StyleTone March/Maart 2015 Unboxing

Hello dolls,

today I have an unboxing video for you. I am experimenting with the lighting so let me know what you think. Styletone is a monthly subscription box that only costs € 12.50 and ships on the 2nd friday of the week and it usually fits through the mailbox! So no waiting for the postman to come.

Click on the link to watch the video.

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Hallo meiden,

vandaag heb ik een unboxing video voor jullie allemaal. Voor diegene die niet weten wat Styletone is, het is een maandelijkse beauty service. Deze kost maar € 12,50 vergeleken met de 15 euro van de rest van de boxen. En deze past door de brievenbus dus je hoeft nooit op de pakket bezorger te wachten. Wat veel tijd scheelt. Ik ben een beetje aan het experimenteren met mijn verlichting laat me weten wat je ervan vindt. En wat je van de box vindt natuurlijk.

Klik verder om de video te bekijken. 

StyleTone March 2015 Unboxing

Starlooks Starbox December 2012 Unboxing

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I know I enjoyed my time with my family. Did you know it was the very first time none of us had to work this Christmas and we could actually spend it with each other.

Also does everyone celebrate 2 Christmasses? Meaning you got Christmas day on the 25th and in the Netherlands we call it the 2nd Christmas on the 26th. I know UK calls the 26th boxing day, where still loads of people have to work and shops are open for the sales. Here both days are closed and you spend time with the family. I know some of my friends in the US had to work yesterday already. So they only had 1 Christmas day.

Anyhow I am totally getting off topic here. But I am back after my 2 day Christmas break. Did everyone see my Holiday Giveaway? The giveaway post is before this one, and the value is about € 100.-!!
What will you be expecting this week from me? Well I still need to do last Sundays end of the week project samples post (Christmas totally got the best of me), I have a review post or 2 coming up and also I am thinking about filming a haul with what I got for Christmas anyone interested in that?

Now onto the actual video of the Starlooks Starbox of December, this month's box arrived earlier than normal. I have to say I am pretty impressed it was nice and festive and you should check out the video to see what I got and to see all the swatches of the products.

Starlooks Starbox December 2012 Unboxing

3 Dutch Beautybox Unboxings

Hi dolls,

if you follow me on my YouTube channel you must have seen the videos already as I was uploading them in the last 2 days. But I know some of you are not subscribed to my YouTube channel yet but are still curious on what I receive in my beautyboxes that I am subscribed to. I always like to see what other countries put in their beautyboxes.

These 3 boxes all arrived days after each other. I thought it was a bit much having them all in 1 week. But then again it felt like Christmas almost every day last week.

The first one is the Glossybox of course this was the holiday edition and the box was silver. If you were wondering what the value of this box was please do check the downbar, I forgot to edit it in.

Glossybox December 2012 Unboxing

The second unboxing that I uploaded is the Beauty ByVicky December box, I have to say the most disappointing one out of all 3. I have not been impressed by any of their boxes and after 3 boxes I thought it was enough and cancelled my subscription.

Beauty ByVicky December 2012 Unboxing

The last one is the Truly Yours, in the video I said I was quite happy with the box. But looking at it and seeing if they did put extra effort in the box as a holiday box. I have to say it is ok, I expected more from them. Although they did tell me that they were going to replace my miniature perfume I received with another one.

Truly Yours December 2012 Unboxing

All of the links will open in a new window. Please do subscribe and let me know what you think. 

p.s. I will not be posting a new project sample today, I will do a post tomorrow. I think 2 blogposts a day is plenty.

First Look of Khroma (Beauty line by the Kardashian sisters)

Hi dolls,

I am super excited to write this post and show you photos of the Khroma products that are available for sale in the pre-launch state of the entire line. The entire Khroma line will be available in the Spring of 2013 but this is just a selection of their products that will be available right now!

Khroma is the beauty line by the Kardashian sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe. I have to admit I love the Kardashian sisters and admire them for the fact that they are great business women. Some people may say they have zero talent but making the right marketing choices and setting up a business and establishing themselves is quite an achievement. Of course I cannot let it slide that their makeup is always flawless and have great fashion sense! I am so jealous! They make girls aware that you don't have to have size zero and that you should embrace the curves you have.

