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pixi Pat Away Concealer Base – To tattoo or not to tattoo

This blog post contains *PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer   I have to admit, I am a fickle person. And that is what has kept me from getting a tattoo so far. See, I grew up in a time when having a tattoo was proof of time either served as marine or in jail, but things changed when I reached adolescence and suddenly they were everywhere. Now most of my friends are tattooed, even Mr. Loca is, and I think it is a beautiful way of self-expression and…

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Lancôme Monsieur Big mascara – Audience in mind

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer Of course I have watched Sex and the City. I’ve watched all episodes, I’ve watched the first movie. I even went back and watched the second movie, even though the first one was pretty disappointing. So I get what Lancôme is doing here, both with naming and with description. Monsieur Big. “You’ll know he’s the one at first stroke”. They obviously want us to think of Carrie Bradshaw and her somewhat questionable choice of men.     But I cannot…

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pixi MatteLustre & Shea Butter – Any excuse

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. I don´t need more lipsticks. I DON´T need more lipsticks. I don´t need MORE lipsticks. I don´t need… Oh shut up. Ladies and gentlemen (are there any here?) let me present you with the latest six (ha!) additions to my lipstick stash! To be fair, I didn´t purchase them myself. They were sent to me, carefully wrapped, in the lovely pixi-green box that brightens my day whenever it appears on my doorstep. Is this an excuse? No.    …

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Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance – 100 years too late

This blog post uses affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. Out of all the more cultural parts of our life, the only one where I feel truly at home at is literature. Ever since I can remember I was reading, lots and lots, and even though it isn´t nearly as much as it used to be, I consider myself a well-read person. The others, like music and art, are things I enjoy, but don´t really know much about. So when I received the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette in a…

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Max Factor Lasting Performance Foundation – Time will tell

This blog post contains affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. Last time I visited my DM, I was gushing over the new display of LOV makeup they had put up. New eyeshadows, new blushes, new foundations. The excitement was real! But as always in life, if something new comes in, something old has to go. And sadly, LOV had replaced Max Factor. My current favorite drugstore brand.     Only time will tell if LOV. can excite me as much as Max Factor did (which I can still get, just not…

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Inspired by Dior Precious Rocks Holiday 2017

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. If you are not familiar with the “Inspired by…” series, click here for an explanation. But short story even shorter, each month I choose a seasonal ad and try to recreate the models look with colors I already own. Dressing up and awkward posing included! I really wanted to get started on holiday makeup, mainly because every year I toy with the idea to throw a sophisticated Christmas party for friends and coworkers.     The idea inevitably gets…

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Fall Favorites 2017 – Being unique

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer.   Are we ever as unique as we like to think? Most of us, especially those that have any kind of creative outlet online, like to think that their content is fresh and special and easily distinguable from others. We put “our own twist” on things, have a theme in our pictures and invent fancy names for even fancier blog post series. And then, one day, we take a step back and realize we are doing what everyone around…

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#pixipretties – Review, tutorial and swatches

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright… Are you familiar with West Side Story? It is, I have to admit, one of the few musicals I care about. This and Lion King. Everything else, think Starlight Express or Cats, are totally lost on me. But back to the song. I heard it when I was 13 and never was able to get it out of my mind. Not because it is a masterpiece…

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Makeup Forever Smoky Lash Mascara – Kate Moss

A long time before Kate Moss became the icon she is today, she was famous for a different look. And a different lifestyle, but that is a whole other story. Her look was topic of heated discussion, it was called the “heroin chic”, basically because the models looked like they were drug addicts with dark, smudged eye makeup, pale faces and very (very!) thin, androgynous bodies. Artistic expression versus healthy body image, Kate Moss versus Claudia Schiffer, the discussion took over print media and school break chat, and I, starting…

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Taking out the trash XIII – My September 2017 Empties

I never publicly declared I was on a spending ban. Oh wait, that isn´t entirely true. I did in the first year of blogging, when I had gone on maternity leave and that, albeit paid for, was way less than the income I had beforehand. See, before that we lived the life of Double-Income-No-Kids and the amount of money I was able to spend on makeup and skincare was immense.     After approximately a year of not buying much stuff, I realized that my stash was still overflowing. And…

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