Glam Glow or.... Why did I buy that?

I know why, I wanted to make my own opinion.
Thanks to Glam Life Guru, girl you're just like EssieButton... the ... beauty temptress...
And for the price of the full size I got one full size of the clarifying mask and half a dose of the moisturizing one.

I must say that the clarifying one is just really clarifying.
You probably wonder what I mean by that:

If you have really sensitive skin : STAY AWAY.

Luckily I'm not as my skin is oily let's say it's ok, but I do need to moisturize it well after.

It is very tingly, very fun and quite weird to use, but still it does the job.
My skin got some mystery glow appearing and I'm sure it's because of it.

I won't use it every week, because let's be honest 49 euros it's a prize and I'm not Cresus...

But still if you want to splurge a bit on a mask : go for it :)

Well see you next time!

XoXo

Babs

For a good day start : Klorane Shower Gel

Hello beauty and life lovers!

Back from holiday, I poped by the pharmacy to get a "drainer" and some tablets because I suffered a severe allergy to tiger mosquitos.
That wasn't nice to see...

They had a "sale" on the Klorane shower gel and I just thought I would give it a try.

It was buy two, get one free, so I went for these two ( the third is in my shower and is the same as the green)

My favorite scent is by far the "Eveil Matinal" ( Morning wakening), it is fruity, punchy and gives you the energy to start the day even if outside it's pouring rain.

The red one, "Bonne Humeur" (Good mood), is more a nighty scent, a bit heavier, smelling like red berries.

Since I'm using them I don't have any dry patches on my skin and it lives it very hydrated.

I totally recommend this formula for the people who suffer from dry skin.

So the result is that I will probably try more of them, because they totally deserve the hype.

XoXo

Babs

Ciaté at Paris XL

I was going through the shelves of the Paris XL Corners in the Rakstore store near I live and than : BOOM! A Ciaté display!

Two days before I was about to order some on Sephora.fr but restrained myself.

I must admit that I splurged a lot that day, but I won't spoil.

So here are the two I went for.

It was a bit of a problem for me to choose... oh yes a big problem. 

8,79 euros each, not that expensive.

Really gorgeous and I think they might replace Essie nail polishes in my favorite list.

Have you tried them?

XoXo

Babs

Bobbi Brown - Blush and Matte Lipsitcks

Hello beauty lovers,

I'm back, step by step I try to get back into the beauty section of my life.
We still struggle with the work in the house and so we're not ready yet to move...

I ordered a bit of things on Sephora.fr.

In the package there were some Bobbi Brown product I've been dying to try.

2 lipsticks from the Creamy matte lipstick line : The 04 true Pink ( Thanks EssieButton) and the 08 Calypso.

The texture is really creamy but they stayed quite a long time. I had to do some touch ups but not that often.

Down side? They make my teeth look a bit more yellow than they really are.

1 blush: The Apricot ( Thanks again EssieButton!), it is really flattering, but I'm not sure I'd be wearing that often. I don't know why I'm not really in love.

I still prefer the frat boy from The Balm.

I will post you some picture with a good lightning tonight, promise!

XoXo

Babs

More than 6 months... sorry

I'm really sorry, but I'm back.

I had several health problem and other things to deal with. but now I'm back and I'm preparing you some articles !!

XoXo
Babs

No hot water, no Hydration?

Hey My loves!

Last week we had a serious heating/Hot water problem, so we had to boil the water just like you grandma' or Great Grandma' used to do.

You know that I use the Johnson's baby oil religiously right before stepping out of the shower? Right?
But as we couldn't take any shower I took less time to wash my face and my body and then had more time to hydrate my skin.
I then decided to open the Satsuma body butter, because I needed desperately a "summery" vibe.

And I noticed that I could easily use it during my bedtime routine as it take about 5 minutes to hydrate, and so since then I use it every night.

And it feels so good, no greasy residue, fresh sensation, summer in you head you're ready to have sweet dreams!

Somehow this heat/hot water problem showed me that sometimes it takes the tiniest amount of time to take care of yourself!

Any tip to share?

XoXo

Babs

Blush your cheeks

Hey my loves!

Last week I introduced to my favorite highlighter, now it's time to introduce to its companion : The Balm Frat boy.
It's not a secret, I love The Balm, and I'm totally Happy we can finally find them in Belgium.

