Review: NUXE's Gentle Toning Lotion

It has taken me three months to return with my opinion of NUXE's Gentle Toning Lotion. In my defence, testing takes time and also I tried to figure out what exactly my opinion to this product was; I finally know!

First and probably the most important, answer to give is: yes, the Gentle Toning Lotion does its job very well. It works like very other toner, though I especially have liked it after removing my make-up as it catches the last remaining parts. In that sense, it lives completely up to its promise.

However, while I honestly love sniffing to it as the rose petals scent is so lovely, it isn't something I want to put on my skin. It is after all perfume, which I don't want in my skincare products and I, furthermore, discovered that I occasionally had slightly red eyes after using it. However, if you are one to love products with some scent to it, then it is really nice and lovely. The scent of rose petals is calming and refreshing… I just prefer sniffing it.

It is rather expensive; it comes in at a Danish price of 135 DKK (approx. £14) in shops, which is almost ridiculous for a toner in my opinion. But what bothers me the most with the toner is the actual packaging, not the price… surprise, surprise. Baby pink is a lovely colour, but I have no idea of telling how much of the product I have actually used! This is problematic in my opinion, as I am horrible at estimating the amount left from just holding it or tapping to hear when it sounds full/hollow. I get the point of wanting text on the bottle, but other brands have done that while still being able to see the liquid. 

Overall, I wouldn't go out and purchase it after I have finished it. In the end, it is just a toner, and I would rather spend my money on something much cheaper because there are many that are just as good (and without perfume!). It isn’t worth the money.

Have you tried NUXE's Gentle Toning Lotion? What is your opinion of it?

Until next time,

Mia ♥ 

Goodbye Hair!

Well, not completely goodbye to all my hair, but simply a goodbye to a huge amount of my hair that I had grown completely tired off. Extremely, extremely tired off… Sick off.

After reaching my goal of having long hair, it didn’t take long for my hair to pass that stage and enter the stage of being far too long for my liking. It became more and more impossible to work with – e.g. it was difficult to brush through after washing it despite using conditioner, it took ages to blow-dry, it was always styled in a high ponytail or a messy bun – and it has become quite heavy due to my father’s genes of having extremely thick hair. My hairdresser fondly calls it weed. The heavy hair also gave me quite some serious headaches even from the morning.

Many of my friends and some of my family think my hair is really beautiful in general, which they frequently mention to me. Thus, they couldn’t quite believe my intentions of wanting to cutting it off, even just the slightest bit and surely I would come to regret it immediately afterwards. Me, well, I don’t have the biggest attachment to my hair; I mean, it grows out again if I would regret a haircut and I love experimenting with my hair, e.g. before I started high school I got bangs, before I started at uni I cut my hair up to my ears and one day during 9^th grade I tried to bleach my hair (it didn’t actually do anything to my hair). I really could go on.

My hairdresser continuously went, “can I cut this much off?” and I continuously answer, “go for it!”. In the end 30-40 cm were cut off… and let me tell you something, I don’t regret it at all and I beyond love it.

When was the last time you cut your hair? Is there something you would like to do to your hair?

Until next time,

Mia ♥ 

Review: Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

I mentioned this eye cream in my Just in: The Brussels Edition and therefore, I thought I would do a proper review as it really has worked well for my skin around my eyes and honestly would recommend it to others. Also, as previously mentioned I received two samples of Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado slightly random when I was in town, but decided nevertheless to try the samples as the area around my eyes seemed really dry. What harm could they possibly do? I imagined none harm at all since I had heard Kiehl’s was a good brand and, well, samples are meant to be used in my opinion, else you can just throw them out or give them to somebody else.

I hadn’t expected much when I started on the samples because I tend to get disappointed with products and their promises, which is sort of a neutral statement I suppose, but oh boy I was surprised. After only a few days, the skin around my eyes had changed from being really dry to hydrated, but also it started to look really nice (despite the occasional panda eyes I have upon waking up). That really surprised me and obviously pleased me to no end.

 

It looks kinda gross (after I accidentally dropped it)

Despite its questionable colour, the eye cream is really gentle and upon working with it, it starts changing from this creamy consistency to a slightly watery consistency that makes it easy to work with. Not that the watery consistency makes it run or anything, but simply easy to gently dub around my eyes and then the skin just absorbs it. Yum!

The only downside there is, is that the product is admittedly pricy. However, the amount you get is more than enough to last at least six months, I would guess. You use very little, so even though you use it every day it should last you a while. But, I am looking around the internet to see if I can find it somewhere cheaper as there is nothing wrong with saving money on products you know are good.

How do you find Kiehl’s products? What is your favourite eye cream?

Until next time,

Mia ♥ 

DIY: The 'What Does The Fox Say?' Make-Up Travel Bag

big edition and small edition

Some months ago, I came to realize I was in need of a separate travel make-up bag as I was searching through my toilet bag at my parents’ house, looking for my lipstick. Many girls have probably been in that situation, which is just bothersome.

Online shops didn’t offer any I found interesting or special, so I decided I could make it myself and began googling DIY make-up bags, which led to this Danish one: http://stjernefroe.blogspot.dk/2012/09/diy-makeuppung.html. While I know not everybody understands Danish, the tutorial is illustrated with so many pictures that the actually text isn’t needed. I didn’t read the text myself as I need to see it visually to understand the steps, however I can translate if somebody requests it.

The make-up bag has the right measurements in my opinion as my brushes can easily fit into it, which is why I adore it so much and why I wanted to share this DIY. Also I can easily spot this in my bag/suitcase due to the fabric selection.

What you need:

·         Two fabrics, unless you wanna make this completely mono (26x15 cm if you want to make the big one on my picture).

·         1 zipper (25 cm).

·         Thread.

·         A sewing machine.

Then there is simply to follow the steps in the link – again, if you want a translation (and Google fails at that), let me know and I will piece one together.

What is the last DIY you have made?

Until next time,

Mia ♥