Moved to...

www.inyourface.at - my new Beauty Blog in German.

Sorry for the long lack of update. Was busy at my internship and I have finally decided to have a blog in German for now. Check it out, I'm posting there almost everyday with lots of pictures!

Summary of this cosmetic year

only a few days left until 2010. And it's very unlikely that I should buy anything until then (simply because I'm not in Vienna). So I looked through my excel spreadsheet and boy, did I get a lot of free stuff in 2009... 2008 was a meagre year concerning cosmetics due to my exchange term in Singapore (the climate is too hot and humid to think about make up). 2007 was quite a lot, until I looked at 2009. I got 16 products for free. A large part is from the L'Oréal competition, another part from a friend and a few items were X-Mas gifts from retailers. I'm curious what 2010 will bring, but unless MAC re-releases Mothbrown eyeshadow, Coco or Sweet Sienna Pigment or have nice Holiday Sets (looong wait), I'm not supposed to buy. Given the array of colors I own I should have enough for the next few years.

And after doing the math I'm a bit wowed too: in 2009 I acquired cosmetics with a total retail price worth of ~800€, but paid 'only' 650€ due to various discounts and gift cards, and the free items. This does not include perfumes and skin/body care. Now 650€ could have bought me a new bag... on the other side I have lots of colors to play with and maaany substitutes.

One of my new year resolutions will consequently be: BUY LESS MAKEUP!!!

Oh and a random old snippet of the nail polish I'm currently wearing on my left hand... a bright green (looks less bluish in real) frost by a German drugstore brand.

Just my lipsticks...

I've been really busy recently, so that's why I'm showing you the pics just now. My lipstick collection is pretty small compared to other people's. But most of mine are actually just standing around...
... as you can see from their height. I still stick to the neutrals for everyday lol. Too much hassle with the brights/extremes to look good when you're already running late.

It's been awhile... MAC Pigments and lipstick collection

I havent't posted anything in a while because I started a new foodblog (foodoos.blogspot.com). However, it doesn't mean I'm not buying make up anymore. So for a re-start I'll show you my updated pigment collection.
It consists of the 2006, 2007 and two of the three 2009 sets. 2008 didn't had colors I liked. Now we'll look at each color in detail.
From left to right we have the following colors: Frost, Frozen White, Vanilla, Reflects Gold Glitter, Reflects Blue Glitter, Pink Opal, Helium, Naked, Lily White, Jardin Aires

From l to r starting with the first whole pigment vial on the pic: Jardin Aires, Dazzleray, Sunnydaze, Museum Bronze, Mauvement, Tan, Pink Bronze, Copper Sparkle, Sunpepper, Chocolate Brown, Rushmetal

Rushmetal, Old Gold, Reflects Antique Gold, Copperized, Chartreuse, Forest Green, Naval Blue, Softwash Grey, Violet, Softwash Grey, Dark Soul.

We have 4 pigments that look very much alike. The first pair is Dazzleray and Jardin Aires. The only difference is the slightly pinkish hue of Jardin Aires. Then we have Copper Sparkle and Rushmetal with the first being more sparkly and a bit more reddish.

The following pic gives you an idea for the next post... some bright colors will be among them.

Random lip swatches, some Chanel and MAC

When I was digging through my old pics I discovered this one: The grey lips I made with MAC Myth lipstick and some MUFE Black lipstick and clear gloss.

The next one is Chanel Silex, notice the pink and gold sparkle on my pigmented lips. The gloss itself isn't so pigmented, the sparkle gives your lips some kind of glow though.

The last pic is a comparison of my latest lipgloss buys:

- MAC Dazzleglass in Money, Honey

- Chanel Glossimer in Silex (of which you can see the swatch above)

Both were worth their high price tag. Though MAC Dazzleglasses have that kind of packaging that let the content seem bigger... but Dazzleglasses are only around 2g, half of what you usually get in a MAC lipglass... and have a higher price tag...

Free L'Oréal Stuff - Part 2

Labeling my eyeshadows is quite time consuming... if you do it with MS paint like me ^^...so I figured I'd show you something else for now. As I participated at the L'Oréal Brandstorm challenge with two colleagues we received quite a bit of free stuff. Here is what we got in the final (we didn't win unfortunately). It's retail worth is around 180€ ^^

We mainly have hairstuff from the L'Oréal group. Of course Maybelline stuff and some other. So what's really useful for me is the clear Maybelline nail polish as it's serving as my base now. Then the mineral foundation is also nice, a little too pinkish for my complexion but the darkness is okay. The eyeshadows don't rock my boat as I'm used to intense MAC pigmentation... but oh well, I can use all of the products somehow. But honestly I wouldn't have bought any of the products. As for haircare, I don't need any with my thick straight Asian hair... but the L'Oréal brand playball hairgel is nice, and the Fructis shampoo smells soooo delicious like green apples. Yummy.

Woooohooo - finally BACK!

Well, this university term has been the hardest of all - graduation... And it's not over yet as I just submitted the first draft of my thesis. But I will have ~10 days of break until feedback and working on it again. Anyway, back to the good stuff. I've aquired a few pieced of cosmetics during that time... my newest one being MAC Smoke & Diamonds (due to hype, but it's a nice colour and sold out very quickly... I'm very happy I got it ^^). I also did an eyeshadow pic session as it always reminds me that I actually have too much stuff ö_Ö but powder doesn't go bad, so... yeah, will add color names to the pics and post some time later. Some of my other cosmetics (liquids, fragrances) are down in the cellar as it's damn hot in my room and the fridge is too small. See you later!