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URBAN DECAY Naked2 Basics Palette I was already a huge fan of its older sister a.k.a. the original Basics and the second one stole my heart as well. It's a bit more cool toned than its predecessor and there are more medium taupe shades in it, so it's like an expansion of the original. I love taupe matte eyeshadows because they are excellent colours to define the eyes and Urban Decay has some of the best matte eyeshadows - they are very pigmented, silky and they blend so well. It may be an expensive palette, but it's worth it.   CATRICE Absolute Matt  010 Eyes Wide Matte Just like the Naked2 Basics, it's another fantastic matte, neutral palette and even though it's a lot cheaper, the quality is very similar. I find that the collection of shades is something like a mix of both Basics palettes and it includes great base colours, several medium taupes and darker browns. I imagine it should be great for eyebrows as well. It's an amazing palette and I recommend it to...

My love for The Body Shop's Vineyard Peach remains strong even after more than two years since I first purchased the body butter and recently two more products joined my collection - the body scrub and the highly coveted body mist. The scent of this line is out of this world to me and it's probably my favourite scent ever. It's the best peach scent I've ever had the pleasure to smell. Being a huge fan of vineyard peaches, I can attest that it is indeed very close to the real thing, perhaps there is a bit of a peach yoghurt mixed in it. Mouth-wateringly juicy and sweet, to me it's the scent of happiness and I wholeheartedly adore it. I tip my hat to the creator of this scent and I hope this stays on the shelves for a long time.   Vineyard Peach Body Scrub The texture of the body scrub is pleasantly creamy with scrubby particles (silica). It's not a harsh scrub by any means, in fact, I'd prefer it if the scrubby bits were not so sparse, but it does its job an...

1. L'OREAL Collection Exclusive Lipsticks Pure Reds in Laetitia and Blake This is on the very top of my wishlist, especially the Laetitia shade, which is a gorgeous deep burgundy colour, while Blake is a glamorous cherry red. I swatched both and compared them with some other shades in this Instagram photo . I think the finish of both of these is almost matte or creamy-matte, which is just up my alley. I need these in my life. Drugstores,  around 13 €. 2.  MAYBELLINE Color Drama Lipstick in Berry Much and Red Essential Everyone talks about how these are a nice drugstore alternative to the NARS' Velvet Pencils , so naturally I'm intrigued. I sneakily already ordered Berry Much since Boots has a 3 for 2 offer at the moment (a little tip for you) , but I'm still waiting for package. If happen to like these, I'm also interested in the shade called Red Essential , which is supposedly very similar to NARS' Cruella . Boots International , £4.99. 3. NARS Sheer Glow F...

I am a huge fan of matte neutral palettes, especially of those with prevailing taupe shades. The original Naked Basics palette (review here ) was what I used for my every day makeup since I got it last year and now I have two more such palettes - an Urban Decay's spin-off named Naked2 Basics and a very budget option by Catrice called Absolute Matt. Both have fast become my favourites and I use all three palettes in combination, depending on what kind of look I'm going for. URBAN DECAY Naked2 Basics Palette Naked2 Basics is quite different from the original one, it's definitely different enough to justify having both. I look at it almost as a complimentary palette, so what I thought was missing from the first one, is in this one. Perhaps this one might be more appealing to those with a medium skin tone who found the shades in original Basics too similar and mostly too light, since Naked2 excludes the light skin toned shades and replaces them with medium browns.  The shades i...

Luxury Lacquers Metal 03 My Satin Ballet Shoes A pink-rose gold shade with a metallic/über frosty finish. The formula is very pigmented and reaches about 80% opacity with one coat. If you're not bothered with a hint of the tips showing through, then it's a one coater, otherwise a two-coater. The formula is quite thick, but it applies smoothly and evenly. Despite being a shimmery nail polish it's easy and quick to remove if you use a pot remover. All of the nail polishes in the Luxury Line have a normal, "useful" brush. Luxury Lacquers Brilliance 05 Plum Fiction This is a colour that will probably pop out in the stand the most to people. It's a warm purple shimmer with a few red shimmer bits in it, you don't see a nail polish like this often. I expected it to look more spectacular on the nails and more shiny, but I do love the colour. The base is almost translucent and just slightly tinted purple, however, for the full effect/opacity two thick or three thin...

CLARINS Instant Eye Make-Up Remover I like this a lot. You may be aware that I wear waterproof mascara to keep my lashes curled all day, so I need a good oil-based remover to get it off. I've been using two pretty rubbish ones for the past several months (they just won't run out!) and using this for the first time was like a choir of angels came singing under a double rainbow with a unicorn flying over it (too much?) . It's a duo-phase product as most oil-based removers and it smells really lovely , like roasted chestnuts and linden tea. Unlike most other cheap ones I've tried, when I shake this so the two parts mix, the lighter part actually stays suspended and both fluids are mixed meaning they don't just separate after a second as most do. This removes my eye makeup with such ease and what I really, really appreciate is that it doesn't make my vision foggy like every other duo-phase remover does and it doesn't leave my skin quite as greasy as the o...

Artdeco Glam Moon & Stars Collection I rarely do beauty news, but I get a lot of e-mails and since December is approaching, I selected a few things that interest me. Look at that gorgeous packaging of the blush and eyeshadow case. I love starry sky.  The whole collection is unashamedly sparkly and definitely very Christmasy. I'm wondering if those two cream highlighters resemble the discontinued  Jemma Kidd's one .  I believe this is sold already. Kolekcijo ARTDECO dobite v drogerijah Muller, Tuš in Beautiqe, ter v spletni trgovini www.mojakozmetika.si. Moonlight Dust bleščice za telo so na voljo eksluzivno v Müllerju. Deborah Secrets of the Smokey Eye Well, well, well, look who decided to release some lovely looking palettes. I don't know the finish of these, but I'm secretly hoping for a lot of matte shades. There are four palettes in the collection, I'm not sure if it's limited edition or permanent, but I suspect the neutral one will be very popular. Nude...