W7 In The Buff vs. UD NAKED 2

Hey guys,

I recently ordered some new makeup and discovered that there is a palette that looks just like one of the Urban Decay Naked palettes! It's from a brand called w7, heard already a lot about it but wasn't able to find it anywhere near or online until now. So I just couldn't resist to order and test it! So here is my review with swatches and thoughts ^^

 

Both are housed in a tin and hold 12 neutral shades.

While the Naked 2 has the dual ended Good Karma Shadow Brush, the w7 comes with a dual ended sponge tip and brush applicator.

The packaging of the Naked 2 palette looks so mucher better made than the In the Buff palette.The only advantage about the In The Buff palette is that it is less havier than the Naked 2 palette, slightly bigger thought but nothing less handy.

 

 

The biggest difference on the back is the fact that w7 displays its shade names there while Naked 2 displays them inside under the pans. 

Both palettes hold the same amount of product = 15,6 g. 12 x 1,3 g each eyeshadow!

 

While the Naked 2 has a mirror inside, the w7 hasn't any at all.

As you can see this is an obvious dupe of the Naked 2 palette!!!

SWATCHES

 

 From Left-Right!

upper row = Buff, Camel, Sand, Dust, Chocolate, Topaz, Earth, Storm, Silk, Wave, Thunder, Onyx

lower row = Foxy, Half baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

I used a primer potion before swatching the shades on my left arm! However you can't see much of the first Naked 2 color (Foxy) since it's pretty much a very light skin tone color.

Swatched on my arm you can see that there is a difference when it comes to pigmentation. The colors are the same as the Naked 2 ones, nothing to deny but it can't keep up with the pigmentation!!!! However  it's pigmentation doesn't have to hide either. I would still give it a good note.

Pros & Cons

Pros: lighter packaging and definitely the cheaper price of it, 8,99 € instead of 47,90 €!

Cons: I dislike the fact that there is no information on where it is made (Made in China?), less pigmented than Naked 2; it contains silicones & parabens while Naked 2 is paraben free, vegan-friendly and cruelty-free; the dual-brush is too small as as a shadow brush for my taste.

Final Thoughts:

I would say this is quite a good palette for 8,99 € and a great present to give away to someone who is not that much into makeup. The holding of the shades on the eyes can stay up to 4-5 hours and if you don't mind up a touch-up this is really not a bad eyeshadow palette for you. I would say it's perfect for school girls that have started using makeup and don't want to or can't spend so much money.

If you wanna order it too, I can provide you with a 5% off promotion code on kosmetik4less.de

Use the code 5PRK4L until 31.08.14, except on essence and Sigma products!

THANKS FOR READING! HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

IrSaDa

Maybelline Fit Me Anti-shine Sticks!

Hi.

Today's post is dedicated to the Maybelline Fit Me Anti-shine Sticks.

What you didn't know about these? OMG You are missing out on something!

Long story short:

What L'Oréal says about them:

Our first gel stick foundation with an anti-shine core
Fresh gel foundation blends to a natural matte finish
Lightweight powders in the anti-shine core instantly dissolve excess oil

Why You'll Love It

It’s one-step perfection.
The first of its kind – lightweight gel stick foundation with an anti-shine powder core:

• Powder core instantly dissolves excess oil.
• For flawless, shine-free skin and tailor-made natural matte coverage.
• Easy to apply and great on-the go.
• Available in 12 oil-free shades.

For Best Results

Apply to your face and blend evenly with your fingertips.

These are really amazing!!! I hated the Fit me foundation, bought a bottle and the foundation was not my skin tone at all and the formula was gross too. But these little sticks are quite awesome. Very handy, you can put them in your bag and carry them with you whenever you feel like you're makeup's gonna need a refreshing or what I like to do with them is that I use the lightest and darkest colors I owe (Vanilla and Moka) for contouring and highlighting (which you can see below) and the middle color 250 Beige Soleil I use when I go swimming and I know I'm going to the city, to the mall or I'm meeting up with friends, then I only use this stick because you can apply it easily on your whole face and then you use your fingers to blend it in. No foundation brush or powder afterwards needed. :) It's practical when it has to be done quickly!

