Beauty and Aikido: Marc Jacobs

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Yves Rocher Review

I just wanted to share with you some of the items you can at present get at Yves Rocher. What I really needed was a brown eye-pencil. I use that a lot because I consider it more natural looking than a black one. A brown eye-liner is a must for me when it comes to defining your eyes. I also bought some fizzy bath cubes and masques. I loved the two steps purifying treatment masque. It is an item I would surely repurchase. What I would not repurchase is the under eye concealer. It is too orange and a total no go for my skin tone.

List of products:

1. Yves Rocher Luminelle- Kohl Pencil Brown

2. Yves Rocher Luminelle- Under Eye Concealer: Middle Beige 51

3. Yves Rocher- Fizzy Bath Cubes: Raspberry, Blackberry and Coconut 20g, 0.7 oz.

4. Yves Rocher Séance Purifying Skin Treatment in 2 steps: 1 with exfoliant cereals, botanical cleansing skin peel, 2. botanical purity film-mask with mint extract

5. Yves Rocher Samples: Flower Party (eau de toilette), Hoggar (eau de toilette), 3D Spa Serum, Inositol (night cream), Riche (eye cream)

6. Balea- Pore Refining Masque with Zink

7. Dr. Chen Patika- Botanic Extract Facial Mask SPA with Papaya

8. Marc Jacobs Solid Perfume Necklace and Pouch

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Marc Jacobs - Daisy

Last night I slept at the Fiumicino Airport in Rome because my flight was delayed. This means I had pretty much time to look around all the shops at the airport. As for about 4 hours there was no gate displayed for my flight I pretty much ran around and got to know the whole airport. In the end this solid perfume necklace was my salvation and comfort among the sweaty and tensed people also waiting to finally get home. But today in the morning my flight landed safely.

This is the package

This is what it looks like closed, just to have an idea because on the package you can see it only opened.

It was very creative to put the perfume into the medal of a necklace. It can just hang in your neck and have multiple functions. I would always flip it open whenever I got too upset from waiting. If you take a closer look you can observe that the solid perfume also has light discreet shimmer.

It comes with a pouch

It was the lightness and the freshness of this perfume that caught my attention. I find it perfect for the summer. If I were to choose the liquid version, I would go for the eau de toilette not the eau de parfum. The reason is that when on the skin, it becomes somewhat heavier and more poignant. I don't like wearing perfumes that would put off people the moment I enter a room. As I also fell uncomfortable in such a situation I would not like putting others in it. I consider that one should smell my perfume only accidentally when coming a bit closer or as I pass. Heavy perfumes that fill the room are a big no go for me. I am really happy with this cute solid perfume in a medal. Do you also have similar solid perfumes that you love?