Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Blush Palette

안녕! Before the actual post about the palette, I wanted to share some personal thoughts. Those who don't want to read that, can just scroll past this.

I said I would work on more posts and I did sit down and wanted to write, but then I just didn't find the motivation. Most of the photos I have saved for future posts, are for beauty related reviews and so on. But the more I thought about it, the more I'm dissatisfied with the direction this blog is going into. I still want to continue posting these beauty related things but I also want to include short personal posts like OOTD and stuff like that, since I do not intent to be a beauty blogger but want to give this a personal note. I do enjoy writing these reviews, since I'm also always looking for some, when I want to buy products and I hope that mine can help people. I thought about taking more pictures when I'm going places or just meeting friends and then also posting about them, including nice places to eat at and just my life in general. So, if you have any thoughts or suggestions, you can share them in the comments below

I wouldn't even have known about this collaboration and the palette, if it wouldn't have been for my friend who works at a cosmetics shop.
She kept on telling me about it and how she never used blushes before but started now because of this palette and how well the colors compliment pale skin like ours.

The palette has a really nice design, at least in my opinion, with the golden color and UD's logo on top of it. The dots give it a nice touch and I think it looks more high-quality this way, than when it would have been fully gold. It looks really simple but elegant. 

I really like that there is a big mirror on the top part of the palette. The Naked palettes also have mirrors but they are really small and you can only see a little bit of your face, which would be enough to apply makeup to your eyes, but not to see the full outcome of your makeup. You can use this palette while applying makeup and don't need another mirror, which I do need when I use the Naked palettes.

It's really hard to capture the actual color of these blushes on pictures. >_<

But you have everything you need in this palette. Two of these are perfect to contour and highlight your face. You also have an orangish tone, which you can use as a coral blush and the usual pink blushes. 

I really like that these blushes are very pigmented. Other than my MAC blush, the others are barely pigmented and I need a lot of product to see the color on my cheeks. For this palette, I just had to lightly dab my brush into the product and I didn't need any more. 

I'm still playing around with this and will add it to my post, if my thoughts have changed.
But for now I think that the price for 6 colors of this quality is a good deal.
You should definitely check it out yourself!

Etude House Specials

I'm back again after another couple of months, not a big surprise anymore, is it?
I'll have a free week soon and I hope I'll have the time to write more than just one post so that I will have a few for the future which I can just publish.

Anyway, because I do not have much time at the moment, I wanted to talk about something where I can take the photos from Etude's websites.
I'm always a little lazy with editing my photos, even though it's actually a lot of fun for me, but it also takes up a lot of time ><

So, Etude House always has some specials going on and they still have these two, that I've ordered a few weeks ago.
They also have a SALE going on now, which is another reason why I wanted to write about it now. You can get the stuff even cheaper now.
The code is: Christmas2015

1. Snowy Dessert

You can either buy all of these separately, or you can buy one of two sets that the website offers.

The positive thing about the set is that you can save some money, since you pay 24$ instead of 35$ and even get a cute pen for free.

The negative thing is that you only have two sets and can't choose the colors you want for each item.
There are more than just two colors available when you get them separately but you don't have a choice for the sets.

Sweet-sour Grapefruit Set

Sweet Foxy Strawberry Set

As you can see, one set is really light with a pinkish liptint, a beige golden eyeliner and a ginger cookie blusher.
The other set is brighter/darker with a red liptint, dark brown eyeliner and a contour set.


I would have loved to get both and even more but in the end I got the lighter set, since I didn't want the contour set.

My set is currently stuck at customs but I did find picture online on how it should look like.
I'm a sucker for cute stuff and I love how the package of the cookie sets look like an actual oven, as if the cookie is actually baking inside.
I can't wait to get mine and post pictures of it.

I also have more pictures of the individual products and the many shades they come in, in case you want to buy them separately instead.

As you can see, the 101 Pencil has 5 shades. You can use it as eyeliner, lipstick, blush, etc.

 The cookie you could either get as blusher or as contour set.

This lip tint, which is called Pudding tint, comes in 5 different colors.

That's all for this set.


The second set I ordered was this one:

2. 2015 Best Sellers

Just like the first set, this also comes in two versions. You can either choose collection A or B.

You pay 50$ for:

• 1 Play 101 Pencil in black
• I love their Play 101 pencils and would always buy as many as I can with one order
• 1 Wonder Pore Freshner 
• This is the small bottle and I have my second full bottle at home right now. I love wiping my face with this after washing it and before moisturizing it at night.
• 1 Moistful Collagen Cream
• I'm not quite sure about this one yet. I have the night cream at home and haven't used it that often, yet.
• 1 Dear my Wish Lips in either Coral or Pink
• I already have lipsticks from this collection and they are really creamy and bright and I wanted to try other colors anyway
• 1 Missing U Hand Cream in either peach or green tea
• 1 Beauty Shot Face Blur
• I always wanted to buy this before but didn't and this was a good opportunity. 
• 6 Face Masks

Hurry up and buy these sets, preferably including the 30% Christmas sale code, while you still can. 

I thought these were really nice offers and had to add another set to the order for my friend.

Let's hope I will actually type up the next posts soon and won't take months again!

Tell me what you think in the comments below and if you want me to make another posts about these sets once I get mine. 