This blush is really pigmented, and some kind of buttery in the texture but one you blend it, it gives you a health rosy cheek.
It is really long lasting and you don't need any touch ups during the day, which is good as it has the same king of packaging as the Soap&Glory highlighter and so, it is not very recommended to have it in your handbag

Down sides:

• The Packaging: Carton - Messy- risky to travel with.
• Pigmentation: (Half down side cause it is also positive) if you're not careful you can easily look like a clown.

Ever tried this blush? Another recommendation?

XoXo

Babs

Day and night smell amazing

Hey my loves!

Do you have favorite perfume?
I have a bunch of them. Usually I love strong scent that last all day or quite all day.

For the moment as it's the winter time ( what winter? well the one that's not outside...), I wear My Lady million a lot.
That's what I call a statement perfume, the scent is really particular, quite cold and strong.
Chunky Bottle, heavy, not easy to carry over in the handbag, and I didn't find a way to transfer it into Travallo.

This is my day perfume, because yes I wear perfume at night. But a cheaper one , strong scented, but more on the warm ans spicy side.
And for the moment it is "Heat" by Beyonce. I doubted I would like this, but Buster came back with it when he went shopping and told me he relly loved it.
I tried and adopted it.

I know it's weird to wear perfume when you're going to bed, but this way I have the impression that the bedroom smell nice and the sheets as well.

It's all mental I know but it helps me to have a good night sleep so...

Did you every tried celebrities perfume?

XoXo

Babs

Optimus Prime(r)

Hey my loves!

Oily skin rimes often oily eyelids, ok it doesn't really rimes but hey, I do what I can ...
I"m always looking for a good eyelid primer and except Urban decay I cannot find one that is as good as them... except... the Nars one.

Which is quite expensive... but actually, I prefer this one to the UD ones, I don't really know why,  but I feel like it is less "oily" and the shadows stay where they're supposed to be.
Not that it is not the case with the UD ones, but at the end of a long day they crease a bit.

The down sides ( yes there are some...nobody's perfect...):

• The packaging : as all the Nars products it gets messy even though you take good care of it.
• The price: 25,00€ for 8gr
• Availability in Belgium : NONE, you have to go to Sephora ( Shops or website in France), NarsCosmetics.fr, Asos.com

If you can get you hands on it and you wanna splurge on a good primer, go ahead, cause it lasts very long for the quantity you get.

XoXo

Babs

No Fashion, just a ray of rosy/peachy light

Hey beauty and life lovers!

Let me introduce you to the "Soap and Glory - Glow all out".
This is an highlighter I bought during my trip to London and I only use this one since.
It is a soft, peachy/pinky iridescence that can be combined with any blush.
As I have a very fair skin with rosy undertone, it is perfect and subtle.
No Disco ball, and I really love it paired with a special blush I will talk about later.

One down side: even though the packaging is cute, it is not meant to carried over everywhere as it is carton.
I mean the you can see that it is a bit dirty, and I've never traveled with in my make up bag.
It is always gently sitting on my beauty table.

Another down side?
We can't find it easily in Belgium. Which is a shame, because it is really affordable.
I can't wait to test the rest of the product, as I will definitely rush into some "Boots" the next time I'm going to London.

XoXo

Babs

Here comes the poo...

Hey my loves!

I wanna tell you a secret. I love Essie Nail polishes. I've never be disappointed by them, they last quite long and they have a kind of interesting large range of colors.

I've heard they can become a bit thick with time but my secret to avoid that is to keep them away from the light.
They are "locked" in a box" ( too small now).

Last month I bought the " Bouncer, it's me" it is a really gorgeous Navy blue, I thought it would be easy to put on BUT hell it was not!

First coat after my base was so liquidy and so translucid that it was ridiculous, let it dry a bit, put another coat and it wasn't that good, let it dry again and put a third coat with which I was finally happy with. I applied my good go top coat and literally two hours later : Chipped... yes it was chipped... which never happens so fast with Essie nail polish and especially when I use the Essie base and the top coat.

I'm a bit sad because I wanted to love the color so bad...
I don't know if one of you got this problem with this nail polish, or if you had it with another one.

Just let me know in the comments!

Have a wonderful day m loves!

