Natural skin care! （V＾－°）イエイ！

Hello! （V＾－°）イエイ！

Here`s the post about my skin care update or natural skin care. And when I mean natural, I don`t mean some brand saying their cosmetics are "fresh and full of natural ingredients (with lots of added stuff)", I mean seriously NATURAL stuff, the base ingredients! Here`s what I mean:

refined sweet almonds oil / triple hyaluron acid / organic argan oil / natural avocado oil / organic refined shea butter

I was thinking about buying a Dior moisturizing cream or some other brand, but then I thought "NO!". I was already wondering before, why do cosmetic brands use ingredients like hyaluronic acid (and there is soooo little of it in the product) like it`s some new amazing discovery (when it`s not) and put a ridiculously high price on the ready product? When actual pure hyaluronic acid is so easy to produce by specialist and cheap? You know? I also got into the whole fitblr community on tumblr (yeaaah tumblr, thank you for sucking the life out of me lol) and  found out natural fats and oils are very good for you, for your diet, health, skin, everything. So, I started using avocado oil in my cooking and decided to use avocado oil in my skin care too. Long story short, I didn`t buy the pricy cream and almost completely switched to using only the things in this photo as skin care. And it`s 10x cheaper than the pre-made creams and other skincare! :O

 

I am so lucky to have a store here that offers pure cosmetics ingredients, for people who want to make their own - I am not that advanced and just using the simplest solution worked great for me so far. (ZROB SOBIE KREM (meaning "make yourself a cream") is the store I use, and they ship abroad, but I`m sure you can find stores like this where you live.)

Don`t expect nothing fancy, the products are just what they are, oil, shea butter or some other fluid or substances. ;) I started using aloe vera extract mixed with hyaluronic acid as toner, avocado oil (with some hyaluronic acid sometimes) as milk/cream - and that is all! My skin improved a lot, and makeup stays better on my face, looks way more natural! I use shea butter on my face sometimes (at night), but mostly on my feet, knees, elbows, hands - it`s amazing for that, sometimes on m hair.

You may think putting pure oil on your face and then makeup on it is disgusting, but trust me - my skin absorbs the few drops of oil I use everyday completely - I get no shine and no oily feeling, and even though I have mixed skin (with the oily t-zone), my face stopped producing excess oil and I don`t get shiny anymore. So from my experience the same stuff works for dry (cheeks) and oily (T zone) skin! :O My skin has a healthy glow that shows up through makeup, and foundations go sooo much smoother on my skin over the oily skin care. 

Of course I still use makeup remover (shu uemura / missha oils) and face wash (kanebo elixir superior cream soap) and peelings, but for day/night skin care only the stuff above. It`s summer and I don`t have to work at all now (whoo teachers!), so I often wear no makeup at all, so I just go out like this or use sunscreen on top. 

So I can`t really praise natural skin care like this enough!

If you have a chance, please try it! I`m sure you can find products that work the best for You and you`ll love it! ^^* Please talk to me if you want to try sth like this or are already using natural cosmetics, I`d love to hear and learn more! :)

And if you are interested in random stuff, here`s my bedroom (too pink lol!) and my comfy lazy clothes and my 11kg lighter body (from healthy lifestyle) and a raccoon giving a hug to a cat! ;D

 Have a great day babies! <3

 

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In similar spirit, look what I found on tumblr, so simple and so good :D

Pharmaceris ALBUCIN triple action skin whitening cream

Hello~

I am enjoying my summer break (teachers ftw!) and mostly riding my bicycle (when I`m not getting into accidents, oops) and doing yoga, eating healthy and relaxing and mentally preparing for my trip to Korea in August! :D

Yesterday I got a Pharmaceris whitening cream from my older sister (unwanted present www)

Pharmaceris is a sub-brand of a well known Dr Irena Eris polish company. ^^ I don`t know how much this cream costs (probably cheap/moderate price range), but it reminds me of Shiseido`s HAKU a bit in consistency. And it has a SPF40, you know I love sun filters! XD

