Review: Balea Professional After Sun 2 in 1 Shampoo and Conditioner

Hello guys!
Today I'd like to review one of my current favorite hair products that I already raved about in my May Favorites: Balea's After Sun Shampoo! Here you go:

Information:

• Balea After Sun 2 in 1 Shampoo and Conditioner
• part of the Balea Professional line
• available at dm
• contains 250 ml
• costs 1,45 Euros
• contains coconut oil and papaya extract
• doesn't contain any silicones
• contains a UV protectant
• combines shampoo and conditioner in one product

Positives:

• price
• lovely summery scent, smells like coconut and papaya
• scent lingers quite long in my hair
• doesn't contain any silicones
• contains a UV protectant
• untangles the hair nicely
• makes the hair very soft and easy to brush
• doesn't irritate my scalp
  

Negatives:

• availability
• doesn't care your hair as much as a real conditioner would

I'm super happy with this shampoo! It works great for me, also when my hair was a little damaged from the beach. Highly recommend it!

Has anyone of you tried it?

xoxo, Misch

May 2013 Favorites

Hello everyone!
It's already the first of June today, so that means it's time for a favorites post! Here are my May '13 Favs!

Balea Body Butter Sunny Peach - I love the scent of this body butter, it smells so good! And it moisturizes really well, so I used this quite often this month :) Review
Belea Professional After Sun 2in1 Shampoo and Conditioner - this is a new product I tried during my vacation, a hair product to be used after being out in the sun. It's shampoo and conditioner in one, and has a sweet tropical scent. Review is planned!
Balea Professional Oil Repair Hair Oil - another hair product I used during my vacation. This one really saved my hair, because it gets dry so easily! Love this hair oil! Review
Catrice Geometrix LE Translucent Mattifying Powder - even though this powder doesn't last too long, I still enjoyed using it, as it's very natural and mattifies nicely! Don't mind having to touch it up during the day. Review
Essence Rebels LE Lip & Cheek Pot 01 Peach Punk - a blush from last year that I used again this month. Love the color! Review
Essence Sun Club LE Bronzer 01 De-light-fully Delicious - another old product, a couple of years old already! But the shade of this bronzer still fits me nicely, that's why I still use it!
Essence Wild Craft LE Duo Brush - the paddle side of this brush is what I use to apply my bronzer with. It has the perfect shape for that, love it! Review
Essie Glass Nail File - I got this little nail file with a special deal at a drugstore. It was a gift for every purchase of an Essie nail polish! And I like using this one a lot!

This concludes my favorites for the month of May! Please leave me some links to your favorites posts!
xoxo, Misch

Review: Balea Sunny Peach Body Cream

Hi everyone!

Today I'd like to review one of my current favorites concerning body care! It's Balea's Body Creme Sunny Peach. Here you go:

Information:

• Balea Body Creme Sunny Peach 
• available at dm 
• costs 1,95 Euros 
• contains 500ml 
• made for normal skin 
• contains peach seed oil 
• limited edition

Positives:

• awesome scent 
• nice light consistency 
• easy to apply 
• soaks in within a couple of minutes 
• moisturizes nicely 
• price

Negatives:

• not enough moisture for dry skin 
• the scent doesn't stay as long as I want it to 
• it's limited

I have to say, I love this stuff! For me it's a great inexpensive version of the Peach Body Butter by The Body Shop, which I adore. I definitely recommend it!
Has anyone of you tried it?

xoxo, Misch

Review: Balea Professional Pure + Fresh Shampoo

Hey there!
Today I'd like to review a hair product that I've been using for almost a year now, I figured it was time I finally talked about it on here :D Let's talk about the Balea Professional Pure + Fresh Shampoo!

