January Favourites and Wishlist

NAJ OLEARI Absolute Stay Eyeshadow 

04 Golden Brown

Such a great cream eyeshadow. It's opaque with one swipe, it blends easily and without losing too much intensity, plus it lasts so well on my eyelids. There's not creasing and little fading through the day, and it also works great as a base to intensify similar shades. This colour is quite basic, a simple bronze shade, but it's a type of shade I like to wear often. 

CERAVE Micellar Cleansing Water 

A micellar water with simple, nice ingredients (niacinamide, ceramides, cholesterol and no fragrance) that does the job even with heavy makeup. There's no residue and it feels nicely hydrating. At the moment this is my favourite micellar water and I think it might remain that for a long time. 

CERAVE Reparative Hand Cream

I was an instant fan of this hand cream and it replaced Balea's Urea as my top drugstore hand moisturizer. It's got lovely simple ingredients the skin needs - ceramides, cholesterol and hyaluronic acid - while the formula is nicely thick and rich, yet it absorbs fast, so there's quickly no greasy residue on the skin.

THE BODY SHOP Body Butter Argan

I've long been a fan of TBS' thick and rich body butter formula. This scent is just lovely - it smells like a comforting perfume for cold months with nuts, something slightly spicy & bitter and vanilla or amber but all mixed with this lovely creamy note. It's more feminine than Shea, but still has that clean creaminess I want in a fragrance.

MOROCCANOIL Intense Hydrating Hair Mask

One of my favourite ever hair mask. Morocccanoil has such great formulas for my thick, dry hair. This nourishes my hair so well and leaves it feeling silky. After I use this, my hair smells like that typical Moroccanoil floral amber scent for days - something that doesn't happen with any other formula. 

MOROCCANOIL Treatment Original

I have a small bottle of this, so I rarely use it, while I'm trying to use up my big stash. I picked it up recently again and I have to say it's currently the best in my collection. These types of silicones oils all do the same thing, so give shine and smooth the hair, but at this one my hair looks its best. I've been dreaming of getting a full size bottle since forever, but I need to use up at least some of my oils first.   

MOROCCANOIL Mending Infusion

I recently got a second bottle of this. While I don't find it makes my hair as nice as the Treatment, its ingredients are more impressive. It has lots of proteins and aminoacids, so it's a product that helps strengthen the hair. It's a lightweight lotion for the ends that instructions say to use on dry hair as a finisher, but I use it both on damp and dry hair, and it nicely smooths down the hair and hides the look of scruffy, dry ends.

SUBRINA PROFESSIONAL Repair Oil

Originally I didn't find this oil that special, since all such products tend to be good anyway, but while the scent didn't wow me from the start, I have to admit now that I get why everyone is raving about it. It smells like something from my childhood, a lip balm of an unknown brand, but the scent was called Tutti Fruiti and it's this great mix of warm vanilla, fruity notes and something sugary-sweet like a bubble gum. They need to make a body mist with this scent and the scent of Repair shampoo & conditioner, which have a better version of Olympea type of scent. This is one of the most "oily-feeling" such silicone oils, meaning it's quite rich. 

LA RIVE Solare

This is such an amazing fragrance that instantly transports me to summery days at the beach. Apparently it's a "dupe" for Nivea Sun fragrance, which we still don't have here - Solate really smells just like European sunscreens (Nivea and a bit like Sun Dance). This is 10 €, so a cheap fragrance that  loses much of its strength quickly, but I can smell the developed sweeter fainter version of the scent hours after application. 

TANGLE TEZZER Wet Detangling Hairbrush 

I never mention this, but this my everyday hero. I love this hair brush - it just glides through the hair, detangles knots where needed and the bristles feel much softer than the cheap versions of such brushes. I've been using Tangle Tezzzers for over a decade, but these with a handle are the best. 

WISHLIST

MISSHA Perfect Blanc BB SPF50+/PA+++ 19. Rosy - My favourite Missha's BB is never in stock for some reason, hopefully it's not being discontinued, but I saw this version around and I'm interested in it, since it looks like it has a light shade. This one promises to even and brighten the skin tone. It contains niacinamide, centella asiatica, a small amount of vitamin C and several extracts, but it's overall not as impressive as M Perfect Cover BB Cream RX (though it has a higher SPF).

A'PIEU Honey & Milk Lip Oil - I've had Clarin's Lip Oil on my wishlist since forever. This looked similar based on reviews and it's only 4 €. 

AFRODITA COSMETICS Clean Phase Collagen Solution Moisturising Toner - I just run out of Afrodita Professional Peptide mist that I've been using every day for a long time now and this is  similar in terms of ingredients, just that I don't have to order online and it's local drugstores. It contains panthenol, hyaluronic acid and peptides. 

ESSENCE Pure Nude Baked Blush - Essence released a whole collection of blushes in their Pure Nude formula (I'm sure you know the popular highlighter they stupidly discontinued, then rereleased in the USA because it was so popular). They're on the website, but I haven't seen them here yet. They are already sold in the US, but unusually I don't see them on German Müller's website.

PUPA Wonder Me Powder-No-Powder - I'm perfectly happy with Physicians Formula Rose All Day powder, but I can't help to be curious about this one, as it promises to "instantly perfect and smooth the complexion without leaving any trace on your face." It also promises to minimize pores. I suspect it's likely nothing special and I really don't needed, but I'm interested. 

MAYBELLINE Fit Me Fresh Tint SPF 50 - a new foundation that isn't here yet, but it's in some parts of the world. I tend to like Maybelline's foundations and in particular am a big fan of Fit Me Matte + Poreless. It has a small amount of vitamin C (Ascorbyl Glucoside) and an SPF 50. 

KERASTASE Chroma Absolut Soin Acide Chroma Gloss and Masque Chroma Filler - I hear this is great line for coloured hair. The Soin Acide is a similar product to Redken Extreme Bleach Recovery Lamellar Water Treatment that I often use. 

MIXA Niacinamide Glow Illuminating Moisturizer - a new release by Mixa. It contains squalane, niacinamide and vitamin C (Ascorbyl Glucoside). There's also a micellar water. 

I saw new Catrice products are already on their website and on Slovene DM website. There's plenty of things I'm interested in, but I want to see them in person before I decide if I'm getting anything. Blushes are most interesting to me. 

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