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Adventures of a Beauty UK Earth Child palette: Statue of Liberty in the back

Adventures of a Beauty UK palette

You might remember that I was in the States a month ago. I already showed you some photos of my trip and maybe I’ll show you some more in the future. We’ll see. Today I have some fun (at least I hope so) photos for you from my trip. Do you remember the Beauty UK … Read more

Essence Nails In Style TE preview nail polishes

Preview: Essence Nails In Style TE

In the beginning of July Essence is launching trend edition with main focus on the nails. They named it Nails In Style TE. Polishes? Yes please! Once again they named one of the shades “holo”, but looks duochrome to me (first one from the right). My biggest lemming form this collection are not polishes though … Read more

Beauty UK eye shadow collection (eyeshadow palettes)

Swatches and review: Beauty UK eyeshadow palettes

Today I’d like to present you all six of the Beauty UK palettes. First I’d like to tell you that at first I was really sceptical about them. I know almost everyone is raving about them, but you know what? In general people love cheap stuff. I mean, I do too. But still. Too often … Read more

Manhattan And Buffalo Collection nail polish

Review and swatches: Manhattan & Buffalo nail polishes

Manhattan is bombarding is with new limited editions … and I love it. :D I bought 3 out of 6 polishes from Manhattan & Buffalo or shortened M&Buffalo limited edition. I guess I don’t have to tell you why I bought Manhattan 78J shade – cyan blue polishes are one of my weakest points … … Read more

Essence Ballerina Backstage preview nail polishes by Parokeets

Preview: Essence Ballerina Backstage TE

Essence is coming out with THREE trend editions this July!  First preview I have for you is of Essence Ballerina Backstage TE. Dark vs light, lace and ballerinas. Sounds familiar? I want all the polishes (yes, I want even the lighter ones ), but this time I have lemming for all the soufflés too – … Read more

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His Majesty: Elderberry

Who is familiar with this tree/shrub? Yes – it’s elderberry. Now is time to gather it and dry it for tea. You have to dry it in dark and ventilated space. It drys pretty quick and when you mix it with line/linden blossom, balm-mint and peppermint you get great homemade tea. Another thing you shouldn’t … Read more

Swatch: Sleek - Eye Dust: Breathless, Eden, Outrage, Drama, Fantasy, So Sleek

Review and swatches: Sleek – Eye Dust (6 shades)

Official description of Sleek – Eye Dusts: Highly luminescent shimmering loose eyeshadow powder which glides effortlessly onto the skin leaving a sparkling film of colour on your eyelids for a sleek and stunning look. Best applied with a brush; if applying in this way, remove the anti-spill sifter first. It can also be applied using … Read more

Maestra's outfit of the day (OOTD)

Maestra’s Outfit Of The Day 2 June 2011

It’s been a long time since I posted an outfit of the day post. There’s no specific reason for that. I just always forget that from time to time you might also be interested in seeing some outfits. I’ve had some extra time today before leaving home and I thought my outfit today was interesting … Read more

Comparison of Matte Top Coats: Isadora, Essence, Essie, Manhattan swatch

Comparison: Isadora, Essence, Essie, Manhattan matte top coats

My matte top coat collection has gotten bigger, so I thought I would make a comparison between them. As a base I used Kiko 278 nail polish – slightly duochrome purple shade I got from Goga. Isadora Matte Top Coat can hardly be called matte, but as it is named as such, I included it … Read more