May / June Favourites!

Hello my lovely readership!

Yes! I am back with the promised favourite post. I will make sure to extend my favourites by things I loved and music I couldn't stop listening to over the last two months so sit back and enjoy!

Favourite Beauty Products:

Let's start with the skincare products! Origins - a brand everyone loves lately. Since my birthday was in June I got a very lovely gift from a friend of mine. A small set with an assortment of Origin products. The one thing I can't live without since that gift is the Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask. Due to the fact that my skin is going bonkers this product really helped me reduce spots that started spreading all over my face. Some people claim it to dry really uncomfortable on your skin which it does yet for the effect it provides I would take that tension for fifteen minutes over and over again. Plus if you move your face a little when it starts drying you can easily reduce the tension or you can apply it on the pimples only which has the same clearing effect. After using up this sample I will make sure to get the bigger size because nothing is keeping my skin in check like this product!

The second skincare product was a insiders' tip from the same friend who gave me that lovely present by Origins. I don't even know what exactly this cream does but the Elizabeth Arden - Eight Hour Cream is an allrounder! I will quote the packaging as it explains what it can all be used for "moisturize and protect anytime, anyway you chose. Shape brows, revitalize shine, soothe dry hands and smooth cuticles and nails. Also for symptoms of chapping, peeling or flaking due to minor burns, sunburn, windburn, scrapes, abrasions or cracked lips." 

Do I have to say any more? Well okay maybe my experience I gathered using this cream. When applied to the lips the lips become so smooth that no lipbalm could compete with that effect. I often apply it on scrapes since I keep collecting them lately without any reason at all and they heal so much better and faster with this cream. The only thing promised which I can't really see an effect on are my cuticles. Even after applying they are really dry so I have to use a nail oil. But otherwise neat! I think I should try forming my brows with this the next week.

Let's jump to the nail polishes. I already leaked my love for pink lacquers a few posts before and this is one of my favourite colours for the summer. Status Symbol by Essie. Look at that strong pink, sophisticated colour! Only two layers and your nails look like summer has come to town itself. To make the colour last and give the nail a beautiful shine I apply the top coat Good to Go by Essie. It dries the layers from before, seals the colour and gives a nice gel look to your polish. Why didn't I find this top coat before? It would have speared me a lot of nerve racking time with other top coats.

From strong pink nail lacquers I would love to jump to strong pink lips! This is another birthday present I adore deeply! The new Dior Addict Fluid Lipstick in the tone Wonderland. The reason I didn't buy one for myself before is the fact that I was rather suspicious of a blend between lipstick and lipgloss. How could that go well? But it did! My worries that this product would feel heavy and utterly sticky were disproved. The colour is full, the lips are deliciously shining and the texture is light and creamy. Way to go Dior.

Another lip product I been using quite frequently is the Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick - Impulsive. The colour is very subtle which makes it perfect for heavier eye makeup or every natural makeup look. The consistence is very creamy which makes it foolproof to apply leaving a hint of lustre on your lips. 

The only downside is - and this is unfortunately the second lipstick by Estée Lauder where this problem occurs, that it doesn't have a proper grip to its retainer. The first time this happened the red wonderful lipstick fell to the ground and died along side my carpet. Now after one week of using this one it's so loose in it's mounting that it moves around madly applying it on your lips making it not a fun experience to put on. I hope they will fix this at some point. From now on I guess I will just have to apply this lipstick with a lip brush. What a pity. This could have become my all time favourite lipstick!

The last beauty product for this post is a fragrance I bought myself for my birthday. I have been dallying over this scent for the past year until I finally invested the money for the Eau De Toilette Loverdose by Diesel. The overtones are star anise and mandarin followed by the heart note of licorice, sambac jasmine and gardenia petals. In the end the scent unfolds it's base note with vanilla, amber and woody notes. All in all it's mysterious a bit floral and oriental at the same time. I don't know what this perfume does to me but I can't stop using this even if it might not be the typical perfume for summer.

Random monthly favourites:

* A drink I recently came across is the "coco juice". The water of young coconuts. It's not that sweet and has a very unique kind of taste to it. Perfectly refreshing for hot summer days! And it only has 19 kcal each 100ml!

