Beauty Favourites October 2013

This month I am again a little bit late with my beauty favourite post which relates to the fact that we were on a weekend trip over the first days of this month! However, here it goes now with my favorite products of October!

black up Paris eye liner pencil
I bought this product way back in France when I was working there. I kind of rediscovered it after my beloved stila eye liner went empty very fast :( The eye liner is soft at application, it doesn´t smear or smudge and stays in it´s place for a long time. I do also really like the natural looking, the wooden kind of 'pencil'. And because it´s so long it holds for years ;) definitvely a plus!

Clinique self sun face tinted lotion
I had slight issues with the self sun by Clinique because there are 2 different ones. The tint gel is a wash-off self tanner which I grabbed by accident and intended to use up til the end. But as the packing was still almost completely full I thought this makes no sense and ask at my local Clinique counter for help. They replaced the product right away with the face tinted lotion which is supposed to soak in and leave a tan for 1-3 days. Right after applying the slightly tinted lotion my skin is already tanned and I love it! I am using it constantly now every 2-3 days. The tan itself is a very warm nice tone and just gives me a little more comfort on my pale skin during winter time in a healthy way.

John Frieda brilliant brunette hair mask
After a walk at the windy sea I thought I would do something good for my hair to smoothen it again. With the brilliant brunette my hair also was super shiny, smooth, straight and nourish and I have totally forgotten how lovely the brilliant brunette products smell!! :)

Glynt hydro vitamin cleansing shampoo
Once a week I am using a cleansing shampoo to get removed all rests from other products properly out of my hair. I really like that I can do kind of a re-start with all the products on my hair every week. Especially as my hair is fine and not too dry so any too much of a product would make it grease again after 1 day already. So the Glynt cleansing shampoo with a cleansing factor of 8 out of 10 is perfect for me!



What are your latets beauty favourites? Please feel free to leave your links in the comments below!

Sani <3

Beauty Favourites September 2013

This month I have only a few beauty products. Some have already been mentioned before but when I have found something really good I usually stay with it. So, here are my september beauty favorites :)

The Aussie color mate shampoo and conditioner have been very good for my hair. I like the smell of peaches and the smooth texture of the shampoo. It makes my hair soft and shiny. I used the conditioner every time I wash my hair (except for once a week when I am doing a hair mask). I think my hair looks and feels well-groomed.

Again the maybelline master precise eyeliner was one of my favourites this month. I like the easy appliance with the soft felt pen tip and the deep black color!

Also the BB cream from Clinique is a product that I do appreciate! Especially now after that I have tested the Olaz essential BB cream I have definitely learned that the BB cream from Clinique is my product!! It covers well and has SPF as well as anti-aging effects. As the packaging is already empty I couldn´t take a picture but here is a link.

The Bepanthol lipcreme is such a good product! I am using this for a longer period of time now and am still so happy!! I am using this twice a day, morning and night time. In the mornings directly under my lipstick or lipgloss or whatever, it soaks in very quickly. My lips are simply healthy and don´t chip anymore. So this will probably be a favourite of mine for all next months! ;)

My new intensive hand cream from dalan d'Olive that I bought during my holiday is absolutely georgous! It is with olive oil and covers the skin very nicely and soaks in after a short while. This is actually a concentrate and is really inexpensive!

What are your beauty favourites this month? If you are interested you can also see my video here.

I wish you all a nice and cosy weekend!

Sani <3

Bavaria holidays

Last week I spent on holidays in Bavaria. This area in the southern part of Germany shows some really nice facets! My big wish was to visit the worlds biggest fun fair the Oktoberfest. Here is my holiday picture story.

Achmühle - view to the Alps from our holiday residence

Munich city - Frauenkirche & town hall at Marienplatz

flower stand on Viktualienmarkt

 Milka chocolate museum

 castle Nymphenburg

 Munich city - shopping street

 Hofbräuhaus

 Maximilianstraße

  italian restaurant al gallo nero in Starnberg

 typical landside house decoration

 Berchtesgaden landscape

 Berchtesgaden mountain of the sleeping witch

 castle Neuschwanstein

 Neuschwanstein landscape and Alpsee + Schwansee

italian food at restaurant Colosseo in Garmisch



arrived on top of mountain Alpspitz

at the edge of Alpspix platform in 1000m aboveground

(I spilled coke over my jeans and had no other outfit left than this, it was freezing cold!! ;(  )



landscape view from mountain Alpspitz



the top of the top! Alpspitz



Seeshaupt at Starnberger See

Welcome to the Oktoberfest!



opening ceremony



biggest fun fair of the world! 