Information:

• Balea Professional Pure + Fresh Shampoo
• available at dm
• contains 250 ml
• costs around 1,45 Euros
• used to be in a bottle with a pump dispenser
• now you can buy it in a tube, and it's called Deep Cleansing Shampoo, but it's the same thing
• it's a cleansing shampoo, meaning it removes all kinds of residues and silicones from your hair

Positives:

• price
• nice fresh scent
• easy to use
• lathers nicely
• makes your hair and sculp feel light and clean
• really seems to remove residues

Negatives:

• availability
• the pump dispenser doesn't close too well (you have to unscrew it to use it)
  --> now they don't have that problem anymore with the tube bottle
• when you use just the shampoo your hair is a little hard to brush through

After all, I love this shampoo! I use it once a month, just on its own, to cleanse my hair and sculp, and it really seems to help :) This bottle goes a long way, and I will definitley repurchase it :)
Do you use a cleansing shampoo?

xoxo, Misch

Best Of Beauty 2012: My Top 10 Picks

Hey there!
With the new year starting, I don't want to immediately forget about the old one! So, here are my favorite picks from 2012, concerning cosmetics. We had tons of cool things this year, lots of new products and limited editions, and I had quite a few favorites! Here they are, in no particular order, my top 10 products of the year!

Catrice Hollywood's Fabulous 40ties LE Eyebrow Lifter C01 Casablanca's Highlight

You guys knew this had to be included. Ever since it was released this September I've been using it daily. One of the top products of 2012! Here *click* I reviewed it.

Essence MySkin Tinted Moisturizer 01 Light

This tinted moisturizer is just perfect for my skin. It freshens up my complexion and hydrates it. Since March when it was launched I've been using it every single, also have it in the darker shade for when I'm tan. Review: *click*.

Essence Color3 nail polish series

Here we have a nail polish line Essence released around the beginning of 2012. I love how all of the shades look great with its partner, but how you can also use them on their own. The left shades are all highly opaque whereas the ones on the right have very special shimmers. Here are some NOTDs with them:
A Walk In The Park, Midnight Date, Shopping Trip In Soho, Kiss On Top Of The Rock, It's Two Bright.

Essence Rebels LE Lip & Cheek Pot 01 Peach Punk

This creme blush came out in April, and I immediately loved it. It's a very interesting shade but actually totally flattering when worn. Love how it makes you look so fresh! Review: *click*.

Catrice FeMALE LE Cream To Powder Blush C01 A Woman's World

Another cream blush, yes. A really good and wearable one, I loved it for day to day looks and still use it all the time. Review can be found here *click*.

Catrice Eyeshadow 400 My First Copperware Party

Now this has already been released in 2011, but in 2012 I learned to love it. This is the prettiest and most wearable shade ever, and it can be used for so many different looks! I love it! Here *click* you can see swatches of it.

Balea Professional Oil Repair Hair Oil

This hair product is one I only discovered this winter, but I love it a lot! Very great care for long and damaged hair, and not heavy at all! Review is here *click*.

SunOzon Sun Fluid for face SPF 30

This sun screen has saved me this summer. Finally a good one that doesn't make you look shiny and greasy, and you can mix it very well with your moisturizer! Review: *click*.

Ebelin Professional Eyeshadow & Concealer Brush

A great brush I discovered this year. I've been using it all the time for my concealer and really love it :) Review: *click*.

Essence Breaking Dawn Part 2 LE Blush 01 Renesmee Red

Last but not least, the famous blush from Essence's Breaking Dawn Part 2 LE. A red matte shade, quite unique! It has a great texture and I like it a lot! Review: *click*.

Well guys, these are the products I loved most in 2012! I hope I forgot nothing! What were your favs? Please leave me your links in the comments!
xoxo, Misch

Review: Balea Professional Oil Repair Hair Oil

Hi there!
Today I'd like to review a hair product I've just gotten recently, the Oil Repair Hair Oil from Balea.

