sweet **Give-Away** promotion ;)

LoveBeanGirl  is having an amazing **Give-Away** which ends on March 30, if you would like to participate, there are some small "rules". Check here!!

I stole the photosz!!

Meh...my camera isn't working as it supposed to and I really wanted to make a post. So all the photos in this post are not mine!! I'll give a link/courtesy of the owner below the photos, but I wanted to share good stuff with you :)

First...I'd like to share my latest Konad plate with you sweeties. The first time I saw this plate it was on Spellbinding Nails , and I fell in love instant actually. It has sweet birds, cupcake/ice-cream/candy, a little animal and stars!!

image from www.konad.co.uk

Look at that!! The only problem was..ordering it :S That was a real pain. Several internet shop UK based used to have it, but all were sold out, even on Amazon. I ordered it through the same shop as where I found the image from and the price incl shipping costs ended at about 20euros...yes for 1 image plate. That's..like...insane!! But I am glad I have it in my collection ;)

Second... I have a couple of new polishes yay!!! With big help from my sister in law :) She was in London for a couple of days and she texted me if I wanted something. She was too kind, cause she brought back Illamasqua Scorn & Baptiste, Nails Inc Whitehall (magnetic) and Filthy Gorgeous Got the Blues (magnetic). As I babysitted my little cousin last Saterday I was given the polishes and I'm sooo happy. ( not only did I get the polishes, but she gave me a new haircut as well, she's a hairdesigner. I had an amazing day!! )  The colors are gorgeous and I hope to show my own photos real soon!

image from www.cultbeauty.co.uk

image from www.filthygorgeouslondon.com

image from www.beautybay.com

image from www.blingingbeauty.com

Right now I'm wearing Illamasque Scorn. I used Konad Q1 to stamp the birdies on both my thumbs and the other 8 fingers have Konad M57 leopard. As for the stampingpolish I used China Glaze Poetic...which I think is one of the best stamping polish from my own polishes!! I should try get other shades from that collestion :)

lovely holo :)

Let me start of with a little disaster :S

Just as we began this new year I thought..wow would it be nice to own some more Catherine Arley polishes..like the other 10 I don't have yet. I have emailed the supplier before but never got an answer to my questions and as time passed by and no attention from my side it just slipped away in a little forget corner of my mind. But looking at some other bloggers and their collections I reaallly wanted the other holos from that brand!! As I was searching the internetshop of what I think is the only selling point online for those CA holos...I found out it 2 numbers weren't even available anymore amagad!!!! The horror ggrrr... I did get my hands on 8...but for some reason I know I'll be hunting down the last 2 :(  Soo if someone wants to sell me those..or knows where to get them pwettie pls let me know ;) (nr 802 & 803)

As i was preparing my nails..cuticle remover etc etc pampering myself :) I picked out one of the "new" colors and BANGGGG....I was almost in tears.. well not literally bang, but check the bottle as I unscrewed the cap....there is no brush in the cap!!!

Now how awful is that! :S I did receive my money back for this bottle and got a cleaned old Seche Vite cap and placed it on, so actually there is no real spillage...all is left in the original bottle...but it sucks when things like this happen boehoeee.

Now onto the fun part :)

This ia an amazing blue scattereed holo from Ozoti Pro (nr 617) from my latest swap with sweet Michelle from Cosmetic Cupcake.

I looove it :) as I mentioned before with nr 521...these polishes really glide on your nail. It's some sort of super quality! Sparkles, shines and stays on for so long. I lub it!!

Weeee swappp :)

I love to swap! I think besides "collecting" nailpolishes and expanding friends with the blogging community the best thing is swapping with those whose share the interest :) Someone else, mostly in a complete different country, takes the time and lots of efford to pick out items they want to share with you. they add candies of fun goodies they really want you to try out. It means so much to me!! Just by opening a package the mailman delivers, a little bundle of joy and happiness pops out as well.

My latest swap was with lovely Michelle from Cosmetic Cupcake. Just look at all the goodies she sent me!!!

Loads of amazing polishes, yummy dino-candy and cookies ( TimTam cookies...they didn't survive very long ), lots of beauty products and velcro hair patches which very completly new to me!

Look at those lovely polishes :) My very first Australian brands woop. OzoticPro, GlitterGal (look at the cute bottle with the cap filled with rhinestones), Bys, Mode, Ulta3. I'm so hppy with them :) last bottle (yellow colored substance/white cap) is a pepermint cuticle oil whcih is amazing!!

