January Haul ! (New Look, Essence, Miss Selfridge and Zucchero)

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Good afernoon Ladies!!

Here's a haul for you guys.. I mean, who doesn't love hauls ?! I know I do :):)

Enjoy ;)Denise o.b.o The Fabulous Team XOX

FOTD: 28/01/2012

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Hi Guys!!

So last Saturday I had the time to test out my new essence products! Obviously not all of them but most of them!!

Sorry for the not so clear photos but I was in a bit of a hurry and took them in the car!

This picture is to get a better look at my face products

And this one is to get a better look at my eye and lip products!

Face

Make Up Forever HD Foundation

Essence Stay Natural Concealer

e.l.f HD Powder

Essence Sun Club Bronzer (for Blondes) 01 Natural

Essence Vampire's Love (Limited Edition) blush gelee in Bloody Mary

e.l.f Mist and Set

Eyes

Essence I LOVE Stage Eyeshadow Base

Essence Circus Circus (Limited Edition) Sparkling Acrobat

e.l.f Beauty Clutch (light shimmery pink and white eyeshadow)

Essence Eyeshadow in Dress to Impress

Essence I LOVE Rock eyeliner

e.l.f Cream Eyeliner in Black

Essence Eyebrow Styling Kit

Essence False Lash Effect Mascara

Lips

Essence Lip Liner in Cute Pink

Essence Lipstick in Fairytale

Essence Stay with me Lipgloss in I Like Cotton Candy

Hope you liked my FOTD!!

Martina

o.b.o The Fabulous Team xoxo

HUGE Essence Haul!!

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Hi Guys!

So I have finally been introduced to Essence!!! I have bought Essence cosmetics 3 times from 3 different shops since the first two shops were not that stocked but the third shop was a winner!!! For all you maltesers, it's Tony's Pharmacy in Gzira which has the biggest essence stand in Malta!

First Purchase- 2 Colour & Go Nail Polishes- Blue Addicted & Where's the Party?

French Manicure Tip Guide

Stay Natural Concealer 

Multi Action False Lashes Mascara

Stay all day Eyeshadow Coppy Right

Lipstick in Sparkling Romance

Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in My Favourite Milkshake and Candy Bar

Second Purchase- 3 Colour & Go Nail Polishes- Irreplaceable, Modern Romance, Date with the night

Vampire's Love (Limited Edition) Blush Gelee in Bloody Mary

Sun Club Matt bronzing powder for blondes- Natural

Lipstick- All About Cupcake

Eyeshadow- Dance all Night

This was my Boyfriend's Idea, he thought I should do a cute picture since I had plenty of Make Up Available!!

Third Purchase- Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in Me & My Ice Cream and I like Cotton Candy

Lipstick in Fairytale

Eyebrow Stylist Set

Eyeshadow in Dress to Impress

Kajal Pencil in Black

Lipliner in Cute Pink

Circus Circus (Limited Edition) Longlasting Eyeshadow in Raise the Curtain for... and My Sparkling Acrobat

Circus Circus (Limited Edition) Lip Topper in It's Magic

Vampire's Love ( Limited Edition) Lip Stain in Bloody Mary

I Love Rock gloss eye pencil

I Love Stage eyeshadow base

2 Fancy Nails Nail Stickers

Catrice Ultimate Nail Laquer- Marilyn & Me

4 Colour & Go Nail Polishes (although there are 7 in the picture 3 are the previous photo)- Break Through, Meet Me Now!, No More Drama, Time for Romance

Remix Your Style (Limited Edition) in Show me the Way, Maybe I'm Amazed, Stairway to Heaven and Pop Top Coat in Just Can't Get Enough

And we all got this Set free- It's A Girls' World Lace Nail Stickers, Sleeping Mask, Crystal Eyeliner in Dazzling Denim

Face Products

Vampire's Love (Limited Edition) Blush Gelee in Bloody Mary

Stay Natural Concealer

Sun Club Bronzer Matt Bronzing Powder for Blondes Natural

Eyes

Eyeshadow in Dance All Night and Dress to Impress

Circus Circus (Limited Edition) Longlasting Eyeshadow in Raise the Curtain for... and My Sparkling Acrobat

Stay all day long lasting eyeshadow in Coppy Right

Eyebrow Stylist Set

Kajal Pencil in Black; I Love Rock Glossy Eye Pencil

I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base

Multi action False Lashes Mascara

Lips

Lipstick in Sparkling Romance, All About Cupcake, Fairytale

Lipliner in Cute Pink

Circus Circus (Limited Edition) Lip Topper in It's Magic

Vampire's Love ( Limited Edition) Lip Stain in Bloody Mary

Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in Me & My Ice Cream and I like Cotton Candy

Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in My Favourite Milkshake and Candy Bar

Nails

Colour & Go Nail Polishes:

Blue Addicted & Where is the Party?