Real vs Fake Etude House Etoinette collection

I feel like each one of my posts should start with an apology because it always takes me months to write up a new post. So, I'm sorry for taking so long, once again ><
Then I also want to thank the 1-2 new readers, who subscribed to my blog. It might not be a lot but it's still one more person who wants to read my blog and I'm really grateful!
Now on to the post:

A few weeks ago I bought an Etude House Princess Etoinette Lipstick from a private seller. They said they bought it from the online store for about 25$, which was weird already because it's not that expensive and just costs about 10$ plus shipping, but I thought that they might have exaggerated because they wanted a little profit and it was still cheaper than the 50$ lipsticks on ebay and the lipstick was sold out everywhere.
Then I got this:

It looks fine so far, doesn't it?

This was the next thing I saw. You should always check if the number actually exists. The Color POR211 does not exist for this collection and that was when I started being suspicious.

The next thing I noticed was that the cap was dirty and had several black lines. A new lipstick should not look like this.
I also compared the logo to the one on the Blush I have from the same collection and then I googled what it should look like for the lipstick and it was definitely different.

1. The circle is a bit thicker and the open spot in the middle is not as big.
2. The circle in the E is not as round but quite small and more longer than rounder.
3. Those 3 strokes should have a nicer form which is smaller on left side and gradually becomes bigger, looking like a drop.
4.  The end of it should curl inside but it just ends in the middle of the logo.
5. The same as Number 3.
(I'm not exactly sure how to explain all these differences but you can just look at the picture and I will post another one so just scoll a little more or ask me in the comments)

When I opened the Lipstick, I noticed that the E is missing. The Emblem should be on it.

I googled an official picture of the lipstick and put both the lipstick and the emblem on the outside together to show you the differences in one picture.

I contacted the seller and they kept telling me that they bought it from the official store but when I asked for a screenshot of the order, they kept on giving me lots of excuses.
If you're ever in this situation, make sure that the seller can proof that it is a genuine lipstick.
Please DO NOT use it, if you do not know if it's genuine. There can be a lot of dangerous ingredients inside of it and you don't want to have it on your lips. Your skin can absorb it and you will be licking your lips or just drinking and feeding your body with the toxic substance.

The seller told me to just keep it and use it or to sell it to someone else myself. Do not agree to that! Do not use it and also do not sell it yourself!
1. You don't want to give someone else a fake lipstick and have them use it!
2. You also do not want to be in the same position as the seller who sold you the item.

Open a paypal claim and ask for your money back!

I luckily got my money back and did not use the lipstick. Always make sure what you bought is a genuine product from the brand!

If you have any more questions, just leave a comment below or send me a message!

Cinderella Limited Editions

 

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I didn't actually consider blogging about these LE's when I bought them, but I went back to the store and picked up a couple more things which I want to giveaway one day. I guess that gives me a reason to talk about the stuff in a blogspot. 

MAC Cinderella Limited Edition

I bought the Iridescent Powder in Couple D'Chic and the Lipstick in Royal Ball. It was really hard to find these products. They were sold out online within minutes and I saw a lot of girls complaining about things being taken out of their carts during the checkout process. The powder was being sold on Ebay for twice the price but I was lucky enough to find a girl in a german MAC group on facebook, who sold it to me for the normal price because she got 2 of them by mistake. I did buy the lipstick on Ebay but it was one of the cheaper ones and I couldn't get it anywhere else  
I saw many people complain about the packaging and the quality of the makeup. 
Personally, I love the blue color and it suits the Cinderella theme. The products also work quite well for me. The powder gives my cheeks some color and is slightly glittery which makes my face glow in a healthy way. I'm lucky that I'm so pale or else the powder would just work as a highlighter. The girls with darker skin might have a problem with that. 
The lipstick can put emphasis on the dry parts of your lips so you definitely need to use lipbalm or you can use another lipstick first and this as a top coat. 
I'd give it 4 out of 5 ✰

Essence Cinderella Collection

I've been looking everywhere for this collection and checked 3 stores in this city but none of them had any of this. I was visiting my friend, who moved to a much smaller city, and we went shopping there. I thought why not check the store there. And I was lucky because they had still had some of these products. 
I could get the essence blush in 01 So this is Love, the highlighter powder in 01 The Glass Slipper and the nail stickers in 02 It's more than I ever hoped for.  
After I came back home, my mom checked one of the drugstores here and they actually restocked on some of the things but they just had like 3 eyeshadow palettes and one highlighter left when I went there. My mom also got me a nail polish and another set of nail stickers while she was there. She usually doesn't get me makeup but knows how much I love Cinderella so she got them for me. 
Anyway, when I went to the store I picked up two eyeshadow palettes and another highlighter. 
I figured that I'd like to have a giveaway one day when I have more followers. You guys are following me and I want to give something back to you. 

I thought these would be a good idea because of the cute packaging and because it's a limited edition which was sold out really fast and also sold on ebay for twice the price. 

I will store these in a box and add a few more things over time to have cute things to give to you when I'll actually hold the giveaway. 

Do you like such posts? Would you like to see more makeup posts with actual swatches from korean and japanese beauty products? I was considering reviewing the new Etude House products that I ordered a while ago. 

I always look at reviews first before I buy things online and it's better to have more reviews about one product to see different opinions and how people react to it. 

I should stop talking so much now and just get started on my new post. 

Tell me what you would like to see me blog about and I'll consider those suggestions
Thanks for reading! 

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