Bys blush is a dupe of NARS Orgasm, looks perfect on my pale skintone! Bubblegum flavored/scented Snow Fairy liptint by Lush...everyone should have this. FOA mini mousse is as crease proof as they claim to be, applies perfect on skin.

This a little half-way done manicure, it needed another coat and ofc a tc, but look at those shimmers already!! this is nr 521. The polish dries up quite quick, perfect glossy look and the color/pigments are amazing.


I reaallly really hope <--big hint ;), to swap again with a lovely blogger from Australia. I love your products and they made me realise I'm more into my addiction then I want to admit haha :)

Joehoeee :)

Hello sweeties!!

Yesss I'm still alive.

I didn't took a planned absence, things just went the way the went :) I'm trying out a new mmorpg besides Wow...SWTOR, but I won't bore you with that too much ofc. I've had some amazing swaps with gorgeous sweet people, from blogging community and MUA, which only resulted in a bigger bigger obsession with make up haha. I'm trying to excercise more at a local gym.  Ofc as always work is a big issue in my life as well, though I don't really get full satisfaction from what I do, it does take up loads of energie and to really sit down, review products or make a nice mani/pedi or tell a fun little story..I'm sorry but I couldn't really find the strength atm :S

But I'm done with the relaxing woooop. It feels like I've came out of hibernation and ready to show and share my fun stuff again...starting tomorrow haha. I've got a new pc as well meantime and I still need to upload many of my photos yikes :S

sorry...only for dutch/belgian :(

Enige tijd geleden via een (onafhankelijk) onderzoeksbureau, waar ik mezelf heb ingeschreven als test persoon, een hele doos met 5 verschillende geuren Ambi Pur 3volutions ontvangen om uit te mogen testen. Na ze allemaal getest te hebben probeer ik zoveel mogelijk mensen te bereiken hiermee. Ik ben zelf enorm enthousiast over deze vorm van geur verspreiden in je huis/woon-/werkomgeving. 

Het werkt namelijk op de volgende manier; via een elektrische geurverspreider word om de 45minuten een van de 3 geuren verspreid die aanwezig zijn in het apparaatje. Zo heb je niet een eentonige geur in je huis waaraan je went en dus op een gegeven moment ook niet meer ruikt, maar word je je door de verandering van geurtonen bewust en blijf je de aroma's ruiken.

Op dit moment zijn er 5 verschillende geuren op de markt gekomen ( niet allen zitten in de startverpakking, maar zijn wel als navul geur beschikbaar) te weten; 1. Fresh New Day, 2. Japan Essence, 3. Oriental Dreams, 4. Heavenly Flowers en 5. Relaxing Countryside.

Zelf heb ik natuurlijk in deze weken m'n favorieten wel ontdekt. Zou je zelf ook een van deze geuren willen ontdekken ik ben in bezit van enkele kortingskaartjes (voor aankopen bij de Kruitvat) die ik je natuurlijk wil overhandigen. Zelfs heb ik geurkaarten om de geuren eens te vergelijken als je nog niet aan een startverpakking wilt beginnen.

Mij help je enorm door dit bericht rond te delen en meer mensen op de hoogte brengen van de nieuwe Ambi Pur artikelen.

Heb je zelf interesse om ook bij dit onderzoeksbureau ingeschreven te staan ( waarschijnlijk zal het niet lukken om aan de Ambi Pur actie deel te nemen, maar meerdere van dit soort zullen volgen), laat het mij dan weten. Ik zal ervoor zorgen dat ze contact met je opnemen.

thnx :)

Happy new year!!!!!

Happy New Year my sweeties!!!!

I wish you all the love, happiness, health, make-up and & polish you want and deserve for upcomming 2012 :)

Now on to my very first mani of the year...or last one of last year...

These are the polishes I've used. Applieing them in semibright light in front of the computer...wasn't really a good thing to do but I was bored and wanted to try out some new things.I won't call it a complete fail as it still has my favorite colors, pinksz & puplsz!!

