OPI Skyfall nail polish: The World is not Enough, Casino Royale and Skyfall! :D

Happy New Year!! (*⌒▽⌒*)
It`s already 2013, time goes by soooo fast! I feel like I`ll be 60 before I know it! Σ(゜д゜;) Got to enjoy everything while it lasts. I hope you will have a wonderful year of the Snake. ( ^_^）o自自o（^_^ ）*cheers to that*

Before xmas I ordered 3 OPI nail polishes, from the Skyfall collection. TBH I never was a big Bond fan, but it was a long time since I bought nail polish (except the Essie base/top coat from the previous post, but it was planned at the same time). I ordered The World is not Enough (glittery golden-brown with multicolor super tiny glitter) and Skyfall (almost brown, very deep dark red - I read someone describe it as "bull`s blood", which is disgusting but maybe accurate) for myself and Casino Royale (dark deep plum/violet-red) as a gift for my older sister, because she likes dark reds and violets on her nails. (‐＾▽＾‐）

Here`s how they look:

from left: Casino Royale, The World is not Enough, Skyfall

with flash (Casino Royale looks way different on nails though!)

not so good swatches on paper... `OTL

 And Skyfall on my nails! :D I love it! It is such a "grown-up" color and perfect for fall & winter. ヽ(´▽`)/ (Please excuse my dry cuticles OTL, I should take care of them soon). Recently I`m hating on glittery nail polish because it`s a paaaaain to remove and eugh, I`m fed up with them, so getting those new colors is very exciting to me! :DD I am completely satisfied with my order. If you are wondering, I ordered this from eBay seller THECOLORELF. I can recommed her and I`m sure you`ll be happy buying from her! OPI nail polish in Poland is at least 3 times the original price so it`s nonsense to buy it here.

BTW, I also cut my hair yesterday! ヽ(´▽`)/  I was thinking about it for some time and I had a day off and little sleep and went a bit hyper and thought "if not now, then WHEN??" and just walked into the nearest hair salon and did it!! (well, with young and nice looking hair stylist girls, I would never let an awful looking hairstylist cut my hair - you know the type, dry bleached hair, awful dark accents, eww). XD So now I look like this!

New Year, new hairstyle! Why not? 

I used to have hair this long about 2 years ago and I`ve missed it. And my hair was dry and damaged anyway so it was better to chop them. ☆⌒（＊＾∇゜）v ヴイッ Maybe I`ll do something with the color too. 

Anyway! This is all for today, have a wonderful new year and till next post! 

Review and swatches: MAC Morange lipstick

So recently I had some online shopping delivered and also got a super cute red lipstick from MAC thru the BACK2MAC program, so I will upload swatches and revies little by little. I tried doind them all in one post, but it's too much. Here are my recent purchases:

MAC Creme d'nude lipstick, MAC Superglass lipgloss in Sugar Overload and Cherry Electric, MAC Morange lipstick and Calvvin Klein Heavenly lipstick.

"The orange is a shade easy to try out even for girls who don't usually wear colorful lips"

Oh, that's me! So I'll try it! ; )

It says she applies the color directly from the lipstick and goes a little bit over her natural lip line. Got ya!

If you don't think we should listen to Ena's makeup and fashion advice - you crazy. ;)))

Besides orange lips are a great trend for spring/summer!

My only "but" would be - it really requires a flawless skin, so I will not use it on a bad skin days... (^_~) But then again, maybe it would take the attention away from a random zit?  Who knows? ;D

You might have noticed, I am really under the influence of japanese fashion magazines... xD Well, I was reading the last JELLY issue (which I got from my beloved friends (^_^♥)) and there was this page, where celebs were showing their spring makeup. Of course the super fashionable Matsumoto Ena's part caught my eye and she was showing a bright orange-red lipstick she says she is using a lot recently. And really, don't you just see orange-red lips everywhere in fashion magazines now? I looooove the look and spring does call for bright colors indeed, so since I had 6 MAC empties (mostly dazzleglasses lol), I went to do some back2mac and get EXACTLY THE SAME lipstick Ena uses! Woohoo! (^___^')

Morange lipstick comes in "Amplified" finish. It is easy to get lost with all the different finishes, so here's a super useful bit from Karlsugar: Amplified lipsticks "are quite pigmented and have a cream finish (shinier than the mattes, but no shimmer or sparkle). They are one of MAC’s more moisturizing options, which (combined with the pigmentation) makes them a frequent favorite. Amplified Creme’s most famous shades are Dubonnet, Cosmo, and Blankety." (source here!! swatches too!)

