I love coupons......

...especially coupons that give you discounts on beauty products. For me this means that I can buy something that I normally wouldn't buy because I think it's too expensive.

This time I had a coupon that gave me 20% off on a beauty product of my choice so I decided to go to the luxury brand counters in the department store. At first I didn't find anything that I wanted and I also got very annoyed when there wasn't any staff in many of the counters. But after a while I found this at the Lancôme counter:

This is a kit that contains a mascara and to mini products to try. This one contains the Hypnôse mascara, Bi-Facil Sensitive Eyes Instant Cleanser and a Long-Lasting Softening Concealer.

I have wanted to try the Bi-Facil Cleanser for a while now because I have heard lots of good thing about it. I haven't bought it because of the price and the fact that my eyes can become very irritated by make up removers. It isn't very fun to spend a lot of money on something just to find out that you can't use it.

I have tried a sample of the mascara a couple of years ago and I remembered that I liked it and it will be fun to compare it to the cheaper brands to see if the price tag is justified, for 305 SEK (without the coupon) it should be something very special.

on my lips: Make Up Store Sharp Rose

I am only wearing one thing on my lips today and it's a lip pencil from Make Up Store called Sharp Rose. This is a nice warm pink with some shimmer in it and it works perfectly on its own instead of a lipstick.

On my nails: Olé by Orly

Note: I used a quick dry product on top of the nail polish making

the nail polish look more shiny.

This is my first nail polish from Orly and I so far I like it. This is a bright coral color that is perfect for summer. It is a creme and surprisingly it is quite thin. I have purchased some creme polishes during this summer and all of them have been thick, so thick in fact that they have been a pain to apply. This is so much easier to apply and I applied two coats of the nail polish to make it even. I could have used one ore coat though to make it more opaque.

I picked up the polish at Åhléns (a department store here in Sweden) and as a bonus it came with a small bottle of Orly Top 2 Bottom. I don't remember what I paid for and I threw away the receipt but I think it was about 135 SEK.

I used the following products on my nails:


Orly Top 2 Bottom
Orly Olé Nail Lacquer
Yves Rocher Quick Dry Fluid

On my nails: French Manicure with silver glitter

For this I used the following products:


French Manicure Base in Pink from a Depend French Manicure Kit
Kiss Brush-On Nail Art Paint in PA10 Silver Glitter
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Top + Base Coat

The Nail Art Nail Polish works very well for painting the tips of your nails. But I think this might look a little better on longer finger nails but I am very pleased with the result.

I also picked up a bottle of white Nail Art Polish so I can do a more classic French Manicure. I am thinking of investing in some more colors and I have my eyes on the gold glitter polish.

On my Lips: Ambre Rose and Mellow Gold

This is a lip combo that I am liking at the moment, pale pink lips with a touch of gold. I have used a pale golden gloss from Shiseido on top of Ambre Rose Color Sensational lipstick from Maybelline.
The lip gloss from Shiseido is quite sheer and very subtle on the lips and works best when it is layered over a lipstick.

Products used on the lips:


Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine
Make Up Store Lip Pencil in Sand Storm
Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in 112 Ambre Rose
Shiseido The Makeup Lip Gloss in G29 Mellow Gold