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  • My favorite lipstick of all time: Max Factor Lipfinity (020 angelic)

    My favorite lipstick of all time: Max Factor Lipfinity (020 angelic)

    I didn’t use to wear lipsticks because I tend to smudge them and in just a few minutes my lips would look horrible. I also have very dry lips, so I must use lip balm all time. It seemed that I had no chance in wearing lipstick and sometimes I really wanted to have colored lips.

    Then the miracle happened. About 5 years ago I’ve discovered the Max Factor Lipfinity lipstick in the shade 020 angelic. In fact, it was a friend who gave me this lipstick as a Christmas gift. She was a big fan of this lipstick and she had been using it for years. I remember very well the day she offered it to me. I tried it straight away and then she asked me to drink a glass of water. I drank and she asked me to look on the glass for any lipstick marks. There were none. I looked in the mirror and the lipstick was the same. It didn’t move a bit, nor fade.

    I said “WOW”. And wow it was, for another 5 hours.

    It is truly a remarkable lipstick. I’ve been using it ever since. The lipstick comes in a little box, with 2 recipients: the lipstain, which you use only once, and the gloss/lip balm, which you’re supposed to use from time to time (my friend never uses it because she has very good lips, but I have to use it once every 2 hours because otherwise my lips dry out).

    This lipstick is rather cheap (about 12 EUR) in comparison to other similar stay on lipstick. I generally buy it from DM.

    Pros

    First of all, this lipstick won’t come off. It is a lipstick that lasts all day (almost 🙂 ).

    The color remains intense for about 4 hours, then it stars slowly to fade, but it is good another 2 hours or so. Even after a total of 8 hours, you will still have some lipstick left.

    I’ve purchased some other colors but 020 angelic is my favorite color for sure. I love how it matches my style.

    Sorry for the tiny photo, but it is the only one that renders the color as it truly is on my lips.

    Cons

    Some women have been complaining it dries their lips. I, who have the most dry lips in the world, disagree completely. You just have to use the balm, that’s what it’s for!

    Will I Repurchase?

    Definitely. I’ve been repurchasing it for 5 years now. Every time I wear it, I feel confident and happy!

    Tips and tricks

    There are 2 things you need to do to get the best out of this lipstick:

    1. Be sure your lips are clean and exfoliated before applying the color. If your lips are oily (either because you’ve applied a lip blam that left your lips oily or you’ve eaten something oily) the lip stain will not stick to your lips. So you need to have them really clean before applying the lipstick.
    2. If you are going to eat, it lasts better if you apply the balm before eating.
    3. You will need a makeup remover for long lasting makeup to get this lipstick off or to make some adjustments.

    Well, that’s it. I hope this review will help you choose your lipstick. If you are a girl like me who has a hard time wearing a lipstick and you’re looking for a lipstick that stays on, then the Max Factor Lipfinity lipstick is the right one for you.

    Let me know if you’ve used it or if you’ve used similar lips stains and what do you think about them.

    Hugs and kisses! 💋💋💋

  • REVIEW: Clinique Sparkle Skin Body Exfoliating Cream

    REVIEW: Clinique Sparkle Skin Body Exfoliating Cream

    This is by far the most expensive shower gel (not a gel actually, more like a cream) that I’ve ever had, although I wouldn’t say it is by far the best one I’ve ever had, but it definitively makes top 5.

    In Germany it costs 32 EUR but I in U.S.A. I found it with 26.50 DOLLARS. 😐 I don’t know what’s the deal, but anyway, it is an expensive product.

    Pros

    The best thing about it is the action it has on the body. It really (but really) makes the skin smooth. Its consistency is the best of any other exfoliating cream I’ve ever used. The exfoliating grains are perfect (as number, density and size) and they blend perfectly with the cream.

    Also, I believe that for people with mild acneea or blackheads on the back, this product would be good, since it is so smoothing. It really leaves a sparkling skin (without actually containing any glitter)!

    Cons

    For me there are 3 things that will not make me repurchase the product. If it would had been only one of the three, instead of all of them, I would have repurchased it.

    1. It is too expensive 
    2. It is not BIO
    3. I don’t like the smell (but this is a personal opinion)

    Maybe if it was just like it is, but cheaper, I would definitely repurchase it. Or if it was BIO, maybe this would be the perfect excuse for its price. Or, of course, if it would have a great great smell, I would have repurchased it.

    Conclusions

    It is, for sure, a premium quality product. I’ve read some reviews on their site and, if they were written by real customers and not written by Clinique’s own staff, people seem to really like it. I will not repurchase it, but I did recommend it to a friend.

  • REVIEW: Marina Abramovic – Walk Through Walls: A Memoir

    REVIEW: Marina Abramovic – Walk Through Walls: A Memoir

    About Marina Abramovic and her book

    Marina Abramovic is a performance artist, known for pushing her limits with her body by pain and stillness.

    I’ve known her artwork for a while now and, although I am not a big fan of this kind of art, I always appreciated the fact that she explored other ways of expressing the emotions. By pushing her limits she also pushed the boundaries of art, and for that I appreciate her very much.

    When her book, titled Walk Through Walls: A Memoir, was released (25th October 2016), I was keen to read it. I bought it from Amazon for about 20$. It is not cheap, but not expensive either. It has 370 pages, but it is easy to read, the text is not condensed and it has tons of photos (both colored and black and white).I read it in 3 days.

    What I liked

    It offers the perfect chronology of all her performances, usually accompanied by a photo or two, where they took place and the whole artistic AND personal context. This info is very useful especially for art students, teachers, historians and just art lovers, I guess.

    I also liked the fact that it seems to be a true confession. It sounds sincere. I think Marina Abramovic really opened up for this book and just went ahead and told all her stories. Her personality transpires through the written words of this book.

    What I didn’t like

    Since Marina is not a native English speaker, Walk Through Walls: A Memoir is supposed to having been written with the help of an american novelist, James Kaplan, whose name appears on the title page, next to Abramovic’s (I’ve never heard of him before). The problem is that reading the book you can actually feel that it is written by not a native English speaker. Before reading the book, I kind of got accustomed with her topic and word choice because I used to watch some interviews with her. Now, while reading the book, I expected to read a real english book, but no, there was still the voice of Marina, the non-native English speaker. So, I may ask, where’s the work of James Kaplan in all this business? Maybe it’s not his fault, maybe Marina wanted this way… well, I don’t know. I would have preferred though to read a real english book.

    Some sidenotes

    Marina states several times in this book that she used to talk with entities. I don’t know what to believe, but I think it is funny to get this kind of info from this kind of book.

    She hasn’t understood that neither Ulay, nor her mother, loved her. Nope, not a single moment. Ulay is the kind of man always preoccupied with himself, he would never love another person, especially Marina. She was too old and too big and masculine for him. He is the type of man looking for younger girls, petite girls. She was his mommy. That’s awful. She wasted her life with him. Also, her mother didn’t love her either. I don’t understand why she continue to talk to her. I am sure that in her heart she always hoped that one day her mother would act like a real mother. Imagine the disappointment!

    After reading the book, I also saw the movie Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012). It is not very interesting, the book offers far more information about her life and art, but it is enjoyable and, once again, it shows how unsuitable Ulay is for her.