Skincare science and quick reviews
I wear makeup most days. Even if I am staying at home, I grab a few bits to make me look more put together. Quite frankly, it is not only about the looks. It is more because I have so much stuff that I really want to use, yet just one face and so little time in the mornings. Spending a day without any makeup would be a lost day in terms of playing with products! There are days though that I just want to look awake, healthy…
This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. After I returned from Galtür (read more about it here), I had a lovely package waiting for me. Inside was makeup, sparkly and shiny and new. Sounds good, I hear you say. No. Better: Sounds good, I imagine you think right now. Technically I cannot hear you, and I am not sure if anyone except me is talking to the computer screen. Mental note: Go out more! Back to topic: Sounds good, but I knew…
This post contains *PR-samples and affiliate links. Please read disclaimer. Despite the fact that multi-tasking has quite a bad rep these days, mom life often forces me to rely on it. The secret to multitask effectively is in my opinion to combine a passive with an active act. Like put on a face mask while you vacuum. Or, one of my favorite tips: Apply a thick layer of handcream underneath your rubber gloves when doing the dishes. Trust me, that is as close to a manicure as I get…
This blog post contains affiliate links. Please read disclaimer. You know I film my videos in advance sometimes. Way in advance, this time. I actually filmed it on February 3rd, which I remember so clearly because it was the day I got sick. See, despite having kids I don´t often catch their bugs, but that time it hit me hard and I was out for almost a week. Right now I am feeling fine and pity my past self for looks and voice, so no need for sympathy coming from…
This blog post contains *PR-samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. Inspired by is a series I started to convince me that I did not need to rush out and buy lots of new products to recreate a certain makeup look, but that I´d manage to recreate something it by shopping my stash. I did a lot of those posts over the last years, some turned out better, some turned out horrendous, but most of them were fun. My promo picture of choice this month, one from the Chanel Spring/Summer Collection…
This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. One of the many reasons I don’t celebrate Valentine´s Day is that it is just a week after my birthday. And, to put it nicely, I am not always easy to please. Not that I demand a lot of presents or look at the money spend on me, but I do expect a gift to be carefully chosen and to come with a story that explains why this, and only this, was the thing my better half picked up…
The heart wants, what it wants. How often have you heard this saying? I have heard it a lot throughout the years, and increasingly more often to justify an obsession with luxury brands. And while I agree that you sometimes really have to follow your heart… Wait. This somehow sounds like a Valentines Day post. I swear, this is not intentional, I don’t even DO Valentines Day! I guess the abundance of pink hearts must have fogged my brain. Back on track: There are occasions where following your…
This blog post contains affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. I swear I am not obsessed with pores! But do you remember that one Episode of Sex and the City, shortly before Charlotte separates from her first husband? The one where she sits in front of the magnifying mirror and inspects her pores? Because that is exactly what I felt like when I wore the Marc Jacobs Remarcable Full Coverage Foundation Concentrate. Why, you ask? Oh, I am going to tell you!
This blog post contains affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. A few weeks ago I watched a You Tube tutorial. Shocking news, I know, but do hear me out! The tutorial itself was nothing extraordinary, one of these you have playing in the background while doing boring chores like folding laundry. But she said something that actually made me pause, rewind and repeat. She said, quote: “… going to just use mascara, as I was surprised to find out how many of you don’t wear false lashes on…
Should you read this the day it goes live, know that I will be busy eating and celebrating this very moment. And that I wish you a wonderful time with your loved ones, time to relax and recharge, twinkling lights and delicious food. Beauty(ful) presents, should you do them and of course lot´s of sparkle both in your life and your makeup. When I realized, my upload day would fall on Christmas Eve, I wasn´t sure whether to post at all. But then I realized that my favorite…