In this pre-launch of Khroma Beauty, there are 5 products that each represents 1 of the sisters or all of them. 

The first 3 products are palettes these are face palettes with eyeshadows, blush, bronzer and highlighter to create that Kardashian look. These remind me of the Too Faced glamour to go palettes. Each of the Kardazzle palette that is the name of the palette contains 8 eyeshadows to create various eye looks (4 shimmer and 4 matte), a blush, a bronzer and a highlighter to create that amazing contouring and highlighted Kardashian cheek. 

This is Kourtney Kardazzle, it contains some more mature eyeshadow colors but you can create beautiful eyelooks with this palette. The blush color looks more of a dusty rose color.

This is the Kim Kardazzle palette, as you can see this has a far more emphasize on the more smokey eye colors. Which is a signature Kim Kardashian look. Kim is often also seen with pinky cheeks so it was an obvious choice that she would have a pinky blush in her palette. 

The last but definitely not least of the palettes is the Khloe Kardazzle palette. Her eyeshadows seem to have a more neutral tone and seem to have a more peachy pink toned blush. She does have a lighter skintone than her sisters which would make sense her cheek colors are a bit softer.

All three of the Kardazzle palettes retail for € 16.95 which is pretty decent for a small palette with 8 eyeshadows, 1 blush, 1 highlighter and 1 bronzer color. I really like the print on all the palettes.

The fourth product in the pre-launch of Khroma Beauty is an Au Naturel Nude Lip Set, no Kardashian beauty collection would be complete without a great nude lippy. This set contains a lipliner, lipstick and lipgloss to create those perfect nude lips. Kim knows how to pull off a great nude lip, this set claims to be suitable for both day and night looks and also suits all skintones.

This set retails for € 17.95

The last of the five products in the pre-launch of Khroma Beauty is the SheBang Quick Transformation Set, it is basically a nice neutral set of shadows, pair of false eyelashes and a waterproof eyeliner. You get several shadows to create a nice neutral eye look, add false lashes and line your waterlines you are good to go when it is your eyemakeup concerned. 

This set retails for € 17.95

Now you are wondering this is all very nice, but probably only launched in the US. FALSE! This is going to be launched in Europe as well, and you can now get it online! All 5 of these products you can get online at http://www.khromabeauty.eu/

Which of these products will you be buying? I think I might get one of the palettes either the Kim or the Khloe one as they appeal to me the most. Let me know what you think of this pre-launch collection of Khroma.

My Sigma Beauty X-Mas Wishlist

Hi dolls,

ever since I started YouTube I have seen Sigma brushes everywhere!! So I have always wanted to see what the hype is about, I personally own 2 sigma brushes the flat kabuki F80 and their kabuki (buffer brush) F45. I love them both, they are the softest brushes ever, they don't shed, they don't bleed, the bristles are nice and densely packed together. 

Now I know Sigma had an one-off free worldwide shipping for black friday but now Christmas is drawing nearer and nearer. I thought I would share with you what would be on my Sigma Wishlist. (promo codes and special offer at the end of this blogpost)

1. Paris Palette by Sigma. This is a limited edition palette by Sigma inspired by the city of amour Paris. It contains 8 eyeshadows, 2 blushes, 1 highlighter and 2 of their brushes. ( 1 is E55 eye shading brush and the other is the F40 large angled contour brush) This palette now retails for $49.- was $59.-

2. Any of their essentials brush kits. They have 7 different colors to choose from to suit your personal style. These brush kits have 12 different brushes so you are set for your entire face. This brush set retails for $120.- which looks a lot but you are getting 12 brushes which comes to $10.- per brush. Also it comes with a container to store your brushes in. My favorite has to be the Make Me Blush set or the Mrs. Bunny set. (pictured the make me blush set, why I love it? Isn't it obvious its pink!)