Information:

• Balea Professional Oil Repair Hair Oil
• available at dm
• it's an oil you're supposed to use to care your hair
• made for dry and damaged hair
• it contains 100 ml
• it costs 2,95 Euros
• you can use it on dry or wet hair as a leave-in treatment or just like a hair mask
• it's supposed to make your hair very shiny and soft
• according to the website, it's vegan
• it contains argan and sunflower oil
• made for daily use

Positives:

• price
• nice, warm, vanilla-like scent which also stays in your hair
• oily but light consistency
• easy to use
• you just need a tiny bit of product
• it detangles your hair
• it makes your hair very soft
• it doesn't look oily or greasy
• all ways of usage, leave-in treatment or hair mask, are great
• it's very rich and cares so well for your hair

Negatives:

• the pump lid doesn't fully close: it's very likely that it'll open itself up
• availability
• the oil might not be that good for already very greasy hair

After all, I'm a big fan of this hair oil. It makes my hair feel so good, really deeply cared for. I love the scent for the cold season and use it as a leave-in treatment nearly after every shower.
I think it's especially great for the cold season as you need to take more care of your hair.
What are your favorite hair products?
xoxo, Misch

Collective Use-It-Up post!

Hey everyone :)
You haven't heard a lot about Project Use-It-Up by me lately, but that doesn't mean that I didn't use anything up. I just decided I'd put it in one collective post, like I did it with my NOTDs. These things were used up lately:

- Synergen Washcreme, I already bought another bottle of this. I already mentioned it in my skincare routine *click*
- Essence Nail Oil, I already rebought this, too, because I like it :) Want a review??
- Yves Rocher Apricot Peeling, here's a review of it *click*. I like it, but right now I have another peeling to use.
- Yves Rocher showergel in Chocolate & Orange, I bought it this winter, and liked the scent a lot. I'd repurchase it, but unfortunately it was limited edition. :P What a pity! But the scent now isnt' that great anymore, because it's a winter scent, and we're now getting into spring :)
- p2 Nail Polish Thinner, I also repurchased this, because it really comes in handy sometimes :)
- RdLY clear care mascara, I use this to fix my brows and run out of it regularly. Have to get a new one!
- Alverde Hair Tip Fluid, I really liked this stuff, it worked well for my hair tips. Have to get another one of this!
- Nivea Ideal Finish Foundation in 02 Nude, I reviewed it here *click*. I liked it a lot, and I still have another bottle of this here, but right now I'm using the Astor Mattitude foundation *click*.

- Balea Cleansing Wipes for sensitive skin, they're ewre fine to use, but I didn't really like the scent, and they didn't remove my make-up too well. Won't rebuy these.

Well, that's what I used up lately. It's not that much, but still a few things. Unfortunately there are almost no  decorative cosmetics product in this use-it-up! post, because I switch my products up pretty often, so there's nothing I use that often that it's totally finished..
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch

Oh so lovely - winter scents

Hey there :)

It's getting really cold, it already started to snow at a few areas and we all just want to curl up under a blanket, drink hot chocolate and watch a good movie while it's storming outside - meaning: it's getting winter :)

And when it comes to winter, there are these so so lovely scents I love :)

I love the Holiday season, Christmas is great and ah...it's one of my favorite times in the year.

There are these typical scents most people connect with Christmas, Holidays and winter - and I love these as well.

Cinnamon

Honey

Chocolate

Oranges + Mandarines

Gingerbread

Vanilla

Caramell

different spices

and so on...

I love all of these scents so much (okay except for cinnamon which i don't like when it's too much), and that's why I'm always happy about Holiday Body Care Lines, because they have the best scents of the whole year.

One of the things I love is the Balea Body Butter in Cocoa, smells like chocolate and cares really well.

Then Yves Rocher releases a Christmas Line every year, and this year it's both orange-chocolate and orange-almond. I haven't been to the store yet, but I'll go there soon and I hope these things smell good. There are shower gel, body lotion and hand lotion available.

Isana has a nice shower gel this year, it's honey and white chocolate. Go and smell it at your local Rossmann, I really like it and it doesn't even cost 1 Euro.

Something I really like to do in winter is to just go to a store, the drugstore for example, while it's getting dark outside, and smell the different scents, pick out my favorite ones and then get home and take nice bath using the new products.

Do you like that too?