Looks kinda messy, sorry, but you can see the loooovely bright orange-red color well ♥.

Here are my swatches:

no flash, daylight

flash

And swatches on lips! First no flash photos:

with Cherry Electric Superglass gloss on top! ♥

And now lip swatches with flash!

You can see the "amplified creme" finish nicely, it is opaque, but very creamy and moisturizing 

♥ And with the gloss on top ♥

REVIEW. First of all, I got this lipstick with back2mac program, because I wasn't sure if I was going to wear it, becasue usually I don't feel good in red lipstick (I like wearing bold lips sometimes, like Anime lip tar from OCC). But since it was free... I thought, lets try it! If Ena wears it, it can't be bad!! (<--typical, lol) And you guys, I would buy it with my own money too! It turned out this finish and colro are super wearable and look great! I find reds difficult to pull off, but this orange-red is really wearable and perfect for spring, to add some life to your makeup and coordinates! ♥ I am wearing it quite often now, around 3 times a week, and I really looooove it. If you are looking for a bright spring lip color, I really recommend this! 
MORE REVIEWS? You can read more on makeupalley.com or the amazing Temptalia blog. They have some nice pictures here too. Also here! :D

That's all, I will put the creme d'nude and Heavenly swatches up next. Have a nice day.

Skincare routine after IZOTEK (same as accutane) and red nail polish

Hello my wonderful blogosphere-friends! :)

As most of you know, I recently finished IZOTEK treatment for acne. IZOTEK is a medicine identic to Accutane, which helps acne and dries up skin and the whole body and is a rather hard and long treatment, but the results are really something. After my treatment, so far I have no acne. But my skin did go back to normal a bit - on Izotek it was so dry it drove me mad! Now it sometimes even gets a tiny bit oily on the tip of my nose :D (hahah, it actually makes me happy to have normal skin back again lol)

Anyway, I had to change my skincare routine a little bit and not it looks like this (that's most of the things I use):

I went back to using La Roche-Posay's EFFACLAR face wash/cleanser. It is good for oily AND sensitive skin ,contains no parabens and is great, makes a fine soft foam and even removes makeup (also waterproof eye makeup, amazing). And for daytime moisturizer, I switched to EFFACLAR M, moisturising and mattyfing cream, also from La Roche-Posay. And when I bought 2 LRP items I got thermal water as a free gift, yay! LRP is a pharmacy-brand, so look for it there. ^^* I really recommend this face wash!

I recently bought Cleanique claryfing lotion in #1 (the weakest one), but still I am not sure if I should use it.... I hope it doesn't dry my skin out too bad D:

After washing my face I use HadaLabo Gokujun toner and milk (recently I only use the milk at night). I mix the toner with a drop of pure 1% hyaluronic acid, I bought it in a "make your own cream" store. After toner and milk I use the EFFACLAR M moisturiser for day. And for night I don't care if I'm shiny, I use Missha cream or WELEDA Skin Food cream (love-hate relationship!!) or just plain simple baby cream, this one:

Simple really is best, I love to use creams like this for face, hands and feet and elbows, lips... etc. So gentle and nice and no parabens and no bad ingriedients. :) So somedays I just put this on my face after other skincare. :) Or just apply a thick layer as a mask before sleep - it never breaks me out nor does it make my skin moer shiny. Really, try baby creams! Cheap and good. :)

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 Other news, a better photo of my Cookie monster and Elmo brooches and bracelet! I bought it in this cute store called Bubu! :D

Also, I felt I needed a change in my life and to start this tiny-revolution, got a cherry red nail polish, Feel my Karma from OPI. I looooove this color! I also got Sally Hansen nail growth contitioneer, which works really great as a treatment/base/top coat for me! Try it, me and my sister have been using it for years, it keeps the color on my nails for days.

almost wine red! xD

Also got 2 new pairs of shoes and a trench coat from PROMOD. After a hard week, I had a "self love sunday", like the ones Hana suggestst. Relaxing, taking care of my body and soul and feel-good, really worth spending some time on yourself and straightening all things in your head.
I hope you all have a wonderful week! <3
Thank you for reading! :D