They also have travel kits of these brushes with 7 travel sized brushes for $65.-

3. Synthetic Essential kit 10 brushes, these are the brushes you need if you already have the essential kit brushes or for people who already have a lot of the ''standard'' brushes and need more unique type brushes. These brushes are very densely packed and aim to give you an HD finish or so it says lol. But I really like the look of these brushes. This kit retails for $131.- for all 10 brushes. But you can also buy just the eye brushes as a set (named New Synthetic Precision kit 5 brushes $65.-) or just the kabuki part of the brushes (named New Synthetic Kabuki kit 5 brushes $76.-)

Of course, if you are looking for individual brushes they retail between the $10.- and $21.- of course my musthaves are the F80 flat kabuki ($18), I swear once you have applied your foundation with this you don't want to apply it with anything else. What I still need is a good fluffy E40 Tapered blending brush ($12), when you have multiple eyeshadows the key is blending especially at the end with a clean brush to give that fluid eyelook.

Now onto the good stuff, if you decide to purchase from Sigma you receive 10% off your entire purchase with the code DEC2012 also if you order for at least $30.- you will receive an E05 Eyeliner Brush for free!!

Go To Sigma Beauty Website!

All images taken from Sigma website.

Beauty By Vicky November 2012 Unboxing

Hi dolls,

I have another unboxing video for you. Last month you could see the very first unboxing video of the Beauty By Vicky box and now this is their 2nd edition and it is the November month.

It is a monthly subscription service which costs € 14.95 per month and it is currently Netherlands only. But I thought I would share the contents with you anyways.

I hope you enjoy!

Beauty by Vicky November 2012 Unboxing video

Final 2 videos

Hi dolls,

here are my final 2 videos that I recorded along with the previous 4 that I uploaded over the past 2 days. I have to say it is a relief to have all these videos up now, I still however have a couple more review videos to do and then I am done for the list of videos to film that I made whilst I was moving. 

It is funny that before I was moving I hardly had any inspiration to film, and that during the moving time the videos seem to pile up. I have no idea how that happened, well I kinda do because most of the videos that I uploaded these past couple of days were unboxing videos. Anyhow I shall stop ranting and just post the links to my videos.

This video is a special 1 because I won this special Glossybox in a giveaway on Glossybox's website so it was very exciting!

My Special Glossybox Unboxing

The next video is a haul video, I won a couple of giveaways and also I bought a couple of things that I liked to show you.

Beauty Haul ft. Lush, Wet N Wild & more

Bee Venom as Beauty Product?

Hi dolls,

I was going through my emails and found this one from a while back. Totally forgot about it! It first did caught my eye, I probably just completely forgot because of all the other things I have been doing. 

Anyways, when I read the email it was about Bee Venom, yeah you read it right BEE VENOM. In particular the line containing bee venom from Manuka Doctor, people from the UK must have heard about this before as it is pretty popular in the UK. With the most popular user being Kate Middleton, yes the duchess herself uses this product. And also a bunch of other celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Kylie Minogue. 

Manuka Doctor basically has three lines within their collection the ApiClear which is mainly for problematic skin, ApiNourish which is the anti ageing line and the ApiRevive which is more of a health line. 

Apparently bee venom is great for skin regeneration and has natural collagen so 1. your skin heals faster and 2. it fills fine lines. You are probably thinking but do I want to put bee venom on my face? Yes, if it works like it says it works yes. All the damaging parts of the bee venom have already been extracted and are combined with advocado oil, shea butter and vitamin E. There are more than 10,000 bee stings per pot as an ingredient! Lets all NOT imagine 10,000 bees stinging your face.

Now you probably think. Will this be afordable at all? Yes it will be, depending on what product you go for. The most expensive product from their collection is the ''Rejuvenating Face Mask'' which costs € 59.99 for 50ml (ApiNourish line) within the ApiClear line the most you will have to pay is € 19.99 which I think is pretty reasonable for a moisturizer. 

Manuka Doctor brand is available at Holland & Barrett in the UK and at De Tuinen in the Netherlands.

Let me know, would you put bee venom on your face? Are you curious about this product? Would you try it out?

I think I might go to the store and get the facial moisturizing lotion to try out.