Hofbräu beer tent

gondola of the Ferries wheel

view over 'Wiesn'

bavarian accent statement

I love travelling!!! It is so exciting to get to know all kind of different people, cultures & rites, cities, landscapes & climates :) Bavaria was definitively worth driving 9 hours by car! And I am already looking forward to our next exciting holiday tour!!

P.S. In case you are interested you can also see my holiday shopping haul video here.

Sani <3

Beauty haul 9/13

I am so sorry that this blogpost is up so late! I have been on vacation and initially wanted to write and upload from there but the internet connection was damn slow... :/ So here comes my quite late report.

I am so happy that I could finally find the time to share my first big beauty haul with you!
Some of these beauty products that I bought for the month of september are new ones, some are good old friends! ;)

 

Totally wanted to try the Aussie colour mate shampoo! The nice packaging with the cute kangaroo caught my attention :) I know opinions on the internet are splitted about this product but I can say I totally love it! I have naturally straight hair, it is very fine and appears to be thin, so I am always seeking for volume and lots of moisturizing care for my highlits and volume waves. The shampoo and conditioner smell peachy and make my hair genuinely soft, silky and shiny! What more could I ask for?! :)

I am also using the 3 minute miracle reconstructor hair mask with mint extracts now for an more intense care of my hair once a week, usually on the weekends.

 

My new hairspray is the Elnett deluxe by LÓreal it´s a volume hairspray for extra strong hold. It´s really nice for my hair because it´s not sticky or gluey, gives volume and additionally it´s easy to brush out and restyle. :)

The Estée Lauder artist´s brow pencil double groomer is clearly one of my all time favourites and needed to be purchased again! I buy it for so many years now. It comes with an own brush which is the best part in my opinion. The color simply suits my skin and hair tone very good as it´s a very dark brown and gives a natural look!

Hm, I kind of got carried away with these essie polishes! Haha! You have the possibility to make a small test on essie´s website and they recommend you which care you would probably need for your nails as well as propose colors which you´ll probably like depending on chosen style. Did this just for fun :) my result is the help me grow base coat and I also picked two new colors. I was looking for a very dark lilac for autumn and chose 'luxedo' the metallic bronze is called 'buy me a cameo' and was a spontaneous buy!

The Nivea frangipani & oil shower gel is my favourite one, it smells flowery and fresh I also like the waterlilly & oil which smells flowery but sweet. I like the smell the most and the gel is very soft and spreads gently.

The in shower body lotion is so handy and I love practical things! I want to nourish my skin every day so I like to use this product especially on the mornings during my working week. I started of with the in shower body lotion but changed to milk now, as my dry legs need a bit more care! This product is a huge time saver and the idea is amazing.

I am so in love with my Clinique long lasting lipstick that I wanted to have another color from this range and chose 'pink berry' a dark rose/berry tone. 

The liquid facial soap mild is a second bottle in use for my bathroom, because I like to have one bottle directly under the shower and one on my bathroom sink so I don´t need to switch every morning and night time. :)

As already mentioned the staffs at the Clinique stand in Alsterhaus, Hamburg are so nice! For my buys I got this cute goodie bag with all summerish fruits on it! Inside was as small version of the high impact mascara, a chubby stick in the perfect color strawberry, a small all about eyes serum - this comes actually with a real cooling metal ball, very cool! ;) - also a small all about eyes make up remover for lips, lids and lashes (also waterproof) and a small pot of extended thirst relief. I am so thankful! :) I like the packaging of Clinique´s samples and it´s fun to try everything out. In general I think it´s better to try new products from good packagings like this. I don´t like these small flat plastic sachets. With the right packaging you get the right feeling ;)

In case you´re interested you can also see my video here! I just found out that the lightning in my video is very bad :( Note to myself: Buy a spotlight!!
Have a nice weekend wednesday everyone! :)

Sani <3

Beauty Favourites August 2013

These are my favourite beauty products that I liked the most in the month of August!

Starting off with 2 shower products...

I have done my grocery shopping online and originally wanted some shower gel, but I must have made a mistake and received the Nivea in-shower body lotion! Haha :) Which turned out to be very handy, you simply apply the cream lotion onto the wet skin and rinse it off with water afterwards - that´s it. This is a huge time saver for me, especially on working week days! :) The only little down side for me at least is, that the skin on my legs is very dry and I probably need a little bit more as a lotion. Therefore I will definitively try out the Nivea in-shower body milk next time!

Then I loved the Nivea frangipani & oil shower gel it´s also one of my all time favourite products! I simply love the smell - so flowery and fresh! It just picks me up in the morning!

