NOTD - Essie Watermelon

Whenever I buy a new polish I just need to try it out right away. This time I waited a bit cause i had a few to try out before this one ^^ But today was the time for Essies Watermelon. SO beautiful! I really recommend you check out this colour next time you're out shopping =)

Essie Haul - My first ever Essie polishes!

I sure you guys all know of Essie Nail polishes. They're a lot of beauty bloggers/vloggers favorite polishes and geat raved about a lot! I've always been curious about them but thaught that they were just to exspensive for me (129 SEK = £12.07 = $18.63).

But just before christmas I decided too buy two polishes as a gift for myself. My choice fell on the gorgeous raspberry red Size Matters and the nude Guchi Muchi Puchi. Both very nice applicationswise and they wear great on your nails.

After christmas they had a deal on Essie polishes (2 for 179 SEK = £16.75 = $25.86) so I couldn't resist using some of the money I got for christmas and I bought yet another two polishes. This time I went for a beautiful bright melon colour called Watermelon and the famous minty colour Mint Candy Apple.

Size Matters, Guchi Muchi Puchi, Mint Candy Apple, Watermelon

Size Matters is really similar to Barry M's Raspberry. They're pretty much identical but I like the application of Size Matters better so I gonna give my Raspberry to a friend. I absolutely adore these kinds of reds!

Guchi Muchi Puchi is a pink nude that you can wear as a sheer wash to make your nails look a bit more healthy or build it up with 3 coats to get a that soft pink nude look.Soo nice! My firts nude!

Min Candy Apple is a really bright minty colour that makes your nails look so nice and fun! If yu've followed my blog for a while you all know I LOVE MAC's Misschievous Mint and these two are exact dupes!!! So I don't have to be afraid to use up my MAC one anymore (I've used half) =) And for those of you who missed out on Misschievous Mint (it was LE) I seriously suggest you pick up Mint Candy Apple!!

Watermelon is that bright pinkish coral that will look awesome on my nails during summertime. I havenät worn this yet but I'm guessing I will love this one as much as the other ones ^^ =)

Do you own any Essie polishes? Have any favorites?

Best of 2011 - Makeup

Time for part two of my Best of 2011. This time it's Makeup.

Face:

Primer: Lumene beauty base matifying primer

Concealer: Garnier tinted eoe roll-on

Foundation: NARS Sheer Glow

Powder: MAC prep+prime

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Blush: NARS Deep Throat

Highlighter: DIOR Amber Diamond

Setting Spray: The Body Shop Vitamin E face mist

NARS Deep Throat + Laguna

Eyes:

Eyeshadow Primer: Lumene beauty base eyeshadow primer

Cream eyeshadow: MAC Paint Pot Constructivist

Top 4 powder eyeshadows: MACs Vanilla, All that glitter, Sable, Embark

Eyeliner pencil: Make up Store Gold Digger

Liquid eyeliner: Don't use liquid eyeliner much at all..

Gel eyeliner: Maybelline Eyestudio Gel liner in Black

Mascara: Max Factor 2000 Calorie Mascara in Black

Eyebrow pencil: Isadora Light brown

Eyebrow shadow: Viva La Diva

Maybelline Eyestudio Gel liner

Lips:

Lipbalm: Elizabeth Arden Eight hour cream

Lipstick: MAC Hue

Lipgloss: MAC Cremesheen Partial to Pink

Hybrid: MAC Kissable Lipcolor Exxx-hibitionist

MAC Kissable Lipcolor Exxx-hibitionist

That's it for makeup faves =) Whats your faves for 2011??

My new years resolutions - Beautywise

So my New Years resolutions this year mostly relate to beauty in some form or another. My other resolutions not relating to beauty I feel I don't wanna share with anyone (not even my best friends) as I have made some real personal ones. I guess every resolution is very personal but mine this year are a bit different than they usually are.

Anyways my resolutions beautywise I feel I want to share =) Here we go:

1. I have a everyday makeup/beauty drawer with all my fave makeup and nailpolishes and stuff that I use on a day to day basis. Then I have my collection in a Börje drawer from Ikea. Those products in there just doesn't get used. So for this year I'm gonna go through my everyday drawer once every month and switch out a few things with "new" things from my collection, just to get a use out of the products I own..

2. Try to do at least one FOTDs a week. Note TRY to. As my camera is acting crazy atm that won't be possible these first weeks ut when I get my camera to work (or a new one) I will definately try to get more looks up.

Some of the past year's FOTDs:

3. Use more colours makeupwise. I do use colours from time to time but I feel I need a little more colour this year than I used this past year. Colours can just change your mood completely. So when I'm having a kinda' "shitty" day I'm gonna try to put some colours on and think "there's nothing some colour can't fix" (it's nice to think that way anyways).

4. I can only buy 5 nailpolishes for myself this year! Last year I went a bit crazy and I think I bought like 20-25 something (maybe more) because I just really got into nailpolish and I never really was before, So I went from having round 5 total to about 30 total. Needless to say I need to stop buying nailpolish! I actully allready bought 2 polishes this year (I know that was fast right? I started the year with some shopping, what can I say). I bought Essie's Watermelon and Mint Candy Apple. So 3 more to go ^^ Allthough I've given myself a loophole. For every 2 polishes i get rid of (give away to a friend or just throw out) I can buy a new one.

So these are my resolutions for this year =) What ya' think? What are your resolutions?

Random post: Yankee Candle Black Cherry

So I've always been curious to Yankee Candles and the past year I've seen more and more of them here in little boutiques in Stockholm. Finally in the beginning of December I purchased my first one. A 7 oz tumbler of the Cherries on Snow scent.

