Review│Maybelline Superstay 24h Full Coverage Foundation

Hi everybody!
Today I'm bringing you a review of the new-ish Maybelline Superstay foundation. I have to say I was totally inspired by Sophie from Sophdoesnails on Youtube to buy this one since it's one of her favourites and she uses it quite often in her videos. Her skin type is oily and I was curious to see how this foundation performes on my skin which is on the drier side. Want to find out how it went? Keep on reading!

Super Seven│September

Hello, lovelies!
After many months, I am finally bringing you a monthly favourites post! For more info on the produtcts -- just read on!

Haul│NYX + Swatches (including a cat photo)

Hello, lovelies!
Last week, I made a wee shopping trip to NYX so I decided to write a cheeky little haul post. I was on a mission to buy a brow pomade and a cream highlight but I ended up with a couple of other things I'd been eyeing up for a hot minute as well.
For more photos, swatches & some thought -- read on. Hope you enjoy!

Super Seven│February

Hello there! So far keeping up with the Kardashians my promise to blog more! This one's going to be my February Favourites. I think I'll try to keep it at seven products a month, we'll see. Anyway, let's get cracking!

Unboxing│DM box

Hello there everyone!

Today's post is about the first DM beauty box available in the Czech Republic. I quite enjoy browsing through DM (which is a German drugstore chain) aisles so I thought why not to try it out. The price was also lower than other beauty boxes so there was really no harm in it.
The system is a little different than your regular subscription box. You have to send an e-mail to confirm you're interested in this box, and only limited number of people are sent e-mails they've been chosen (I think it was every third person, 2000 people max -- but I'm not really sure).

Let's dive in, shall we!

1. Rexona Maximum Protection antiperspirant in Confidence│2. Sundance tinted moisturizer/sunscreen with SPF 30│3. Dermacol Aroma Ritual Juicy shower gel in Rhubarb & Strawberry│4. Garnier Oil Beauty body lotion│5. Balea After Sun 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner│6. Colgate Max White One Optic toothpaste│7. Rimmel 60 Seconds nailpolish by Rita Ora in Don't Be Shy│8.,9.,10. Schwarzkopf Essence Ultime Repair shampoo, Weleda body lotion, and Ria tampons samples

I have to say I'm overall pretty impressed. This Rexona one is my antiperspirant of choice (although I'm sure the ingredients are not the friendliest ones, it works wonderfully on me), and it isn't exactly the cheapest one out there, so it's really great to have a new one when I run out of mine. I've worn the Sundance sunscreen two times now and I'm liking the fact that it has light coverage and high SPF - ideal for Summer. I love the smell of this Dermacol shower gel, too! I was in need of a new body moisturizer so this Garnier one really comes in handy. It smells quite subtle, sinks in well and really does the job. The Balea shampoo also looks quite practical for Summer, since it's supposed to protect your hair from UV rays and to help to get rid of sand/chlorine/seasalt residue in your hair. I'll let you know how it is! The Colgate toothpaste might be quite unattractive in a box for someone, but since I've wanted to try this one out myself, it's no problem at all to me! The Rimmel nail polish  is in a pretty fuchsia shade. I haven't tried it yet, it looks quite pretty for Summer, too, though.

In summary, I'm glad I was one of the people who got to buy this box. I think it's really good value for money (for example, only the antiperspirant is the same price as the box was) and filled with cool things for the Summer that everyone can get some use out of!

Do you have DM in your country? Can you get the DM box there? What are your thoughts on this one?
Hope you enjoyed this post, and see you soon!
Tess

New In│The Body Shop & Topshop

Hi guys! How have you been? I'm preparing a little life-update-type-of post, but I wanted to throw this wee haul on my blog.

Almost everything in here is from The Body Shop. I used to shop there a lot but lately, I've been neglecting it a little, so I decided to change that! The Amazonian Wild Lily and Atlas Mountain Rose fragrance mists are gorgeous. The first mentioned was actually for my Grandma because she needed a new fragrance for travelling, and the rose one was for me because I love everything rose-scented, and this is so much like Roses de Chloé (which I love so dearly!).
Next up, I got a little facial brush. It's quite soft, but it might be a tiny bit too harsh for my sensitive skin. Well, time will tell if careful using will go unpunished!
The Vitamin E Cool BB Cream sample was a total miss; it's OBVIOUSLY too ark for me because I am the palest person in the world. On the other hand, the Tea Tree Pore Minimiser one I was really delighted to get to try! Inside the little pot, there is a Moringa Body Butter sample, which smells delightful like a sour fizzy candy to me!
Last, but not least, I got a Brows eyebrow pencil from Topshop in the shade Vicious Circle (I think) - a light, ashy brown shade, and I really like it so far, I've already used it a couple times.

So, this is all I got for now! Hope you like it. Let me know if you've tried some of these products and how you liked them!

See you later!
Tess

New in│Drugstore mix + little info in Czech

Hi guys! I know I haven't been aruond much, but at first, I was busy with life /again/ and then the exams started so...you know how it goes. Anyway, here is a quite boring drugstore mini haul and I promise you that the next post will be more interesting!

