At least once a week, I tell myself I need to update, but I never do, ugh.
Anyway, I spoilt myself today a little bit, even though I'm in ultra saving mode atm, due to my China trip in February, but buying myself something small every two months or so isn't such a big deal, right! :)
Anyway, I spoilt myself today a little bit, even though I'm in ultra saving mode atm, due to my China trip in February, but buying myself something small every two months or so isn't such a big deal, right! :)
Something needs to change. I need to change something in my life, but I have zero energy. There's all this I want to do, but I never really get around doing it, because I know I will do a hack job of it.
I want to get back into programming, I want to update my blogger and tumblr look and layout, I want to study, translate stuff but...all I want to do is marathon Grey's Anatomy (only yesterday did I learn about the pun in the title :D) and Battlestar Galactica.
Anyway, I just thought I'd post about silver shampoo's that are available in this part of Europe, because I had some problems finding half decent stuff that didn't cost me a fortune.
So in the beginning of the week I went to DM and by chance found Balea's Silber Glanz Shampoo.
I was quite disappointed by this shampoo I have to say. It's almost opaque, there's barely any colour in it, it's also drying and there is no visible result. It was just over 1€ so I won't be crying over money lost.
So a few day s later I was walking around Muller in Ljubljana and I saw silver shampoo and conditioner by Swiss-o-par. This time I first went home and checked for reviews, which were positive so the next day I got it!
I spent almost 7€ on both and this time it was money well spent. My tips and the hair at the top of my head are now, after just one wash, a lovely silvery shade. The mid part of my hair still won't budge, so I'll have to bleach it again...
This shampoo and conditioner are also not too drying, but I will still only use them from time to time and after I use up the conditioner I probably won't be purchasing it again but not because it's a bad conditioner, but because I already have a conditioner that I love more.
| Just for a comparison, never mind the bad handwriting and the misspelled word |
I've been wanting to dye my hair a lilac-ish colour for probably 2 years now, but decided to wait untill I come back from China. Well in these 2 years, my hair grew out, so I was back to "virgin hair" :D
Anyway, after 2 months of wanting and then again not wanting to sacrifice my healthy long hair for damaged but pastel purple hair, my boyfriend helped me decide to finally dye it!
So I went with my all time favourite Pinkissimo from Crazy Color and a shade from CC I've never used before, Hot Purple. I got Hot Purple because it's a blue based purple and I planned on mixing it with some pink to give it a little warmer undertone. Looking at the red based purple, I thought it looked to warm for my liking. And not to mention, it's simply a gorgeous shade of purple!
BIG MISTAKE!
Actually I made a few mistakes. I didn't tone my hair enough, and the middle part of my hair was still a bit yellow-ish when I first dyed it, but I saw people put dye on hair the had more yellow in it than mine had so I though whatever, I can do it as well.
Well the first time I dyed it, only the tips and the roots took the dye, the middle part of the hair went a nice white/silver color. So I dyed it again, same thing.
Then I tried bleaching it because I believed my hair was not porous enough.
And the strands I put bleach on turned MINT GREEN!
Before, when I used blue yes from CC I could simply bleach it out, not green, so...I was not happy :/
2 weeks after this, H&S shampoo took most of the green out and I'm mixing Pinkissimo with my leftover Direction's Plum to hide the green.
So this is what my hair currently looks like, the mid part only takes a bit of pink, and the rest of the hair hold the colour really well. I mean, it looks really interesting, and there are so many shades of purples and blues mixed in, but it's not what I wanted.
So if anybody knows why my hair grabs dye so unevenly, please tell me!
TL;DR
Don't put bleach over CC Hot Purple (even tho it's an awesome colour ;_;)
Warm-toned purple and Pinkissimo look nice together.
Anyway, after 2 months of wanting and then again not wanting to sacrifice my healthy long hair for damaged but pastel purple hair, my boyfriend helped me decide to finally dye it!
