NOTD December 18th: Catrice Siberian Call LE C04 Rest In The Forest

Hey there!
Today I'd like to show you a nail polish from Catrice's current Siberian Call LE, C04 Rest In The Forest.

Rest In The Forest is a very shimmery, foil-like silver shade. It's kinda frosty but not prone to brush strokes. There are some purple parts to it, flashing in direct light.
Application was okay, at first it was very sheer, but I was able to get it opaque with 3 coats. Consistency is great, no issues here.
I really like how the purple shimmer makes it rather unique, and that way it's also different from plain silver foils. If you like the color, I recommend getting it :)

What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

Christmas

Hey there!
We're nearing Christmas, only one more week to go!

And as some of you might still be getting some shopping done, I wanted to share my Gift Guide with you guys! I was wondering whether I should do one this year, but I figured it wouldn't be much different from the one I did last year. So, instead of re-writing it, I'm leaving you with the links to the old ones so you can pick out what you need :)
Christmas Gift Guide on Books
Christmas Gift Guide on Make-up
Christmas Gift Guide on Presents for Boys
Christmas Gift Guide on Personalized Stuff
If you think there's an important category I haven't talked about yet, please let me know, I'd love to do it now!
I'd love to show you what I'm giving away this year, but I'm afraid they'll see it on here, as some of my friends sometimes check out my blog, so I'll only be showing it when I've already given them the presents :D
What will you be giving away this Christmas?
xoxo, Misch

Spotted: Catrice NEONaturals LE

Hey there!
Today I'd like to talk about another current Catrice LE, called NEONaturals.
This LE contains 6 bright colored nail polishes, 6 nude nail polishes and 1 set of a nail art brush and french manicure tip guides. Here *click* you can find an overview of the products.
The bright nail polishes are all neon shades, from yellow over pink to purple everything included. They're all cremes, or at least looked like that. The colors are all very vibrant, but don't look very unique.
The nude nail polishes are actually quite interesting, some of them contains special kinds of shimmer. They're not boring, but still not so convincing for me to get them.
The little nail art set contains a nail art brush and a set of french manicure tip guides. The brush looked to thick for what I like to use for nail art, and I also wouldn't use the tip guides.

After all, not so much of an interesting LE for me, I'd preferred something that's appropriate for the season!
What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

NOTD December 14th: Snowflake Nail Art

Hi guys!
Today I'd like to show you a snowflake nail art design, very pretty not only for the holiday but also the whole winter season.

For this design I did a background in a dark blackened blue shade, here it's Essence Breaking Dawn Part 2 LE 01 Jacob's Protection, and sponged on a silver gradient for the glittering snow, here with OPI - Designer...De Better! from last year's Muppet Collection. Lastly I drew on the snowflakes using regular white polish. Alternating small and big ones, I filled all my nails with them. Here it's best using a striping brush for the small details.

I really love this design, it's very delicate and pretty :)
What do you think of this?
xoxo, Misch

Spotted: Catrice Siberian Call LE

Hey there!
Today I'd like to talk about Catrice's current LE, called Siberian Call. It's a winter-themed one, as the name already implies.
This LE contains 4 baked eyeshadows, 3 lip creams, 1 lipgloss top coat, 2 cream to powder blushes and 5 nail polishes. Here *click* you can see an overview of all of the products.
The baked eyeshadows are mostly warm, three of them in brownish shades. They're very shimmery, not to say glittery, and seemed to be quite well pigmented. However, I could imagine they'd tend to cause fall out.
The lip creams come in 3 warm shades, either with a little shimmer or none at all. The colors are very natural, but I think that they could be too warm and brown-toned for some people, just like me.
The lipgloss top coat is a clear gloss with glitter particles in it. Not so much my taste.
The cream to powder blushes looked good, and I was tempted to buy one of them. However, when I looked closely, I first of all found the darker coral/orange one very similar to the Essence Rebels LE Lip&Cheek Pot 01 Peach Punk *click*. Maybe the Catrice one is a little less bright, but they still seemed too similar for my taste. The other blush is of a salmon kind of shade, and I didn't like it with my skin tone unfortunately. They both don't contain any shimmer.
Last but not least, the nail polishes. Great variety of shimmers, glitters and cremes, and all nice shades. I picked out the most unique one, called C04 Rest In The Forest. It's a very shimmery, foil-like silver shade with purple tones to it, and I think it's very pretty for the cold season.

After all, I didn't like this LE as much as I expected to. Somehow the mix of some very warm and some very cold shades didn't work for me as much, or is this kind of contrast wanted? Still, seems a little odd, especially for the Siberian Call theme.
What do you think of it?

xoxo, Misch

NOTD December 11th: Glittery Christmas Gradient

Hey guys,
today I'd like to show you a simple yet pretty NOTD!

Combining all kinds of Christmas colors and glitter, I made a gradient :) As a base color I chose a gold foil, which is OPI Rising Star in this case. Then I sponged the tips with China Glaze Twinkle Lights. It's basically Christmas in a bottle, consisting of red, green and gold glitter.

I think it's super fun and full of Christmas spirit :) Very festive! What do you think?
xoxo, Misch

Movie Review: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Hey there!
This weekend I went to see the new and last Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part 2, together with a bunch of friends, and I'd like to share my thoughts on it!
You have to know, first of all, that I'm torn concerning Twilight. I adored the books, read them all multiple times, but I'm extremely disappointed by the movie series, I don't think they're good or do the books justice. However, I still had to see the last movie of course :D
Now, let's get into the review. I'll try not to put any spoilers in it! But if you haven't even read the book, you might not wanna go on reading here so you won't be spoiled :D
So, the beginning of the movie, the intro, was kinda cool. In some way it reminded me of the James Bond Skyfall intro! The next couple of things happening were a little too rushing and short for my liking. It felt like they kept it extra short so they'd have more time in the end! And I believe if you didn't read the book, it'd be a little hard to follow all of the events.
I liked it when it came to finding friends to help, all of those new vampires were really cool! I'm especially a fan of Benjamin, who is exactly the way I expected him to be :)
Towards the end, it didn't rush as much anymore, leaving lots of time for the battle/meeting with the Volturi. Now there's this one moment in the movie when a scene comes up that is not at all like it happens in the book. This is very hard to describe without spoilers, so let's keep it at that: it's a jaw-dropping scene, very surprising! It's actually quite a cool part in my opinion, good to bring some action into it. The end, however, works just the way it did in the book.
I liked Renesmee, she's cute, and I liked a couple of funny scenes, as well as the very end with the closing credits, that was nice. I didn't like that it got very soupy at a couple of parts, and how it's still not even close to the books.
After all, I don't regret watching it, and considering it's a Twilight movie, it's not even that bad. If you're a fan, this is a must for you, if not, you're not really missing out if you don't see it.
Has anyone of you seen it?
xoxo, Misch