XoXo

Babs

Sunday love #7: The evening flawless

Hello Beauty and life lovers!

Today I would like to present you my combo for a flawless skin for a girls night our evening.

First I'm spraying a bit of MAC fix plus on a clean and hydrated skin. Than I apples the Time Balm in a thin layer.

Because I noticed that without the fie plus it has the tendency to slip where I'm a bit oily.

Than I spay some more fix plus to set the product, because obviously I'm not gonna be out only for a couple of hours and there are a lot chances that I'll be dancing all night.
After that I use the Nars Sheer Glow in the shade Mont Blanc Which I apply with a real techniques brush. You cannot find it in Belgium, but Sephora.fr can help you or if you're lucky to live near the French boxer then you're good !

I really like this foundation. Even if I have a combo to oily skin, this doesn't make me look like a disco ball. I do have to powder it but not that much and without the fie plus it stays on at least 6 hours.

Than I come back with some fix plus ( a bit more) to be sure everything set into place.
I don't powder when I go out to dance, because I don't want to have the weird powdery look on pictures.
So I use and use more the fix plus.

So that's my complete combo for a flawless skin in the disco...

What's yours??

XoXo

Babs

NO VALENTINE POST : What's in my daily bag: February 2014 Edition feat MK Bedford Satchel

Hey Beauty and life lovers!

Here is the first "what's in my daily bag".
Not long ago, I made a crazy buy... I say crazy because I wouldn't even thought I could.
But then came the sales.

I discussed that with "The Hub" who quite accepted. And so that's how the MK babe arrived at home.
It is a Bedford Satchel Medium.
You can carry it with the two handles as a regular bag or with the strap on the shoulder or across the body.

It is a really thick leather and very structured.
You can have quite a lot of things in it.

Here is a sneak peek :

I really love the golden details, I usually am a silver person, but here the details aren't so bling bling.
The bag is really classy and can be easily associated with everything and that's what decided me for this model in comparaison to the monogrammed style and the colored ones.

So in this bag, I can easily put:

• My make up bag
• My brushes bag
• My pencil bag
• My tiny agenda
• My wallet 
• My gummy change purse
• My phone
• My perfume
• My chewing gum
• My minty candy ( yeah I have a bad breath obsession)
• My deodorant
• My lip balms ( yes I have 2)
• My Car key
• My face wipes ( you never know)

Inside, you have a unique large pocket, on a side two small pockets to put your phone or Deodorant ...

and on the other side a zip pocket and two other small pockets.

It is really handy and I'm quite happy with that bag which is gonna last me for ages!

So this what was in my bag.
Not much and pretty boring.

Have a wonderful day!

XoXo

Babs

Fashion Wednesday #4: Pinky me

Hey Beauty and life lovers!

As I finally found a store that sell trendy, fitting clothes for my body shape, I wanted to share a poorly done OOTD.

This is a really large pink top, with cute little lace details on the side of the arms.
A skinny jeans ( which isn't skinny any more cause I lost a few extra pounds since I bought it.).

I'm Sorry for the quality of the picture, but they're sone with my phone and it is an old phone.

See you later !

XoXo

Babs

Empties

Hey beauty and life lovers!

Guess what!
I didn't buy anything lately! Miracle? Yes indeed!
So let's talk about the products I've used up and their successors.

Family Portrait.

The first product is in fact two, because I've used up two of these olive scrub from The Body Shop.

I really love this one and I keep buying it. 

I even bought the larger size during the sales. 

For the moment its successor is the Ginger bread scrub, also from TBS but, I'm convinced.

I find it way less efficient, but I'll come back to that later.

So do I buy the olive one again? Well it's obvious...

I also used up the Sampar face scrub and I freaking loved it. It is very gentle and perfect for my sensitive oily skin.

It is in the pricy side, but it lasts me 3 months and my skin was just thanking it every two days.

Do I want to repurchase it? Yes, but not now

Successor? I don't know yet.

Next is an eyeliner. A Maybelline one. And I'm very disappointed about that one.
It dried really quickly and before it dried, the tip went so loose that il was totally impossible to be precise when drawing the wing.
Do I repurchase it? hell no!
Successor? The Bourjois I presented in the last haul

Next is the Bioderma Sebium H2O and I'm not quite sure I like this version.
It was nice but I had a really hard time to finish it, but really. And I don't know why...
No apparent reason because it was efficient.
Do I repurchase it? No, I prefer the pink version
Successor? The pink version

Next is the Clinique Clarifying lotion for combo to oily skin.
No need to tell that I'm obsessed with it.
Do I repurchase it? Already did
Successor? Itself!

