NOTD January 14th: Essie - Merino Cool

Hey there!
Here's another color for them Essie Mini Fall Cube I reviewed here *click*.

And honestly, I'm a little disappointed. I already swatched it in that review, but there I did get that disappointed. My disappointment comes from the color. It looks so pretty purple-grey mulberry in the bottle, on the promo pics, and on swatches I saw, but on me it's just a pewter grey.

And it also chipped on me after one day. I don't know maybe it's just my bottle of it, or my nails, but I'm not so happy about it. It's still pretty, but not the color I actually wanted. But whatever! I still like it. The purple does show up, but not as much as I thought and not in every lighting.

What do you think of this color? Does it look purple-grey mulberry on you??
I'll see you later!
xoxo, Misch

Review: Yves Rocher Apricot Peeling

Hey everyone,
today I have a little review about a peeling for you! It's the Apricot Peeling by Yves Rocher, the one I actually mentioned in my skincare routine *click*.
I've run out of it now and decided to tell you about my thought on it, because I already got a different peeling that I'll be using soon, and I don't want to leave this unmentioned :) Just so you know ahead of time: I didn't rebuy it because I wanted to try something different, not because I don't like it!
But now, let's get into the review:

Information:
- called Yves Rocher Apricot Stone Peeling
- Available at Yves Rocher stores and online at yves-rocher.com
- costs 6.50 Euros for 50 ml; most of the time you get 40-50% off
- smells like apricots (what a surprise ;))
- botanical-based ingredients
- you're supposed to use it once or twice a week

Positives:
+ nice scent
+ botanical-based ingredients
+ price
+ has a nice amount of peeling particles in it
+ removes all the dirt, dead skin cells and cleans the pores nicely
+ leaves my skin with that squeaky-clean feeling
+ doesn't break me out or anything
+ the little bottle lasts me at least 4 months with once-a-week-usage

sorry for this disgusting picture, but I tought you would like to see the consistency

Negatives:
- not really easy to get: you either drive to the store which is only in bigger cities or you order it online and pay for shipping :P

Bottom Line:
I really like this peeling! I cleans my skin and the product I apply afterwards can work in really nicely. I think I will go back to this when I finished trying something else!

What do you think of this peeling? Do you have a different favorite one?
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch

How to wash your make-up brushes

Hey there,
as I told you a while ago, today I'm going to show you how to wash your brushes!

Why should you wash your brushes?
When you use your brushes regularly, product gets stuck in it, and that will make bacteria grow in there. Whenever you use your brush on your face, anything bad on your face gets into the bristles and stay there. So if you don't wash your brushes properly, the bacteria will grow. Everytime you use dirty brushes on your face, you'll get the bacteria all over it and that can break you out. If your eye brushes are dirty, that can also cause you eye infections. Washing your brushes is so important! When you use dirty brushes, your make-up applying can get worse because there's always leftover product in it.

How to wash your brushes?
There's 2 ways:
Spot Cleaning and Deep Cleaning!
Spot Cleaning is there to do it almost every day, on the go, maybe even in between when you want to use multiple colors with one brush. The best way to do it is to use brush cleanser. MAC makes one, and some other department store brands, too, but I don't think there's any available at the drugstore. Just pour some of it onto a paper towel and wipe your brush on it until it is clean. I find you can also do this with normal make-up remover, but I don't know whether that's bad for your brushes. Or I also do this with make-up remover wipes and wipe the brushes on them, because they're way easier to get.
Deep Cleaning should be done every 7 to 10 days. This is when you wash your brushes with water and stuff to get out all of the dirt and bacteria. You want to rinse your brushes under the faucet and wash them out with some product. You can either take a special brush cleansing soap, some mild shampoo, baby shampoo or mild soap. Just pour some product onto your palm and swirl the wetted brush back and forth to get out all of the dirt. Make sure to rinse it well to get all of the product out of it! I would recommend washing the brushes you use for liquid products, such as foundation, every single day with this deep cleansing method, because bacteria builds up way better in liquid consistencies. That's at least how I do it.

I hope that helped some of you out! Tell me, how do you wash your brushes?
xoxo, Misch

My Hair Routine

Hello dear readers,
a while ago I showed you my skincare routine and now I decided to show you another routine of mine: my hair routine.

I have pretty long hair, it hits me right above my waist. It's brunette with some natural gold and red strands in it. I never colored it or had some high- or lowlights. It's always been natural. My hair is a little wavy and curly, but tends to be flat sometimes.
I wash my hair every other day, sometimes even every third day. I don't look for anything special when it comes to my hair routine, I just don't want to use any silicones on it all the time. I know, there are tons of discussions whether silicones are bad for your hair or not. They've never done any damage to my hair, but I still try not to use them too often. Let's not start a discussion about it here, I think everyone can decided that for themselves.
I don't blow-dry my hair on a regular basis nor do I straighten or curl it with an iron. I try not to use heat on my hair whenever I can do it differently.
Where the products I use on my hair are concerned, I don't use that much stuff, but I still take care of it well.

My shampoo is the Franck Provost Volume Expert Shampoo and I like this one a lot. Doesn't have any silicones, comes in a huge but inexpensive bottle and smells good.
After that I use a conditioner by Franck Provost, the Shine Expert Conditioner. I don't like the scent too much, but it cares my hair pretty well. I haven't been using it for too long now, though.

I use both the shampoo and the conditioner every time I wash my hair.