I absolutely fell in love and just before christmas I went and bought myself a medium jar of Black Cherry which is even more amazing! I also got my mom the Tutti Frutti one and my grandma the White Christmas one as christmas presents..

Now, with some of my christmas money I got, I went out today and bought a backup of the Black Cherry because I'm gonna be absolutely super duper sad when it burns out hehe..

I so so so so soooo recommend you check out Black Cherry when you get the chance! It's amazing! And Yankee Candle sells samplers of each and every scent they have so if you don't know where to find them in store I bet you can find them online =) In Sweden you can find them online HERE!

Best of 2011 - Skincare

Hi guys!

So the following days I will post about my best products of 2011 - beautywise of course =)

I will devide them into Skincare - Makeup - Haircare - Body & other, so that you won't have to read a massive all in one ^^ So here my skincare faves for this year:

Cleanser: Origins Checks and Balances

Toner: The Body Shop Seewead Clarifying toner

Eye cream: Garnier tinted eye roll-on

Day Moisturizer: Origins Balanced Diet

Night Moisturizer: Same here

Exfoliator: The Body Shop Seewead pore cleansing facial exfoliator

Mask: The Body Shop Tea tree Face mask

Spot treatment: Same here, only more on just one spot

Sale Tip - Barry M Nail polish set!

Hello lovelies!
I hope all of you have had a lovely christmas if you celebrate it, otherwise I hope you've had a lovely weekend =)

I just wanted to give you guys a little sale tip. At ASOS you can get a set of 4 bestselling nail polishes from Barry M for just £6. The set includes my favourite Raspberry, Indigo, Mushroom and Bright Red. The colours are just as they sound. I placed my order for this set yesterday =)

You can find it HERE

And just so you guys know..
My camera has gone cray cray atm so I can't take any pictures =( Hopefully my boyfriend can figure out the problem soon but until then there will be no NOTD or FOTD =( But of course I'm sure you'll live ;P I have some other posts lined up instead..

Holiday gift ideas - H&M Cosmetics for your younger sister

When I started out with makeup I loved getting a fun looking palette to play with for my birthday or christmas (still do) and H&M's palettes are great for the beginner; they are qualitywise ok and they're very affordable.. So the palettes which ever one you choose are suitable for a younger sister just starting with makeup wanting some colours to play with. H&M also has great little nailpolish kits, lipglosses and brushes. You could by a small makeupbag and fill that with a little palette, an eyeshadow brush and a lipgloss and any 12-14 yearold would LOVE it =) AND it wouldn't cost you too much =)

Check out what H&M has available here!

Holiday gift ideas - Travalo.. For him and Her!

We all travel a lot in our lives. We co back and forth to work, travel on vacations, go to see our family that lives elesewhere. We travel a lot!!

I'm sure you all have heard about the Travalo, a sleek perfume spray tube thingy.. It holds 4ml and I think 50-60 sprays so it will last for quite some time. It's perfect for airplanes as it is so small..

It's easy to get the perufme in the tube as you just take the cap off from the perfume and place the travalo on it and then pump. So this little genious thing I think anyone would be glad to recieve as a gift. they come in multiple colours like gold, silver, pink, blues and so on.. So depending on if you'll give it to a girl or boy you can choose the colour best suited.. Here in Sweden it costs 115 SEK and I think around $10 in the US. So not too exspensive I think =)

Find out more about the Travalo here!

Christmas came early - Style By Tyra event goodiebag..

So last night me and a few friends went to an event in form of a fashion show that Style By Tyra hosted. My boyfriend who's an eventplanner got me and my friends in as VIP haha.. Ooooh the looks you get when you're let in to the party first infront of the "regular" people..

You guys mght not know who Tyra is. She's a blogger here in Sweden that started a jewelry shop online called Style by Tyra. The company grew and she's one of the biggest bloggers over here and now she's created a clothing line. You can find her on her blog or her online store... (they do ship worldwide)...

Anyways.. The show was fantastic and I saw a few dresses that I liked but I actually enjoyed the dancers that started the show more, they were the best part. They were amazing! unfortunately I didn't take my camera with me so I don't have any photos of the actua event but I have taken pictures of the goodiebags we got as VIPs =)

She really spoiled all of us with an amazing goodiebag worth so much money..

It was stuffed with great prdoucts!! And so big!!

We got a freebra, one of those that stock to your breast and then you lock it in front.. This one I will give to my mom as it was to small for me ^^

A nice silver necklace, very very in right now haha

And a giftcard of 200 SEK = around $30

Aurea Tanning gel for face and a bodypeeling cream

A Waterclouds Hairspray - I'm not really a hairspray person, I mostly use styling powder. But If I'm doing a hairstyle that needs hairspray it's always good to have =) Also good when friends are around, they always seem to need hairspray hehe ^^

L'oreal Total repair 5 shampoo and deep conditiner - Also always nice to have..

Brilliantsmile whitening toothpaste - I've gotten the full size one in another goodiebag from an event me and my boyfriend went to 6 months ago almost. I didn't like the taste of it and I didn't see a difference. But hey a toothpaste is a toothpaste and you always need it =)

L'oreal Lash Architect 4D Mascara and the Infallible cream shadows - it has been quite a buzz around these Infallible cream colours so I'm excited to try it as I never would spend the money on it myself (exspensive here in Sweden I'd rather just use my money on MAC paint pots actually)..

Now this is intruiging.. It's a whitening toothbrush that uses a blur light to do it.. Hmmm

At first John wanted this but when I saw what it does I think I'm gonna keep it to myself hehe ^^

So that's "all".. So much stuff.. There will be quite a few reviews up here very soon ;P