So I went with my all time favourite Pinkissimo from Crazy Color and a shade from CC I've never used before, Hot Purple. I got Hot Purple because it's a blue based purple and I planned on mixing it with some pink to give it a little warmer undertone. Looking at the red based purple, I thought it looked to warm for my liking. And not to mention, it's simply a gorgeous shade of purple!
BIG MISTAKE!
Actually I made a few mistakes. I didn't tone my hair enough, and the middle part of my hair was still a bit yellow-ish when I first dyed it, but I saw people put dye on hair the had more yellow in it than mine had so I though whatever, I can do it as well.
Well the first time I dyed it, only the tips and the roots took the dye, the middle part of the hair went a nice white/silver color. So I dyed it again, same thing.
Then I tried bleaching it because I believed my hair was not porous enough.
And the strands I put bleach on turned MINT GREEN!
Before, when I used blue yes from CC I could simply bleach it out, not green, so...I was not happy :/
2 weeks after this, H&S shampoo took most of the green out and I'm mixing Pinkissimo with my leftover Direction's Plum to hide the green.
So this is what my hair currently looks like, the mid part only takes a bit of pink, and the rest of the hair hold the colour really well. I mean, it looks really interesting, and there are so many shades of purples and blues mixed in, but it's not what I wanted.
So if anybody knows why my hair grabs dye so unevenly, please tell me!
TL;DR
Don't put bleach over CC Hot Purple (even tho it's an awesome colour ;_;)
Warm-toned purple and Pinkissimo look nice together.
So as the title says, I got the "good girl bad girl" eyeshadow from Essence's new TE. When I walked into Mueller today I only wanted to spend some time while waitnig for the bus and not spend money, but alas, I left a few € there.
The only thing that really caught my eye from the new TE was this eyeshadow in 01, called Hello Sweetheart. The colours are so pretty! A nice cream colored shadow, a coppery looking one, very similar to the one in the Hello Autumn palette, a baby pink and a silvery colour, which I think looks a bit more blue than silver once applied. But hey, let the photos talk :)
Another thing from this edition that caught my eye, or should I say nose, is the Bad girl eau de toilette and the nail polishes, so many pretty colours but that will have to wait until Monday.
The only thing that really caught my eye from the new TE was this eyeshadow in 01, called Hello Sweetheart. The colours are so pretty! A nice cream colored shadow, a coppery looking one, very similar to the one in the Hello Autumn palette, a baby pink and a silvery colour, which I think looks a bit more blue than silver once applied. But hey, let the photos talk :)
| No primer |
| With Etude House's primer |
and after you loose hope of getting it back before your face completely dries up and you lose that one tiny bit of confidence you have left to leave the house without make-up, you walk to the nearest dm in this city and buy some basic supplies.
I must admit I was a bit lost once I entered the store. Not so much because I haven't been there in a long time, but because I usually just stock on Korean make-up and that's it. I've never bought a BB cream other than from Missha and Lioele so I was a bit lost there and I also forgot to check out the reviews for different brands. Smart shopping.
Anyways so now, instead of doing a massive Missha products review, I'll be hopefully not to slowly start reviewing a few of the products I bought today. And hopefully they will not disappoint me.
So the products I'll be reviewing are Maybelline's Dream Fresh BB cream, Fine and Prime Anti-Red Base from Catrice, Alverde's Camomile night cream for sensitive skin, Alverde's Vital Passion Fruit Eye Cream and Alverde's eye make-up primer.
I must admit I was a bit lost once I entered the store. Not so much because I haven't been there in a long time, but because I usually just stock on Korean make-up and that's it. I've never bought a BB cream other than from Missha and Lioele so I was a bit lost there and I also forgot to check out the reviews for different brands. Smart shopping.
Anyways so now, instead of doing a massive Missha products review, I'll be hopefully not to slowly start reviewing a few of the products I bought today. And hopefully they will not disappoint me.
So the products I'll be reviewing are Maybelline's Dream Fresh BB cream, Fine and Prime Anti-Red Base from Catrice, Alverde's Camomile night cream for sensitive skin, Alverde's Vital Passion Fruit Eye Cream and Alverde's eye make-up primer.