BEFORE contouring/highlighting:

I already prepared my face using firstly a Nivea day cream (normal to mixed skin) then the Revlon Photo Ready foundation in 004 Nude, I also filled in my eyebrows with the MAC Satin Taupe eyeshadow. L'Oréal False Eyelash Extensions mascara in magnetic black on my lashes and the Maybelline Baby Lips balm in mint fresh.

I like to blend the darker color with my Real Techniques expert face brush and the highlight color with my Real Techniques stippling brush.

AFTER

The Result!!! :) I think the finish is clearly a more flawless face. I added a bit of Benefit Coralista Blush on my cheeks and I powered it with Rimmel Stay Matte powder in 006 Warm Beige. My fache might look on all pictures a bit oily or shiny but actually it wasn't at all, this is probably only because of the flash light, my face was actually matte on each of them.

I carry one of these little sticks every where I go. So easy to apply to the whole face and great for touch ups on the move. Leaves me with a natural flawless finish. Love the gel formula of it = Perfection. Only con, these are pretty expensive, at least here in Luxembourg where I live, about 10-11€. I always try to buy them when I'm in Germany and go to DM, they are cheaper there, 6-7€.

HAVE YOU TRIED THEM ALREADY OUT?

Please leave a comment below! ^^

Have a nice evening! 

IrSaDa

P2 Nail Care Oil

Hello again,

Here I am again, blogging. I know it's been some weeks if not a whole month but omg I've been so busy! I was working on a top secret project :) and I also spend 6 days in Mallorca (Spain)! While I was planning on doing posts from there, my laptop wanted to do go on holidays too, he just didn't want to ask me for the username and password of the hotel wifi network I was given.

But nevermind...

Back to my actual post I wanted to talk about my new nails! ^^ I decided to try gel nails out, for the first time. Yes, first time. I was bored of my short broken nails and needed a change. It's been already 2 weeks since I got them in case you were wondering why they are already a bit grown out. The girl who made my nails used at the end a nail care oil by P2 that I thought was pretty good.

P2 hands & nails nail care oil

"Rich nail oil with nurturing almond oil and refreshing lime aroma for intensive care of nails and cuticles. With vitamin E and F."

BEFORE

AFTER

 

I think even a blind can tell there is a huge difference between before and after! :)

It smells good, it's all day lasting and I guess pretty cheap, this little miracle costs about 2,50€.

So if you're living in Germany or close to it like me and you plan a shopping trip, go to DM and pick this up!!!!

Have a nice day!

IrSaDa

DM Haul (Drugstore/Drogerie)

Hiiii,

Here I am again! I was at DM some day again and I wanted to show you what I bought this time.

 

Starting with makeup!

 

I repurchsed one of the maybelline Fit me foundation sticks, this time I decided to take another number, #250 sun beige instead of #120 classic ivory, because believe it or not I got a little tan and now I feel like #120 is too light for me. These sticks are so great, the formula is quite nice, it has a good coverage and is easy to blend with the fingers or makeup brush :)

I also restocked my favorie pen that I like to use for my eyebrows. I'm talking about the essence longlasting eye pencil in 'hot chocolate'. It's just the perfect color for my eyebrows.

I also bought one more Astor soft sensation lipcolor butter in #011 feling feline. That would be my 3rd 'chubby stick' by Astor.

I also needed to buy new tweezers because I lost mine and I needed to do my eyebrows so badly and since this one was so cheap, not even 2€ as I remember, it does the job quite right.

And last but not least I got turned on by the new Astor lipsticks from the Heidi Klum collection. The Dorient recommended one of the a few days ago and so I had to take a closer look at these and I was quite impressed by them too. Very pigmented while swatching! I haven't put any of them on yet but since it's almost summer, this summer screams for bright lipstick colors. :D

 

A little swatch of the 3 colors I bought! The Dorient mentionned that she thought ARTY looks similar to MAC Impassionated and it comes really close to it thought. I do have bouth too. If you wanna see a comparison of those two colors just let me know and I might put up some swatch pictures. I think I picked the 3 best colors from this collection and if I also like them on my lips I might buy a few more.