So it wasn't reallly well done and after clean up and cuticle lotion it looked sparkly for me :)

I would like to share a new Dutch webshop with you...Pretty Polish

I actually found out today, so I haven't made any purchases myself...yet...'cause this girl ( Petra Klous ) is selling Zoyas!!! The Zoya polishes I own are either bought through american webshops or bought by myself during my fab NY trip. I actually find them too expensive to buy from webshops as I know what they cost in normal shops, that's why I still have many many on my wishlist!! Perhaps soon this will change as they're available for me in my own country now :) Hurray!! I'll be waiting the new spring collection and some paycheck first.

Not only does she sell Zoya, but Konad, China Glaze, Pupa, Rimmel, Orly, Blaze and Sina. For dutch orders shipping is free from 25euros and above...international shipping..sorry can't find on the site. But I'm pretty sure when you leave her an email she'll get in touch with you about the amount of shipping costs.

LE Catrice & Essence collections

I got some amazing Essence & Catrice LE sets lately and I haven't showed them all. I have been using them on a regular base, so I thought I'll just make a color wheel out of it :)

Essence-Fairytale (5 /6), Catrice - Big City Life, Essence - Ballerina Backstage, Catrice - Welcome to Las Vegas, and the last 2 spots for my Hema polishes.

Thanks to lovely Dolores and Ivana I got these 5 polishes yay!! I totally missed out on them, and I can't even recall if they were released in the Netherlands. I know Germany had them...but I ran into an empty display a couple of times boehoeee... From left to right; 2 Pixie Dust, 3 Once upon a time, 4 Humpty Dumpty, 5 Tinka's Dress & 6 Welcome to Wonderland.

Lubly Catrice's Big City Life collection. Loooved their palettes, but didn't buy any for myself :S Cause I had only just bought heaps of MAC and Kiko make-up and well...can't have it all right?! 1 London, 2 Berlin, 4 New York & 3 Sydney. I have no clue why they picked these colors for the cities really...

 Essence - Ballerina Backstage, it took me a while to complete this. I had to travel to a couple of small villages nearby. 1 Dance the Swan Lake, 2 Wear your little tutu, 3 On your gracile tiptoe, 4 Do a floating pirouette and 5 Grand-plie in black (omg...this one is gorgeous!!!) I truelly think nr 5 was a huge hit. Is it me or am I the only one thinking nr 3 & 4 are sorbets?? they applied so weird and were so see-through.

Catrice's Welcome to Las vegas...I love them...all!! I even bought the black/gold glittery eyeliner and I wish I bought more of them. The body dustthingy I havn't used yet, but I felt that needed to come home as well :) 1 Lovely Sinner, 2 Alluring Night, 3 Star of the Show & 4 Drama Queen. Again the last one a black, glitters in this one are more subtle then Grand-plie in black. I love it and I think I'll polish my toes with it just now.

Hhmm I had 2 "spots" left so I used my 2 Hema Jip&Janneke polishes for it. They're not named just extremely colored :) a fuchsia pink and a silver. Apply okayish, shine well and were cheap!

Time to say goodby....

e...no way!!! I'm not going anywhere mhuahaha :)

It's time to announce the winners of my 5 **Give-Aways** which had started on my bday in September. It took me a little more time since I...well I'll be honost..I couldn't find time to blog with the festive days and with busy work so I kept you all with big hope and stress ;)

( I have sent the winners an email saying I would like a reply within 48hrs otherwise I will draw someone else to win that **Give-Away**  )

 **Give-Away** nr 1 is won by;

Alexa

  **Give-Away** nr 2 is won by;

Natje_9999

  **Give-Away** nr 3 is won by;

lovebeangirl

  **Give-Away** nr 4 is won by;

?  E

 **Give-Away** nr 5 is won by;

 Stavroula

I hope to hear from you soon sweeties, packages will be send out first week of Januari!!

My latest swap :)

Can't believe I haven't showed you all this omg...cause I've been using the eyeshadows and blush for quite a bit now...