Dr Irena Eris is a dermathologist and a doctor turned into cosmetics producer (now she had many lines of skincare and various cosmetics sold here, all very popular). Pharmaceris is a more of dermathological, specialized skincare. Check their website out if you want to know more: http://www.pharmaceris.pl/en/

I use sunscreen anyway, but I belive prevention is better and easier than trying to remove the damage when it`s already done! So I`ll be testing this cream :D

And preparing for Korea I bought a new bottle of my favorite foundation:

REVLON COLORSTAY foundation! I use 200 NUDE, I got one for my sister, she uses 150 BUFF and I got REVLON COLORSTAY NATURAL to try it out (never used it before). Colorstay foundation is the best foundation in my opinion. It can be used on its own (you have to know how to apply it though, it dries very fast), mixed with bb cream (awesome results!) or mixed with moisturising cream for a tinted moisturizer look. :D Recently it`s so hot I go out with no makeup or just Oriental Herbs bb cream, but it`s always good to have a fresh bottle of good foundation handy. :) If you haven`t tried this one, I strongly recommend it! Of course it may not be great for everyone, but after spending money on Dior, Chanel, Mac, I came back to this and it`s enough. Tested, affordable for everyone, good. *thumbs up* When the weather gets a bit cooler, I will be def. wearing more makeup (because I like it), so this will be very useful!

I will also post about natural cosmetics ingriedients, because recently all I use for skincare is hyaluronic acid and organic avocado oil / shea butter. :D

I`m continuing my healthy life stule change, if you want to know more, follow my healthy tumblr: http://healthy-maguda.tumblr.com/ I`m not doing this for weight loss specifically, but changing my habits to healthier and doing a little bit of excercise made me lose 10kg already, so! If you want to lose weigh, def, think about changing your lifestyle and follow my tumblr! :D

Have a great day! :*

New hair color: L`Oreal Radiant Golden Brown

Hello there, dear visitor!
So today I changed my hair color!
When it comes to my hair I do everything by myself (cut, color, style), so probably that`s why it looks, well... not so great XD, but hey! At least it`s cheap (so I can experiment more) and ...it will grow out! ;D I`m totally not stressed by my hair situation, ;) Maybe even too laid back. ;))

Anyway, I wasn`t happy about my washed out blonde hair with pink ends, so I decided to go darker. And today at ROSSMAN I picked up this hair color: L`OREAL sublime mousse in Radiant Golden Brown (nr 53). It`s a foam hair dye and honestly it`s the only type I use recently. It`s just so simple to use and colors just as great as any other permanent dye, so I won`t go back to regular hair dye. :D I recommend this type of permanent hair color to everyone! And I tried out other brands too, but L`OREAL keeps the color the longest on my hair. :)

Onto the photos!

Before: washed out blonde with washed out pink tips... meh, was gettin bored of this and felt that shade of blonde looked "fake" on me, but in a bad way. :/

So I used L`OREAL sublime mousse in Radiant Golden Brown (super easy to use) after eating lunch, while I was watching Thor (to prepare my heart for the hotness that is AVENGERS! XD). It takes 30 minutes and a cat could do it. ;) On the right you can see the result with flash! (My hair is messy, because I just finished blow drying them). Happy about the result! 

Also: Of course I couldn`t let such a nice change to put on fake lashes if only for 15 minutes go. XD

And a more natural face and a photo without flash!

So that is all for today! I`m really happy about this hair color change. :)

Also, PLEASE FOLLOW MY HEALTH/FITNESS TUMBLR: http://healthy-maguda.tumblr.com/ I`m doing yoga and a little strenght excercise with 2kg handles and eating healthy to feel better and be more healthy and stronger, so I started this fitblr. If you want to exchange tips and whatnot, please follow. ^^* So far I lost 7kg! :DD

Thank You for reading! ^^*

fake lashes review: Diamond Lash Beauty Eye (*ﾟ∇^*)ｖ

They are here!! ＼(#⌒_⌒#)／

First of all, I want to praise the eBay store I got the lashes from: Meilleurbeauty! Not only do they have reasonable prices, the lashes arrived very fast in good, safe packaging! I will definitely go back to their store for more. ＼(#⌒_⌒#)／ On to the review! 