Something I also use regularly is the Alverde Hair Tip Fluid. I just put it into my tips and it cares them really well, I like it :)

Once a week I use a hair mask, the Hairwell hair mask Anti Hair Damage about which I already talked in this haul post *click*  a little. I like it!

Then there are some other products I use whenever I need them:

I already told you that I don't blow-dry or straighten or curl my hair with heat, but sometimes I have to do it. Whenever that's the case, I use the Dove Therapy Heat Protectant.
Whenever I want my hair to be more curly than it naturally is, I use the Taft Curl Balm. I love the floral scent and it works pretty fine for me.
And of course, when I style my hair, I use hairspray to fix it. At the moment I'm using the John Frieda Hairspray, but I'm not sure whether I'm totally happy with it. I haven't found the perfect hair spray so far, but I like this one because of it's scent. :)

And that's what I use to care my hair! Do you want a review for anything? Tell me!
What do you use in your hair routine?
I'll see you later!
xoxo, Misch

NOTD January 4th: Essie - Limited Addiction + Spotted

Hey everyone,
I just lately reviewed the Essie Mini Fall Cube here, and now I'm wearing one of the colors: Limited Addiction! If you want to read more about the color and stuff, go to that review. For now, let's just say it's a cherry bloody red.

I like it a lot, because it looks classy without being that obvious bright red! I'm wearing two coats of it, with topcoat, and it stayed until the second day without showing any tipwear. I removed it today, day 4, not only because it chipped a little, but also because I like to change my color often so it's not boring :)

Do you like this color, too? Or do you maybe prefer that standart bright red? I'd like to know!

I just recently visited dm and found the new p2 Limited Edition, called Your Wild Side.

 I didn't buy anything, not so interesting to me, but I thought you might like to see a picture of the counter :)

xoxo, Misch

Review: Sigma F80 Brush

Hey guys :)
I got this Sigma brush a while back and I want to tell you what I think about it!

Information: 
- called Sigma Flat Top Synthetic Kabuki F80 (the old numbering is SS197)
- available at sigmabeauty.com for 16 $
- has synthetic bristles
- the handle is pretty thick
- the bristles are black on the bottom and white on the top
- it's a face brush, made for both liquid and powder products

Application with powder products:
It's really nice, easy to blend and you don't need a lot of product. It blends it in so nicely and I love that way of application. You can buff the powder into your face so well and it connects with your foundation, making your face appear more flawless.

Application with liquid products:
As nice as with powders! Since the bristles are synthetic, it doesn't absorb any product, so you don't need a lot and won't waste anything! The surface is getting almost flawless, depends on your skin, of course ;) It blends it in so well, I love it too!

Washing the brush:
I wash my brushes about once a week with baby shampoo, and that's what I did with this one when I used it with powder products. When I used it for foundation, I washed it after every use. It lathers really well with the baby shampoo I use and gets totally clean! It didn't lose any hair so far, too :) Unfortunately it takes a while for it to dry, but that's okay for me, because I always let it dry over night.
Brush cleansing blog post is coming up some time soon :)

the hair is really dense

Bottom Line:
I love love love it! It perfect for any kind of application, so I highly recommend it!


Does anyone own this brush as well? Do you love it as much as I do?
Hope you liked the review!
xoxo, Misch

Essie Mini Fall Cube

Hey guys!
I just recently went shopping and visited Douglas and I saw something I had to get: the Essie Mini Fall Cube! I know, fall's over by a long time now, but it was still available, so I had to get it :)
Even though these are fall colors, I think they're also nice for this winter time now.
I'll show you swatches and describe the colors:


Limited Addiction:

 A gorgeous red creme, almost like a jelly, but very opaque. The color is a mix between a cherry red and a bit of bloody red. It needs two coats to get opaque which is perfect in my opinion :) The color is so gorgeous, not too unique, but still not your everyday bright red.

Sew Psyched:

it's way too pale on this picture, the swatch shows the color better.

A green color with a grey hint in it, very unique in my opinion, and it has a slight shimmer that is not always visible. The shimmer is not silver and not gold either, I think it's more of a green grey shimmer, like the actual polish. It's something you don't really find often, especially not at the drugstore. The color is not a color that everyone would like, it's very special, so look at it first :)

Little Brow Dress:

A very dark brown color that is almost black. It's not too warm, definitely not like a chocolate color, but it could be dark chocolate, like ones with 70% cocoa ;) You can tell I'm a fan of chocolate ;) But it also reminds me of coffee. The color is really pretty, I like it, it's different than just a basic black. It's a creme with a very glossy finish.

Merino Cool:

it's a little too pale on this picture, the swatch shows it better.

here the color's true.

A grey color that has a purple tint to it. It's described as a mulberry color very often, I'm not sure if I would agree, because to me it looks not purple enough. It's a creme and a very cool color, too. I can mainly tell the grey color, and if the lighting was bad, you could easily overlook the purple hint. It's not too unique, but also not a very common color.

The cube, containing four mini polishes that hold 5 ml each, costs 12.95 Euros at Douglas. I think the colors are really nice, and even though they're meant to be fall colors, I'll give them a try in winter. It's perfect when you don't want to buy the whole bottle and try out more than one color. The price for these mini polishes is as high as it would be for one normal sized one (15 ml). 


The quality is the good old Essie one, pretty nice. All polishes are opaque with two coats and don't show tipwear until the 2nd day of wearing them. At least that's how it's on me.


Plus: I started a little poll on the sidebar. Would be great if you could take the time and fill it in :)


Do you own any of these colors? Do you like them? Or wouldn't you wear them now because they're fall colors? Tell me!
Bye everyone!
xoxo, Misch