant to counteract the redness looks almost white when applied and the pink (for covering dark circles) side might actually work as a nice very pale lip shade. I tried the green and pink shades on my pink circles. Both turned out very pale, even with concealer on top. I will keep trying to make it work, just adjusting the amount and so on. It costs around 2,5�.

Essence Stray with me lipglosses in 03 Candy Bar (a coral shade) and 04 Trendsetter (raspberry shade):

I already have the shade 02 My favorite milkshake (which I love) and I had 01 Me and My Ice cream. Swatches and review can be found here, I will add these two swatches to that post and some comparison pictures.

John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Shine Shock

I bought this after reading some very positive reviews on MUA. I tried a small amount on dry hair and I haven't noticed anything special, but the reviews say that it only works when applied on soaking wet hair. It's a thick gel with sparkles and it smell amazing, kind of coconuty (identical as the conditioner that I love).

IsaDora Fanciful (Spring 2011) - Lipsticks and Blush Swatches

 

This collection has been out for quite a while. I must have passed the display a dozen times and never really looked at it. Well the visual alone repelled me. But recently Dazzledust25 did a rave video about the Glow stick blush and Pink parfait lipstick, so I finally checked this collection out. Jelly Kiss gel lipstick are completely new. There are four shades available (51 Bare bliss, 52 Rose blush, 53 Pink parfait and 54 Lilac tulle), they all look bright but the formula is sheer and glossy. I think they are very similar to their Cream gloss stylos.

Glow stick blusher in 10 Rose bud is a shimmery rosey-coraly shade. A light application doesn't give much colour, but more  of a highlighting effect, however this doesn't mean you need to use loads for it to show up. The formula is very creamy and easy to blend. It's a gorgeous shade for lighter skin tones, it really brightens the face, but it's also way to expensive for the amount you get (something like those blushes from Rose Garden collection by Alverde). Here it's a bit over 18� (Limoni), maybe it's cheaper somewhere else, at least I hope it is, I would love to have it.

Essence Stay With Me Lip Glosses

I already swatched and reviewed the shade 01 Me & My Ice Cream (click for review)). As I wrote in the previous post Stay with me is a new line of lip glosses by Essence. I am liking these more and more. I got another shade called 02 My favourite milkshake which on me looks way prettier than 01, just because it's more peachy. I also have my eye on 03 Candy Bar which is a coraly-red shade. These are really good glosses, especially for the price (around 2.5 �).

So here are the swatches of both:

Edit:
I'm adding the swatches of shade 03 Candy Bar (coral) and 04 Trendsetter (raspberry)

Haul - New Lip Products From Essence

First of is the new shade of lipstick called 53 All About Cupcake, which is a pink slightly peachy shade, a beautiful neutral, everyday colour. Local Muller didn't have Coralize Me yet which is one of the new shades and interested me most. Swatches of shades 44 and 45 can be found here.

Prvi na vrsti je nov odtenek �minke 53 All About Cupcake, ki je roza z nekaj breskve, res lep nevtralen odtenek za vsak dan. Najbli�ji Muller �e ni imel odtenka Coralize Me, ki se �e zanima od novosti. Slike odtenkov 44 in 45 lahko najdete tu.

Stay with me is a new line of lipglosses, with 7 new shades. They introduce a new for of applicator, which I personally am not a fan of, but it works just fine. 01 Me & My Milkshake is a milky pink shade and a dupe of Nivea's Milkshake lipgloss and E.l.f.'s Bubble Gum. Staying power is average, they're not sticky, all in all just an average lipgloss, for the price a great product. The range of colour is nice, 02 My Favorite Milkshake is very similar to this one, just slightly peachier. They have a nice, faint fruity scent.

Stay with me so novi lipglosi v 7-ih odtenkih. Imajo novo vrsto aplikatorja, meni se kaj pretirano ne dopade, ampak deluje ok. 01 Me & My Milkshake je svetlo roza odtenek, identicen Nivejinemu Milkshake (btw Nivejina licila grejo iz prodaje) in E.l.f.-ovem Bubble Gum. Obstojnost je povprecna, niso lepljivi, v glavnem povprecni glosi, super za ceno. V�ec mi je izbor odtenkov, 02 My Favorite Milkshake je zelo podoben temu, le bolj breskov. Imajo rahel sadni vonj.

Essence also introduced a new shade of a lipliner called Coral Nude. I also purchased a shade Cute Pink and I previously owned Soft Rose.
Essence ima tudi nov odtenek liplinerja imenovan Coral Nude. Kupila sem �e odtenke Cute Pink, �e prej pa sem imela odtenek Soft Rose.

Haul - New Products From Essence, Miss Sporty & Other

Essence recently released a lot of new stuff and bought a few. This haul will be featured in a two-part post.

Essence ima kar nekaj novih stvari, swatche bom objavila v 2 postih.

Essence released new liquid liners called Glam liner, it's available in 5 colours, I bought the colour called 05 Royal spendour which is a gold with shimmer (honestly my swatch doesn't, give it justice, it's way prettier in real life). They are quite pigmented and dry quite fast after that they don't smudge, staying power is ok. In my opinion a good product, you just can't beat the price.