A while ago I had a swap with Anouk from CupcakeBeauty, she sent me a suprise swap package filled with goodies I love! We did agree on some color "requirements" but rest was all a big secret ;)

Look at that cute bag with the poodle!!! It was filled with some samples grey matte eyeshadow by Esenceand a quad as well, blush by Catrice. These 3 products I've used most atm, I love how the grey matte looks on my skin/with my eyes :) The peachy blush is just perfect! Dark green glitter polish, Yves Rocher tiny polishes in Argent etincelant 33 and Corail irise 11, Essence Absolutly Stylish 40, Gosh Golden Dragon 564 ( I can't get this color anywhere since they changed their looks, I looove his color ) and Yves Rocher Brun Peau 81..I havn't used this one yet but it looks a bit like a red with a hint of braun in it but with pink tiny sparkles in it. I thought this will be my xmas polish :) A sweet looking nailfile and Gosh eye shadow primer waterproof...which I need now rainy/snowy season has gebun and I ride my bicycle to work very often ggrrr

Teeez - Boudoir Secrets

I got a little suprise package in the mail today from our very own dutch brand Teeez :) You might have seen that name before, they have 3 amazing holo polishes amongst their collection, which is sold out almost everywhere. I also own 2 gorgeous glitter eyeliners which I have reviewd before here.

The package contained 2 mascaras, 3 lipglosses, 3 eye pencils and 3 nailpolishes. All are from Teeez' new collection Boudoir Secrets;

Be tempted by the beauty of a truly feminine and glamorous phenomenon, driven by the desire to make you look ever so beautiful. This elegant make-up collection is decorated with unique vintage charms that makes each product a treasure on its own, disguising the bold secrets inside. Because underneath the abundance hides a rebellious diva, like the 18th century queen of France Marie Antoinette, who was passionate for the pleasures in life.

The collection consists of four new and exciting products; Bold Eyeliner Pencil, French Kiss Lip Gelée, Couture Nail lacquer and Boudoir Mascara.

"Be tempted by the beauty of a truly feminine and glamorous phenomenon."

  

Give your lips a seductive shine with French Kiss Lip Gelée.... The 10 available colors, with or without pearl pigments instantly give your lips a sexy look. The jelly texture creates a seductive wet look effect. The French Kiss Lip Gelée contain selected ingredients that cares your lips and makes them irresistibly soft.

I received 1 Sheer Nude, 5 Tres Pink and 9 Berry Rich. 

Create a seductive look with one of the 12 Bold Eyeliner Pencils. The waterproof formula ensures that the color stay on all day without any streaks. Easy to apply and comfortable to wear becasue of the creamy texture. Wear one color, or combine different colors for the ultimate, long-lasting catwalk look.

I received 1 Sky, 10 Smooth and 11 Gutsy.

The Couture Nail Lacquers consist of 8 powerful pastel shades, a caring tone for a challenging catwalk look. With the new formula, you can create a gel/fake nail effect by using a thick smooth layer. Very unique is 2 Icy, a semi-transparent lacquer with ultra-fine pearl particles which smooth the nail surface. The Couture Nail Lacquers are quick drying and last up to 5 days. All Couture Nail Lacquers are Big 3 Free.

I received 4 Cool, 6 Free and 12 Rebel.

Deceive with your eyes! The Boudoir of Mascara Teeez provide the ultimate seductive look. Full & Flirty, Ssshocking Length and Never Ending ... Waterproof create your feminine lashes filled with volume, length or a long lasting waterproof effect. Full & Flirty Mascara's new fiber brush enhances the original formula for an extreme volume effect.

I received Full & Flirty in blue and Ssshocking Length in black. 

I only received this package today and really wanted to share the goodies with you. For now I'm gonna test and try these products and hope to tell you more in hhmm let's say about 2 weeks. I'm very excited cause the items I own from Teeez are amazing and I feel somewhat honored the sent me this...but I will be completly honost about my reviews ;)

Have fun, Get noticed, Be Teeezed...

BB cream

Garnier released an a-ma-zing product!!! I actually have no idea when it was introduced first, but I do know it's been around a coupld of months. Just had to wait for the proper bargain discounts as I didn't wan't to spend full price on it, but I wish I did buy it earlier :)

BB-cream, no Idea what it stands for...all in 1 daily miracle skin protector. 1) fades away little visible lines , 2) evens your skin 3) glows your skin 4) hydrates your skin 24h (now this is weird cause I do tend to wash my face before going to bed, why do I wan't it to hydrate 24h?! ) and 5) spf 15 protection oeh!  ( I picked out the light version, there is a darker version available for us as well )

Now check out what it does to my skin, I took a wee bit drop on my hand and rubbed it in. Compare the first with the last photo to see how my little spots on my hands "disappeared"