I just got them from the post man and glued them to my face right away (*ﾟ∇^*)ｖ I was just so happy to see them - they are exactly what I hoped they would be! ＼(#⌒_⌒#)／ They really remind me of Diamond Lash Girly Eye, but with the separated hair. Beauty Eye feel much lighter and more natural, but they are still really long and have quite a lot of volume. (I never wore Girly eye to be honest, totally not my type of lashes... Maybe better for pin-up style? If you want them, let me know. (*'▽＾)ъ)

Separate strands of lashes = more "airy", lighter look.

One lash on, you can see they are loooong and OMG GREAT! XD But thanks to the separate lashes they don`t look too heavy and "drag queen". (Even though I love drag queens!! (*ﾟ∇^*)ｖBut I don`t necessarily want to do that look daily XD)

I glued them on as they are, no cutting. They fit my eye great, I glued them close to my inner eye corner on purpose, the outer lashes are very long and I knew they would reach far beyond my outer eye corner anyway. I still got a great eye lengthening and droopy-eye effect. ぴーす♪ (#^ー°)v

They are quite long, but not overly dramatic, if you wear them with light makeup they will be okay for daily wear IMO, if you are into this kind of look. ぴーす♪ (#^ー°)v  Maybe not good for serious business women, but otherwise I think they are even OK for work, especially if you cut off the last, longest strand of lashes! :D With heavier makeup they would also look amazing for party looks and so on... ぴーす♪ (#^ー°)v

 

And my whole face! (My hair is a MESS, but I don`t know what to do with it?)
I am really glad I finally got those lashes. They are perfect! My favorite Diamond Lash lashes are: Celeb, Gorgeous & Beauty! You can see more of my lashes reviews here! I`d rate those:
Lenght: 　★★★★★
Volume:　★★★★☆
Dramatic:　★★★☆☆
Natural:　★★☆☆☆
Price/use: ~17USD for 5 reusable pairs = good!
満足感/am I happy about them? ★★★★★ Totally!! Instantly going into my top 3 fake lashes! (*ﾟ∇^*)ｖ

Let`s get into fake lashes again!

Hello hello! ヾ( ' - '*)オハヨ♪
I am happy to see you are not bored by my rare upadetes and off topic posts, thank You!!

Recently I did some little online shopping and got those things:

  

All this stuff is from eBay, super cheap and well we`ll see what the quality is like.... (´∵`)? No high expectations really, but I hope it`s cute IRL! The lace pattern tights are soooo cute though! I wonder if I`m not too old to wear them, but I`ll try! 

But the thing most fitting this blog are the Diamond Lash Beauty Eye fake lashes!! :DD Those have been on my wishlist for soooo long it`s crazy! And I finally got them! I accidentaly found an eBay seller who sells them for around 16$ a box, which is very reasonable compared to some other online stores.
I want to get into wearing fake lashes more again, because of all the health problems and changes last year I practically stopped doing makeup, especially extra stuff, like fake lashes, curling hair and so on. But nor that I`m back on track, I want to enjoy those things again! So I got new lashes and I`ll post a review and use them a lot! :D Actually, I`ll put on fake lashes today! I`m going shopping with mom, want to get a pair of jeans from ZARA.

photo source I think: http://pinkheartedprincess.blogspot.com/

Oh, I`m really excited for those lashes! I hope they arrive soon and then I`ll get the other style I have on my wishlist: Baby eye lower lashes! :D Today I`ll be wearing Celeb Diamond Lash though. 

This is a bad mobile phone camera quality of me today, wearing Diamond Lash Celeb fake lashes with light makeup. They seem very dramatic, but can be worn with any look, surprisingly! Celeb and Gorgeous are my favorite Diamond Lashes, get them if you like long and wispy-volumey type lashes. :D

Ok, bye~~ \(^_^*)