Rituals haul

One of our most popular posts ever is a Rituals haul, which is great, because I think Rituals deserves to be way more popular on the Internet than it actually is. A little while ago I did some damage in Rituals again and since you guys seem to like a good haul every now and then I thought I'd share with you what I bought.

Nails of the month #1

Like most bloggers, we like nailpolish. For us, nailpolish was what got us started in the world of beauty. I personally started using it because I bit my nails all the time, so I figured why not try to put some colour on my nails, maybe I wont find them looking tasty anymore. Believe it or not, it worked. Nowadays I barely leave the house without something on my nails anymore, so I thought it would be fun to show you guys what I have been wearing on my nails in February.

Review: Essence express dry spray

You know that feeling when you've just painted an incredible piece of art that even Picasso would be jealous of on your nails? (Or in my case, the feeling you've successfully put nail polish on your nails instead of your fingers and cuticles) Yes? than you probably also know how firetruckin' annoying it is to wait for your nails to dry, or the absolute horror of bumping your nail against something and smudging the entire thing? All of that is in the past now, because essence came out with a new product: the express dry spray! It's a handy dandy product that promises to dry your polish within seconds and give your nails some extra shine. But does it really work that well?

Make tea, not war

Tea. Many people love it, many people hate it. I personally love it to death and I am dedicated to convince all those non-tealoving creatures out there that tea is an angel's pee.

New in: Christmas gift card

The holidays have passed, everyone has opened their presents and a lot of you have probably received some gift cards. I know many people don't like getting a gift card because it's not very personal and the giver hasn't really thought about it a lot, but I have to admit I don't mind getting a gift card every now and then. This Christmas my grandmother gave me a gift card for Kruidvat, a famous Dutch drugstore that also has a lot of shops in Belgium. I actually needed a few new things, but the holidays had robbed me from every single penny, so the extra budget came in very handy. This is what I bought:

Yves Rocher Tradition de Hammam hair and face mask

I like hair products, but unfortunately my hair reacts badly on a lot of them. I can only use biological products or products meant for children. When I was in my local Yves Rocher a few weeks ago I found this biological Tradition de Hammam hair and face mask. The word Hammam appealed to me a lot, and I had been looking for a good hair mask for a while, so I just threw it in my basket and took this little baby home. Now let's see if it does what it should do, which is cleansing and softening the hair.

Review: Essence cuticle nail softener pen

I have a guilty confession to make… I take bad care of my nails. Really bad care. I mutilate my nails by biting pieces of their head off, I've only started using a base coat a few moths ago and I've never did anything whatsoever to take care of my dearest cuticles. Time to change that, I thought, and I bought the Essence cuticle care pen.

Current addictions #2

More than a month has past since our first current addictions post and since I am quite impulsive, my 'addictions' obviously have changed. These are some of the things that have been absolutely necessary and unmissable in my life this past month.

Review hair serum: John Frieda Frizz-Ease

Let me describe my hair to you: thick, dry, wild, not straight like I want it ...Sometimes it seems like my hair lives its own life. I tried a lot of products, ruined my hair with a hair straightener... but now I think I finally find a solution: a hair serum from John Frieda and specific the John Frieda frizz-ease extra strength formula hair serum.

I never bought a John Frieda-product before. I don't know why, but I guess the price had something to do with that. This serum costs 13,99 euros for 50 ml. Not that cheap, but if you look at the picture that was taken after one month using, you see you can do a couple of months with the product.

Review: NYC Smooth Skin pressed powder and cover stick.

I was wandering around at my local drug store and of course I couldn't leave without buying something. I went home with a few new things, among this NYC creamy concealer and compact powder. Actually I've never tried any NYC product, so I was pretty excited to try these.

Rituals cooling foot balm

A little while ago I posted This Rituals haul. I'm very happy with the products I got, so I wanted to give a review about some of them and now I finally found some time, yay! I've been very busy with school and work lately. I've been working like crazy to get all my chores done, but now it seems that I will finally get some time for myself again.

Rituals haul

A few days ago I went looking for a birthday gift for my dad. Since he always likes to get skincare products or perfume or things like that I decided to give him a cute little set of products. I know how much he likes the Rituals Dragon Mud Volcanic Body Scrub, so it seemed kind of logical I'd go to the nearest Rituals and buy him a set with four products of that collection, including the scrub.

Products we regret buying: July

Everybody has those things in their closet, bathroom or house they wish they had never bought. Maybe you have a fluorescent yellow kitchen table, a perfume that smells like dog poop or a blue blush. As I am someone who doesn't really think before I buy something, I have quite a lot of these things. Some of them are just ugly, really ugly... But others are just really, but really, bad quality. With this post I want to prevent you guys from buying these things. They are no good.