For my nails I had to buy some nailpolish remover since I was running out of it. I bought one with sponge, love these to remove glitter nail polish and I bought a simple one for quick removement. I also picked up 3 colors from the brand P2, two of the new satin supreme colors and a green one from the regular collection.

I bought hair removing cream for my legs cuz in summer I don't like to shave them since I always get little pimples on my tights and I find it easy to avoid this buy using removement cream plus this make them even a bit tighter. Bought my favorite tooth paste and I also bought a handlotion that has shea butter and argan oil in it. I might have said it a 100 times so far but I have really dry hands and it's sometimes hard to keep them moistrized over the whole day since I often forget to put hand cream on them. So by buying a hand lotion with a pump I find it easier to use this after using my regular hand soap. ^^

 

I went back to an old favorite of mine that I always bought back then when we had Schlecker's in Luxembourg (they are closed now).  And I bought already 2 cuz these are not very big and I wanted a little stock of them cuz I decided to not use the bebe young care and rexona deodorant that I normally use. I don't know if you have already heard of the big scandal lately in the news. Almost every deodorant has aluminium in them and this substance can cause cancer. And that's why I won't use them anymore!!!!

I also grapped a bit of food at DM. Bought 3 fitness bar with vanilla-strawberry  and a beetroot-horseradish cream. Had to buy this one since I was so impressed by the color and already saw someone on instagram using this one, that I had to have it for myself. BTW these fitness bars are by far the best I've ever tried. They were only 50 cents one, I think next time I'll grab a bunch more ;)

That's it for today! ^^

IrSaDa

Early Birthday Wishlist :P

Hiiii guys,

Like last year I decided to do an early birthday wishlist to give my friends & family already a hint what I would REALLY like to get :P No one likes presents more than me and no one hates bad presents as much as I do. To avoid this I made a little template with things that would be amazing as birthday presents :D

 

1. The Larsson & Jennings swatch with black leather strap. I'm aware that this baby costs 247€. It looks similar to my Daniel Wellington watch but I love this look and I would like to have a watch with a black clock-face ^^

2. I fell in love with these Tory Burch bracelets. I'd most like it in black but orange and pink look amazing to me too :P

3. Since I have a new phone (i-phone 5) I also need a new phone case. And the one that hit my eyes is this cute bunny phone case by moschino. Available at shopbop.com for 65€.

4. About 420€... yeah worth a try... lol maybe there is a crazy person out there who wants to see these on me?!

5. A few new brushes by Goss Wayne (LOVE him) would be nice. A whole set is too expensive I know but a few... :O Available at beautylish.com

6. The new Karl Lagerfeld fragance that came out this year in March. I think it smells really good.

7. And since fragrance is always a good idea... the new Guerlain La petite robe noir fragrance would be nice to receive too :)

To be continued...

IrSaDa

ZOEVA Love is a Story & Rodeo Belle!

Hey my pretty ladies,


I purchased two of the 4 new Story eyeshadow palettes that Zoeva brought out recently ^^ and I thought I'd show you what they look like and do some swatches!

Both palettes hold 10 eyeshadows! They are very slim and easy to cary around. You can get them seperately for 16,80 € each or all 4 palettes for 60 €. I only bought these two palettes because I thought they look the most spectacular. I already do owe a few natural palettes and I didn't like the colors from the Retro Future palette very much.

LOVE IS A STORY

I love the packaging and color of this palette, it is very very cute! There is a quote inside of it that says 'Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly.' It has some bright colors but also some smokey, half are matt the other half shimmery. Appearently according to Pixiwoo, this palette also includes a few good dupes to some MAC colors. Over You is a dupe for MAC Ochre, Ladylike is a perfect match for MAC Jewel Blue and Past Romance a dupe for MAC Creme de Violet.

without flash light:

with flash light:

I think Past Romance, Man with a Plan, Little Kiss and Old fashioned look the most stunning. Unfortunately while I swatched this palette the simmer that you can obviously see in Past Romance don't show up, a little bit disappointing! But I still think it's a beautiful palette ;)

 

RODEO BELLE

 