What are your favorite winter scents? Let me know!

xoxo, Misch

Spotted + Haul from dm

Hey everyone,

today I spotted 2 limited editions and I have little haul :)

Spotted:

p2 Meet me at 12.30 LE:

This one has pretty nice neutral and basic stuff, looked pretty nice.

p2 ready to wear LE:

This one has pretty nice stuff as well, mainly natural, so it's good for most people.

I'm sure there are some reviews about these LE on a few blogs, so check them out if you're interested :)

You know, lately I've been pretty good about not buying stuff...but when I went to dm and I just couldn't leave the store without buying something :)

That's what I got:

- Alverde Hair-tips-fluid: I got this one because I'm growing out my hair and it's getting really long now and I need to take care of my tips...hope it'll work, expect a review in a few weeks.

- Alverde eyeshadow quad in chocolate: It's a really pretty neutral quad and it's perfect for everyday looks, but it's also nice to darken up some looks.

- Balea Cocoa Body Butter: This one smells so so good :) It's totally like cocoa and chocolate and I love it :)

- p2 crackling topcoat: I'm sure by now everyone out there knows about crackling topcoats, so I won't explain it here (just in case you don't know it (which isn't really possible), go google it), but I wanted this one ever since it came out and everytime I was searching for it, it was sold out. But now I got it!

- p2 color victim nail polish in 042 being in heaven: a really pretty sheer baby light blue. Like it :)

- p2 color victim nail polish in rich&royal - I mentioned that this is a dupe for Sephore by OPI - Metro Chic here already, check it out :)

- Essence Nail Art Stampy Polish in white - This is the only opaque, tip-ex-like white I was able to find, so I got this one.

So, that's my haul! Do you own any of these things as well? What do you think of them?

I'll see you later! xoxo, Misch

Another Haul :)

Hey guys,
so I went shopping with my friend this weekend. Since I live in a small town we decided to go to a bigger town with more stores by train. Unfortunately, I had a headache all day long and my stomach hurt, so it wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. But we still enjoyed ourselves, although I was pretty disappointed. I didn't find any cute clothes!! :P That never happened to me before :P
By the way: I'm sorry for posting that many hauls recently, I just have some money right now from my birthday:) I'm not doing my hauls to brag about the things I can afford, I just want to show you want kind of things I like to buy. And if you want hear a bit more about certain products, feel free to tell me! I'll review it :)
So, let's get started with the haul:
I went to a dm, a H&M and a Yves Rocher and bought the following stuff:
- P2 Color Victim Nail Polish in 143 Forever. It's a nude brown tone, one of the kind that I don't really have that much in my collection. I already swatched it on my nail wheel and I like the formula.
- Alverde Gel Eyeliner in 01 Black and the Gel Eyeliner Brush. These are my first products from Alverde. I tried it today and I really like the consistency. The brush is really good, too. It's soft but at the same time very "resistant" (I don't really know how to describe it). You can draw very thin lines with the brush. I even did sports today and the eyeliner lasted all day long and it's not that hard to remove.
Alverde also has some other colors of gel eyeliner in their sortiment and I'll definitively try them out!!
- Balea Young Cleansing Makeup Wipes for combination oily skin. The wipes have a citrusy scent and they remove the makeup pretty well. You can also use these wipes for waterproof makeup.
- H&M nail polish in Sinful Senorita. It's a pink with I ton of glitter and I adore it!! I swatched it on my nail wheel and it's so awesome!! It's a holo and I think it looks like an OPI Suede color but without the matte finish!! (I do own an OPI Suede)
- Yves Rocher Flower Party Perfume and Shower Gel. I really liked the scent of this one when I tried it out, but I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed. The nice floral and fruity scent is gone super quickly and you can just smell vanilia. However, the shower gel which I got for free smells great.
- Yves Rocher Almond Lip Balm. It's my favorite lip balm ever and I just bought a backup. It's perfect!!
- Yves Rocher Box with Q-Tips, cotton balls and cotton pads in it. I got it as a present.

Sorry for the weird background on the picture, I took it at my friend's place.
So, I hope you enjoyed this post and I'll see you soon!!
Bye, Misch

Disclaimer: Nothing was sent to my for free and I'm not payed by any company. This is all my honest opinion.