Yes you can still see 2 tiny brown spots/birthmarks, but the others are almost gone. But this is all without the feeling of a thick layer really. I love it so much. My face indeed feels very very hydrated and nourished during the day. I don't have to wear any foundation since this covers well enough. It doesn't smear on clothing at all. I will use this more often for sure!

my new MAC obsession

I can't really recall when it all happend, but I'm pretty sure my NY trip had to do somethign about it....but I'm slightly getting addicted to MAC cosmetics. Already bought some items here in NL, I still find the prices quite high here. Yes I know I know quality /price blabla, but I really think this brand is worth the money, only just US dollars not my euros. So I bought a couple of items on allmakeupwholesale and had the opportunity to swap some on MUA as well yay!!

sheen supreme lipstick Impressive, paint pots Girl Friendly & Delft, liquidlast liner Visionaire, fluidline Blitz&Glits (with tiny brush, very very handy!!) and a studio fix pressed powder which I will not use, yet, till my end of the swap has arrived.

Now I'm not very handy with the paintpots yet, I have a little practise to do :) Specially the blueish Delft as it can "stain" quite a bit if I don't smear it out even. Was thinking of buying a descent brush for it, but I have no clue which brush as I searched down for tutorials it seems everybody uses his/her own kind of way to apply it :S Ideas are always welcome!!

I'm completly in looove with the lipstick and pink eyeliner, I mean...they're so pinkish both!! What more do you want :)

**Give-Away** nr 5 ;)

oow oow oow...2 days later then I had announced, but I'll end it 2 days later as well :)

* little bag of Hello Kitty cookies
* Avene thermal water spray 50ml
* Avene samples of milk & tonic 50ml each
* dr Van der hoog facial mask
* Vichy Aqualia Antiox 50ml cream
* OPI Avojuice mango 30ml
* Koh - Wipe it Away
* Koh - Colour Booster
* several samples

this is my very last **Give-Away** for this year. I will announce all winners from each of the 5 giveaways within a week after the last one closed and will hopefully ship out asap :)

**Give-Away** is closed now, thank you :)

Inglot....again :)

A while ago, like 6months :), I wrote about a swap I had with a sweety called Nikolina ( read here ) I was thrilled to have my very first Inglot and the colors I picked out were just perfect!! The quad contains numbers; 397, 487, 482 and 434 the gelliner is nr 75. The brand itself was completly new to me, as it wasn't even being sold in my country and I only heared rumours about it and other poeples blogposts. What triggered my mind most was the brightness of the colors and all people were saying was how magnificent coverage and pigmentation the products have. ( I btw picked out these specific colors after reading a post on Joey Chong's blog which you can read here )

During my little trip in Ny I did visit the Inglot shop for about 3 times...but I couldn't make any purchase cause I had no clue where to begin at. I love the eyeshadows most I have to admit, but to combine another quad seems just so easy to do, yet so hard cause I was a little overwhelmed with all the beautiful colors and textures and aarghh...leaving the shop again :S Even my husband was confused at some point for me not buying anything, well i did buy something at all the otehr shops I had only just entered...why not this one right?!

Was I so cheerful when news came Inglot would open up a store in Amsterdam ( meantime there are 2 in NL I think...correct me if I'm wrong though ) in june this year. I set this shop on my shops-to-visit-next-time-I'd-be-in-A'dam-list....which was a  while ago with my mom :)

We were the only 2 in the shop as we went on a monday...and mondays shops open up quite late ( 13ish ) and we already had a little walk from the train to Bijenkorf and towards this street. So we had the entire place for ourselves, and the sweetie, Eefje ( sorry have to note your name ) who worked that day was sooo super sweet to us I just had to buy something!! Well yes that and the fact I had my mind already set up on a triple eyeshadow freedom system thingy.

So I already had the quad and eyeliner nr 75...I bought liner nr 74 as well :) I love my purpleszz and for the triple thingy i picked out nr; 500, 502 and 467. ( fun things is mom picked out the the first 2..and last has same hint of color as well...and we were walking seperate through the shop ) as far as I can remember the triple was 20euros and the liner 12euros, which isn't a lot in my opinion. We got to pick the colors we want, the item has a perfect pigmentation and quite a bit of product. I would definatly buy again at Inglot A'dam, if anyone wants to brag up on their fav Inglot products pls do so, perhaps it'll convince me to take it along next time I visit the shop ;)