Essence ima novo linijo linerjev, Glam liners, na voljo v 5-ih barvah. Kupila sem si zlat odtenek 05 Royal spendour, moj swatch mu dela krivico, je zelo lepe zlate barve v RL oz. tak kot se vidi v embala�i. So kar pigmentirani in se hitro posu�ijo, potem se ne zabri�ejo, kar je super. Obstojnost je kar v redu, meni je zelo v�ec, pa �e zelo poceni.

I also got 2 nail polishes, one is Miss Sporty 370, which is a lovely pinky-coral shade, with a really small shimmer (it's almost undetectable), the other is 53 You Belong to Me one of the new shaded from Essence. I love these light mint - teal shades, so I have quite a few. You belong to Me is a good dupe for Essie Mint Candy Apple, the latter is a touch more green in it, also I prefer the Essence one, just because it's so much easier to apply. Worlds Coolest is also very close, but bluer and sheerer, Party blue is much more blue than You Belong to Me.

Kupila sem tudi 2 laka za nohte, prvi je Miss Sporty 370, ki je cudovit koralno-roza odtenek z res drobnim �imrom (se ga skoraj ne opazi), drugi pa je 53 You Belong to Me, ki je eden izmed novih Essencevih odtenkov. Obo�ujem take svetlo turkizne odtenke, imam jih kar nekaj. You Belong to me je skoraj enak kot Essiejev Mint Candy Apple, slednji je le malenkost bolj zelen. Sicer mi je pa Essencev bolj v�ec, Essie-jevega je izjemno te�ko lepo nanesti. Worlds Coolest je tudi zelo podoben, le da je bolj moder in bolj prosojen, Party Blue je veliko bolj moder kot You Belong to Me. 

I ran out of my favourite body moisturizer Dove Body Milk, so I purchased a new bottle, I also got a Sun Dance self tanner, which is dirt cheap ( around 1,5�, available only in DM-s). I hate the classical self tanner scents, but I didn't expect this one to be any different and it isn't. When you apply it, it smells lovely, kind of floral fragrance, but in a few hours that self tanner scents develops. I love that it dries in minutes and the tan is not streaky.  I'm really pale and after first application the tan was quite faint but noticeable, after the second application the tan was quite dark, just right for me, I'm not looking for an extremely dark tan. For the price a great self tanner.

Zmanjkalo mi je mojega najljub�ega losjona, zato sem kupila novega (400 ml, M�ller za 3,99�), odlocila sem se �e preizkusiti Sun Dance-v samoporjavitveni spraj, ki je neverjetno poceni (okoli 1,5�). Sama ne maram tistega klasicnega vonja samoporjavitvenih krem, ampak za to ceno nisem niti pricakovala, da ga ta ne bi imel. Ob nanosu pa di�i kar lepo, nekako cvetlicno, na �alost se po nekaj urah razvije tisti vonj po samoporjavitveni kremi. Zelo mi je v�ec kako se hitro posu�i, v parih minutah in ker je spraj se ga da zelo enakomerno nasesti. Barva ni bila nic listasta, sama sem zelo bela in po prvem nanosu je bil ten bolj ne�en, po drugem zame �e dovolj temen. Za to ceno zelo dobra samoporjavitvena.

Swatches of lip products will be posted in the next post.

Make Up Factory True Lip Colour Lipsticks

Finally! A nice range of shades for a change. I like at least a half of the shades, all from 12 - 47 (without 28) are very nice and wearable colours. Make Up Factory is a high end brand available only in M�ller. These lipsticks cost 14,50 �. I bought the shade 47, which is very similar to Mac's Hue (my all-time favourite).

These are very nice. Quality wise I'd compare them to Mac's Glaze formula, not fully opaque but moisturizing, creamy and feel very comfortable on the lips. The shape of the lipstick is a bit odd, I don't really get the purpose of such shape. The packaging is very nice, a nice black, sleek, mat tube. Shade 47 is a light pink with peach tones, very similar to Hue by Mac, but Hue is lighter and has more pink in it. However once applied on the lips, the difference is negligible. I would imagine that on someone even a shade darker than me, you probably wouldn't be able to see the difference between the two. It doesn't have any particular scent, it's quite undetectable. Staying power is very similar to Mac's glaze formula, they last about 4 hours. These lipsticks contains jojoba in olive oil, vitamin C and E, and they're paraben and fragrance free.

 

Koncno ena linija �mink z dobrimi odtenki. V�ec mi je vsaj polovica, od 12 - 47 (brez 28) so zelo lepe in nosljive barve. So zelo dobre �minke, kvalitetne, zelo podobne Macovi glaze formuli. Niso polno prekrivne, imajo nekak�en kremen fini�, so kar vla�ilne, ampak niso mastne. Oblika �minke mi je misterij, je neka cudna prirezana oblika, katere namen mi ni jasen. Embala�a je super, zelo elegantna, mat, crna tuba, zelo kvalitetna. Odtenek 47 je svetlo roza z nekaj breskve, zelo podoben Macovi Hue, ampak Hue je bolj roza in svetlej�a. Vseeno ko jo nanese� na ustnice je razlika skoraj nezaznavna. Na nekomu, ki ima samo odtenek temnej�o polt kot jaz, se po moje razlike sploh ne bi opazilo. Nima kak�nega posebnega vonja, obstojnost je precej dobra, kak�ne 4 ure. �minke vsebujejo jojobino in olivno olje, vitamina C in E, ter so brez parabenov in di�av.