Slovenian bloggers 12/2013

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Lux wrote a review of MUA: 3 in 1 eXtreme Contour Liner.

Deja did Archie girls weekly makeup tag. 

UniqaPoly showed us some of her new accessories.

Nail polish bottles on nails? Why not! Taya did that.

Pumpkin* did a lovely two-colour mani.

Maja made her first frankenpolish!

My stomach can be a baloon, says MajaEna.

Colour-change polishes are definitely still in, just look at Katiee's nails!

We all love Sacher cake, don't we! Well, Maja can make one!

Dee reviewed Balea hair mask. 

SoulFishing wrote some great recipes for milkshakes or vitamin smoothies!

Still wondering if you should see Les Miserables? See what's written about it on C'est la vie's blog.

Maja tried a new shampoo!

And Mateja really loves snow. 

Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick

Yesterday, I read on Chic Profile that Max Factor will be launching their own equivalent of the popular "Clinique Chubby Sticks". It is called "The new Giant Pen" and it's supposed to be a lipstick pen which delivers an intense color and facilitates the application. It isn't yet clear if it's going to be moisturizing like Chubby Sticks or not, but I'm sure I'll be trying out one or two. 

They are priced at £6.99, which is approximately the same as 8.22€. They will be launched in April 2013 at all Max Factor counters (Dm, Muller), so I'm keeping my fingers crossed they will be available in Slovene DMs as well.

What do you think? Do you like these? Which is your favourite colour? I find it very difficult to decide, actually.

Sources: www.chicprofile.com, www.musingsofamuse.com

Slovenian Bloggers 11/2013

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Soul Fishing wrote a post about bloggers meeting. 

Taya made swatches of four new green Catrice polishes.

Lux's top nail polishes for spring.

Lollistick made a MUA Pretty Pastels review. 

Maja G. says goodbye to Google Reader.

Another MUA palette review - this one by UniqaPoly.

Katiee tried new Barry M Textured polishes.

Maja shows you how to make Lemon Poppyseed Donuts.

And another Maja thinks about the end of Google Reader.

Lara wrote about dresses at Viktorji award show.

Dee shows us her February haul.

Mateja wrote about her favourite foundation.

And Deja tells you what to do when you crave sugar.

Beauty Blogger TAG

I saw this tag at Nika's Beauty Land (she has a very cute blog, you should check it out). She tagged everybody, so I decided to do it myself, too. So, here are the answers.

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?

None of these. It's wavy - the worst combination possible. But I don't care anymore since I cut my hair short.

2. What is your natural hair color?

It's dark brown, almost "coffee" brown and I like it that way now. But I have done loads of experimenting in my teens.

3. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?

I usually dye my own hair. I only had it done at a salon once or twice.

4. How often do you wash your hair?

Whenever there is no other way out. :D Usually, that's once a week, or it could be twice some weeks... I'm really lucky my hair doesn't get greasy quickly.

5. Do you wear the same style every day or change it?

I change my haircut a lot, but other than that, it's very similar every day.

6. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?

I do my own nails. Always. And I would probably feel funny if someone else would do that for me.

7. How often to you change your nail polish?

Huh, it depends. Sometimes, I change it every day and sometimes I don't even wear nail polish. It varies on my mood.   

8. Do you polish your toes in the winter, too or just in the summer?

I usually don't even do that. It's rare my toes have polish on them.

9. How long does it take to put on your makeup?

It depends on how special I want the make up to be. My morning routine is 5-10 minutes max, but for an evening look, I need around 30 minutes.

10. What do you do first? Face or eyes?

I used to do face first, but I recently found out it's much better to do it the other way round, so I changed it.

11. Do you "collect" makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?

Oh my gosh. I'm a true collector and I think I've never really used a product up.

12. How often do you wear false eyelashes?

Never

13. Do you do a full face of makeup every day?

No.

14. Do you wear makeup when you are home alone (or with family)?

Never.

15. Will you leave the house without makeup?

Sure. No problem, I do it most days.

16. How many high end products do you have?

I don't believe I have any. I trust the cheap stuff you can play with.

17. How often do you wash your makeup brushes?

Whenever I feel they are dirty.

18. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed?

I decide in the morning. I sometimes try to do it in the evening, but I'm always in a different mood in the morning, so I just go and pick something else.

19. How often do you change your handbag?

I have one for work, one for shopping, one for this outfit, one for that outfit... So I change it quite often, but I only use a couple of them.

20. What time do you get up & go to sleep?

I usually go to sleep around 10 p.m. On a work-free day, I wake up at about 8 a.m., but on a work day it varies from 5 a.m. to 6.30 a.m.