I want to try to lighten my hair again after a year and something of not dying it (except for semi-permanent dyes) and I liked this colour plus it was on sale so I got two boxes for one prize, so I hope it's decent!
Also I needed some facial wash, hence the Balea one. I liked the pink packaging and it was pretty cheap, so if it doesn't turn out to be good for me, I'll just pass it on or throw it away without feeling all too guilty.
On to the Catrice products. I've really liked Catrice lately, so I decided to give these a try. I can always a good brow product and don't have any tinted brow gels in my collection, so I got this brown one. Waterproof eyeliner is a thing I use almost at daily basis and I wanted to switch from my regular Essence one (which is great but I need some change in my life, do you feel me?). The last product is a thing I've been on a hunt for like, forever. I tried it once now and it seems pretty good for using on my waterline, yay!
The last thing I got are those two flapjacks, originally, I didn't want to include them but the packaging is too cute!

Hope everyone's had great Christmas! Also, is you're in the middle of exam term /like me/, good luck to you all and see you later!

Tess

P.S. Pro holky, vyskytující se v Praze; v přízemí Debenhams na Václaváku je poměrně nově /alespoň podle mě.?/ Douglas, a hned u vchodu je hrozně nenápadnej regál Nyx, což jsem teda uz nás nikde jinde neviděla. Včera vypadal dost vybraně, ale pro mě to byl zajímavej objev :) A měli krásně světlý makeupy!

New in│Drugstore buys

Hi people! I've been so busy with life I had no time to blog. I'm gonna write about some of that later, though, now onto some on-a-tighter-budget drugstore buys!

I was in fact on a hunt for a nice smelling body care product and as soon as I took a sniff of the Balea cocoa body butter, I was sold. It reminds me of The Body Shop's Chocomania range! The choice of conditioner was kind of a spur of the moment and I must say that so far it didn't impress me. It's not bad but nothing awesome. If there's something I definitely DON'T need, it's lippies. Anyway, I got 190 The Nuder The Better by Catrice and 01 Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate. The nailpolishes were on sale and they are 405 Rose Libertine by Rimmel, a very pretty retro-ish coral/pink shade, and Mistero Grey by Gabriella Salvete, a sparkle bomb with a sandy finish. The last thing I got is an eyeshadow duo by Dermacol I intend to carry around in my makeup bag for touch-ups and emergency cases.

What have you bought lately? Do you buy drugstore cosmetics?

Have a lovely evening!
Tess

Life lately│Birthday, vegan baking and so on

Good evening, everyone! Today is my 22nd birthday, it's weird, I don't really feel like 22 yet but who am I to complain, right? Today was a little too rushed for my liking but my Mom came back home from her knee surgery in hospital, so I was really glad. In the afternoon, I met up with my friends Barbara and John and we headed to a cupcake-business-related meeting with our logo/website creator, a crazy-talented guy! Afterwards, I managed to buy birthday presents (long live Lush!) for my friends Jules and Misha whom we're having a bday party with tomorrow. Also I popped at Marks&Spencer to buy some Halloween candy, can't wait for Halloween as I love it to death.

Lee Stafford Hold Tight Hairspray & Nourishing Miracle Oil (Profimed), Sephora 3D Graphic Nails, Too faced Shadow Insurance & Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner (Sephora), shirt (Jennyfer)

Some of my presents and a manicure I created with the Sephora kit, it was cool but I couldn't have stopped picking at the studs, what a little kid I am.

The first time I'd ever baked vegan stuff. It was pretty tricky, especially the frosting but the result was quite tasty. I still need to perfect it, though.

Photos from our show last Saturday. The first photo's our whole band, Emergency (Paul, me, John) and the second is me with Alex, my dear friend and ex-band mate from my former band.

Finally, I'd like to do a little self-promo! If you like cupcakes, muffins and stuff like that, feel free to check out our Instagram page or like Monster Cupcakes on facebook here. Sorry to be shameless like that except I'm not sorry.

I hope everyone's doing great, I'm now waiting for my boyfriend to arrive and we're gonna watch a movie together. Quite nice birthday!

Tess

New in│Lippies

Hello everyone! This morning, I realized this is my last week off before Uni starts. I'm quite excited about the whole thing of starting fresh (well, again) but I still have to run many errands and work so many things out, I'm a little scared of all the mess. Anyway, as I promised, here is the new-lipstick post (aka lipsticks take my mind off nasty stuff - for a while)!

After what I'd seen oh their website (look for Rimmel against animal testing), I went a little Rimmel-crazy. I picked up four shades; 07 - a pretty neutral colour very similar to my natural lip colour (but a tad darker), 12 - a bright orange on the verge of red, 02 - a bright hot pink, and Berry Queen - a dark red/purple (perfect autumn colour).

I also wanted to join the lip-colour-butter-balm-stain-Idon'tknowwhatelse bandwagon, so I gave this Astor one in Pink Lady (also after reading their animal-testing statement). Such a pretty colour but not moisturizing at all, I still want to try a different brand.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the purchases. Today I'm wearing Rimmel 02, such a feel-good shade!

Hope you're all doing great! Have you bought some interesting lip products lately?


Tess

Life lately

As my birthday slowly approaches, I can’t help myself but feel a little sad. I’m like that, every year, don’t know why, though. Days are getting shorter and darker and Uni starts in less than a month.

So I treated myself a bunch of cute stuff. The pink cableknit sweater and the rose scarf are both from H&M, peach & almond body lotion is from Marks&Spencer, double earrings from Six and I found my little Cottonflower Sephora perfume I completely forgot I’d had (so it counts as new as well, haha). I also bought powder pink slippers at F&F for the colder months to arrive.

I couldn’t have resisted a box of Chai tea bags at M&S, either. So now I’m listening to The Grates whom I rediscovered today, painting my nails pale pink and going to have some Chai teda afterwards while watching Gigolos. Coziness for the win!

Tess.