Month: January 2011

Christmas Gifts: Mini Carpisa Jewelery Box

This is another present that a lovely friend of mine gave me for this Christmas! It is a lovely mini Carpisa jewelery box. It is quite small and compact and it has a gorgeous dark green shade. The outside of the jewelry box is in leather and it has this snake skin pattern too it. The inside is then covered with lovely felt material which is really soft.

On the inside it has a cute small mirror and different compartments. A compartments to put some rings, some ear studs and the top part can be taken out to put things in the lower compartment, in which you could put necklaces. I am really loving this small box, as the jewelry box I have is wooden and it is actually my mother’s and it is quite old. Carpisa really do good quality products and I’ve never bought any of their stuff because they are a little pricey for me, so this was a much appreciated gift. 🙂

♥ Have you tried any stuff from Carpisa?

Haul: Essence

Essence Soft Touch Make-up in 02 Matt Beige, Essence Clear & Matt Foundation in 02 Honey and Essence Long lasting eye pencil in 02 Hot Chocolate

I have recently found this brand called Essence that can be found in drugstore or pharmacies where I live. They are really cheap and affordable products and so far I really like the quality. I had already tried out their concealer and I love it, it is one of my favorites. So I decided to try out some other products too. I picked up 3 items. I wanted to try the Clear & Matt foundation as it is oil free and I got it in the color Honey. Their color range is really limited but this color matches me pretty well. The product itself has a very light consistency and the coverage is light to medium but you can build it a little. It covers my uneven complexion and gives me a nice everyday natural look.

Next is the Soft touch make-up which I thought looked really similar to the Maybelline Dream Mousse foundation and I can confirm that it is really similar. It has that mousse feeling that we all adore and it is really light on the skin. I got in the color Matt Beige and it is a little too yellow for me but if I blend it down the neck it doesn’t show at all. It leaves my skin feeling non-greasy and my skin looks really flawless.

Last of all I picked up the long lasting eye pencil in their shade for brown which is called Hot Chocolate. I love these pencils, I also have it in black and they are really long lasting on the water line and once they dry they last a long time. I also did a review on the Essence Cover Stick.

Have you tried any products from Essence? What do you think?

Christmas Gifts: Butterfly Ring

As I previously mentioned, I am a big fan of the color teal and I have many items of clothing to prove my obsession. My best friend, who is awesome, got me this cute butterfly ring in this gorgeous teal color as one of my Christmas gifts and I must admit that I adore the cute box it came in too. I’m not usually a big fan of large rings but  I adore this one. 😀

What did you get for Christmas?

Product Rave: Simple Kind to Eyes Eye Make-up Remover


The Simple Eye make-up remover has been a staple for me for over a year now and I think I have gone through about five bottles so far. It is supposedly used to remove eye make-up but usually what I do is to take a cotton pad and get it moist with the product and then I start by removing my eye makeup and then proceed to rub off all the other makeup from the rest of my face. After applying this product I still wash my face, but this is optional and it is only personal preference and because I have oily skin. 

I have very sensitive skin and this product is ideal for me. It removes all the makeup, it has no oil in it, so it does not cause any breakouts and it has no perfume and color. The product has no weird smell to it and it is very gentle on the skin.

It claims to be packed with vitamins and it removes waterproof mascara (which I can confirm). This product is really affordable and it can be found in any of the local supermarkets. The bottle holds 125ml of product. I will definitely repurchase this product and so far this has been my most effective makeup remover.


Have you ever tried any Simple products?

Drugstore Haul: Revlon

Some weeks ago I got these items from a stationary near University which carries make up products too.  There was an offer from Revlon to buy 3 products and you got a gift for Free, so obviously I went for it! 
I got the Revlon Double Twist mascara, the Revlon Color Burst lipstick in Blush and the Revlon Super Lustrous Lip gloss in Nude Lustre. As a gift I got the Revlon Eye Glide in Lilac, which can be used as a base for your eyeshadow or you can use it on its own for a wash of color over the lid.
This is the Super Lustrous Lip gloss in 04 Nude Lustre and I got it for €10.95. The color payoff of these lip glosses is amazing. They are true to the color in the bottle and they last for a long time. They are not too sticky and they don’t have any weird smell to them.
This is the Color Burst Lipstick in 035 Blush and the color is nude with a peachy undertone to it. I got this for €12.50 and I love it for when I have dark eyeshadow on and want a natural lip to go with it.

Color Burst in Blush

Left Blush, Right Nude Lustre

I wanted to try out a new mascara and the girl at the shop recommended I try the New Revlon Double Twist mascara. I got this for €12.95 and this mascara claims to give massive volume and definition to your lashes. I find that the mascara wand for this brush is too big for me and that it holds too much product in it. I tend to wipe off a lot of the excess off on the side of the tube. Said that I adore the formulation of this mascara and it gives lots of volume and length that lots of people have commented that I seem to be wearing false lashes.
The mascara wand

This is the gift that I got with this purchase and it is an eyeshadow base in 09 Lilac. This has some shimmer to it and as you can see in the swatch below it is that nice vibrant lilac color which would look gorgeous in the Summer months. I look forward to use it for a variety of looks during the Summer.

Eye Glide in Lilac

What do you think of Revlon? Do you have any products you would recommend?

Thank you Note

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This is just a little thank you note to all the lovely people who follow this blog and read my posts. I want to tell you that I really appreciate each and every one of you and I love reading your comments and your thoughts! I hope you enjoy and find this blog useful and I will try and do my best to make each and every post the best that I can!

If you have any requests or things that you would like to see in this blog, feel free to let me know! Thank you for all your support! ♥

Charlene xxxx

Christmas Gifts: Teddy Line Nail Polish

I love the color teal and my best friend got me this nail polish as one of my Christmas presents for this year. The color is simply numbered as 17. The product comes off pretty sheer on the first application but after two or three coats the color is true to how it looks in the bottle. I will try to do a NOTD with this color in the future so stay tuned.


What did you get for Christmas? What is your favorite color?