At first when Zoeva showed some sneek peak picutres of the new palettes, I wasn't that much interested with this palette. But when other bloggers received these palettes (before they came out) and did some reviews on them, I kind of was even more in love with THIS palette that Love is a Story who I knew I would have to buy.

without flash light:

  

with flash light:

Now look at this stunning poping colors. My favorites from this palette would probably be Cactus Flower, Western Diva, Bang Bang, Hot Wind & Smoking Gun. Smoking Gun looks like a light metallic blue color but it's more a silver color on the lid and kind of darker than it looks like and Deadshot does not do it justice, it's a good dupe for MAC Beauty Marked but actually blends much better.

I received two little primers with the 2 palettes I bought. I haven't tried them yet so I can't give you any feedback on them yet!

All in all I would say these new Zoeva palettes are really really great. They are affordable and the pigmentation comes close to my beloved Urban Decan and MAC eyeshadows ;) you can order these and more amazing Zoeva products on their website http://www.zoeva-shop.de

Stay tuned for more soon!

IrSaDa

DRESS WISHLIST :)

Hi guys,

I hope you missed me. I didn't write a post in the last 2 weeks cuz I had so many ideas but so less time and I finally decided to do this post first in which I'm showing you a little selection of a few dresses that I fell in love with instantly on instagram. 

PEPPERMAYO

 

get it >>> HERE <<<

I love this purple playsuit with pink flowers :D sooooo pretty and my colors.

get it >>> HERE <<<

 

I'm still into plaid and this is not too much. It's cut very nicely, just a bit too short for my taste.

get it >>> HERE <<<

I saw a similar skirt at Zara but the lace on this one is bigger and that's why I like it better :)

I haven't ordered yet from this online store but I guess it's one of these many australian online stores like lookbookstore. They have amazing dresses and playsuits :D I could like buy everything there and I might give it a try and order something soon. If you feel the same about their stuff, I suggest you to take one size bigger since australian sizes are not the same as european and american sizes.

TEAL & TALA

get it >>> HERE <<<

And another lovely playsuit! This is also an australian brand. Same goes for this as for all the other dresses, order one size bigger. Delivery might take some time.

CHICWISH

 

get it >>> HERE <<<

as seen on Luisa Lion from style-roulette.com

 

click >>HERE<< if you wanna see more pictures of her outfit!

I feel like this might look on me as good as on Luisa cuz I have a larger bust size too and this dress still suits her great. 

get it >>> HERE <<<

This is a similar dress as the blue one above but then again different. It's also available in blue and I think a few online stores are selling this one but I haven't seen it cheaper yet than on this one. And since I heard like 2-3 good reviews on CHICWISH I would feel more save ordering it from them.

These two dresses are also made in China so order one size bigger. Delivery how ever might take some time thought.

MADISON SQUARE

 

get it >>> HERE <<<

This parka is like everything! Such a great color for this new season :D You can also google this dress since a few online stores are selling it. You can even find some of the Madison Square clothes on Teal & Tala. (but not this one)

 

LOOKBOOKSTORE

get it >>> HERE <<<

I don't feel like I could wear crop topped dresses yet but if I make it and loose some more weight I'm totally gonna order this and wear it this summer. I'm not such a girly girl but this dress is so pretty and we girls deserves sometimes something pretty so that we can feel like princesses :P

 

get it >>> HERE <<<

as seen on Hanadi Beauty (check her out on instagram)

 

 

And another playsuit... The last one I swear. I feel like they might be IN this year. Actually you can't do anything wrong with playsuits. Always loved them. ^^

I already ordered on lookbookstore before. It can take from 2 weeks to 4 weeks till you get the delivery. The quality is pretty good you just have to make sure to order one size bigger than you wear usually cuz their stuff runs pretty small.

TO BE CONTINUED...

HAVE A NICE WEEK!

IrSaDa

My Liquid Sand Nailpolish Wheel!

Heeey guys,

I promised I'll show you what my latest bought nail polishes look like and so I kind of swatched them on a nail polish wheel, together with the rest of my liquid sand polishes and I'm almost filling one whole wheel. I'm a HUGE fan of this sand texture on the nails, it is a great feeling on the nails and it's something different than normal people would probably wear, and who likes to be normal? C'mon ;)

 

As you can see it's a light to dark range from 4 different nail polish brands.