The Clinique moisture surge extended thirst relief has been given to me as a gift at the Clinique counter when I bought some other products. This is an extended moisturizing care that can be used as a mask i.e. for 5 / 10 minutes or even overnight. I tried this out but was a little bit disappointed because my skin didn´t react very well - it was too much! But when I recognized that I got much more dry skin under the eyes, now as autumn begins, I used it only in this area and the product turned out perfect! I see that I have less lines from dryness!

(sorry for the crappy pic, I couldn´t get a sharper one :(... )

This clear Nivea Turbo color dry in 45 sec. nail polish surprised me this month! I used it after I had removed my coloured nail polish just for caring reasons. Because usually my nails get very chippy and cranky afterwards. But whith applying this nail polish I reckoned that my nails stopped chipping which is great! They also grow so good and strong now. :) 

My mostly worn and beloved eye products in August are...
the Clinique high impact mascara which I have gotten as a present at the counter. I must say it really surprised me! I am very picky when it comes to mascara, but this one has a nice brush and texture. It separates my lashes perfectly and is very dark / very black probably highly pigmented... I guess you know what I mean :) I don´t need to apply many layers. The only down side for me is that it is not waterproof and when it comes to mascara I always prefer the waterproof version due to my long lashes!

The MAC naked lunch eye shadow has also been a favourite this month. It´s a nude cream tone with some shimmer and I mainly wore it over my complete eyelid as a one colored tone.

And my new favourite eye liner is the Maybelline master precise eye liner. This has quite a thin felt pen tip and applies so easily and softly, it is not smudging at all and dries right away. I L-O-V-E it!!!

This month I have had 3 favourite lip products!

First of all I was searching for a good lip care, because my lips chipped a little bit. I do know this from changing weather into autumn or winter, but not this early in the year like end of July, beginning of August. So I went to the pharmacy and got the Bepanthol lip cream which is amazing! I am using a tiny amount morning and night and now my lips are smooth and soft again throughout the whole day. :)

In terms of lipstick I preferred the Estée Lauder secret kiss lipstick which is a sheer shimmering rose tone. I love this tone for my pale lips!

And I am still in love with the Clinique runway coral longlasting lipstick! The colour is so cool! :) Especially now as it´s turning to autumn already and it´s more grey and cloudy outside this lipstick is just the right colour flash!! :)


So these were my beauty favourites of August. Actually quite an amount of products but I was so happy about all these that I didn´t want to let one fall behind. I hope that you enjoyed this blog post and that I may have inspired you! ;)

If you are interested, you can also see my video here - where I try to speak English. ;)

Sani <3

new in! first autumn picks

My first kind of autumn items are new in! Yes, time is running by so fast... but now I am also looking forward to wear darker colours again. Obviously burgundy is a trend colour this year, but the addiction hasn´t arrived me yet (maybe not yet..) ;) The colour I have in mind for some weeks now is a really dark lilac-brown tone. First thing I checked out were essie´s nail polishes! And I think the 'luxedo' will probably suit this the most! I am so excited to put it on for a birthday party on the weekend. :)

I have done one of my rare visits to H&M. It happens from time to time that I am searching for 'the best thing' in the shop and buy it, so with this wonderful grey sparkling loop scarf!

The 3rd thing new in is this pretty normal pair of black leather plateau pumps. When it comes to shoes I am very picky and want only shoes that are from leather allover (although that´s not always possible with limited budget.. I know :) ) These have also a good height, the heel is 9cm high and the plateau has 2cm which is after all a quite comfortable height for me. Oh yes, and the heel is also a little bit bigger which I like, because it makes my stand much safer and comfortable. :)

I actually would wear these throughout the whole year if there are any occasions. :) It´s just a co-incident that I found these now at Deichmann.

Have you already picked autmn items? What did you get? Please feel free to leave your links in the comment box below.

Sani <3

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late OOTD!

Yesterday´s OOTD comes a little bit late actually - but better late than never! ;)
It has become a little bit chill here in the mornings so I needed to add a jacket already.. :-/ Anyways... I hope you enjoy! :)

 

 

beige pants - stefanel

salmon colored shirt - Hugo Boss

jeans jacket - GAP

blackbrown braided belt - Liebeskind Berlin

salmon colored flats - Pretty Ballerina´s

black leather bag - Michael Kors

rosé golden watch - Michael Kors

pearly earrings, neckless & bracelett - Christ

silver 'waterfall' ring - Jette Joop

 

Wish you all a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

 

Sani <3