Petrichor Beauty - reviews, style and overthinking

Artdeco become my favorite ˝drugstore˝ brand. They have high quality products with good ingredients and their production in based in Germany. I think I got rid of all ˝Made in China˝ makeup and decided to avoid some brands in big circle. Quality over quantity – that is my motto for this year. I want to reduce the number of my makeup products and be a selective and not impulsive buyer. Anyway let me show you two of my recent purchases (there were quite a few) from Artdeco.  Crystal mascara&liner ˝Onyx Glamour˝ First I saw Crystal lash mascara top coat from Estee Lauder and got excited as kid, but that one is expensive and always sold out. Then I saw that Artdeco has something similar and could be a great and cheaper (half that price) dupe for Estee, but sadly I was wrong. This is transparent mascara/liner with black and silver shimmer. You could use it alone or as top coat over your favorite mascara to add some sparkle. The product looks great on lashes;...

I love food, but one the same time, I'm constantly on some kind of diet. It’s complicated to explain. My problem is that sometimes I don’t really know how to control myself. On those days my motto is: If you screw, just screw it till’ the end. Is this how you say it? And there are also other kinds of days – good ones. Then I try to eat healthy and ˝clean˝. I’m some kind of bipolar eater. Hope you understand what I’m trying to say. My general rule is not to stash any junk food at home. When I crave for example sweets, I buy them in smaller number and eat mostly the same day. I’m still trying to limit my overeating sessions and it’s getting better every year. Currently I’m in my healthy eating/exercising mode. It’s some kind of obvious, because it’s January, right? I want to present you my guilty pleasures, or saying in different way, which food makes me happy for a short period of time. It’s always the same circle: craving – happiness – regret – sadness. These are my curre...

Three years ago I discovered the kingdom of Ebay and occasionally I can spend hours browsing through millions of inviting and available stuff. Unnecessary things are the best. Like decoration, key chains, makeup, bags or anything cute. I never bought clothes and I doubt I ever will. I also don’t like used items, except books. My favorite items to buy on Ebay are OPI nail polishes. I order them from USA and the usually arrive very quickly and are still quite cheaper despite high delivery costs, compared to our drugstores. Generally speaking I don’t have negative experiences with sellers. One item was in bad condition, but I paid for it less then dollar, so it’s not a big deal. I hate the situation when sellers have written wrong, misleading item location. For example, there are from UK, but the item comes from China and you discovered this when package is already sent. Maybe only I don’t see that before? Yes some prices are crazy, but you can find a lot of good and cheap stuff. Flo...

I wish you all a happy New Year! Stay healthy, optimistic and may your wishes come true! Most of first posts of the year contain last year’s favorites and disappointments or author’s goals for the future. I’ll start with I think my most loved makeup item – nail polish, OPI nail polish. I craved for something dark, but not boring; festive, but still work appropriate. All that I found in one of OPI’s classic colors – My private jet. This color was originally released in spring 2007 and later became a part of permanent range. Of course, it was not available in our country, so I bought it online, like most of my polishes. Off topic: this year’s holiday from OPI was not in our stores what cannot be a good sign. My private jet is dark, mostly gray, slightly brown shimmery color with silver glitters and some shy holographic effect. Holographic glitter was more prominent in previous formulations, now is not that obvious. I actually like that, because I’m not the fan of it....