Petrichor Beauty - reviews, style and overthinking

Today we'll check how older bottles of OPI nail polishes look like after some years of use. First let’s repeat some general rules about storing nail polishes. They should be kept in dark and cool place, but not in refrigerator. Ideal are cooler rooms with consistent temperature, without exposing to direct sunlight. Polishes shouldn’t be near any sources of heat. Light and heat can promote color changes and fading. I just hate that some shelves in drugstores are so hot, because of heavy lightning and when you pick up a bottle it’s warm. I recently bought ruined lipstick, because it was stored on this way. I picked up 7 older polishes, they are from OPI, because this is my favorite brand and of course most of my lacquers are from them. Some are already out of use, waiting to be thrown away. One will be soon used up. Do you throw your polishes away after they’re expired? I mean after that recommended time of use, which is usual from 24-36 months, or you wait until they go bad...

After putting out some negative thoughts about Lancome and MAC I will sadly going to continue in the same tone. This time my disappointment came from Artdeco’s counter. To be more exact, from their eyeliner section. I’m not a regular user of eyeliners or any kind of cosmetics pencils. But some weeks ago, I wanted some change in my makeup, so I bought Soft Eye Liner waterproof from Artdeco . I thought it will be great for a beginner like me and easy to use. And as I know waterproof means that it’s long lasting and doesn’t smudge, right? Not so true in this case. I choose color nr. 93 named ˝Historic wood˝ .  This is dark grey-brown color with some shimmer. I wanted softer everyday look, not the classic black liner. It looks great when swatching on hand and doesn’t move, but on my greasy eyelids it’s just not as good. Ok it smudges after a long day that is something that I expected. But the glitter falls out very quickly and it noticeable sticks under my eyes. The s...

I always wanted to try something from MAC (cosmetic brand, of course), just to make sure, if I’m really missing something out or not. My choice was a blush, because I adore blushes and they can be in use longer than lipsticks for example. Decision over a shade was a bit hard; there are just too many colors available. I finally picked up ˝Peony petal˝. It is bright, satin pink with blue undertones and looks natural and more matte on my quite pale cheeks. It gives me that soft, porcelain doll like look. I wore it entire winter and I will gladly continue to wear it during spring. The pigmentation is not very good, but buildable. I like this, because you can’t overdue it. Blush is nicely buttery and blends very well. I apply it with flat stippling brush to show up more. I just hope I have original product, it was bought on Ebay. Anyway I like the color and is quite long lasting, but I’m not super impressed. I don’t believe it’s worth the price, only if you really want to buy...

I believe my obsession with lavender started, when I bought lavender hand cream from L’occitane. I wasn’t very happy when leaving the store, because this cream was my second choice and I always thought that lavender is just boring and for old people or your bathroom. Luckily I was wrong and entirely felt in love with the scent. I liked it so much that I wanted to buy a lavender perfume. Soon I discovered that this goal will be hard to reach and much easier to achieve if I were a guy. Lavender is often used in male and home fragrances. Maybe things will change because on the new Mon Guerlain (guess what, it contains top lavender note), but reviews are not the best and I think that again the note of vanilla is sadly dominating. So let’s finally get to the point. When searching on Fragrantica.com Brit Rhythm is not listed under lavender group, but I found it on forum. I hadn’t have high expectations, because I always thought that Burberry can be boring and word aromatic in descrip...

In a recent year oils become a staple in my beauty routine. I especially love to use then on my frequently styled hair, for moisturizing my face and dry area around my eyes. I haven’t found good body oil yet, but I prefer body butters anyway. Latest addition to my family of oils is a famous Juicy Shaker from Lancome in Bee-Ness Girl . Juicy shakers came out last spring, but this color is new, from 2017 collection. If you live under a rock, let’s repeat what a Juicy Shaker is (hope this didn’t sound offensive). It is pigmented two phased lip oil. One phase contains transparent oil and the other one a color pigment. When you mix them together with fun shaking, you get tinted, shiny lip oil. This lip cocktail contains mixture of 4 different oils: peach kernel, sweet almond, cranberry and muscat rose. Let’s get straight to the point. It’s not as good as everyone on Youtube says (especially if video is sponsored), but I didn’t expect too much from it either. Formula...