1. Rimmel London Space Dust #003 Aurora - 2. P2 Sand Style #010 adorable - 3. P2 Sand Style #020 lovesome - 4. P2 Sand Style #060 strict - 5. P2 Sand Style #050 confidential - 6. P2 Sand Style #090 opulent - 7. P2 Sand Style #110 classy - 8. P2 Sand Style #080 lovely - 9. OPI Alcatraz... rocks - 10. Catrice Luxury Lacquers C04 The Big Bling Theory - 11. Catrice Crushed crystals 02 PLUMdog Millionaire - 12. Catrice #05 Stardust - 13. Catrice #01 Royal REDing - 14. Catrice #06 Call Me Princess - 15. Catrice #04 Oyster & Champagne

 

1. RL Space Dust #003 Aurora: pale golden pink/champagne with some silver sparkles

2. P2 Sand Style #010 adorable: bright baby pink color with small and big silver sparkles

3. P2 Sand Style #020 lovesome: red with small red and gold glitter

4. P2 Sand Style #060 strict: light grey color with small and big silver sparkles

5. P2 Sand Style #050 confidential: grey/blue color with small gold, pink and violet glitter

6. P2 Sand Style #090 opulent: green color with small green sprakles

7. P2 Sand Style #110 classy: light black color with small blue and red glitter

8. P2 Sand Style #080 lovely: purple with silver and purple sparkles

RImmel London Aurora has a thick brush and also a thick formula but once it's applied it turns into a really beautiful dried texture with great matt finish. You need 2 coats of it. I LOVE this color, it's a princess dream and reminds me a lot of OPIs Teenage Dreams (Katy Perry collection, LE).

I picked up 7 of the P2 Sand Style polishes, there are 3 or 4 more (which I didn't like the colors a lot or they were not available at the store). These are not even 2 € but so damn great. They all have a matt finish. 2 coats are enough, the lasting is okay, chips after 3 days. The rang of colors is super great and the sand feeling is definitely giving. I only can recommand these.

 9. OPI Alcatraz... rocks: dark blue/purple with gold, pink & purple sparkles, similar to 5.
10. Catrice  C04 The Big Bling Theory: sheer purple with small pink and big pruple glitter, not really a liquid sand polish

11. Catrice 02 PLUMdog Millionaire: sheer plum color with small purply-blue and pink shimmer
12. Catrice #05 Stardust: light grey/champagne color with small silver/white sparkles

13. Catrice #01 Royal REDing: bright red color with small holo shimmer

14. Catrice #06 Call Me Princess: bright pink-peach with a mix of gold and pink shimmer
15. Catrice #04 Oyster & Champagne: clear base with gold and rosegold shimmer

gold shimmer with rosegold hexes

OPI 'Alcatraz... rocks' was love on first sight at Sephora. The way this polish sparkled knocked me totally off that I HAD to buy it. It looks pretty similar to P2 'confidential' but the color base of this one is more purple while confidential is more blue. It also has a matt finish and a great forumula. 2 coats, long lasting.

The Catrice Crushed Crystals look similar to the range of colors P2 provides but these are brighter, more shimmery (than glittery) and they don't have a matt finish compared to the colors from P2 thought and what I didn't like about these is that you almost need 3 coats to get a good opaque coverage. I only tried Oyster & Champagne on my fingers so far and this color totally disappointed me, it is so sheer that you probably need 4-5 coats to get it opaque. Might look good with another light pink color as base thought! The other colors look actually good to me and I'm going to try Stardust next. And then this absolutly stunning looking color 'Call Me Princess', I can't show you the full beauty of this color in it's bottle. It's so amazing, never seen a color like this and so I can't wait to see what it will look like on my nails but I already love the result on the nailwheel ^^

If you wanna get this sand feeling on your nails too then I highliy recommand you the P2 sand polishes, they are so cheap but so great and they have the biggest color range. 

HAVE A NICE WEEK! ;)

IrSaDa