21. How often & when do you workout?

Not as much as I should.

22. Left-handed or Right-handed?

Right handed.

23. How tall are you?

160 cm

24. Do you speak a foreign language?

I speak English, I remember some German from school and I know some basic spoken Spanish.

25. How many pets do you have?

At the moment, I have four cats (together with my family).

26. How often are you on Blogger?

Almost every day.

27. Do you read the comments posted blogs?

Yes, I read them. What would be the point otherwise?

28. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?

Sure, guilty!

29. How did you come up with your blog name?

It was very confusing for me, since I didn't get any good ideas, but then I just came up with this phrase - a new lease of life - which means "to improve something that was old or old-fashioned so that it works better or looks better". I think it's appropriate.

30. What kind of camera do you use for photographs?

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.

31. How often do you clean your house? (Daily, weekly, other)?

I do some things daily, others weekly...

32. What is your favorite color?

Actually, I don't have one.

33. What is your favorite beauty/fashion magazine?

Cosmopolitan.

34. Do you swear?

Not really. Usually only when I'm alone.

35. What are you doing with the rest of your day?

I have a ton of stuff to do at home... The list says: pay the bills, iron, brush the cat, make dinner ... in the evening, there will be some relaxing on the menu :)



I'd like to TAG everyone as well. If you have time, answer these questions. They are fun and it doesn't take that much time. Please let me know in my comments if you've done it. I'd love to read it!

Source: sylviagarza.wordpress.com

Frankenpolish

Do you know the feeling when you see something so very beautiful online and realise you can't have it because it isn't sold in your country? Well, that happens to me a lot. 

Last december, I started dreaming about China Glaze - Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away nailpolish called Trap-eze. 

So, I ordered it online in an online shop called nailetc and it was supposed to come from the USA. I ordered it mid-December an realised in January that it's been a month and that I haven't received my package. So I wrote to the store and they were so kind that they sent the package one more time. Then, mid-February... I was still waiting in vain. The staff at nailetc was very nice, they answered my emails promptly and in the end, they refunded my money. I still have no idea what has happened to my nailpolish.

You can probably guess how disappointed I was when I didn't receive what I wanted, but finally, I said "to hell with it" and decided to make my first frankenpolish.

Those are polishes that you mix together in order to get a new one. I bought a cheap Joy nailpolish at Müller (for less than 1 €) and Essence Circus Confetti. I poured almost half of the Joy nailpolish away and poured some Essence one in. I tried to mix it a bit, but it didn't really work, the polishes mixed only at the top, but it doesn't really matter. If I'll run out of glitter I can always add more Circus Confetti. 

This is how the new frankenpolish looks like on my nails. Pretty darn close to the original, wouldn't you say?

Source: myfatpocket.com

New in 5 - Austria

I finally convinced my boyfriend to go shopping in Austria. He normally hates shopping and I do understand that. But... Sometimes, I just can't get out of my skin.

The excuse for going was Ikea. ♥ I adore this store. When I got my kitchen, the first thing was a trip to Graz and to Ikea. I bought tons of stuff that I use in my kitchen every day. This time, it was just a few small things and of course, some I just had to get when I saw them.

Next, we went to Seiersberg shopping city. Before going I printed out the plan of the stores, marked all the ones I wanted to visit and listed the products that I wanted as well. It still took me almost 2 hours to basically  jump from store to store, find the products, pay and move on to the next store. I must admit, this thing is HUGE! Our City Park in Ljubljana looks a like a little baby compared to Seiersberg. And don't even get me started on how crowded the place was! It's true it was Saturday afternoon, but still... It took us 25 minutes to find a parking place and then we finally got lucky when someone left. I don't think I'll visit this place again soon... It's too huge even for me.

Anyway, this is the stuff I got there. I decided to go for things that you cannot (yet) get in Slovenia and came up with this. (I'm just sorry that Catrice - Nude palette was sold out everywhere. Do you know if it's available in Slovenia already?)