* Cooking vegetarian meals has become a fun challenge for me the last two months. Informing myself over the conditions that most animals we consume suffer of really made me reduce my meat consume to once or twice a week which is still a lot yet a good step in the right direction!

* I have started watching Sailor Moon again. A show that everyone used to love and watch in their childhood years. Somehow I simply wanted to catch a bit of nostalgic memories by watching this and it worked and even as an adult it is amusing. Why not release our inner child once more?

Favourite music:

This is some of the music that I can't stop listening to over and over again on Spotify:

* Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain) - Klangkarussell

* Rude by Magic!

* Stay High by Habits Remix

* Sleepless (feat. The High) - Radio Edit

What are you experiences with the products above? Does anyone else have the same problem with the Estée Lauder lipsticks? Which are your favourite songs lately? Feel free to leave a comment below!

I hope you enjoyed this post! Next time I will write a post on an online Sephora Haul! I just hope the package will arrive in time! So till then!

Yours,

Kate xo

Epic Crush on Tinted Lip Balm Sticks!

Hello my lovely readership!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! For those of you who are waiting for a "favs of the month - may" post I can reassure you that I will include my favourite products of may into my "favs of the month - june" soon. I didn't have too much new products before so it would have been boring but a week ago I had a little buying frenzy which enhanced my favourites - but more to that in the post to come. 

Today I want to talk about a topic that I have been planning on writing since forever. Till now my addiction for tinted lip balm sticks has grown to an amount I have to share with you guys. So lean back and enjoy!

The first lip balm I would like to introduce is the Pure Shine Colour Lip Balm by Catrice Cosmetics in the colour Don't Think Just Pink. The colour is well covering for a tinted lip balm whilst still being lighter on the lips as a lipstick in the same tone. The smell is close to vanilla which I really love since I am a sucker for vanilla fragrances. The low price is unbeatable and makes this lip balm a really good pick if you want to try out these sticks for the first time! Additionally to that it's a good dupe to the Clinique Chubby Stick "Mimosa" although the Catrice product has a little more red/orange to it.

Why not go on with the product I just mentioned. The Clinique Chubby Stick in the tone Mighty Mimosa. Clinique was one of the first brands to make tinted lip balm sticks popular which makes it worth mentioning! I talked about this product before and I still love the colour - a beautiful warm pink tone. Only downside still is the lack of any good scent. It reminds me of coloured pencils which I find quite disappointing due to the high price that comes with this lip balm. Pity since it would be a lovely product then.

Next lip balm I just bought recently lets my heart beat faster! It's the Isadora Twist Up Gloss Stick - Pink Punch. I didn't really plan on buying a gloss stick in a strong pink so far yet out of frustration finding nothing else I went for this one. All I can say is I love it! It's super comfortable to wear due to it's good coverage. Not comparable with a lipstick and the colour is just wow. Equal to the Catrice lip balm it also smells like vanilla.

Manhattan is usually not the brand I go for first when it comes to buying beauty products but I slowly have to wonder why. I already talked about two orange lipsticks by Manhattan which persuaded me and now another lip product caught my eye. Compared to the other lip balms above the Manhattan Glossy Lip Balm in the colour Nude Up! is not as tinted yet double as glossy. It's also not as firm in it's texture but creamy. With a hint of coral it makes your lips look juicy. The smell is very sublime so there is not too much to say about that. All in all it's wearable for all occasions being natural. But it reminds me a little too much of a normal lip balm. A little more colour would have been  better.

The last tinted lip balms are my favourites in this section. I already have 5 different colours from nude to red and I just can't get enough! I am talking about the Soft Sensation Lipcolour Butter by Astor. Out of the five li p balms I have I picked out two because talking about all five would make a post on its own. The colours I chose are Loved Up and Pink Lady. Both colours are just perfectly tinted. I often use the colour Loved Up when I am wearing a heavy eye make-up and the Pink Lady tone whenever I want to have a cute and fresh make-up. And again - this really seems to cross all brands it smells like vanilla. Plus they have a huge assortment of different tones for a good price. 

I hope you enjoyed reading my post! Do you have a favourite Tinted Lip Balm? If yes which one? Would you like to see a whole make-up with one of the products? Just leave a comment below!

I hope to see you next time!

Yours,

Kate