Break Through, No More Drama, Modern Romance, Date with the Night, Meet me Now!, Irreplaceable, Time for Romance

Remix Your Style (Limited Edition) Pop Top Coat in Just Can't Get Enough, Remix Your Style (Limited Edition) in Stairway to Heaven, Maybe I'm Amazed, Show me the Way

Fancy Nails Nail Stickers

French Manicure Tip Guides

What we Got for Free

Sleeping Mask

It's a Girls' World Lace Stickers

Crystal Eyeliner Dazzling Denim

That's all I bought!! If you would like anything swatched/ reviewed just comment below!

Martina 

o.b.o The Fabulous Team xoxo

Essence Haul + Guess who we met?? :)

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Hi Guys,

Guess who we met up with to go shopping??? Curious... See this video.. (p.s I look like crap no make up= scary Martina hehe)

Yes LARA from Boffism!! Who FYI is awesommeee we had so much fun shopping with her!!

LARAAAAA

We went to Tony's Pharmacy in Gzira which for all you Maltese ladies has the biggest Essence stand and we hogged their stand!!

They were so nice that they gave us a free gift which is not shown in the video since my iPhone died :-/

These are the gifts that they gave us:

This cute transparent pink bag filled with,

Essence Sleeping Mask

Essence Crystal Eyeliner in Dazzling Denim

Essence Lace Nail stickers

Hope you liked this post!!!

Martina

o.b.o The Fabulous Team xoxo

True to it's Name?! Tried & Tested: Essence Stay all Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow 01 Coppy Right

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Hi Guys!

Welcome to our new review section! More information in the video shown below!!

Today I am going to review the Essence Stay all Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 01 Coppy Right!

So the product comes in a clear jar which contains 0.19oz/ 5.5 g of product.

I really like the packaging since it shows you the colour of the product plus I really like the print on it :-)

As you can see the product looks creamy and a little powdery and the pay off is exactly how you see the product in the jar.

The photo on the left is taken with flash whilst the other photo is taken under White light.

As you can see it is a lovely coppery with gold undertones colour and goes on very smoothly and dries with a powdery finish so although it's a cream eyeshadow, it's payoff comes off like a glossy eyeshadow.

True to it's Name?!

Now for the biggest test of all: Staying Power! See the following video for the test:

Photo taken in the morning in Natural Light

Photo taken after a day in white light

So all in all this product is:

• Affordable
• Beautiful colour
• Has AWESOME staying power!

Would I purchase it again? Heck yeah!!

Hope you liked this review!!

Martina 

o.b.o The Fabulous Team xoxo

Treatment for oily hair

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Hello lovelies :):)

So today, I'm going to post about something I randomly found You Tube (see vid above)  while looking for something to do for my oily scalp.

I have been suffering from an oily scalp only these last couple of years. So now, I have an oily scalp AND dry hair. Nice ... NOT!!

It's so annoying when after just 1 day of washing your hair, my scalp starts getting oily  :(

Now, the lady talking in the vid is so annoying! Like she is preaching the gospel or something . . So if you don't want to listen to ''there are no excuses'' chitter chatter, just jump to 6:06, where she starts explaining what to do.

Bacically, you need to combine 1/2 cup of original Listerine mouth wash (no idea why...) and 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar in a plastic bottle and apply to scalp when hair is wet. I already have apple cider vinegar, s I just had to buy the Listerine.

Check out this site to read about the benefits of apple cider vinegar: http://www.apple-cider-vinegar-benefits.com/natural-hair-care-product.html

I don't think you will see any difference (if any) after the 1st time , so I plan on doing this once a week till I give up. Hopefully it will work. Will keep you guys updated whether it works or not  :):)

That's all for now!! Please let m know what you do if you have an oily scalp like moi!  

Denise o.b.o The Fabulous team XOX

Tried and Tested: Essence French Tip Guide + Nail Tutorial

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Hi Guys!

So welcome to our new review section of our blog: Tried & Tested.

I have reviewed the essence French Tip Guide and I have done a simple nail tutorial for you which you can follow on the video below:

For the tutorial I used the following products:

e.l.f Nail polish in Light Pink

essence Colour & Go nail polish in Blue Addicted

e.l.f Nail polish in Clear

essence French tip guide

My Views on the essence French tip Guide:

I really liked using this product since I love French tips and I usually don't get my tips really nicely done when I try to do them myself since they end up non symmetrical and all over the place so these guides really help you get that precise french tip line. 

One thing that I didn't like about the product is the fact that the sticker is too long and there is a lot of waste involved and you can't just cut it because it will loose the arch.

On the other hand, they can be used more than once so at least there isn't that much waste!

The stickers don't pull off your base coat so that is a plus as well but be warned, let it dry quite well before sticking them on!

Would I re-purchase them? Heck yeah!! :-D

The final nail design :-)

Hope you liked this post!! Comment below if you would like to see more similar posts :-)

Martina xoxo

o.b.o The Fabulous Team