New Beauty Box In Holland! *get excited!*

Hello my dollies,

I have been super excited about this beauty box ever since I found out about it. And I found out about it, when they were still in their beginning ideas phase! So yeah it has been a while! But I decided not to blog about it until they released a press release. And what did I find when I opened my inbox this week? Yes the press release of the Beauty By Vicky box.

You must think, oh another beauty box.... Don't we have enough of them already? And after the BlendBox fiasco everyone has been a bit on the fence about any new beauty box coming out.

But I can say that this beauty box is not like the blendbox at all!!! Beauty By Vicky is created by Vicky as the name says, she has done a lot of research and also she asked people on twitter all the time to give input on brands or products they would like to see in the Beauty By Vicky box. This way a box would be created that contained brands that were suggested by bloggers and fans of beauty. She really values your opinion about brands all you have to do is send her an email and she will contact the company about a possible collaboration.

I of course did suggest a couple of brands that I would like to see in a beauty box and I have no clue whether or not the brands will end up in the box. Because the contents of the box have been a huge secret.

Now onto the actual box, this box is called Beauty By Vicky and will contain at least 5 beauty products and the box will be released on a very limited basis so when everything is gone it is actually gone. Vicky said she wanted to keep the quality of the contents of the box on as high of a level possible so the box would be amazing every single month. This is a monthly subscription box which will be costing € 14.95 per month. Yes that is slightly more expensive than the other boxes, but if the quality of the contents is that good. It will definitely be worth it.

The first box which will be released in October, will be going on sale on August 17th at 8 p.m. (20.00) sharp!

Unfortunately this box will only be available to people who live in the Netherlands for now. But you never know....

She will also be doing a project every month where she will give a beauty box to a boy/girl that is having a rough time in her life at the moment. This project is called ''Spread the Love'' all you have to do is send her an email saying why that person deserve a beauty box and how it will make him/her happy. I think this is a great initiative and great thing to be giving back. She said more projects like this will be coming in the future.

Last of all, emails can be send to info@byvicky.nl and of course if you want to take look at their website it is http://www.byvicky.nl

Let me know if you will be getting a box and what you think about it?

TAG: No Mirror MakeUp Challenge

Hi dolls,

I finally managed to upload my no mirror makeup challenge. I have to say this is one of the most difficult things I have done so far. You realize how much you miss your mirror whilst trying to do a full makeup look.

Anyways I hope you all enjoy my pain!! lol

No Mirror MakeUp Challenge video

TAG 40 Beauty Questions

Hi dolls,

I actually uploaded this video yesterday and then totally forgot my own blog about it. But here  it is my very first TAG video.

If you are not familiar with these TAG videos, they are basically videos that 1 person makes and tags someone else to do the same thing of course with their own twist to it and that person tags other people and so on. These TAG videos are pretty popular among the YouTube beauty community and I have seen quite a few of those around.

Anyways I hope you guys enjoy my TAG video and of course if you want me to do another one let me know. Also if you want to do one or you have done the 40 beauty questions tag please leave it as a video response so I can go check it out.

Watch it here; TAG 40 Beauty Questions video

New BB Cream in Holland?

Hi dolls,

I just read on another blog that the Maybelline BB cream will be available in stores in Holland very soon if not from this week onwards. I have not seen Maybelline NL announce it on their website, their newsletter or their Facebook so I wonder if it is already available in stores. Because I know when L'Oreal and Garnier launched theirs, it was announced almost everywhere! Well everywhere that a beauty lover or makeup user would look.

So I wonder..... I personally own the Garnier BB cream and I love it. The other day I got a small sample of the L'Oreal BB cream in the mail, so I still need to try that out. But that is such a small sample I don't know if it will be enough to know whether I like it or not. Also the Garnier BB cream retails for 10 euros I read the Maybelline one will be retailing for the same price so there will be some competition going on there. I think the L'Oreal BB cream is the most expensive out of the drugstore BB creams, retailing for either 13 euros or 15 euros, not entirely sure.

Anyways have you tried out any of these BB creams? Would you recommend any of these BB creams? Which one do you like the most?