Last but not least the brush cleaner.
It is cheap ( less than 3 euros), and it is efficient, the negative side: it goes empty too fast.
Do I repurchase it? Already did
Successor? Itself!

And you what are your empties?

See you on Wednesday my loves!

XoXo
Babs

Sunday Love #6: Smooth your life

Hey beauty and life lovers,

Today is a sunday love a bit different because I won't talk about a beauty product.
Oh well, it is an inner beauty product if I may say.
I'm talking about the smoothie.
I know we're in the middle of the winter, but I can guaranty you that you can have a smoothie even during winter time.

I usually drink two types of smoothies.

The first one is the sweet one. So I mow frozen berries, with half of a frozen banana, 1:3 of water and a 1/2 spoon of Wheat powder, plus a tea spoon of Lemon juice.

This smoothie is perfect for lunch time when you know in advance that you won't have the time to eat correctly.
I usually do them 3 times a week.


The second one is a green smoothies with frozen spinach and frozen zucchini's, with 1/3 of tomato/carrot juice and 1/3 of water and a spoon of peanut butter.
I know it sounds weird, but it is the perfect light evening meal knowing that you have everything you need.
On the day I'm taking these I make sure I have some proteins for lunch.
It's not a diet for me it is more like a beauty regime, knowing that my skins feels better and that I tend to reduce the oily appearance.

Pay attention to not have 2 smoothies a day, because your stomach will then have much more problems to process solid food.
The smoothies are a good way to take greens in your meals and it is really yummy.
Regarding the Wheat protein powder, be careful and use only the lean protein if you intend to lose weight.
Don't take those for body builders.

I only take Half a spoon because, my intestins aren't ok to have a full spoon, so I reduced it to make it more healthy for me.

Friday I care #5: Hand cream

Hey Beauty and life lovers!

Today I'm gonna talk about my hands. I've got super dry hands and so I've got the tendency to chip my fingers to remove the dry patches.
Ewwww I know it's digesting, that's why I try to apply hand cream as much as possible.

I've got two types of hand cream:

First it is the one I can keep easily in my bag, and so I went for the Neutrogena Quick absorption.
The tube is in plastic and so no risk to have a perforation accident.
This cream is quite good, and really penetrates the skin easy, quickly without leaving an oily feelings on.

Neutrogena is well known for their hand cream, usually Norwegian formula, to induce in your mind the fact that you need this when the weather act like... you know what I mean ....
Well I love this one really much, it does the job.

The second one I keep on my night table is the Almond Hand cream from The Body Shop ( I promise , I'm not paid by TBS), this cream is thicker and penetrates less quickly, leaves a thin oily feelings, and has a "metallic"-Aluminium tube, which isn't really good when you have a huge bag, because the more it gets squeezed, the more you might get a hole in the packaging and then have hand cream all over your bag... based on a true story.
So I leave it on the night table and use it just before I turn the lights off.
I love it better than the Neutrogena, i've got the impression that it hydrates my hands why better.

Fashion Wednesday #3: Friday night Girlz Night.

Hey Beauty ans Life lovers!

Last friday I went out for a girls night, and I thought I could show you what I wore.
I'm not really at ease to show you the outfit on me but well OOTN is what it is, you have to show the people what it looks like...

So here is the outfit:

Quite all of it comes from M&S mode, so the top is a golden shimmery tunique and the pants are a "Faux-leather" pair.

The shoes are from Pronti:

They have a kind of satin finish and I really loved the golden buckle detail.

The clutch is also from Pronti and has also a Satin finish.

You cannot have much in there, just your phone, some money your ID car and your driving licence.
But it was only for a night so it doesn't really matter.

Here the outfit on me.
I will add a black belt next time, but I couldn't find a nice one so I went for the "No-belt" style.

Sorry for the quality of the picture but phones pics are the worst, knowing that I had to crop it to get rid of my head ...

Have a wonderful day my loves!

XoXo
Babs