The Body Shop: Tea Tree Pore Minimiser, Nutriganics Smoothing Eye Cream, Vitamin C Daily Moisturiser SPF 30, Vitamin C Skin Boost

Some TBS testers: Sweet Lemon Body Butter, Chocomania Body Lotion, Shea Body lotion

Essence: Soak up the sun - Sun Kissed LE, Catrice: I'm Dynamite, Mint Me Up, Petrolpolitan, Look: Metallic Hologram, Bronze Changer

Labello: Vanilla and Macadamia Lip Butter, Maybelline: Löscher

Catrice: Eyebrow designer, Smokey Eyes Set - You did that, Absolute Eye Colour - Mud Spencer & Coralle Hill

Sophia - online store

Recently, a new Slovene internet store appeared. It's called Sophia and they sell products by Nuxe and Bioderma. Both brands offer some really good products. They are available in some pharmacies as well, but I decided to make an order from this online store because they offered a special discount on March 8th - Women's Day. They offered a 15€ discount when buying Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse® or Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse® Or. I've been contemplating buying the latter for some time now, so it was actually no brainer. In addition to that, I also ordered Bioderma Photoderm AR Crème Teintée - another product I had my eyes on for quite some time now. I wanted a product with a high SPF for the summer and the AR effect is an added bonus for my cheeks. 

I placed my order on Saturday and received my package on Tuesday, so shipping was really fast! The package was very neatly packed (that bubbly foil) and they even added two booklets and a few samples of their other products. 

All in all, it was a great deal, so I recommend this online store to everybody, especially when they offer discounts.

Goodbye Google Reader

Today, Google announced they will be shutting down one of their popular products - Google Reader. I was very surprised at that news because I (at the rest of the world) can't understand why on Earth, they would shut down one of their best applications. 

After the initial shock, a search for the replacement started, although GR is supposed to continue working until July 1st. After reading quite a few reviews, I decided to give NetVibes a try. It's actually a tool that merges a RSS reader and a Widget dashboard. I have already personalized it a lot - I placed my local news, weather reports, the music I like and funny pictures on the desktop. I managed to import the GR file and was disappointed after that, when the programme failed to refresh. Well, after some time, a message was released that they apologise for the slow speed. They got tons of new users. Well, no wonder. :)

Right now, the thing still works slowly, but I think they will deal with the problem. Apart from that, I like NetVibes a lot. You can customize and personalize you brains out if you want to, you can change your colours and news providers and you can use all kinds of cute widgets.

I recommend it to all of you, who will be lost without GR!

If you don't want a "big" does-it-all app like this one, you can just download Feedly, a Google Chrome app that turns your RSS feed into cute little stories. It is much cuter than NetVibes, but has only a few options and apart from the background colour, almost no personalization. It's on you to choose which one you like best and which one you'll trust to continue working for you.

So, what do you think?

Sources: www.crunchbase.com, paulstamatiou.com

Slovenian Bloggers 10/2013

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Pumpkin did an awesome DIY project.

Colorful Harmony did a b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l. stampy mani. 

We all know we have to turn to Deja for some health advice. 

Oh wow, a delicious Berry Trifle by Maja!

Lux wrote a review of Revlon Lip Butter.

And Mateja told us what she thinks about her new shampoo.

Despicable me 2

Can't wait! These guys are sooooooooo cute! One of the best animated movies ever!

Liebster Award

I got this award from Maja @ thecakebaby.blogspot.com, who has a very cute blog, full of interesting ideas. I must say I appreciate this a whole lot and am very thankful that you thought of me! xoxo

This award was designed to be a blog award in the "pay it forward" fashion. Once you've been nominated, you award it to five blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these blogs.

The rules for accepting this award are:
You need to thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

Next you need to PAY IT FORWARD!

My nominees are:
The Cake Baby
Lovely Little Lux-uries
Evelinamalina
Viva La Vida
Zlatolaska

Slovenian Bloggers 9/2013

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Psst, ne pozabite, še vedno lahko v komentarjih na TEJ OBJAVI poveste, ali pridete na srečanje! ;) 

Maja showed us her before & after February edition! 

Maja G. fell in love with some Catrice LE products.

Lux has a really cute palette to show you!

Mmmm, lets cook some banana oatmeal cookies! Maja has the recipe. 

Wanna see Katiee's this week's mani? 

Taya did a recap of Once Upon a Time challenge.

Mateja is falling behind in her challenge so she did a 3 in 1! 

Zala has a new Essence nail polish from the new collection. 

Go HERE to read Dee's Oscar fashion favourites. 

So how's Vienna street fashion? Soul Fishing knows.

Manhattan Eyemazing Effect Eyeshadow

Have you ever bought any products by Manhattan? I own quite a few and I really like this brand. So, that's why I was pleasantly surprised when I saw these on FB. Some of them really look amazing and they have interesting combinations. Currently, my favourites are Brownie Break, Rosy Wood, NY City Girl, Falling for Purple and Green Piece. I will probably have to cut my list down a bit or start searching for a second job. :)

Source: www.facebook.com